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The Sports Trail
By WHITNEY MARTIN
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-ii?i-The
old wheeze to the effect that
George Washington was able to
throw a dollar across the Rappa
hannock because a dollar went
farther in those days than it does
today may or may not be true,
but the baseball men are going
to get a lot of mileage out of a
dollar this year.
That is, due to circumstances
beyond their control the Major
League club owners will operate
more economically in 1945 than
they have in many a year, and if
they were assured of peace-time
attendance they could sack away
a nice little profit.
The catch is that attendance is
bound to be below par, not nec
essarily because of an acknowledg
ed lower quality of play, but be
cause 10,000,000 or so men in the
age group which provides a good
ly share of the active fans are
away in the armed services.
Various factors enter into the
prospective reduction of the
“nut,” or the actual cost of opera
tion, and the latest O.D.T. sug
gestion that travel be cut 25 per
cent actually means the clubs will
save even more money.
The expenses of a touring base
ball squad are by no means a
negligable item, and when, the to
tal mileage is cut, either by reduc
ing the Squads or by eliminating
certain trips, it means that much
more saying. If the mileage is re
duced by cutting the squads, it also
means the saving of salaries of
players who might otherwise be
carried.
Many of the higher-salaried
players are in service, and more
of the pre-war “name” players
are being called almost daily. It
Is obvious that a club isn’t going
to pay a replacement for, say, a
Joe Di Maggio but a fraction of
the wage his predecessor receiv
ed, particularly as the replace
ment possibly wouldn’t be in the
majors at all were it not for the
war.
We don’t know, but we imagine
the scouting payroll, another size
able item, will be reduced this
year as in normal times the scouts
are hunting for nuggets in hay
stacks, and now they can't even
find the haystacks, what with com
paratively few of the minor
leagues operating.
Whether there is a financial sav
ing in the brief Northern training
is problematical, or rather, a
question of which clubs you are
talking about. Some . of them un
doubtedly came out at least even
through exhibition games, others
lost money on the long Southern
jaunts. In either case, it is most
ly outgo and little income from
the present setup.
On the whole, though, figuring
the saving in salaries, both from
reduction of the number of play
ers and the smaller checks earned
by replacements; the saving in
transportation costs, and the sav
ing in scouting arrangements point
to a new operational low.
Whether the ticket prices should
be reduced in view of the inferior
quality of play and reduced ex
penses is a question. If attendance
were normal the answer would
seem to be yes, but attendance
won’t be normal.
At any rate, to the credit of the
club owners, most of whom are ar
dent fans, they would rather pay
the fat salaries and heavy travel
ing expenses and put on their us
ual gala show than make a few
extra nickels by forced economy.
JAYVEES DEFEAT
CU JTON, 26-17
By WEDDELL HARRISS
In an action-packed tilt staged
in the high school gym last night
the N,ew Hanover junior varsity
recorded its fourteenth circuit win
as they fought their way to a
26-17 victory over the varsity
hustlers from Clarkton High
school.,
The Blue Tornadoes from Clark
ton drew first blood, when Wil
ton Lennon sank a long set-shot
for their only first quarter tally.
Although the local coordination
failed to measure up to par dur
ing the early part of the hard
fought affray, the Jayvees led the
visitors 5-2 at the end of the
initial stanza.
Tne juniors settled down during
the second period to swing into
a 13-6 halftime lead. Leroy Towles
found the range for the locals to
chalk up six of the Jayvees’ eight
second quarter markers.
The yisitors got back threaten
ing distance during the third setto,
tallying eight points while holding
the Wilmingtonians to a scant
four, narrowing the locals’ lead
to a slim three bananas, bringing
the third period count to 17-14.
The Tornados cut the ice in the
final stanza on a push shot by
Lex Powers to raise the standing
to 17-18. However, the Wildkit
tens pulled away when Billy Harti
son and Towles racked up a quick
4 pounds on a push shot and a
crip to put the juniors 5 markers
ahead. After the visitors’ final
bid for victory with a foul shot
by little Jimmy Miller, the Kit
tens put any hopes the Tornados
might have, on the shelf when
Towles, Charlie Smith and Weenie
Brown added six tallies to the
Jayvee score to bring the final
court to 26-17.
Line-ups:
Wilmington—Forwards: Towl;V,
11; Crowley, 0. Center: Smith 8.
Guards: Hartison, 2: Brown, 5.
Clarkton—Forwards: Little, 5;
Powers, 2. Center: Clark, 2.
Guards: Lennon, 5; Owens, 0;
Miller, 3.
IT
MARINES DEFEAT
COLUMBIA, 76-26
CAMP' LEJEUNE, Feb. 23. —
Camp Lejeune’s Marines won their
17th victory in 20 games here to
night. trouncing the Columbia
Army Air Base basketeers, 76-26.
Jack Maddox, Leonard Berg, and
Joe Sylvestri, each playing half
the contest, collaborated in pacing
the Leatherneck onslaught. Mad
dox scored 15 points, Berg 12, and
Sylvestri 11.
Ken McClure led the visitors
with 10 markers.
Lejeune had defeated Columbia,
84-52, in Columbia.
The line-ups:
Columbia: forwards; Reid 8.
Gatliff 2, Trudeau; centers, Mor
en, Milford 2; guards, McClure 10;
guards. Herman 4, Holloman.
Camp Lejeune: forwards, Mad
dox 15, Sylvestri 11, Port 6, Car
roll 6, centers, Berg 12, Munson 8;
guards, Mulvihill 6, Thompson 4
Brehmer 6, Holborn 2.
WARREN REJECTS
FEDERAL BENCH
(Continued from Page One)
ed yesterday, was made public by
the senators in a statement which
said that jtublic opinion “em
phatically indicated” that Linds ty
Warren should succeed Judge
Meekins, retired.
“The Attorney General of the
United States was prepared to rec
ommend Mr. Warren to the Presi
dent.” the statement continued.
“There was no question of his ap.
pointment and confirmation.”
The statement said that Warren
met with the Senators yesterday,
as well as with Attorney General
Biddle and thanked them for th**ir
support.
Bailey and Hoey added their
deep regret that Warren was rot
available “by reason of his sev*e
of obligation to his present very
important service.”
They said the vacancy will be
filled “within a reasonable time.”
but that it could not be done until
after the return of the President
to this country.
“The senators are receiving
many letters and endorsements
and wish to give assurance that
they are giving every one of them
the utmost consideration.” the
statement said. “They desire that
the successor to Judge Meekins
shall be a profound lawyer and a
judge and. citizen worthy of me
lofty traditions of the Federal judi
Warren’s letter follows:
‘■I shall ever be grateful to each
of you for the confidence and good
will that led you to tender to me
your unsolicited support as well as
your desire to present my name to
the President as successor to
Judge Isaac M. Meekins, as Unit
ed States judge of the eastern dis
trict of North Carolina.
“This action on your part com
bined with the generous endorse
ment and with the many evidences
of loyalty and friendship from my
friends in North Carolina has
touched me deeply.
“I have thought about this mat
ter and have seriously considered
it from every angle. I would not
be true to myself or to the tradi
tions of my family if I did not say
that I consider the office of district
judge for the eastern district of
North Carolina as one of the great
est honors that could come to me.
At this time I am holding an of
fice under appointment of the
President carrying increased re
sponsibilities by reason of the war.
I can net leave it now. Under
these circumstances, I have today
reluctantly arrived at a decision,
and therefore, feel it my duty to
request (.hat my name be not pres
ented by you to the President.”
BIG THREE HELD
TURKISH PRIMER
(Continued from Page One)
would be invited to the San Fran
cisco conference beginning April
25 “in order to discuss the future
world organization,’’ Turkey was
instructed that if she declared
war on Germany, she then must
express her desire to adhere to
the United Nations Declaration,
signed in Washington January 1,
1942,
Turkey severed relations with
Germany August 2, 1944, and with
Japan January 3, 1945.
The Turkish Grand National
Assembly, when the issue was
presented this afternoon by the
Foreign Ministsr, voted unani
mously for the war declarations.
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The Andes in South America
are the world’s longest mountain
I chain.
Winners Over Favored South Carolina Team
Here are the members of the University of Nor th Carolina s_ basketball squad which licked the
Gamecocks, 39-26 in the Southern Conference tournament at Raleigh last night.
During the regular season the White Phantoms won 11 of 14 Conference games and 19 of 25 games
during the entire schedule. . ,, , . , ,
Left to right, front row: Don Anderson, forward: Walter Marki, forward: Olive Thompson, guard;
Bill Voris, guard; Manny Alvarez, guard. ,
Second row: Dick Garvin, guard; Bob Paxton, center: Ira Norfolk, forward; Bill Allen, center; *red
Bauer, forward. ,
Third row: Assistant Coach Clyde E. “Pete” Mu llis. John Dillon, forward: Coach Ben Carnevale;
Jim Jordan, forward, and C. A. Jacobs, manager. AH but Anderson. Dillon and Bauer are in military
training in the University's V-12 unit. __
White Phantoms Down Gamecocks
39 To 26, Enter Finals With Duke
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DUKE FIVE WINS
OVER MARYLAND
RALEIGH, Feb. 23. — (JP) —
The Duke Blue Devils defeated
William and Mary 59-22, in the
Southern Conference basketball
tournament tonight, and faces
North Carolina in the fina)
rounds tomorrow at 8 p.m.
RALEIGH. Feb. 23. — (iP) —
Duke's Blue Devils, defending
champions, eliminated the Univer
sity of Maryland from further
competition in the Southern Con
ference basketball tournament n’re
today by winning a free-scoring
affair, 76-49. Earlier. William and
Mary upset the fourth-seeded Cita
del Bulldogs. 54-4’. in another first
round game.
The Box:
Maryland G FT PF TP
Flynn, f _8 0 0 16
Campbell, f -0 0 10
Beck, f -.-2 1 0 5
Jaeck, f -0 0 10
Yordy, c -6 3 2 15
Heatley, f -0 10 1
Leismon. g_0 0 3 0
Keller, g _1 0 2 2
Chalmers, g -0 2 3 2
Belachow. g -4 0 4 8
Totals 21 7 16 49
Duke G FT PF TP
Carver, f_4 13 9
Sapp, f_2 2 16
Van Schaik, f-2 0 0 4
Brunner, f_3 3 19
Koffenberger, c ---5 2 0 12
Green, c -3 1 1 7
Buckley, g-1 0 3 2
Roellke, g -6 1 3 12
Crowder, g-1 2 1 4
Steele, g -5 0 1 10
Totals 32 12 14 76
Score at half—Duke 40; Maryland
19.
Free throws missed—Maryland '•
Flynn 3, Beck 2, Leismon 3. Chal.
mers 1, Belachow 1; Duke: Car
ver 1, Van Schak 1, Sapp 2. Brun
ner 4, Koffenberger 1, Buckley 1,
Crowder 1.
Officials—Menton and Knight.
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Chamber Of Commerce
Becomes Guide For A
New Business—Cupid
The Greater Wilmington Cham
ber of Commerce, located on the
corner of North Front street and
Honeymoon Lane, went into action
yesterday on 1945’s first pair of
requests for assistance to Dan J.
Cupid, well-known merger-promo
ter.
The requests were in the form of
letters from a young man from
Charleston, W. Va. and a Naval
cadet at Annapolis, both.of whom
plan nupitals this summer and are
in search of temporary, post-wed
ding lodgings under the Carolina
me on.
One of them, apparently the ath
letic type of honeymooner, asked
help in finding "swimming, hiking
and boating" facilities, while the
other obviously a recluse, express
ed hope for "a small furnished
cabin on a rather isolated stretch
of beech.”
Marking the letters for his as
sistants “You help Cupid”, Walter
J. Cartier, executive secretary, re
signedly told reporters “This is
only the beginning.”
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CUBS CHANGE TEAM
CHICAGO, Feb. 23.—(£>)— The
Chicago Cubs announced today
their farm club in the Appalachian
League was being transferred from
Erwin, Term., to Elizabethtown,
Tenn.
Tar Heels Take Early Lead
Over Favored South
Carolina
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Bv BLOYS BRITT
RALEIGH, Feb, 23.—IIP—North
Carolina's Tar Heels tripped fav
ored South Carolina, 39-26, in the
first semi-final game here tonight
in the annual Southern Conference
basketball tournament. Thus the
Tar Heels advanced into the
finals, and will meet the Duke
Blue Devils in the finals at 8
o'clock tomorrow night.
Expertly controlling rebounds
both offensively and defensively,
the North Carolinians took an
early lead in their battle with
the top-seeded South Carolina
Gamecocks and aside from elimin
ating their sister university from
further competition, they avenged
two regular season defeats at the
hands of the Gamecocks.
John Dillon, North Carolina's
hook-shot artist spelled the dif
ference between the two clubs,
although Don Jordon, Tar Heel
forward played a brilliant offen
sive and defensive game. Dillon
put the Tar Heels into an early
lead by hooking in four succes
sive field goals before the South
Carolinians began to cover him.
Leading by 7-13 at the half, the
Tar Heels managed to stave off
a rally in the last five minutes
of play and at no time were in
trouble.
The box:
North Carolina: g f pf tp
Jordan, f _ 4 2 1 10
Dillon, f _ 5 2 1 12
Garvin, f_._ 0 0 0 0
Norfolk, f _ 0 0 0 0
Paxton, c _ 1113
Allen, c _ 0 10 1
Anderson, g_:_ 2 2 2 6
Alverez, g _ 3 13 7
Markin, g _ 0 0 0 0
Thompson, g _ 0 0 0 0
Totals _ 14 9 8 39
South Carolina: g f pf tp
House, f _ 2 0 4 4
Robinson, f _ 0 10 1
Tuner, f _ 0 0 0 0
Trewhella, f_ 0 0 0 0
Sokol, c _ 7 0 4 14
Kite, c _ 0 0 10
Philbin, g _ 2 0 2 4
Thrasher, g _ 10 0 2
Mortimer, g _ 0 0 0 0
Mallis. g _ 0 13 1
Totals _ 12 2 14 26
Score at the half—North Caro
lina 27, South Carolina 13.
Free throws missed — North
Carolina: Jordan 1, Dillon 1,
Paxton 2. Anderson 3, Alverez 1,
Allen 1. South Carolina—House 1,
Robinson 1. Sokol 2, Thrasher 1,
Turner 1, Kite 2.
Officials—Menton and Alcorn.
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U. S. SUGGESTS
REGULAR TALKS
(Continued from Page Ope)
tem of regular meetings and or
ganizations charged with specific
duties. The United States called
upon the conference to approve its
recommendations and to call upon
the Ninth International Conference
of American States—“which should
be held at the earliest practicable
date” to adopt them.
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Morris Field Fliers
Win Over Davidson
CHARLOTTE, Feb. 23. — (TP) —
The Morris Field Fliers had little
trouble downing Davidson College
tonight for the second time this
season, breezing to a 52-29 victory.
The Fliers held a slim 19-17 lead
at halftime, but pulled away with
a zoom in the second semester.
INDIANS UPSET
CITADEL, 54-41
RALEIGH. Feb. 23.—(TP)—Williarr
and Mary's Indians, surprisingly
accurate on long shots and suc
cessfully controlling backboarc
play, upset fourth-seeded The
Citadel, 54-41. here today as first
round play continued in the an
nual Southern Conference basket
ball tournament.
The box:
William and Mary G F Pf Tj
Magdziak. f _ 8 4 1 2(
Campbell, f _5 2 4 15
Hewitt, f _0 0 2 C
Ragazzo- f__ 0 0 0 (
Mann, c -0 0 0 C
Appell. c _4 1 3 5
Pegram, g _ 2 1 1 £
Guidice. g_0 0 1 (
Mackiewicz. g _3 2 4 t
Totals — _22 10 16 54
The Citadel G F Pf Tj
Dufour, f _ 2 0 5 4
Greer, f _____1 0 1 5
Sarbaugh, f _ 0 0 0 (
Wray, c _2 3 5 \
Sanders, c _ 3 2 1 1
Schutte. g _5' 2 2 15
Goggans, g _3 2 5 f
Davila, g _.0 0 1 I
Totals_16 9 20 41
Halftime score: William anc
Mary' 37: The Citadel 19.
Free throws missed—William anc
Mary: Magdziak 5, Mann 1, Camp
bell 1, Hewitt 1, Apple 3. Guidice
1, Mackiewicz 1; The Citadel, Du
four 1, Wray 3. Sanders 5, Schute
3.
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Obstacles To City Water
Project Reported Removed
Obstacles to the completion anc
early operation of two major Citj
water department projects, tht
Hilton reservoir and the King’i
Bluff 20-mile pipeline, were report
ed removed yesterday.
City Manager A. C. Nichols re
ported yesterday that three high
priority valves, needed to seal con
duits from the reservoir to a waste
deposit, to the old reservoir and t<
suction wells from which citj
mains lead, have arrived and art
being installed, making operatior
of the project possible in the neat
future.
For the King’s Bluff line, extend
ing a score of miles to tap a salt
free water source, an emergencj
gasoline pumping engine, on orc'.ei
for nearly a year from the Climas
Engineering company, of Clinlo,
Ohio, has been shipped from its
point of manufacture. Without the
engine, the last item of equipment
needed to operate the pipeline, City
officials had refused to let pump
ing begin.
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Two Held Under Bond
In Seizure Of Still
Two Negroes, Oscar J. Vernon
and Fred Douglas Ballard, who
were apprehended Thursday at a
100 gallon steam distillery at North
west township in Brunswick coun
ty, were ordered held under $500
and $1,000 bond yesterday by U.
S. Commissioner Swails of Wil
mington.
The two men, who were captured
by rural policeman O. W. Perry
and A. T. U. officers Charles Gray,
John Winslow and W. P. Floyd,
were operating the still when' they
were arrested, and 400 gallons of
fermented mash was destroyed.
Vernon and Ballard are "old of
fenders”, Perry said.
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Three Hundred Gather
For Annual AAU Meet,
Gunder Haegg Missing
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YMCA Seniors Leave
For Raleigh Tourney
Fifteen members of the YMCA
Senior basketball team leave at
8:30 o’clock this morning for Ra
leigh, where they will participate
in the annual Raleigh YMCA In
vitational Basketball Tournament,
K was announced last night by
Adam Smith, physic a director of
the Wilmington ‘Y’.
Charles Stephenson was elected
captain of the local team, and he
hopes to lead the ’Y’ Seniors to
a victory over four other top ‘Y’
teams of North Carolina, participa
ting in the tourney.
Also entered in the invitational
are teams from Greensboro, Dur
ham, Winston-Salem and Raleigh.
Teams will play a round robin
tourney, meeting each team three
times. Play is scheduled to begin
in the Raleigh ‘Y’ gymnasium at
2:30 p.m. today. Following the
games, members will attend final
rounds of the Southern Conference
tournament.
Members of the YMCA aggrega
tion are Charles Stephenson, Merle
Gogleman, Larry McLemore, Lin
wood King, Sam Johnson, Dave
Howes, Bud Davis, Robert Shipp,
George Hunt, Larry Wiles, H. N.
Hayden, Jesse Reynolds, John Kul
ken and Vance Chadwick.
It was announced that the prob
able starters in this afternoon’s
games would include the following:
Stephenson, Johnson, Hunt, Kulken,
Reynolds and King.
Coaches of the Wilmington team,
with the assistance of Adam Smith,
are Johnson and Stephenson.
NINTH CAPTURES
MUCH FORT
(Continued from Page One)
four miles south of the enemy s
fallen strongpoint of Goch.
More than 2,000 American war
planes carpet-bombed German tar
gets ahead of the charging First
and Ninth Armies, cutting a wide
swath between the Roer and the
Rhine.
In all, more than 5,000 Allied
planes flew to the attack, tearing
at German transports already bat
tered by heavy blows of the day
before.
Reports from the front said the
Americans made good progress to
ward the Rhine before resistance
began to stiffen. Amount of ad
vance and exact location of the
crossings were under a security
blackout.
The Germans declared one of
the strongest bridgeheads was forg
ed just north of the stronghold of
and had been extended into Dueren
itself. They said the assault, de
signed to seize all Germany west
of the Rhine, also had established
bridgeheads farther north in the
areas of Juelich and Linnich.
Wes Gallacher declared that
combined with Allied blows al
ready being delivered from the
west, “the fate of German armies
west of the Rhine will be decided
in the battle now opened.”
The two armies jumped off to
gether. Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hod
ges' First Army crossing the Roer
due east of Aachen.
Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson’s
Ninth Army crossed on the First's
immediate north flank.
Initial crossings were made
swiftly and with less opposition
than expected as the Germans’
lines buckled under the tremen
dous barrage, and troops in the
trenches were left groggy.
The Americans found the Roer
—which the Germans had tried to
convert into a moat—had been fill
ed with underwater spikes, stakes,
sticky floating mines and wire.
In the swift current some boats
capsized, swept others downstream
and made it difficult to launch
infantry bridges.
From the east bank came mor
tar fire, but there was less artil
lery fire than had been feared.
With the crossings the Ameri
cans put the two major barriers
to the Ruhr and Rhineland behind
them — the Siegfried Line and
the Roer, which the Germans had
flooded by blowing upstream dams.
Before them, the attackers ex
pected to encounter an elaborate
system of trenches, antitank
ditches and pillboxes, all construct
ed since the capture of Aachen
last fall.
POZNAN CAPTURED
BY SOVIET FORCE
(Continued from Page One)
mander, Maj. Gen. Matten, and
his staff were among the prisoners.
Capture of the city, which had
a pre-war population of 272,000
persons, also released troops of
Marshal Zhukov’s First White Rus
sian Army for the assault on Ber
lin. Soldiers under 24 generals had
been committed in the reduction
of the highly-fortified 16-way road
and rail center governing all com
munications in western Poland.
South of Kukov’s front, 31 to
48 miles east of Berlin, the hard
hitting First Ukrainian Army led
by Marshal Konev reportedly
broke into the industrial German
cities of Buben and Forst.
The enemy said Soviet infantry
forces smashed into the eastern
sections of the cities, each of which
lies astride the Neisse, backed by
“exceptionally strong’’ forces of
artillery and tanks. Nazi broad- ;
casts claimed the Russians were
thrown out.
At the same time, massed groups i
of infantryment struggled across
the Neisse between the two towns
and within 11 miles northeast of the
great industrial and communica- 1
tions city of Cottbus, 47 miles i
southeast of Berlin. ]
The. Russians attempted to cross 1
the river on a wide front and the 1
Germans admitted that several i
bridgeheads had been established i
across the last natural barrier of J
importance before Berlin. i
NAVY SQUELCHES
WAREHOUSE FIVE
The Shipyard neared the end of
their season in basketball with two
exciting games Thursday night at
the Lake Forest School gymna
sium. In the first game, the Navy
threw off their losing ways and
trounced the Warehouse Depart
ment, 62-20.
Horton of the Navy topped high
scoring honors of the season with
a total of 36 points. Roth follow
ed him with 14. Fleming and Wa
goner were high for the losers
with six each.
The second game was a thril'er
all the way with the Welders and
the Electricians striving for first
place in the league. The Welders
were hot most of the way and
led until the last three minutes,
when the Electrics surged ahead
Warehouse Dept. FG FT TP
White, t. 1 0 2
Boswell, f_ 10 2
Fleming, c _ 3 0 6
Haywood, g _ 2 0 4
Waggoner, g . 3 0 6
Totals 10 0 20
Navy FG FT TP
Horton, f_ 18 0 36
Zulpa, f_ 3 0 6
Roth, c . 7 0 14
Thibibeau, g- 2 0 4
Caproruolo. g_ 10 2
Zuzel, g _ 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 62
Electricians FG FT TP
McCall, f . 4 3 11
Spain, f -- 0 1 1
Tysinger, c - 4 19
Cockerharo, g -.— 8 2 14
Best, g —. 0 1 1
Totals 14 8 36
Welders FG FT TP
Wiles, f. 2 15
Smith, f _ 3 0 6
Shipp, c _ 2 0 4
McLemore, c_ 10 2
Howard, g _ 4 0 8
Rogers, g.— 0 0 0
Totals 12 1 25
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TODAY AT THE YMCA
8:30—Volley Ball players leave
to play in Raleigh tourna
ment.
9:00—Beginners Swin Instruction.
9:30—Cadet Boys’ Gym Classes
10:30—Special Lenten Service, „he
Rev. J. F. Herbert, Grace
Methodist church in charge.
Junior Boys’ Gym and Bas.
ketball Class.
10:45—Cadet Class Swim Period.
11 ;30—Junior Class Swim Period.
12:00—‘Y’ Cadet Sunday School
Basketball league.
Trinity Methodist vs. Winter
Park Baptist.
12:45—Grace Methodist vs. ‘Y’
Leaders.
1:30—Leland Baptist vs. First
Presbyterian.
2:30—Senior M e m b e r s’ Gym
Class.
7:00—‘Y’ Senior Sunday School
Basketball League.
Trinity Methodist vs. Maffitt
Village.
8:00—St. Andrews Covenant vs.
St. Pauls’ Episcopal.
9:00—Leland Baptist vs. Grace
Methodist.
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MARINES EXPECTED
BIG LOSS ON IWO
(Continued from Page One)
attack was decided upon even
though information had shown
Iwo would be strongly defended.
There are three groups of is
lands in the area—the Volcano,
Bonin and Izu—and in them are
only two islands, Iwo and Chichi,
of strategic value to the United
States. Chichi was too small
and probably as heavily defend
sd as Iwo.
Capture of Mt. Suribachi great
y improves the tactical position
>f the American troops battling
m estimated 20,000 Japanese, he
laid.
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TAKES ARMY EXAMS
ATLANTA, Feb. 23. — (Jt) —
Jaseballer Lamar “Skeeter” N*w
ome of the Boston Red Sox and
i'ootballer Billy Paschal of the
few York Giants checked in at
"'ort McPherson today for their
Lrmy physicals. Newsome’s home
! at Columbus, Ga. Paschal, an
itlanta boy, has seen limited serv
:e with the Merchant Marine. I
Swedish Distance Runner
Is Reported To Be
*En Route’
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NEW YORK. Feb. 23.
Three hundred athletes irom 24
colleges and the services gathered
tonight for the national AAU track
championships at Madison Square
Garden but with the opening gun
only 24 hours away there still was
no word from Gunder Haegg m;sl
ing star of the meet.
Haegg, the Swedish distance run
ner entered in both the mile a.-d
three mile runs, has been ■>„
rout” to the United States' from
London for three weeks. Supposed
ly traveling with him is a coum
tryman, Haakon Lidman. entered
in the 60-yard hurdles. They still
are en route and it is a matte,- of
conjecture whether they will be on
hand tomorrow night.
Faced with the absence of Haegg.
fathers of the AAU predicted tuo
new records for the meet to give
the customers something satisfy
ing. Marks were expected in the
35-pound weight throw and the
sprint medley relay.
The first mark was expected
from former Manhattan football
star Frank Berst of the New York
A. C. He consistently has been
bettering the 35-pound weight
throw record in practice. The
standard of 58 feet. 7 1-2 inches
was set in 1940 by Niles Perkins
of Bowdoin.
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record breaker in the sprint med
ley. George Berger, Max Minor,
Dick Newell and Jerry Morrow
will ru nin the 440, 100. 200 and 100
legs respectively in an effort te
break Fordham’s 1942 record of 1;.
54.1. Rival squads include the New
York A. C., NYU, Navy, Columbia,
Sampson Navy and Fordham.
The mile had a field that includ
ed Jimmy Rafferty of the New
York A. C., Don Burnham, former
Dartmouth intercollegiate cham
pion; Rudy Simms of NYU and
Andy Carter of Camp Gordon John
ston, Fla. Rafferty has won all
three major indoor mile tests to
date with a best time of 4:13.1.
Strong fields were listed for all
of the other individual events. Jim
Herbert, former NYU ace, and
Elmore Harris, national quarter
mile king, renew their feud in the
600, while in the 1.000, Chuck Bee -
ham of Columbus, O., receives top
competition from a large crew that
includes Bob Thomason and Ar
chie Parsons, both of Michigan.
Top-seeded in the 60-yard dash
were Ed Conwell of NYU. Coast
Guardsman Herb Thompson, for
mer Penn State star Barney Ewell,
Perry Samuels. San Antonio, Tex.
high school sensation, and Franx
Burke of Great Lakes.
Bill Bangert, Missouri, and Tom
Montgomtg'y of the San Fran
cisco Olympic Club, rated top; in
the 16-pound shot; Don Kinzle, tor
merl yof Duke, in the 60-yard high
hurdles; Forrest Efaw of Okla
homa A. & M. in the three-mile
run, and Dave Albritton of Dayton.
O., in the high jump.
2,000 YANK GUNS
BLAZE AT ENEMY
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see, was under a bridge on the
other side. Its men kept sending
up flares to light our positions
As the flare died the gun would
open.
It was 2:45 a. m. wnen ou.
240-millimeter guns, the big ones,
opened a concert such as
hardly been heard in his war
on the Western Front. They
sounded, miles behind us,
distant tom-toms being pound •
Battery by battery the lighter
guns joined in. first the la
Toms, then the 105s, finally
90-millimeter and 6o-rw
guns and the 50-calibei m 1
*T looked as if the fir, hid
reached its climax ^
Americans let loose a blast ^
their captured r
lit up the whole sky as the ■
ets streamed across the river
the faces of the Germans,
of them collided and came •
on the side of the bunding from
which I was watching
I watched as the guns ,
big factory on the German
of the river. There was * •
liant flash from the building
grew and glared so bnlha -y
lit the entire countryside.
It lit the assault boats ,J
on this side of the river.
for the infantrymen. ..
Just before H-Hour the ^ _
limeter guns started blanx
the German side of the r-jv"
They spat like machine P
Their shells screamed over i
heads of the Americans m-O '
enemy positions across "hejm_^
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