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I What’s Cook-in I ♦* <* ★ — ★ IN THE SPORTS PAN ★-★ By Roy Cook Stanley (Mickey) Katkaveck, 30 year old former manager of the Wilmington Pirates has been signed to manage the Albany Cardinals of the Class D Georgia-Florida league, it Was learned here Saturday. Mickey was signed to pilot the Wilmington Pirates early last year by Luby Pollock, Vic Stefano and Bert Kite. He came to this city and set up the training program for the Buccaneers. He did a swell job in rounding out a team, but for some reason, we were unable to find out, Mickey was not given the cooperation he should have received. Several times the players conducted themselves in a man ner that proved “embarassing” to the manager. On one oc casion we took Mickey to task in this column about a deci sion, which we were under the impression he made. Recent ly we had a short talk with Katkaveck and he told us what happened that night. it might be a little late to bring up this question. But, we feel that in fairness to Mickey we should try to explain t<? our readers what happened. For reasons, as we srarea aDove, unknown to us, tne Pirate players were not giving the manager their coopera tion and on this special night a pitcher was having trouble with his control, Mickey took him out and sent in his “star” moudsmen to take over. The relief pitcher, hurled excellent ball, striking out three men in that inning. But, the next frame, another pitcher, who had not even warmed up strode to the mound, the result was obvious, the batters team knocked the cover off the ball. The next morning we sharply criticized the Pirate Mana ger for his actions and it was only a few days ago that we learned the truth about that night. The relief pitcher re fused to return to the mound, so Katkaveck was forced to send in another hurler, and according to reports this was not the only instance in which the players refused to coop erate. Congratulations. Mickey, on your new position and may we wish you the best of luck. Speaking of baseball in Wilmington, sometime ago this column carried an article that Nate Andrews might be of fered the position of manager of the Pirates in 1947. Since that time we have heard nothing from the Buccaneer camp. (But don’t be surprised if a popular player on last year’s club is offered the job. He might not accept the offer, and it might not be tendered him. . . But, stepping out on a limb, we Dredict that a man well-known and -well-liked by the local fans will get the job. Last season he was a main-stay of the Buccaneers and saved many games for them . . . . And he was not a pitcher. Your guess is as good as mine . t But I take and reccommend Jim Staton as manager of the Pirates for 1947. Billy Mason Still Leading New Hanover High’s Scorers Lanky Forward Ace Has Dropped In 110 Points This Season According to records released by the Star yesterday Billy Mason, 6 ft. forward, is still New Hanover High school’s number one scorer with a total of 110 points for eight games. Lanky Mason has an average of 13 3-4 markers per game on 47 field goals and 16 foul tosses. His total reached its season's high Friday right when he scored 22 points againts the Wilson Cyclones in NHHS’s 68-34 opening conference victory. W. A .Brown, pint-sized guard, tallied 15 points in the Wilson rout, placing him in the runnerup posi tion over Johnny McKoy, 6 ft. 6 in. center who held the No. 2 spot untL’ the Wilson clash. Brown now has scored a total of 93 points for an 11 5-8 point average. McKoy is only four markers lower that W. A. tallying 89 points for an 11 1-8 average. Both Toddy Fennell and Louis Collie were held to four points in the Wilson encounter, giving them season averages of 5 1-2 and 5 3-8 points, respectively. These first team members will have a good chance to help their records Tuesday, when they journey to Goldsboro to meet the Earthquake team. II he complete records of the first team are as follows: Player FG FT TP Aver. Mason _ 47 16 110 13% Brown _ 40 13 93 11% McKoy _ 43 3 89 11% Pennell __. 18 8 44 5% Collie _ 20 3 43 5% University Truly Universal BERKELEY, Cal., —(U.R)— The University of California numbers representatives from 63 nations among its student body. Nations 'rom Afghanistan to Venezuela are enrolled in the Berkeley, Davis and San Francisco campuses. Family Has To Check In MT. VERNON, 111., (U.R)—School doesn't start in the mornings at nearby Drivers until the Bordine family arrives. The four children of the family, ranging from seven to H years, are the entire student body of the One-room schcolhouse. bowling shoes (LADIES) AT YOUR 111 MARKET IJIAL 6022 TAR HEEL FOOTBALL STAR’S FATHER DIES DURHAM, Jan. 5—(A1)—Ralph N. Strayhorn, Sr., 54, manager of Durha: .’s Western Union office for 31 years and father of Ralph Stray horn, Jr., captain of the University of North Carolina’s Sugar Bowl football team, died in a local hos pital Sunday afternoon at T 45 o’clock. He had been ill for five weeks. Funeral services will be conduct ed Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at the First Presbyterian Church of which he was a member. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery. GUERNSEY FAVORED TO WIN TAMPA MEET TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 5 — (j?*) — Frank Guernsey of Orlando, Fla., 13th ranking player in the country, Sunday was seeded No. 1 for the 20th Annua] Dixie Tennis tourna ment which opens Monday. Bryan M. (Bitsy) Grant, Jr., of Atlanta, drew the No. 1 spot. Jack Tuero of New Orleans was seeded third. Dial 2-3311 For Newspaper Service WadeMay Be Replaced As Weed President; Smithfield Seeking Release From League COACHES DISCUSS NEW GRID RULES AT NCAA PARLEY Skippers Spend Day Gos siping As Meeting Post poned Until Today NEW YORK, Jan. 5. — OT— Col lege football coaches late Sunday sent recommendations to th. NC/ \ football rules committee asking that a try for extra point which has been blocked be declared dead and that the ball be moved in 20 yards of the sidelines instead of the pres ent 15 yards. The tutors' met in a prelude to the National Collegiate Athletic As sociation's annual session which was to have started Sunday but was delayed until Monday when West Coast members were ground ed en route because of weather conditions. The coaches committee, of which Lou Little of Columbia is chairman, sent five suggestions to the NCAA committee for consideration. In addition to the dead ball on a blocked try for extra point and widening of the playing zone after an out-of-bounds maneuver, the coaches asked that the substitution rule be amended to permit the in troduction of two players at any one time while the clock is running; a definition of the rule on the shift, and softening of wearing apparel in the interest of safety. The football coaches’ meeting was the only actual action Sunday as the NCAA and its attendant auxil iaries opened the annual conven tion. Most of the day was spent in lob by gossiping as athletic directors from numerous schools busied themselves hunting a football coach for 1947. Most ardent among them was Hobbs Adams, who stepped up from head football coach to athletic director, at Kansas State this year. Monday the NCAA proper takes over and the problems of gambling, ticket scalping and eligibility. The conference of conferences, a group made up of the commission ers of the various collegiate cir cuits, holds sway Monday with eli gibility and the payment of finan cial assistance to football players as the No. 1 topic. The discussion will be limited to answers of a questionnaire sent out following last summers’ Chica go meeting and replies from 400 different schools will be available for background. Gambling and ticket speculation, brought into the foreground by the recent break in football relations between Army and Notre Dame, will be on the Tuesday program at which Ralph Furey of Columbia, will speak on eligibility and Earl Yeomans of Temple, will report on gambling. Members of the coaches’ commit tee which sent the rules recom mendations to the NCAA are Ike Armstrong of Utah, Matty Bell oi Southern Methodist. Dana X. Bible of Texas, C. O. (Fritz)Cribles of Michigan. Richard Harlow of Har vard, James Lookabaugh of Okla homa A. & M.. Tuss McLaughry of Dartmouth, Alvin N. (Bo) McMil lin of Indiana, Frank Murray of Marquette, Jesse Neely of Rice, Tex Oliver of Oregon, Wallace Wade of Duke, Tad Wieman of Maine and Wallace Butts of Georgia. In addition Richard Gav in of Melrose, Mass., High School, and Chris Muhl of University High, St. Louis, also are members of the committee. The coaches group can not draft rules changes. It can only recom mend revisions to the NCAA rules committee which is headed by Wil liam Bingham, director of athletics at Harvard. Ben Hogan Continues To Hold Lead In $10,000 Los Angeles Tourney Before 10,459 Fans Leading Money Winner Of 1946 Goes Into Today’s Meet With Two-Stroke Lead Over Toney Penna LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5—(?) —Battling to beat the setting sun, Ben Hogan shot a one over-par 72 to cling to a two stroke lead as the third round of the Los Angeles Open Golf tournament came to a close late Sunday before 10,459 fans thronging the Riviera Country Club course. Hogan, carding 36-36-72 for a tough par 35-35-71 course, goes into Monday’s final round with a two-stroke lead over Toney Penna, who gained a pair of shots against the pace setter Sunday with a 70. Hogan’s 54-hole total at the finish of play was 208, Penna 210, while three shots back of Penna came Ed Oliver, who took a 72. Hogan, whose 66 Saturday was low for the tournament, played erratically on the first nine as his hot putter went cold, but finished the trip home in regulation figures. Seven strokes back of the leader was the low araa’eur of the field, Marvin (Bud) Ward of Spokane, Wash., with a 73, and Dai Rees of England, who matched Hogan’s 72 as the three played together. Carolina And Wake Forest Claim Majorr Attention In State Basketball Circles Wake Forest and the University of North Carolina claimed major attention of the Tar Heel State’s College basketball campaign dur ing the past week with evening Southern Conference triumphs Sat urday, while stock in Duke and N. C. State was forced downward by set-backs from unexpected quarters. The Demon Deacons, enjoying only mediocre success in dropping four of their first seven games, hit the winning conference trail with a 40-33 victory over William and Mary—North Carolina’s White Phantoms, in downing Maryland, 58-42, in their conference curtain raiser, scored their fifth win against two losses. Both fives, however, were out classed in early season play against non-conference opposition by the State’s three other conference teams, Duke, N. C. State and Davidson. Duke dropped its first game in eight starts to the Uni versity of Tennessee at Knoxville, while State’s Red Terrors returned | irom an unbeaten six-game trek through the mid-west to lose its second contest—against nine vic tories—to Hanes’ Hosiery at Win ston-Salem. Davidson resumed its post-holiday play with a victory over the McCrary Eagles, netting the Wildcats five wins and one loss for the season. In the State’s individual scoring parade, the pre-Christmas leaders held their ranks unbroken. For teams playing more than five games, N. C. State’s Dick Dickey was still top man with a total oi 166 points for an average of 15.1 tallies per game. Gentry, Wake Forest forward, came second with 116, averaging 14.5; White, David, son forward, was third with 82, or an average of 13.6; and Kof fenberger of Duke was next in line with 12 points per game. Gates, whose Elon teammates were idle during the week, held on to his lead among the smaller colleges with a 17.3 average pei contest. The big center who has seen action in only three games has collected a total of 52 mark ers—31 of them in a single battle Only three of the .North State conference quintets saw action during the week. High Point won its second game in five starts by downing the Chatham Blanke teers and East Carolina Teachers registered its sixth triumph in eight contests by turning back the Camp Lejeune Marines. The Mc Crary Eagles stopped Catawba short as the Indians were trying for their second victory in five engagements. Southern Conference schedule for this WMonday - no games scheduled. Tuesday — Lynchburg at Virginia Tech; University of Richmond at Quan tico Marines; Duke vs. Davidson at Winston-Salem. N. C.; Merchant Marine Academv at George Washington; Mc Crary (Ind.l Eagles at North Carolina State; Wake Forest at South Carolina; Presbyterian at Clemson. Wednesday — University of Richmond at Maryland: Virginia at William and Mary; George Washington at Navy; Wake Forest at Clemson; House of David at Washington and Lee. Thursday _ Roar.oke College at Vir ginia Tech; Duke at New York Uni versity; Wake Forest at Furman. Friday — Emory and Henry at Vir ginia Tech; George Washington at Mary land; Virginia Military Institute at Vir ginia; North Carolina State at David son: South Carolina at Georgia; Fres bvterian at Citadel; Bridgewater at Washington ana L,ee. Saturday — North Carolina at Lasalle; William and Mary at University of Rich mond; Duke at Temple. South Carolina at Erskine; North Carolina State at Clemson. Teams W L Pet Pts O-P. Wash, and Lee_ 4 0 1.000 240 164 Duke _ 7 1 .875 409 327 George Wash. 5 1 .833 376 240 Davidson _ 5 1 .833 242 253 N C. State _ 9 2 .818 641 502 Univ. of Rich. __ 4 1 .800 283 205 Va. Tech _ 4 1 .800 247 205 Va. Military - 3 1 .750 223 195 North Car. _ 5 2 .714 364 316 Maryland _ 3 2 .600 237 262 Wake Forest __ 4 4 .500 399 372 Clemson _ 2 3 .400 249 249 William & Mary __ 3 5 .375 371 400 Citadel _ 0 0 .000 000 000 Furman _ 0 1 .000 46 47 South Carolina __ 0 3 .000 120 176 WOFFORD TERRIERS ANNOUNCE SCHEDULE SPARTANBURG, S. C„ Jan. 5. —<JI—The Wofford College Terriers announced Sunday this nine-game 1947 football schedule: Oct. 4 Davidson here. Oct. 11 Catawba at Salisbury. N. C'., Oct. 18 Guilford at Guilford, N. C.. Oct. 25 Furman here. Nov. 1 Newberry here, Nov. 8 Presbyterian at Clin ton, Nov. 15 High Point here, Nov. 22 Randolph-Macon here and Nov. 29 Erskine at Due West. Seven College Teams Remain Undefeated; Duke, Georgia Tech Drop From Select Group By TED MEEIER NEW YORK, Jan. 5 — VP) — Seton Hall, Duquesne. Marshall, Rhode Island State, Lafayette, West Virginia and Eastern Ken tucky still perched high in col lege basketball’s undefeated ranks Sunday, survivors of an upheaval in last week’s play that saw Ore gon, Iowa, Duke. Cornell, Syra cuse, Georgia Tech. Kentucky, Santa Clara and CCNY tumble out of the select group. Seton Hall which resumed the sport this season after a four year layoff due to the war, whipped Toledo Saturday night, 59-48, for its 21st consecutive triumph, 11 this season and a carryover of ten from the 1943 campaign. Duquense, also back in competi tion for the first time since the war ended, and Marshall each have won nine in a row. Their latest triumphs came Friday, Duquense againse UtaK and Marshall against Creighton. Eastern Kentucky has won seven, Rhode Island and West Virginia each five, and Fafayette, four. Rhode Island surprised by beating Brooklyn St. John’s 54-50 in Madison Square Garden Sat urday night, a feat the Rhodies never before accomplished. Washington State of the Pacific Coast conference, the Oklahoma Aggies, NCAA champions; Okla homa, of the Big Six conference, and Wisconsin took the week’s main headlines. Washington State ended Santa Clara’s nine-game streak on New Year’s Eve, 60-38, and blasted Oregon’s 12-game streak Saturday night,, 52-49. The Aggies shattered the 26-game streak of Kentucky, National Invitation Tourney cham pions,, 37-31 at the Sugar Bowl inn New Orleans. Oklahoma knocked over CCNY, 55-52, on New Year’s night, then flew to Peoria where Saturday night the Sooners humbl ed Bradley winner of 10 of its 11 previous games, 65-64. Wisconsin whipped previous un beaten Iowa, 63-62, an achieve ment particularly gratifying to the Badgers since it came on Iowa’s home court. In other Western Con ference games Ohio State; defend ing champions, nipped Minnesota, 43-41, and once-beaten Michigan topped Northwestern, 39-31. Duke’s seven-game streak shat tered against Tennessee; Detroit handed Georgia Tech its first de feat; Michigan State knocked Syracuse out of the undefeated ranks, and Canisius d>d likewise to Cornell Saturday night, 50-40. Although the undefeated ranks have thinned there is- an imposing list of once-beaten quintets, in cluding Notre Dame, Michigan, Santa Clara, Oregon, Iowa, CCNY, Tennessee, Kentucky, Oklahoma Aggies, Syracuse, Beloit, New York University, Texas, Louisiana State and Arizona. Virtually all of the major con ferences start competition this week and on the basis of early sea son results the probable winners shape up as follows; Western Conference — Wide open. Too tough to even guess.. Southwest — Texas or Southern Methodist. Rocky Mountain — Wyoming, Utah or Brigham Young. Eastern Intercollegiate — An other wide open affair. Penn or Cornell, as a guess, Yale has dis appointed so far. Southwestern — Kentucky, Ten nessee or LSU. Southern — North Carolina or Duke. N. C. State a darkhorse. Midwest — Beloit. Pacific Coast (South) — UCLA or Southern California. Pacific Coast (North) — Ore gon or Washington State. Mid-Atlantic — Lafayette or Muh lenberg. Big Six — Oklahoma or Kansas. Kansas State, maybe. Missouri Valley — Oklahoma Ag gies. Border — Arizona. Among the Independents, Rhode Island and Holy Cross seem tops in New England; New York Uni versity in the East, including New England; Notre Dame and Brad ley in the Midwest; Nevada in the Rocky Mountains; Santa Clara on the Pacific Coast and New Orleans Loyola in the Southeast. Split Bamboo and Hickory SURF CASTING RODS PM'KARD’S -09 Market St. Dial 2-S224 AMERICAN TENNIS STARS TRAVELING HOME WITH PRIZE Famous Tennis Cup Will Arrive In United States January 8 SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 5. — (£>)— The Davis Cup, making its first airplane flight, began its trans-Pacific voyage back to the United States Sunday night and with it went Jack ramer and Ted Schroeder, the two Americans who wrested it from Australia, team mate Frank Parker and Walter Pate, non-playing captain. The victorious American party and the big tennis trophy are scheduled to arrive in San Fran cisco January 8. Before leaving, Pate told the Australian reporters that he look ed forward to Australia being the challenging nation in 1947. He said, with a smile, the United States probably would hold the cup only a year or two. In a Sydney exhibition earlier in the day, John Bromwick and Bill Sidwell of Australia defeated Kramer and Schroeder, 6-3, 9-7. William Talbert, Gardner Mulloy and Tom Brown, other members of the team, are remaining for the national championships scheduled to open, January 14. BRITISH DECLARE OFFICIATING BAD Cricket Fans Discuss Test Matches Being Held In Australia LONDON, Jan. 5—(U.R)—The tran quil atmosphere of the cricket field, where play is interrupted for tea, was shattered Sunday by an exchange o f unpleasantries be tween the British and Australian sides in the test matches—The World Series of Cricket — being played in Australia. In pubs and restaurants and sub ways, in Pall Mall clubs and in the offices of Whitehall and the city, cricket fans were talking over the situation. Some asked: “Is it cricket?” others asked, a$ had been done in many countries previously,'wheth er international competition in cluding Olympic games made good will between countries or merely bad blood. The situation is made more deli cate because test is becoming an ugly word to sensitive Britons. Eng land has lost the first two of the five matches and seems about to lose the third tomorrow. Since the test matches started some British dispatches have hint ed cautiously that the Australian umpires would have difficulty read ing below the top line on an oculists’ eye-testing chart. It remained for Daily Express correspondent Harold Dale to make the sensational—for British sports and especially for cricket—charge that the umpire was wrong in call ing two England batsmen out. Dennis Compton and William Ed rich of England's team were de clared out leg before wicket. This means that the umpire ruled they put a heavily shinguarded leg in front of the wicket while at bat so that the bowler’s ball could not hit it, Dale said that the test matches were no longer a test but an ex hibition. Bad umpiring, he said, made the third day of the current match null and void. England’s players, he said, “Know not whom to fea’ most, the bowler or the umpire.” It was most difficult. Dale said, for him to write such a sensational Directors Reccommend Prexy Be Chosen From City Without Team In Tobacco State Loop Whiteville Mentioned As Possible Successor To Leafs; Final Action On Club Owners Suggestions Slated Next Sunday (Special to the Star) CLINTON, Jan. 5. — James E. L. Wade, of Wilmington, president of the Tobacco State Class D league, may be re placed by Lieut. A. T. Moore, of Fayetteville, if the tenative plans of the board of directors are carried out, it was reveal ed here Sunday afternoon, following a meeting of the board at the Rufus King Hotel. The board of directors, meeting to review proposed changes in the loop by-laws, voted to elect a president for the circuit from a city not representated by a team. This Mrs. David Harriss And R. H. Williams Win CFCC Golf Meet R. M. Williams and Mrs. Da vid Harriss won the annual Two-Ball Foursome Golf tourn ament at the Cape Fear club yesterday afternoon in a meet, which was hampered most of the way by a drizzling rain. The two local golfers compil ed a net total of 71 to capture the tourney in which several linksmen participated. Other notable men and wo men taking part in the meet were Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Doss, Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Metts, Mr. William I. Corbett and his sis ter, Kitty Corbett. ENVISIONS NEW BASEBALL SETUP NCAA Delegate Says Pros pects Good For College Diamond Tournament DALLAS, Jan. 5 — (JP) — James H. Stewart, executive secretary oi the Southwest conference and dele gate to the National Collegiate Ath letic association convention in New York this week envisions a na tional championship tournament in college baseball. Stewsrt is a member of a com mittee seeking to promote the dia mond sport among the colleges and he says prospects are bright for a big revival of the game. Before departing for New York, Stewart gave his views on the pos sibilities of a tournament at whicn conference champions would play for the national title. He thinks the whole affair could be crowded into one week at the close of the regular scheduled sea son and could be staged in one oi the major league parks in the mid west where the travel burden would be equalized for the contestants. Stewart, who said all the major conferences now were playing base, ball, thinks a genuine college, championship tournament would prove a fine gate attraction in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland or St. Louis. indictment of cricket. But, he said, he did it after careful thought. Dale's dispatch roused consider able indignation here among the more hot-headed cricket followers —Indignation not at the umpires but at Dale. “It’s shameful,” said a fan as he ordered another pint of bitter. “We may say we think 'an umpire inadvertently misjudged a play But we may never say flatly he was wrong. It’s just not cricket.' dcuon, nowever, is tenative and must be voted on at a meeting; of , the club officials. The parley is scheduled to be held at Lumberton next Sunday, January 12. The reccommendation to make the change in the by-laws in re gards to the president was made by L. C. Kerr, of Clinton. He sug gested that Lieut. A. T. Moore be chosen for the position. The board had no authority to change the rules and met only to revise the laws for final adoption next Sun day, it was pointed out. Salary Set The board also set the presi dent’s salary at $800 per year. A motion was made by L. M. Pollock, of Wilmington, to pay J. E. l’. Wade a like amount for his serv ices during 1946. This motion did not receive a second and was not voted upon. Further discussion on this matter is expected to take place at the Lumberton parley. The owners of the Smithfield Leafs asked permission to transfer their franchise to another club and mentioned Whiteville as a possible purchaser. The spokesman for the Smithfield club explained that his club has an opportunity to enter the Coastal Plains league and de sired to sell their Tobacco State loop franchise. The Coastal Plains league meet ing is scheduled for Tuesday night White vflle May Enter The Smithfield spokesman said Whiteville or Jacksonville could be secured to replace them. However, some of the directors were not in favor of allowing the Smithfield team to withdraw. Smithfield rep resentatives said they would help organize and sponsor the White ville team if it was necessary. Zeb Harrington, of Sanford, made a motion that the league be allows ed five veterans next season. A vote was taken and the motion passed. Tim Murchison, represen ting the Lumberton club and a scout for the Chicago Cubs, took the floor and reccommended the loop follow the rules that had been set by the National baseball asso ciation, which provides for three veterans on the roster. After much discussion, Arthur Apple,, of War saw, asked for another vote. The result of this second vote favored Murchison’s suggestion. Allow Four Veterans Harrington held the floor for over 38 minutes arguing that his motion had been passed and the body had no authority to override it. The di rectors finally decided to compro mise and allow four veterans. Each club director will investi gate the matter of veteran players and discuss the matter further at Lumberton. Favoring the five vet erans were, Wilmington, Sanford, ?.nd Dunn. Lumberton, Red Springs, Warsaw, Smithfield and Clinton opposed the motion to have five players. The officials also voted to adopt the revisions of the National by laws made at the Los Angeles meeting. The salary limit was igreed as $2,250 per month for ;ach club. It’s the Quality of leadership that makes Leaders , ATLANTIC 4KMutSeeS are the Leaders itgajrW^ Atlantic Campamp friwflrw »* Atlanta, fJHanotu, vnauanooga, ptotjoik, urianao
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