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Smoke Rings_ Boxing Needs Remedy By SAM RAGAN The fight business has £“dd“?S any remedy in sight to bring it bank on its feet. experts say that it’s not because Some of the boxing v fighting, but because of Louis and the ^ ^o ^d. That hardly states the heavyweigh P good fighters before— Jacobs To Blame If blame is to be laid to any one person's door, it should probably be that of Promoter Mike Jacobs, who has all the fighters in the business in a bottleneck, and it’s mainly be cause of this fight monopoly by the Kew York promoter that no better battles than the one staged by Louis and McCoy Monday night are on the program. It has been suggested time after time that the boxing business be supervised by a coinniissioner, just as baseball is supervised by Commis sioner Landis. This certainly would help. And if the persons connected with boxing won’t do it, then con gress should enact a law to put a commissioner in power. If you don’t think something's needed just listen in to some of the fights that will be broadcast in the next few months. You’ll smell ’em even through the loud speaker. Nova Talks While we re talking aoout tne Dol ing business, let's offer you the talk of several hundred words long that Lou Nova is putting into print in the Collier's magazine of Dec. 20. Nova says he’s ready to take over the heavyweight championship from Louis. He says he’s right now and he can do the job. "I will never fight Louis twice, let alone three times, because the first time will be last. After that Joe will permanently retire,” Nova says. That’s right smart talking, fellow. Odds and Ends Carolina athletics enjoyed a good .ear in 1940 and the Tar Heels are jroudest of all for their individual ttars, which include Paul Severin, ;he All-America repeater, George Slamack, the All-America eager, Jim Lalanne, Gates Kimball, Dave Mor rison, Harry March, Harris Everett ind Lefty Cheshire, the Wilmington boy, who' pitched nine wins out of 12 and won the Duke series for the Carolina nine . . . thanks to South Carolina Grid Coach Rex Enright for the nifty Christmas card . . . There are a lot of Greek football players in America and it just goes to show that these fellows are warriors on gridiron and battlefield . . . Zajed nicar, Greek-American newspaper* has picked the following All-Greek Amtrica football team of 1940: Teles manic of San Francisco, and Leovich of Oregon State college, ends; Ure movich of Indiana and Visnic of St. Benedict’s college, tackles; Lokanc and Zorich of Northwestern, guards; Mandich of Tulane, center; Tomasic of Temple, quarterback; Kmetovic of Stanford, and Sinkovich of Geor gia, halfback; Paskvan of Wisconsin, fullback. COLLECT WASTE OIL STOCKHOLM -(A5) Sweden has established collection depots for used, waste oil to be refined again in an effort to bolster stocks depleted through war Blockades. AGGIES TO MEET IRISH OF SIVE Norton Sends Boys Through Drill Against Fordham’s ‘Notre Dame’ Stuff BY FELIX R. McKNIGHT COLLEGE STATION. Tex., Dec. 19.Seven sturdy Texans, known hither and yon a" the stingi est line in college football, worked in the rain and chill today on a problem that is theirs to solve, come New Year’s day. For two years now, the Texas Aggies have rated as the nation s top defensive team. The big test comes Jan. 1. against Fordham university in the Dallas Cotton bowl game. Once more the Aggies will en counter a solid Notre Dame of fense somewhat of a rarity in an Aggie lineman’s life. Coach Homer Norton reviewed past experiences aginst Irish of fensives in a talk with his boys to day. Norton didn’t stress the point with his players, but a little re search and prodding from the men tor revealed that the Aggies’ suc cess against Notre Dame stuff has touched on brilliance. Last season the Cadets walloped Villanova, 33-7, and took in Santa Clara 7-0. This season they en countered the dancing Irish shifts twice and came out 41-6 victors over TV.lsa and 26-0 winners over stovt little Texas A. and I. “We’ve met the Notre Dame of fense, but not often,” said Norton. “We’ll just have to adjust our selves to someting we knov’ little about.” The great senior line that last season established a new all-time record for college football by hold ing ten opponents to a net gain of 67 yards per game by rushing and passing, and again ranked as the top defensive team against rush ing this season with a stunning “hold ’em Yale” avera;.: of 44.3 yards, went out in the rain to work against Fordham—or Notre Dame—plays worked by reserves. Coach Norton, just out of bed aitjr an attack of influenza, didn’t venture out into the dampness. He peered through a window at the practice field and mused: “It will take us at our best to win this one. We must reach ton form in every way during the next few days. We are going to let the boys go home for Christmas for three days and that leaves little time to get them in shape. There will be no scrim mage after their return from the holidays. “We are handicapped by lack of scout information onFordham, but we’re working at what we think they’ll spring on us. I’d say our boys are looking very -ood at the moment. Look at the zip in that workout.” j Blue, Gray Coaches Move To Montgomery For Drills MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. T9. — <JP)—Men who will direct the North and the south in the third renewal of the Blue and Gray All-Star foot ball game here Dec. 28 headed today toward this first capital of the con federacy. Coach Ray Wolfe of North Caro lina departed from Chapel Hill, alofig with an assistant coach and the uni versity’s three stand-out footballers. Meanwhile, Jess Neely of Rice, who will team with Wolf in tutoring the 22-member Dixie outfit, and Carl Snavely of Cornell and Lynn Wal dorf of Northwestern were reported en route and expected to arrive to morrow. Rival outfits are scheduled here in time for a morning workout Sat urday. Coming with Wolf by automobile are Assistant Coach Jimmy Vaught, All-America Paul Severin, end; All Southern Gates Kimball, tackle, and All-Southern Jim Lalanne, back. DUKE CAGERS LEAVE DURHAM, Dec. 19.—(A1)—Twelves members of the Duke university bas ketball team, Coach Eddie Cameron and Student Manager Bob Kubek left here tonight for Washington,'D. C., where the Blue Devils will meet a pair of District of Columbia teams tomorrow night and Saturday night. Catholic university will be played tomorrow and George Washington Saturday. PERRY SUCCEEDS DAVIS ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec. 91.—<A>>— Commdr. Lyman S. Perry, a guard on Walter Camp’s All-America foot ball team of 1918, will succeed Commdr. Ward P. Davis as graduate manager of Naval Agademy athletics, Academy authorities announced to dayf %■ > ’CATS CAGERS WIN FIRST TITLE VARSITY DEFEATS CLINTON, 46-31 Junior Quint Wins Over Clin ton ‘B’ Team, 28-22 In Twin Bill At Armory New Hanover High school’s cage teams opened their 1941 season at the Cape Fear Armory last night with a double victory over the Clin ton High school quints, the local varsity winning 46-31 and the junior club coming out on the long end of a 2S-22 score. ’ Substitutes were plentiful in both games for the Wildcats teams. Cliff Owensby with 12 points and Johnny Oliphant with 8 markers were the offensive leaders m the varsity affray. The first quarter was a see-saw af fair, with Clinton holding a 11-10 advantage at the first rest period. However, the ’Cats put on the steam in the second stanza and were lead ing 24-14 at the half. They increased their lead to 38-22 at the end of the third quarter and were never in dan ger of being overtaken. Jones with 12 points and Turling ton with eight led the Clinton scorers. The Wildcat Juniors got off with a flurry that saw them out front 8-3 at the end of the first heat. They held an 18-5 advantage at halftime. The third quarter saw the locals fail to notch a point and the visitors were still short. 18-12 at the end of the third quarter. Dick Dunlea with 16 points set the pace for the Kittens, with Auld trail ing with six points. Price and Smith with seven markers each led the visitors. ine liiieupa. N.H.H.S. Juniors (28) G F PF TP Taylor, F .0 0 0 0 Auld, f . 3 0 7 6 Dunlea, f .7 2 1 16 Troy, f . 0 0 ° 0 Mathis, c . 1 0 0 2 Register, c . 1 0 0 2 Graham, g . 0 0 0 0 Collie, g .0 0 0 0 Biddle, g .0 0 0 0 Smith, g . 1 0 0 2 Blakeslee, g .0 0 0 0 Craft, f .0 0 0 0 Totals .13 2 3 28 Clinton “B” (22) G F PF TP J. Price, f .3 1 0 7 M. Hallard, f . 0 0 0 0 A. Kalleel, c . 3 0 0 6 H. Smith, g .3 117 P Smith, g . 1 0 0 2 E. Hobbs, g . 0 0 2 0 Totals .10 2 3 22 N. H.H.S Varsity (46) G F PF PT Johnson, f .2 0 1 4 Edwards, f .0 0 1 0 Owensby, f . 6 0 0 12 E. G. Herring, f .... 2 0 14 Nesbitt, f . 1 0 0 2 Oliphant, f .4 0 1 8 Raynor, f . 2 0 0 4 McCoy, c .3 0 0 6 Morrison, c .0 0 1 0 Halliburton, g . 0 0 0 0 Pieper, g . 3 0 16 Shain, g .0 0 1 0 Bowen, g . 2 0 0 4 Totals .23 0 7 46 Clinton (31) G F PF TP Jones, f . 6 2 0 14 Houston, f . 3 0 1 6 Dunn, c . 10 0 2 Smith, c . 0 0 0 0 Davis, g .0 1 0 1 Turlington, g .2 4 C 8 Totals .12 7 1 31 Referee, Moore; Umpire, John son. Scorer, Aldermon. Florida’s Horse Race Season To Open Today MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 19.—(IP)—Flori da’s winter horse racing season—a sure bet for success in the opinion of trackmen—will get under way to morrow when the thoroughbreds flash from the starting gate at Tropi cal Park. Every sign points to the best sea son the sport has enjoyed here. Approximately 2,600 horses, far more than ever before, are on hand for the 96-day running. More than 200 jockeys, double the number of last year, Will seek fame and for tune. More than $200,000 has been spent in improvements on the two tracks— Tropical and Hialeah Park, where the racing scene will shift Jan. 8 for a mid-season meeting. Eagles To Arrive For Grid Training Today BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss., Dec. 19.—Iff)—The Boston College Eagles will get a big welcome when they /arrive here tomorrow to continue training for the Sugar bowl game in New Orleans with Tennessee. 1 The squad will get its workouts c at St. Stanislaus, a Catholic school, • about 50 miles from the Tulane stadium where the classic will be ! played January 1. Out to greet them in the morning 1 will be representatives of St. Stan i islaus, a Sugar bowl committee and many Gulf coast residents. The team and coaches already have been invited to view the • numerous other Sugar bowl sports I attractions. ! I Smoke from London’s 2,000. i 000-odd chimney pots, mixed with , the chill fall fog, has helped screen the capital from Germar air raiders .1 Shaughnessy Named Grid Coach Of Year NEW YORK, Dec .19—UPb Clark D. Shaughnessy, who guided Stanford’s football team to an undefeated season and into the Rose Bowl, was named the coach of the year tonight by the New York World-Tele gram. Shaughnessy’s success in his first year as coach of the In dians after they had finished in the Pacific coast conference cellar in 1939, earned him 253 first-place votes out of the 365 cast by head coaches of col lege football teams. In point scoring on a 5-3-1 basis, his to tal of 1,423 left -other coaches far behind. Bernie Bierman of Minneso ta’s Big Ten champions was second with 33 votes for first place and a total of 366. Frank Leahy of Boston college was third, polling 18 first - place votes and a total of 238. Other coaches who received more than 109 votes were Frits Cris ler, Michigan, with 162; Hom er Norton, Texas Aggies, with 130 and Carl Snavely, Cornell, with 109. ZIVIC, JENKINS BATTLE TONIGHT Welterweight Champ Rates 5 To 8 Favorite Over Sweet water Slugger BY SID FEDEB NEW YORK, Dec. 19—(51— By any way you add it up, including algebra and the finger-counting system, Fritzie Zivic figures to take good care of Lew Jenkins in Madison Square Carden tomorrow night—except that one of Lew’s punches might connect. Fritzie is welterweight cham pion of the world, and, as such, will have a ten-pound weight pull over the lightweight boss from Texas when they go to work at 10 p. m. (E.S.T.) in their ten-round non title tussle. Fritzie recently dethroned Henry Armstrong as head man among the 147-pounders, not long after “The Hammer” had stopped Texas Lew. And Fritzie has so much more experience than the Sweetwater swatter, he probably already has forgotten more tricks about bash ing beaks than Jenkins has learn ed up to now. Yet, the fact the Texan has a kick in either hand like the army mules he used to shoe down in the Panhandle has the betting men and the fistic faithful all in a stew about it. The gambling fraternity, although forced to install Zivic as the choice, are taking no chances and have him at a 5 to 8 price only. The faithful are responding to this most-talked-of punch party of the year so vigorously that Pro moter Mike Jacobs expects the Garden gate will break all records for a sock show so close to Christ mas. Ordinarily, the ushers and the hot-dog hawkers are mighty lonesome in the Garden for a fight within a week of the holiday. This time, however, “Uncle Mike” looks for upward of 15,000 customers with a gate ringing the $50,000 bell. Despite all signs pointing toward the Pittsburgher, this corner likes Jenkins. Even some of Fritzie’s best friends tell you the youngest of the five flying Zivics has made some poor showings during his ca reer, and just about every time he has "looked bad” it has been against a puncher. Such being the case, this corner strings along with the skinny socker to flatten Fritzie in about four rounds, be cause no one along Bash Boulevard denies he can put a fellow to sleep about as fast as ether, and just as convincingly. He did it a few weeks ago, when he stiffened Pete Lello with about three of his Sunday punches. PLAYERS INJURED PINEHURST, Dec. 19.—UP)—'Two polo players, B. R. Brown of Dur ham and A. H. Eller, Jr. of Wins ton-Salem, were injured in a prac tice polo game here today. Brown got a fractured nose and Eller was hit on the back of the head. Both were hit by the mallets of other players during a scramble near the goal posts in the fifth chukker. 5 INDICTMENT QUASHED CHICAGO, Dec. 19.—UP)—The gov ernment’s campaign to halt the (low of turf information to bookmakers suffered a setback today when Fed eral Judge William H. Holly quash ed an indictment charging the West ern Union Telegraph company and 11 individuals with conspiracy to vio late the lottery lawr Quinn To Get Writers’ Annual Baseball Award r --- — Bees President To Be Honored For Finest Contribution To Diamond Game By GAYLE TABOT NEW YORK, Dec. 19—(IP)—Bob Quinn, 70-year-old president ot the Boston Bees and one of the beloved patriarchs of baseball, will be honor ed this winter by the New York baseball writers with their 11th an nual award fcr the person making the finest contribution to the sport over a long period of years. The award, announced today, will be made to the white-haired, crick ety veteran at the annual dinner of the chapter on Feb. 2. Quinn’s contribution to baseball has been a merry as well as a valu able one since he began his career managing the Columbus club at the turn of the century. “Baseball’s really a goofy business, but I like it,’’ he once was quoted as saying. "It’s been keeping me young for years.” Quinn was at Columbus for 17 years before the late Phil Ball brought him into the big leagues as vice president and general manager of the St. Louis Browns. Once dur ing his long, stormy stretch in that job, Ball complained to a friend: ‘That Irishman has never agreed with me on anything yet.” When Ball offered Quinn the job, he wrote: “I’m holding it myself at present, and it seems to be mainly bunk and bluff.” To which Quinn replied starchily: "In my iong base ball experience I’ve never had a job of bunk and bluff. I claim no quali fication for such a job. I’m not the man you want.” Ball composed an other letter. Quinn’s jump from St. Louis was a disastrous one. He purchased the Boston Red Sox, and by the time the club was sold to Tom Yawkey in 1932 Quinn was cleaned out. During the losing financial struggle he walk ed into a bank and borrowed $350, 000 "on his face.” But "Old Bob’” was far from beat en. After a year with Reading in the minors, he came back as business manager at Brooklyn. In 1936, when the Boston Braves’ franchise was tossed into the National league’s un willing lap, Quinn was the magnates’ first and last choice to take com mand. To the comment that he was a glutton for punishment in taking over his present outfit, Quinn re plied: "I’ve never had a club handed to me yet that wasn’t shot.” If he hasn’t won a flag with the Bees, Quinn has at least come up with some interesting teams. The first thing he did was hire the color ful Casey Stengel as manager. COMMITTEE TO MEET RALEIGH, Dec. 19.—(AT—Tlie re lation of industrial problems to the social and economic life of North Carolina will be discussed in Win ston-Salem tomorrow at a meeting of the industry committee of the Social Service Conference of North Carolina. 1 CALLED TO DUTY RALEIGH, Dec. 19.— W—Frank F. Groseclose, professor of indus tiral engineering at N. C. State college, has been called to active duty in the Army and will report to Fort Bragg on December 27. Groseclose, a reserve captain, is in the 316th field artillery. 1 f ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ Negro Teams Drill For Game Here Sunday _ » __ _ +-—-- 1 '■ . — ---- BOTH SQUADS ARE IN TOP CONDITION Tickets For Empty Stocking Benefit Game Moving Ra pidly Among Grid Fans The Brooklyn Blue Devils and the Castle Street Bears continued workouts yesterday for their game at Legion field Sunday afternoon for the negro city football cham pionship. The game is being played for the benefit of the Star-News Empty Stocking fund and a crowd of be tween 1,000 and 1,500 is expected to turn out for the contest. Captain James Byrd has charge of the Blue Devils '■’nils, and Cap tain Marshall Boney has charge of the Bears practice. Both said that their teams are -oming along in fine shape and should be in top condition for the game. The kickoff will be at 3 o’clock. lucauwimc me ctuvautc oaxc ux tickets continued to move rapidly among both white and negro foot ball fans. Billy E rnett has charge of the sale of tickets among the negro fans, and Cooney Sellers, president of the Officers’ Fellow ship club, is handling the ticket sales among white fans. Tickets for negro patrons may be secured at the followin' places: Popular Barber ^hop, 8 South Second street; Powells’ Cafe, 13th and Orange streets; Cowan’s Bil liard Parlor, Seventh and Nnu streets; Brooklyn Grill, Fourth and Nixon streets; Morris Barber Shop, 613 Nixon street. White fans may secure tickets at several downtown places or from members of the Wilmington police force. y All proceeds from the game will go to the Empty Stocking fund and wil be used to provide Christmas gifts for unfortunate children of both races in the city and county. 1 Army Coach Transferred To Duty At Fort Bliss WEST POINT, N. Y„ Dec. 19.— —Capt. William H. Wood, head football coach at the Army for the last three years, today was ordered by the War department to duty at Ft. Bliss, Texas. Lieut. Col. Louis E. Hibbs, grad uate manager of athletics who made the announcement, said the poor showing of the Army team last fall had no bearing on the transfer. The cadets beat only Williams and tied Harvard while losing to CorneA. La Fayette, Notre Dame, Brown, Penn, Princeton and Navy for their poorest season in 51 years of football. Last year the Cadets won three, lost four and tied two while in 1938, the first year under Capt. Wood's direction, they won eight and lost only two. MAPLEROCK JAKE WINS SUMTER, S. C., Dec. 19— UP) — Maplerock Jake, a pointer owned by R. Z. Cates of Spartanburg and handled by June Welchel of Gaff ney, won first place in the open all age stake ot the South Carolina Field Trial association’s meet here today. WAGE-HOUR ORDER WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.— (IP) — The wage-hour administration today announced the issuance of an order requiring the payment of at least 35 cents an hour to employes in the luggage and leather goods industry. SEABOARD, A. C. L. TRAINS COLLIDE (Continued from Page One) ed seriously. He was found uncon scious and half-buried in the dirt beneath a derailed car. Trainmen of both railroads said they did not know what caused the accident, but believed the auto matic signals had gene wrong. Normally, the passenger train would have had the right-of-way, they said. The other injured, none serious ly hurt, were brought to Tampa and nearby Dade City hospitals. They were listed as follows: • J. A. Cayne, Lexington, Ky. E. M. Hoisington, East Lansing, Mich. Grace A. Miller, Columbus, Ohio. George Casey, Lake Orion, Mich. Mrs. Casey, his wife. Lewis Yanof, Toledo, Ohio. Idea Rosenthal and Mrs. A. M. Zoga, sisters of Cleveland, Ohio and John Reynolds, Dayton, Ohio. There were 37 passangers aboard the Sunbeam, These not injured were sent to their destinations by automobile. LIFE WILL TAKE ORTON PICTURES (Continued from Page One) the plantation, H. Churchill Brag aw, manager of the Orton planta tion, was advised yesterday by Ju dith T. Chase, of the editorial staff of Life. For the past two years the plan tation owners have held a Christ mas party for the people working or residing there. This year plans call for an all-day affair on Tues day, lasting far into the night. Bragaw said plans included the importing of a famous old negro preacher for a sermon during the morning’s program, followed by a dinner, and a galaxy of old time rural sporting events during the afternoon. The party will be topped off at night, Bragaw said, with a coon hunt, in which a whole cornfield full of negroes will take part. There will be only a few invita tions extended to persons outside of Orton, he said, since it will be quite a job looking after the large number there. 1 CLEMSON WINS BALTIMORE, Dec. 19— UP) — Clemson’s Tigers, leading from the start and never pressed, won their first Southern conference game in three starts tonight by defeating the University of Maryland, 48-34. It was Maryland’s second confer ennce loss. The pearl oyster of the Persian gulf, Ceylon and the Red sea, can walk. It uses its external foot to migrate whenever food beaomes scarce. Southport, Leland Win Over Juniors, Calvary Dolphins Triumph 53.93 While Leland Cagers Beat ' Y Team, 36 To 17 The Southport Dolphins opened with full power at the y. y[ c \ last night to score an impressive 53-23 victory over the Calvary in(1, pendents in the finale of a twin bin" played for the Star-News jjmnt Stocking fund. In the opening engagement the 'smooth-working Leland High school outfit rolled to a 36-17 decision over the I.. M. C. A. Junior Quintet The first half found the Dolphins and Calvary on more even terms than the final score indicated, with the visitors leading 16-13. But the Southport five put on the steam and had things their own way during the last half. Willings with 19 points and tvat. son and Shannon with 13 each set the pace for the Dolphins. Edens with 10 markers led the Calvary five Leland held a io-6 advantage at the end of the first half. P. Robbins was high scorer for the Leland qUj„t with 16 points. Skipper with 7 fob lowed. Durham with six and Prid. gen with five points set the pace for the Y Juniors. FORMER PRESIDENT OF FINLAND DIES (Continued from Page One) palace at which Kallio had appear ed animated and happy at the pros ect of quiet farm life. It seemed that at least half of Helsinki’s population of 330,000 stood on the streets to cheer the :ttle caravan as Kallio rode to the sta tion. Some held flaming torches; the bands played the Pori March, the Finnish National song, and that melody resounded in the railway sta tion as Kallio died. He had stood with a quiet firm ness through all the crises that be set his land, and he suffered his first serious attack last August. Some months later, he returned to work but on Nov. 29 he resigned after it became clear that his health was permanently impaired. 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