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COAST GUARD WINS YMCA __ k A k _ A A A Ur ^Ap cage tourney 4, 4- ★ ★ ★ w w w w Favored Hep-Cats Fall To Service Foe, 52 - 26 McKoy Is High Scorer With 49 Points; Harland Is Next With 48 Tallies _ * The First Annual YMCA Invi tational Basketball Tournament ended in a blaze of action last night, and to some a mild upset, and terminated four days of con tinuous play as the U. S. Coast Guard came thru with three con secutive wins to capture the championship; the High School Hep-Cats took second place honors and the First Baptist church, after playing two games in the after noon, won the consolation bracket and the third place awards. The first game of the evening was a semi-final contest in which the First Baptist won a close de cision in the final minutes of play from the Coppersmiths. The game was fast and a bit rough but the accuracy of the Baptist carried them thru. The final score was 35 to 30. — Outstanding were Ogles by of the losers and Sorrell and White of the winners. The second contest was the final of the consolation bracket. The First Baptist, despite their pre vious game, held enough reserve power to outfight a game YMCA quintet in a fast-passing affray. Showing some of the ability that held the Hep-Cats to a low-score contest in a previous game, the Baptist held the lead thruout to win 49 to 39. By virtue of these two victories the First Baptist copped the consolation bracket and automatically became third place winners in the tournament. Indi vidual honors in this game went to Eason, White and Wensel of the Baptist and Williams and Bow en of the “Y.” uispiaymg a compieie reversal of form shown in previous tour nament play the High School Hep Cats were completely outclassed as they were swamped by the Coast Guard 54 to 26. Ceded at the outset as the most likely team to win, the Hep-Cats had played brilliant ball until their final en counter where they seemed to lose confidence. The Coast Guard, on the other hand, played classy bas ketball and deserved the victory. Personal honors go to McCoy and Kelly of the “Cats” and Otts and Harland of the Coast Guard. Tournament winners will receive a beautiful gold trophy and indi vidual gold basketballs. Runner-up position receives a large gold tro phy and indiv'dual second-place gold balls. Winners of the outstand ing player and high scorer of the tournament; to a selected all tour ney team, and to the player dis playing the best sportsmanship. These extra awards will be an nounced next week. The tournament was obvious with its outstanding players. The quali ty of ball played was as good as even seen in Wilmington, and every game was interesting both from the standpoint of the participants and spectators. High - scoring honors for the tournament goes to McKoy of the Hep-Cats who gar nered 49 points in three games. Second-place was captured by Har land of the Coast Guard with 48 points and third place goes to Otts of the Coast Guard with 37 points. FIRST BAPTIST FG FT TP Sorrell .10 1 11 Anderson _...... .. .. .. Wensel ....33 Eason . 6 6 Dexter ... 11 1 Brower .. 2 . 2 White . 10 2 12 TOTAL .. 28 7 35 Lee 0. Layton Made-To-Measure Clotbes Cor. Front A Princess Sts. Second Floor Full Line of Baseball and Soitball EQUIPMENT : SNEEDEN CYCLE CO. 114 Market St. h COPPERSMITHS FG FT FP Phillips .—. 4 .. 4 Oglesby . 14 14 Riley -. 2 .. 2 Langford Benson . Shipp - 10 .. 10 TOTAL . 30 .. 30 FIRST BAPTIST FG FT FP Sorrell .. 8 .. 8 White . 12 1 13 Eason _ 14 .. 14 Brower ....... 2 .. 2 Wensel . 10 1 11 Moser .... 1 '1 TOTAL . 46 3 49 Y. M. C. A. FG FT TP Williams . 12 .. 12 Davenport . 6 .. 6 Fogleman . 4 — 6 Bowen __ 8 1 9 Ty singer . 8 .. 8 TOTAL . 38 1 39 HEP-CATS FG FT TP Willets .. Mohr ... .. -- Pridgen _ 2 .. 2 Austin _ ... .. McKoy . 12 1 13 Deal _ 4 .. 4 Kelly ... 6 17 TOTAL _ 24 2 26 COAST GUARD FG FT TP Nobles .. 6 .. 6 Murray .. . 4 1 5 McMahon .. Harland . 8 — 8 Devine . 4 __ 4 La whom . 4 4 Otts --- 22 3 25 Welborn ... . -- Check .. 1 -- TOTAL . 43 5 52 -V Pre-Flight Trackmen Defeat Blue Devils DURHAM, April 3—I#)—1Carolina Pre-Flight defeated Duke 67.7 to 58.3 in track today. The score might have been closer had not the Blue Devils lost their ace, Moffet Storer, in two events. Moff injured his leg early in the meet and was forced to retire. The meet itself was only a side attraction to most of the crowd. They came to see Cornelius War merdam, world champion pole vaulter, and they went home hap py. In the midst of a strong wind and using a borrowed pole which was shorter than the height he was attempting Warmerdam show ed his usual graceful form tn clearing the 13’ S" mark. After trying for 14 feet a cou ple of times he moved over to the track and gave the fans an added thrill by romping to vic tory in the 220 low hurdles. -V Bay Meadows Race track Forced To Close Again SAN MATEO, Calif., April 3—OP) —Bay Meadows race track, which seems to have as many lives as a cat, gave up another one of them today. Five thousand fans were on hand for the windup of three days of charity racing appended this week to the up-and-down meeting by the State Racing Board. It may begin another of its lives after a public hearing by the board next Mon day— cr it may not. The hearing is being held at the request of track officials to pre sent their reasons for seeking an extension of the meeting. -V Immortal Baseball Star Injured In House Blaze ALBANY.. N. Y„—<.P>—Johnny Evers, one of baseball’s immort als and a member of the fat—'s Tinkers - to-Evers-to-Chance com bination of the Chicago Cubs three decades ago, was partially over come by smoke from fire which swept an apartment house to night. Evers, who had been ill recent ly, was detained at a hospital for observation. NOTICE The Civil Service Commission of the City of Wilmington will hold an examination of applicants for positions in the Police and Fire Departments in the Council Room at the City Hall on Tuesday, April 6, 1943 at 8:00 o’clock P. M. Salary begins at $132.50 per month, increased to $152.50 after six months service. All employes are covered by a liberal service disability and pen sion act. All applicants are requested to be present at this examination. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION By: C. W. SHACKELFORD, Sec. N. C. State Nine Upsets Pre ■ Flighters, 12 To 6 INDIANS BOAST COLORFUL PAIR Kookie Hurlers Thought To Be Most Colorful In The Major Circuit MUNCIE, Ind., April 3—tffl— Cleveland has one of the most col orful rookie pitching combinations in the major leagues :n Paul Cal vert of Montreal, Canada, and Al lie “Chief” Reynolds, an Indian from Oklahoma. Both are college graduates, Cal vert majoring in Commerce at the University of Montreal and the “Chief” receiving his B. 6. de gree at Oklahoma Aggies. Togeth er they won 35 games for Wilkes Barre last year. The 26-year-old Indian, a strap ping 195-pounder, had a hard time getting started in baseball because his father, a minister, would rot allow him to play the game an Sunday. Reynolds finally left home, got married before he was out of high school, and enrolled at Aggies with a fine reputation as a football player and track man. He went out for baseball to try and cut down his weight, r.nd after three years of starring on the mound he found several major league clubs chasing him when it came time to graduate. Giving up a teaching career, he signed with Cleveland in 1939 and was farm ed to Springfield. O.. Cedar Rap ids. Ia., and then Wilkes-Barre. Last year he won 18 games, set ting a new earned run mark in the Eastern league of 1.56, lead ing in strikeouts with 193 and shut outs with 11. and allowing only 143 hits in 231 innings. Calvert’s big problem has been a stiff arm, a chronic spring ail ment which developed five years ago when he forgot to wear long underwear after emerging from a Montreal Y.M.C.A. swimming pool. After weeks of heat treat ments. he fanned 129 batters in a Montreal semi-pro league and at tracted scouts from the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. --V Newark Bears Trounce New York Yankees, 3-2 PLAINFIELD, N. J„ April 3.— (£>)—A fumble in the eighth inning by Oscar Grimes, the New York Yankees’ new second baseman gave the Newark Bears of the Interna tional League a 3 to 2 decision over their parent club in the first exhibition game of the season for both teams today. Playing fast because of the cold, the teams completed the game in one hour and 20 minutes before a crowd of about 4.000. 'Spud Chand ler, Lefty Tom Byrne and Atlev Donald allowed only seven hits but Tom Ananicz and Jim Davis check ed the American League cham pions with four safe blows. Four of Newark’s hits and the first two runs came off Chandler. -V Stranded Horses To Leave Hialeah Track In Florida MIAMI, Via., April 3.— (JP)—The last of the horses stranded at Hia leah Park when the Florida racing season was called off because of the pleasure driving ban will be shipped out tomorrow. Hialeah’s track and stables, kept open all winter to accommodate the thoroughbreds and provide training facilities, will be closed. Forty-one horses were left at the track this morning, and all either were shipped out today or will go tomorrow. -V TAR HEEL NETMEN OUTPLAY DAVIDSON Chapel Hill Players Clinch Match Early By Taking 4 Singles Matches CHAPEL HILL, April 3.—(IP)— The University of North Carolina’s net team opened their season here today with a hard fought 4-3 tri umph over a strong Davidson ten nis outfit. The Tar Heels clinched the match early by taking four of the five singles contests and then dropped both of the doubles. In the feature battle, Carolina Captain Harold Maass had to ex tend himself to whip Jack Byrd, Wildcat ace. After taking the first set, 6-3, Maass trailed his oppon ent twice at 5-6 and 6-7 in the sec ond set before rallying to take the set at 9-7. The summaries: Maass (UNC) defeated Byrd, 8-3, 9-7 Archer (Davidson) defeated Markham, 8-6, 6-3. Hendrix (UNC) defeated Sutton, 5- 7 6-3, 6-0. Morris (UNC) defeated Schmidt, 6 Cahall (UNC) defeated Robinson, 6- 2, 6-2. ^ J . Archer-Sutton (Davidson defeat ed Marks-Peck, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. Byrd-Robinson (Davidson) 4* Ifeated Branson-Johnson, 6-2, 6-J | NumberOf Name Hurlers Turn Out For Berths On Camp Davis Squad The loss of Bob Vaughn, hurling star of last year’s Camp Davis baseball team, would ordinarily strike a death blow to the AA team’s chances. But while the redoubtable righthander is busied with a course of study in anti aircraft, a host of newcomers with creditable pitching backgrounds have made their appearance and the twirling outlook at the AA training center is most optimistic. Lefthanders abound as the sol diers go through their early paces. Bob Davis who winged them in from the portside for Camp Shelby last year, has impressed observers at camp thus far. John Petty, once the property of the Pittsburgh Pirates and who had his fling with Kansas City and the Florida State League, is also on hand to relieve the early tension caused by Vaughn’s unavailability. The furlough return of Lefty Eichel berger is expected momentarily and this hardy will attempt to im prove upon his 1942 Davis record. A welcome addition to the Blue Brigade pitching ranks is “Shoe” Shufro. This righthander’s con tract is owned by the Boston Red Sox and on his recent furlough he worked out with the Hosemen at Tufts college. Another righthander of promise is Norm Winberger, a former all-city high school selec tee from New York City who twirl ed his outfit to a city champion ship. With last year’s dependable backstop, Joe Belcastro hospital ized, Ed Oliver and A1 Davis have jumped into the favored spot for receiving duties. First base com petition has narrowed down to Joe Adubato of last year’s squad, and 6 ft. 5 ins. Frank Vannoy, both of whom played alongside each other in the AA football line. The shortstop and third base po sitions will be manned by veter ans in all likelihood with Joe La corte and Joe Nessing returning to their accustomed hangouts. Johnny Duduk, a Vermont sem: pro performer is making a strong bid for the hot corner post. Because the first week was not devoted to batting practice, and the fact that an improvised field made fly-shagging hazardous, no definite line has been obtained on the gardeners. Nick Bucci and John Rodrique are on hand once again to lend their fielding talent. If the stickwork of this duo can be improved upon, two outposts will be amply cared for ere the season gets under way. Batting strength should be obtained from a dozen aspirants making their debuts in the outer pastures in behalf of Camp Davis.__ Northern Baseball Camps Offer Many Warm Laughs NEW YORK, April 3.—'-W—The baseball camps are in the north this year, but the laughs are just as warm as when the training was down south. For instance, take the day the Philadelphia Athletics were having their first batting practice at Wil mington, Del., and the A's were booming the ball over the fence time after time. A reporter stand ing next to Connie Hack in the dugout murmured, ‘looks like the boys have learned to hit over the winter.” To which the ‘‘Old Man” replied witli never a trace of a smile, "must be a lively ball.” P. S. It was. Then there was the time Mack and a group of the A’s were stand ing outside their hotel waiting for a bus going in the direction of the ball park and 80-year-old Connie asked his players if any of them wanted to walk. Roberto Estalella, the Cuban out fielder, turned his back and whis pered to a comrade, “that man, he live to be hundred years old. If win pennant — two hundred:” Today’s exhibition game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Red Sox was run by two deputy sheriffs. Joe Cronin, manager of the Red Sockers, has just been made an honorary deputy of Cook County, 111., and Leo Durocher, the Dodgers’ pilot, recently w?is given a badge by Rockland county, N. Y. Wait till they flash their gold badges on the umpires. Cronin, whose temper has a low boiling point where umpires are concerned, got a great laugh from reading that umpire Art Passarella, an old foe in the American League had banished Manager Jimmy Wil son of the Chicago Cubs from a game with the White Sox. “I thought those exhibitions the Cubs and White Sox were playing at French Lick were just informal practice games and not to count in the city series or anything. But Wilson gets thrown out. That Just shows that when you’re In a ball game it doesn’t make any differ ence whether it’s a league game or a pick-up affair — you give It all you’ve got.” Tex Hughson, the 22 game win ner, signed the first contract of fered him by the Boston Red Sox this winter. “It w-asn’t for quite as much money as I would have wanted in peacetime and if there hadn’t been a war on I might have held out. But I didn’t think this was any time to argue about it. Besides the Red Sox treated me right last year and if I win a lot of games again this year I am sure they'll take care of me.” CANNON TO MEET DILLON TUESDAY “Roughhouse” Roy Graham Grapples John Delaney In Curtain Raiser One of the roughest bouts of the wrestling season in Thalian Hall is expected when Tiny ‘Boom Boom’ Cannon, the brawny Texas ranch owner, and Jack Dillon, of Nashville, Tenn., crawl through the ropes. Dillon established quite an out standing reputation for himself last week as he forced his way to a win over John Delaney. Delaney, although a rugged man in the ring, was out fought by Dillon. Delaney says he was used to good wrest ling, but when it came to Dillon a great deal of question could arise. The battle has been scheduled for the best two-out-of-three falls with a ninety minute time limit. In the semi-feature attraction of the evening “Roughhouse” Roy Graham tangles with the unmask ed Purple Secret, John Arthur “When the rough stuff starts you can bet Graham will be on the dishing end,” says local promoter, Bert Causey. The semi-final event has been scheduled for the best two-out-of three falls with a sixty minute time limit. The referee for the matches will be a former rough and tumble grappler from the rings around Detroit, Charley Manuzion. St. Louis Brown's Hitters Bat Above Fondest Dream CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., April 3. —Iff1)—Spring training with the St. Louis Browns is a bookkeeper’s idea of heaven—with Manager Luke Sewell’s crying towel account bal anced squarely against his claims to happiness. Mike Chartak and Don Gutter idge, with possessors of puny 1942 averages, are hitting far above even their fondest dreams—but, on the other hand, Chet Laabs and George McQuinn, of whom Sewell is bank ing for much of this year’s power, are slugging just a few points above their hat sizes. TIGERSKELYING ON Y( K’S CLUB Detroit Manager Thinks Big Rudy Should Have His Best Season EVANSVILLE. Ind., April 3—?® —It’s a streamlined and ambitious Rudy York whose War club Ihe Detroit Tigers are relying upon to boost their prospects in Amer ican league competition. York ar rived in training camp here some ten pounds lighter and began his seventh season as a Tiger With admirable enthusiasm. Manager Steve O’Neill, who in vested the club's top player-sal ary of $12,000 in the big first base man. is visibly elated toy Rudy's physicalc ondition and by his I showing in early practice. “I don’t see how Rudy can miss Hammerin’ Henry Gets Return Match With Jack NEW YORK, April 3.—OP)—Fight folks, fans and “experts”alike, still argued today over the merits of the decision awarded Beau Jack over Henry Armstrong, so Promoter Mike Jacobs started the ball rolling for a return match between the two in on.? of the local ball parks in June. The bout would be at 15 rounds, instead of the ten heats of last night, in which Jack “ran” to victory by backpedalling furiously through the first eight rounds and hanging on, weary and worn, as Hammerin’ Hank came roaring down the stretch. Jacobs said, however. Jack’s world lightweight championship, as recog nized by the New York State Ath letic Commission, will net be at stake in the June meeting. Jack puts the crown on the line against Bob Montgomery of Philadelphia here May 21, and after that would have a six-month grace period be fore being asked to defend the crown again. Armstrong was all for the return go, not only because he felt he had won last night’s bout, but also for the fancy financial returns which are likely. Last night’s go drew the biggest gate of this biggest of all indoor seasons—$104,976. And a return tussle outdoors figures to add $100,000 more to that gaudy sum. Jack and Armstrong also did right well by themselves last night, each receiving $24,158.17. The Red Cross also benefitted to the extent of $8, 947.47. PRO GRIDSTERS TO HOLD MEET Commissioner Calls Game’s Most Important Session In History CHICAGO, April 3 — '-*>) — The most important meeting in the his tory of the National Football Lea gue since it was organized in a Canton, O., garage 23 years ago will open in Chicago Tuesday. The session will continue for three days with Commissioned El mer Layden presenting a policy to govern war-created problems. Foremost among the business is sues will oe the annual player draft, postponed from last Decem ber, and ratification of the sche dule for the 1943 season. The sche dule corresponds to those played in other years with regards to the number of games, but it will save some 80,000 man-miles as compar ed witth the 1942 program. Commissioner Layden is positive the league will operate. He dis counts reports that four of the ten club owners favor cessation of operations for the duration, or that the Cleveland franchise might be transferred to Cincinnati. Layden pledged the league to continuance last December and to date no club has signified to him that it would not operate or attempt to bring the question of suspension before the meeting. Accustomed to operating in a land of plenty provided by the an nual output of 5,000 college stars, the league itselt faced for the first time with an important manpower question. To date, close to 150 players in the league last season have joined the armed forces, _v Davidson Announces 1943 Track Schedule DAVIDSON, April 3—W—David son announced today a track sche dule for the remainder of the season which included meets with three Southern Conference foes. The meets scheduled are: April 10, V.P.I. at Davidson, April 17, South Carolina at Columbia, and May 8, N. C. State at Raleigh. Davidson will participate in the Southern Conference meet at Cha pel Hill April 33-24. ■-V St. Louis Cardinals Work On Tricks And Pop Flies CAIRO, 111., April 3.—CB—'The 8t Louis Cardinals broke their squad games routine today with a drill or trick plays and a session for catch ers and infielders working on por flies. Morton Cooper is eager to be the first Cardinal pitcher to go for nine ninnings but Manager Billy South worth probably will restrict him tc five in the first paid admission ex hibtiion Sunday. Proceeds will - gc to the County Tuberculosis Society -V Athletics Cover Stove As Temperature Dropi WILMINGTON, Del., April 3. (JP) — The Philadelphia Athletics joined the “Hot Stove League” to day as they skipped workouts for a club house confab. After a conference with Connie Mack, the players were given the rest of the day off. The A’s will open a five game series with the Phillies here tomorrow, weather permitting. having one of his biggest sea sons,” O’Neill said today. “He’s hitting the ball very well, and his fielding is excellent. Why, he set a league fielding record at first base last year, and he’s mighty proud of It.” York’s batting, however, slip ped to .285 last year and he miss ed a $5,000 bonus by falling ten short of 100 runs batted jfc. This year there’s no bonus bait to take his eye off the ball, and he’s fresh from his farm of several hundred acres down Atlanta way. Swimming Judge Takes Dunking At Right Time NEW YORK, April *.—{#')— Demille couldn’t have staged it better— Right in the middle of the National A. A. V. swimming championships at the New York Athletic Club today, one of the diving judges fell into the pool—fully clothed. And his name is Water Cleaver. On the level. He was trying to straighten out one of the lane markers between heats, when he slip ped—and took his “dunk.” A New Yorker, Cleaver says he doesn’t know how the “E” was left out of his first name, but his birth certificate reads “Water.” _ PIRATES DOWN INDIANS, 4-3 Buccaneers Open Fire After Getting Only Four Hits In Seven Innings MUNCIE, Ind., April 3. —(gP)— Third Baseman Bob Elliott tripled in the tenth inning to score First Baseman Elbie Fletcher, giving the Pittsburgh Pirates a 4 to 3 triumph over the Cleveland Indans today in the first exhibition game against major league opposition for both clubs. Blanked for four hits for seven frames by Pitcher Jim Bagby, Jr., and A1 Milner, the Pirates got two runs in the eighth on Outfielder Frank Colman’s triple with two Bucs aboard. Catcher Bill Baker scored the tienig run in the ninth on an infield hit by Outfielder Johnny Barrett. The Indians picked up their three-run advantage at the expense of Pitcher Johnny Lanning who twirled the first five rounds. Otto Denning blagted a line homer over the left wall in the second frame and he singled over two runs in the fourth. The two clubs meet here again tomorrow. WOLFPACK COMES FROM BEHIND TO SCORE VICTORY State College Batters Collect 15 Hits Off Trio Of Naval Hurlers RALEIGH, April 3—(A1?—"Laying down a barrage of 15 solid base hits, N. C. State College’s baseball Red Terrors scored a 12-6 up!et victory over the Cloudbusters from the North Carolina Navy pre. Flight school in a “Ration Lea. gue” game here today. Tire Terrors, playing their first home game of the season, per mitted tne visitors to take a 4-2 lead in the first two innings, surg ed from behind with a six-run outburst in the fourth inning that drove Lefty Simms from the mound, and then made certain of victory by scoring twice more in the fifth. Hermon Vernon, a righthander, went the full route for the State College boys although he was touched for 11 safeties and is sued eight free passes. The Cloud busters called on three hurlers. Freudenheim, who took over in the fourth after most of the dam age had been done, gave way to Zorn in the seventh. Katkaveck and Stanton led the Terrors at the plate, each getting three hits and each driving in three runs. Conlin, Neimic and Marou sek made two hits apiece for the Cloudbusters. -V DAVIDSON WINS DAVIDSON, April .I.—(iP)—David son's track team defeated Catawba, 83-43, today in the 1943 opener for the Wildcats. FOR SALE Combination Radio Stand and Record Cabinet. $14.95 PICKARD'S 209 Market St. Read The Classified Ads SHIRT QUfltITY 1‘tyuSffS. fflST COLORS/ -f MB99S9to MUTMIANO MANUFACTURING CO. INC GtlMINGTOH N t NO FOOLIN'... 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