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Smoke Rings Football Moves On By SAM RAGAN Program Highlight For the past two years, the one college football game which has serv ed as the highlight of the fall and winter sports program in Southeast ern Ne»'th Carolina has proven very popular. And now with a permanent organization working toward the end of securing one or more college games for Wilmington each fail, this sports feature should meet with even more success. Wilmington has an athletic plant suitable for staging affairs of this Itin d adequately and increased in terest should make this the sports center of this section of the state. The commitee, headed by Harold Jeter, is looking forward to staging the Davidson-Citadei game here next fall and, in our opinion, this city has the better advantage in securing the game than any other which may be seeking the contest. Cape Fear Loop The Cape Fear Baseball associa tion will open its 1940 playing sea son on Sunday, April 14, and the eight clubs which will comprise the league this year are already planning for toe season’s opening. Pre-season practice is expected to be started within the next two or three weeks. And to give a review of the league and the chances of each club in the coming race, R. J. Powell,' league statistician, will present a series of eight articles dealing with each team in the next several days. The first of this series starts to day, with Powell doing a little early season guessing on the Hi-Kappas. Cage Hotbed Indiana has been boomed as the hotbed of American basketball and bear’s the reputation of producing more champions in the cage game than any other state. The Hoosiers are pretty good, we admit, but tve don’t think North Carolina is so far behind when it comes to checkins up on the cage race. This state produces some of the best high school basketball in the nation, primarily because so many of the schools look upon basketball as their main sport and concentrate all time and effort on it. If you don’t think these high schools play a good brand of basket ball take a look at some of the coun ty tournaments now under way. Here And There Presbyterian college, winner of the South Atlantic conference gridiron championship last year, has carded a tough schedule of ten games for the 1940 season. . . . Chief among the games will be a tilt with Clem son, on September 21 to be played at Clinton as part of an elaborate celebration in honor of the beginning of Walter Johnson’s 25th year as mentor of Presbyterian’s athletic teams. . . . The hosemen will play Wofford in their homecoming tiit on November 16. . . . Those who ought to know are saying that Clayton Heafner is about due to hit the top this summer. . . . The Wildcats will close a tough-luck cage schedule to night, meeting Raleigh. . . . And we look for ’em to win. Hemenway Girls Capture Seventh Grade Title The Hemenway girls basketball •eason climaxed a perfect season yes terday with a 13-2 victory over the Winter Park girls in a game play ed at the Brigade Boys club. The victory gave the Hemenway girls the grade championship. Hemenway's list of victories this ■ season includes wins over Delgado, Isaac Bear, Tileston, and Winter Park. In yesterday’s game Hender son and Haar accounted for all of Hemenway’s scores with nine and four points respectively, while Skip per scored the lone tally for Winter park. I I DEAN’S HOLDOUT IS NEARING END Dizzy Says He Won’t Sign For $10,000; May Reach De cision In Ten Days DALLAS, Feb. 22— (iP) —Ole Diz Dean, the man of a few thousand words, boiled down his annual hold out skit to blunt comment today: "I won't sign, for no $10,000." Frankly, the lame Chicago Cub pitcher is vexed about the ..'hole thing and may take his new role of gentleman farmer a little more se. ously than he thought when he pur chased a few acres of black land on the outskirts of Dallas several weeks ago. “Guess I’ll just get my farm ready and sit there all summer," remarked Mr. Dean after once again going over the details of Owner Phil K. Wrigley’s $10,000 offer and Player D. Dean’s refusal to sign for any thing less than $15,000. The great Dean, browsing around his several acres, first milking Betsy, a mild old cow, then chasing down seven squealing pigs which Ills wife, Pat, gave him, burst out with “Naw, I don't want to quit base ball, but I’ve got will power them other players haven’t. When I set my mind and know what I want, I stick to it. “I worked out a little up at my Mississippi Baseball school. I ran quite a good deal and exercised my arm. Felt pretty frisky. “I feel like if I could get together with Mr. Wrigley I would go good this season. But things aren’t so good right now. Nothing has changed for several days.” Diz, deep in the problems of plow ing under several acres of crops in accordance with government pro grams and installing a water tower “over there on the side of the hill,” seemed far more worried about get ting construction under way on his farm house than anything else. But he perked up and started ask ing questions when informed that the Cubs, minus only the great Dean, had shoved off for their Santa Cata lina Island training base today. “Say, tell me, what did that story say? So training has started, has it?’ Regardless of what happens in the next few days, Dean is going right ahead with his farm plans. “Whether I play baseball or not— and I won’t unless I get w’hat I want—I’m gonna have a good farm. ’Spect I’b build about a $12,000 or $15,000 home out here and fix it up real nice.” Something in Dean’s conversation lead you to believe that the future of the righthander would be decided in about 10 days. He started out after several sheep when a cameraman asked him to pose with some of the newly acquired Dean livestock. Diz got a hold of a rambuncious ram—“my first fee) of a sheep”—and took a wild ride before he was released. Farmer Dean, slipping into base ball’s past with a wrecked arm, is a stubborn individual. His annual holdout act may end wdth the finale this season. Dunkelberger, Strafaci To Meet In Match Today MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 22. — (/P) — Frank Strafaci of New York, for mer National Public Links ruler, and Bobby Dunkelberger of High Point, N. C., Southern champion, advanced to semifinals of the 16th annual Dixie Amateur golf tourna ment today. Strafaci turned back Charles Whitehead of South River, N. J„ 2 and 1. Dunkelberger, who will play Strafaci tomorrow, eliminated Arnold Minkley of Chicago, 4 and 3. MODEL SUPPLIES Get your model airplane supplies i from the club’s official head quarters. New shipment just re ceived. PICKARDS 209 Market St. Phone 862 THIS WHISKEY IS FOURYEARS OLD . }}'S nw Wi,,iam * Co.,Inc. $1.95 Quart 90 Proof Now York FOOTBALL GROUP FORMED HERE _. u i i x -Xr X •^r ~^t 'it 'it "ir ± x CITADEL ■ ’CATS TILT IS SOUGHT Jeter Elected Chairman Of Permanent Committee To Promote Games Here The organization of a permanent committee to promote collegiate football here for the benefit cf the city and Southeastern North Caro lina was perfected yesterday at a meeting of civic leaders in the cf fice of R. B. Page, publisher of the Star-News. The committee, it was said follow ing the session, will stress efforts to obtain the Citadel-Davidson game this fall. Harold Jeter was elected chair man of the group. Other officers are Mr. Page, vice chairman, end J. Walter Webb, secretary. The execu tive committee will be composed of W. B. Beery, Bruce Cameron, W. Louis Fisher, F. P. O’Crowley, J. C. Roe, Major William VanDyke Ochs, Col. R. S. McClelland, Mr. Jeter and Mr. Page. It was decided to go ahead im mediately with plan3 to obtain out standing games and give them a most prominent part in the city’s winter program. The meeting also dealt with many details of the gen eral program. Those in attendance were Mr. Jeter, Mr. Page, Mr. Webb, Col. Mc Clelland, Wilbur R. Dosher, Major Ochs, Lewis Weinberg, Mr. Roe, Ranald Stewart, Mr. Fisher, Addi son Hewlett, Mr. Cameron, Mr. O’Crowley and Mr. Beery. All who were present at the organization session will serve as members of the permanent steering committee. KAPPAS ADD NEW PLAYERS TO CLUB Frat Nine Rated One Of Pre Season Favorites In Cape Fear Baseball Loop BY R. J. POWELL According to prevalent street corner gossip, one of the teams to beat for the bunting In this year’s Cape Fear baseball loop race will be the Hi-Kappa fraternity out fit, which wound up the last half of the 1939 schedule in a tie for second place with the first half winners, the Pepsi-Cola gang. The Cape Fear league’s 1940 sea son will open on Sunday, April 14. As was the case last season, the frat nine will again be managed by R. J. Powrell and Oscar Flowers, Jr. Powell will handle the front office affairs while Flowers will serve as field general for the team. The Hi-Kappas will hold their first practice session of the year on Sunday afternoon on the fra ternity’s athletic field at Hilton. Work of conditioning the diamond has been under way for some time and it is expected to be in good shape within the next two weeks. Besides several stars of last year’s aggregation who will be back in harness for this year’s campaign, the Kappa roster will include many outstanding newcomers who are expected to bolster the team’s chance of grabbing the pennant. Among the old boys who will be back are Billy Pieper, speedy third baseman, who rapped the apple for a batting average well above the .350 mark last year; Jimmy Mintz, one of the most dependable flingers in the circuit a year ago; Oscar Flowers, hard-hitting captain of the squad; Leon Thomas, last year’s shortstop; Infielders Elmer Thomas, Charley Herring and Muss Lock Outfielders who have signed in clude Joe Cherry, Robert Merritt, Shine Moore, Richard Dixon, and Allen Brown. Sorely missed on the Hi-Kappa squad this season will be Leroy (irleggie) Flowers, sparkplug of last year’s smooth-clicking machine, who was also one of the leading batters in the loop. To offset the loss of the firebrand catcher, the Hi-Kappas are ex pected to have Gordon Hobbs, the slugging backstop from Acme be hind the plate this season. To team up with Hobbs, Jim Bulluck, also from Acme, is ex pected to join the Kappap’ mound crew that may boast such hurlers as Sweeney Swinson, Walter Winn and Charles Hatchel. Heading the list of candidates for the infield posts are Billy High, who holds down the first base duties; his brother, Drexel, who guards the keystone sack; and Billy Davis, who worked in the hot cor ner for the Jackson-Bell entry last season. Hemenway Boys Win Over Tileston, 16-13 The Hemenway seventh grade boys defeated the Tileston cagers 16 to 13 In the first game of a three-game playoff for the grade championship in the boys division in a tilt at the Brigade Boys club. W. A. Brown shot a field goal in the final seconds of the game to give Hemenway the victory after the lead had changed several times during the course of the tilt. Darden of Tileston was high scor er of the game with 8 points to his credit, while Harvell, Sneeden, and Brown each scored four points for the winners. 9Cats Meet Raleigh In Final Tilt Tonight A, _ +_____ . _ ,n Entered In Cage Tourney Here Among the first high school teams to enter the annual Star-News ] Y. M. C- A. basketball tournament was the Calypso high school cagers, ! who are strong contenders for the Duplin county championship this ; season. They will hold one of the favorite spots when the county tournament opens on February 29. The girls team, above, is composed of, front, row, left to right: Grace Guy, who has scored 180 points this season. Hazel Holloman, Mary Ruth Davis; back row. left to right: Christine Jennette, Maxine Taylor and Sadie Iaiu Swinson, and Nelson Stephenson, coach. First stringers on (lie boys team at bottom are, front, left to right: Laughton Grumpier and Libert Rackley; middle row, Coach Stephenson and Jack Jennette; back row, Lawrence Flow ers and Paul Lambert. Southeastern N. C. Basketball Calypso Calypso high school’s cagers boast a high-scoring record for the 1940 season and this week are entering the home stretch before marching into the Dup lin county championship bas ketball tournament, which will open on February 29. The boys’ team has scored a total of 420 points against 200 by their opponents tills year and has an impressive record of 15 victories against three de feats. No team in the league has beaten it twice in succes sion. Elbert Rackle.v holds the scoring lead with 120 points, although the rest of the start ing five is close behind. Laugh ton Crumpier, Lawrence Flow ers. Paul Lambert and Jack Jennette usually get the first call. Although the team has man aged to outdistance all foes in the scoring race, Coach Nelson Stephenson is prouder of the team’s defense than of its scor ing punch. “My team lias lit tie enough scoring power, but the defense is pretty good,” he says. Jack Jenrette, who stands six feet and two inches, is captain of the team and as the quint's pivot man has kept Calypso moving at a rapid pace on the court this season. The Calypso sextet hasn’t made as impressive a record as the boys, but it is conceded a good chance of entering the county finals next week. Its 1 !M<) record shows 11 victories against six defeats. Free scoring lias dominated most of the games in which the club lias played. Its slate to date shows 110 points chalk ed up against 1150 by opponents, (.race tiny, who captains the squad, is out front in the scor ing race with 1H0 points. Calypso this week added its name to the growing list of teams which have entered the annual Star-News-V. HI. C. A. basketball tournament which will be staged here from March I) to 0. Holdouts Present Picture Of Anemia; Dean Main Blow By EARL IlILLIGAN CHICAGO, Feb. 22— CP> —Shades of Ruth, DiMaggio and Mungo — where are those noisy holdouts ol yesteryear? Perhaps ol’ Diz Dean is a little lonesome as he “sets” down on his Texas farm awaiting a $5,000 mes sage from the Chicago Cubs. Maybe he’s wondering what’s happened tc that old holdout guard of which he appears to be a lone but still em battled member. What has happen ed to those rousing salary squab bles that once echoed from coast tc coast this time of the year? Have they gone with it—or just run out of wind? 01’ Diz isn’t going down without a fight, he’ll let you know, even it he hasn’t any company established class. “I’ll starve before I sign for a paltry $10,000,” he yells at Cub Owner P. K. Wrigley in typical Dean voice. "I’m a-building a house on my farm and I’ll set in it all sum mer before I take a cut of $10,000.’’ But Jerome Herman isn’t getting much assistance. Outside of Dizzy, this spring hasn’t produced another No. 1 noisy, colorful, headline-mak ing holdout squawk. Sure, there are lot of ballplayers seeking more money, but their technique drips with dignity. Mel Ott of New York’s Giants, he’s too bashful. Even if he has to go without caviar he’ll not be a big mouth. Lee Handley of Pittsburgh? I-Ie’s carrying on very calm and col lected ’negotiations.’’ Clint Brown ot the Chicago White Sox who wants more money after a season n which he appeared as a relief pitch er in 03 games? Why, he hasn’t heard from the club i„ a ,^0 doesnt know if he has a job and Stin 76n once be*n heard to yell robber. Babe Ruth’s fights with the late Jacob Ruppert were annual class; 7 Joe DiMaggio, in 1938, staged a Ep snorting holdout from Jan 2 7 APril 20, finally signing for $25 000 and subsequently getting roundlv booed by New York Yankee fans \ an Lingle Mungo last year accent ed a $5,000 cut from Brooklyn—but not until he’d engaged in a’ wordv battle with Larry MacPhail Maybe the tipoff on this'season’s lack of sound effects was the case of Luke Appling, Chicago White f3ox shortstop who for nine years | JUNIORS TO PLAY LELAND IN FINALE Caps Will Be Favored To Re peat Win Over Locals In Last Loop Game The New Hanover High school basketball teams will square off to night against their final foes of the season with the varsity taking on the strong Raleigh Purple Hurricane and the juniors stacking up again! t the Leland High school varsity. The first game which will be a conference affair will start at 8 o’clock on the floor of the Y. M. C. A. The varsity will be gunning for its second win of the conference season. Coach Pepper has install'd a new attack for this game and will spring it on the visitors tonight. Captain Allison Alderman and Bobby Edwards will be the probable starters at forwards; Morrison, cen ter and Bowen or Merritt and Pieper, guards for the Wildcat varsity. The second game which -will fea ture the speedy Leland High first string, much improved since therr meeting with the local juniors, and the fast traveling little wildcats, who have been showing their senior brothers a thing or two about how to win ball games. In the first meeting, the teams were tied at the end of the regula tion periods and were forced int an extra quarter which also nded in a 33-33 tie-up. The game got so fast and hot that the two coaches decided to call a stop so the boys could cool off in time to play tonight. This particular game is expected .o pack the fans in and the following starters are promising plenty u fireworks- Johnny Oliphant and Junior Johnson, forwards; Harry Mohr, center and Tom McCraw and C. G. Herring, guards. Tar Heel Swim Team Captures State Title CHAPEL HILL, Feb. 22.—W—The University of North Carolina won its second winter sports championship within a week here today when the Tar Heel swimmers racked up an im pressive 51 to 24 victory over Duke. It marked the second time that Carolina and Duke, each rivals, have met to decide a state title. Last Sat urday the Tar Heel boxers beat Duke 6 t0 2- _ i.-k* TAR BABIES WIN DURHAM, Feb. 22.—UP)—Fighting off a second half rally, the Universi ty of North Carolina’s freshman bas ketball team defeated Duke’s yearl ing five 27-23 here tonight. The flag acquired its present form in Spain in the sixth cen tury. Before that it was small and square. was the undisputed White Sox salary squawker champ. Luke whip ped liig signed contract in a month ago—and the Sox office employes still are shaking their heads and muttering "it ain’t so.” Smiths Beats St. Pauls In Robeson Cage Meet Defending Champs Lose Out As Tourney Goes Into Semi Finals; Finals On Monday LUMBERTON, Feb. 22 — Smiths quintet defeated St. Pauls, the de fending champions, 29-27 in the quarter-finals of the ISth annual Robeson County High School Bas ketball tournament here tonight in the biggest upset to date. Semi-finals will be staged tomor row night with the finals to be held Monday night. Smiths captured the game tonight in che finals ten seconds of the tilt, with C. Kinlaw sinking the final shot. In the last half the lead changed 12 times. Smiths was out front 19-15 at the intermission. Evers and Council with 10 points each led the winners while Powers was high man for St. Pauls with seven markers. in liib umei du>s game lumgni Maxton defeated Red Springs 27-21 with Speros with nine and Steed with eight points leading the visitors.' Barnesville defeated Fairmont 25 17 this afternoon, and the Barnes ville boys will go into the finals on a semi-finals bye. McPhatter -with 10 points topped the Barnesvive scoring drive with Herring tops for the losers with seven points. Barnesville’s girls spanked Orrum 24-17 this afternoon, with Ruth and Effie Lee, the sister cage stars, leading the scoring field with 12 and 11 points. Barker Ten-Mile won over Alien ton 32-10. E. Musselwhite grabbed scoring honors with 16 points. Frieda Lee with nine led Allenton’s sexte.. The Parkton girls nosed out St. Pauls girls 24-21, with Irene Walters the big gun in the winners attack with 18 tallies. Louise Everett and Martha Fales- led the losers wdth nine each. Semi-finals Friday night will be as follows: Barnesville girls vs. Barker Ten-Mile girls at 8 o’clock; Parkton girls bye to finals: Maxton boys vs. Smiths boys at 9 p. m.; Barnesville boys bye to finals. Spartanburg Midgets Whip Sumter Cagers SUMTER, S. C.. Feb. 22. — (IP) — The Spartanburg Midgets defeated the Sumter “Green” Midgets 46 to 3 tonight in the first round of the Carolinas Y. M. C. A. Midget and Junior basketball tournament. The team that represented Sumter tonight is classed as the town's Xo. 3 team. The tournament this year attract ed teams from Wilmington. X. C.. Spartanburg and Sumter. The latter won the Junior and Midget division championships last year. Sumter’s Juniors and Midgets will neet teams tomorrow night from I Wilmington. Finals will be played I Saturday night. Y TEAMS TO LEAVE FOR SUMTER TOM! Junior And A id get C;igersT0 Begin Play ln Annual Tourney Tonight The Y. M. c. Junior basketball for Sumter, S. C. games in the an t (7 . ,. M. C. A. tollman,:,.: >. . Play in the am ened last night but the Will teams drew a bye „• ... "• 7'/’ their cage wars in >;,<> 7’ round. The Juniors will meet - r of the Florence-s Mm. - [;(6i ’,"7 at 7 o'clock tonight •• : will meet the Sunr,. :• (j . A': o’clock. The Wilmington tries N, been practicing steadily jn ration for this tournament expected to give a ge.-l accoutre themselves in toun m< ■ : The Midgets of last year, 7 ■ are the Junior team . • y.. v7 went to the finals of their -7* last year and are i . : . peating this season Boys expected to make the * are: Midgets — Robert Ws;7 Douglas Pridgen. Ot s j,y. 7 James Croom. Mickey g..'| Manor and J. T. Join - n. ,h: . r._ James Crowley. Chi rles I Cliff Owensby, Frank K.-iiy, Kei® Raynor, Bryan Brea if.- jvs,. Smith. C. F. Bell and A it Kit» From 163S to 16P7 the Rcforraei Dutch Church was the only [> of worship in New Y-rk C::y, FULL *| PINT FULL & QUART * 100 PROOF I One of the biggest movements to be inaugurated in Wilmington was made here yesterday when a group of civic leaders of the city met and formed a permanent working body for the promotion of college football in this section. . . . , , , . The sport, which made its initial bow here m 1988 and was repeated last fall, will, I am sure, receive the wholehearted support and endorsement of every citizen of the city and section.
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