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THE: SPORTS TRAIL By WHITNEY MARTIN Wide World Sports Columnist NEW YORK, Oct. 14_Those nice, fertile baseball farm lands whose products brought league championships to the Cardinals and the Yankees this year and which have been eyed jealously by many a rival club may be just one, large headache to the parent clubs before long. With the future of minor league ball very much a question, the major clubs which own outright minor prop erties of any consequence are liable to be stuck with their investments, paying heavy property taxes and watching helplessly the physical aeteriora tion of the plants as they stand idle. The Cardinals alone are estimated to have a minor league investment of more than $2,000,000, including such valuable properties as the acreages at Columbus, Houston and Rochester. Should many of the minor leagues fail to operate next year it might be a case of some of the major clubs being iand poor. Oddly enough, baseball might both profit and lose through adoption of the draft bill calling for the in duction of 18 and 19-year-old youths. The major leagues might be the ones to profit, in that there always is the possibility that, with new man-power available, the older ath letes now classified 3-A might re main in that classification longer. This category would include many of the established major leaguers. The minors, on the other hand, would be forced to rely almost en tirely on ’teen age youngsters to exist next year, and when this source of supply is cut off by the draft, there wouldn’t seem much they could do about it except lock the turnstiles and go home. If necessary calls for the induc tion of many of the present 3-A men, as well as the 18 and 19-year olds, both tlie majors and minors might as well fold their tents. Base ball can struggle along under all kinds of difficulties, but after all, it's hard to play without players. A year ago they were sending Branch Rickey to the Browns, to bolster that struggling club with his organizing genius and funds he might be able to in duce admirers to invest. Even the Phils were mentioned as the possible landing field of the mas ter farmer when his contract with the Cardinals expired. Now neither the Phils nor the Browns are mentioned. Only the Brooklyyn Dodgers. Which must be quite agreeable to Mr. Rickey, at that. Instead of starting him at the bottom the rumor rousers are starting him at least near the top this time. They are giving him a winning ball club and a farm system which, although still not com parable to that of the Cardinals, at least is beyond tile embryo stage. Our guess would be that they may be right tills time, although future world events may change the course of all plans. With seven applications for dates already received, the golf tour next winter seems destined to at least approach in extent the tours of other years, P. G. A. Tournament Manager Fred Corcoran says. The Miami open will start the tour December 6. Los Angeles, San Francisco, the Bing Crosby tourna ment, San Antonio, Pinehurst and Greensboro have applied for dates approximating those of last year, and Phoenix, New Orleans and St. Petersburg have yet to be heard from. Only Oakland and the Au gusta masters have cancelled their tournaments. With the player sit uation doubtful, Corcoran says, most of the sponsors ask only that the presence of 15 name players be guaranteed. Kryl Symphony Concert Tickets For Sale Now at T. \V. P. Co., Office. GET TOUR ANTI FREEZE NOW Limited Quantity CAUSEYS Corner Market and 12lh FISHING TACKLE We Can Supply You Complete Equipment. FRESH or SALT WATER. Also FLY RODS Pit KARRS 209 Market St. Dial 3224 DETR 7 LIONS M JOR1N WOE ‘Bull’ Karcis Hasn’t Won A Game Since He Took Over Post DETROIT, Oct. 14. —OT— Big John (Bull) Karcis hasn’t yet ac quired the label of "the Hans Lo bert of pro football,” but his new job with the Detroit' Lions looks as hopeless as managing the Phila delphia Phils. Karcis, 33-year-old former Car negie Tech and National Football League fullback, is in his second week as coach of the Detroit club that has dropped four successive games and is the only league entry without victory. Only one of the setbacks is charged to the admin istration of Karcis, but even his best friends won’t tell him that the future looks particularly good. The Lions, trying desperately to rebound from a 38 to 7 licking to the Green Bay Packers in Karcis’ debut as successor to Big Bill Ed wards, next encounter the Chicago Cardinals, who won by two touch downs last time. Then follow the Packers and the man-eating Chi cago Bears. Not even Karcis has the courage to look any farther down the schedule. Detroit’s prime shortcomings is lack of a forward passer in a league where the air lanes are al ways busy. Built around Byron (Whizzer) White, now in the Navy, the Lions won four of 11 games last year and finished third in the Western division. Bobby Dethan of Oregon State’s Rose Bowl cham pions had been slated for the Whizzer’s pitching duties, but he, too. signed up with Uncle Sam. That has left the Detroit aerial attack in relatively untried hands. Harry (Hippity) Hopp, ex-Nebras kan and brother of Johnny Hopp of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Murray Evans of Hardin-Simmons get most of the calls. But Karcis is willing to try any thing. Against the Packers he sent a freshman end. Joe Stringfellow, from Southern Mississippi, to the tailback job and got a good run ning performance. The Lions out gained the Packers nearly two yards to one on the ground, but it availed practically nothing. “I still think we will win some games,” the Bull said today after directing a brisk workout. “I like this job even though it’s the tough est one I’ve ever had. There’s only one way to stay here—by winning —and we’ll cause some trouble in this league. 1 -V Williams And Lacy Bear Brunt Of Run With Davidson Team DAVIDSON, Oct, 14. —(A>)— Buck Williams, sophomore tailback, and Ben Lacy, senior signal caller, bore the burden of the ball carrying assignments today as Davidson prepared for Georgia Tech in At lanta Saturday. Apparently determined to score against Tech, the Wildcats spent most of the workout on offensive tactics. Assistant Coach Lawrence Spearman set up an opposing elev en in the Tech defensive style, and the Davidson backs pounded through for good gains. Bill Dunn, soph end, watched the drill in civilian clothes, and may miss Saturday’s game because of a minor operation. Mac Bruce, regular tailback who has been' on the casualty list, worked out in a sweatsuit, but took no part in the heavy scrimmage. A physicians’ report said the 155-pound back would be ready for service against the Georgians. BE SURE WITH *2!? *l?s ©UART, ' PINT, 1 Wr *. it atm «nmvm>_c6.t *gMi*i_iy^ f THIS VHISKEY tt 5 years old * Youth Draft May Help Major Leagues YANKEES’PREXY THINKS BILL IS 0. K., MAYBE Barrow Figures It Prom ises To Keep Married Players In Ranks By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK. Oct. 14.—(#)—Presi dent Ed Barrow of the New York Yankees thinks the 18 - 19 draft might help big league baseball to some extent, in that it promises to provide deferment for some of the older stars who have depend ents, but he says it will knock the blocks from under the clubs' nor mal replacement program. The elderly magnate was caught oiling up his hunting guns and pre paring to spend his annual two weeks thinning out the animals on Tom Yawkey’s vast game pre serve of the Georgia coast and generally forgetting about the re cent World Series. “Drafting the youngsters should enable us to keep some of our married players for another sea son,” he conceded, having finally been drawn gently away from the subject of deer so thick you can hunt them with rocks. “But it also means that a lot of boys we had planned to bring in will be gone to the Army. It looks to me like about a fifty-fifty proposition.” The Yanks, he painted out, al ready have lost three of their regu lars of the past season—Tommy Henrich. Phil Rizzuto and Red Rolfe—so the question of replace ments is an important one right now. He thinks, though, that the club has a great infield prospect coming up in George Stirnweiss. the former North Carolina football star who played with Newark this summer. War- Time Baseball Program To Be Mapped Barrow, iramuy, is a xruie piqued at the way the sports writ ers went overboard about the Car dinals' victory in the series. He claims they got every break going in the five games. “You young fellows (.thanks, Ed) seemed to forget that the Yankees ever had won anything,’’ he com plained, mildly. “You forgot how many World Series we had won before this one, or that we just had run away from the American League. “Sure, the Cardinals were a hun gry bunch of boys and hard fight ers, but they got every break, too. Why, we hit eight or ten balls here at the stadium that would have been home runs in the St. Louis park or anywhere else. “We got a bad break when Bud dy Hassett broke his thumb in the second game and we missed Hen rich, too. Everything considered. I think we did all right.” Unless “something drastic” hap pens between now and next spring, the Yankees president fully expects to pitch training camp at St. Pe tersburg and to play a full sched ule of games in 1943. He antici pates some severe transportation problems and says, almost with relish, that some of his high priced artists probably will find themselves sleeping two to an up per berth. “It’ll do ’em good,” he said. “Many a time back in the old days we traveled all night in the smoker and clayed good ball the next day. We thought it was lux ury when we got a coach with cane seats and a stove in the front of the car.” 1 -V MATRON CONVICTED ATLANTA, Oct. 14.— Iff) —Mrs. Elizabeth Armstrong, matron of the Atlanta Community Home for Giils, was convicted in Fulton county Superior Court today on charges that she burned two young girls with matches as punishment tor smoking. Judge Virlyn B. Moore withheld sentence until tomorrow. Mrs. Armstrong, tried on charges of assault and battery, de nied the charge. She said she “did not or never had burned or whip ped anyone at the girls’ home or any other place.” The accusation against her, she said, was “a frame-up.” Columbia Star Doesn’t Worry About Ground Game This Year By DAVE HOFF CHICAGO. Oct. 14.— UP>—Colum bia’s Paul Governali is long on passing and short on rushing—but he doesn’t have to worry about his ground game. The crinkly-hair ed Lions star has been throwing a football virtually as far as any one else propels it by running and passing combined. The American Football Statisti cal Bureau reported today that Governali had gained 74 yards by rushing and 603 by passing in three games for a total advance of 677 yards—by far the best offensive showing in the nation. In fact only two players have surpassed Governali’s passing yardage through their rushing and aerial efforts combined. They are Bob Ruman of Arizona, with a total of 608 yards, and Dick Fisher of Iowa Navy, with 604. Governali was in top form last Saturday as Columbia was bowrng to Brown, 28 to 21. Pitchin’ Paul personally clicked for 223 yards while the rest of his teammates could muster only 61. Governali threw passes for all three Colum bia touchdowns. The only player offering argu ments about Governali’s passing supremacy was Ray Evans of Kan sas. The Jayhawker ace has com pleted 48 passes in four game to Paul’ 32 in three games but Ev ans’ percentage 0f completions and his total of yards gained are both well below Governali’s efforts. While Governali, Ruman and Fisher dominate the total offense listings and Governali and Evans set the pace in passing, unher alded Rudolph (Little Doc) Mobley of Hardin-Simmons and Don Grif fin of Illinois’ surprising team stole the honors in individual rushing. Mobley in three games has charged 434 yards. He scored the touchdown by whch Hardin-Sim mons defeated Southern Methodist last Saturday. Griffin, after com paratively soft going against two weak foes, had more trouble against Minnesota last week but still added to his total yardage to run it up to 394 as the Illini de feated the Gophers. Lee Roy Pletz of Pennsylvania enjoyed a scartt margin over Tom Douglas of Dartmouth as the na tion’s punting leader. In 12 boots Pletz' has averaged 47.5 yards to 47 even for the Dartmouth kicker. Bobby Cifers of Tennessee was in the No. 3 position with a 46.5 yard average. Capitalizing on the passing abil ity of his Kansas teammate, Ev ans, Otto Schnellbacker of the Jayhawks forged in front as the leading pass receiver. In four games he has nabbed 14 aerials for 210 yards. Cullen Rogers of Texas A and M also has snared 14 passes but he made only> 182! yards, 1 EXPERT WINGMAN - By Jack Sords D4ve . M frfPfRf PaJp OF | 1Ae UaWprsit/ I Op WUCOAlS;^ 1 /iflu ^ l ee (MAaJiMoUS l "WiS 1&AR V / y At va/as stitcxep oA SEVERAL AU'AMERiCAaI teams easy vear Camp Davis AA’s Prep In Gym For High Point For the second consecutive day, inclement weather converted Farn worth Hall into a pseudo football field as the Camp Davis eleven renewed its spirited drive for the High Point Panther clash Saturday in Legion stadium. Sparing no effort to rouse his Fighting AA's to a point where they can fulfill their potential grid greatness, Coach Johnson conduct ed a ’secret session’. But it is no secret that the Blue Brigade coach is thinking in terms of an wholeT sale offensive. His backfield ma terial is brimming with the neces sary equipment to stage scoring marches. Jerry Bisceglia is probably one of , the outstanding line crashers in Carolina football circles. A 220 pounder who carries tacklers along with him on his journeys through the forward wall, Jerry is in full swing as his memorable perform ance against Catawba would indi cate. Despite an injury, Jimmy Mc Laughlin is the high stepping flash in the backfield and may be de pended on in the yardage depart ment. A1 Schneider and Lem (Mighty Mite) Fitzgerald are dan gerous breakaway backs who have aided the Davis outfit no end. Bill Gallagher, placement artist and blocking back, Ben Cope and sig nal caller Bud Holloway lend their veteran poise to the backfield corps Johnny Melius, ex-Villanova and Giant tackle, has spruced up the line whereby the entire offensive charge has increased its tempo. This clicking between his line and backfield is what Captain Johnson has in mind when he dwells on thoughts of touchdowns. Legion Boxing Show Ducats Free For Scrap Donations Plans have now been completed for one of the finest fight cards ever to be held here in the Legion Stadium boxing- arena, it was an nounced last night by “Plunk ’ Moor ing, promoter. A highlight of the program will be a drive to secure all the scrap metal possible by admitting persons free of charge who bring a certain amount of the metal. For young sters, the price will be 5 pounds of scrap while the adults will have to stretch a bit and make the ante 20 pounds. Mooring1 will have a pair of scales handy to see that full value is re ceived for Uncle Sam. Headlining- the fight card will be “Duke” Huggins, a promising young heavyweight who fights like the boys in the lighter classes—fast and shifty, who will meet “Big Bin” Wilson in a battle that bids fair for a knockout. Huggins has about 20 kavoes to his credit now, and that in itself bodes no good for Wilson. On the other hand, just one thing needs to be said for “Big Bill”; when he hits ’em, they stay hit. A comeback match between Fred dy (King-fish) Dixon and Billy John son will be the semi-final attraction, and while Johnson took the bout, Dixon may be able to even the score this time. Buck Brison, the flash from Dul> lin, is slated to tangle with “Blon die” Alphin of Florida for a 3 rounder which will no doubt give plenty of action. Preceding them, Jimmie Sullivan of Winston-Salem is to meet Mick ey Manchetter of Salem. Mass, while Donald Ray Lane will open the show when he meets Hunkey Tur ner of St. Augustine, Fla. As an extra attraction, Buddy O'Sullivan will take on Jack Inman of Whiteville. All in all, the six fights will offer the crowd plenty of entertainment and don’t forget the scrap. _y__ The cars to be built after the war are expected to be radically ■new in design and car-mile econ omy. Two First-Class Matches Slated For Thalian Hall The all-star wrestling card for; Friday night matches at Thalian Hall is now ready, it was ann-j nounced last night by Bert Causey, promoter. As the stellar attraction of the evening, Milo "Muscles” Steinborn of Memphis, Tenn., will tangle with A1 “Masked Panther” Mills of Toronto, Canada, for a 90 minute time limit bout, the best-two-out of-three falls determine the shrd of-three falls determining the winnah.” Steinborn Is no newcomer to Wilmington, having wrestled “Beeg Jeem” Londos here about two weeks ago, but he is stranger enough to always provide a few new innovations for the fans. A former world’s champion strong man, “Muscles” is possessed of a terrible strength and it is doubt ful if he could ever be beaten ex cept by his opponent’s trickery. On the other hand, this guy Mills is no baby when it comes to power and he has a bag of tricks coupled with plenty of downright J meanness, that spells trouble for any fellow who tackles him. When | he and Steinborn go together here | Friday night, there’s sure to be a bunch of fireworks. In the semi-final brawl, Causey has brought a very popular grap pler back again; one Rudy Stern j berg who make his debut here I last week. Rudy is a young fellow j with plenty of what it takes and j has already proved popular with j the fans. i Pitted against him is the "Purple Secret", a giant of a guy who never allows anyone to see his face. Many good wrestlers have tried to take the "Secret’s”mask off only to find themselves in so much trouble that they barely got out with a whole skin. In the middle this week, as ref eree, will be none other than “Sailor” Barto Hill, a top-notch grappler in his own right. Getting the services of the “Sailor”for the night hasn’t been easy, Causey revealed, but no expense has been spared to give the fans just what they want; a pair of first-class matches with a referee who can really run the show. • Doors at Thalian Hall will open at -7 o’clock Friday night with the first pair entering the ring at 8:30. _ , ‘Perry Reverse Day’ Observed By Wolfpack RALEIGH, Oct. 14.—OR—“Perry Reverse Day” was observed to day by the N. C. State College Wolfpack. A defense drill, aimed to stopping the devastating re verses of halfback Johnny Perry, took up nearly the entire workout of Coach Doc Newton’s boys, as they prepared for Saturday night’s game with Wake Forest. “We celebrated ‘Cochran Pass Day’ yesterday,” reported Coach Newton. “We have the utmost re spect for the passing ability of ‘Red’ Cochran (Deacon tailback), especially after he beat Furman last week with two tosses to Bo Sacrinity. We probably will hold another ‘anti-Cochran day’ tomor row and give further attention to our defense against aerials.” All of the minor injuries of the Wolfpack players apparently have completely healed, and Newton said that State will be at top form against the Deacons, barring last minute mishaps. The Pack coach said, however, that he plans to start Buck Senter at fullback in place of Ray Benbenek, regular plunging back who was held out of the Navy Pre-Flight game last week because of a bad knee. 1 -V Our flying fortresses are capable of flying more than 300 miles per hour and dropping tons of bombs on objectives over 1000 miles away. Matty Bell Appointed Georgia Fliers’ Coach ATHENS, Ga., Oct. 14.— CP) — Lieut. Comdr. W. M. (Matty) Bell, former Southern Methodist univer sity football coach, was named athletic director of the U. S. Navy Pre-Flight school here today, suc ceeding Lieut. Comdr. Ben Lee Boynton. Capt. C. E. Smith, commanding officer, in announcing Bell's ap pointment as head of the school’s vast physical toughening program, said Lieut. Comdr. Boynton had been relieved of his duties for transfer to another station, undis closed, Lieut. Comdr. Bell, a member of Centre college’s famed 'Prayin’ Colonels of the gridiron, reported for duty here recently after at tending the U. S. Merchant Ma rine Academy at Great Neck, N. Y., where he was athletic director. He was head coach at S. M. U. at the time of entering the serv ice, and still is president of the American Football Coaches Asso ciation. 1 -V GIANTS BUY HURLER NEW YORK, Oct. 14.—CP)—The New Y'ork Giants today announced the purchase of Kenneth Trinkle, right handed pitcher, from Balti more of the International League. Trinkle, who'll be 23-years old in December, won 15 and lost 13 with the Orioles last season. 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JUST THE KiSS OF THE HOPS A no Bitterness THE 3EfcR THAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS 1 MAJOR AND MINOR LEAGUES TO MEET IN CHICAGO SOAK Leaders To Discuss Plans For Coming Year With Problems Involved By CHARLES DVXKLEV CHICAGO. Oct. 14. v - xhe w time program for baseball V 1 be mapped at a double - head" meeting of the Major and MirV Leagues in Chicago starting Doc, - ber 1. The separate meetings of National and American leauuec will be held December l an(j 1 Kenesaw Mountain Landis. t0:-. missioner of baseball, today V December 3 as the date for ;je joint meeting of the two league* The sessions originally scheduled for New York, were switched - Chicago because it is at the ha of the transportation system. After the Major Leaguers finish their deliberations, the National Associaion of Professional Bast, ball Leagues — the Minors - -y swing into a two day session De cember 4 and 5. This meetim originally was scheduled for Mira neapolis, but was canceled a month ago by William g! Bramham president of the National Associy tion. however, developments enabl ed Bramham t0 plan the skeleton ized Chicago conference. Thus, the ruling powers oi organ ized baseball will be brought to gether to thresh out their war time problems. The Minor Leaguers consider themselves particular fortunate in being able to attend the sent of parleys because most of the smaller circuits and clubs are hold ing up decisions on next year operations until they learn whr: support they can obtain from the Major Leagues. William Harridge, president of the American League, said tonigrn that a shorter schedule-openir.: later and closing earlier—undortb' edly would be considered, but the general impression is that based; II will carry on as usual in IK. prticularly in the Major Leagues, with a 154 game schedule. Harridge said that a schedule of three road trips was heir: planned in order to eliminate or.e extra cross-country jaunt for ea.b club. 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