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The Morning Watch WITH 1 Edward Sachs Baseball Leftovers ~ Costs of operating a Class B baseball club were never explained in their correct proportions to local fans ' thjs corner learned at the Tri-State meeting . For instance the local group was never told that they could ’nave sold their concessions to a concern for $3,500 and 50 per cent of the profits . . . That most of the clubs use second-hand buses with the driver getting $25 a week . . • That by selling signs on the ball park walls the club could have made $150 to $350 at a crack ’ : All the above figures were given to us by Phil Howseri ! business manager of the Charlotte Hornets . . . Phil i also told me that the Charlotte club planned an average ! attendence of 700 to 1,000 a night ... He gave me the ' entire scale of operations in the league, scaled to cost for a city of Wilmington’s population class . . . Space i : doesn’t permit their being printed but it makes good i ; material to keep around ... < -- ( The press reports from the conference in some cases contain- < ed an error which has not appeared in any Wilmington paper but to keep the record straight here is what hapened. When the league , moved to Sice the sixth franchise to Shelby it made an offer to \ Wilmin2totl to come into the league if an eighth club could be found. Jay Jenkins, News reporter, did not make any offer Yet , tome papers carried the account that Jenkins offered to join the league as a seventh club. By the way, any league hopes that they 1 could locate in Rock Hill are soap bubbles. That city is not in terested in Class B baseball. t The announcement by C. M. Llewellyn that he had told ,1. E, L. Wade that he would be glad to come to Wilmington to speak before the Citizen’s committee surprised this corner. But nnt as much as his further statement “I didn’t get the 1 invitation, however, and my time is too valuable to waste traveling around to no purpose.” < • -- < Shelby's delegation was well fortified with pamphlets from i their Chamber of Commerce, and their C. of C. secretary took the time to attend the meeting . . . Still, Shelby was very surpris- i rd to find itself the sixth member of the league . . . And to our jaundiced eye they really didn’t expect it . . . Jay Jenkins, News reporter, gave this corner a few scares on the trip. First, Jay announced that he had a had cold and felt “awful.” Then, he said he was losing his voice. After several cups of hot coffee, he looked a little better but in my private opinion, he was a sickly green color. I watched him for an hour, then told Jay that he was beginnnig to look like an Irishman on St. Patrick’s day. He pointed to a green neon light just over our heads and that probably had something to do with it. After the meeting, I fell asleep only to be dragged to my feet by Jay at a rest stop. He informed me that we were in some town in South Carolina and to my geography that didn’t sound right but he took out a map and showed that it was possible, if not probable. Seriously, Jay’s presentation was one of the best that I have heard since baseball conver sations began several months ago. Several of the newsmen covering the conference asked this corner about the NCHSAA action on the New Hanover High school basketball situation ... I gave them the background on the situa tion and all agreed that the NCHSAA had pulled what looked like a fast one on the local cagers . . . As members of the Citizen committee will know, this comer has backed Class B baseball ever since the Piedmont league rhubarb . . . Yet. by the time you see this, Wilmington may well be in the Class D Tobacco State league . . . What I still hold that Class B baseball was possible for Wilmington, this corner assures the Class D club and league that the Star will attempt to give its operations the best coverage possible . . . TRAVELERS WIN TWO CAGE TILTS BY JIGGS POWERS WHITEVILLE, Feb. 8 — (Spe cial to the Star)— The Columbus Travelers basketball team continu ed their winning ways by collect ing a brace of victories over the week-end; the first from Williams High School by a count of 31-17; and the other when they pinned a second straight licking on the Cer ro Gordo All-Stars to the tune of 14-13. I. L. Green, the Travelers southpaw forward finally found his range against Williams, when he led the team in scoring with. 10 points. All of his scores were oi tile field goal variety. He was followed by Taylor with six tallies. Cole Jacobs was the leading light for Williams’ quintet as he scored 10 of the victim’s 17 points. “Haunty” Taylor scored the winning point against Cerro Gordo after he was fouled by Martin, CG’s center, as the minutes were ticking away. David Hooks was the big gun for the winners, in this contest. He played a bang-up floor game and scored five of his team’s points to lead in that de partment. This was a much tough er battle than the one in which the Travelers defeated the Western Columbus quint last week 19-12. The losers showed more team work and really, put up a stiff fight, leading 7-6 at the half and until Dave Hooks opened up in the final period, when he scored all of his points, tied the count with a nifty one-hander from be yond the foul circle. Then came the foul on Taylor and his game winning shot. Keller, forward, was the whole show for the home team, as he scored eight points to be high scorer for the night. PRINCESS ILL NEW YORK, Feb. 7—UPl-The Dutch News agency Aneta said to day that Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands had developed pneumonia, but was making favor able progress toward recovery. Durham Here Tonight Despite Decision CATS PLAY GAME, HOPING NCHSAA CHANGES RULING Junior Varsity In Prelimi nary Contest With Le jeune High Cagers By GENE WARREN Star Sports Writer Coach Leon Brogden announced Yesterday evening that his Wild ats, whose conference status still eangs In the balance, would play )urham High in the regularly cheduled game tonight at 8:00 on he NHHS floor. Wilmington basketball fans were is much in aoubt as the players is to whether they would battle he Bulldogs in the return fracas ir not, but Brogden said yesterday evening “the game will be play id”. The Hanoverian club did not iractice Wednesday because of he rumored disbandment, but worked out last night for the Dur iam tilt, which every eager will ie playing his hardest to win. Coach Paul Sykes, who initiated he protest against Wilmington, >rings his Bulldogs to town ready o meet a revengeful pack of ’Cats, rhe Durham team holds second ilace at present in the standings vith a record of five wins and me defeat. Wilmington still hovers iver the other quints with a six end one average. Brodgen expects to put his regu ar starting team on the floor to light, including the much-talked ibout Johnny McKoy. McKoy, hold er of a 13 point per game per centage, is slated to begin at the pivot position from where he toss ed in five difficult side shots at Durham. The remainder oi the nrst nne ip consists of Billy Lee, a 12 point i game man, at forwards with Luke Collie, and W. A. Brown and Toddy Fennell at guards. Collie, Fennell, and Brown play ;d one of their poorest games of ,he season at Durham, but may get hot tonight and make up for their off day at Durham. Brown mly played one-fourth of the game, replaced by Charlie Smith, who will probably see plenty of action ;onight. Other reserves are Don Hyatt, ‘Hacksaw’ Tuttle, Johnny Crowley and LeHoy Towles. Brodgen’s brigade lost the Dur ham tilt from the free throw line as they made only 2 out of 9 free shots. The Bulldogs were much more accurate, tossing in 13 out af 19. Frank Penny, high scorer at Durham with 16 points, proved deadly on free throws, but his teammate, Whit Cobb, set up the Durham scoring plays and also angled in many difficult shots from on the sides of the court. R. L. McDonald, the other man in the Bulldog scoring trio, hooked in six points by clever ball playing and also controlled a large percentage of the rebounds. McDonald is slat ed to handle a forward post op posite King, while Bill Stokes moves from the pivot spot. The Junior Varsity plays a pre liminary tussle at 6:45 with Camp Lejeune High school, whom they lost to earlier, 28 to 22. Coach Wal lace West’s talented youngsters, who have lost as many games as they have won, are out to get in the victory column tonight and stay. The Jayvees took a narrow triumph from Temple Baptist, 33 to 28, Wednesday. West’s starting five, which has been different almost every game this season, may have Homer El lis and Joe Warren at guards, Jerry Hilburn and Mike Austin at forwards, and Clarence Hilburn at Center. This quint represents possibly the top five that could be placed on the floor, but capa ble reserves are guards, Gregg and ‘Shorty’ Stephens, forwards— Lloyd Parker and Elwood Penny, and center—Linwood Taylor. Oth er replacements are Pat Kelly, Jimmy West, and Paul Maultsby. A packed house is expected out for both games so the NHHS gym nasium has had its face lifted and will be in top shape. JACK MEETS GRECO IN GOTHAM TUSSLE BY SID FEDER NEW YORK, Feb. 7. — W! — The biggest little fight in Madison Square Garden history comes off tonight, with Beau Jack taking on Johnny Greco for ten rounds and a probable non-title shot at welterweight champion Marto Ser vo this spring. The bookmakers have made the Bouncing Beau a 5 to 13 shot to raise lumps on the hard-hitting Montreal Mauler, who has been such an up-and-dpwn performer here of late that the boys have taken to calling him “the eleva tor.” But as usual, the gambling guys’ price appears to be as out of line as a sedan that has been, too friend ly with a freigHt locomotive. If Johnny is having one of his “up” nights he can give the Jumping Jack a rough evening. This corner likes Jack to come on and take the decision. Promoter Mike Jacobs’ ticket men say the strong boxes will be bulging with more than $150,000 by the time the two go to the post at 10 p. m. Mike figures he’ll have just under 19,000 customers. Only twice before in Garden his tory has a fight gate gone over the $150,000 mark, and both of these were produced by heavyweights. Back in 1927, Jack Delaney and Jim Maloney played to a $201,613 house. In 1942, Joe Louis drew a gate of $189,700.55 to belt out Bud dy Baer the night before he en listed in the army. For Jack, the comparatively big money affairs have become old stuff. In fact, the garden’s exist ing high for little men—$132,823— was hit by boxing’s latest golden boy and the late A1 (Bummy) Da vis, back in March, 1944. This fight is the ex-Georgia shoe shine boy’s third trip to the post since he and Uncle Sam’s army were separated a few months ago. He outscrambled Willie Joyce in the first and, last month, flattened Morris Reif in a quick evening s work. New Hanover Group Continues Protest By EDWARD SACHS Star Sports Editor The North Carolina High School Athletic association which is evidently attempting to keep their executive com mittee actions a deep dark secret from John Q. Public, were requested yesterday by a trio of New Hanover High school officials to come out in the open and allow the press to chronicle their actions in the Johnnie McKoy eligibility case. The trio, T. T. Hamilton, principal; H. M. Roland, superintendent; and Leon Brog den, coach, last night informed C. E. McIntosh, secretary of the NCHSAA that the New Han over authorities wanted a re hiring on the case which would be open to“. . . the press and any citizen desiring to attend.” The trio also wanted the at tendance of C. E. Cooke of Durham. The principal of the Durham High school did not at tend the Tuesday meeting al though he was the protesting official. The local group also wanted the presiding officer Claude R. Joyner changed to one who will act ", . In an im partial manner.” In a telephone conversation with C. E. McIntosh, the secretary of the NCHSAA, Hamilton was informed yester day, in an unofficial way, Mc Intosh pointed out, that he thought it would be “. . . . constitutionally impossible to comply with those requests.” His conversation was unoffi cial because at the time, Mc Intosh had not received the New Hanover answer to his earlier telegram in which he told the New Hanover group that the committee would meet in a secret meeting although he “. . . doubted that the whole committee can reverse its eligibility committee.” The doubtful McIntosh is the same official who gave Coach Brogden permission over the telephone preceeding the Ra leigh basketball game to play McKoy. The fact that the commit tee when it banned the New Hanover cagers from further conference play reversed Mc Intosh was emphasized by the New Hanover protesters. In their communication to the Chapel Hill association offices the local group wrote: ‘‘Would need to know that athletic committee can reverse decision of eligibility in keeping with committee’s custom of re versing other decisions, such, for example as reversing the ruling of the authorized secre tary who approved the player by telephone, card, and letter, with all facts before him in cluding the technical point now in question. The ruling was reversed by a committee of three and not the required five that you stated in telegram was required by the constitu tion. Also last summer a small group reversed the policy of the general meeting and de prived returning veterans of the right to play football. xvuiaiiu anavvu mxv> xiv»» ing Tuesday was not conduct ed in a dignified or orderly fashion, and that C. R. Joyner, chairman of the executive com mittee of NCHSAA, “constant ly heckled both Brogden and McIntosh in a sarcastic fash ion.” Hamilton stressed that the executive group is composed of a membership distinctly Pied montian in make-up, with only one member, J. A. Holmes, Edenton, from a section east of Raleigh. Quinton Holton, Durham, is vice chairman of the group which beside Joyner, who is from Winston-Salem and Mc Intosh, Chapel Hill, is com posed of H. M. Kyser, Ham let; Curtis Crissman, Pitts boro; J. A. Gerow, Burlington; L. Perry, Reidsville; T. H. Cash, Sr., Winston-Salem; Lee Stone, Raleigh, and T. H, Cash, Jr., Winston-Salem. In 1938, the British spent $15, 000,000 for aeronautical research, lowest budget in Europe; the same year the United States spent $1,442,000. Bluethenthal Range Given To Local Club The Wilmington Rifle and Pistol club, oldest gun organization in the state, was given the rifle range facilities of Bluethenthal airport by George W. Trask, owner of the land on which the range was built, Edward F. Carroll, club president, informed the Star last night. The gift gives the local club one of the finest outdoor ranges in the country. On a tract of land com prising 43 acres, the range has 10 firing points and three lines at 100, 200, and 300 yards permitting firing of almost any caliber gun. In addi tion, the army had built target pits ‘‘especially adapted to the ter rain,” Carroll said. The announcement of the gift came after several weeks waiting by the local group, which will meet tonight at the Tidewater Light and Power building. The war depart ment’s civilian markmanship divi. sion had turned the land back to Mr. Trask as part of its “reconver sion program.” He in turn gave the land to the club. However, the club is to acquire more land near the range and has appointed Charles F. Jones as chairman of a special committee to contact the owners of the want ed acres in hopes of persuading them to sell. The range gave the club impetus in its plans to attract a member ship of between 75 and 100 mem bers this season. The meeting to night is open to all gun club mem bers and Carroll said that plans for the coming year would be dis cussed. vicinity are invited to ET ET ET “All gun enthusiasts of this vicinity are invited to attend the meeting, “Carroll said last night. While plans are still in the ten tative .stages, it is planned by the club to schedule rifle matches with leading teams of North Carolina on the range this summer. The matches and other plans of an extended program this summer will be discussed this evening. One other project which may come be fore the meeting is the purchase by club members of the 1918 Enfield rifles which the army has placed on sale recently at a reduced price. A 30 caliber piece, the Enfield will be remembered by veterans of the first world war for it was used by the army as its drill rifle along with the 1918 Springfield. UNSETTLED SEASON FACES SNAVELYMEN CHAPEL HILL, Feb. 7—UP)—The average fan may think the end of the war took the uncertainty out of college football for 1946, but not Carl Snavely, canny head coach at the University of North Carolina. “I have never begun a winter practice for a more uncertain sea son,” says the “Gray Fox,” who came back to the Hill from Cornell last year. “We don’t know who is coming back,” he explained, “when they are coming back, or what condi uun me veterans axe guxxxg tu ue when they do get back.” ‘‘We are losing a number of the 18-year-olds to the draft whom we had been counting on,” the Caro lina headman continued. Thus, of the 31 players who had won monograms with the Blue and White last fall, only eight “GI’s” and 17-year-olds are expected to be around next September, and only three of these could be ranked as 1945 regulars. These are Ted Hazelwood, star tackle; Ed Golding, guard, and Bob Warren, triple -threat tailback. The other five squadmen who form the slender veteran nucleus for the next season are Jim Camp, Bill Flamish, and Bob Kennedy, backs; Dan Stiegman, center and Mike Rubish, end. The losses, of course, will have to be replaced by freshman 17-year olds and returning ‘‘GI’s,” but the number of players back from the service so far is just a trickle here. In fact, about the only ones of promise who are out for the off season drills to date are Walt Pupa, promising reserve tailback from 1942, and three linemen, Haywood Fowle, Mab Spurlin, and Bill Cameron, who played freshman ball with Army’s Doc Blanchard here the same year. It is a fact that Carolina has enough ex-stars scattered around army and navy bases and ships in Europe and Pacific to make a potentially fine team, on paper at least, but as Snavely points out, there’s no way of telling who’ll be back, or when, or in what shape. What the answer is only the draft and discharge officials can tell, but no matter what the outcome, all the signs are for another in teresting if uncertain season in which the Snavelymen will be in there battling all the way. GOOD PROGRESS LONDON, Feb. 7—(£>)—Prime Minister Attlee said tonight he thought the United Nations had made ‘‘good progress” and express ed warm approval of the public airing of conflicts in the assembly and security council. WILMINGTON IN CLASS D LEAGUE Wilmington joined the Class D Tobacco league, the Star was informed last night, fol lowing a meeting of “interest ed parties” in Clinton. The city posted a deposit of $930 and was accepted as a league member along with An gier and Sanford which paid their deposits and Smithfield and Clinton which pledged the $930. A sixth club will be need ed to complete the schedule and informed sources said that it would be either Dunn or Er win. An air of mystery surround ed the Wilmington deposit be cause , the temporary chairmen of the league, J. C. Morisey, mayor of Clinton left early and could not be reached by this newspaper to learn who had signed the check pledging this city to the loop. J. E. L. Wade, said he, “. . . didn’t know whose check it was,” when asked a direct question on the deposit by the Star. Wade was elected temporary chairman of the league which has committed itself to a 120 game schedule with the first tilts beginning “sometime in May.” Bert Kite, local semi-pro baseball empressario attended the meeting and it is believed that he will head local base ball operations. However, he could not be reached last night for a statement. The action of “someone” in joining the league for Wilming ton ends a five month search by Wilmington for a league. The quest ranged from Class B operations in leagues like the Tri-State and the Piedmont to semi-pro operations. The Tobacco State league is a newcomer to the ranks of or ganized baseball having been promoted this winter by Sam Allen of Raleigh after it be came evident that several North Carolina cities wanting to join an organized loop would not be able to find a spot in any cir cuit. SERVED FIVE YEARS NEW BERN, Feb. 7.—Capt. An drew Fuller, son of George R Fuller of New Bern, has receivec an honorable discharge from thf Army Air Forces, in which h< served for five years. A star base ball player or. the New Bern higl school nine and an alumnus of Elor college, he served as an instructoi at army air fields in this country then as a pilot on a B-24 Liberatoi plane based in England. He wai awarded the air medal for meritori ous achievement while participat ing in bombing attacks over Naz: held territory. Cape Fear Rifle Club Has Extensive Program' By W. C. STRAUGHAN Public Relations Director Cape Fear Rifle Club (This morning’s sport page car ries two stories of interest to rifle fans. Under the press of football, basketball, and baseball, too often! so-called minor sports are neglect ed. If you are a member of an athletic group along the lines of a rifle club, swimming group, or badminton organization, the Star throws its sport page open to you to chronicle the plans of your or ganization. Edward Sachs, Star Sports Editor.) At the outbreak of the late war, the War department asked the National Rifle association to re quest all their member clubs to begin a program of pre-induction rifle training for young men of draft age. Shortly afterwards, Mr. Edmund Mcl.aurin, a local rifle man of some note, assisted by Edgar Williams, organized the Lake Forest Rifle club. This club co-operated fully with the War de partment in this training program, training a number of local men and contributing several of its own members to the armed services, one of whom, Paul Pittman, lost his life. When the membership of the club became too large to allow proper instruction, Mr. McLaurin organized a second club, the Cape Fear Rifle club, with a nucleus of well trained riflemen from the first club, and acted as coach for both clubs. Ammunition for both clubs was supplied at cost by the War department, all through the war, so important did it consider the work of these groups in the war effort. In recognition of services ren dered in the war effort, the coach and five present and former mem bers of the two clubs were re cently presented with attractive emblems by the National Rifle association, inscribed “Awarded For Special Wrr Service.” These emblems will always be treasured, and proudly worn, by all those who received them. When the Lake Forest Rifle club lost the majority of its members near the close of the war, due to lay-offs at the ship yard, this club was disbanded and the remaining members transferred to the Cape Fear Rifle club. It is the intention of the Cape Fear Rifle club to continue to op erate as a permanent addition to the shooting activities of Wilming ton, and to expand its activities as rapidly as proper facilities can be secured. Included in their plans are the formation of a pistol team and a Junior Rifle club, where the youth of the community can receive proper training in the safe handling of firearms. The Cape Fear Rifle has started a campaign to secure adequate, . modern, range facilities for the rifle clubs of Wilmington, to be located in the proposed new recrea tion center or auditorium. Full support has been offered by the National Rifle association for this plan by agreeing to provide com plete plans and specifications free of charge to the architects, for their guidance in laying out a range that will be a credit to Wil mington. Ed Carroll, president of the ; Wilmington Rifle and Pistol club, is co-operating fully in this effort. Full and sympathetic considera tion of this plan has been promised j by City officials, who realize the ! importance to f community of strong, active rifle and pistol clubs in peacetime as well as in war. Let us hope that ways and means can be found soon to provide these necessary range facilities for the rifle clubs of the City. This is the only way by which the local rifle clubs can expand their activities and thereby become of greater service to the community and the nation. W. C. STRAUGHAN Public Relations Officer Cape Fear Rifle Club Beau Jack Fight On WMFD Tonight : Beau Jack, Georgia's ball of fire whose spectacular fighting style has 1 made him the greatest attraction in Madison Square Garden history, re turns to the Showplace of Sock to night. He faces Canada’s rip-roar ing puncher, Johnny Greco (above). The Beau, after 18 months in the Army, resumed his fistic campaign : ing by out-pointing Willie Joyce last December in a spine-tingling scrap. 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