Sports
Scene
By HUGH FULLERTON, JrT
CHICAGO, Dec. 10 — Uh— The
Chicago chapter of the Baseball
Writers’ association is threaten
ing to award its "rookie of the
year’’ trophy to Commissioner
Happy Chandler ... He rates it
on publicity, at least . . . The To
ledo Mudhens, one of two Triple
A clubs still Without managers for
1946, have offered the job to Mick
ey Cochrane, Charley Gehringer
and Pinky Higgins without get
ting a "yes.” . Report is that'
George Selkirk has the inside
track for the other good Minor
spot at Newark . . . When at
tendance at last night's hockey
game here dropped under 18,000,
Blackhawks Publicitor Joe Far
rell moaned that the Blackhawks’:
Kansas City farm was making
more money than the parent club
because the rent at K.C. was only
$300.
GRIMM CONSEQUENCES
Charley Grimm, the Cubs
manager, tells about his "best
performance" hitting against
Dutch Reuther . . . Charley
hoisted a pop fly so easy that
every ...an in the infield hol
lered for it . . . The next time
Grimm came to the plate, Reu
ther called time, walked up to
the plate and warned: "Get
ready t6 hit the dirt.” . . ,
"Why?” asked Cholly . . .
‘'You're beginning to hit me,”
Dutch replied.
SWINGING A WIDE LOOP i
The reason the big ten put in
those provisions about pitying six
conference foes in football—two
at home—vat to tssure schedules
for Purdue and Indiana ... If
George Mikan. the tall De Paul
basketball center, ever shows signs
of falling down on his highscoring
performance, he may be replaced
by his equally tall brother, Eddie.
The scoring between these co
owners of a Joliet, 111., roller skat
Ing rink are almost nightly fea
tures at De Paul’s practices . . .
The Pacifie Coast league, tdhich
recently signed Ziggy Sears as
umpire, likely will take on Lonnie
Warneke in the sama role. He’ll
have to be good to uphold the
leagues "Major league” rating
with fans who condemned the um
piring all last season.
Catawba College
Bascketball Schedule
SALISBURY. Dec. 10 — dP<—
COaeh Gordon Kirkland announ
ced Catawba collet#* basketball
schedule last night
Dee. 11. Stsatagle Services of
Waahingta®. D. C.. at Salisbury;
Dee. It. Ktasten Marines, Salis
bury'I Bk. 14. North Carolina.
Chapel Mill; Dee. IT, MeCrary
Eagles, Ashebero; Jan. 5. McCrary
Katies. Salisbury: Jan. 7, Ord of
Greenshore, Oreensbero, Jan. It.
High Point callage. Salisbury;;Jan.
It. Guilford collet*, Guilford; Jan.
It. Elon. Elea; Jan. 14, Ord of
Greensboro, Greensboro; Jan. 14.
Appalachian. Salisbury; Peb. 1.
Lenoir Jlhya*. Hickory; Peb 3,
Elon. Salisbury; Peb b. Guilford.
Salisbury; Peb t. Htfh Point. High
Point; Peb. 1J. Appalachian,
Boone; Peb. It, western Carolina.
Cullowhee; fab. II. Lenoir Rhyne,
Salisbury; Peb. It. Wake Forest,
Thomasville. and Peb. to, North
Carolina. Salisbury.
Championship Rsfatto
To Bt Rtgumsd In 1946
NEW YORK. Dee. 10—(#1—A na
tional championship regatta will
be staged nest July for the first
time since 1*43. The executive
committee of the National Asso
ciation of Amateur Oarsmen yes
terday voted to resume the event
which was last held in Philadel
phia. Officials will select a site
for the race In the spring.
SOCIAL ACTION GROUP MEETS
Greensboro — <*» — The
committee for tha recently or
ganised stats social action organ
isation will hold its first board
meetinf hart Tuesday afternoon.
Dr. Let C. Sheppafi of Raleigh
Is chairman of the board.
Sixty per eent of man t diet in
this 'meat eating" nation is of
plant origin.
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SHELBY DAILY STAR
SPORTS
JAMES GREENE, Sports Editor
Conference Cage Games
Scheduled For This Week
By The Associated Press
Southern Conference members in
North Carolina who did not see
action last week as the 1945-46 bas
ketball season opened will swing
into action this week and two con
ference games—frist of the young
year—are scheduled for Friday and
Saturday nights.
North Carolina, early season lead
er of the state, will face three
teams during the week, opening
with Greensboro's tough ORD out
fit Tuesday night and continuing
with Catawba T*iday night and
Davidson, another conference team,
on Saturday. The White Phantoms
won two games last week, trimming
Camp Lee 55-40 and Camp Pickett,
64-40
Duke, still seeking its first vic
tory of the season, will meet David
son Friday night in a conference
game at Durham. The Blue Devils
lost last week to Camp Peary. Va.,
39-35; and to Norfolk, Naval Train
ing Station. 59-51.
Wake Forest, loser last week to
Greensboro ORD by a 10-23 score,
has no games scheduled this we«*k.
N. C. State, entering into
state competition for the first
time tonight, will play the Mc
Crary Eagles at Asheboro. Dav
idson, meets Elon at Davidson
tonight, before visiting North
Carolina and Duke later in the
week.
* Stolen Baby Found
Not Far From Home
HEMPSTEAD. N. Y„ Dec. 10
i/P'—Gordon Speciele, speeding
home because his wife had tele
phoned him “our baby's been-stol
en.'’ was stopped by Patrolman
Albert Straaser.
Instead of a ticket, Speclale re
ceived a police escort to the home
of Mrs. George Vachuda of West
Hempstead, who said she had
found a baby on the lawn of her
home. Speclale Identified the in
fant as the missing Gregory G
Speclale. four months old.
Detectives theorized that some
child had taken the baby to the
Vachuda home, about eight blocks
from the 8peciale residence in
Garden City south.
State League To
Clamp Down On
Gambling At Games
i » -—
CONCORD, Dec, 10—(TP;—N. C,
: State League President C. M.
Llewelyn announced today he had
been given blanket authorization
| -by the loop's directors to stamp j
out gambling in parks of the
league.
Action was taken, he said, at
last week’s Columbus Minor league!
meeting.
At Llewelyn's request, directors
gave him permission to fine any
club which did not make every
; effort to eradicate gambling.
. Taking a state further, directors
i voted to give themselves permis
sion to revoke the franchise of
any team which refused to take
action on gambling after proper
warning.
The directors will hold their
annual meeting here February 5.
At that time, they will vote on
adoption of a schedule and an of
ficial ball.
At the Columbus meeting, they
1 approved a May l-Aug. 31 season
for 1946.
Negro Home, Farm
Agents Hold Meeting
RALEIGH. Dec. 10—(iPf—Negro
home and farm agents of the
North Carolina extension service
opened a wdek-long conference
here today to study a program
for the coming year.
During the week addresses will
be delivered to the conference by
j J. Paul Leagans. program plan
ning leader at State college; H.
W. Hochbaum of Washington,
chief of the division of field co
ordination for the U. S. agricul
tural extension service; R. W
Graeber. head of forestry exten
sion at State college, and John W.
Mitchell of Washington, negro U.
S. field agent for agricultural ex
tension.
Honduras' official monetary unit
is the lempira.
FLEET AT SHANCHAI — A lT. S. sailor stands
guard for the lT. S. Seventh Fleet in the Whangpoo River off
Shanghai. Skyline might easily be mistaken for an American city.
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IN NORTH CAROLINA
More people drink Atlantic Ale and Beer than any other
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Redskins Play Rams For Pro Title I
BEAT GIANTS,
17-0, FOR
EASTERN CROWN
By BUS HAM
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—
(/P)—With their fifth eastern
title tucked away, Washing
ton’s Redskins turned their
eyes westward today for
next Sunday’s professional
football championship clash
with the Cleveland Rams.
Field General Sammy Baugh
and his mates won the right to
tackle the youthful western cham
pions by clinching the eastern
crown yesterday in a 17-0 victory
over New York's Giants.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was
in the capacity crowd of 34 788
spectators who saw the Redskins
smother the Giants’ attack and
start their one-sided scoring with
End Joe Aguirre's 23-yard ^field
goal in the first period.
A 25-yard pass from Baugh to
End Les Dye and a one-yard
plunge by Frank Akins gave the
winners tw.o touchdowns in the
second half.
The Redskins owe a debt of
gratitude to these same Giants
for upsetting Philadelphia Eagles,
28-21, a week ago, leaving Wash
ington on top of the division heap
of the National league.
ROMP OVER YANKS
Philadelphia also wound up its
regular season yesterday by
romping on Boston Ynaks, 35-7.
as Sturdy Steve Van Buren dashed
over the goal line three times. The
victory put the Eagles in second
place by one game.
Van Buren ran his string of
touchdowns for the season to 18
with his total points to 110. That
shattered the individual scoring
lecord of 97 held by Don Hutson,
Green Bay Packers’ superb end.
Van Buren also won the season’s
ground-gaining title with final
figures to be computed later.
RECORD CROWD s
When the Redskins take on the
Rams next Sunday, a pro record
crowd of 80.000 is expected in
Cleveland's vast Municipal stad
ium.
Out of this game may come
something new in the annals of
professional ball—the end of the
virtual championship domination
by four teams, Washington and
New York's Giants in the east
and Chicago's Bears and the
Packers in the west.
Cleveland never has wen
the championship — never be
fore has reached the payoff
gate.
But this season, the ram- ~
bunctious Rams swept through
nine of 10 league starts. Their
only defeat was by Philadel
phia, 28-14. The Redskins
split with Philadelphia, win
ning 24-14. then losing 16-0.
As a more direct comparison
between the Redskins and Rams,
Cleveland shut out Washington
21-0 in a September exhibition.
Since then, however, the more
experienced Redskins have been
bolstered by returning servicemen
to a point where their running
game in recent games has been
almost as effective as Baugh's
passing.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10— (IP) —
The Washington Redskins will par
ticipate in their fifth professional
football playoff when they meet
Cleveland's Rams next Sunday for
the National League title.
All of the Redskins’ previous
championship games were with the
Chicago Bears, resulting in two
victories and two defeats. The
scores:
1937—Redskins 28, Bears 21.
1940—Bears 73, Redskins 0.
1942— Redskins 14, Bears 6.
1943— Bears 41, Redskins 18.
PICARD WINS
MIAMI OPEN
OVER McSPADEN
MIAMI, FLA., Dec. 10——
Lanky, 39-year-old Henry Picard,
who c£fmc to Florida 'just to help
my neuritis,” today faced the
painless prospect of cashing the
$2,250 top prize check he carved
out of the Miami open golf tour
nament with a record-smashing
one-man golf show.
The veteran Cleveland, O., play
er shot a dazzling seven-under
par 63 on the final ruond yester
day to clip one stroke from the
course record and wind up the
tourney with a 267, five strokes
in front of runner-up Harold
"Jug” McSpaden.
The 72-hole total turned in by
Picard equaled the Miami open
record set by Sam Snead six years
ago.
He cruised home with a spec
tacular round highlighted by six
birdies and an eagle that earned
him a special $250 award for low
round of the play as well as the
$2,000 winner's share of the $10,
000 prize money.
McSpaden, from Sanford, Me,
ripped off a five-under-par 65
yesterday to capture second place
and a $1,400 share of the money
with a tourney total of 272, Five
strokes back and in third place
was amateur Frame Stanahan of
Toledo, O.
: Benny Shute of Akron, O., and
] Dick Metz of Chicago collected
! $875 each in tying for fourth po
I sition with 278s.
Pre-tournament favorite Ben
; Hogan of Hershey, Pa., shot a
! dismal three over-par 73 in the
i final round. He and E. J. "Dutch”
I Harrison of Little Rock, Ark., reg
! istered 279s to share fifth place
honors and pocket $600 each.
Manville And Eighth
Bride-To-Be Have
New Plans To Wed
—
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., Dec
100—(VP)—Tommy Manville and his
waa-to-be eighth bride, British
born Georgina Campbell, 26, had
new plans today Do be married
in New York state after their
scheduled wedding ceremony at
Greenwich, Conn., dissolved in a
huff yesterday.
Dr. Jeremiah Lynch of New
York, who was to have given th«
jbride away, said she objected to
the coat of a press party arrangec
by Manville at a Greenwich hO'
tel.
Later she said It would take twc
■ or three days to obtain a New
; York state license, and “we hope
' to get married by Wednesday."
Labor Shortage
Affects Output Of
Farm Fertilizer
RALEIGH. Dee. .10 —VVP)— Be*
cause of an aeute scarcity of la
bor and materials for use in man
; ufacturing farm fertilizers, the
North Carolina plant food insti
tute appealed today for early pur
chase and delivery of fertilizers
to Tar Heel farms.
E. Y. Floyd, director of the in
stitute, said that an acute laboi
shortage had developed in fer
tilizer plants supplying farmers in
this state, and that the supply ol
potash—a principal ingredient lr
i fertilizers—“is worse than last
year.”
He urged farmers to place their
orders now for their fertilizer
needs and to accept delivery when
the fertilizer can be placed. The
delivery of fertilizer during No
vember was only 60 percent of a
year ago, he added.
‘BLUE’ BABY OPERATED on—Two-year-old Judy Hackman (above!,
of Buckley, Wash., was operated on at Johns Hopkins hospital in Balti
more, Md., in an attemp to prevent her death from insufficient oxygen
in her blood. The operation was performed by Dr. Alfred Blalock, pro
fessor of surgery at the hospital, and hospital officials said that as
far as could be determined the operation was successful, CAP Wlrephoto).
Break Between League
And Chandler Widens
As Convention Opens
CHICAGO, Dec. 10.—(/P)—Major league baseball mogul?
who last spring elected Kentucky’s A. B. (Happy) Chandler
to the commissionership of baseball expect some sort of dc
{ bate here this week over just what powers the late K. M.
I Landis’ successor will wield.
a Dreaen Detween tne men wnc
! pay the bills and the new “czar’
slowly has been developing, and
at last week's minor league meet
ing in Columbus, O., the argument
virtually reached a stage of open
warfare.
That argument is being carried
over into the three-day session oi
the majors’ meeting here today
' It is expected to be the highlight
! of the annual mid-winter gather
ing.
Already the major club own
er* seem on the way to eli
minating the clause which
gives Chandler the power to
overrule any legislation deem
ed "detrimental to baseball."
The minors eliminated that
clause last week. The majors
don’t want It cither. This au
thority was Landis’ biggest
stick.
However, talk around the hote
lobbies indicated Chandler and th<
club representatives would reach ;
"middle road’’ agreement on tin
scope of hjs authority.
LEAGUE QUESTION
Such questions as to u’hether th
Pacific Coast League is to be ac
cepted as a third big league cir
cult, and the number of nigh
games to be played in the major
also are up for consideration.
Among player deals already ru
mored as in the discussion stag
are those which would send De
troit’s Rudy York and Cleveland'
Jim Bagby to the Boston Red So>
and another that would see Cleve
land swap Jeff Heath to Wash
ington for George Case. However
there was no comment from clul
officials on these reports.
AWAIT SERVICEMEN
It seemed more than likely
that managers would wait un
til spring training to see how
returning servicemen work out
before making many de'als.
Larry MePhall has proposed th<
number of night games to be cu
i to seven for each team in th
league—one night game with eacl
j visitin* club. Clark Griffith of
i Washington, who played 41 night
games last season, has agreed to
cut to 33. Griffith also wants the
number of Sunday doubleheaders
cut in half.
Korolev Remains Soviet
Heavyweight Champion
MOSCOW, Dec. 10—-(4’ -Nikolai
Korolev, a 28-year-old soldier from
Moscow, is still the Soviet Union's
heavyweight boxing champion
The 196-pcund Red army man won
the crown for the fourth straight
year when he outpointed Andre
Noyasardov. 201 of Tiflis, Geor
gia. in the annual title ©lash
Saturday night. For his victory
Korolev earned 5,000 rubles (ap
proximately $625) while Novasardot
received 3,000 rubles (approximate
[ ly $375).
Army mobile bakeries producet
[ 1,800.000 pounds of white bread i
month in the European campaign
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TARHEELS WIN
ALL-STAR TILT
CHARLOTTE, Dec. 10 —<*>)_
| North Carolina’s high school all
\ stars held a decisive lead today
j over their South Carolina football
I rivals in the Shrine Bowl series
: by virtue of the 8-0 Tar Keel win
in the ninth annual game here
Saturday.
The North Carolina victory be
fore a crowd of about 20.000, push
ed Tar Heel wins to five, South
I Carolina has won two and three
\ have been two scoreless ties in the
i series, which annually benefit* the
Shrine hospital for crippled chil
dren in Greenville, S. C.
North Carolina’s scores, all In
the fourth period, came on a safe
ty when Rock Hill's Curtis Wat
ers was trapped behind his goal
line after his kick was blocked by
Concord's Jack McCachren, and
on a touchdown by Charlotte Cen
tral's Buddy Bell. ,
Harold Paul Rudisill
Dies Of Heart- Attack
LINCOLNTON.—iTp!—-Harold Paul
Rudisill, 34. died Saturday morn
i ing at 8 o'clock at his home in
; Lincolnton of a heart attack. He
i was the son of the late C. Guy
Rudisill. former mayor of Lincoln -
:ton, and a nephew of Sheriff
I George E. Rudisill. Funeral services
I were held Monday afternoon at 3
[o'clock at the Lutheran church.
Rev. Albert H. Keck, jr., pastor of
11 the church, will officiate. Btpdal
l j was made in the Hollybroolt ceme
.j tery.
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HOW MANY CALLS
NORTH CAROLINA MADE THIS YE AIT
As Telephone Tommy points out, North
Carolinians did a whale of a lot of talking
from January through November of this
year. Fact is, more local and long distance
calls were made than in any other similar
period in the entire history of the tele
phone in North Carolina.
We wish you could have seen the rush
of these calls through our telephone ex
changes. They made the signal lights
dance across our switchboards with such
speed and sparkle as to turn the lights on
Broadway green with envy.
You might have felt that with so many
calls being handled, the telephone folks
were making money because of the war.
The best way for Telephone Tommy to
prove the company did not profit by the
war is to tell you this startling fact. And
that is “telephone earnings in 1945 will
be the lowest in the company’s history,
except for the worst of the depression
years”.
This is because our expenses—wages,
taxes, cost of materials, cost of services—
increased at a greater rate than our
revenues.
Telephone people, however, were glad
to be busy handling North Carolina’s calls.
They were not concerned primarily with
figures. Instead these 3,712 busy North
Carolinians were concerned with service
getting your calls through and seeing that
lines were kept in order. They knew their
job was to serve you well and with a
pleasant “thank you”.
E. H. WASSON, Carolines Manager
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
INCOIPOIATID