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The Morning Watch WITH Edward Sachs "VTO, No, Sachs, we were informed this morning, it’s Roger Hew lett, not Hullett. After writing it a hundred times on the back of our laundry slip we can see the difference and because Mr. Hewlett would probably prefer it that way, we’ll spell it Hewlett. Hewlett that is. Today’s mail brought a little phamplet from the Brooklyn Dod gers, an outfit which sometimes plays baseball when nothing else, like a gin rummy game, bobs up. From it we learned that Branch "Ickey, the man who will give you the time of day for free—if nothing else, expects the Brooklyn Brainstorms to win the pennant Tn 1946. Stronger infield reserves and keymen seemed to be the rea son for the optimistic elation in the Brooklyn camp. Such el derly gentlemen as Cookie Lavagetto, Lew Riggs and Bill Her- ^ man will be on hand along with such youngsters as Peewee Reese, Luis Olmo, Eddie Stankey, Stan Rojek, Mike Sanlock, Lou Welaj and Tom Brown to give the Bums one of the finer inner circles in the Big Leagues. rpHE mailmen, who seems to be doing most of our work today, also brought a booklet of outdoor news published by the Sports men’s Service bureau of New York. One item under the heading of “Bears Bad Actors, North Carolinians Agree,” caught our eye and it deserves reprinting. Here it is: “Bears, even those hailing from the sunny south, are far from harmless critters, states the Sportsmen’s Service Bureau, citing tiie experience of two North Carolinians who recently lost any confidence they may fomerly have possessed in the sunny nature of these animals—especially females of the species. “W. H. Smith of Wilmington came onto a she-bear his hounds had cornered and raised his gun. The uncooperative ani mal charged him and slapped the gun out of his hand. Only the fact that he managed to draw a holstered pistol and shoot the infuriated animal saved him from disaster. « A NOTHER bear with two cubs strolled right into the town of Roper and into J. H. Gaylord’s front yard. Wade Hardison came along and foolishly decided to take one of the cubs alive. As he caught the animal, mama bear charged him furiously. Decid ing his plan was a poor one, Hardison promptly dropped the squall ing cub and beat it to safety.”_ Bear Owner Howls About American Player Raids CHICAGO, Jan. 8. -r- C® — Own er-Coach Halas of the Chicago Bears tonight criticized what he described as “piratical” player raids by the All-America confer ence on the National Football league, but said the National cir ;uit would not retaliate. The Bears have been hardest hit jy the talent shopping of the new league, losing fullback Norm Standlee, Halfback Bob Steuber, End Hampton Pool and Tackles fim Daniell and Lee Artoe. On the eve of National League’s nnual draft meeting in New York, ii.rs asserted in a press confer ee that the All-America has done 11 the warring so far,” but hinted oadly that there was no need for ‘-throat bidding for players. “T 'iey (the All-America confer :) have raided our clubs,” ?s said in a prepared state nt. “They have issued threats. ; of the overt acts have been rsir’s. The National football ea' ue and the Chicago Bears are not engaged in any war. We are not planning any war.” Halas estimated that the All America, which plans to start op erations next fall on a coast-to coast basis, had raided the Nation al league of between 30 and 40 play ers. This does not include some 200 players on Dan Topping's erstwhile Brooklyn entry in the National League which recently bolted to the All-America and whom Topping ra tioned among the new league’s owners. “However, there were 330 men playing in our league last fall,” Halas continued, "and the 10 mem ber clubs have a total of 2,000 play ers on the reserve list. Sure, we’ll lose more players . . . but I think we’ll survive.” “Papa’’ Bear Halas also estimat ed that approximately 9,000 college football players were graduated every season and that the National league hired only about 200 from each crop. Thus, he explained, a supply of not more than 500 would be needed each year by two major professional leagues. xiaias saia uic uanwu** would continue its present draft system in which approximately 500 names of collegiate players are published and submitted to club owners. The All-America last week, end proposed a "secret” selection of players who want to play profes sionally. The National League opens its annual winter meeting in New York Thursday and besides the player draft, also will consider a 1946 schedule and the contract of Com missioner Elmer Layden which ex pires in March. WILL OPEN BIDS WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—<£>>—'The united States Maritime commis sion will open sealed bids on 11 surplus miscellaneous commercial and work boats in.its Washington offices Jan. 18. Boats located at ■”narleston, S. C., are among those -volved. _ FOR — JORRECT TIME CALL 2-3575 — FOR — Correct Jewelry VISIT The JEWEL BOX Wilmington's Most Popular Jewelry Store 109 N. Front St. if WOLFPACK COACH RESIGNS POST RALEIGH, Jan. 8—(ff)~The re signation of end coach star J. Wood from the football coaching staff at N. C. State college was announc ed today by Dr. H. A. Fisher, head of the college athletic council Wood, who helped mould the 1944 Wolfpack football machines, has accepted a position with his alma mater, Milligan college at Johnson City, Tenn., as head of the depart ment of English and assistant dean of the college. He plans to leave here within three or four days for his new job. Wood won all-conference honors while playing on the Milligan foot ball teams of 1933 and 1934. He aided Beattie Feathers in 1942 in coaching the Appalachian State teachers college football team, and came to Raleigh in 1944 to help Feathers tutor the Wolfpack. Dr. Fisher said that State col lege considered Wood a valuable man and expressed regret at the resignation. A successor will be appointed later. 01 BOARD RACES AY_BE RESUMED Outboard motor races may again be a part of the Wilmington sport ing scene this summer, the Star learned last night. Hugh Bell, a leader in the sum mer sport in Wilmington said that the first meeting of the Carolina Outboard Racing association may be held soon and at that time plans for a racing season may be made. He said that a different location for the races may be found be cause of difficulties that may have arisen since the last races before the war but that local boating fans have indicated that they are anxi ous for the resumption of the sport, Former races were held ofl Wrightsville. Several new members will prob ably join the organization, Bell said. It has not functionad during the war because of shortages o1 gasoline ^nd motors. INDIANS ANNOUNCE CAGE OPPONENTS NEWBERRY, S. C., Jan. 8.—<£> —A 15 game basketball schedule for the remainder of the seasor was announced today by the New berry College Indians. The Indians were defeated las' Saturday by the South Caroline Gamecocks in their only intercolle glate encounter of the seasor among games already played Games remaining on the Indians schedule: Jan. 10, Royal Cords at Winns boro; Jan. 11, Naval Air Statioi here; Jan. 14, Erskin at Due West Jan. 15, South Carolina here; Jan 17, Royal Cords here; Jan. 29 Presbyterian here. Feb. 2, Furman here; Feb. 4 College of Charleston at Charles ton; Feb. 6, Erskine here; Feb. 8 Furman at Greenville; Feb. 12 Fort Jackson here; Feb. 13, Pres byterian at Clinton, Feb. 15, Wof ford at Spartanburg; Feb. 19, Wof ford here; Feb. 22, Fort Brag* here. ! Goldsboro Easy Prey For Cats, 54-12 NEW HANOVER FIVE FINDS VISITORS NO COMPETITION W. A. Brown Paces Locals In Victory With Floor Play Goldsboro’s Earthquakes weren’t even a mild tremor last night as th! fastbreaking New Hanover High school Wildcats defeated the Wayne county boys, 54-12 at the local floor. The Goldsboro quint never had a chance with a haphazard of fense and no defense. Time aft er time, the fastbreak employed by Coach Leon Brogden would find two Cat forwards on one Golds boro guard. To make it harder on Golds boro, the Cats had a good night from the floor and Lee, Collie, Fennell, and newcomers Tuttle and Hyatt potted shots with ease. Picking out the scoring leader from the Cat lineup would be rather hard for several of the boys racked up eight or nine points. The outstanding player of the evening was a young man, W. A. Brown, who didn’t score until late in the game and then was content ed with a two point total. Brown stood out against the leth argic visitors like an Orange hat in a St. Patricks’ Day parade. The fleet, tiny floor guard was all over the gym, feeding the Cat forwards, dogging Goldsboro dribblers and on several occasions snagging re bounds from much taller Earth quake players. The score of the gam. tells the whole story, the ^ats led at the end of the first period, 12 to 2, at the end of the half, 24 to 5, at the end of the third period, 42 to 8. To add to the confusion, the score could have been doubled if Brog den had 1-pt his first string in action longer than the half they played—first and third quarters. Newcomers Tuttle and Hyatt looked Impressive, however when .Johnnie McKoy returns the Cats will ha-\ stronger rebounding as on several occasions short Golds boro players came up with re bounds—through no fault of their own. It was usually an act of self defense. If they hadn’t caught the rebound they would have been hit in the face. Box scores: Wilmington FG FT TP Lee, f_ 4 19 Tuttle, f_ 2 2 8 Collie, f_ 4 0 8 Towles, f_ 2 0 4 Hyatt, c_.1_ 4' 1 9 Smith, c__ 0 0 0 Fennell, g ..._ 4 1 9 Rogers, g---... 3 17 Brown, g _ 10 2 Crowley, g_ 0 0 0 TOTALS _ 24 6 84 Goldsboro FG FT TP Hallow, f_ 0 2 2 Hardy, f _ 0 0 0 Noble, f _ 0 11 Bizzell, f. 0 0 0 Lancester, c_ 2 15 Shumaker, g_ 0 0.0 Klutz, g. 0 0 0 Rose, g _ 2 0 4 Davis, g_ 0 0 0 TOTALS_ 4 4 12 Bob Feller Signs Pact With Cleveland Tribe CLEVELAND, Jan. 8—(U.R)—Bob Feller, Cleveland Indian fireball pitcher, has signed his 1948 con tract with the Cleveland Indians, vice president Peckinpaugh an nounced today. Feller, the highest paid pitcher in baseball history, said he was ‘‘happier over this contract than any other I have ever signed.” Going Up Paul Erickson, Cub pitcher, gets legs in shape for new season by toting milk upstairs for Chicago dairy. Y MEETING A meeting at which a senior basketball league sponsored by the YMCA will be held at the Y today at 8:15, Adam Smith, physical director announced last night. It is planned to have at least six teams in the league, Smith said. riLUlUUV IKAUfcU TO NEW YORK CLUB NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—<JP)—■'The All American backfield understudy, flinging Frank Filchock, was trad ed by the Washington Redskins to the New York Giants today and finally gets his chance to be a var sity quarterback on a pro foot ball club after eight years of wait ing. Girding for the 1946 campaign— and building up for the expected gate-drawing competition with the new All-America conference club here—the National League Giants obtained the one-time Indiana ace in exchange for Tackle Paul Stenn, once of Villanova, and another player to be selected later, possibly Tommy Mont, a back. Confirming an Associated Press story of Dec. 26, the Giants an nounced the deal which not only gives them a grade-A passer for the first time since the mid-30’s, but also makes Filchock the No. 1 thrower and signal-caller on a team after he had served in the shadows of Whizzer White at Pittsburgh and Sammy Baugh at Washington since breaking into the pro game in 1938. • The 29-year-old Filchock signed a three-year contract with the Giants, a contract that was said to call for between $11,000 and $12,000 a season, compared to the $6,000 he was paid at Washington. It also was rumored the Giants tossed in a $3,500 bonus. Ohio has 39 electric furnaces capable of making 1,728,860 tons of steel a year. OFF-SEASON WITH BOROWY _ _mu— III -¥H||1T Pitcher Hank Borowy enjoys snack with two-months-old son, Henry Alexander, after sawing wood in woods near Bloomfield, N. J., home in preparation for training with Chicago Cubs on Catalina Island next month._ Veterans Get the Gate As Baseball Reconverts By JACK HAND NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—(^—Base ball is undergoing its most exten sive talent shakeup in years with obscure names like Clint Hartung of the New York Giants, Joe Hat ten of Brooklyn, Steve Souchock of the Yankees and Ted Szcepkowski of Cleveland coming along to try to make the fans forget such old favorites as Paul Derringer, Bob Johnson Tony Cuccinello and Jim my Foxx. The weeding out process of major league rosters has resulted in an unprecedented epidemic of unconadtional releases and retire ments since the World Series. Chicago’s pennant-winning Cubs found Derringer very helpful last summer when the 38-year-old right hander won his first four starts, enjoyed another four-game victory string in July and wound up with a 16-11 record. Indian Bob Johnson, a major leaguerr since 1933, almost won the batting championship of the Ameican League for Boston in 1944 but doesn’t fit into the Red Sox plan with Ted Williams and Dom Dimaggio coming back from the war. It was the same story for Dolf Camilli whose Boston come back was unspectacular. Cuccinello’s case is even more interesting because old' “Cooch” actually led the league most of last season, losing the hitting crown to New York’s George Stirnweiss on the final day. He told friends he might try to play one more year, but his unconditional release came through from the Chicago White Sox the other day. Foxx, whose sun had set some time ago, hung on as a pinch hit ter and even as an occasional pitcher with the Phillies but decid ed to retire with catcher Gus Man cuso after the 1945 campaign. Walten (Boom Boom) Beck was rewarded for one of his best years by a pink slip from Pittsburgh. The veteran chucker won six straight for the Pirates after draw ing his release from Cincinnati and wound up with a season mark of 8-5. The Buccos also cut loose Jack Saltzgaver, ex-Yankee infielder. Tommy Bridges was retired as an active player with Detroit and Babe Herman, lured out of retire ment by a flash of Branch Rickey’s Brooklyn bankroll, gave it up and signed with Pittsburgh as a scout. Don Warneke of the Cubs quit again, this time for keeps, and signed as an umpire in the Pa cific Coast league. The St. Louis Cards cut off Debs Garms, the 1940 batting leader. To take their places baseball had a bumper crop of new talent released from service including several players who have develop ed from minor leaguers into big time performers while playing on camp teams. Hartung has been billed as a combination Bobby Feller-Babe Ruth and Hatten is getting A-l priority in Dodgers pitching plans. Szcepkowski is rated a great slug ging outfielder and Souchock, a hard-hitting first baseman, is giv en a chance at the Yankee job. And they are just four of ap proximately 500 new names on the incomplete rosters. SEARS DISCHARGED NEW YORK, Jan. 8. — (A5 — Catcher Ken Sears, who ldst caught for. the New York Yankees in 1943, has been discharged from the Navy and will report at spring training camp in Florida, the Yanks said today. Sears* a son of former Um pire Ziggy Sears, is the sixth catch er the Yanks now have on their roster. OKAYS PIPELINE HAIFA, Palestine, Jan. 8—(7P) Lt. Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham, Palestine High Commissioner, to day granted a concession to the American-owned trans-Arabian Pipeline company for a 1,000-mile oil pipeline across Palestine from Saudi Arabia. Native Son Buck Cheek, sensational new comer to the Duke University bas ketball team is a home town boy. Last year he sparked the Durham High quint. AAU TOURNEY WINSTON-SALEM, Jan. 8.— (/P) — The Carolinas A. A. U. Basketball tournament will be held at the Hanes Hosiery gym nasium here Feb. 18 through Feb. 23, it was announced after a committee meeting here to night. The tournament will be the first held since 1942 and offi cials are expecting a record en try for both senior men and wo men and junior men and women divisions. _ NINE DEATHS MAR FOOTBALL SEASON ST. LOUIS, Jan. 8. — (TP) — Nine football fatalities occurred in the 1945 season, but not one of them in college football. It was the third time in four years that the college season went through without a death caused directly or indirectly by the game. Six of the nine deaths—three in sandlot and three in high school— were direct results of football. The other three—two in sandlot and one in high school—were indirect. The greatest number of football fatalities in one season occurryi in 1931, when the survey was start ed. Doctor Eastwood urged rule making committees to consider ways of minimizing cerebral hemorrhage, which has caused 44.7 per cent of all deaths in football. South American Netter Beaten In Dixie Play TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 8—(TP)— Jack Ormsbee, stationed at Drew field, broke the seeded ranks of the Dixie tennis tournament here today with an upset win over Enrique Buse, second seeded for eign entrant and singles champion of Peru. The score was 8-6, 4-6, 6-3. Otherwise the seeded stars, paced by top ranking Billy Talbert of Cincinnati, marched through the second round without working up more than a mild sweat. Talbert disposed of John Park hill, veteran Tampa star, 6-0, 6-2. in,.... ... . ■■■■! ■ HOT STOVE LEAGUE _ A Guard Scores Two Touchdowns Upsetting Mighty Minnesota ’ By EDWARD SACHS Star Sports Editor The afternoon of Saturday, Oct 10, 1943 was a beautiful day it I Champaign, Illinois. The birds and the bees wen doing their stuff, the soda pop was good and cold, the coeds at the University of Illinois were i bumper crop—truly it was a day that a young man should have hac a future. But as I sat in Memorial stadi um eating a cold beef sandwich, there was no joy in my heart. The evening before, a bunch of sharp ies—to whom I had sold a trunk ful of textbooks—had found that said books were for courses long discontinued at the university, i In n°t too joyful a mood they had asked for compensation and 1 had made several bets with them on the football game that was tc begin. Ah youth, I had forgotter that the Illini were to play Min nesota. Minnesota. In those days a name to make a coach leave the Big Ten for any other part of the country A bunch of bruising, beefy backs who would rather run over you than around you. A crew of linemen who had habits of blocking so hard that it hurt, ♦ and who seemed to be under the impression that football consisted of knocking a guy down every time he got up. Minnesota kicked off and the Illini ball player was knocked back almost to Kentucky. A few plays and Illinois accomplished a net gain of minus six yards. The boys holding my bets started to polish their fangs. We kicked and a young man named Bill Daley of the All American Daleys ran it back for a touchdown. The first period end ed, Minnesota 7, Illinois 0. In the second period Minnesota pushed over another touchdown but we gained a moral victory when the kick went wild. The half ended 13 to 0. At half time we heard the young lady to our right discuss several of the more high priced establish ments in Champaign as good places to go after the dance. The wolf-pack was posed to collect their bets or better still, take $33.17 of obsolete textbooks out of my hide. The third period saw Illinois improving and at one point Min nesota found itself back on its own 18-yard line. The Gopher center passed over the tailback’s head and after a big pileup we were informed by the Public Address system that Illinois had scored when guard Alex Agase, a Syrian lad had fallen on the ball over the goal line. It was the biggest thing in Illi nois since Abe Lincoln decided to go into politics. The band played, the president of the university seemed on the verge of making a speech and there was a movement among the student body to elect Agase ambassador to Syria Minnesota held on to its six point lead and time after time, Daley would get off long spiral punts that would nip the Illinois six, seven or eight yard line. As the quarter ended the men from the north were still ahead. In the last period two boys who were later killed in service, All American Tony Butkovich and Dick Good, combined with tail back Don Griffin to move the ball down to the Minnesota 13 from where Griffin carried over for a touchdown but the kick after point failed. As time for the end of the game drew close there were several more thrills, a Minnesota fumble was recovered on the Gopher’s 10 but that big line held Illini from gaining, a Minnesota man was in in the clear at the Illinois 30 but dropped a pass. Then it happened. Griffin got off a long, lazy punt. Daley took it on his own 25 and started back up the field when he ran into Mr Agase, the guard who had scored the first touchdown. Agase reached out like a sleep walker and grabbed the ball from Daley as the big back ran past nim. He stood for a while like a man with a three weeks old baby. Agase didn’t know whether to throw it, kiss it or drop it. So he ran. Like an elephant on a holi day’ lumbered down the field with what seemed to be the entire state of Minnesota after him. At last he made the goal line and collapsed—but not before the official had thrown his arms up denoting the score. The game end ed soon after. I’U never forget that scoreboard reading Illinois 20, Minnesota 13 I don’t think the boys holding the bets and old textbooks ever will either. „ (This is another in a series of Hot Stove league stories. Next, a yam for fishermen.) I rn GRID RULES MAY BE CHANGED BY COACHES TODAY \mo* Stagg Gets Rising Ovation At Mentors’ Convention ST. LOUIS, Jan. 8— pj. ninor football changes were seleetl :d today by the adviso. commit ;ee on rules of the American "00! jail Coaches’ Association from record list of more than 100 sui gestions. No recommendations for major rule revisions were made. The selected changes will be con. sidered for adoption b the N q A. A. football rules committee in a four-day session starting Thurs. day. Lou Little, Columbia university head football coach, said the rej. ommendations were: 1. More liberal use of the hand* or forearms on offense. 1 2. Penalize a team for an illegal forward pass at the spot from which pass was thrown. 3. Penalize a team 15 yards Ior a foul on a kicked ball, instead of loss of the ball. 4. One additional charged tim* _j._:_a_l i_if VMU 1U U VUV1J UUU. | 5. Permit a backfield player to line up immediately behind the center instead of one yard back. Eighty-three-year-old Amos AIoip zo Stagg of the College of the Paci fic, calling himself an “active an tique”, held the spotlight at i luncheon for coaches although he was not there for a “main" speech. He got a rising ovation from more than 500 coaches and members of the St. Louis Adver tising club. With a remarkable memory that more than justified his self-descrip tion “active,” he did some spark ling reminiscing on games played before many in his audience were born. Today’s session was of the “kick off” variety, and served mainly to get everybody squared off and warmed up for more serious busi ness on tap for the next two days. Kenneth L. “Tug” Wilson, Big Ten conference commissioner and secretary of the N. C. A. A., said that serious business was a chal lenge to provide an athletic pro gram big enough for participation by every student. “We had a great sports boom ‘after the first world war and we shall have an even greater one this time,” he said. “Many mis takes were made in the ‘age of sta dia building’ in the 20’s. We can not afford to make those same mistakes.” Senators Sign Lewis For Third Base Spot WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. - UP - The Washington Senators today took a tip from the world cham pion Detroit Tigers and signed outfielder Buddy Lewis as an in fielder for next season. The Tigers recently decided to switch their home run hitter, Hank Greenberg, from the outfield back to first base, where he originally starred. Lewis will move from right field to third base, where he played be fore shifting to the outfield in 1940. He injected new life into ihe Sena tors last season in their desperate attempt to beat Detroit out of the American league pennant. After hii discharge from the air forces, he batted .337 in 6 games. Via M. UU.TI CANOES NOW IN STOCK PICKARD'S 209 Market St. Dial 2-3224
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