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The Sports Trail
By WHITNEY MARTIN
NEW YORK. Jan. 26.—(IP)—The
fact that Ford Frick and Clarl
Griffith have been doing a little
gumshoeing in Washington does
not mean baseball has deserted its
‘■we don’t want nuttin’ from no
body” policy.
Frick, national league president,
and Griffith, owner of the Wash
ington Senators, merely have been
trying to find out if anyone down
there is winding up a haymaker
for the game, as they know the
racing people discovered the Gov
ernment slugs first and lets the
victim ask questions afterward.
In other words, they fion't want
the umpire to yell "play ball ’ and
Jimmy Byrnes to yell “yer out’
practically simultaneously, and no
bcdy can be accused of asking
undue favors who only wants to
know whether it's all right to start
on a hike or whether it’s going
to rain.
If circumstances are such that
baseball can’t operate this year,
the Washington brass hats should
have an inkling of it by now, and
if they would impart this know
ledge to baseball officials it would
save tremendous worry, work and
expense.
Even the curtailed spring train
ing means quite a financial out
lay, with scores of other details,
such as printing of tickets, prepa
ration of the parks and such, add
ing to the total. The baseball peo
ple can't be blamed for being a
trifle apprehensive, particularly
since they have found out it is a
matter of indifference to the gov
ernment if they are told three
months in advance whether or not
they’ll have the manpower to oper
ate, or told on opening day.
Frick and Griffith apparently
were unofficial spokesmen for the
game, but if a choice had been
made by the Aub owners they
couldn’t have picked two better
men. Frick is suave, alert and
wise. Griffith is practically as
much a fixture in Washington as
the Washington monument, and is
so highly esteemed in official cir
cles he undoubtedly has entree
where other baseball men fear to
tread. In his noiseless, unassuming
way he probably has done as much
or more to put the game in a
favorable light with the powers
that be than anyone else.
We'll never forget the first time
we saw the old fox. He had come
to New York for some meeting,
and walked into the hotel head-'
quarters looking anything but the
shrewd old baseball man he is.
In fact, his ruddy complexion,
white hair and bewildered expres
sion, combined with the large trav
eling bag he was toting, offered
the picture of a retired farmer
ripe to be taken by the city slick
ers.
Anyway, although both are with
holding official statements, Frick
and Griffith have unofficially air
ed slightly divergent ideas as to
what they learned in Washington.
Griffith seems a little on the op
timistic side; Frick, if anything,
slightly pessimistic, although he
said:
“I won’t say that the talks were
not optimistic, nor were they pes
simistic.’’
What could be clearer than that?
ST. PAUL’S SET
TO PLAY TRINITY
Topping tonight’s fray in th
Y.M.C.A. Church league, the Trir
ity Methodist hardwooders an
scheduled to battle the league-lead
ing St. Paul’s Episcopal basket
eers at 7 p. m. The Trinity aggre
gation is fifth on the ladder, wir
ning one encounter with two de
feats:
St. Paul’s leads the way in th
league, with three victories to r<
main undefeated.
Also scheduled tonight is an er
counter between the Leland Baj
tist quintet and the Maffitt Villag
cagers, which will start at 8 p. rr
St. Andrew’s Covenant quint wi
meet the Grace Methodist cageme
at 9 p. m.
STANDARDS
S Team W 1
St. Paul’s _3
Lelarid Baptist_2
Grace Methodist_2
St. Andrew’s Co.v’t _...1
Trinity Methodist _1
Maffitt Village _0
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ELECTRICS BEAT
WAREHOUSE QUINT
The Electrical Department c
the North Carolina Shipbuilding
Co., walloped an underdog Ware
house Department 42-17, in th<
shipyard league last night.
McCall and Kaylor led the Elec
tricians with 18 and 17 points re
spectively, while the Warehouse
basketeers were sparked with Bos
well, aggregating a total of-five,
The line-ups:
Warehouse fg ft tf
Casteen. f . 1 2 4
Boswell, f _ 2 1 f
Haywood, f _ 0 0 C
Coughenon, f _ 0 0 C
Worrell, c_ 10'
Crouch, g. 1 0 1
Waggoner, g . 2 0 A
Totals 7 3 1'
Electricians fg ft tf
Kaylor, f .. 8 1 17
Best, f .. 0 0 (
Spain, f _ 10 1
Noe. f _ 0 0 (
McCall, c . 9 0 If
McKeithan, g _ 10'
Edens, g _ 1 1 I
Totals 20 2 41
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Jack McGill, Of Olympics,
Joins Bruin Hockey Team
BOSTON, Jan. 26.—'UP)—Jacl
McGill of the Boston Olympics ha:
joined the Boston Bruins for thi
remainder of the season and wil
start at left wing against the Mon
treal Canadians at Montreal to
morrow night, it was announced tc
night.
McGill will be the first line lei
winger replacing Bill Thoms wh
is being shifted to defense in plac
of Dit Clapper, sidelined with
back injury.
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CADET LEAGUE
BEGINS TODAY
1 Tne YMCA Cadet Sunday School
. league will go into action this af
ternoon for the first time, when
' St. Paul's Lutheran basketballers
‘ take to the YMCA floor against
■ the cadets of either Maffitt Village
- Baptist, or Fifth Avenue Baptist.
- Adam Smith, physical director at
- the ‘Y’ disclosed last night that it
was not certain which team would
s be entered ino the newly-formed
- league.
Immediately following the first
- game, which starts at 12 o'clock,
- the Grace Methodist quintet is
2 scheduled to meet the Trinity Meth
odist cadet team, followed by a
1 third contest featuring Leland
Baptist and Winter Park Baptist
youngsters. The age limits for the
cadet league has been established
at 12 and 14 years.
3 Tickets for this afternoon’s con
I tests will be sold at the YMCA
. gymnasium.
} The ‘Y’ Seniors are scheduled
J to engage the local LT. S. Navy
I hardwooders at 8 p.m. Tuesday in
* the senior league, followed by ifie
‘Y’ Dormitory quint, vs. a fast
Kress’ aggregation, and the ship
yard Welders will meet the Erec
tors. The last game is scheduled
1 to begin at 9:30 p.m.
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LAST MINUTE APPEAL
f MADE TO PUBLIC FOR
THE MARCH OF DIMES
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With only four days left in the
annual "March of Dimes'’ drive
to raise funds to provide treatment
for children stricken with infantile
paralysis, the outlook was that
Wilmingtonians and others in the
county would have to dig deeper
in their pockets to reach the $8,269
quota and the hope was that today.
"Tag Day”, would bring a good in
crease in funds.
This was drawn -from a state
ment by D. M. Darden, campaign
manager, who said that about 25
per cent of the goal had been reach
ed yesterday, and urged that New
Hanover county residents again go
over the goal as in all previous
drives. Members of the ’Teen-Age
club, under the direction of the
City recreation department today
will sell lapel tags, as an added ef
fort in raising funds for the cam
paign.
Collections in local theaters wfl!
continue through Tuesday, accord
ing to Darden. All contributions can
be sent to the New Hanover County
Infantile Paralysis Campaign, Box
1170, Wilmington, or can be deliver
ed to Darden at the People’s Saving
bank.
I BOWLING
CIVIC LEAGUE
Results Thursday
ROTARY
t Players 1st 2nd 3rd Total
) Hamilton ... 122 154 139 415
; Greer - 143 132 175 458
a Walton, G. .. 150 120 122 372
Carswell ... 115 141 105 316
Dummy - 100 100 100 300
Totals 625 649 641 1913
CIVITANS
Players 1st' 2nd 3rd Total
Ward . 115 119 116 350
Platt . 141 184 325
Lawther- 146 111 154 411
Raney- 115 1343 249
Dummy_ 100 100 200
Dummy- 100 100
Cannady ... 158 152 310
Totals 602 687 656 1945
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whites whip more easily and help
form a stiffer foam.
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Quick Service
We Teach Watches To Tell f
. The Truth
The Jewel Box
109 N. Front
GUARANTEED_-_
IGAF IRD LEADS
BYRON NELSON
IN TEXAS OPEN
Little Known Texan Leads
Tourney With Five
Under Par 66
BY HAROLD V. RATLIFF
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Jan. 26.—
i/p)—Slender Raymond Gafford put
a double dose of Texas'into the
Texas open today as the Fort Worth
professional slipped in with a five
under-par 66 to lead favorite Byron
Nelson by a stroke at the end of the
first round.
Nelson, the war bond wealthy
transplanted Texan now getting his
mail out of Toledo, O., had spray
ed six birdies on tough bracken
ridge course for a 67 an hour be
fore the tall, easy-talking Gaf
ford came in with a 32-34 that
stood up under the bombardment
of a field cut to 150 players by first
day withdrawals.
Gafford, little known outside this
State and winner of no major
tournaments, had five birdies and
not a bogey and he didn’t miss a
green. He had only 32 putts.
Tied for third place were Tex
Consolver of Wichita, Kans., and
Frank Stranahan. amateur from
Maxwell Field, Ala., each with a
68.
Next in line with 69’s were Sam
Schneider of Corpus Christi, Ice
land Gibson of Randolph Field.
Toney Penna of Dayton, O., Sam
Byrd of Detroit and Harold (Jug)
McSpaden of Sanford, Me.
Craig Wood of Mamaroneck, N.
Y.. national open champion and
one of the top-rated men in this
tournament, had ‘‘spectator trou
ble”—That is his ball hit a couple
of spectators—costing him heavily
and he came in with a five-over
par 76
Bob Hamilton of Chicago, na
tional P.G.A. champion, shot a one
under 72, the same score posted
by Johnny Revolta of Evanston,
111., defending Texas open cham
pion.
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SENATORS REJECT
HENRY A. WALLACE
(Continued from Page One)
Clellan. Ark., in opposing the nom
ination.
Democratic Sens. Claude Pep
per, Fla.; James M. Mead, N. Y.;
Theodore G. Bilbo, Miss.; Warren
G. Magnuson, Wash., and John H.
Overton, La., voted in favor of
Wallace. McClellan swung over to
them on the futile motion to report
the nomination without recom
mendation and thus remove the
stigma of an “adverse” report.
Overton joined the anti-Wallace
forces in the vote on the George
bill.
Committee action came after
the Wallace cause had received
support from two separate quar
ters.
Secretary of the Treasury Hen
ry Morgenthau, Jr., praised Wal
lace as a “Yankee businessman
with horse sense enough to recog
nize that we are living in a world
of change” and said his record in
handling loans is “beyond re
proach”. Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes had praised the
Wallace nomination earlier as a
“good appointment.”
And the United Packinghouse
Workers (CIO) sent its members
a letter urging (them to call on
their congressmen to support the
Wallace nomination and to oppose
the George bill.
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OPA SCHEDULES
POINT VALIDITY
(Continued from Page One)
designed to prevent accumulation
of large backlogs of unused stamps
as well as avert last minute buying
rushes. With four months to spend
each series of stamps, housewives
will be able to space expenditures
evenly over the period, OPA said.
While definite expiration dates
were in effect prior to last March,
each series, of stamps was good
for only about seven weeks. This
led to buying rushes, the agency
said when the program was aban
doned.
This is the schedule of expira
tion dates for other red and blue
stamps:
Red—T5, U5, V5, W5. and X5,
valid December 31, good through
April 28; Y5, Z5, A2; B2, C2,and
D2, valid January 28, good through
June 2.
,Blue—C2, D2, E2, F2, and G2.
valid January 28, good through
June 2.
Blue—C2, D2, E2, F2, and G2,
valid January 1, good through
April 28; H2, J2, K2, L2, and M2,
valid February 1, good through
June 2.
Leather
(Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the 24 hours
fnding 7:30 p.m., yesterday.
Temperature
1:30 am, 44.0; 7:30 am, 42.7; 1:30 pm
50.1: 7:30 pm, 42.8. ^ „ „
Maximum 53.5: Minimum 40.8; Mear
44; Normal 46.
Humidity
1:30 am, 93; 7:30 am, 90; 1:30 pm, 62;
7:30 pm, 86.
Precipitation
Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 pm
0.00 inches. # .. .,
Total since the first of the month
1.97 inches. _ _
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published bj
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey)
High Low
Wilmington - V'35p 4:20,
Masonboro Inlet- 12:46:
Sunrise, 7:13 a.m.; Sunsetv 5:37 p.m.
| Moonrise, 5:11 p.m.; Moonset, 6.49 a.m
New York Yankees Sold For $2,800,000,
Including 400 Players, All Franchises;
Wildcats Downed By Blackbirds, 25-20
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BILLY KELLY TRIES FOR RECORD
Billy Kelly (left), sensational swimming star-at the University of
North Carolina, pulls himself out of the water at Chapel Hill as Coach
Willis Casey ‘hecks his time with a stop watch. Kelly has won three
National Junior championships and is gunning for a fourth. There are
only four National Junior championships to be won. If he wins the
fourth, he will be the first athlete to turn the trick. He’s one of the
few who have been able to win three.
Domestic Court Parley
Postponed Until Monday
The meeting of the city-county
committee chosen to investigate
legislative authority for the in
stitution of a domestic relations
court, scheduled to take place yes
terday afternoon, was deferred un
til Monday, Councilman Edgar L.
Yow said last night.
Mr. Yow, W. B. Campbell, City
attorney, and Marsden Bellamy,
County attorney, constitute the
membership of the group, whose
task is to determine whether or
not the general State law providing
for the establishment of family
problem tribunals can be applied
to the Wilmington-New Hanover
plans. A joint meeting of City
Councilmen and County commis
Jury Fails To Agree
On Long Case; Trial
Will Be Heard Again
SOUTHPORT, Jan. 26 —The case
of Tom Long, Shallotte farmer ac
cused of murdering Ace Galloway.
Negro of that area, today was
scheduled for a retrial in the May
session of superior court, after a
Brunswick county jury told Judge
John J. Burney that it could not
agree.
The jury stood the same as it
did on the first ballot, 8 to 4, and
had been locked up from 8 p.m.
yesterday until late this afternoon.
Long remained out on $5,000 bond.
The shooting took place January
22, 1944.
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Local Flier Returns Home
After War Front Activity
After participating in 35 combat
missions over Germany and Ger
man-occupied territory, Lt. James
E. Hearn, Jr., is spending a few
weeks with his wife, and family at
1811 Grace street.
A bombardier in the Eighth Air
Force based in England. Hearn
recently was promoted to First
Lieutenant. He holds the Air Medal
with five Oak Leaf Clsuters, and
the Presidential Unit Citation,
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BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
sioners Wednesday came to a tei>
tative negative conclusion on the
question.
Should Monday’s meeting pro
duce positive findings, it is ex
pected that another common con
clave of the two governments will
be summoned to decide whether
or not the innovation is necessa'ry
and desirable.
Judge H. Winfield Smith of Rec
order’s court, yesterday announc
ed himself in favor of the es
tablishment of a domestic rela
tions court which should have juris
diction over parents as well as the
children currently brought before
the juvenile court.
Removal of non-support cases,
the only category of litigation now
under Recorder’s court which
would shift to the new tribunal,
from his docket would amount to
very little in terms of time-saving
Judge Smith pointed out. However,
he added a domestic relations
court would be able to supervise
the execution of its recommenda
tions more effectively than the
Recorder’s court can at present.
If the City-County meetings fail
to produce any positive result, he
said, he would renew his applica
tion for probation officer to follow
up his own court’s orders.
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State Cagers Figure
In Six Games Today
CHARLOTTE, Jan. 26. — m —
North Carolina cagers figure in six
games Saturday, two in the North
State Conference where pace-set
ting Catawba is at home to Appa
lachian and Lenoir Rhyne plays
host to Elon.
The University of North Caro
lina, easy winner over High Point
on its home court last month, re
turns the visit tomorrow.
Duke, which has done well
against collegiate opposition, only
to encounter tough going against
service rivals, runs into one of
its stiffest tests of the year, en
gaging unbeaten Navy at Anna
polis.
The schedule is completed with
Georgia Navy at North Carolina
Preflight and Camp Butner at Mor
ris Field.
UP FRONT WITH MAULDIN
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New Hanover
LosesFifth
Loop Contest
ROCKY MOUNT, Jan. 26.—New
Hanover High school lost their fifth
consecutive conference clash this
jfternoon, when defeated by a high
y favored Rocky Mount aggre
gation 25-20, but the Wildcats were
somewhat rejuvinated in the fact
that they held the Blackbirds to
their lowest score this season.
Figuring in game this afternoon
were two full teams of fighting
Blackbirds, while Wilmington
coaches were handicapped with
only three substitutes.
Proof of the dauntless, high-spirit
ed 'Cats, was shown in the high
scoring of Rocky Mount, dividing
honors between Allsbrook and
Thorne, with five each. High scorer
for Wilmington was Billy Mason,
with nine, followed by his brother,
farl. txrHVt ci-v
The visiting basketeers led the
Blackbirds up to the half-time, with
the score set at 9-4 at the end of
the first quarter, and leading 14-9
at the half.
The line-up:
Wilmington FG FT TP
Mason, Billy, f_4 1 9
Colley, f _0 0 0
Brindell, f_0 0 0
Mason, Carl, c _3 0 6
Tuttle, c _ .0 0 0
Croom, g _ 1 l 3
Fennell, g _1 o 2
Waters, g . 0 0 0
TOTALS_9 2 20
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Fliers Meet Marines
In Top Flight Game
At Air Base Tonight
The Bluethenthal Field hardwood
ers play host to the visiting Cher
ry Point Marines quintet at the
Air Base gymnasium tonight. The
Cherry Pointers are rated as one
of the top service teams in the
South.
Although the Marines are a
slight favorite in tonight's gamf.
the high-flying Thunderbolts, win
ners of nine of ten games, and
boasting a winning streak of seven
straight victories, promise a tough
landing for the Marines.
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Lennon Urges Caution
In LeGrand Opposition
(Continued from Page One)
with having secured the inclusion
of both areas in the same bill, as
well as with the “guarantee”
clause, which requires representa
tion by two suburban appointees
for two years on the City Council
and the public endorsement by
four out of five Council members
of an announcement that the City
was ready to render fire, police
and other services to the annexed
areas.
Despite the strategy urged by
Mr. Lennon, residents of Brook
wood. Oleander and the other eas
tern suburbs chose a committee to
join efforts with the group picked
Wednesday night at Sunset Park to
remonstrate with Rep. LeGrand by
telegraph. A distinct likelihood that
a delegation would go to Raleigh
was evidenced by remarks from
the 100-odd suburbanites present.
Mr. Lennon was chosen chair
man after he had rendered the re
port of the action committee and
received a vote of thanks. Previous
head of the group was the late
F. A. Matthes, whose sudden death
in December Lennon said he
thought might have been caused
in part by work on the committee.
The only comment from the
membership o’f longer than five
minutes' duration was given bv
W. K. Rhodes, Jr., who rose to
explain that he had not been author
of derogatory comments concern
ing the Wilmington police made at
a Sunset Park meeting Wednesday,
but that his statement at the same
gathering, that he did not consider
the City Council’s promise worth a
snap, would be forthcoming again
whenever anyone suggested the
council promise to install sewerage
or a water-system in 1945. He
simply did not believe that there
was manpower for any such job, he
said, however good the intentions
of the city government in promis
ing it.
He suggested that city extension
would be a much more suitable
project for the postwar period,
when servicemen had come home.
To this Mr. Lennon assented, say
ing “If it’s good now, it will be
good five years from now.’’
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Mac kail Orchestra Plans
To Play At Local Church
The Camp' Mackall paratrooper
aand-orchestra will present a semi
Hassical concert in Thalian Hall
it 3 p.m. Sunday and will play
he same day at 8 p.m. at St. An
irew’s Covenant Presbyterian
:hurch, rendering sacred numbers
md leading in the song service.
St. Andrew’s has departed re
:en»tly from its accustomed form
>f worship Sunday nights, accord
ng to Dr. Frederick W. Lewis, and
las been conducting an informal
ervice, consisting largely of the
Id familiar Gospel songs.
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BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
DUKE BASKETEERS,
SWIMMERS ENGAGE
ARMY, NAVY TODAY
DURHAM, Jan. 26. -.(£>>—1The
Duke basketball and swimming
teams step out into high class
competition tomorrow when
they take on Navy and Army,
respectively, in away from home
skirmishes.
Coach Gerry Gerard’s Blue
Devil cagers, triumphant in
seven of 13 starts to date but
still unbeaten in college compe
tition, will be out to avenge last
year’s 45-43 loss to the Navy at
■Annapolis, Md., tomorrow after
noon.
With the team showing vast
improvement over early season
play, Coach Gerard has high
hopes of giving the Middles
some anxious moments.
Coach Jack Persons’ Blue De
vil swimmers expect plenty of
trouble from the Army cadets.
Army hasn’t had more than 15
points scored on it in a single
meet this season.
SFA BAN HITS
INDOOR SPORTS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. — UP) —
Such wartime indoor sports as bas
ketball games, Madison Square
Garden events, hockey and fights
apparently were temporarily froz
en out today in 16 states.
The Solid Fuels Administration
announced further restrictions on
the use of coal in states east and
south of the Great Lakes, due to
a log-jam of winter-struck freight
traffic.
The announcement urged curtail
ment or elimination of the use of
coal in places of amusement.
While only bowling alleys in the
sports category were mentioned
specifically, it was later explain
ed that the limitations apply also
to basketball games, fights, track
meets, hockey, ice carnivals and
so on until the emergency passes.
The only exceptions will be where
local supplies are sufficient to
permit sports events to continue
without danger of running out of
fuel.
“It’s purely a matter of judge
ment on the part of local offi
cials,” an SFA source said. ‘‘But
the order certainly applies to oth
er indoor sports as well as bowl
ing.”
Such contests might be postpon
ed until restrictions are lifted or
cancelled, it was suggested. It
may be a week or two before the
pinch is felt in some communities.
The orders become effective
Sunday until further notice.
Restrictions affect Connecticut,
Delaware,'Illinois. Indiana, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi
gan, New Hampshire. New Jersey,
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Vermont, West Vir
ginia, part of Virginia. Washing
ton, D. C., and St. Louis. Mo.
JAPANESE GUNSSHELL
YANKS AT CLARK FIELD
(Continued from Page One)
and on the right, troops of Maj.
Gen. Innis P. Swift’s First Corps
hammered out gains of up to two
i tiles north of Sison and captured
Cauringan, 15 miles south of Ba
guio on Highway three.
They also captured high ground
northeast of Rosario, hornet’s nest
jcf enemy resistance three miles
northwest of Cauringan, in what
appeared to be a developing two
way threat to the road junction
point of Camp One, a little over
two miles north of Cuaringan. At
Camp One, Highway three and
another road running east from
Rosario join with Highway 11 run
ning north to Baguio.
Fighting continued around San
Manuel, 13 miles southeast of Cau
ringan, where United Press dis
patches said troops of the 25th In
fantry Division knocked out 24
tanks and guns in two days’ house
to house fighting up to Thursday.
MacArthur’s communique said
American troops were “pushing
through” San Manuel against stub
born resistance.
Meanwhile, Lt. Gen. George C
Kenney’s medium and heavy
bombers continued blasting enemy
defenses in the Manila area. They
attacked shore defenses and bar
racks on Subic Bay and on Bataan,
“wrecking many coast defense po
sitions,’’ MacArthur’s communique
said.
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Try adding a dash of chili to
the cream sauce when you are
having creamed fish.
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Col. MacPhail
Tops The List
Of New Owners
by jack Band
NEW YORK. Jan. 26.
trol of the vast New York Yankee
baseball empire today passed into
the hands of Col. Larry MacPhail
Capt. Daniel R. Topping and Del
Webb of Phoenix. Atiz., ior an e,.
timated purchase price of $2 800
000.
Real estate including the Yankee
Stadium and Rupperr stadiums s'
Newark and Kansas City were iB!
eluded in the deal a; well as thej
respective franchises and those of
Binghampton, N. Y., in the Eastern
League.
Almost 400 players, 269 of whom
are in the service on the organ;,
zation’s national defense list, went
with the deal which was concluded
shortly before a late afternoon "
press conference in the swanky
press room of a 52nd street restau
rant.
The 86.88 per cent of the stock
administered by the Manufacturers
Trust Co. in behalf of the three
heirs of the late Jacob Ruppe-t
brought 52,500,000 in cash, accord
ing to Wilfred Wottrick. vice-presi
dent of the trust company.
MacPhail said he concluded the
deal for the 10 per cent owned by
President Ed Barrow for an in’,
definite sum "between 5300 000 and
$500,000’ but that George E, Hup
pert, brother of the former owner,
did not sell his holdings amounting
to 3.12 per cent of the stock.
Barrow will continue as chair
man of the board of. directors and
will continue to be acting president
until MacPhail is placed on the
Army's inactive duty list February
10 when the colonel is out of uni
form he will become president and
general manager of the club.
MARINES LICK
CAMP MACKALL
CAMP LEJEUNE. Jan. 2*.-The
Marine basketeers of Camp Le
jeune warmed up for a Monday
tift at North Carolia Preflight, i»
trouncing the Camp Mackall par.
chutists, 62-35 here tonight.
The Leathernecks started their
second team, but relied on the
sharpshooting of Jack Maddox, reg
ular forward, t i provide the deci
sive margin. He tallied 19 points,
in playing half the game.
The line-ups:
Camp Mackall. 541st Parachute
Infantry) forwards. Laughlin 9.
Rand 9, Sanders. Koto: centers,
Robinson 4. Reznik 6 guards,
Rakestraw. Bunge 3. Oltman 4,
Hanson. Church.
Camp Lejeune; forwards Mun
son, Kopca 1. Maddox 19. Thomp
son 2; centers, Bennett 12. Berg 6:
guards. Carroll 6. Brehmeer 6, Syl
vestri 3, Bulvill 2. Holborn 4, Per
kel 1. _
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