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By Roy Cook
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Mondav night Buddv Lewis and his barnstorming
Aii-s*r
Comets in the Columbus county seat. It will be tne iirst
night sports attraction in the history of Columbus county.
g The Memorial stadium at \\hiteville has recently been
completed and outfitted with lishta. The atadtum is a credit
to the fast growing community of \\ hiteville.
The Maior League All-Stars tried desperately to play
here in Wilmington, but no playing field was available.
Frank Maner, general manager of the Masonboro Ramblers
'requested the use of the American Legion Stadium for a
game here on October 10. The county commissioners, sole
holders of the gate strings of the huge concrete stadium
said “No. It would cost too much money to change the
field back for baseball.” they said in their refusal.
This is probably true. Removable bleacher seats ha™
been erected in the outfield and the screen pulled high into
the air and the pitchers mound removed for football. This
refusal by the commissioners only leads to the fight we
have been waging about another sports arena m filming
ton* „ . , i i •
There is only one place in the entire county that is
suitable for baseball at night. You guessed it. The American
Legion Stadium.
The owners of the Wilmington Pirate baseball club
saw the need for another stadium here last summer and
started construction on the private project. Shortage ot
materials held up the work for a while, but. the owners say
they will complete their park by next spring.
There is no place to stage any indoor sports program
•and only the Legion Stadium for outdoor sports m New
-Hanover county. Its a shame for a county as large as New
Hanover to be without suitable athletic facilities.
But what can we do about it?
Boxing. Wrestling, Basketball, Handball, Tennis. Base
ball, Softball, Football, fans of Wilmington dont’ seem to
bother about the lack of facilities, however they are loud in
their criticism of the way the sports programs skip this
city.
It has been rumored that soon the New Hanover High
school will build a large stadium to take care of its athletic
program. .
The Pirate baseball club will have their own park.
And the American Legion Stadium will be left to rot
»s time goes by.
But what of the indoor sports/
The Veterans of Foreign Wars are planning to stage
the Golden Gloves Tournament here in 1948 and more than
-likely they will have to go back to the Cape Fear Armory,
just a good sized dance floor, to hold the matches. Boxing
promoters still wonder if Wilmington has made any ar
rangements for an indoor stadium.
Hundreds of Wilmington basketball fans were turn
ed away from the high school gym last year when the
Wildcats played the Greensboro Whirlies for the state title.
The fans grumbled about no facilities as nearly 1,800 fans
jammed the gym to the rafters. But, what action was
iaken? .... Two days later the whole thing was forgotten.
Wilmington plans to build a large City Auditorium
.someday. The plans alone cost more than a large indoor
■sports arena would have cost. But perhaps thats economy.
Still Wilmington has the poorest sports facilities of any
1 'ty its size In the nation.
And no one seems to give a hoot.
Vildcats Get Down
To Serious Drills
rogden Sends Squad
Through Long Hard
Scrimmage Session
The New Hanover Wildcats got
Town to serious practice yester
day afternoon at the 13th and
Ann Streets drill field. Only one
thought at the moment ran
through the youthful heads of the
players as the buckled down to
hard scrimmages and aerial
drills — Beat Raleigh.
Coach Leon Brogden as usual
had little comment on his club.
“We have a couple of boys that
need a little special attention”
be said, ‘"But I think they will
be in excellent shape for the
Raleigh game Friday night.” He
remarked.
Psrohed right on Uie top of
tbe Clew AA Eastern conference
along with Fayetteville and
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Raleigh, the Wildcats will be
seeking to knock the Caps from
the list of unbeaten teams in
conference play.
Coach Brogden sent th ebays
through some hard scrimmages
during the early afternoon with
the second and third teams work
ing against the varsity eleven.
Jim Gibson, Jimmy Piher,
Johnny Crowley and Homer
Brewer looked good in line
plunges and end runs. But coach
Brogden and Tom Davis spent
a lot of time with the lads in
perfecting a better “T” forma
tion.
Bunny Hines and Jap Davis
stood by the sidelines and after
each play they would go out and
instruct the linesmen and point
out errors committed by the
various players. Both coaches
seemed to be pleased with the
results.
During the late afternoon the
air was filled with footballs as
the coaches switched from line
plays to the air attack. Johnny
Crowley got off' some long
heaves to end Lloyd Honeycutt
and speedy Jimmy Piner.
Yesterday was the first after
non the Cats have settled down to
hard work this week. Most of
Monday was spent in pointing out
mistakes discovered in the Fri
day night tilt with Rocky Mount,
and Tuesday the squad was
forced to stay indoors on account
of rain.
This afternoon they will be
sent through another levies of
scrimmages and passing ylayi
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40 CYCLISTS SET
FOR RACES HERE
Over 40 daring drivers are ex
pected to take part in the mo
torcycle races, to be held at the
American Legion Stadium Sat
urday afternoon, officials of the
Wilmington motorcycle club,
sponsors of the event, said last
night.
Two additional entries were re
ceived yesterday. George Thad
deo and Woody Johnson, of Fay
etteville, sent in entry forms and
said they were ready to compete
in the three star event.
The races are sanctioned by the
American Motorcycle Association
and representatives of that group
will be present to judge the va
rious events, local officials said.
Trial runs are slated to get un
derway about one o’clock and the
first race will begin at 2:30
o’clock.
According to members of the
local club, Saturday’s race will be
the first . anctioned motorcycle
race to be held in this county.
NHHS SWIMMERS
HOLD WORKOUTS
Members of the New Hanover
high school swimming team be
gan their regular swim sessions
in the YMCA pool yesterday af
ternoon in preparation for their
meets with various cities in
North Carolina.
The team is coached by Adam
Smith, YMCA physical director
and former representative of the
United States in the Olympics.
Members of the squad will hold
practice meets Monday, Wednes
day, and Friday at 6 p. m. until
7 o’clock in the “Y” pool.
“We need 20 or 30 more boys
to participate on the squad,” said
Smith, although he said that 12
boys will compose a squad.
The squad will travel to various
cities in the state with the basket
ball tear . Methods of transporta
tion have been completed for
cities where the NHHS basket
ball teams do not play.
Coach Smith said the team has
been invited to the Duke-Caro
lina Scholastics and if the squad
time limit is good enough, that
the team will participate in the
event.
Also, said the head mentor, “If
the team will stick with me and
are in good shape, we will go to
the National High School Cham
pionship.” The NHSC are usual
ly held in New York, Chicago,
or California.
Other teams that the Wildcats
may compete against are Golds
boro, Raleigh, High Point. Kan
napolis. Durham, Winston-Salem,
and Asheville.
BUSES CHARTERED
BY JAYCEES FOR
RALEIGH CONTEST
The Junior Chamber of
Commerce has chartered
special buses from the Caro
lina Light and Power com
pany to transport Wilming
ton football fans from the
railroad station to Riddick
stadium, it was announced
last night.
Jaycee officials said ar
rangements were completed
last night with the Raleigh
power company officials. The
transportation fee from the
railroad to the stadium and
return will be twenty-five
cents.
Williston Tigers
Drill For Game
With Raleigh Mere
The Williston Tigers, under the
coaching of Frank Robinson, got
in some long hard drills yester
day afternoon In preparation for
their clash with the “Little Blues”
of Washington high school of Ra
leigh, here Friday night.
The Tigers are slated to play
the Raleigh eleven at the Ameri
can Legion Stadium at 8 o’clock.
The Raleigh aggregation has
played two games this season,
winning both by close scores.
The Tigers dropped a hard fought
7 to 6 battle to Charleston in their
first game of the year.
The Tigers will appear for the
first time in their new uniforms
of Maroon and Gold Friday rriffht.
Interest Mounts
In Golf Tourney
Local Enthusiasts Report Progress In Drive
To Raise Funds To Sponsor National
Pro Golf Tournament Here In 1948
Over 33 pledges have
been signed and returned to
a group of Wilmington golf
enthusiasts, who are seeking
to arrange fear a National
Professional Golf tourna
ment for this city in 1948.
Interested persons gather
ed at the Cape Fear club
last night for the second
time to map plans for a drive
to raise $10,500 to sponsor
the tournament here.
Allan Marshall, temporary
chairman of the group, said
he was well pleased with the
results of the first week’s
canvass. . Those attending
last night also expressed
satisfaction with the progress
of the drive.
It was pointed out at the
meeting that the Cape Fear
country club course is ideal
for the holding of a PGA
meet. The PGA will send a
representative to look over
the course at least six months
before the tournament is to
be held. The course is now
in excellent condition and
since it was laid out by
Donald Ross, there is no
doubt that it will pass the
PGA inspection, Louis Orrell
said he was informed by
Kirk Bohem, Cape Fear club
pro.
It was also learned that
a permanent greens keeper
has been employed and will
report sometime next month.
Orrell said a great deal of
work is now being done to
improve the course and all
present agreed that at the
present time the course is
in much better condition
than others in the state
where PGA tourneys are
h^Jd each year.
Local golfing enthusiasts
are offered the opportunity
to purchase shares in the
undertaking for $100 each
with the understanding that
if a tournament cannot be
arranged for 1948 the money
will be refunded. Elsewhere
on this page is a pledge
blank explaining the plan.
Persons attending the
meeting last night were
given a list of names to call
on in regards to the pledges.
Next Thursday at 8
o’clock all persons in this
section interested in golf
are urged to meet at the
Cape Fear club when reports
from the canvassing commit
tee will be heard and plans
advanced for the organiza
tion of a permanent group
to sponsor the undertaking.
CAROLINA VS. WAKE FOREST
Brilliant Array Of Backs
To Run In Tilt Saturday
WAKE FOREST, Oct. 8. —
Some of the best backs in Dixie
and the nation as well will match
blocks, runs, passes, punts, and
tackles at Chapel Hill Saturday
afternoon when North Carolina
and Wake Forest collide in the
Southern Conference’s No. 1 game
of the week. The kick-off is set
fcr 2:30 o'clock in Kenan Stadium
apd a near capacity crowd of 40,
000 is expected for the 43rd meet
ing of these old rivals.
Heading the all-star cast is
Charlie (Choo Choo) Justice, the
Asheville express and one of the
nation's outstanding backs. - The
Tar Heel tailback ace has turn
ed in many sparkling perform
ances and is the sparkplug of
Carolina's defending Southern
Conference champs.
Wake Forest's top backfield
man is not a triple-threat star
but he has few peers as a de
fensive ace and blocking back.
He is Nick Ognovich, two-time
winner of the Jacobs Blocking
Trophy as the Southern Confer
ence's best blocker and the favo
rite to cop it for the third time
this fall. Ognovich was also nam
ed on the All-America blocking
team selected by Wirt Gammon,
sports editor of the Chattanooga
News, last year. In addition to
being a great defensive perform
er, Ognovich is one of the leading
Deacon pass receivers and he is
also tops for his team as an ex
tra point kicker.
The No. 2 Carolina back is
Walt Pupa, who ranks with the
best fullbacks in the country. It
was Pupa, who pitched three
touchdown passes in only three
attempts to lead the Tar Heels to
a thrilling 26 to 14 victory over
the Deacons at Chapel Hill last
fall. Pupa is also a terrific line
plunger and is an excellent de
fensive man.
Tailback Tom Fetzer of Reids
ville is another of Waxe Forest’s
top-ranking backs. Fetzer is set
ting the pace in the strong aerial
attack with 13 completions in 22
efforts for a total gain of 262
yards. He threw the touchdown
pass that beat Georgetown in the
season's opener, 6 to 0, and he al
so tossed a touchdown pass in the
exciting 16 to 14 win over Clem
son last Saturday. Fetzer is also
Wake Forest's best kicker and
one of its best defensive aces.
Other leading runners for the
Tar Heels are Jim Camp, Jack
Fitch, Fred Sherman, Bob Ken
nedy. Bill Britt, Bill Maceyko,
and Hosea Rodgers. Wake Forest’s
best running backs include Bill
Gregus, James (Bud) Lail, Harry
Dowda, Carl Haggard, Shannon
Phillips. Anthony Di Tomo,
George Pryor, and Jeffrey Brog
don.
All the signs point to a bril
liant show on the ground and in
the air when these teams square
off Saturday afternoon.
HANDBALL TOURNEY
SCHEDULED AT YIHCA
A single and double handball
ladder tournament for YMCA
members will get underway
October 26 and November 15 re
spectively on the “Y” handball
court, it was announced yester
day by Harry D sher, chairman
of the handball committee.
The ladder tournament will
continue throughout the winter.
Classifications for the tourna
ment will be A, B, and C., ac
cording to the experience of the
players. The ladder will be ar
ranged in A, B, and C order.
Dosher said that the ladder
now consists of 11 members and
urged that Wilmingtonians in
terested in handball to contact
him or Adam Smith at the YM
CA.
There is no shell on a shark’s
egg. The covering is leathery and
as elastic as India rubber.
Spofford To Play
Opticians Tonight
If It Doesn’t Rain
For the third consecutive
night the championship series
of the Senior Class A soft
ball league was postponed
last night, Bert Hawley, city
athletic director announced,
that the grounds were too
wet.
The fifth game will be
played tonight, weather per
mitting, under the lights at
7:30 o’clock with the Spofford
Mills club clashing with the
City Opticians. Both teams
have won two and lost two
in the seven game series.
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per share, in a Corporation or other legally organized organiza
tion, to be organized for the purpose of promoting and conduct
ing a Professional Golf Association of America Golf Tourna
ment to be held in Wilmington, N. C. during the fall of 1948.
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obligated to purchase the above stock unless at least 125 per
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of such stock each, on or before the first day of December, 1947.
• *?_ fcirther understood and agreed that I will not be re
quired to pay hr *ueh stock until a Stock Certificate is ready
for delivery to me.
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YMCA TO FORM
SS CAGE LOOP
The initial 1947 Board of Gov
ernors meeting of the YMCA-Sun
day School Basketball League
will be held Monday night at 8
o’clock in the YMCA clubroom, it
was announced last night by
Adam Smith, YMCA physical di
rector and advisor of the league.
Smith said that all church rep
resentatives are asked to be pres
ent if their church is planning
on entering the basketball league.
Also, he added, any interested
party may attend the meeting.
The church league will be di
vided into three divisions — Ju
nior, Intermediate, and Senior
for various ages.
Age limits for the various
groups are juniors, 12 to 15; in
termediate, 14 to 18; and senior,
17 to 100.
The board of governors will
draw up the ’47 basketball rules
for the league and decide if they
want to charge admission to the
games and sell season tickets.
51 DEER KILLED
IN HOLMAN FOREST
JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 8—Ap
proximately 400 hunters killed
51 deer in Holman forest Mon
day, the opening day of the 1947
season according to supervisor
James M. Stingley, who today
completed a check of the game
killed.
Although the forest, 84,000
acre preserve of North Caro
lina State College, was open to
hunting the first two days.
There were few if any at all,
sportsman in the forest Tuesday
because of a heavy rainfall,
Stingley said. The forest will be
open Friday and Saturday of this
week for two more hunting days.
Stingley reported that the best
hunts opening day were in the
fork of White Oak river. Horse
pen Ridge near Trenton and
Wolf Creek near Kellum, Guide
Clen Bynum with a party of ap
proximately 65 hunters killed
six deer in the White Oak Fork
area, and Tom Koonce and a
party in Trenton section of 12
hunters killed, dressed and di
vided three bucks by 9:30 a. m.
and then went fishing.
All deer slain were said by
Stingley and guides to have been
fat and in good condition.
Forest game protector F. D.
Shaw and Onslow' county game
protector Lonnie Koonce arrested
14 persons in the forest on
charges of hunting without spec
ial forest permits.
Stingley said the small num
ber of deer killed by the large
number of hunters is possibly
attributed to their being cautious
this season in view' of the new'
state statute providing that
antlers must be in full view be
fore hunters shoot.
YMCA Varsity Cagers
Plan Meeting Tonight
Interested members of the YM
CA 1947 Varsity basketball team
will meet Wednesday night at 8
o’clock in the YMCA clubroom,
it was announced yesterday by
Adam Smith, advisor and athletic
director.
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Notre Dame, Wolverines,
Texas Selected Top Three
Associated Press Poll Places Georgia Tech
Army, Illinois, Penn, California,
Georgia, Vanderbilt On First Ten
NEW YORK, Oct. 8.—(/P)—Notre Dame, Michigan Hnd
Texas are the Big Three in college football at this ear;v
stage of the 1947 campaign in the opinion of more than i
hundred sports writers who voted today in the first A-4>
ciated Press poll of the season to select the top ten teams
Although both Michigan and Texas sport more im (.^
sive records than Notre Dame, the experts placed Loach
Frank Leahy’s Fighting Irish at the top of the list on the
strength of their 40-6 triumph over Pittsburgh in then on'v
performance to date.
Notre Dame also held the No. 1
position in the final poll of 1946,
breaking Army’s two-year grip
on that distinction, and the writ
ers demonstrated their faith in
Leahy’s ability to build another
national champion by reserving
the top spot for his South Bend
club.
Fifty-two of the 103 writers
participating in the first of the
season’s weekly polls gave Notre
Dame their first-place votes and
24 others ranked it second. The
Irish were listed on every ballot
except one and were no lower
than sixth on any of them.
The Irish, who meet Purdue
this week, compiled a total of
933 points on the basis of ten
points for a first-place vote, nine
for second, and so on.
Michigan, which crushed Stan
ford, 49-13, after swamping
Michigan State in its opener, was
awarded the No. 2 spot. The
Wolverines, who finished sixth in
the final poll last year, were pick
ed first on 29 ballots and second
on 46 others to amass a total of
857 points.
Texas, the No. 1 team in the
first poll a year ago but 15th at
the end of the season, landed
the third position by humbling
North Carolina, 34-0, for its third
straight one-sided triumph. The
Longhorns drew 15 first place
votes and 790 points.
Georgia Tech, unbeaten and
unscored on in two starts, was
named No. 4, barely nosing out
Army, which boasts a similar
record, 542 points to 533.
The Cadets, runners-up in the
final 1946 poll, drew only one
first-place vote despite the exten
sion of its unbeaten string to 30
games. Georgia Tech, which fin
ished in 11th place last year, was
placed first on three ballots.
Sixth place went to Illinois,
which tangles with Army here
Saturday. Fifth in the final stand
ings last year, the Big Nine and
Rose Bowl champs collected no
first or second-place votes but
got enough support in the lower
brackets to come up with 454
points.
Pennsylvania, the Ivy League
favjrite, started off the year in
seventh place without a first
place vote, although the Quakers
have had only one outing against
a weak opponent.
California landed tin r. 'th
spot, while Georgia, which *fm.
ished third last year, was ,
and Vanderbilt tenth. G. ,
recovered from its opening
feat by North Carolina to 'i.pset
Louisiana State and bee., > r- ,
Southeastern Conference favorite
once more.
I he only real surprises ai:mr.»
the first ten are California and
Vanderbilt. Neither received ,
single vote in last year's final
poll and both were overlooked in
pre-season predictions, but Cali
fornia got off to a good start with
victories over Navy and St.
Mary’s and Vanderbilt turned
back both Northwestern and Ala
bama.
California received one first
place vote, as did Penn Stair, th*
1.2th team, the Minnesota, which
was 17th. Forty-two teams figur
ed in the initial balloting.
Standings ol‘ the first ten if,’.; i’;,c|
votes in parenthesis: Points basic; &
9- 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 system';
team poiyli
1— Notre Dame <52 p.
2— Michigan (29) . PIT
3— Texas 115> .. .... . po
4— Georgia Tech (3» 41
5— Army (1) 3
6— Illinois __ 454
7— Pennsylvania ... 285
8— California (1)
9— Georgia _ _ s
10— Vanderbilt _... 2
12—Penn State (1), 102: 13 —lit - ,3;
The second ten: 11—Columbia, oj;
14—Yale. 86: 13—Oklahoma. 77 liu
Rice, 52: 17—Minnesota il>. 4:
Mississippi, 36: 19—North Carolina 75;
20—Southern California, 26
Others receiving one or more pi tj;
North Carolina State, 23: Northwe.’em,
22: Arkansas. 17: Southern McthndK
Louisiana State and Wake Fores; 14
each: Harvard, 12: UCLA and Purdut,
11 each; Alabama. 9; Indiana. 8. San
Francisco. 7: Oregon and Holy cm
5 each; Ohio State, Washington 3. «,
Wisconsin and Virginia. 4 each; Oregon'
State, 3; Tulsa and Cincinnati, 2 earh;
Utah. 1
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