Performing for the North, under the direction of Tom Wilson, president of the Negro National League and owner of the Baltimore Elite Giants, 1939 world Negro baseball champions, the North will present almost the entire lineup that wrecked the hopes of the West in this year's East-West slaughter.

In fact, the battery, Adams and Perkins, which opened this year's East-West game for the East, will probably be the opening battery for the North. Perkins will probably be replaced during the game by stocky Julio Campenella, 19-year-old catcher who made such a hit here during spring season and who since has forced his way alongside Josh Gibson, Pepper Bassett, Frank Duncan, and Larry Brown as a receiver of high ranking.

George Mitchell, manager of the New Orleans-St. Louis Stars, who piloted the West to a thrilling 4-2 victory over the East in 1939, has been selected to lead the Dixie band against the northerners.

While announcement of the lineup will be withheld until next week, it is safe to predict that the south will depend upon Eugene Smith, righthander, and Walter Calhoun, southpaw of the New Orleans Stars and (Fireman?) Bremer, New Orleans youthful star hurler of the Memphis Red Sox. Charles "Daniel" Boone and Leroy Sutton will be held in reserve.

Players to represent the south will be selected from the Memphis Red Sox, Cleveland Bears, Kansas City (?), Birmingham Black Barons, and the New Orleans-St. Louis Stars.

Note: from an article in the Times-Picayune, October 1, 1940, "the line up for the
South will be drawn from New Orleans, Memphis, Birmingham, Cleveland, Chicago, and Kansas City clubs of the American League. The North squad will be formed from players of the New York, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Brooklyn, and Newark clubs of the National loop." The same article also said that the American League drew players who were native to the south, and the National League drew players who were native to the north, hence the North-South angle.

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