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• __ The Morning Watch WITH Edward Sachs Oh, Mr. Carpenter! QT«wi item. Edith Haughton ha* beer, hlr ed by the Philadelphia Phil* as s aeoui Bob Carpenter, president of the Phils is sitting be hind his desk smoking a cigar—a Philly of course. En ter Miss Haughton. "Hi, there boss.” "Hello Haughton. What s the dope on Oblonski, that outfielder San Diego wants 50 G’s for?” Miss Haughton takes out her notebook. "Olds, O’Brien, O’Keefe, ah, here he is, Oblonski. I wouldn t buy him, Mr. Carpenter. He can’t rhumba, uses the Blackwood convention in bridge and brother, is he a wolf ...” Short silence. “I mean, what kind of a baseball player is he?” Long silence. “Oh, baseball. Well, I suppose he would De all right for baseball if you like men who part their hair in the middle. Gracious, his legs are so thin. Why, in those awful kniCK «rs they make baseball players wear he looks ...” Carpenter gets up and walks around the room. It is apparent that he is laboring under a strong emotion. “Er, Miss Haughton, what about the shortstop in Atlanta. I understand Mack has dropped him and that we can pick him up for a couple of grand. Of course, I have heard that he can't touch a curve with a snow shoe, what is the dope on the Atlanta situation?” Miss Haughton sits in reflective silence.” Atlanta, that's the town where they didn’t have any Ladies’ Home Journals. Oh, you mean Atlanta. Wait tlil I tell you about Atlanta and that shortstop. I had the biggest thrill of my life in Atlanta.” “Yes, yes, said Carpenter, in his excitement releasing two outfielders to Toledo. “What happened in Atlanta?” “I was sitting in the park wearing that blue hat of mine and I think my new coat . . . well anyway, it was the ninth inning, the bases were loaded, the Atlanta team was behind three to nothing, and this shortstop came up to bat.” “Tight spot, what?” remarked Carpenter chewing on the corner of a Soortin? News. I should say, Mr. Carpenter. Well, the pitcher and the catch er, he was a horrid little man with the most nasty habit of spitting tobacco juice on that nice green lawn, had a big talk and I knew they were going to throw that awful curve ball to the shortstop.” "The dogs,** said Carpenter. ‘‘Not an ounce of sporting blood In the whole lot.” .. uThfu is just what 1 was th’okinff. Mr. Carpenter. That old pitcher threw and the shortstop swung. Everybody jumped up and started yelling ...” „ ‘‘Do”’t *° on- Miss Haughton. I knew Mack was wrong. Wait until I see Branch Rickey and tell him about my new shortstop. Why I can see the papers now. Old Fox Carpenter pulls another deal. “They all laughed when 1 signed you as a scout but now they’ll respect the name of Carpenter.” “Oh, Mr. Carpenter, you didn’t let me finish. The shortstop struck out, but as I got up to see what everyone wras yelling about, guess who was sitting behind me. VAN JOHNSON When I found out that dream-boy had been sitting behind me for an hour and I was W'atching a bunch of baseball players, you could have knocked . . . Why, Mr. Carpenter, why are you looking at me that way?” NHHS Officials Meet “ With McIntosh, Joyner ; CHAPEL HILL, Feb. 16.— ,JSpeci/l)—C. E. McIntosh, exeutive Secretary of the North Carolina High School Athletic association aaid tonight that he and J. R. Joy ner, executive chairman of the association had met today ‘‘un officially’ with a trio of New Han over High school representatives in reference to the Johnnie McKoy eligibility case. “We discussed several aspects of the case,” McIntosh said. He Indicated that while a re-hearing of the case may be held, the asso ciation could not under its consti tution make it an ‘‘open hearing.” Attending the meeting from the Wilmington school were Cyrus D. Hogue, attorney for the board of education, Leon Brogden, head coach of the New Hanover High school and T. T. Hamilton, princi pal of the Wilmington school. In Wilmington, Dr. John T. Hog gard, chairman of the board oi education released a letter tc Brogden and Hamilton in which the board “pledged its full support and efforts in clearing the injustice caused by the reversal of the asso ciation’s authorized agent’s (Mc Intosh) ruling and the publicity given the case. ’ Commenting on the publicity phase, McIntosh said “I would like to make it clear that we are in no way attempting to label the case the result of a dishonest move by the New Hanover officials. It is a matter of interpretation of the rules governing high school play in North Carolina.” _—-—---;--- --- • * North Carolina Beats Duke Five, 54-44 BONES M’KINNEY’S j 21PO SPACES J WIN? ; QU1NTE1 Win Gives Chapel Hill Cag ers First Seeded Place In Conference Tourney DURHAM, Feb. 16—(sP>—'Thi University of North Carolina Whiti Phantoms blew hot in the last min ute of the first half to take a leac they never relinquished in rollinj to a 54-44 victory over Duke’ Blue Devils before a sellout crow< , 8,000 spectators in the Duki gymnasium here tonight. The triumph broke a first plac< deadlock between the two arcl rivals for the Southern Conferenc< leadership, gave the Phantom: sweet revenge for a 51-46 upse suffered at the hands of Duke or Jan. 9, and assured the Chape Hiliians of the top-seeded positior in the annual conference tourna ment starting at Raleigh on Feb 28. Horace (Old Bones) McKinney, field general of the Tar Heels, was the outstanding man on the floor as he sparked the White Phantoms to their 16th consecutive victory of the season and their 13th in 14 conference outings. The lineups: U. N. C. G F TF : Paxton, f ---12 4 Dillon, f -5 1 11 i McKinney, c - 9 3 2 Jordon, g - 2 4 8 Anderson, g -0 0 0 mite, g —.— 3 2 8 (Thorne, g -10 2 Totals..21 12 54 ’ Duke G F TP I Seward, f -2 4 8 Cheek, f - 113 Ausbon, f - 113 Koffenberger, c _7 2 16 Corrington, c -0 0 0 Gordon, g - 10 2 Robinson, g - Oil Whiting, g - 4 3 11 Totals.—.16 12 44 TERRORS DEFEAT DAVIDSON, 49-42 RALEIGH, Feb. 16—(JP)—State College’s inspired' Red Terrors boosted their chances of landing a berth in the Southern Confer ence tournament by defeating a gallant Davidson quintet, 49-42, before 2,500 fans here tonight. It was State’s second victory over the Wildcats during the current sea son. Thus, Leroy Jay’s team, battling from behind, closed the Terrors' 17-game schedule with a record of five wins and six losses in confer ence competition. The hard-fought contest changed lead six times, and the count was knotted five times in the second half. The score was tied 24 all at halftime. ¥ . Man-Sized Feat I ■ I r l ! L Lack Of Pitching Aces, Dodgers’ Biggest Worry By JACK HAND SANFORD, Fla., Feb. 16.—(/P)— Brooklyn doesn’t have a single ace pitcher on its staff in the opinion of President Branch Rickey who figures a club needs five good starters to be a pennant winning team. “We are knee deep in outfield ; ers but pitching is my big head ache,” big Branch admitted over the objections of Branch Jr. (the twig) who runs the Brooks’ farm system. “A championship club has to have five good starters and we just don’t have them,” Rickey stated flatly. "We have several fellows here who will make it some day, a few even this year, but we don’t have the big ones. Even Hal Gregg (18-13) and Ralph Branca (5-6) perhaps would be better off with a year in Montreal. At latest reports neither Gregg nor Branca had signed their con tracts. “Do I think we will get help from the Cardinals?” Rickey mirrored a question. “Frankly, no. The teams that finished below us will get first crack at them. Certainly have some wonderful pictures I’d love to see out here in a Brooklyn uni form.” If lie is pessimistic about the pitching situation, Rickey is equally enthusiastic about the catching prospects in his conditioning school. “Never in my experience, and that goes for the Cardinals too. have I seen so much prom ising catching material in one organization. Both in quantity and quality,” Rickey raved. “Right now I’d say Homer Dixie Howell, who played last with Montreal, is out in front of the others. Then there’s Cliff Dapper and Don Padgett, if he can get some of that weight off. But the young boys that you never heard of are the real prizes. They are a year or two ( Continued on Page 11; Col. 8) -Jl STIRN SS WAN'S RAISE FROM YANKS (Compiled From The Wires of AP and UP) George “Snuffy” Slirnweiss, American league batting champion and leading basestealer of last year, and a former athletic great at the University of North Caro lina told the AP last night that he felt he was entitled to a “sub stantial pay increase” from the New York Yankees. . . . Working out in New York, Snuffy said that he sent back his contract unsigned two weeks ago and hadn’t heard from the Yanks since. . . .Jim Tobin. 33-year-old flutterball pitch er was released by the Detroit Tigers last night to the Dallas club with the provision that he remain free to make a deal for himself with another major league club . . . . Bill Voisell, native of Nine ty-Six, S. C., reported to the New York Giants’ camp at Miami. . . Pitchers and catchers of the Chi cago Cubs report to the club's Catalina Island base on Wednes day. . . .Reporting for drills will be Catchers Clyde McCullough, Mickey Livingstone, Paul Gillespie, and Dewey Williams. . . .And Pitchers Paul Erickson, Russ Meers, Hank Borowy, Don Dunk er, Johnny Schmitz, Bill Flem ming. Hv Vandenberg, Hi Bithorn. Bob Chipman, Emil Kush, Dale Alderson, Ed Tanyzewski, and Russ Meyer. . . .Pitcher Allie Reynolds last night accepted terms from the Cleveland Indians. . . The Brownies open training Wednesday. . . Reporting for first drills will be Pitchers A1 Milner, Bob Doyle, John Pavlick, Stan Ferens, Cliff Fannin and Sam Zoldak; Outfielders A1 White, Glenn McQuillen, Joe Grace, Ber nard Lutz and Chet Laabs; In fielder George Archie and Catch ers-Frank Mancuso, Babe Martin, Joe Schultz, and Les McGarity. . . Jones, Nelson Head Masters’ Golf Field AUGUSTA. Ga.. Feb. 16.—(U.R)_ Bob Jones and Byron Nelson, the old master and the new, headed the guest list of golfers invited todai to play in the first Masters Tourna ment since 1942 at the Augusta Na tional golf club April 4-7. For Jones, “Grand Slam" champion of 1930, the eight pre vious Masters Tournaments were little more than exhibi tions of the famous form which made him king of the golf world from 1924 to 1930. He re tired from regular tournament competition four years before the Masters was inaugurated. For Nelson however, it is strictly business. He is the defending champion and the only two-time winner of the Masters title. He knocked Ralph Guldahl out of al most certain victory in 1937 b picking up six strokes in two holes with a birdie and an eagle The Masters’ field will be the most select Nelson has met since the last tournament at Augusta when he outlasted Ben Hogan to win by one stroke! Horton Smith, Gen^Sr^ Guldahl anTcLtZlT’ ^ Seventeen other former u. S. champions were invited, 13 former U. S. amateur title holders and six who qualified for invitations by winning the National Professional Golfers championship. Wood is the duration open cham pion, Marvin (Bud) Ward won the last amateur title and Nelson holds the UGA crown. The committee issued special in vitations to Frank Straoahan and Carey Middlecoff, two amateurs who won in .competition with the pros during the past year, and to Lloyd Mangrum and Jim McHale, winners of service championships in the European theater. Among other leading pros in vited back for another shot at the Masters were Hogan, Harold (Jug) McSpaden, Ed Oliver, Sam Snead, Jimmy Thomson, Sam Byrd, Harry Cooper, Vic Ghezzi, and Johnny Revolta. N.C.STA1 1RADS TO HEAR FEATHERS WEDNESDAY NIGH! Football Coach Will B< Featured Speaker At Alumni Meeting Beattie Feathers, former Chi cago Bear and Tennessee gric great, and head football coach a N. C. State college will be th« featured speaker at the Wednes day evening meeting of the New Hanover County State College Alumni association, R. A. Ash worth, Jr., president of the loca group announced last night. In 1934, Feathers set a National league record for ground gaining when he paced off 1,004 yards foi an average of 8.5 yards per try ir 117 attempts. A breakdown of the record whict has stood for 12 years of tougl professional play shows that the hard-running Feathers in 11 games averaged 16.2 yards against Cin cinnati; 12.5 against Pittsburgh 10.3 against New York and P against the Cardirwls. Since taking up the duties oi football coach at N. C. State Feathers has been named to the coaching staff of the East squac for its annual Shrine Bowl game against the West team in Sar Francisco on New Year’s Day. In addition to alumni of the Raleigh school, leading New Han over county high school athletes and coaches have been invited tc the dinner meeting which will be held at the American Legion Home 100 South Third street. Also slated for the meeting is an election of officers for the com ing year. A nomination committee of T. J. Hewitt, Thomas B. Lilly, and A. E. Baggett has been named by the group. “All former N. C. State men who have not received their invitation to this meeting by mail are cor dially invited to attend, “Ashworth told the Star-News. "They are asked to contact Secretary George Parham. Equitable Life Assur ance, 7128 or 2-8148 or myself to makp rp?prvatinnc for rlinnor ” LEHIGH COACH TROY, N. Y., Feb. 16—OJ.R)— William B. Leconby, 28, former Brooklyn Dodgers halfback, now on terminal leave from the navy, signed a three-year contract today as head football coach at Lehigh University. Leconby succeeds the late George B. Hoban. --—— SEVERIN NAMED AID TO ‘BEAR’ WOLF AT i FLORIDA UNIVERSITY 1 GAINESVILLE, Fla., Feb, 18 (JP)—Paul Vincent Severin, former star end at the University of North Carolina, has been named football I end coach at the University of Florida, Head Coach Raymond (Bear) Wolf, announced today. Severin, who played under Wolf at North Carolina frofn 1937 until 1941, received his honorable dis charge from the navy this month and will report to the Gator campus Feb. 25. Severin was head football coach at Nei~ Hanover High scnool In 1941. SOUTHERN TEAMS FACE UNCERTAIN FOOTBALLSEASON Draft Calls, Returning Ser vicemen, Make Grid Prospects Uncertain (By ROBERT MOORE) RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 16.— (£>)— That little two-letter word “if”— which Mr. Webster defined as a conjunction meaning providing, on a condition that—seems to be stand ing in Jhe way today of most of the 16 Southern Conference teams at tempting to make a springtime checkup of the way the autumn football picture is shaping up. Some of the teams are wonder ing if certain of their former stars will get back from the armed forces come September and the 1946 pig skin wars . . . others are debating if the fellows who are already back will be able to return to pre-war form . . . and there are a lot of other “ifs.” Ttake the case of Coach Johnny Fenlon at the University of Rich mond, for instancef The spider mention figures Richmond could have a pretty nifty grid eleven ... if .. . such former players as Center Steve Silianoff, Tackles Reid Spencer and Carroll Richards, Ends U. S. Savage and Houston Sizer and Backs Johnny Gleason, | Louis Miller and Joe Laluna turn up in September. Fenlon will get a peek at some of his prospects for 42 are expected to report, on Monday when the Spiders join North Carolina, North (Continued on Page 11; Col. 3) HOGAN MAINTAINS two-stroke lead AT NEW ORLEANS Byron Nelson Trails Hen hey Pro For Third Consecutive Day By STAN OPOTOWSRy United Press Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 16_,? Littie Ben Hogan maintained two-stroke lead with a 54-hole to* of 209 today as he fired out o his second consecutive three u-d. par 69 in the third round Cf t' $7,500 New Orleans open. The Hershey, pa.„ bant(m, machine-like putting held him"; good stead as he maintained r,: second round margin o-e- Bv Nelson, of Toledo, O., 19,5’S iea“ ing money winner. Nelson also shot hi, !ec.„ straight 69, but trailed in place with 211 after the 54-hr; mark. And it seemed as though Nelson’ poor start with a one over Ps 73 the first day will hamper hia until the end of this tourname-' Bunched behind Hogan and N.: son were Harold (Jug) McSpade of Sanford, Me., and Sammy Sn.es. of Hot Springs, Va. They we: tied for third place with 215, yt Spaden was two under par a up today, and Snead shot' i even-par 72. Jimmy Hines, of Chicago, ir. ■Jim Ferrier. also of Chicago, we:, tied in fourth position with 216 : the pros roared into tomorrow, final round of the tournament. Hines shot a 72 and Ferrier ; 73. 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