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The Sports Trail By WHITNEY MARTIN NEW YORK, March 2.—W—The United States Lawn Tennis Asso ciation again is dodging brickbats, (bis time for its refusal to permit »mateur and professional tennis players to mingle in a war fund exhibition, and it is not in the least surprising that the guy do ing the throwing is that ancient mariner of the tennis seas, Bill Til den. Off and on for 25 years now, the angular, articulate racquet man has been letting go with his Sunday pitches at the amateur tennis fathers, and at 52 he seems to have lost none of his steam. Personally, we think he has a point this time as, the world being on fire as it is, it seems rather silly to insist that amateurs and professional mut not rub shoul ders, even if charity. But regardless of the pros and cons of the current dispute, the fact remains that Tilden is running true to form. Since the early ’20’s he has been sticking pins in the U.S.L.T.A. his petty histrionics on the court which passed for color we±e no less newsworthy than his verbal squabbles with the tennis overlords. The early disputes involved mostly his amateur status because of his syndicated writings on the sport, although he branched off Into other controversial subjects without warning. Never a gent to let his toes be stepped on without a yelp. In 1923, he charged the Davis Cup doubles committee ov erstepped its bounds in giving him advice in the challenge round. The hatchet finally was buried. The following year he withdrew from the Olympic and Davis Cup teams because he wasn’t allowed to write for the newspapers, but t^at decision didn’t keep him Iron openly ciriticizing the cup commit tee in 1925 for its method of se lecting the team. In 1926, he led an “insurgent’ move against the U.S.L.T.A. be cause of its refusal to approvi Franco-American exhibitions foi charity. All this time the player-writei pot was simmering, and it finally came to a boil in 1926. The in ternational federation found hirr guilty of violating the player-writ er rule, and he was suspended noi only in this country but in 34 oth er member countries, leaving the world’s greatest tennis player ir midair, so to speak. The king hac no court to call his own. He was reinstated in 1929, and when he turned pro the following year it seemed his troubles were over, as a pro can do just about anything, except play against ama teurs. The fallacy of that idea as far as Tilden was concerned was dem onstrated in 1936, when, he show ed he could get into jams under any circumstances. He was sus pended by the pros for violating the sanction rule, leaving him even worse off than before. He couldn’t play as an amateur and he couldn’t play as a pro. That trouble was cleared up, as Bill Tilden isn’t the kind of guy you leave out in the cold very long. Right or wrong, the money he draws at the box office is all right. Now he’s showing he’s lost none of his verbal sting by puncturing the U.S.L.T.A. we have a nidea that long after old age withers his serving arm his tongue still will be shooting sparks. veteran Race Vtticial Named Head Of Jockeys —---A City Matches In Ping Pong Are Planned The city’s ping pong players who expect to participate in the munic ipal ping pong tournament were busy this week with play-off’s for the big event next Wednesday at the Woodrow Wilson Hut. So far this week, the YMCA, Brigade Boys’ club, Industrial USO club, Woodrow Wilson Hut, play ground centers and the City Re creation Department have held tournaments to enter their winners in the city-wide affair. H. Vance Chadwick, of the Re creation Department, pointed out that entries are not closed to play ers who are not members of those clubs and organizations mentioned, and others desiring to participate should enter their names with the Recreation Department, 223 Prin cess street. The boys’ division has been di-, vided into two groups, the first in cluding those 16 and under, and the second including those above 17. The girls participating in the tour nament will be divided in a simi lar manner. Phillips Leads Golf Tourney At Pinehurst PINEHURST, March 2.—(fP)— H. G. Phillips of Pinehurst ousted medalist P. S. P. Randolph of Port Judith, R. I., 4 and 3, to day in the first round of the Pine hurst senior golf tournament, avenging a defeat he suffered at the hands of Randolph in a meet here 22 years ago. Defending champion Captain T. Roberts of Old Greenwich, Conn., came through the first on a 4 and 3 win over Arthur Ham of Scars dale, N. Y. C. S. Hawley of Washington de feated M. S. Little of Hartford, Conn., 2 and 1; and E. S. B. Riley of Laconia, N. H., beat Charles E. Sherman of ast Or ange, N. J., 6 and 5. In tomorrow's semi-final Phil lips plays Hawley and Roberts faces Riley. TODAY ATVTHE YMCA 8:00—Beginners’ swimming in struction . 830:—Cadet boys’ gym classes. 10:30—Special Lenten service, the Rev. Wilson, Fourth Street Advent church in charge. 10:30—Junior boys’ gym and bas ketball class. 10:45—Cadet class swim period. 11:30—Junior class swim period. 12:00—*Y’ Cadet Sunday school basketball league. (Cham pionship). Leland Baptist vs. Wintei Park Baptist. 2:30—Senior members use of gyir floor. 7:00—‘Y’ Senior Sunday schoo basketball league. Trinity Methodist vs. St Paul. 8:00—Leland Baptist vs. Maffjt Village Baptist. 8:00—St. Andrews vs. Grace Meth odist. i KEM Miracle and Crover Plastic t Playing Cards I F_ KAKIIS gQ» Market St. Dial I i MIAMI. Fla., March 2.—(£>—A. J. “Jack” Cleary, veteran racing official, today was named gen eral manager of the Jockeys’ Guild and given Czar-like powers. The riders’ president. Sterling Young, announced that Cleary had been given the post for a six year period, and would have “supreme powers in all matters pertaining to the Guild.” He will serve under a verbal contract. “In racing, a man’s word and handshake are his bond,” Cleary explained. Cleary succeeds John Swisher of Kentucky, who will continue with the guild, Cleary said, “as a valuable aide to me.” The guild numbers about 500 jockeys, including all of the top notch riders. The organization works for the welfare of riders, and has helped 30 of them out of financial difficulties which result ed from the cuVrent racing ban. Young declared that jockeys “have been seeking leadership which would give us the recog nition and confidence of the Am erican public.” Cleary has served as the stew ard for the Florida State Racing Commission, and as a track stew ard at Garden State Park, Suf fold Downs and Pascog. -V ra AKIHUK VIMlb C0RREG1D0R FORT (Continued from Page One) have done well. Again, my deepest thanks." The 11 staff officers who escaped with MacArthur March 11, 1942, and returned to see the flag raised again were: Lt. Gen. Richard Su therland, Maj. Gen. Spencer Aiken, Maj. Gen. Hugh Casey, Maj. Gen. William Marquat, Maj. Gen. Rich ard Marshall, Maj. Gen. Paul Sti vers, Brig. Gen. LeGrande Diller, Brig. Gen. Charles Willoughby Col. Sidney Huff, Lt. Col. Joe M : Micking and Lt. Paul Rogers. Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, now resident commissioner to the United States for the Philippine Commonwealth, also was present at the ceremony. He had served on MacArthur’s staff during the historic Ameri can stand in 1942 and did the “Voice of Freedom’’ broadcasts from Ma linta tunnel. Carolina Gridder Wins Legion Of Merit Award 'CHAPEL HILL, March 2.—Lt. Neal A. (June) Underwood, a na tive of Sanford and member of the university class of 1932, who was an outstanding tackle on the Caro lina football team during his stu dent days, has been awarded the Legion of Merit, fourth ranking medal of the United States Army, and a number of gold stars denot ing participation in invasions and battles, according to a letter jusi received by Jack Lipman, Chape: Hill merchant. Lt. Underwood is now on the western front in Eu rope. Mr. Lipman, also recently hac an interesting letter from Lt. (jg) Harris Everett, a former tennii star at Carolina, now on Naw : duty in the Pacific, who reportet he had recently seen Lt. Col. A lei - Guerry, another former tennis sta: and graduate student at Carolina and son of Chancellor Guerry of thi University of the South, and Ridle; Whitaker, of Goldsboro, a forme chairman of the Carolina Politica Union. -V Salvaged cartridge cases wil now be used to make new pen mes for America. I HAMILTON HOLDS HALF WAY LEAD IN FLORIDA OPEN Nelson, Snead And Mc Spaden Hot On Heels - Of Link Leader JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 2. _(U.R)_ Bob Hamilton kept his touch and his two-stroke margin in the $5,000 Jacksonville open golf tourney today, but the Big Three of the links were hot on his heels. Hamilton, national PGA cham pion from Chicago, added a 31-36- ^ 67 to his 65 yesterday, for a total. of 132 at the end of the second1 round. Two strokes behind, bunch ed at 134, were Byron Nelson, Sammy Snead and Harold (Jug) McSpaden. Snead shot a marvelous 32-33-65 on today’s rounds, > equalling the new course record set yesterday by Hamilton. Nelson, the leading money-winner from Toledo, O., im _ 1 , J _ 1. ~ « OO QA piwvcu UJ 1**0 --- 68. McSpaden, the Sanford, Me., shotmaker, turned in a 33-34—67. Galleries at the municipal course lured by perfect golfing weather, were described as the largest ev er to follow a tournament here. Snead’s comeback from his 69 of yesterday to the seven-under par 65 card today gave warning that he is back on his game. He is now seeking his third straight winter swing victory, one which will widen his margin over Nelson to six to four. Craig Wood of Mamaroneck, N. Y., who was tied with McSpaden in second place after the first round, dropped' to a 35-35—70 for a two-day total of 137. Fred Haas, Jr., New Orleans amateur, was one stroke behind him with a 33-34 —67 for today’s play. Other leaders at the halfway mark: Bruce Coltart. Rochester, N. Y.— 68-38-33—139. Sammy Byrd, Detroit—70-35-35— 140. Leonard Ott, Denver—71-35-34— 140. Willie Goggin, White Plains, N. Y.—71-33-38—142. Frank Strazza, Greenwich, Conn. -72-34-36—142. Tony Penna, Dayton, O.—75-32 36— 143. Bob Stupple, Glencoe, 111.—70-36 37— 143. Leonard Dodson, San Francisco —71-36^36—143. Carl Dann, Orlando. Fla.—74-35 35- 144. Chick Rutan, Birmingham, Mich. 71-38-35—144. Jim Gauntt, Ardmore. Okla.—71 36- 37—144. Sam Schneider, Corpus Christ}, Tex.—72-36-36—144. Claude Harmon. Grosse Pointe, Mich.—71-36-38—145. A1 Nelson, Ponte Vedra, Fla.—72 37- 37—146. 17 WELDER BOWLERS BEAT WANDERERS The Wanderers, last year's Vic tory League champions at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., bowed down to the Welders last Wednesday night, and were hosts to the winning bowlers at a chick en and steak dinner at the Famous Grill. The first game was close all the way, with the Wanderers win ning by one pin in the last frame. The Welders took the lead in the second and third games and were never threatened by the favorites. Wanderers: 1st 2nd 3rd Set Jones _ 165 152 147 464 Horton . 140 148 106 403 Thomas -. 135 138 172 445 Jordan __ 210 174 152 536 Eagle . 167 190 157 514 Totals _ 826 802 734 2362 Welders: 1st 2nd 3rd Set Vickery _ 149 _ _ 149 Pound _ 153 209 182 544 Duncan _ 141 200 167 508 Messer _ 237 172 226 635 Stratton _ 145 178 157 480 McCartney_ ... 153 135 288 Totals _ 825 912 867 2604 -V Cochrane May Battle Doyle At Los Angeles NEWARK, N. J„ March 2.—(/P) —Willie Gilzenberg, Newark fights promoter and manager of Freddie (Red) Cochrane of Hillside, world welterweight champion, said to day he was sure he and Barney Ross would come to an agreement on staging a welterweight cham pionship fight in Los Angeles in June. The Newark promoter said Ross, former welter champ, had tele graphed him offering $35,000 to have Cochrane, who recently was honorably discharged from the Navy, fight Jimmie Doyle of Los Angeles for the championship. -V Dean Of Racing Writers Died At Home In Miami MIAMI, Fla., March 2.—(U.P)— Funeral services for Harry Wil ; liams, 75-year-old dean of racing ; writers who died at his home here yesterday, will be held Monday. 1 His body will be cremated. ! Williams was the first editor of ’ the Daily Racing Form. He had ' continued sports writing through 1 the season which ended two months ago with the Federal shutdown of tracks. Members of the family sai^ that ■ general ill health attendant on his age caused his death. * City Cage Champions . .. i i i —BBB5BS Here are the Shipyard Independents, who defeated the girls of the Electrical Department 28-21 in last night’s championship game at New Hanover High Sschool. The girls will tangle with the WAC basketeers from Fort Bragg on the high school court next Wednesday night. Left to right, they are Dot Boylin, forward; Jean Campbell, guard; Ruby Thomas, forward; Kitty Railey, guard; Lucille Hobbs, guard; Ann Lee Johnson, guard. Standing, W. A. Rogers, assistant coach; Virginia Sellers, forward; Gladys Merritt, forward; Billie Stilwell, manageer; Katherine (Sparky) Stone, forward; Grace Walton, guard; and Willard Price, coach._^__ INDEPENDENTS WIN OVER ELECTRICALS The Shipyard Independents de feated a fast Electrical Depart ment basketball quint 28-21 last night on the court of New Han over High School to win the city girls’ championship. Leading the Independents to victory was Virginia Sellers, cen ter, who took high scoring honors with 10 points, and Catherine Stone, forward, who amassed a total of eight. The Independents opened the scoring ana took an early lead on a pivot-shot by Ruth Thomas, and after that the Electrics never threatened. The closest the losing aggregation came to meeting the Independents was near the end of the third quarter when the score was 22-19. The half-time marker was 14-7. The Independents will meet the invading WAC’s from Fort Bragg in the second benefit game to be staged at New Hanover High next Wednesday night. The lineups: Electrics: fg ft tp Showner, f _ 3 0 6 Johnson, f _ 2 15 Morris, f _ 3 3 9 Lanier, g _ 0 0 0 Smith, g - 0 0 0 Scott, g _ 0 0 0 Hfilliim* n n n Best, g _ 0 0 0 Totals _ 8 4 20 Independtns: fg ft tp j Stone, f _ 4 0 8 Thomas, f_2 15 Boykin, f _ 113 Sellers, f _ 4 0 10 Campbell, g _ 0 0 0 Railey, g .. 0 0 0 Walton, g_ 0 0 0 Johnson, g _ 0 0 0 Totals _ 13 2 28 -V VETERAN CATCHER SIGNED PHILADELPHIA. March 2—— General Manager Herb Pennock of the Philadelphia Phillies announ ced today that Gus Mancuso, 39 year-old veteran national league catcher, has signed with the Phils. Salary teams were not disclosed. The Giants gave Mancuso an un conditional release after last sea son, when he appeared in 80 games. CUFF NOTES By JACK STILLMAN .tseiore tne war toe New Hanover Fishing club of Wilmington was the largest of its kind in the world, boosting a membership of more than 1,000 fishermen. In the face of wartime difficulties and re strictions, the club has managed to carry on. Its membership has dwindled to about 300, but George Canady, secretary, thinks the pro spects are looking better this year and the new season gets off to what is hoped to be its most active wartime year, following the an nual meeting Monday night in the New Hanover courthouse. To be taken into consideration at the meeting is whether the club will include deep sea lishing in its activities this year, it has been reported that the Government may let the boys go out as far as 12 miles. The ban oh deep sea fishing iias been in effect since the first year the U. S. entered the war. Here is an explanation of the fishing zones which will be in ef fect this year in accordance with the club's rules pertaining to priz es. Fish eligible for competition in Zone A must be caught between and including Moore’s Inlet and southwardly down to and includ ing Corncake Inlet. Fish to be eligible for competi tion in Zone B must be caught be tween the northern side of Moore s Inlet and northwardly to the south ern boundary of White Hills on Topsail Inlet. _ _ The Mira Mar pier and Kure’s nier will be open for fishermen this vear, following repairs to damage caused by the storm last ATheS<Mira Mar pier will be ex tended to about 600 feet, and Kure’s pier will be extended to the •n?nel“T” about 800 feet. Both Holder oi tne record ior cnannei bass within the club’s limits for men is George Hutaff, Sr., who entered a 54-pound fish in 1930. He has made a standing offer of $100 to the club member exhibiting a channel bass to beat his record, and is still the title holder. Holder of the channel bass re cbrd for women is Mrs. Sam Blake, who exhibited a 32-pound fish in 1941. Here are the other standing re cords of the club. For men: Channel bass, 54 pounds, George Hutaff, Sr., 1930. Bluefish, 10 1-4 pounds, E., R. Johnson, 1935. Virginia mullet, three pounds, one ounce, Edmund McLaurin, 1934. Trout, seven pounds, eight oun ces, H. E. Rogers, 1933. Flounder, nine pounds, nine oun ces, W. E. Yopp, Sr., 1937. Sheepshead, nine and one half pounds, W. A. McDonald, 1939. Shark, 258 pounds. E. A. Jones, 1939. Stingray, 145 pounds. M. B. Mur phy, 1940. Black drum, 54 1-4 pounds, Capt. E. T. Damon, 1940. For ladies: Channel bass, 32 pounds, Mrs. Sam Blake, 1941. Bluefish, four and three quarter pounds, Mrs. S. J. Springer, 1933. Virginia mullet, three pounds, four ounces, Mrs. A. L. Freeman, 1931. Trout, five and one half pounds, Mrs. F. L FormyDuval, 1941. Flounder, six pounds, Mrs. F. H. Bagg, 1940. Shark, 48 pounds, Mrs. N. G. Thompson, 1938. «*B,1,ack,drurn> 10 Pounds, Mrs. F. Molleycheck, 1939. Showing Them How Coach Wesley Bennett, center, of Camp Lejeune. loops in one of his five baskets in helping the Marines defeat the Shipyard Stars, 56-29, last night in the New Hanover High gym. Joe Tysinger and Amos Howard of the ’Yards are in the shot. GundarHaegg Works Out For Track Meet Tomorrow BY HAROLD CLAASSEN NEW YORK. March 2—!.?>)—Guil der Haegg, Swedish mile swiftie, worked out on a board track for the first time today and found it much softer than the steel deck of a boat. Haegg. who completed a month's voyage from Sweden only yester day and runs against America's unbeaten 1945 mile champ tomor row. jogged approximately a mile on the outdoor pine oval of New York University, testing various kinds of spiked shoes. Both Haegg and hurdler Haakon Lidman, another Swede, will com pete in special events at the IC-4A indoor championships on Madison Square Garden’s 11-lap track Sat urday night. Haegg will oppose Jim Rafferty, winner of five straight races this winter; Forest Efaw, national three-mile champ; Rudy Simms of New York and Don Burnham, na tional 1,000 yard king. Asked if he thought he could beat Rafferty, whose best time is 4:13.1, Haegg replied no, explaining he had had but six w'orkouts on the 23-day ocean voyage. “Do you think you can scare our Yankee runners” he was asked. “From what I hear Yankees don’t scare easy,” came the reply in 90 per cent Swedish and 10 per cent English. Lidman bounded over a few hur dles in the brief workout, their only one execpt for a visit to the Garden tomorrow. The hurdler will run against Owen Cassidy of the Columbia midshipmen, and Sgt. Bill Mitchell in both 50 and 60 yard exhibitions. The tw'o Swedes with their be lated arrival and their willingness to compete after being on shore only 50 hours has stolen the lime light completely aw'ay from the Army-Navy duel for top honors in the annual college meet. The West Point Cadets are fa vored to retain the crown they won for the first time a year ago, chiefly because they are likely to garner between 25 and 30 points in the shot put, 35-pound weight throw and pole vault. The Army team is virtually the same as that of last winter with the addition of Felix (Doc- Blanch ard and Ralph Davis, brother of Footballer Glenn, in the shot put and Max Minor, who was entered but didn’t score in 1944, in the sprint and broad jump. However, Navy won four indi vidual titles last year to only two for Army, and returns tomorrow with three of the champions plus some plebe talent. John Caskey in the 300; Bert Atkinson, Jr., in the high jump; and Fred Bouw man in the broad jump are the middie defending titlists. Probably the strongest event of the meet is the high jump where Atkinson will have to outleap fa vored Joe Conley of Dartmouth, Pennsylvania’s Bob Bredin, Col gate’s George Heddy, Cornell’s Jim Hartshorne and Paul Robeson, Jr., in addition to his own teammate Ben Martin. -v Models complete to the small est detal have saved millions of dollars in America’s shipbuilding program, because they show up blueprint errors before actual construction begins. Marines Beat Shipyard All-Star Cage Quintet 56-29 At New Hanover ENGINEERS DOWN ' OLD MISS, 60-43 LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 2.— (U.R)—Georgia Tech downed Miss issippi State, 60 to 43, in the open ing game of the quarter-finals of the Southeastern Conference bas ketball tournament here this after noon. Tech took an early lead behind the sharp-shooting of Billy Wil liams, who with 18 points, duplicat ed his mark yesterday in leading the 68-49 victory march over the The Engineers led 27 to 21 at the end of the first half in the loosely-played game. 0. R. Collier and E. A. Holliday each had 10 points for Tech. High scorer for State was L. C. McDougal, with 16 points. In the final game of the after noon card, Auburn was expected to give Tennessee’s resurgent Vol unteers very little trouble. Ten nessee ousted Mississippi in yes terday’s activity, 59-37. Alabama and Tulane were to open tonight’ performances at 7:30. Alabama, with five wins and three losses, was given a slight nod over Tulane, with three wins and three losses. J_«uuis>iailcl CIcHC umvciait^ was expected to furnish little more than token resistance for Kentucky in the final game tonight. Kentucky dropped Florida out of the tourna ment yesterday by a 57-35 count. -V Local Group Endorses Port Bill For Assembly Action (Continued from Page One) Before the erasures made yes terday afternoon, it provided also that the Governor and Council might authorize appropriations up to $25,000 for the operating ex penses of the Ports Authority. This was deleted upon the suggestion of legislative advisors, who ex plained during Thursday’s meet ing between a Wilmington delega tion and Gov. R. Gregg Cherry that even so modest a request as this might doom the bill in com mittee, since legislative finance group members have described any additional budget additions as unwelcome. The clause limiting the Port Au thority’s original recommendation for Wilmington to $1,000,000 was intended for application by the current Legislature, and was stricken out yesterday as tending to hamper action which might be taken by the Ports Auhority at a later date. It had been called unlikely at the meeting with Gov. Cherry that the State would find itself 5n a po sition to purchase any such bonds in the immediate future, but par ticipants in yesterday’s meeting agreed that “unforeseeable” chan ges 111 auuuue 111 udicign follow victory in the war. Passage of the bill without pro vision for funds, although it prob ably will postpone State action, will not prevent action in the in terim by the City or other local agencies, it was brought out at the meeting. City Councilman So ber R. Romeo expressed the group's opinion by saying “As long as it doesn’t stop us from doing what it doesn’t do, there is no reason to hold it up.” (Rep. J. Q. LeGrand’s bill pro viding for issuance by Wilming ton of revenue bonds for port-ter minal construction and other pub lic improvements became law last night by passage in the Senate.) Following the meeting, Wilming ton Port Commission members in dicated their intent to write let ters of appreciation to Capus M. Waynick, chairman, and Felix A. Grisette, managing director of the State Planning 'Board group which came to inspect terminal sites and harbor prospects in Wilmington, sent members to distant ports for comparison-purposes and present ed the Governor with a seven-page report recommending fulfillment of Wilmington's requests for State aid. Yesterday afternoon’s meeting was attended by Mayor Ronald Lane, City Manager A. C. Nichols, City Councilmen Edgar L. Yow, Robert R. Romeo and Garland S. Currin, City Attorney W. B. Camp bell, County Commission Chairman Add;son Hewlett, Sr., N. L. Foy, Horace Pearsall, J. T. Hiers and C. D. Hogue. — Man Gets Three Months In Robberies From ACL Troy O. Crisp, 32, charged with receiving stolen go6ds, was sen tenced to three months on the County farm yesterday by Supv icr Court Judge W. H. S. Burg wyn. Crisp was charged with having in his possession chewing gum, cigarets, films and other ar ticles, in the value of about $50, which were the property of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. Alfred Neil, Roscoe McDuffie, Alonzo Richardson, and James Spicer, Negroes, charged with robbery, were placed on two years probation each yesterday in Su perior court. Harry Lee Wilker son, Negro, also charged with rob bery , was sentenced to 12 months on the State roads. -V Contrary to popular belief Rob ert Fulton did not build the first steamboat—there were 35 built before his. Maddox And Bennett Ract, Upl2AndlOAga,„7 Shipbuilders Coasting to their eleventh stra'Ai victory and 20th in 23 games f season, Camp Lejeune's ramp?' mg Marines easily ou,scored an ,' T/n 'Trd Squad las< ni hi l the New Hanover High gym 56-29 The contest was the feature traction of a benefit double-header' for Camp Davis convalescents . The Publicized duel between I. jeune’s All-American Jack Maddox and the Yard's Neil Cockerham turned out all Marine, as the Tex? sharpshooter-although playing le4 than half the contest—racked un 12 points to his opponent's fou Coach Wesley Bennett of the visitors, playing his first game in several weeks, socked in 10 coun" ters. Frank McCall was high man for the losers, with eight. He scored the night s first bask6t, giving ^ Yardmen their moment of gior, before the Leathernecks found the lunge to take a 10-3 first-quarter lead, which they increased to 24-10 at the half. Lejeune’s cagers, enjoying th> work-out before Sunday’s grudge battle at New River against Cherry Point hardly took two deep breaths in running up 56 points sugntly better than their year-long average of 62 per contest. The Stars were willing and worked hard, but their inexperience made it impos sible for them to cope with the servicemen’s topnotch collegians A disappointingly small crowd enjoyed the show, as the Leather necks occasionaly turned on the heat, stringing' together some very pretty passing', often forsaking a shot to keep up the puzzling floor work. With the exception of Joe Sylvestri, every Marine managed to score. The box score: Lejeune: fg fp pf tp Maddox, f _ B 0 0 12 Munson, f - 4 0 2 8 Carroll, f . 10 0 2 Sylvester, f - 0 0 1 (I Kopsa, f - 2 0 2 .4 Berg, c _ 10 12 Bennett, c _ 5 0 1 10 Mulvihill, g _ 1113 Port, g .. 1113 Thompson, g_1 0 ft 1 Brehmer, g_ 3 0 18 Holborn, g _ 2 0 14 27 2 11 56 Shipyard Stars: fg fp pf tp McCall, f _ 4 0 2 8 Cockerham, f -- 1 2 0 4 Wilson, f _ 0 0 ft 0 Croom, f_ 0 0 0 0 Tysinger, c_0 ft 1 0 Lambert, c _ 1 10 3 Howard, g r- 0 2 0 2 Smith, g - 3 11" Norton, g - 1 10 3 Wiles, g ..- 1 0 0 2 z 11 7 4 23 Score at halftime: Lejeune 24, Stars 10. Officials: Sadan and Everett, Foul throws missed: Brehmer 2, Port, McCall, Cockerhan, Wiles, Norton 3. SCOUTS WILL AID RED CROSS DRIVE Miss Cordelia B. Foster, chair man of window displays of the Wil mington Red Cross War Fund publicity committee, said yester day that Boy Scouts will start at 9 a.m. today to distribute Red Cross window and wall poster! throughout the business district. Miss Foster asked that merchan t receive these posters, and use them in connection with window displays. Red Cross War Fund campa-j" headquarters announced that Ra bi Mordecai Thurman, chairman o the War Fund campaign speakers committee, has sent letters to a clubs, organizations and large busi ness concerns, advising them " ■ speakers will be available for ■ 'next two or three weeks to 1 the Red Cross story to organic tions and employe groups P request, „,,i. Robert Strange, campaign cn • man, stated that preliminary « ganizaticn of details is ’-akin* ■ rapidly, and that volunteei P , nel will be recruited and supp with materials to start the ing of gifts about March la Strange also urged that the p lie watch the columns of the P and gather from othersou complete knowledge of this appeal, and be ready to g" erous gifts to the Red C os^_^ I WATCH REPAIRING Quick Service We Teach Watches To Tel The Truth The Jewel Box 109 N. Front Learn to fjj In Only 8 Hrs. Instruction ** PEIFFER Fid® 5 Miles Out On New Wrightsville High*3 CAROL! \ A SKYWAYS Dealer in Aeronca Aircr* America’s Finest Personal^
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