Maybe It’s Up To Santa
The belief in Santa Claus is a wonderful thing which shouldn’t
be lost at ank age if possible, and speaking purely from a sporting
angle, it looks as though Wilmington as a city has never .ost
firm conviction that all good things will come from Santa in due
• But it’s our private feeling that Santa is a swell old guy
who likes to give all right, but believes that somewhere along
the line he needs a little cooperation. After all he’s getting no
younger and despite statesmen getting us into wars every
decade or so, the population of the world increases annually.
With Christmas just a few days ahead of us, it would be fine if
we could rely on the white-whiskered fella to drop off a few things
so desperately needed and wanted here by the city s sporting
element. But, again, it’s obvious that Wilmington is not going to
get its stocking filled without a little work on its own behalf.
But supposing that Santa had nothing else to do this De
cember 25, here’s a list of things we’d like to see fall from his
sky-traveling sleigh:
(1.) An indoor arena where Wilmington fans could watch a
basketball game or a track event and where amateur boxers could
practice and train. We’d like to say now that this is not as far in
the future as some think.
(2.) A football stadium with a seating capacity of at least
10,000 where post-season bowl tilts could conveivably be play
ed if we only had a promoter for the city who might go out
and get such contests.
(3) A plan to convert, better make that an ACCEPTABLE plan
to convert Legion Stadium to a baseball park exclusively with
the construction of a roof for the grandstand, new outfield fences,
and bleachers along the third base line.
(4.) Some form of proof to the managers of Legion Stadium
that sports pay and should be given the same sort of wooing
given to all forms of industry which seek to locate here occa
sionally.
(5.) Successful Professional Golfers’ Association tournament
here to prove to doubters that it can be done. And a needle -o use
to officers of the Wilmington Athletic Association, Inc., to get
them started on working groups at once for the next year’s classic.
(6) A brighter—but not bigger—future for the Southeastern
North Carolina Beach association’s Fall Fishing rodeo, and
only the best in everything for the association itself in ali its
other endeavors.
(7.) A professional or semi-pro football team similar to the in
dependent basketball teams that spring up in the cage season. A
team of this type here might with proper support and a chance
to perform ANY afternoon in the week in the new stadium which
we asked for, would never be a flop.
(8.) Spring training games between major league teams
traveling north in the spring, giving Wilmington fans a chance
to see some of the big league great in action, if only pre
season action. This is nothing but a purely business venture
that any city with proper enticement can get.
(9.) A Tobacco State league pennant for the Wilmington Pirates.
(10.) Another state championship team of New Hanover
High cagers.
(11.) Additional bowling tournaments here during the keg
season and a couple of more lanes for the Ingram’s alleys in order
to take car'e of all those who want to knock down a few logs.
(12.) A city or high school swimming team to represent the
city in intra-town tournaments and proper recognition of such
a team to make it more desirable for local youngsters to take
part.
It’s a pretty big order, Santa. And if you can’t possibly fulfill it,
do just one solitary thing for Wilmington, willya?
Just make the leaders here realize that sports are no longer
considered in the class of just recreation, but are now listed in
the “big business” brackets. Maybe if you charged the city or
county several thousands of dollars to make a survey here,
then they’d believe you and take some proper action.
Anything for nothing never sounds so good.
College Heads Blamed
For All Football Evils
ATLANTA, Dec. 20 —0D—Dr.
Blake Van Leer, president of
Georgia Tech and the southeast
ern Conference, says college
presidents and faculties — and
not recruiting and subsidization
— are the twin evils of intercol
legiate football.
In a radio interview with
Journal Sports Editor Ed Dan
forth, Dr. Van Leer asserted
that the presidents and facul
ties “control the entire situa
tion. All they have to do is to
be intellectually honest and the
country will soon see the clean
est type of intercollegiate ath
letics.”
He adhed “What sort of class
or laboratory work athletes
must pass are academic mat
ters entirely within control of
the faculties of the various in
stitutions. We have 1,800 insti
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tutions of higher learning in this
country but less than 150 first
class ones.”
Georgia Tech and Tulane
were the only Southeastern Con
ference schools which opposed
postponing consideration of the
NCAA’s “purity code” at the
Conference’s annual meeting
last week. The league voted 10
2 to defer action on the code,
which would impose restrictions
on recruiting and subsidizing,
until after the NCAA meets in
New York net month.
Razorbacks New Field
Ready For 48 Season
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark,, Dec.
20.- The University of Ar
kansas will play four football
games in the state’s new mil
lion dollar stadium next year
topped by the traditonal Rice
clash on Nov. 6, at Little Rock,
Coach Barnhill announced to
night.
Golden Glove Ent ry List Mounts Da lly
Greensboro, Durham Plan Tearns H ere
Entries continued to pour into
Golden Glove headquarters last
night as the list of amateur box
ers seeking pugilistic fame as
sumed larger proportions and
Red Beard, chairman of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars’
sponsored classic to be reeled
off here Jan. 14, 15, and 16 an
nounced new plans slated to
keep competition on a more
even basis than last year.
Beard set up two classes, a
new move which will put all
boxers over 18 years of age in
the open class. The age limits
were set at 17 years and under
in one division and 18 years and
over in the second bracket. Nov
ice classes will thus be assured
of more even competition.
Newest Wilmington entry is
Oscar Woodcock, 157 pound
fighter who joined the local
teams under Beard’s direction
in training nightly at the Bri
gade Boys club gym.
From Durham, A1 Mann
coach of a Durham amateur
fighting aggregation will bring
a team to the local classic, and
from Dunn, a team will arrive
under the coaching of Francis
Duncan. Paul “Country” Fer
guson, ex-welter weight cham
pion of the south, according to
Beard, is due to arrive in Wil
mington in mid-January with a
group of Greensboro boxers,
and from Wampee, S. C. neavy
weight Whfoctn Thomss win siug
it out with other heavies. Thom
as will have three other fighters
under his wing as the Wampee
entry.
Colorful boxing teams from
Florence, S. C., from Camp Le
jeune and Cherry Point f^iurmes
bases, and the 82nd Airborne di
vision from Fort Bragg ore al
so entered. Approximately 100
entries are expected for the
three day event._
Charlotte
GG Tourney
Set Feb. 18
CHARLOTTE, Dec. 20. — (£>—
The Sixteenth Annual Caroiinas
Golden Gloves, oldest amateur
boxing tournament in the south
east, will be staged Feb. 18-23 at
the Charlotte armory.
Sixeten champions will be
crowned at the end of five days
of fighting—eight in the Open di
vision and eight in the Junior
(or novice) group. The eight
Open winners will represent the
Caroiinas in the tournament of
champions in New York City on
March 1.
The event has been approved
by the Caroiinas A.A.U. winners
in several other Caroiinas
events will represent their cities
in the Charlotte tournament.
Boxers will report iuesaay,
Feb. 17, for registration and
weighing-in and physical exam
inations. Fighting will begin on
Wednesday and continue Thurs
day and Friday, with semi-fi
nals Saturday night and the 16
championship bouts Monday
night.
The 82nd Airborn Division of
Fort Bragg won the Open di
vision title last February, with
Berryhill copping the novice
crown. A number of the defend
ing champions in the open class
are expected to defend their
titles, with welterweight Ray
Clarke of Granite Falls and
heavyweight Joe Mahoney of
Camp Lejeune assured entries
Competition wi 11 be open to
any amateur white boxer who
resides or attends school or is
in a service camp in the Caro
linas. The Open class is open to
all contestants who have reach
ed or passed their 18th birthday, i
The Novice class is open only
to civilians who are 16 and 17
years of age. Teams must be
registered by Saturday, Feb. J4.
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Doubles Keg
Tourney Set
Here Today
A combined mens and wom
ens’ doubles tournament is
slated to get underway in In
gram’s alleys today at 2 o’clock
with most of the city’s top
notch keglers scheduled to battle
for four cash prizes in each
class.
Rolled on a handicap basis,
the tourney will run from 2
through 9 o’clock with the bowl
ers playing as many games as
desired.
Fifty per cent of the total en
try will be the top award. Sec
ond prize will be 30 per cent,
and prizes of 10 per cent of the
total entry fee will be awarded
to high game and high set scorer
in each bracket.
Meanwhile, Arthur Ingram an
nounced Wilmington duck-pin
ners will represent the city in
the Feb. 14-15 Savannah Past
time classic. Scheduled to clash
with Dixie’s best keglers and
members of the Jiffy Grill,
Black’s Texaco, Cape Fear
Music, and Atlantic Coast Line
teams. Others may possibly en
ter before the tourney dates,
Ingram said.
A Man And His Day’s Catch
WALLACE AMAN, Carolina Beach, poses proudly heside the near-record catch of speckled
trout he caught on a December afternoon in the sutf at Fort Fisher. Twenty-nine of the species
with weights ranging from two to four pounds were brought in by Aman.
Parker’s 23 Tallies Leads
Presbys To 69-27 Victory
FIVE YEAR BAN
ON WILDLIFE ASKED
, NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—OF)— A
five-year closed season on wild
fowl hunting would quadruple
the supply of birds, in the opin
ion of Dr. Ludlow Griscom of
[Harvard. Otherwise, he says an
increasing number of hunters
will continue to shoot a decreas
ing number of ducks until the
sport dies a natural death.
The Harvard scientist esti
mates that 97 1-2 per cent of the
[hunting season of 40 years ago
already has been lost. Then a
hunter was. permitted 25 birds
a day during the seven month
! season. In 1947 the bag limit
was four, with the season held
down to 25 days.
Because the number of hunt
ers has leaped from 400,000 to
2,000,000 from 1908 to 1947,
even the curtailed shooting
means a theoretical maximum
kill of 200,000,000 birds — twice
the number of targets estimated
at the start of the 1947 shoot
ing.
Basketball On Ice
Newest Sports Twist
LAKEWOOD, N.J., Dec. 20.—
I/P) — The old argument over
which is the faster—basketball
or hockey — was complicated
vdth a new twist today.
They played a game of
basketball on ice, and called it
ice skate ball.
Five hundred persons watch
ed the Laurel-In-The-Pines quin
tet defeat their guests from
Point Pleasant, N.J., 23-21 on an
ice rink.
First Presbyterian’s power
ful Sunday School Seniors
grabbed off th$ “team to
beat’’ label in the YMCA
Senior circuit last night with
a smashing victory over St.
Paul ’s Episcopalian 69-27,
and went into a full game
lead in the league writh a
clean slate of three wins and
no losses.
Jack Parker, NHHS for
ward, playing with the Pres
bys and in for only three per
iods, led the hot scoring pace
with 23 tallies. Bob Crowley
and Carl Mason each thread
ed the hoop 14 times for the
winners. For the losers, it
was Bob Lewis, lanky NIIHS
center, paced the attack with
11 markers.
In the second game Trin
ity Covenant-Methodist won
its first tilt by downing Tem
ple Baptist, 20-14 with Sam
Williams driving a fast at
tack and Bob Romeo tallying
five points to lead in the
scoring department. Tinky
Rogers ripped eight good
shots through the hoop to
lead the defeated Temple
team which was last year’s
powerhouse.
In the last game of the
night, Winter Park Baptist
moved into second place In
the cricuit with a thrilling
win over Fourth St. Advent
Christian 20-17 with Clarence
Hilburn’s six points being
high for the winners, and Pat
Harrington keeping the los
ers in the battle with nine
accurate tosses.
STANDINGS
Won Lost Pet.
First Pres. _ 3 0 1.000
W. P. Baptist _ 2 1 .077
Temple Baptist _— 1 2 .833
Trin. Covenant _ 1 2 .333
4th St. Ad.-Ch._1 2 .333
St. Pauls Epis. _ 1 2 .833
Trades Keep Hot Stove Crackling.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20 —OR_It
will cost baseball fans at big
league parks from 10 cents to
two bits to buy a score card
to know the players in 1948, but
it cost major league club own
ers approximately $1,300,000 to
get some of them.
Of this sum, $735,000 was
spent to gain title to players
from other big league clubs,
$272,500 was spent on the annual
draft, around $200,000 was paid
for outstanding minor league
stars and more than $100,000 was
handed out to various free
agents.
MIDGET
FOOTBALLS
At Your
SSSiTEIl
14 MARKET DIAL 6022
The mc»st lavish spenders un
doubtedly were the Boston Red
Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates and
Cleveland Indians. The Red Sox
enriched the St. Louis treasury
with a reported $375,000 for sev
eral of the Browns’ stars. The
Bucs froked over $100,000 for a
couple of Brooklyn players, in
addition to $150,000 for three mi
nor league stars. The Indians
spent approximately $130,000 for
a trio of big league performers.
Oddly enough, the St. Louis
Cardinals, who probably have
made more money in recent
years through selling their star
players, did not dispose of a
single player through that medi
um. Of course, Sam Breadon’s
selling of the club to a group
headed by former Postmaster
General of the United States
Bob Hannegan for a reorted
$4,000,000 had a lot to do with
it.
The highest priced minor lea
guers were pitcher Bob
Chesnes, sold by San Francisco
to the Pirates for a reorted
$75,000 and several players. The
Bucs also paid around $35,090
besides giving up players for
catcher Ed Fitzgerald of Sacra
mento and $40,000 or second
baseman Romannus Basgall of
Montreal.
In the majors alone, 17 play
er swaps provided plenty of hot
stove league fuel for the fans
since the world series. The most
startling were consummated by
the Red Sox and Browns. On
Nov. 17, the Browns rocked the
baseball world by unloading ace
shortstop Vernon Stephens and
pitcher Jack Kramer to the Red
Sox for a reported $310,000 and
seven players. Hardly had the
fans gulped down this sensation
al transaction, than the Browns
staged another eye-opener by
shipping pitcher Ellis Kinder
and infielder Billy Hitchcock to
Boston for a bundle of cash es
timated at $5,000 and third
baseman Sam Dente, pitcher
idem Dreisewerd and an un
named player to be delivered
later.
Players obtained by the
Browns in the Stephens-Kramer
deal included catcher Roy Par
tee, infielder Ed Pellagrini, out
fielder Pete Layden, itcher
Jim Wilson and A1 Widmar and
two players to be delivered at
a later date.
Only 48 hours after their deals
with the Red Sox, the Browns
traded pitcher Bob Muncrief
and outfielder-first baseman
Wally Judnich to the Indians for
approximately $50,000, pitch
er Bryan Stephens, outfielder
Joe Frazier and an unnamed
player for later delivery.
The Browns later bartered
second baseman Johnny Borar
dino to the Indians for $60,000
and outfielder George Metko
vich and sold outfielder .Tef
Heath to the Boston Braves for
a reported $35,000. It was esti
mated that these transactions
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TIGERS, CROWS COP
TOURNEY VERDICTS
| __
Hemenway’s Tigers went into
| the 120 pound division finals
jyesterday in the YMCA Holiday!
! Invitational Basketball tour
nament by trimming the Ne w
Hanover Demons 30-22 The Ti
gers will play Wednesday
against Lake Forest Crows as
the five day tourney moves into
its final stages.
In a low-scoring game the
Crows, defeated the Beach
Combers 13-6.
N. H. DEMONS
Player G F TP
Johnson _ 4 0 8
Durnam_ 10 2
Humphry _ 4 0 8
Blake_12 4
Postman _ 0 0 0
Thompson _0 0 0
TOTALS_To T2 T2
HEMENWAY TIGERS
Player G F TP
McCormick _ 4 19
Hansley - 4 0 8
Capps - 1 0 2
Flowers _ 0 0 0
Holden _ 3 b 7
Potters _ 2 0 4
TOTALS -14 2 30
LAKE FOREST
Player G F TP
Tysinger - 0 0 0
Williams _ 2 2 6
Edward-~ 0 0 0
Robinson _ 0 0 0
Jeffords-1 0 0 0
Ikner - 0 0 0
Eaton - 5 3 13
TOTALS - 7 5 19
BEACH COMBERS
Player G F TP
Hinson _ 4 0 8
Womble -1_5 o 10
Hutaff -13 i 27
Orrell - 3 3 9
Davis - 2 0 4
Dosher - 3 0 6
TOTALS_30 T 64
DENNIES CHARGE
DETROIT, Dec. 20.—MV-Re
feree Johnny Weber denied today
that any illegal punching by
welterweight champion Sugar
Ray Robinson caused a kidney in
jury that hospitalized challenger
Chuck Taylor for 12 hours after
their title fight here Friday
night.
FiveGridders
In“300”Club
YMCA JUNIOR,
CADET LEAGUE
CAGE RESULTS
JUNIOR LEAGUE
TOM’S DRUGS
Pos.—Player G F TP
F—Eaton_9 - j jg
F—Brittian-3 0 6
C—West-4 0 8
G—Harold -— 4 0 8
G—Ted Lynch _ 0 0 0
TOTALS -16 1 37
CENTER DRUGS *
Pos.—Player G F TP
F—Jones, P_ 3 17
F-Coiiee „ - „ 3 0 6
C—Dannabam_4 0 8
G—Davis _ l i o
G—Owens - 0 o 0
TOTALS__11 2 24
GREEN DRUGS
Pos.—Player q p Tp
F—C as teen _ 2 o 4
F—McMeekin _ 10 2
C—Thomus_ 5 0 lu
G—Troutman _ 113
G—Gumb •___ 10 2
TOTALS -10 i 21 i
SAUNDER DRUGS
Pos.—Player q p Tp
F—Luc us_ 1 q 2
F—Martin _ __ _ 1 q 2
C—Durham __4 0 8
G—Postman _ 3 0 6
G—Eaton _ 10 2
TOTALS - 10 0 20
STANDINGS
Greens Diuga__ _ 5 q
Tonis Drugs _ 3 2
Center Drugs _ _ 2 3
Saunuers Drugs __ _ 0 5
CADE 1 ELAGLE
EATON’S JEWELERS
Pos.—Player G F TP
F—Forrestor _ 0 0 0
F—Bridgars _ Oil
C—Hood --0 0 0
G—Johnson _ 0 1 1
G—Elliott __ Oil
TOTALS _ 0 ~2 "3
JEWEL BOX
Pos.—Player G F TP
F—Kraus_ 2 0 4
F—Sweum - 0 0 0
C—Barnes _ 0 0 0
G—Wall _ -- 0 0 0
G—Adams - 0 0 0
TOTALS_ 2 o 1
REEDS JEWELERS
Pos.—Player G F TP
F—Buis - 2 0 4
F—Walker _ 1 o 2
C—Bowen . _ Oil
G—Coleman__ 1 i 3
G—Bryon - 0 0 0
TOTALS _ _ 4 2 10
KINGOFFS JEWELERS
Pos.—Player G F TP
F—Manning _ 1 q 2
F—Jenkins _ Oil
C—Powell - 0 0 0
G—Brown _ 10 2
G—Jordon _ Oil
TOTALS _ 2 ~2 ~6
STANDINGS
Kingoffs Jewelers _ 4 j
Jewel Box Jewelers _ 2 3
Eatons Jewelers_ 2 3
Heeds Jewelers_2 3 j
Catawba Tackle Picked
By Gyeen Bay Packers e
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 20.—LF— ]
The Green Bay Packers today 1
announced their draft selections i
made at the National Football
league meeting last night. Coach <
Curley Lamteau declined to
name his first choice.
The selections included: h
Tackles—Claude Biggens, Ca
tawba.
NEW ^ORK, Dec. 20. ^
The National Collegiate A-t
“ Bureau> in announcing th
1948 football season'. V *
game highs and '“glt
vidual and team pwf,'" ^
disclosed today that fit. '
ent players performe-' -A2'6"'
feat of accounting for'
°r more in an afternoon ^
Greatest one-dav p-.. ‘
rushing output was 8 ^
by Bobby Gage of Clem!815 ere<i
totaled 374 lards ^ ?
burn. He earn, 1 •
times for 141 yards anH 13
for 233 more
plays. 1 ‘“5 43
Fred Enke. Jr.. 0f Ar...rn. t
nation's 1947 total u ^
champion, gamed 364
the same number of D,,\5®. »
his team was 1 .
Bowl bound Kansas ” 0ran***
High aerial total of 3ns „ .
”,S.325 £&&
All-American Rnh ru
Michigan's Rose BoSgT^
%EZjg« f
got the samenUmbefAha*
New York University 8 ns*
Nobody hit the 300 - va,H
bracket during th, l94f
Charley Conerly 0f Mississm
pi, who holds the Pass c;s‘p;
Pl a uark °f 133 in a season
shared honors for most CQson'
pletions m a single game Sh
Dick Working of Washington &
Lee getting 20 out of 32 again*
Chattanooga. Working c"
pleted 20 out of 35 _ highTst
number of attempts for the se,
son against Army.
Best day without a miss was
turned m by Lynn Dorset f
Cornell, who got 10 for 10 and
S.,rhd0™ “ ”«*«
wuton Davis of Hardin
Simmons the 1947 champion
rusher, heads the list of three
backs who carried the ball 2(J'J
or more yards in a single- frav
He traveled 230 against
State. Ev Sorenson of
Utah State got 225 against Colo
rado and Fred Wendt of T'-y-j
Mines rambled 205 against \W
Mexico.
Barney Poole of Mississi™
and Bill Swiacki of Columbia!
turned in the five top single
*ame pass receiving perform
inces.
Wolverines Welcomed
In Rose Bowl City
PASADENA, Calif.. Dec. 2d
— Michigan's mighty Wolv
erines rolled into the Rose Bowl
ity today and immediate began
imbering up their artillery for
he Jan. 1 clash wth Southern
California’s Trojans.
Sunshine, kisses and oranges
lommated the warm reception
'iven the Big Nine champions
>y some 2,500 well-wishers as
he Michigan special train ar
■ivved, ending the two - day
unket from wintry Ann Arbor.
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