The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-02
Gather Charges Fake Contract
To-day's Sport
 Parade
By HENRY McLEMoRE United Press stan Corrcspondentl

New York, March 2-tUP)-- Now the last thing in the world l want to do is get my congressman sore at me, what with spring com ing on and me without a garden seed in the house. Too, those little namphIets which arrive promptly inc first of each month with such intriruing titles as standard Stock Cataiogue of Apple Butter" "Amidostomine Worm from An- serine Birds" "Anhematopoiesis Following Necarsphenamine Ther- apy." and "Closing Streets Near Alice Deal Junior High School, look mighty impressive a-lying up there on the living room table. .
 But even if 1t costs me all that plus a free trip up the Washington monument l feel must ask Rep- resentatiye William I. Sirovich to reconsider his blast against sports writers contained in his diatribe on the critics of the drama. In put ting the critics on the pan M. Siro- yich called them graduate de- scribers of prize fights and horse races" Can't you just see the man sneer as he said that? don't mean @ little teeny-weeny sheer, but a great, big, super-oolossal ar- fair that fairly rolled through the corridors of the house.
 He didn't say so, but my con gressman (goodby nasturtiums seeds!) probably believes that any sports writer, no matter if his field be bowling, baseball, wrestling or football. is totally unfit to pass Judgment on the goings-on Of the
 Well, if he does he's as wet as Main street, Venice, Italy. Name me. if you can, any better training for drama criticism than a seat in the sports press box. Half the things 0 sports writer Is called on to cover could be accurately classi- fled as theatrical exhibitions.
 Consider, for example, Mister Willie Stribling's famous tour through the tall celery which saw him fight, on alternate nights, none other than his obliging chauf- feur. The writers who chronicled this tour were, at its finish ready to handle, say, a No. 9 roaa~com- pany of Uncle Toms Cabin.
 And the covering of Maxie Rosen blooms many engagements with Jimmy Slattery would give any ambitious sports writer thor ough groundwork in the reporting and criticism of the dance, as well as n sound knowledge of the tech niaue of love- making. Am l not clear, or did you never see Maxie ana Jimmy in @ clinch along about the eleventh round?
 Any sports writer who has seen Floyd Caves (Babe) Herman pur- sue fly balls in right field for the Brooklyns knows just about all there is to the subtle art of panto. mine. Even Toto in his prime would have. been hard put to regis ter ineffectuality as well as does Herman when high one comes his way.
 And now we come to wrestling. the best of all training for the theater because 1t is the theater. Let a man watch Londos, Pinet. zki, Lewis, McMillan, go through their paces, and he has seen real acting and is ready for anything the Barrymores, the Hulls, the Towards, the Trux's have to offer.
 No, my dear congressman, you are all wrong. If you don't think sports Is sister to the theater. then go, sometimes, and take Q peek at Ruth, at Tilden, at Henie, at Dempsey, and dozens of others, and then, convinced of your error, turn to your secretary and say: "Get those nasturtium seeds off to McLemore the first thing in the morning."