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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15

to buy into professional football.
MacPhail said he would continue
as president, treasurer and general
manager of the baseball team while
Topping would have those titles
in football. The latter will be vice.
president and secretary OF the
baseball Yankees, titles which
MacPhail will have in football. In
ach case, Webb. is listed as a vice.
president.
Getting Trippi would be a master
stroke FOR the Yankees. They need
a big Name to combat the New
York Giants of the National Foot
ball league at the gate next sea-
son."
The Yankee proposal would give
Trippi both a football and baseball
contract. The swift-footed 24-year
old Pittston, Pa native is an All.
America football player, regarded
by some as the greatest college
backfield star today. His baseball
talents are, on the other hand,
problematical.
The 180-pounder hit AIS in col.
lege competition last summer and
belted II hoiners in 30 games, but
some scouts who have watched
him say he has a definite hitch ir
his swing. He is a rig%ht-handed
hitter and a marvellous base run.
ner.
When Trippi began negotiations
with the Yankees last Saturday he
said he had three other PROPOSE.
tions under consideration. He said
the Boston Red Sox had offered
him $50, 900 to sign a baseball con.
tract with the provision that he
quit the gridiron.
He also can sign with the Chi
cago Cardinals OF the National
Football league for an inspected
bonus plus a four-year contract at
$15,00 a year. And on top of that,
the Atlanta Crackers in the South
ern Association have offered him
a bonus of S 5000, a salary of $40o
a month and a guarantee of 40 per
cent OF his sales price if he is sold
to a big league club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
Wildcats W. A. Brown Has
Great Future In Basketball

Brown, and Leonard's younger
brother, Johnny McKoy, learned
the tricks and skills of the cage
game, which has become big
corner stones in their lives.
Brown progressed speedily. He
played for Hemenway school, the
YMCA Cadet team, the YMCA
Sunday school league, the ROTC
Company D basketball champions,
the MINIS Junior Varsity, and the
New Hanover High school Wild
cats on the road upward.
Last year the Wildcat court ace
was selected along with three other
Wilmington players on the second
team of the Duke-Durham All.
Star squad. This season w. A. is
hoping that Wilmington a COM
pete in the tourney again, and that
he can gain recognition for a first
string berth. Browns ambition
and will to win may indeed carry
him to this great goal.
Besides, playing basketball w. A.
is a pitcher for the MINIS baseball
team, which won the Eastern Con-
ference Class AA championship
last year. Rumors say the pint
sized but tough youngster is think
ing about playing quarterback for
the Wildcat football eleven next
season. But most persons agree
that a serious injury to w. A. in
football could ruin his basketball
and baseball activities.
w. A. is a junior this year, and
has not yet stated which college
he hopes to attend. If he con-
tinues to work hard the popular
youngster will surely be awarded
a scholarship to the school of his
choice, and following his gradua-
ton, climb to great heights either
in the basketball or baseball world.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15

that installation, but that the Camp
Lejeune team was not planning to
come to Wilmington.
Additional suspense and excite
ment will be misunderstanding
at 8 o'clock tonight-by competition
between amateur service and civil
ian boxers from Wilmington, Fort
Bragg, Cherry Point, Fairmont,
Whiteville, and Florence, S. c.
After scanning entry blanks and
observing some of the local con.
testar&s in action, Neil V. (Red)
Beard, general manager of the
tournament, has promised the thou
sands of Southeastern North Caro-.
lima boxing fans who will. witness
the fights that there no doubt will
be countless thrills and close de.
cisions.
Sanctioned by the Carolinas ANA
teur Athletic Union, the champion
ships, first to be staged in this
area since before the war, will be
held in Open and Novice classes,
plus a Special class for boys under
IA. s.
Winners will be sent to the Caro-
linas Golden Gloves championships
in Charlotte in mid-February,
where champions will be selected
for the world-famed Golden Gloves
bouts in New York next Spring.
Proceeds from the local bouts
will be divided between the VFW
Relief fund and the Brigade Boys
club. Tickets are on sale at 128
Princess street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
Harold Drew
Named Coach
At Alabama
Former Mississippi Mentor
To Replace Ailing Frank
Thomas

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, Jan. 14.-R
Harold (Red) Drew, Mississippi
Rebel head coach for the 1946 sea-
son and former assistant here was
named head coach of Alabama's
Crimson Tide Tuesday to replace
the ailiug Frank Thomas, producer
of six p%ost-season bowl elevens in
is seasons.
Drew's selection, made Tuesday
at a meeting of the Alabama Fac
ulty Committee on Athletics, was
at the recommendation of Thomas,
who will stay on as athletic dl-
rector and head of physical educa-
ton.
The changes, both to take effect
Immediately, we're announced after
a brief session of the athletic COM
mittee which had been called to
receive Thomas long-expected res
~ignation from the coaching post.
Thomas, a former Notre Dame
quarterback, was i'll Tor the entire
1916 season and did most Of coach
ing chores from a specially-rigged
chair. His 1916 team, rated as one
of the top elevens in the nation
in preseason predictions, was the
first of his 16 at Alabama to lose
as many as four games.
In it's final contest, however, the
team won a PAT victory over a
highly-favored Mississippi State
eleven, and rumors were thick then
that the Tide players knew the
game was Thomas last as an ac-
tive coach.
Thomas came here in 1881 from
the University of Georgia, where
he had been backfield coach. He
was a quarterback on the 1920, 1921
and 1922 Notre Dame %elevens, and
was one of the late Knute Rockne's
most apt pupils. During his 16-year
span at Alabama, his teams won
ia games while losing "a and ty-
ing seven.
Four of his clubs, the 1884, 1886,
1887 and 1915 teams, were unbeat-
en- in regular play, although the
1887 outfit lost to California in tbs
Rose Bowl.
Drew, a veteran coach at 50. is
a native OF Patton, Me, and a
graduate Of Bates College in that
state. After coaching experience at
Trinity College, Hartford, Conn, he
came to Birmingham-Southern in
Birmingham as head coach for four
years, and joined Thomas as assist
ant at the University of Chat
tanooga. He was head coach at
Chattanooga from 1928 through
1880, and was n of the first as
sistants Thomas chose when the
latter was selected as Alabama
coach in January, 1881.
Drew was end coach at Alabama
through the 1941 season, going into
the Navy in 1912. He returned for
a single year in 1915 when Alabama
was unbeaten, and went to Ole Miss
last year.
There was no announcement here
of the length OF the contract given
Drew, or of its terms. Thomas had
nine years to 60 on a 10-year con-
tract, and Drew's contract at
Mississippi had two years to run.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15

Three divisions will held at the
tourney, the mems independent
bracket, the girls division, and the
boys division. The winners of each
division will be crowned champions
following the championship games
Cups, trophies, and banners will
also be given to the outstanding
players.
The Acme-Delco American Le-
gion Post No. 29S, has stated that
it has made plans to make this
tournament an annual event, and
urges all eligible clubs interested
in entering to please send their
entries to Barney Rogers of Acme
Immediately.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
Solons Seek
Laws To Halt
Sport Brides
Aroused Lawmakers Strike
Back AT Touts And
Gamblers
Bv T PRESS

Aroused law makers, striking
hook at touts and gamblers, sought
~ nush through both National ano
State legislatures Tuesday laws
aimed at preserving the honesty OF
American sports.
LEGISLATORS in at least five states
.ongbt to outlaw fixing of sports
events. while in Washington, Rep.
F Edward Hebert, D., Ala, was
seeking swift action or his bill in
troduced Monday which would pro
vide fines of $40, 900 and federal
nrison terms up to 10 years fol
bribery of athletes, coaches, or Of
fcials in interstate contests.
Bert Bell, commissioner of the
National Football league, spurTed
bv an attempt of gamblers to
fix" the championship playoff
came between the New York
Giants and Chicago Bears on Dec.
n started the legislative ball roll
ing last week when he asked U.
s Attorney Gen. Tom Clark to
consider federal laws against
| gambling in sports.
The states which already had
/ snti-gambling or anti-fix legisla-
\ tion on the agenda were New York,
4 Pennsylvania, Illinois, Colorado,
ond Wisconsin,
At Albany, N. Y, State Sen.
\ Fred Young of Lowville, N. Y, a
Republican and a former college
football player, introduced a reso-
luton calling for a legislative in
vestigation of conditions under
which all athletic events IRE con-
Quoted in the state.
Corrupt and unwholesome in
y f~luences are at work in the field
Of sports which, if unchecked, will
work irreparable injury and harm
to all sports" Young said.
He asked for a $50, 900 appropria-
ton to be turned over to a seven
man legislative committee which
would make it's investigation and
report back to the legislature in
1948.
In Wisconsin, State Rep. Robert
E. Lynch, a Democrat introduced
a bill which would stiffen penalties
for persons found guilty of brihing
I athletes.
Under Lynch's measure, punish
ment would be increased to a Jail
sentence of from n to five years
and a fine of from 81 1000 to $1,000.
The present law calls for a Jail
term Of six months to a year or a
fine.
The Illinois State assembly con-
sidered a bill by Sen. Peter J.
Miller, a Chicago Republican
which would increase the fine for
both giving and taking of sports
brides to a minimum of $1,000 and
a maximum of $4,000. The ex-
listing law calls for fines of not
less than $500 and not more than
$1,000. Jail sentences also would
be increased to a maximum of
five years from the present six
months to a year provision.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
BY GENE WARREN
Star Shorts Writer

Whenever sports fans gather
around the old stove, and begin
chattering about basketball the
name, w. A. Brown, almost al
ways enters in the conversation.
This S it. 4 in. guard is almost
symbolic with dynamic ball hand
ling and colorful playing. His I'M
usual antics as a first string mem
Der of the MINIS basketball team
this season and last season have
thrilled both cage fans in Whining
ton and abroad.
Following his splendid perform
|ance at High Point recently, a Star
correspondent watching the tilt
said: Brown was the best man
on the floor. He dribbled right
through High Points defense, and
shot with deadly accuracy from
the foul zone"
A Rotary Club member, who
watched the Wilmington-Wilson
basketball g a e, told yours
truly: Brown is my man. He'll
come through in the tight spots
when the other boys fall"
No one doubts that the 1926 pound
Demon Dribbler" is an excep-
tionally good eager. Last year
Coach Leon Brogden told w. A:
that if he could not obtain a col.
lege scholarship when he graduates
in 1948 a scout from the Univer.
sity Of Pittsburgh could get him
one.
Brown started his basketball
career when only three years old.
His teacher at the time was a
slightly older lad, Leonard McKoy,
who gained recognition throughout
North Carolina in 1912 when he
was high scorer of the Eastern
Conference. Together, Leonard,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
|CHADBOURN TEAMS
divide TWIN BILL
Boys D efeat Whiteville,
35-ll; Girls Lose To
Wolflets, 24-17
Special To The Star

WHlTEVILLE, Jan. W
|Vlle's Wolflets racked up their
sixth win here tonight over Chad
Ooufn's Lady Phantoms, 24-17,
lwnlle the Chadbourn boys smoth-
|eted the Wolfpack, 35-11.
The Wolflets proved themselves
better team by coming from be-
- NH midway in the final period.
tne scoring duel developed be,
Tween Clara Louise White, Chad
oOufns ace, who had 70 points
srin. me Wolflet's star, Mary Cath
ciue Slbbett, VINO lead with 10.
naooourn lead by 1873 at half
ullle; After the intermission the
%olietS forged in front during
; rs nnal minutes OF the third per.
\. only to lose it, 1918, on White
IasAet from the foul circle. The
ss si quarter was all Whiteville as
b .a and "Cozy'' Powell, who
lin points, put the Wolflets
sScb nUll' 10 stay. Ida Ford and Billie
n Iiul'en lead Whiteville's defense,
bouus, Marquelin Byrd lead Chad
Ou ~ defense.
tba sie ooy's game Was a rout from
tbsis s'srt as the Phantoms, playing
IN peSt game Of the year, hard
eve the Pack a shot at the
Ia na sanders Tipped in 10 points
Csrs eda the winners, and James
''rfell lead the Pack.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
7n- County Basketball Meet
Entries Flood Delco office

DELCO, Jan. Is Entries began
pouring in here Monday for the
Tri-County basketball tournament,
which will be sponsored by the
American Legion Post No. 298, the
week of February "a, at the Delco
gymnasium Barney Rogers, tourn-
ey director, announced.
Cage aggregations from Baden,
Brunswick, and Columbus coun-
ties are the only clubs eligible to
enter the tourney, but unless Co,
lumbus County teams begin send
ing in entries. before January Is,
the deadline, quints from Whining.
ton or some surrounding county
outfits will be invited to the tourna-
ment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
Minis GIRLS TEAM
EFEATSATKINS0N
Locals Score Impressive 80
To 2 Victory In First
Game OF Season
Especial To The Starr

ATKINSON, Jan. 14.-The New
Hanover High school girls basket
ball team, playing their first game
of the season, defeated the Atkin-
son girls team, 80 to 2, here Tues
day night.
Dot Hardison, with II points
lead the MINIS squad. Marianne
Mann, Carol Mocutt and 1vey Law
horne played a brilliant game on
defense for the winners.
Colleen Gam with eight points
and Jimmie Henderson with 6 mar
kers captured the runnerup honors
for the winners.
The following players participant
ed in the game for the New Ham
over squad, which is coached by
Dorothy Siberian and Jean Tillett,
Nancy Powell, Jimmie Henderson,
Dot Henderson, Rebecca Lane, Col
leen Gam, Frances Dillon, Marian
ne Mann, Georgia Williamson, 1vey
hawthorne, Carol Hocutt and Clara
Mae Haithcock. :
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
CAROLINA QUINTET
DEFEATS NEW YORK
UNIVERSITY, 5O-48

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-P)-The
White Phantoms of North Carolina
beaten three times this season,
maintained their jinx over New
York University Tuesday night by
defeating the Violets 50-48 before
a stunned crowd of 8 ,465 fans at
Madison Square Garden. It was
the Chapel Hill Quintet's third
straight conquest of N.Y.U. over
a two seaso span. Long Island
University built up a big first half
lead then halted a desperate st.
Louis rally to nip the Billikins, 46-
A, in the opener of the intersec-
tional college basketball double
header.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
COLLEGE CAGE
RESULTS

North Carolina so; New York Univer.
stiy 48.
Ball State 81; Earlham 81.
Canterbury 46; Franklin 43.
William, and Mary 60; Roanoke Col
lege 80.
Quantico Marines 48; Marine Corp:
Institute Al.
Virginia Tech So; VMI 50.
Davidson IS; Guilford 81.
Clarkson Tech IS; Hobart AZ.
Citadel 81; Presbyterian 40.
Hanes Hosiery At, High Point AZ.
Richmond 50; Hampden-Sydney AZ.
Catawba 48; L~enoir-Rhyne &c.:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
Compromise Urged By Bible
Between College Circuits

provide accommodations where
board and room could be had at a
reasonable price, with a campus
work program set up to allow the
athletes to earn enough to pay
for such accommodations"
On recruiting, ne declared:
1.-THE majority of the schools in
the three conferences favor some
sort of recruiting. 1 think if an
agreement could be reached to
contine such a program to u own
section that the NCAA would not
object"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
AIKEN NAMED COACH
OF OREGON ELEVEN

EUGENE, Ore, Jan. 14.-R-
James w. Aiken, football coach and
director of athletics at the Uni
versity of Nevada since 1889, was
named head football coach at the
University of Oregon Tuesday.
U r sity president Harry
Kmnewburn made the announce
ment of Aiken's selection to sue
coed Gerald A. "Tex" Oliver who
resigned after six years in the job.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
Golden Gloves Tournament Opens TONIGHT At Armory
Camp Lejeune Club Enters;
Bouts Slated At 8 O'clock
Service And Civilian Boxers From Southeast
ern North Carolina Ready For Opening
Gong; Fast Matches Promised

In a surprise last-minute announcement, Golden Gloves
championships officials here last night were notified by a
Special Services officer at Camp Lejeune that the Camp
North Carolina Golden Gloves tournament in the Whining
ton Armory tonight through Saturday.
The James A. Manley Post 2573, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, sponsors of the championships, previously had been
informed by Pvt. F. R. Snyder, Camp Lejeune Globe"
sports editor, that a Second Division team would enter from
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
VAUGHT NAMED NEW
MISSISSIPPI COACH

OXFORD, Miss, Jan. 14.-R-
Line Coach John Vaught Tuesday
was given a four-year contract as
head football coach at the Uni
versity of Mississippi to succeed
Harold RED" Drew, who resigned
to become coach at the University
of Alabama.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
CHINESE

History gives the Chinese, not
the Germans, the credit for Great
ing s%auerkraut. 1t was made by
fermenting cabbage with wine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15

In 1910, over half the popula-
ton of % of the 48 states lived in
rural areas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-15
Mason;s Season Average Is
Now 15Points Per Contest

engagements. Louis now averages
4 3-5 points a game.
Here are the cornn1efe records.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-07-19
Modern Cleaners
Enlarge Plant In
Jackson

Jackson, Miss - The Modern
Cleaners, one of the leading clean
ing and pressing establishments
in the city recently moved into
it's fine new two story plant on
west Lynch street. The building,
a tribute to the outstanding abil-
ity of it's owner-manager Mrs.
Gladys Tops, one of the states
leading business women, was re-
Gently opened for service to the
general public and since then has
increased it's patronage because
of prompt, courteous and efficient
service for which the establish
ment has become noted through
the years.
rik;x>sau Nv{nA - ~ uSRm
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-07-19

where the new Modern Cleaners
is located told an ADVOCATE
reporter that this was only the
beginning of many improvements
scheduled by Negro business men
and women of west Jackson. Plans
are already underway for improve
ments n several establishments
included among which are numer-
Gus grocery stores and shoe re-
pair shops.
The Modern Cleaners, located in
the heart of the thriving commun'
ity, has pioneered the way to what
appears to be an era of improve
ment in this section of the city
and business men and women over
the state are loud in their praise
of its entire staff for this for
ward step
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-07-19

Mrs. TT. j. Barnes, 90 stand
ing civic and religious lead9at wife
of prominent Mississippi i ysici-
an, DR.. T. J. Barnes, and her son,
Thomas Jr., left July 1, for Los
Angeles, California. Mrs. Barnes
and her son will spend 60 day
vacation on the West Coast dur
ing which time she will attend
the National Convention of the
Auxiliary to the National Medical
Association. She is a member of
the state and president of the
local auxiliary to the Medicbl,
Dental and Pharmaceutical Asso-
citation.
Mrs. Barnes is president of the
City Federation of Colored wo-
mems Clubs and for Is years was
chairman of the Art and Craft
Department for the State of Miss
issippi. At the 1916 National
Meeting in Washington, D. c., it
was the exhibit from Mississippi
that won wour of the eleven low
ing cups She is also an officer
of the local YWCA and is . life
member of the National Council
of Negro Women, Inc.
Mrs. Barnes is untiring in her
work for the upbuilding of her
community. She is very active lin
Youth and Recreational organic
atoms, as wei las Nursing Ser
vice of the American Red Cross.
Recently she was awarded a cit
alton by the American National
Red Cross for her excellent ser
wees during the past several years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-05-08
Man Wounds 7 Robbers
And Saves $4,000
BY the Associated Pres,

PHILADELPHIA, May s.-Harvey
L. Campbell beat three holdup mer
to the draw and saved $1,000 In cash
and $4,000 in certified checks he
was carrying yesterday.
The 50-year-old former taproom
and race horse owner told police
he had parked his car and was
walking home when the men ap-
preached. One waved a gun.
"If that's the way you want IT,
Campbell said, II have one OF those
too"
Then he fired four times, wound
ing two Of the men before they fled
In an automobile.
Later, police arrested two after
they sought hospital treatment
Police 1t. Joseph Sommerscale listed
the pair as Robert Strausser, 26
and his brother Leonard, 80, ane
said Mr.. Campbell identified them
as his assaiants.
Mr.. Campbell told police he
planned to use the money as down
payment on a night club in Miami
Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-05-08

The Meat and Produce the Dairy Bakery Departments hove
gil been improved ond We you will appreciate the many
convenences Be to stop ground this weekendt has
been freshly and completely estoced and you will find nony
surprises oWotng you. Shop and sove at the Acme
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-05-08

you haven't been ground the Acme Moet So Quincy St.
5hrington, while the alterations progress you would
never know Wos the place. The market hos been pointed
throughout il soft pastel shades and you'll be delighted with
many upto hemnue improvements that help make your food
shopping more pleasant than ever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-05-08
|Roxas' Drive on Graft,
Corruption Extended
10 Labor Department
By Paul 5. Kutiebok
Foreign Correspondent Of The ssar and
the Chicago Dolly NsMs

MANILA, May 8.--President Man
|uel Roxas' drive against corruption
and graft within his government
has now been extended to the labor
department.
The departments administrative
officer, Antonio Mendoza, has been
suspended on charges In connection
with a false-bottomed vase from
Siam, containing fortune In gems
and q fruit tray loaded with jew
|elry.
Meanwhile, the congressional
probe Of alleged corrupt activities of
Mayor Alveriano E. Fugoso. Police
Chief Col. Lambarto T. Javalera
and Representative Hermengildo
Athena was resumed yesterday.
Speaker Of the House Eugenio
Perez stated that he had referred
to the President the report OF the
House Internal Government : Com
mittee on the bribery charges
against the Mayor and the police
chief. The committee has no juris-
diction over those two men in con-
nection with the charges made
against them by Representative
F1oro Crisologo, he said.
Mayor Fugoso and Col. Javalera
are expected to learn their fate
shortly, probably by the end Of
this week.
Mr.. Crisologo declared he would
present eyewitnesses to the pay
ment Of brides by gambling and
opium den operators to the city off,
Gals or their henchmen. He has
until tomorrow to wind up the case,
after which Representative Athena
will get his turn to present rebuttal
evidence.
The House Surplus Committee
took preliminary steps yesterday to
speed up the investigation OF sur
plus property irregularities. The
Philippine Surplus Property Com
mission is expected to turn over to
the committee all sales records, to-
gether with a list of buyers. The
committee also is scheduled to in
vite a member Of each house to pre-
sent evidence OF Irregularities. Both
members recently denounced sur
plus property misuse on the floor of
Congress.
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