Smoke Rings Friday The 13th By SAM RAGAN Ladies and gentlemen, uncross your fingers long to remind you that this is “jinx day. Good old Fridav the 13th, it is, and it is only proper that you*be warned to keep all shenanigans to a minimum on this day. Black cats may cross and recross your path, you may walk under all the ladders you like and you may make a 1 ot The common mistakes that lead to a Jinx, but don t overlook a Friday the 13th. It’s bad medicine.___ Code Of Ethics One of the major items that is sup posed to come up at the meeting oi Southern Conference coaches in Charlotte Saturday is e ‘code ol ethics” in the recruiting of football talent. Last year there was some talk ot the matter and it was generally un dersea d at that time that some kind of an agreement was to be drawn up to be acted on at this year’s ses sion. But i hether the matter will be re newed in the discussions is not known, as it probably hinges on whether some coach in the circuit has been burnt in his dealings with prospects over the past year or not. It’., not such a big problem but it's -one that has caused a lot of -’gu L .ents about the loop for many ; ears. It may ha’ c already reached a nat ural basis that satisfies all. This And That It appears now that the New Han i High school gymnasium will not be completed before some time next spring. . . . Yesterday workmen start ed utting the metal on the roof, but a shortage of labor is expected t ■ stall the work inside for a go< d while. . . The Durham High scht -1 cagers started practicing for the com ing season this week and the coshes are feeling pretty well satisfied with the prospects. . .". In a recent vote Duke football players voted Tennes see as the best offensive, defensive and coached team they’d played this fall. . . . Foxx, of the Vols, was term ed the best player and Hackney, of Davidson, and Kimball, of North Carolina, were voted the two lead ing most underrated players. . . . Carolina and N. C. State were the cleanest-playing teams. ... An to top off their voting spree the players voted Walladfe Wade as the best coach in the U. S. . . . And that re minds me about the announcement from Duke yesterday that the school has not had a contract with Wallace Wade in years. . . . The grid coach having the seme rating as professors on the faculty. . . . He’s a pretty good teacher at that. Yanks Sale Deal To Be Completed In Few Days NEW YORK. Dec. 12.—CR)—The $4,000,000 deal for. the purchase of the New York Yankees by a group headed by James A. Farley will be completed within the next few days, brokers in the negotiations said to day The office of Brown, Wheelock. Harris, Stevens, Inc., said there never has been any question involv ing the cash in the transaction, and that final details have been practi cally ironed out. Preston Goodfe' low, co-broker, said he had heen in touch with Farley and John Farber, of the law firm representing Farley, and had been informed by both men that Farley has the necessary funds to purchase the club. The deal involves the purchase of the New York, Newark, Kansas City. Binghamton, N. Y.; Akron, Ohio; Norfolk, Va.; Butler. Pa., and Am sterdam, N. Y.. properties. GOLF TOURNEY MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 12—Iff)—Fred Corcoran, P.G.A. tournament bur eau manager, announced today that an $11,000 open offering the • largest purse so far in the 1941 ,schedule would be played next Sept. 4-7 at Chicago. 4 SOUTHERN CIRCUIT TO MEET SATURDAY Membership Bid Of Colonials To Be Heard; Executive Board Meets Today CHARLOTTE, Dec. 12. — UP) — A meeting of the executive committee tomorrow afternoon will precede the annual meeting of the Southern Con ference here Saturday. The confer ence’s annual dinner will be held to morrow- night. George Washington university will be proposed for membership in the conference. This, and a discussion of a new- booking agency for confer ence officials, are expected to be the main matters to come before the business session Saturday. Otlie.- proposals before the confer ence are of a routine nature, it was indicated, and adjournment is ex pected by noon Saturday. The University of Maryland has proposed that the cross-country meet be held the third Monday in Novem ber instead of the Saturday before Thanksgiving. A proposal has been made by N. C. State college to extend the time cf eligible . participation in athletic events for those athletes whose ca reers are interrupted by military service. At present participation is limited to one freshman and three varsity years over a period of five consecu tive years from the date of first ma triculation. Under the proposed amendment to the by-laws, this time would be extended an amount equal to the time spent in military service in the case of players called into the armed forces. The period of exten I sion, however, would not exceed two years. Carpenter Plans Fishing Trip To Brunswick Today SOUTHPORT, Dec. 12 — Sport fishing at this season of the year may have a screwy sound to it. Nevertheless, Don N. Carpenter, hunting and fishing editor of the Washington Daily News, is sched uled to arrive here Friday night and to go on an expedition to the gulf stream early Saturday morn ing. Carpenter, here only three weeks ago, became so impressed with the sport fishing on the lower North Carolina coast, that he has ad vised friends here he is coming again, just to see for himself how late in the year the fish can be found off this part of the coast. 4 CAROLINA WINS CHAPEL HILL, Dec. 12. — CP) — North Carolina’s Southern Confer ence swimming champions placed heavily in seven of nine events and easily beat William and Mary 53 to ! 22 in the season's opener here today. VITT DUNS TRIBE CLEVEI AND, Dec. 12.—(iP)—Os car Vitt, former manager of 'ithe Cleveland Indians, has taken his $2, 500 salary dun against the Tribe to Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis, President Alva Bradley said today. i wmIAI t*m£mfJJiOI§*i'miAf*m “Trek” anti-freeze is made of con centrated methanol... made to a new formula. It offers far more protection than ordinary “dollar aTgallon” antj-freeze. Even its new inhibitors ... which prevent rust and corrosion ... are anti-freeze! See your dealer NOW. A GALLON (250 A QUART) JJ— INDIANS OBTAIN WALKER, BAGBY Red Sox Get Pytlak, Hale And Dobson In First Major Swap In League CLEVELAND, Dec. 12.—(JV-The Cleveland Indians tonight an nounced a three-cornered deal in tended to bolster their outfield and pitching staff. The tribe obtained Outfielder Gerald Walker, Pitcher Jim Bag by, Jr., and Catcher Gene DeSau tel's from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Catcher Frankie Pyt lak, Infielder Odel Hale and Pitch er Joe Dobson. The Red Sox traded Outfielder Roger Cramer to the Washington Senators for Walker before the deal could be completed, Indians officials said. The deal was completed at Chi cago today by.C. C, Slapnicka, In dians’ vice president, and Presi dent Tom Yawkey and Manager Joe Cronin for the Red. Sox, re presentatives of the Cleveland baseball club reported. With the acquisition of Walker, the Indians hope to give the out field the batting punch it lacked in Cleveland’s World Series pennant drive last season. The 31-year-old Walker, a native of Gulfport, Miss., averaged 100 runs batted in per season for the past fi,ve years, accounting for 96 with the Senators last summer. He previously played with Detroit’s Tigers and the Chicago White Sox. “I’m delighted with the deal.” said Roger Pecknipaugh, recently appointed manager of the tribe. “As I see it, we got exactly what we went after without giving up anything but Dobson’s prospects. And don’t forget that Bagby has some prospects, too.” Bagby, 24, son of a hero of Cleve land’s 1920 pennant-winning team, won 10 games against 16 losses for Bostrn last year, and can win up wards of 10 games for the Indians during the coming season, Peckin paugh believes. He joined the Red Sox in 1938. Dobson, 24-year-old right hander from Durant, Okla., won only three and lost seven games last season. DeSautels, 33. Red Sox first string catcher since 1937, “will be every bit as good as Pytlak” as a second-string catcher for the In dians, Peckinpaugh declared. The catcher started with Detroit in 1930. Both Pytlal^ and Hale have been popular with Clevel ld fans, but they knew the fiery little catcher probably would be offered in trade for an outfielder. Both players have been with Cleveland since 1933 and the previous year played together at Toledo. Both are 31. Hale, used mainly as a pinch hitter the past two seasons, batted .224 last summer. 4 FLOWERS KILLS TWO DEER WITH ONE SHOT Joel Moore Also Economizes On Ammunition, Killing Three ’Coons At Once SOUTHPORT, Dec. 12— Bruns wick county is this week present ing two decidedly screwy, but au thentic, sport stories, dealing with hunting. This week Rossie Flowers of Win nabow was a member of a party of deer drivers in the Green j Swamp, 17 miles from Southport. A big buck deer came charging out of the woods and Flowers took a snapshot at it with his twelve gauge gun, loaded with buckshot. The buc ksprang into the air and dropped dead, so did another big buck just on the other side of the one that Flowers shot at. Ih the excitement of the moment he had not noticed the second animal, run ning beside the first. Joel Moore, Jr., Southport school boy, also comes forward this week with a verified story of-an extra ordinary shooting feat. He was out after squirrels and noticed a very unusual looking “nest” in the forks of a tree. With a view of frighten ing the tenants out, he fired a shot at the nest and was astonished when it disappeared, breaking into three pieces and three big racoons coming hurtling to the earth. They had huddled in a ball to keep warm and the one shot killed all three. Mat Card For Benefit Of Legion Fund Planned The wrestling program at Legion stadium Monday night will be for the benefit of the American Legion Christmas basket fund, the pro moters of the bouts announced last night. The card will feature a'90-minute time limit, best two out of three falls between Sailor Hill and'Chief Little Beayer. r ■ • i Dick Lever, the Tennessee Terror, will tangle with Jack Reeder in the' semi-finals bout. GERARD TO COACH DURHAM, Dec. 12.—UP)—Kenneth C. (Gerry) Gerard, director of intra mural athletics and coach of soccer at Duke university, has been named assistant basketball coach at the uni versity. He is widely known in the south' as a football, basketball and track official. He came to Duke in 1932 from Illinois.where he was in structor in physical education and assistant freshman football coach. ★ ★ * ★ ★ ★ ★★★ * * * * * * Hogan, Loving Lead In $10,000 Miami Open --—--* --- ★ z zrz i : ~~ ■ - . Jimmy Wilson Is Voted No. 1 Comeback Of Year Shaughnessy Ranks Second In Poll; Series Catcher Gets 102 Votes BY OREO ROBERTSON NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—UP)—Out of necessity 40-year-old Jimmy Wilson went behind the plate for the Cincinnati Reds in this fall’s World Series. He was only a fill-in for Ernie Lombardi but he did such a grand job of catching that today he was voted the year’s No. 1 comeback in the annual Associ ated Press poll. Seventy-eight sports editors from every section of the country gave Jimmy 102 votes for a courageous performance that included perfect handling of the Reds’ hurlers for the :' ; games, a .353 batting aver age and the only stolen base of the series. Twenty-three of tie writers placed the new Chicago Cubs man ager at the top of the list. Twenty four of them gave the No. 1 berth to Clark Shaughnessy, Stanford football coach, but Wilson received more second and thirds and won by six points on a 3-2-1 scoring basis. There’s no question but that Wil s-n qualified on all counts under the heading of “comebacks in in dividual competition.” But the same can not be said regarding Shaughnessy. Stanford’s football team did come back frcm the cel lar to the Pacific coast conference championship but the ability oi Shaughnessy as a coach never was questioned even in his leanest years at the University of Chicago. Baseball players easily domina ted the "poll, 13 of them receiving votes. Detroit’s Schoolboy Rowe, although a failure in the World Series, did such a fine job of help ing the Detroit Tigers win the American league pennant that he ranked third with nine firsts and 57 points. Fred Fitzsimmons, vet eran Brooklyn hurler who won 16 and lost two, polled 23 points.’Dick Bartell of the Tigers, Lou Finney of the Red Sox, Tex Carleton oi the Dodgers and Dizzy Dean of the Cubs were other ball players that received five or more points. Lawson Little’s winning of the ! U. S. open golf title, his first na tional championship since leaving the amateur ranks, wr.s considered such a fine comeback that he was given three first place votes and a total of 49 for fourth place. Max Baer received 23 votes for knock ing out Tony Galento and Pat Co miskey and Gene Sarazen 20 for his good showing in golf competi tion. Bill Decorrevont, Northwestern football star, with 15 and Bartell, with 14, were the only others that received more than ten votes. Oddities, in addition to Shaugh nessy’s strong showing, were four votes for Seabiscuit, who came out of retirement to win the Santa Ani ta handicap and top all race horses in money earned and a first place vote for Joe Di Maggio, who was runner-up for the out standing athlete of 1939. Although this was a poll for in dividual comebacks, single votes were given to Rice’s football team for its improvement in its first year under Jess Neely and Arkan sas for beating Mississippi 21-20 after trailing 0-20 with nine min utes to play. 4 TIGERS SELL FOX TO BOSTON CLUB Undisclosed Amount Of Cash Paid For Outfielder In Detroit’s First Sale DETROIT, Dec. 12.—OP)—Ervin (Pete) Fox, a ball player who gained a large following in Detroit by con sistent, workmanlike performance, was sold today by the Tigers to the Boston Red Sox for an undisclosed amount of cash. The 31-year-old outfielder, native of Evansville, Ind., had patrolled the Tiger gardens for eight seasons. “Pete wasn’t a regular here last' year and we didn’t figure he would make the grade in 1941,” said Gener al Manager Jack Zeller of the Ti gers. “A change in scenery may benefit him. Everyone connected with the Tigers wishes Fox every success with the fine Boston club.” Announcemen# of the deal probably didn’t surprise Fox because for ,long there has been gessip saying he was to be involved in this trade or that one. Barred from trading by the American league rule against, a pen nant winner, the Tigers today made one of. the few, straight cash sales in the history of the club. Fox came to the Tigers in the spring of 1933 after having been de veloped at Beaumont of the Texas league by Del Baker, present Detroit manager. Fox. was a Tiger regular through 1939, boasting, a seven vear major league, batting average, of .3(13. Last season he alternated in right field with Bruce Campbell and Earl Averill, two former Cleveland Indi -He batted ,289 in 93 games. | FIVE GAMES ARE ON CAGE SLATE Church School Cagers Resume Play At Y Tonight; Calvary, Covenant Top Loops Sunday School basketball teams are booked for five games on the Y.M.C.A. court this week-end, three by the Friday loop and two in the Saturday afternoon circuit. The schedule: Friday night league: 8 p. m. Southside vs. Lutheran Mission: 8:20 p .m. Grace vs. Epworth; 9:20 p. m. Calvary vs. Tabernacle. Saturday league: 3 p. m. First Presbyterian vs. Hi-Y: 3:20 p. m. First Baptist vs. Covenant. The league leading Calvaryites had a bad scare handed them last week when the Lutheran Mission team staged a last period rally to come within a single point of a tie and will face another tough foe tonight in the Tabernacle quintet, which has lost only once. The Saturday leaders were top pled last week by a rejuvenated and inspired Hi-Y quint, which thus served notice on all comers that it is not yet out of this race. 4 Standing of the teams: FRIDAY LEAGUE Team W L Pet. Calvary_ 5 0 1,000 Tabernacle__ 3 1 .750 Immanuel_ 3 2 .600 Grace _ 2 2 .500 Southside _ 1 3 .250 Luther Mission_ 1 3 .250 Epworth _ 0 4 .000 SATURDAY LEAGUE Team W L Pet. Covenant_ 2 1 .666 First Presbyterian - 2 1 .666 First Baptist_ 1 2 .333 Hi-Y _ 1 2 .333 GEORGIA IS SET FOR NEXT SEASON BY ROMNEY WHEELER ATHENS, Ga„ Dec. 12.— UP) — Don't waste any sympathy on Coach Wally Butts of Georgia. . . . He’ll do all right with his Bulldogs on the gridiron next year. . . . The man has 23 of his 29 lettermen coming back, including first-string starters at every position . . . not to mention his star backs, Frankie Sinkwich, Cliff Kimsey, Lamar Da vis and Jim Todd. . . . And for a bonus a great freshman squad coming up. . . . The Bulldog sched ule soon to be announced, will in clude South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Columbia, Dartmouth, Auburn, Florida and Georgia Tech. . . . Tulane and Kentucky, played this year, are absent. Minute meditations— Bill Keefe in the New Orleans Time-Picayune: “I wonder if Mus solini has a five-year contract?” Hot stove stuff— Col. Bob Allen, who first intro duced night baseball in the South ern league at Little Rock, vows he’ll never fool with lights as long as he owns the Knoxville franchise. . . The Pittsburgh Pi rates may “angel” Moultrie’s Packers in the Georgia-Florida league. . . Pat Riley, Albany (Ga.) outfielder a couple of seasons back, is a fair bet to manage Valdosta in the same league in ’41. Player Recruiting To Be Restricted In Loop ATHENS, Ga., Dec. 12— (#) — Voluntary restriction of player re cruiting in the Southeastern con ference was asked tonight of its coaches and athletic directors by Athletic Commissioner Mike ' Con ner. Meeting in closed session with the coaches and directors on the eve of the eighth annual conference meeting, Conner asked adoption of “a code by gentleman^ agree ment” which would ban high pres sure proselyting and "freshman snatching,” the existence of which was charged within the conference prior to Connor’s appointment last August. BOWLING CIVHT A I^AfilK • «. ■ Kiwanis S•&*$•* King,;—:::::::: mb .-.is • Tajler -,- 132 142 144 4ig - 137 “8 3S» Total - 764 677 ~ 697 2138 Civltans | Canady - ISO 162 193T°535 Platt - 142 116 .103 361 Hehcer - 162 167 127 456 Woodbury - 124 140. 139 403 McKoy -.... 79 78 105 262 Total- 687 663 667 2017 HEAFNER IS TIED FOR THIRD SPOT White Plains Pro Cards Three Under-Par 67 To Top Field In First Round BY LARRY ROLLINS MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 12.—Ben Hogan, of White Plains, N. Y., the mightiest little man in golf, crack ed out a three-under-par 67 today to share the first round lead in the $10,000 Miami open with hither to obscure Ben Loving of Spring field, Mass. Hogan, front runner in the stretch battle for the year’s money-winning honors, took a three-stroke margin over the num ber two man, Jimmy Demaret of Houston, Texas, and had a two shot leeway over Sam Snead of Hot Springs, Va., third high. Twenty-one golfers equalled or bettered par despite a brisk south east wind. Clayton Heafner, the big blond from Linville, N. C., and the vet eran Ed Dudley of Augusta, Ga.; scored 68’s. Seven professionals, including Snead, sliced a stroke off par with 69’s. Among these was the days hard-ludk player, Harold (Jug) McSpaden of Winchester, Mass., who took a penalty stroke after a long conference following his round. Jimmy. Thomson of Chicopee, Mass., who also carded a 69. charged that McSpaden’s bail moved while he was addressing it on the fourteenth green. The penal ty gave McSpaden a five on the par three hole. Others at the 69 notch were P. G. A. champion Byron Nelson of Toledo, Ohio, Jim Turnesa of West View, N. Y., Claude Harmon of Orlando, Fla., and Tommy Wright of Knoxville, Tenn. Hogan, out with a magnificent 31, was six under par until he hit the last five holes, which were very tough in the wind today and ruined many another fine score. The 132-pound larruper bogeyed three out of those five holes to nullify half of his six birdies. Loving went over par on just one hole, the first, the 31-year old professional, who has been making the circuit for years but never won a tournament, was steady from tee to green with nine hole scores of 34 and 33. 3 Suffridge Will Receive Rockne Memorial Trophy WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. — (iP) — The Touchdown Club of Washington voted today to award the Knute Rockne memorial trophy for ‘‘the most, outstanding lineman of the year” to Bob Suffridge of the Uni versity of Tennessee. The club, composed of varsity Ut ter men, said Tennessee university officials had assured them that Suf fridge would be permitted to leave classes to attend the club’s fifth an nual dinner here on January 6, when the trophy will be presented. Pitt Is Playing For Fun And Likes It Much Better BY JUDSON BAILEY PITTSBURGH, Dec. 12.—(A»)— football, which used to be big busi ness at the University of Pitts burgh, now is just a game the Pan thers play for fun. Everybody is happier, according to James (Whitey) Hagan, Pitt’s director of athletics, and the sys tem is here to stay. “There is a finer spirit among the boys,” explained Hagan, “and we’re very happy about the whole thing. It has operated about as we expected. We don’t win as many ball games, but the boys have more fun and the alumni are beginning to swing back to our point of view.” It was two years ago that Pitt de-emphasized the grid game, causing Dr. John B. (Jock) Su therland to resign, and last season was the poorest the Panthers had had since 1912. They lost four, won three and tied one. Yet there was no yelling for the scalp of Charley Bowser, former Sutherland assistant who stepped up to the headman’s post with a contract that runs through the 1941 season. Furthermore, the record did not mean the financial disaster it would have in the old regime. “Why the most profitable game we had this year.” interjected r iness Manager John Weber Cj' one we wouldn't even have i'!1 able to schedule under our old cy.” This was the season's oner,.. with Ohio State. This statement is the kev Pitt’s plans for the future V! Panthers were so strong j .e years ago they couldn’t "make'"' presentable schedule. They IJ fied and now are looking coveto"' ly at the Western conference-even though they won't admit it in many words. Asked whether Pitt would like place in the Big Ten, Hagan sr. swered: “Why not?” Tomorrow night Pitt will have its annual athletic banquet and the principal speaker will be May,I John L. Griffith, commissioner el the Big Ten, who already exer cises an advisory supervision Pitt. Next year's football schedule in eludes four Big Ten opponents Fordham is not scheduled be yond 1941 and the inference ob viously iis that the Panthers will look more and more to the west as their.sphere, although Pitt wiil not, and does not want to, resume its old pinnacle. BRUNSWICK CAGE SLATE ANNOUNCED Five Schools To Start Loop Play On January 21; Tourney To Be Held SOUTHPORT, Dec. 12.—The five white consolidated schools in Brunswick county are all prepar ing to put out formidable boys and girls basketball teams this season. Some of the schools that have not made such a strong showing in past years are expected to put on more of a competitive spirit this time. The schedule calls for two games between each school and at the completion of the schedule a tour nament will be held at some school, not yet announced. The schedule as arranged for a few days ago is as follows: Southport vs. Waccamaw, Jan. 21, Southport: Shallotte vs. Leland, Jan. 21, Shallotte; Bolivia, bye. Bolivia vs. Southport, Jan. 24, Bolivia; Shallotte vs. Waccamaw, Jan. 23, Waccamaw; Leland, bye. Leland vs. Bolivia, Jan, 28, Le land; Shallotte vs. Southport, Jan. 28, Shallotte; Waccamaw, bye. Waccamaw vs. Bolivia, Jan. 30, Waccamaw; Leland vs. Southport, Jan. 31, Southport; Shallotte, bye. Shallotte vs. Bolivia, Feb. 4, Bo livia; Leland vs. Waccamaw, Feb. 4, Leland; Southport, bye. Southport vs, Waccamw, Feb. 6, Waccamaw; Shallotte vs. Le land, Feb. 6, Leland; Bolivia bye. Bolivia vs.‘ Southport, Fed. 11, Southport; Shallotte vs. Wacca maw, Feb. 11, Shallotte; Leland. bye. Leland vs. Bolivia. Feb. 14, Bo livia; Shallotte vs. Southport, Feb. 14, Southport; Waccamaw bye. Waccamaw vs. Bolivia, Feb. 18. Bolivia; Leland vs. Southport. Feb, 18, Leland; Shallotte, bye. Shallotte vs. Bolivia, Feb, 21, Shallotte; Leland vs. Waccamaw Feb. 20, Waccamaw; Southport bye. I Overlin, Belloise Meet In Title Bout Tonight NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-®-Ken Overlin and Steve Belloise are going to put on a re-take of the year’s hottest punch party in Madi son Square Garden tomorrow night, with Ken's middleweight championship on the block. It’s the old story of the boxer (Overlin) against the slugger, the veteran and his ring ‘'savvy' against the youngster with a wal lop, and the odds-makers are so confused about the whole thin; they’re refusing to make either a favorite. The 49th street betting set was laying “six to five and pick” tonight. < A contract for $75,313,000 re cently was let to Consolidated 6; the Navy. 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