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Sports Roundup ’ By HUGH FULLERTON, JR. NEW YUK1Y f«D. iZ —UD— They’re trying to take tv* fun out *f hockey and who do you think Is responsible? None other than Aed Dutton, who never dodged any fun of fighting as a play er. .. As managing director of ihe National Hockey League, Red’s new idea is that officials shouldn’t interfere in a fight unless more than two players are involved and the best fracases always develop when one athlete tries to pull someone off a teammate, is pulled in turn, etc. etc., while the poo? ref in the middle absorbs most of the punches. . . In the first'fight we've seen under Red's new or der. the boys tossed a few round house rights, wrestled a while and then just looked at each other sheepishly. . . It was as dull as a boxing contest. OLD Y ARN, NEW STYLE With the co-operation of prexy Ned Irish of Madison Square Gar den. the New Y’ork Catholic Youth Organization will present a trophy to the outstanding player in Mon day’s Notre Dame-New York U basketball game. . . The award will be presented under the direc tion of Jack Lavelle. former Notre Dame footballer, after a vote by a newspapermen's committee headed by Tim Cohane. . Like the old baseball tale of the time base-runner Cholmondeley tried to reach the plate ahead of a relay, Casey to Ryan to O’Hoolihan with Umpire Shea making the decision, what chance do the N. Y. U. boys have? SHORTS AND SHELLS Looks as if the Southeastern con ference schools are serious about resuming football next fall from the way they're lining up coach-1 ing staffs. . . Newest assistants ‘ are n,a iviuiiiiMw ai imsoiooiph* State and Malcolm Laney at Ala bama . . Keep your eye on Aaron Perry, the Washington scrapper who has been drawing the biggest raves from hometown scribes since Joe Louis first appeared. Like Louis, he’s strictly a deadpan fighter. . . Marine Trainee Tobby Crawford, who has made Penn State varsity teams in track (three events), soccer, football and hockey since last July, makes his debut as a 165-pound boxer today. Coach Leo Houck thinks he’s a "natural.” . . . Scotty Monteith, veteran boxing manager and pro moter, is seriously ill in a Detroit hospital DENSE DEFENSE Its nothing unusual for a single field goal to decide a basketball game, but the Columbus, Kas., High School did it the hard way recently when they beat Joplin, Mo., high with the only field goal of the game. . . Henry Larue made the successful shot in the final quarter to win by a 6-5 count. . . . The two teams took only 26 shots at the bucket and three that went in were called back because fouls had been called. SERVICE DEPT Stu Martin, former Cards, Pi-1 rates and Cubs infielder, is due to complete his training for the U. S. Maritime Service at Sheeps head Bay. N. V., next month. . . Ens. David Williams, just back at New Orleans from two months at sea as a merchant ship gun crew commander, was a 12-letter man j at Danville, Ind.. Central Normal and paced the 1934-37 basketball teams that won 49 straight games. ! With his shooting eye. he's a pos- j itive menace to Nazi subs and! planes. Table Tennis Tournament In Wilmington Organized By BILL McILWAIN The Wilmington Municipal Rec-i reation Department has organized three table tennis tournaments to be held in Wilmington on February 23, March 1, and March 9. The first ot these contests is to be for the service men stationed in the Wilmington area. Officers and enlisted men from any branch of the service are eligible. All entries for the tournament, which is to be held at the Woodrow Wilson hut, Fourth and Princess Streets, at 7.00 p.m. on February 23, must De filed with Mr. Earl Underwood at the City Hall before midnight February 18. Entry blanks for th> tournament may be obtained at the City Hall, the Woodrow Wilson hut and the United Service Organizations. The tournament on March 1 will be for the civilians of this section. The competition will be divided in to four groups, Boys 13 to 15, Men 16 and over, Girls 13 to 15, Women 16 and over. This table action is to be held in the Isaac Bear School gymnasium on Wednesday, March i The Boy and Girl divisions will hold their meets at 4:00 p. m. The Men and Women groups are to begin their play at 7:00 p.m. Entries for these contest must be filed before midnight February 15 with Mr. Underwood. The en try blanks may be secured at the Lake Forest Community Center, :he City Hall, Maffitt Village, the VMGA and the Brigade Boys club. The third tournament, which is to be held on March 9, will be for the negroes of the Wilmington area. This tennis event is scheduled io begin at 4:00 p. m. in the Ro bert R. Taylor Homes gym, Fourth ar.d Nixon Streets. Additional in formation concerning this tourna ment may be obtained from Nor mand Pendergrass, 902 South 14th Street. -V- — Bred heifers, costing $75 in the fall, are now selling at $125 to $150 as family cows, reports Assistant County Agent J. P. Quinerly of Whiteville to the State College Ex tension Service. I Look up, Man! There’s a smart new Rainbow * like the one above, waiting for you at our R shop. New creel-weave band. Lustrous qual- * ity felt. It’s the Dobbs! a ★ ★★★_! New Arrivals * DOBBS HATS I (Including Long Ovals * $6.50 fo $10.00 j j ixylor | , 1 I 2 131 North GOOD i | Front St. CLOTHES a ara a ■ f Bob Coleman Named New Brave Manager VETERAN CATCHER! FOLLOWS STENGEL AS BOSTON PILOT BOSTON, Feb. 12. —(IPr— Bob, Coleman, veteran minor league catcher and for seven years a member of the Braves organiza fon, today was named manager of the Boston National League baseball club under a one-year contract. Coleman served as a coach under L asey Stengel, who resigned the managership of the Boston club a few weeks ago when control of *he organization passed into the nandi of three Boston contractors. He immediately announced the appointment of Tom Sheehan, j manager of the Minneapolis club j of the American Association, as his coach. Sheehan replaces George Kelly, former New York Giant star, who ,-psigned soon after Stengel bowed out. Coleman’s appointment promis ed to be popular both among sportsmen and fans. Most of the baseball world con cedes that the veteran Bob is far ahead of the pack in the mat ter of handling young players and' bringing them up to date in the game. Bob Quinn, Braves president, of fered him the management of the club last Wednesday and Cole mans reply was that he would be ‘mighty glad” to take over . Coleman is a veteran of more man 20 years of managing in mi nor league clubs, where he figur ed in the development of such iater major stars as Hank Green berg, Tommy Bridges, Eldon Au ker. Roy Cullenbine, A1 Javery, "Whitey” Wietelmann and Chuck Workman. -V BETTING BOOMING ! AT HIALEAH PARK MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 12—Tiny Ted Atkinson booted Woolford Farm’s Silvestra to a narrow vic tory in the $5,000 Black Helen Handicap at Hialeah Park today, bringing the grey mare from the brink of defeat with a rousing stretch ride. But the game six-year-old cam paigner had to share the cheers of the crowd of 12,942 with Ella K. Bryson's Director J. E., a fast moving colt which added to his ranking as an advance Kentucky Derby possibility wilih an easy triumph in a secondary race. Hialeah had a new betting rec ord for the second straight Sat urday and a second million dol lar day. The parimutuel handle of $1,016,797 topped last Saturday’s $1,005,527 mark. Isaac Bieber’s Moon Maiden ac tually headed Silvestra in the sprint for home in the Black Hel en, but Atkinson rallied the tiring thoroughbred and urged her to a head triumph. Five lengths behind Moon Maiden was Mrs. E. H. Au gustus’ Fiddlers Bit, while the favored Wise Moss wound up fourth. Silvestra finished second to Cal umet Farm’s Mar-Kell two weeks ago in the Evening Handicap, the only other big Hialeah stake for fillies and mares. With Mar-Kell on the sidelines today, Silvestra simply refused to be beaten by other members of her sex. The prices across the board on the winner were $6.40, $3.50 and $3.50. Moon Maiden paid $4.90 and $3.60, and Fiddlers Bit returned $8.90. Silvestra’s time of 1:52 1-5 for the mile and one-eighth was four seconds slower than the track record. Director J. E., equine name sake of Director John Edgar Hoov er of the Federal Bureau of In vestigation, was beaten by older horses earlier this week in his first start of the year. But against six other three-year olds today he showed to real ad vantage, staying out front all the way and coasting over the six furlon'g course in 1:12 1-5. The colt was a $3.60 for $2 favorite to win, and returned $2.70 and $2 40 to place and show. Grant Thorn’s Fire Sticky fin ished second, four lengths behind Director J. E. but a good half length in front of another Ken tucky Derby possibility, A. C. Ernst’s Alorter. Fire Sticky paid $3.90 and $3, while Alorter, making his first out of the year, was $3 in the show pool. -V KEVOLTA LEADS UFEJX SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Feb. 12—UP)—Swarthy Johnny Revol ts, Evanston, 111., profession al, shot a seven-under-par 64 today to take the lead at the half-way mark in the $5,000, 72-hole Texas Open. Revolta’s total score of 133 sent. him ahead of Harold (Jug) McSpaden of Philadel phia, who had fired a 67 to lead at the end of the opening 18 holes yesterday. McSpaden faltered today for a one-over par 72 to slip to 139. Byron Nelson of Toledo, Ohio, who had a 75 yesterday, whipped par by eight strokes today to make his card for 36 holes read 138. Sam Byrd, the former major league baseball player, and Melvin (Chick) Harbert of Lin coln, Neb., Army Air Field, edged past McSpaden, Byrd posting a 68 and Harbert 67 for totals of 138. Great Batting Average When St. Louis Cardinals donated their championship caps to Major Greg Boyington’s “Black Sheep” Squadron, the boys Prom ised to bring down a Jap for every cap. So far they’ve downed 48 Japs for 20 caps. These Leathernecks, shown in South Pacific, left to right, Lt. Robert W. McClung of Newcastle, Pa., Lt. Robert Paul A Mullen of Pittsburgh, and Lt Edwin L. Olander of Northampton, Mass, are aiming to make the score three for every cap now. _ North Carolina Pro Golf Tour In March Uncertain CHARLOTTE. Feb. 12 —tD— North Carolina’s annual March professional golf tour which three lays ago promised at least tnree and possibly four or five tourna ments had degenerated today to where the status of only one event was entirely clear. Everyone seemed agreed that the $10,000 (in War Bonds) Char lotte Open would go on as sche duled March 17, 18 and 19. The 44th annual North and South at Pinehurst will be played as scheduled March 14, 15 and 16 but apparently without sanction of the PGA, to which all the leading pros belong. Greensboro faced the possibility of not having any tournament for its golf-hungry fans because of a conflict over the dates granted Charlotte by PGA president Ed Dudley. Word from Winston-Salem was that plans for arranging a tourna ment there had been dropped, but at Durham, w'hich also is in the market for an event, Bull city spon sors were still in contact with Dud ey looking for a tournament date. At Greensboro, where golf draws tremendous galleries, the Junior Chamber of Commerce said it had not decided what action to take. The gate city had asked for the dates granted .Charlotte, but Dud ley. at San Antonio for the Texas Open, said the sponsors did not reply in time with a definite agree ment to finance the event. Dudley said PGA sponsorship of the North and South was withheld because sufficient money had not been guranteed to meet the re quired quota. The action would not bar PGA Members from playing in the event if they desired to. The pros in recent years have played three 72-hole tournaments in the state, at Pinehurst, Greens boro and Asheville, but last season only the North and South was con tinued as a fixture. In that the field was limited to men over 38 or in the service and the prize money reduced to $4,000 in War Bonds. SERVICE LEAGUE HAS TIGHT GAMES The clever 402nd. Fighter Squadron cagers handed the Fort Fisher five their first Municipal S/ervice Men’s basketball league defeat Thursday night by a 40-39 count in the Chestnut Street School gym. The Fighter Squadron hoopsters held a 22-18 advantage at the half time. The tilt was extremely close and hard-fought throughout the entire game. Lollar paced the 402nd. offensive attack with 19 points. Top point gatherer ^gr the Fisher club was Hoodzow with 18 tallies. In another thrilling court affray in the Municipal loop, the Blue thenthal Air Base quint eked out the Coast Guard Basket group by a 32-30 score. Cetnar grabbed the point gather ing laurels for the victors by whipping in 10 markers. Scoring leaders for the Coast Guard hard wooders were Knight and Devine with 8 points apiece. -V 12 learns enter Uolaen Gloves And A.A.U. Wars CHARLOTTE, Feb. 12 —Iff)— Eight service and four civilian teams, along with scores of un attached boxers, have entered the twelfth annual Carolinas Golden Gloves and A. A. U. champion ships, scheduled next Thursday. Friday and Saturday, sponsors an nounced tonight. Before registration and weigh ing - in Wednesday, additional teams likely will be enrolled, and it was predicted that the complete field for both open and junior divisions would number between 125 and 150 contestants. -V Catcher Al Lopez Signs His Pittsburgh Contract PITTSBURGH, Feb. 12. —(&)— The signed contract of veteran cat cher Al Lopez of the Pittsburgh Pirates—his 15th in the major leagues—was received today from bis home at Tampa, Fla., Presi dent William E. Benswanger an nounced. Lopez, pirate captain, caught in 118 games last year and was charged with but one passed ball all season. -V EXAMINATIONS RALEIGH, Feb. 12— (ft— The North Carolina board of nurse ex aminers will conduct examinations for graduate nurses March 21 and 22 in Winston-Salem. Bessie M. Chapman, secretary, said applica tions must be filed with her by March 6. NAVY TRACK TEAM TAKES MEET LEAD BY BLOYS BRITT CHAPEL HILL, Feb. 12— UO — Navy’s well-balanced track team took a commanding lead in the opening phases of the annual Southern Indoor invitation track and field meet here tonight, roll ing up 26 points in the first six events in which four meet records were toppled. The University of North Caro lina, defending champions, trailed the U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School by half a point, 12 to 11 1-2. Georgia Tech, counted on to •spotlight the dashes, trailed the University of Virginia, 7 to 5. Navy captured the first two field events, the shot put and the broad jump, and in the latter Bouman topped the previous meet record by half an inch. His jump of 22 ft., 4 inches edged out his team mate, Hal Hamburg of foot ball fame, who placed secpnd. The old record of 22 ft., 3 1-2 inches was set by MeLear of Virginia Tech here in 1943 u uiiau v-i\v.i-*- *-»*• Heels in the running by leading a fast field to a new meet record in the one mile run. McKenzie broke the tape a good thirty yards ahead °f Walter Barry of Navy, captain of the Middy cross-country team and National AAU Mile champ last year. McKenzie’s time of 4:25.5 was 2.2 seconds better than the old record of 4:27.7 set by Creamer of the Navy in 1943. Charlie Beetham, Pre-Flight’s cross-country captain and leadens dash man, topped the meet rec ord in the 440 yard run and wasn'l pushed at any time, although the field included such stars as Navy’s ■Stoutenbough, who came in third, and Virginia’s Blackshear, whc placed second. Beetham’s time was 51.6. The old record was 52.2. Pre-Flight’s Jim Pitkin took a full two inches off the old record in winning the high jump, and At kinson of Navy, who placed sec ond, also .bettered the old mark Pitkin topped the bar at 6 feet and Atkinson trailed by an inch North Carolina’s Bock and Sheaii of Baltimore Poly equalled the old record of five feet, 10 inches, in tieing for third place. SPINK INQUIRES ON BALL STATUS ST. LOUIS, Feb. 12. —VP>— J- G. Taylor Spinkv publisher of the Sporting News, said today he was speaking only for himself, on a matter of new's for his weekly sports paper, when he wrote re cently asking President Roosevelt for an expression of the status of baseball in the war effort. Commissioner Kenesaw M. Lan dis commented in Chicago yester day that Spink was not a spokes man for baseball and that “no body authorized to speak has re quested preferential treatment of any kind for any player.” Spink said his letter made no in quiry regarding application of e selective service act to ball play ers but related solely to the avail ability of players who had taken war jobs in industry during the off-season. “I pointed out that fewer than! 2,000 players should be required for the major and minor leagues this summer,” Spink said, “and I ask ed whether these players, when filling the recreational wants of the nation, would not be just as useful and essential as they would be in industry.” Stephen Early, secretary to the president, replied to Spink the mat ter would be determined by the regulations laid down under the selective service act and the regu lations governing the manpower situation generally. -V Baseballer Dee Miles To Report For Exam BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Feb. 12.— yi>)—Wilson <Dee> Miles, outfielder ior the San Francisco club last year, said today he had been or. dered by his local draft board to leport at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga„ next Saturday for examination. Married and the father of two children, Miles has been spending the winter here recovering from a broken leg suffered on the coast last year. He is employed in a Bir mingham war plant. -V St. Louis Browns Sign Catcher Frank Mancuso ST. LOUIS, Feb. 12. —W— Frank Mancuso, former San Antonio cat cher. has been released from the Army and is now on the roster of the St. Louis Browns, Vice Presi dent Bill Dewitt announced to day. A paratroop lieutenant, Mancuso injured his leg in a jump and re ceived a medical discharge. He played with San Antonio in 1942. His brother is Gus Mancuso, New York Giant catcher. -V Conferees Will Vote On War Ballot Measure WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—W Senate and House conferees will meet next week in an attempt to work out a compromise bill to fa cilitate voting by members of the armed forces in this year's elec tions. The joint committee must find something acceptable between the house’s determination to leave the voting machinery in the hands of the states and the senate’s insist ence on use of a uniform federal ballot Senate conferees indicated today that they are hopeful a compro mise measure can be worked out retaining the federal ballot for the use of voters whose home states fail to provide absentee ballots. Senator Conrally (D.-Tex.), one of the conferees and a states rights supporter, spoke of both “national and state ballots” in discussing the conference. -V— TURKS AND BRITISH SUSPEND PARLEYS (Continued from Page One) say that travelers from Turkey reported officials opposed any halfway Turkish entry into the ' war, lest the country be subjected j tc German bombing or even land ! attack.) Nevertheless, surmounting any new Turkish caution about the war is Turkey’s acknowledgment that her alliance with Britain remains the main plank of Turkish foreign policy. Turks feel that this alli ance will continue to be important to them after the war. It is par alleled by a policy of continuing to develop friendship with the Unit ed States and Russia. j WANTED TO BUY: Second-Hand Bicycles | JM( K VKDS j 209 Market St. Dial 2-3224 SHIRT QllflLHY?^/?,^/ fflST COLORS/ (OUIKAN* MAWFACTUMN* CO. MC «IAWWT0H * ft / -—it Yank Hurler Chandler To Be Inducted Monday MOULTRIE, Ga„ Feb. 12. — OP)— Spurgeon (Spud) Chandler, New York Yankee pitcher who was vot ed the American League’s most /aluable player in 1943, left his nome in Carnesville today enroute to Atlanta for army induction Mon lay. Chandler, a member of the Yan kee pitching staff for the past six ’ears, had his most successful sea son last year, winning 20 games and losing four and compiling an earned run average of 1.67 runs r>er game. After attending the University t>f Georgia, Chandler entered pro fess:onal baseball at Springfield, Mass., in the Eastern league, and later played with Binghamton, N. Y., Newark, Syracuse, Minnea polis, Oakland and Portland, Ore. Chandler will join a gToup from Colquitt County Monday in Atlan ta and report to Fort McPherson. He is married and has one child. -V Western Open Golf Play Planned To Be Revived CHICAGO, Feb. 12 — UR— The Western ' Golf Association today announced its intentions of reviv ing the time-honored Western Open championship this summer and,.tiius added its bit to one of sports’ greatest movements in 1944—the comeback of tournament golf. William T. Woodson of Chicago, newly elected president of the 45 year-old WGA, said the meet would be renewed after a year’s suspension and that bids would be asked for courses accessible to public transportation facilities. The tournament would be linked with the war effort—war bond prizes being awarded and pro ceeds being turned over for some war benefit. -V Olympic Zenith Takes Louisiana Derby Race NEW ORLEANS, Feb 12. —(IP)— William Helis’ Olympic Zenith won <he $15,000 Louisiana Derby at the fair grounds today before a crowd of some 10,000, defeating a field of ten highly-rated three year-olds. Under a well-timed ride by Jockey Nick Jemas, the winner beat Gay Bit by a length. Weya noke was third. : - Steinbom-Bartush Will Battle Dillon-Cof field Another episode in the Steinborn vs. Jack Dillon '■'! Timmy Coffield wrestling <, f one of the hottest witnessed t-7 in many a moon, is scheduled''* the mat at Thalian hall r.ex, P . iay night, Promoter Be:* {>., announced yesterday. ° ■ As known to one and all 0* ir, mington’s grapple ar pat.'-’ Steinbom has no use whaC«,J"S’ for Dillon and Coffield. Th''!'4f ione him dirt time and ’ ' and his chances at revengp h=~n been slim. So after la-t Frbt night’s go in which he~ w-pJ.^i both with Dillon being fan cied and Coffield standing v; for the time limit, he’we-- , Promoter Causey with a w J? of strategy. “Why not,” he asked g„,. % “team me up with Billy gar, ’ against those two birds? born, known as a clever tific matman, is not espeVn.'. fond of Bartush but he beat Freddy Steele with his -g'? tush Twister” and he knows B also a roughie. is what he needei against the Dillon-Coffield pa The “Twister.” one of the mosl dangerous holds in wrestlin’" 's expected to really give Steinbom an advantage—for once—over pet hates. This tag team match which will be for two out of th-ee falls, has all the earmarks of be. ing one of the best ever staged here. In the evening’s other engage ment, Jerry Meeker, of B will go against Pe’e Mannar of Kansas City. In this preset."-, tion, Promoter Causey is ing his policy of face each week to the faithful Meeker is a fast, e’ean. scrapper and his battle with Pete Mar.:,, goff is expected to be marked with plenty of scientific grappling “The evening’s entertainment should be the best so far this year.” Promoter Causey said. “The tag-team match will be F rough, from start to finish, 'and the other will offer plenty of grappling on the brainy and sci entific type.” i Anticipating an early sellout, tickets will go on sale at the Or- | ton hotel desk early this alter- : noon, the promoter said. | SEAT COVERS Cor 12th and Market -- NOTICE To Our Customers l ★ We are closed for the dura tion ONLY. * We will again reopen to serve yon and now for the while we say "Thank you for past patronage." ♦ * Please lake notice that nc [ iirm has been granted the right to use our trade name "ANDER I SONS." Neither do we have any connection with any other iirm. # Remember, Your Best Buy Today Is WAR BONDS. They’ll Bring You Bet ter Buys After The War. Andersons J. C. Anderson, Lt. (JG) USNR W. L. Anderson, Pvt., U. S. Arm.' ___ _ —