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The Morning Watch WITH Edward Sachs on Abe’s Birthday We didn’t expect to work last night, Abe Lincoln’s birthday, you know, but the sporting scene was unusual ly active so we’ll have to consider several things this morning. Whistling that popular ditty “Marching Through Georgia,’’ let us look over the following: first a gentlemen answering to the name of Raymond D. Christman comes through with a honey of a suggestion, to wit.” . high school bowl game between New Hanover High school’s football team and a leading eleven front one of the five surround •“g states to be played each Hangover day in American Legion stadium.” _ We don’t know if anything has been done to back up Mr. Christman's suggestion but in place of a bandwagon, this corner will jump on Mr. Christman’s letter, which ran on the editorial page of the Star, Monday morning, and say at last someone has suggested a sport’s promotion that seems tailored ^ the needs of Wilmington. We hope that, unlike so many things, this idea does not die a ■ stillbirth. The possibilities of such a game are unlimited. Picture , team like Boys High of Atlanta or Miami or even a strong team from Virginia, Pennsylvania, or New York in the stadium against a good New Hanover eleven and you know that the at : tendance would make the game a fixture. Next, the Carolines Association of the AATJ wants a vote on the leading male and female athletic stars of the two states for the annual Louis E. Teague Memorial awards. When first contacted by the AAU last month we nominated Jim Jordan, North Carolina basketball player, and Estelle Lawson Page, i other sports writers nominated Carroll Bowen, Catawba three-sport man; Marion Butler, Clemson football and basket ball player; Grady Hatton, Greensboro ORD all-around ath lete and semi-pro baseball player de-luxe; George Clark, Duke’s football player; UNC’s swimming stars, Billy Kelly and Bobbv Temple, amateur boxer from Florence, S. C. Women nominated include Greensboro swimmer, Evelyn Bar bee, softball star Bertha Dunn; girl athletic ace basketball and swimming, Francis Kenney and Mrs. Page. Each sense participating m tne panoting is given tnree votes in each division and “after the careful consideration’’ requested by AAU Presdent L. J. Fisher of High Point and Award Chairmen Jake Wade of Charlotte, we pick Jordan, Bowen and Clark in the men's division and Page, Kenney and Dunn of the gal’s. Furman Bisher, sports writer of the Charlotte News, upon his return from service, has come through with several good yarns. Today s Star sports page carries a Bisher epic on the nride of Mineral Springs, Gil Coan, the Washington Senator’s outfield rookie. Bish is an eager young man who seems to eet a big kick out of his work. In these days of sports editor s who have taken the job because It was the only one available, Bisher seems to be a pleasant exception. When Commissioner Jay Jenkins, the pride of Cleveland county was in Charlotte for the Class B meeting, Bisher cornered Jay and Proceeded to pump him on Wilmington’s baseball background with the intensity of a Collie puppy. However, Jay, schooled in the College of Shelby politics parried, stalled and gave one of the nicest exhibitions of a man talking but not saying anything that we have seen in a long time. Bish didn’t get a story but in payment for the really nice way he and Ray Howe of the News treated us when we were in Charlotte we are printing his Coan saga. It doesn t make bad reading, at that. Last but to use a cliche, far from least, is the news that Jimmie Metts, one of Wilmington’s best golfers has been named manager of the Carolina Skyways.___ Lonnie Frey Or Keds Returning To Second (Compiled From The Wires of AP and UP) Lonnie Frey, cne of the outstand ing second baseman in the Nation al league before joining the army two years ago today signed a con tract for the 1946 season, the Cin cinnati Reds reported yesterday . . . The Reds also signed Jim Prendergast, rookie GI who be fore the war played with Little Rock . . . Pitcher Johnny Rigney, in military service since 1942 haf signed with the Chicago 'White Sox . . . Highly-touted Toledc rookie, Babe Martin will play with the St. Louis Browns as a catchei not as an outfielder because he is too slow for garden-work, the Browns announced yesterday . . In the Brownie fold by signing hn contract is catcher Frank Mancusc . . . Danny Gaidella reported tc the Giants training camp at Miam yesterday but was not allowed t( work-out because he is not undei contract . . . He is reported slatec to be sold to the Milwaukee Brew ers of the American Association . . . Outfield Buster Maynard re ported to the Giants at Miami while Warren Sandel who played at Jer sey City in 1941 acted as the Gothem sluggers’ batting practice pitcher , . . Chamber of Commerce boys are the same the world ovei ... In Balboa, Canal Zone the C. of C. reported that the rair which fell yesterday was the firs to fall during the dry season in 21 years . . . The Yanks went aheae with their drills anyway . . Pitchers Spud Chandler, Jake Wade. Flyd Eevans, Herb Karpfel Emerson Roser, and Marvii Breuer were host to hitting prac lice . . , Dodger Shortstop Ton Brown received notice to report t( bis draft board for Induction . . Pipper Radclift former White So: outfielder left last night for hi Post in the Detroit Tiger outfiele • • . Boston Braves woke up to tb fact last night that their first strini catcher, Phil masi, is holding oul WINTER PARK NINE READY FOR SEASON The Winter Park baseball team will take to the diamond in the latter part of May, Manager Frank Hines informed the Star yester day as the 1946 baseball season began to take definite shape in Wilmington. The team will be the main rivals of the Masonborc Ramblers, who Frank Manor plans to build into a notable semi-prc diamond club. The Parkers expect to use the Winter Park field, which has beer worked over in the past season, as their training site and home diamond. Manager Hines is mak ing preparations for a full sum mer season schedule with sur rounding towns and teams withir the city. The roster of Winter Park if by no means complete at presen' as many of the New Hanover Higl School stars and a few formei ball players from the Wilmingtor Pirates and other Piedmon Leaguers are expected to sign be fore spring practice. As things shape up now, Nor wood Skipper, former Pirate, wil do most of the hurling for th< Park club with Robert McKensif sure to handle the catching bur den. The infield looks like a goo< fixture with Harry Smith at firs base, Paul Horton at the keystone Frank Hines at the hotcorner, an< ‘Dunk’ Futrell handling the short stop duties. This is an inexperi enced bunch of base guarders, bu Wildcats Face All-Star Cagers Tonight FORMER COLLEGE PLAYERS MAKE UP GRAYSTONE FIVE YMCA Varsity Meets Iven hoe Quintet In Pre liminary Contest By GENE WARREN Star Sports Writer The powerful Graystone All-Stars trek to Wilmington today to try their luck at routing the New Han over High school Wildcats, who are trouncing everything in their path in the Eastern A conference. Coach Leon Brodgen said last night that the All-Star-Cat game would start at 8:00 following a pre-game tussle at 6:30 between the Y. M. C. A. Varsity and Ivan hoe. Graystone, a quint composed mostly of Marines that live ashore in the Morehead City area, boast one of the best clubs in eastern North Carolina, having a perfect season. John Mercer, coach of the „eam, has at his command players from such colleges as Kingsly Prep, University of West Virginia, Uni versity of Pittsburgh, Westminster College, and the University of In diana plus several high school stars. All in all, the squad aver ages about six foot in height, which will prove a big factor against the small locals. In their last game, the All-Stars came out on top 56 to 31, and are anxious to stop the rampaging Wildcats. Brodgen s plans lor tomgnx s xnt were interrupted somewhat when lanky Johnny McKoy failed to re port to practice because of • frac tured finger, which hampers him in his shooting, and the other half of the ‘Mutt and Jeff” combination, W. A. Brown, stayed out with a cold. Both Brown and McKoy are exceptional cagers, both being very popular with Wilmington fans, es pecially the tiny Brown. Even though both were out of action yes terday, there is a chance that they may take part in tonight. If the duo is not prepared for the battle, their places on the first team will probably be filled by Don Hyatt and Charlie Smith. Smith has seen plenty of action in the ’Cats’ last two affrays, and may be called the ‘six’ man on the first string. ‘Hacksaw’ Tuttle, also a reserve, may alternate with Hyatt if McKoy is not on hand. The remainder of tha initial line up is composed of regulars Luke Collie, Toddy Fennell, and ace set shot Billy Lee, who Ben Carnevall of UNC scouted at Durham. The Y. M. C. A. team in the preliminary attraction is ltd by Leonard McKoy, probably the best basketball player ever to don NHHS’s togs. Leonard, who has worked out continuously at High school and the ‘Y’ in the past weeks, is expected to display rare form in the first fracas. R. L. Church and tall Walter Deal are also set to pace the ‘Y’ five along with Harry Williams, another Han over High alumnus. Little is known about Ivanhoe, but that the team is composed of discharged servicemen, who three seasons ago rolled over basketball rivals all over the state and won three tournaments in succession be fore the five was broke up by the players being called into the serv ice. BASKETBALL SCORES Duke 73, Georgia Tech 51. Hiwassee 35, Tennessee Wesleyan 25. Appalachian 43, Catawba 38. Ohio Weslyan 60, Wooster 30. University of Miami 53, Florida Southern 47. High School Durham 39, Rocky Mount 27. High Point High 35, Reynolds High 31. Davidson 37, Citadel 30. William & Mary 65, Hampden Sydney 38. The kangaroo, when standing ; erect, occasionally reached a . height of eight feet. _ with added practice may develop . into a smooth working group. The meadow crew, where the ; batting power lays, looks very well ■ with a fine trio in Luke Collie, a l splendid hitter, and Edwards, who ; possesses a great arm from with , which he has been able to nab [ many base runners at the plate, in ■ the past, are the two High School • lads in the outfield where they t may develop into star players. Local Fan Asks NCHSAA For Ain Open Meeting Mr. C. E. McIntosh, Secretary N. C. High School Athletic Assn. Raleigh, N. C. Dear Mr. McIntosh: I have been following with much interest the “muddled” situation involving one Johnny McKoy, who is the star center on the New Hanover High school basketball team. I originally came from the greatest basketball state in the union, Indiana, and until the latter part of August 1945, lived in Atlanta quite a few years, where I have always been an ardent follower of baseball, basketball and other sports; having played both myself. From reading all the news I could gather on this case through the local papers, it seems to me that somewhere, certain persons got mad at the way this high school team ran “rough-shod” over theirs in basketball, and through some minor technicality, they saw a chance to throw “mud” in the face of not only the high school team, but a young member of that team, who is trying to get an education, enter into activities of sports he loves and learn to be a real American. What has been “handed” to him now, will linger in his memory for many years and we should be helping our boys instead of trying to put a “dishonorable discharge” from the playing of American sports as is in this case. In the first place, why should the secretary of this association give Coach Leon Brogden of Wilmington, permission to play McKoy, if he did not have the authority? Is he trying now to "crawl away” from some thing that is too big for him by passing the “buck” or was he trying to pull a “fast one?” I feel, and know that thousands of other real, red-blooded Ameri can sports, that a meeting should be called, open to the entire Ameri can public (who wish to attend) and the members of tiie press, re gardless of the by-laws or constitution of this association. Yours very truly, Don Hassler 2650-A Adams Street, Wilmington._ COACH FINDS BARE PANTRY Harry Bolick new football coach at Erskine c ollege in Due West, S. C., knows just how Old Moth er Hubbard felt as he looks into the storage roo m for football equipment—and finds the cupboard pretty bare When the school discontinued athletics in 1941, it disposed of all football equipment except a few odds and ends such as a couple of sh oulder pads, a jersey, a blanket and a few balls. DAVIDSON DIRECTOR SHEPHARD INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC MISHAP DAVIDSON, Feb. IS. — (IP) — Davidson College Athletic Di rector Norman W. Shepard and Mrs. Shepard were recuperat ing at their home here today from Injuries recently received In an automobile accident In nearby Cornelius. Shepard’s condition was Im proving, college officials said today, hut Mrs. Shepard was suffering from Internal Injuries and the seriousness of her con dition has not been determined. HANOVERJAYVEES IN WINNING SP E Coach Wallace West’s high-fly ing Junior Varsity cagers con tinued at a hot pace yesterday evening, capturing their fourth straight victory in two weeks from St. James, 70 to 26. The one-sided triumph followed the team's 25 to 24 edge over Dixon High of Camp Davis on Mon day in which Homer Ellis, steller guard took high scoring honors with 11 points. In yesterday’s game it was just a question of how high a total the Jayvees would run up as the third team started the game holding a 19 to 12 lead at the quarter. The first quint was sent in by West, and the score climbed with the Junior Varsity out in front at half time, 32 to 16. The slaughter con tinued in the third period at 56 to 18, and when the smoke had cleared at the finish, the 13 man squad of Jayvees left the floor with a 70 to 26 win. Mike Austin paced West s five in scoring as the husky freshman ran up a 16 point total, while Ray mond ‘Football’ Smith was tops for the losers with 12 markers. The Jayvees travel to Long Creek today where they hope to stretch their win streak to five 'jAYVEES FG FT OT J. Hilburn, f .4 1 ® Parker, f .* 8 ® Austin, f ..8 8 Hickman, f ... 1 8 * Warren, f .8 8 * Penny, c .- 3 8 ® Taylor, c .3 8 * C. Hilburn, c ..1 8 \ Gregg, g...3 8 Ellis, g ..? 0 West, g . 5 0 1 Bradshaw, g .— 8 1 1 34 2 7( ST. JAMES EG FT TP Holland, f .. \ 8 ‘ Symmes, c .. 5 8 , Taylor, g.\ 8 ‘ Smith, g . 0 L Cantwell, f .- 8 8 f 13 0 2C ; GREENSBORO ACE Rick Ferrell On Sidelines ! WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—W— • When an elusive knuckle-ball whips past the Washington catcher next season, it will not be R1C" Ferrell who jerks off his mask and retrieves it. . ... . At 39, the man who is credited with developing more knuckleball pitchers than anyone else in tne business, has decided to end his playing career for a coa-'hlng as ■ slgnment with the senators. Ferrell, a North Carolinian, from Goldsboro, steps aside after 20 years behind the plat* for major and minor league clubs with dis tinguished service marks chiefly on three counts: 1—Ten years ago, he and Wes Ferrell, then with the Boston Red Sox. formed one of the few first class brother batteries in big league history; 2— Setting a new American League record last season for total number of games caught, 1,769; 3— His skill in handling the knuckleball, described by per plexed batters as “the craziest pitch ever conceived.” Ferrell and knuckleballers were almost inseparable in recent years —the team that had a good knuck ler wanted Rick to do the receiv ing. Not even the pitcher knows how this unpredictable delivery Is go ing to break and Ferrell, 5-feet-ll and weighing 162 pounds, had the quickneis of eye, hand and foot to follow it. Last uuinn Tam-att reached an all-time high in his specialty four of Washington’s ace hurlers, Roger Wolff, 20-game winner, “Dutch” Leonard, Mickey Haefner and John Niggeling, relying on the knuckleball. In passed balls, the Senators topped the league with ^FJhes imately one-third of all th P that got away Ferrell had 21 himself. Ferrell's retirement poses a question of what wiUhaPPento Washington’s kr.uckleballing in the 1946 campaign. pno1ntsSo7Utoucldin* down on knuckleballs Coan Eager For Big League bpot YEARLING PLAYER SENATOR’S CHOICE FOR OUTFIELD POST Outstanding Performer Of Southern Association Gets Major Tryout By FURMAN BISHER NEA Special Correspondent CHARLOTTE, Feb. 12. — There were big Coans and little Coans, young Coans and old Coans, single Coans and married Coans in the greeting line at the station. Young Gilbert Coan was coming in from Texas, where he spent the off-sea son with his wife’s family. He -vas headed for the family home at Min. eral Springs, a village hard by Charlotte. His mother hadn’t seen him in a year, and the remainder of the family — father, brothers, sister and sister-in-law — were Just as anxious to see whether headlines had turned this laughing boy into a man who takes himself seri ously. They could have spent their worry on other matters. Gil Coan acts like a fellow who never saw a sports page. He has never seen Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington club; manager Ossie Bluege or Griffith stadium. A3 a matter of fact, he’s never been in Wash ington. When he goes to bat come mid-April, it will be his first look at a big league game. In case you’re short on mem ory, Coan is the kid outfielder from Chattanooga who was named the outstanding minor league player of 1945, His .372 led the Southern Association. He set a record for triples, 28, showed the way in doubles, home runs and stolen bases. It isn’t very often that a power hitter leads a league in stolen bases. Washington had only to exer cise its working agreement with Chattanooga to obtain Coan while other big league clubs fell ail over owner Joe Engel of the Lookouts with offers of from $50,000 to $100,000. Manager Bert Niehoff of Chat tanooga was one among many who rated Coan the greatest pros pect in minor league baseball. Eig and eager as a kid at Christ mas, the 22-year-old, 197 - pound Coan reports to the Senators Or lando, Fla., camp Feb. 24. He has been told, by way of sports pages, that right field is his until it is demonstrated he can t handle it. This comes from presi dent Griffith, present boarder of such outfielders as Buddy Lewis, Jeff Heath, Stan Spence, George -Diiuvs auAu --- Two years ago Coan was work ing for a paper manufacturing corporation at B r e v a r d. had gone to Brevard Junior Col lege in 1941, decided not to ac cept a Washington contract for 1942 offered by Zinn Beck. "I didn't think I could makeit then,” he explains. He put in two years at the paper piant. and wnen scout Becke came around again in the spring of 1944 he was ready. He spent the first naif ofthe cam paign with Kingsport of the Appa lachian. Finishing the season with the Lookouts, he batted .338. Ball playing, especially hitting comes natural. Coan has not to work on himself. . ... “I had trouble judging fly bals, but Mr. Niehoff just about cleared that up. He had me working on it every day." , ,. Coan is a picture of relaxation at the plate, takes a whisplash cut. ‘‘I have a lot of power in my wrist,” he asserts. "Every time Mr. Niehoff told me to hold the bat farther back my hitting fell off. I do better with a short swing" Nine Hanover Gridders Aiming For Backfield The New Hanover spring train ing sessions hit their stride yester day as varsity lettermen and junior varsity stars continued to turn out every day anxious for the condition ing practice that Coaches Leon Brodgen, Tom Davis, and Jap Davis having maped out for then until March. The majority of the gridders are going out for backfield positions, especially the fast ends such as Jim Gibson, Neal Patrick, Herman Vick, Doc Venters, and Fritz Stelljes. These pigskinners are fighting with last season’s reserve ball carriers for the ‘T’ formation slots vacated by two lads on the first team and three on the second. Thus far it has been impossible to tell who was getting the upper hand, but it’s a good bet that Her man Vick may take over David Bannerman’s right halfback job, and Jim Gibson or Neal Patrick, the left half duties of All-State Kenneth Rogers. Other s in the backfield scramble are Brian Mullinix, Dick Hanson, Lin wood Grissom, and Johnny Daughtery. The two lone first string bacTcs returning for another fling at the rough-and-tumble sport are Louis ‘Bubba’ Sykes and Jimmy Piner. Sykes, the best broken field runner and ace passer of the 1945 club, expects to star in ’46 at his full back position, but may be shifted to quarterback. Piner, who ^ook over the quarterback job last sea son after three boys had failed at the job, is still considered the top prospect for the signal calling post even though he can not boast a good passing arm. In the line, Jap Davis, the coach of that department, has Buddy Bridges sure of one end and the other flankmen, who do not stay in the backfield. Billy Quarrels is a good prospect for end as the lanky gridder has grabbed every pass coming his way in practice, but the other six odd lads may push him into the background. The tackles are the weak spots in the forward wall, for Davis has only ‘Butch* Swart and Bobby Haas in the first rank. There are no ex perienced reserves except those from the Jayvees such as Dillon. Ervin Gore retains his guard spot on the first team with Lloyd Honey cutt as the probable replacement for Graham ‘Trap’ Barefoot, who is a senior this year. Long Don Hyatt finds tough rivals in Tinkey’ Rogers and Harry Mathis for cent er as the whole pivot crew turns from last season's eleven. Jim Thorpe, no relation to the great football player, also is looking at the pivot spot with envious eyes. Sturgeon Creek Yields 35-Pound Rock Bass Frank Stone and B. A. Widen house, New Hanover county fisher men collaborated yesterday to hook a 35 pound Rock bass at Sturgeon Creek. Stone hooked the almost three-foot catch in its fin and Widenhouse helped pull it in after a 10-minute struggle. Widenhouse is a resident of Lake Forest, while Stone lives at 412 South 15th street. In Australia failure to vote without good reason i spunishable by a fine up to $7. BLUE DEVILS BEAT RAMBLING WRECK QUINT, 73 TO 31 DURHAM, Feb. 13 — (A3) — Bouncing back from its worst defeat of the year, Duke’s Blue Devils defeated Georgia Tech in a high-scoring basketball game here tonight, 73-51. The Yellow Jackets led in the early going but Duke spurted near the end of the half and went to intermission with a 28 25 advantage. John Seward and Ed Koffen berger sparked Duke to its vic tory, the former getting 18 points and the latter 16. ACME-DELCO LX ES TABOR CITY! IS TABOR CITY, Feb. 12.—(Special to The Star) —The Boys and Girls o£ Tabor City swept a double-head er basketball game from the lads and lassies of Acme-Delco today. Ward, with 17 point, and Wright, with 10, were high point makers for the.Girls and Boys, respectively, of Tabor City. For Acme-Delco, Bigford of the girls and Allen and Clayton of the boys were all tied with scores of four points each. Tabor City, 25 Acme-Delco 18 Wright, f_Ganey, i Ward, f _ W. Williams, t R. Strickland, f_Wehrhahan, 1 Putnam, g__ Bigford, 1 Cox, g _„_ Blake, t Turberville, g_March, 1 Soles, g_Heath, g Hilburn, g M. Williams, g Tabor City, 22 Acme-Delco, 10 Soles, f _ Allen, 1 Spivey, f _.Quisenberry, i Wright c _ Peterson, 1 Ward, g.— . Clayton, c Fipps, g _ Crawford, g Long, sub. _ Bordeaux, g Stevens, sub. --- _ Marks, g Referees: Truitt and Roberts. JOCKEYS BANNED FROM TURF FOR BETTING COUP Seven Ruled Out For Life As A Result Of Pimlico ‘Fix’ By JOHN LANGDON United Press Sports Writer BALTIMORE, Feb. 12.— (U.R) — Seven steeplechase jockeys and a trainer today were barred from Maryland tracks for life for fix ing a race at Pimlico last Nov. 30 and betting on the horse that couldn’t lose. The Maryland racing commission ruling automatically bans all parti, cipants in the betting coup from any other track in the United States because of an agreement among commissions of the various stales to recognize each other’s suspen t sions. The other involved In the fixed 'race Jockey Agent James F. Byrne—drew a one year suspension. In a hearing yesterday, the com mission heard testimony that two unidentified gamblers placed bets for the riders indicating a cleanup of at least 88,000 on the winner, Mamie's Lad. How much the gamblers made could not be determined, bui enough cash was dumped on Mamie’s Lad to drive down tha price on him from 10 to 1 in the morning line to 8 to 5 at post time. Mamie’s Lad paid $5.20 in the mutuels. The seven jockeys ruled off were William Owen of Chicago, leading steeplechase rider for the last three years who was up on Mamie’s Lad; Douglas Banks, Bethesda, Md.; Howard Cruz, The Plains, Va.; Vern Haines, Hialeah, Fla.; Sidney O’Neill, Aiken, S. 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