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Smoke Rings Still Aiming By SAM RAGAN Now that officials of the Big Ten have shied away from the proffered hand of the Pacific Coast league to meet their champ in the Rose Bowl every New Year’s Day, Southern football coaches can continue aiming at that lucrative target. / For it’s generally conceded from a pre-season stand point that the team that will journey to Pasadena late in December will come from the South. In less than two weeks a very interesting chapter in gridironery will begin --- 10 Dunkel’s Dope In the past few weeks we have repeated what a good many of the nation's pigskin experts have nad to say on the coming campaign. Today we present the findings ol pic!;'Dunkel, who bases his figures on mathematics. For the 30 top teams in the U. S., Dunkel nominates the following in that order: Texas A. M., Cornell, Ohio State, Tennessee, Minnesota, Tulane. North Carolina, Missouri, Boston college, U. C. L. A., Iowa, motre Dame, Nebraska, Washing ton, Georgia Tech, Michigan, Ore ion State. Duke, Alabama, Missis sippi State, Southern California, Clemson, Detroit, Wake Forest, Southern Methodist Penn State, puquesne. Northwestern, Fordham and Texas. The Texas Aggies are his choice as the team of 1940. He picks ’em as sure shots to go to the Rose Bowl and names the Washington Huskies as their opponents. But there’s one point we can’t figure. In the national ratings y;rth Carolina is away ahead ol juke. Yet in the Southern confer ence ratings, Duke is first and Car olina second. The rest of the favor ites in the Southern are as follows: Clemson. Wake Forest, William & Mary, V. M. I., Furman, Rich mond. W. & L., and South Carolina. Clark to Fish Bill Keziah, of Southport, reports that puppy drum fishing should be demanding plenty of attention ere long. And via way of this angler’s | friend we learn that Congressman J. Bayard Clark plans to come down to Southport some time soon for his annual fall fishing expedi null. Talking about the sport, Keziah recalls some catches. Dr. L. C. Fergus landed 18, all weighing more than two pounds, in about 4C minutes while fishing in Walden's Creek, and Roscoe Rogers, of Southport, caught 53 during one high tide. Here and There R. J. Powell wants an excuse to go to New York in early October, so he's hoping the Yankees will win the pennant just Because of that. . . Bill Berry caught a blue fish weighing three and three fourths pounds on Frying Pan Shoals Sunday. . . . Huntsmen re port that next week should be a good time for marsh hen hunting along the coast. . . . Around Chapel Hill everyone is passing the word along to watch Johnny Pecora, the j Bowden boy, go when Carolina j takes to the gridiron. . . V. M. 1. looks about the same and maybe a little stronger than last year. . . . | Coach Gene McEver thinks his Da vidson Wilde--*, who will play Cit adel here on November 30, look much better than last year’s edi t-on. . . . Raleigh and Durham l'-gh schools are scheduled to open tkir 1940 football seasons Fri dav l BILL TO PUT BOAT LINES UNDER ICC PASSED BY SENATE (Continued from Page One) displaced by consolidations and re organization of transportation sys tems. Before approving the bill the sen Ote voted down, 51 to 23, a con tention by Senator Clark ’(D-Mo) hat the joint committee had vio lated senate rules in redrafting it. Clark asserted that the “sole purpose” of the bill was to bring about a condition where there [Jould be “only a few boats on he rivers and a few boats engaged hi intercoastal transportation and ‘he railroads will own them.” The same thing, he added, would 'Pply to motor transportation. Proponents of the legislation ended that it would eliminate “un “’r’ competition by waterways I Provide equality of regulation °r all types of transportation, inland, coast-wise and inter oastal water carriers, except cer I*® hypes not competitive with nd transportation, would be nought under regulation by the erstate commerce commission. *orelgn commerce would be left ^J^rj.he maritime ommission. 3 INJURIES STRIKE CLUBS IN STRETCH May Decide American Loop Champs; Yanks Lose Hen rich On Eve Of Series NEW YORK, Sep. 9.—UP)—Injur ies, which wrecked the National league’s pennant competition this year, now are liable to decide the frenzied fight in the American league. The world champion Yankees learned today that Tommy Hen rich would be lost for the rest of the season because of torn liga ments in his left knee, hurt Satur Hav Besides being one of the best de fensive rightfielders in the league, Henrich was the only Yank be sides Joe DiMaggio hitting above .300 and the effect of his loss vir tually on the eve of New York’s series with Cleveland and Detroit hardly can be estimated. Yet this break was no worse than the trouble that has dogged many major league outfits all sea son and recently has nipped both the Tigers and Indians. Just before the recent Cleveland Detroit series the Tigers lost their centerfield star, Barny McCosky, who was leading the team in hit ting. He pulled some muscles in his side trying to make a diving catch at Chicago a week ago Tues day and his only action sinte has been one appearance as a pinch hitter. Third Baseman Pinky Higgins, suffering from multiple ailments, has been out for the same period and catcher Billy Sullivan has been subbing for him. But the Ti gers have fought more ferociously and won five straight without them. In the first clash of the Indians and Tigers Hal Trosky, Cleveland’s big first baseman, hit a home run and a single, then tripped over third base and sprained an ankle. He hasn’t played since and the club has bordered on collapse. The pressure now ' is on the Yanks to see what they can do with an important cog gone. They recalled Mike Chartak from Ne wark today, but Manager Joe Mc Carthy probably will try to get along with George (Twinkletoes) Selkirk, hitting .264, in Henrich’s spot. 1 COUNTY BOARD RECEIVES PLEAS FOR ROAD WORK (Continued from Page One) inate the hazard existing in front of the Forest Hills school building. Four streets converge at this point, he said, and children from through out the section come there to chool. The board agreed to investigate the possibilities of placing warning signs and lights there. The board agreed to appropriate more than $100 for the purchase of additions' index books for the office of the register of deeds, re placing several which have become overcrowded with entries. A request by Harry Solomon for a tax abatement was denied. The board voted in favor of ad vertising for bids on plumbing sup plies for the new buildings at the county home. In the discussion concerning the county roads, it was brought out that roads in real estate develop ments and subdivisions are not to be maintained by the public unless recognized by the officials and tak en into the system. 1 PLAYERS RELEASED GREEN BAY, Wis., Sept. 9.-1® —Coach E. L. (Curly) Lambeaum of the Green Bay Packers, Nation al Professional Football league champions, announced today the suspension of Fullback Frank Bal asz and the outright release of Jim Gillette, former Virginia halfback; Connie Mack Berry, end from North Carolina State, and Jimmy Lawrerfce, Texas Christian back. INDIANSLOSE LEAD AS SOX WIN CHICAGO TRIUMPHS ON LEE’S HURLING Detroit Takes Oijer League Lead As Tribe Loses Again By 2 To 1 Count BY RAY BLOSSER CLEVELAND, Sept. 9. — (JP) _ Thornton Lee southpawed the Cleve land Indians out of first place today, passing out only four hits as the Chicago White Sox slammed a 2 to 1 victory down upon the slump-ridden Tribesmen. The idle Detroit Tigers thus took over first place by a half game and the fast-climbing New York Yan kees, who open a two-game series here tomorrow, face the Indians only a half-game behind. Lee exerted his mastery over the Indians and their starter, southpaw Harry Eisenstat, before 78,000 empty and 2,000 occupied seast in Cleve land’s lakefront stadium. It was the unhappy Indians’ sev enth defeat in eight starts. The game wasn’t even as close as the score indicates- The Sox, who won only five of their previous 21 starts against the Tribe this year, made 11 hits off Eisenstat and his ninth-inning successor, Joe Dobson. Three of the blows came in the fourth inning, when the Chicagoans LU UIU1 lllOl 1 Ull. With one out, Joe Kuhel singled past Eisenstat to center field. Ju lius Solters, who takes great delight in beating liis old teammates, also singled sharply to right field, Kuhel stopping at second. A slight drizzle started to fall, add ing to the gloom which, hung over the stadium all afternoon. Luke Appling smacked a sharp drive toward first base and Oscar Grimes, subbing for the injured Hal Trosky, bobbled it. The blow went for a single and clogged the sacks although Second Baseman Ray Mack, just behind Grimes, probably could have handled it for an out. At that point Eisenstat lost his con trol and walked Taft Wright on four straight pitches to force in the first run. CHICAGO Ab R H O f Webb. 2b _ 5 113? Kreevich. cf_ 5 0 2 4 P . Kuhel, lb _ 5 1 1 7 1 Solters, If _ 4 0 1 1 I' ' Appling, ss_ 4 0 2 2 r i Wright rf_ 3 0 1 5 0. Tresh, c _ 4 0 2 5 0; Kennedy, 3b _ 4 0 0 0 f Lee, p _ 4 0 10 1 Totals _3S 2 11 27 I' . CLEVELAND Ab B H O / Boudreau, ss_ 3 0 0 1 3' [Iemsley, c_ 4 0 15]' Chapman, cf_ 4 0 0 1 0, Bell, rf_ 4 0 0 3 0 1 Heath, If_ 3 1 1 3 r ’ Keltner. 3b _ 3 0 2 0 4] Mack, 2b _ 3 0 0 3 1 Grimes, lb _ 2 0 0 9 1 Peters, lb_ 1 0 0 1 r Eisenstat, p_ 2 0 0 1 f Hale, z- 1 0 0 0 <' ; Dobsor p _ 0 0 0 0 ( ^ Totals _:._ 30 1 4 27 1 1 z-Batted for Eisenstat in 8th. < Chicago _ 000 100 100— f 1 Cleveland _ 000 000 100—: Error: Kuhel. Runs batted in: Kree ' rich, Keltner, Wright. Two base hits ■ < Webb, Keltner. Stolen base: Keltner ; Double plays: Kuhel, Appling and Ku- i hel; Appling. Webb and Kuhel. Left . on bases: Chicago 10; Cleveland 3. ' Bases on balls off: Lee 1, Eisenstat 1. i Strikeuots by: Lee 5, Eisenstat 3. ; Hits off: Eisenstat 10 in 8 innings; i Dobson 1 in 1. Losing pitcher: Eisen stat. Umpires: Summers, Rue, Rolls 1 and Pipgras. Time: 1:39. Attendance: (estimated) 2,500. M’CARTHY LEADS IN: AMATEUR TOURNEY * Veteran Golfer Cards 70 For 18-Hole Qualifying Round At Mamaroneck MAMARONECK, N.Y., Sept 9 (41—Maurice ‘‘Hay Fever” McCar- ( thy, who has been giving a good account of himself in high caliber golf since 1927, did so again today when he paced the first 18-hole qualifying round for the National Amateur golf championship with a two-under-par 70. This, over a Winged Foot G. C. West course which was playing long and proving difficult for some of this country’s finest simon pures, was a sterling performance. But even so it gave the Cincinnati an only a one-stroke margin over his closest pursuers. Actually he was the pursuer, since he came in last of the pace setters. Bracketed behind him at 71 when the day’s work was done were Dick Chapman, who croons occasionally and hits good golf shots consistently; Jack Cree, a blond, husky 24-year-old from up- ' state New York, and Tom White way of Cleveland. That champion should be up and in the running was no surprise. Winged Foot virtually is Dick’s backyard. But Cree and Whiteway were considerable surprises. Behind him and the three 71 shooters the brackets began get ting crowded. Marvin (Bud) Ward of Spokane, defending champion 1 and favorite, found a lot of good company at par-72, including such i contenders as trailer Bill Holt oi ■ Syracuse, Skip Alexander of Duke, Freddie Haas, of New Orleans and the hard-hitting veteran Ellis ; Knowles, who was a semifinalist ; in this tournament in 1906 and won : the intercollegiate title for Yale ; in 1907. 3 j ' — ' Trinidad island produces sugar | and cacao crops, and asphalt from ; i pitch ' *1 ★ ★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ Giants Rally To Win Over Dodgers, 7-4 ----------X, _ _ -A. “CLUTCH” HITTER . By Jack Sords _fPAMkf CQCfStTTl, A)5W York VAMRee WRieupee., MieMuv zesFZcrev as a aurcM MifretZv MS (-RAA^s BAtfiAlGr ' AvleRA6& is /vIoiMiAle To peAGAeoor Bor tie' Connects ~+if\en a mu' AACAaIS SOnefMifiG-' On Big Five Grid Front j CHAPEL HILL, Sept. 9.—IS)—A !irm believer in fitting his system ;o the players, Coach Ray Wolf started the second week’s drills at larolina by putting in several addi ional plays, revising assignments >n others, and juggling several jlayers in an effort to find who vas best where. Veteran Mike Bobbitt was moved o left and sophomore John Miller o right end. Sophomores Jack roynston and Roy Snyder were ransferred to left and right tackle, espectively. And rookie Bill Sigler vas shifted from blocking to full jack. BLOCKING STRESSED DURHAM, Sept. 9.—UP)—Duke’s Blue Devils of football went back o blocking this afternoon when vir ually the entire drill was turned iver to this important feature of jresent day football. Head Coach Wallace Wade per onally took charge of the linemen is he continued to hustle the work dong in preparation for the opener vith V. M. I. here September 28. loaches Hagler and Stanley vatched the proceedings and called ittention of the forwards to mis akes they made in going through heir assignments. Backfield Coach Eddie Cameron jut the ball-carriers and passers hrough passing drills. The entire ;quad took part in a light dummy icrimmage. PASS DEFENSE DAVIDSON, Sept. 9.—UP)—Work ng overtime after a day of rest, loach Gene McEver’s Wildcats Clemson’s First String Fails To Click In Drill CLEMSON, S. C., Sept. 9.—W— 31emson’s first team failed to click oday in its first real offensive 'round scrimmage of the football season. Time and again the second team shrew George Floyd, Chippy Ma ress and Charlie Timmons for loss es. Coach Frank Howard worked shree teams. Prior to the running game, how ever, Maness fired no less than shree touchdown passes to J o e 31alock, star Tiger end. The third seam stopped an aerial attack led ssy Sid Tinsley and intercepted sev :ral passes. 1 WEATHER (Continued from Page One) WASHINGTON, September 9.—(57 IVeather bureau records of temperature ind rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 i. m.: Station High Low Prec isheville, cloudy _ So 59 0.00 ttlanta. clear _ 92 68 0.00 lirmingham. cloudy _ 90 64 6.00 toston. cloudy _ 65 57 0.06 Charlotte, clear _ 91 66 0.00 Chicago, cloudy _ 72 63 0.18 Cleveland, cloudy_ 75 62 0.00 letroit, cloudy _ 72 61 0.00 51 Paso, clear _ 91 65 0.00 Jalveston. clear_ 92 74 0.00 racksonville, clear_ 88 67 0.00 little Rock, clear_ 96 70 0.00 ms Angeles, clear_ 88 58 0.00 louisville, cloudy_ 90 60 0.00 fempliis, clear_ 94 70 0.00 liami, cloudy _ 94 70 0.00 lobile. clear _ 92 66 0.00 Jew Orleans, clear_ 93 75 0.00 Jew York, cloudy_ 76 64 0.1( Jorfolk cloudy 1_ 83 63 1.25 tichmond, cloudy_ 84 62 0.78 It. Louis, cloudv_ 96 68 0.00 Ian Francisco, clera . 75 57 0.00 I'avannah. clear _ 93 65 0.0( Vashington, cloudy . 81 65 0.0f Filanngton, clear ‘_ 89 69 0.001 went through an afternoon’s work out of pass defense, topped off with a short offensive skirmish. The morning period was given over to the press and photographers. With Sharpe and Spencer running in the tailback slot, the same com bination that started Saturday’s scrimmage ran wild over a defense made up mostly of sophomores. On several occasions, Claude Hackney broke loose on reverses and made long runs for touchdowns. INJURIES HIT PACK RALEIGH, Sept. 9.—GD—Three linesmen on the N. C. State college football squad were laid up today with pre-season practice injuries. On the casualty list were letter men John Barr, guard; Bill Wind ley, tackle; and Wade Brown, end. Their injuries are not expected to be serious. One lame ball carrier took part in today’s scrimmages. Doby Nel son, sophomore fullback, went through drills despite a bad knee in hope that a jar might remedy the injury. DEACONS SCRIMMAGE WAKE FOREST, Sept. 9.—(A>)— Coach D. C. (Peahead) Walker to day put three Wake Forest teams through their first scrimmage. Two elevens were used on the offense against a third team for approximately 30 minutes. Tony Gallovich, halfback who was late in reporting, failed to see action. He expected to be in trim for heavy duty by the latter part of the week. 1 • LEADING BATTERS BATTING (Three Leaders in Each League) Player, Club G Ab R H Pet Radcliff, Browns 131 507 72 175 .345 Williams, R. Sox 124 480 117 164 .342 DiMaggio, Yanks 112 430 81 147 .342 Walker, Dodgers 124 481 65 157 .326 Hack, Cubs_ 129 520 88 166 .319 F. McCormick, R. 132 524 82 167 .319 HOME RUNS American League Foxx, Red Sox _35 Greenberg, Tigers _29 DiMaggio, Yankees _29 National League Mize, Cardinals _41 Rizzo, Phillies _23 Nicholson, Cubs _22 RUNS BATTED IN American League Greenberg, Tigers _117 DiMaggio, Yankees -113 Foxx, Red Sox _11] National League Mize, Cardinals__111 F. McCormick, Reds_113 Van Robays, Pirates _89 SMITH RETURNS COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 9. —(.S’)—Bob Smith, last year’s cen ter on the Terrapin eleven, return ed to the University of Maryland today, bringing the squad to 44 men. Smith, who will be converted into a blocking back, joined the squad as Maryland’s unique three man coaching staff put the candi dates through an hour and a half scrimmage and reported the team was “progressing rapidly and rounding out quickly into good con dition.” BAG AND GLOVE ENSEMBLE For an unusual touch to your fall costumes, consider new bag and glove ensembles of fine fabric. The bags are smartly styled, roomy, with plenty of space for cigarettes, matches, mirror, pad and pencil, comb and purse—in corduroy, felt or plaid. BROOKLYN TRAILS BY SEVEN GAMES Schumacher Steadies After First Frame To Hold Dodgers In Check NEW YORK, Sept. 9—<£>)—Prince Hal Schumacher and the New York Giants did an about face today to trounce the Brooklyn Dodders 7 to 4 after giving up three runs in the first inning. The veteran righthander allowed five hits in the first inning and then gave up only eight in the re mainder of the game, striking out seven and pitching seven straight shutout innings. In the meantime the Giants worked out on three Brooklyn pitch ers for 14 hit's and scored all their runs in the first six frames. BROOKLYN Ab R H O A Reiser, 31)_ 5 10 1 3 Walker, cf --w- 5 15 3 0 Medwick, If_ 5 0 2 0 0 Phelps, c - 5 115 0 Wasdell, lb _ 4 119 1 Vosmik, rf _ 4 0 13 0 Coscarart, 2b - 3 0 113 Hudson, ss_ 3 0 113 Gamilli, xx _ 1 0 0 0 0 Durocher, ss_:- 0 0 0 0 0 Tamulis, p - 10 0 10 Head, p _ 1 0 0 0 0 Franks, x- 1 0 0 0 0 0 Carleton, p _ 0 0 0 0 0 Gallagher, xxx- 10 10 0 Totals _ 39 4 13 24 If x-Batted for Head in 7th. xx-Batted for Hudson in 8th. xxx-Batted for Carleton in 9th. NEW YORK Ab R H O A Seeds, cf _ 4 10 3 1 Moore, If - 5 2 2 0 0 Bemaree, rf _ 4,2 3 1 0 Young, lb_1_ 3 118 0 Banning, c _ 5 1 2 7 f Ott, 3b _ 5 0 2 1 1 Cuccinello, 2b- 4 0 0 2 3 Witek. ss - 4 0 3 5 2 Schumacher, p-'40104 Totals _ 38 7 14 27 11 Brooklyn _ 300 000 001—< New York _ 103 201 OOx—7 Errors: Hudson, Cuccinello, Wasdell Runs batted ill: Wasdell, Vosmik, Hud son, Young. Banning, Ott 3, Witek Medwick. Two base hit: Ott. Sacri fice: Bemaree. Bouble play: Cucci nello, Witek and Young. Left on bases: "jw York 11; Brooklyn 9. Bases on balls off: Schumacher 1, Head 2, Carle ton 1. Strikeouts by: Schumacher 7. Carleton 4. Hits off: Tamulis 8 in 2 1-3 innings; Head 4 in 3 2-3; Carleton 2 in 2. Losing pitcher: Tamulis. Um pires: Goetz, Pinelli and Reardon. Time: 2:10. Attendance: 5,333. M’COY, PATTERSON TO MEET IN MATCH HERE Sammy Manacher To Grapple Newman In Opening Bout Here Thursday Night Bibber McCoy, the bad man from Boston, gets a chance to redeem himself for his defeat here last week at the hands of burly Jake Patterson when he meets the boy from Syracuse in a return match at Legion stadium Thursday night. Last week McCoy went down be fore the onslaughts of Patterson in one of the roughest bouts seen here in months. * Thursday night’s engagement is expected to be along the same lines as the first meeting of the two, only rougher. In the semi-finals bout Pat New man, former navy champ, will bat tle Sammy Manacher, of New York, in a two out of three falls 60-minute time limit affair. Both Newman and Manacher are well liked by fans here and both are fast and clever grapplers. 1 NAVY ORDERS SEVEN LARGE BATTLESHIPS (continued trom page unej cember, 1944. They estimated that the battleships would require four or five years to complete, however. The huge block of orders will tax the facilities of government and pri vate plants and result in the expan sion of building equipment at many of them. Expenditures for addi tional building facilities will be in addition to the amounts of the con tracts awarded today. Officials said that, in the case of new ways and other equipment built at private yards, title to these facilities would be held by the government. The navy also announced that ne gotiations covering contracts for ap proximately 2,400 airplanes, the total value of which was placed at about $108,000,000, were in the final stage Actual execution of certain plane contracts, the navy's announcement said, was subject to final decisions as to the manner of financing and amortizing plant expansion and addi tional facilities. Furthermore, the navy announced that it would spend $31,653,500 on expansion of naval establishments. Officials said most of this money would go toward expansion of exist ing servicing facilities, such as naval stations, yards and docks. No break down of expenditures at different points was made public. Press officers said that completion of negotiations for contracts cover ing 2,400 airplanes would bring the total amount involved in the pro gram announced today to $4,000, 706,812. The $5,251,000,000 defense appro priation which President Roosevelt signed today carried $183,000,000 in cash to start construction of ships and $47,000,000 in authority to con tract for their armament. Additional appropriations to continue the con struction will be asked of congress as needed over the next five years. • STANDINGS YESTERDAY’S RESULTS American League Chicago 2; Cleveland 1. (Only game scheduled). National League New York 7; Brooklyn 4. (Only game scheduled). THE STANDINGS American League Won Lost Pet Detroit _ 77 57 .574 Cleveland _ 70 57 .571 S’ew York- 75 57 .508 Boston _ 72 02 .537 Chicago _ 70 63 .526 Washington _ 57 77 .42.' St. Louis_ 55 80 .407 Philadelphia_ 49 78 .380 National League Won Lost Pet Cincinnati _ 84 47 .641 Brooklyn __ 78 55 .58 Pittsburgh _ 67 61 .523 St. Louis _ 66 62 .516 New York _ 66 65 .504 Chicago_ 64 70 .478 Boston _ 56 77 .421 Philadelphia _ 43 87 .333 TODAY’S GAMES NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—(£>)—Probable pitchers in the major leagues tomorrow (won-lost records in parentheses): American League New York at Cleveland — Bonham (5-2) vs. Feller (24-8). Boston at Detroit — Grove (6-4) vs. Newsom (18-3). Washington at Chicago — Leonard (13-5) vs. Knott (30-7). Philadelphia at St. Louis (night) —' Potter (8-32) vs. Harris (9-12). National League Cincinnati at Boston (2) — Walters (18-9) and Vander Meer (3-0) vs. Pose del (11-36) and Salvo (9-7). Chicago at Brooklyn—Passeau (17-12) vs. Wyatt (14-13) or Grissom (1-3). St. Louis at New York (2)— McGe( (13-9) and Slioun (11-30) vs. Melton (10-8) and Carpenter (0-0). Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (2)—Sew e.l 13-3) and Bowman (7-9) vs. Mnlca hy (12-19) and Frye (0-4) or Syl John son (1-2). M’NEILL DEFEATS RIGGS FOR TITLE Oklahoma City Net ter Rallies To Win National Crown; Marble Beats Jacobs NEW YORK, Sept, fl—(JV-Blond Don McNeill, who didn’t know he was beaten, is the new National singles tennis champion. The Oklahoma City sensation, 22 years old, who already holds the National clay courts championship and the intercollegiate title, pound ed his way to a popular victory over defending champion Bobby Riggs, before a gallery of 7,500 at Forest Hills today. Down two sets and with his op ponent’s game apparently at its peak—as is customary when the chips are down—Don made as gal lant a comeback as any sport could wish and the championship crown will fit snugly on his tough blond head. He threw caution to the winds, made Bobby play as he wished him to and finally triumphed, 4-6, 6-8, 6-3, 7-5, in a match that may not have contained great tennis, but packed more than its share oi drama. Standing alongside McNeill on the pinnacle of American tennis tor the third year in a row and the fourth time in her career, is Alice Marble. She turned back the eighth bid of Helen Hull Jacobs, herself a former National ruler, by the simple scores of 6-2, 6-3, to retain her National title. 3 New Orleans has the heaviest av erage rainfall of any major Ameri can city. ’CATS BOLSTERED BY NEW PLAYERS Shands, Pittman Among 15 Recruits To Squad; Hard Practice Session Staged New Hanover high school’s foot ball stock went up another notch or two yesterday afternoon when several members of last year’s Wildcat squad reported for prac tice with the opening of school. Coach Bob Black issued uni forms to 15 newcomers to the squad and at least three teams went through a hard practice ses sion that lasted from 2 to 5:30 o’clock. Elverton “Curly” Shands, the Wildcat’s great climax running sub back of last season, reported for duty and a year’6 experience and a summer of hard work has polished this lad into around 160 pounds of speed and finesse. Shands was used by the coaches last year in the dying minutes of many games to pull the fat out of the fire and on most occasions came through in great style. Sweeping end runs are his spe cialty and he is expected to fill the shoes of the graduated Johnny Smidt, triple threat back, of 1939. Billy Pittman, 185 pound guard, was a reserve last year, but saw service in practically every game. He has been working nard all sum mer working off excess flesh around the mid-section and should make a fast, hard blocking guard. Wetzel Holt, shifted from tackle to end last year near the season's close, was in uniform yesterday for the first time and put in an afternoon of tough grinding. Holt has been tossing cases of canned goods and other groceries around all year and ie in top shape for the long grind. The end situation is stiil the proDiem cmia wun several young hopefuls working for the spot. Bob “Ta Ta” Biddle, long and lanky squad member of last year, is put ting in his bid for a berth. Clifford Mclver, under-study to Adrian Rhodes last year, has add ed much weight in his legs and shoulders and has hardened con siderably since last season. He will in all probability get the nod for the starting poet at center with a number of recruits on hand to fill in. Mclver started several games last season when Rhodes was on the casualty list so he has some valuable experience behind him. Tiny Taylor, 230 pounder from Chapel Hill, has rejoined the squad and tackles any job given him to do. Taylor should be able to fill the tackle position on one side of the line with the greatest of ease and this lad is fast for a giant of his weight. 3 PREPARES FOR GAME CHARLOTTE, Sept. 9.—(A>)—City council voted a $200 appropriation today for police protection and other facilities in connection with the Davidson-V. M. I. football game here October 12. See the new and Spectacular PHILCO FOR 1941 The beet Radio yet PICKARDS 209 Market St. Dial 3224 25% Reduction on Remaining 1940 Phiicos OPENING FRIDAY 13TH Herb’s Place 19 MARKET STREET STRICTLY STAG BAR t1 IB WT'’ W? One glass of Budweiser Free to I "* 1^ mj each customer on opening day. | | OYSTERS ON HALF SHELL — CLAMS AND OCAM CHOWDER—SANDWICHES OF ALL KINDS Under same management as the Brunswick Rathskeller Front and Grace Streets