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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06
Today's Sport Parade

this tournament, the officials are
using two rings in order to be
through by the time hockey starts
next fall. This two ring business
makes a bad thing, twice as bad.
was dizzy at l o'clock, out on my
feet at three, down for nine count
at five, 50 you can just imagine my
condition at the present time. It's
something between coma (first
CLASSY and delirium hysteriums.
only hope I'm conscious until
the end, for maybe there'll be
one bout worth watching. That
bout hasn't developed 80 far. The
fighters, most of them still In or
just out of their teens, know just
about as much about fighting as
your Aunt Gussie, who couldn't hit
the Akron In the stern with q hand
full Of rice nor defend himself
against fire plug at 80 PAGES.
The thrill OF this thing I'm told.
lies In the very awkwardness, the
very inability of the contestants.
Maybe SO, but give me the tank Of
octopuses Cor Is 1t octopi) at the
aquarium. At least, you can
smoke while watching them. But
In this place there Is nothing to
do but sit back and watch them
come tearing out OF their corners
like Iunatics. fail. wrestle and fall
all over the ring for approximately
so seconds and then tired to a
standstill, spend the remainder of
the two rounds and ten seconds
hugging one another around the
neck. Clark Gable does 1t much
better and with less effort.
Where these amateurs get their
training is mystery, certainly not
from professionals or anybody who
knows their way about in ring,
for, judging by their antics. all
they've been taught is how to leap
around like Comanche Indians or
O group of Grecian dancers with
the hives. Lawdy, how they leap,
they leap when they jab, they leap
| when they /uppercut, they leap
when they swing q haymakers, and
they leap when they cross with a
right, leave a door open and they'd
probably leap right out in the
street, which would be alright by
US.
Instead OF holding tournament.
I suggest the A. A. u. officials build
q ring large enough to hold oil the
contestants in oil the classes. Place
them all in there. Then place
Billy Petrolle in the center OF the
mob. Then ring bell. The first
one In each class to reach safety
wins the title In his division.
Oh yes, Billy's left hand will be
tied behind his back and his right
encased in q sofa pillow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06
BY HENRY McLEMoRE

United Press Stan Correspondent.
New York, May 6-(UP)-There
can be no doubt but that amateur
boxing, offering as 1t does almost
limitless opportunities to get
punched ruggedly on the profile
and have the ears disarranged, Is
a tremendously exciting sport for
the young men who go in for It.
But as something to watch
well, we'll take spinach, trained
seals or even professional wrestling
which, as you know, Is practically
rock bottom in the way of an1use-
ment. And in case you should
think I'm panning amateur fisti-
cuffs from hearsay, let me tell you
that these lines are being written
as your correspondent sits hard by
the ringside at Madison Square
Garden, squarely In the midst Of
the national A. A. U. champion
ships.
1t Is now nigh on to midnight
and ! have been sitting here, save
for brief interval when sneaked
out for a gross of headache pow
ders, since high noon. More than
IS pairs Of alleged fighters have
stepped into the ring, gone through
their motions. and stepped out.
Heaven only knows how many
more are coming. The supply
seems to be, inexhaustible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06
|WACCONER COLT
REAL DARK HORSE
OF DERBY FIELD
Liberty Limited Making
First Start as Three
Year Old-Tick On Still
First Choice :.
By GEORGE KIRKsEY

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Louisville, Ky, May Gu. P)-
For few fieeting moments to-
morrow the turf world will thrill to
the 58th running Of the Kentucky
Derby, Americas most famous
horse race.
At the end OF the long mile and
q quarter struggle q new champion
will be added to the long line OF
equine kings stretching back to
aristides, the little red horse which
won the first Kentucky Derby back
in 1875.
Picking the winner for money,
marbles or pastime, occupied the
attention of owners, trainers, jock
eys. touts and plain civilians who
crowded through the narrow streets
Of this old southern city to-day.
Anybody's Race
Tick On continued to rule the
ante-post favorite, but In many
quarters the race was regarded as
the most wide-open In years 1t has
been long time since an outsider
broozed home. The last derby win
ner to pay a price was Zev, VINO
won at 1871 in 1928.
Six of the eight derby winners
HlICG AeV uAVG DCGh luNOTlLCbt Oil
other was q second choice at 81
and the other was field horse at
31-10. Twenty Grand was an odds
on choice last year, paying only sS
cents on the dollar.
After a series Of form reversals,
mishaps and misfortunes almost
unprecedented in derby history, II
seems that. anything Is likely to
- a nj
| Tick On, the Iona stables Jet
black colt, Stepenfetchit, Mrs John
Hay Whitney's ace, and Burgoo
King, pride of Kentucky and Col
onel E.. r. Brodley's chief hope.
stand out on class as the leading
contenders.
But class hasn't meant much TO
this years group Of derby candi-
dates.
New Starter
Every horse starting in to-mor-
rows race has been beaten at least
once as a three-year old, except
Liberty Limited, the three DIS stock
farm entry, and he hasn't been to
the post. eF
The race Is considered 80 open
that at least one owner made up
his mind overnight to gamble the
starting fee of $500 against the APP
proximate pdrse of $4,000 on q
horse he hadn't even considered
starting "a hours ago.
Colonel william r. Knebelkamp,
owner Of the Louisville Baseball
Club, said he would send Hoops to
the post after he captured mile
race yesterday in minute 81 3-5
seconds, faster time than shown by
any OF the other derby candidates.
Heavy Track?
The field isn't likely to number
more than 10 or Ia although sew
eral more than this number prob
ably will be named through the
entry box but scratched later. Wea-
Their predictions of thunder show.
ers to-day and tomorrow may play
havoc with the field. cause several
Withdrawals and the entry OF
horses that otherwise would moi
run on fast tack.
With Universe, winner of the
Wood Memorial last Saturday
definitely out of the race, Liberty
Limited has stepped to the front
as the mystery horse. Universe
has wrcnched foot, and was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06
JERRY WAS ON THE
JOB AT AURORA;
BET 81, WON 1912

Chicago, May e-UP)-Jer-
ry Hallisey, 90, q retired sales
man who has been studying
horses and race tracks for 10
years, to-day and $3.50 and the
worlds record for - "daily
doubIcs mutucl ticket payOff.
He was the only bettOr 10
wager that Tufinuf would win
the second and Kn0ckabOut the
third race ut the Aurora track
yesterday. The previous record
Of about $4,000 for daily dOu.
bic pay0ff was made last sum.
mcr at Aqua Calicntc.
EMO, I didn't use any trick
SYSTEM" Halliscy said. II liked
KnOckabOut and used the old
'eenic niccnlc Inilsee moe sys-
tenn ON Tufinuf."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06
SITS Peter and Paul
Play St Mary's

Three games are on the books
this afternoon for the Parochial
School baseball league, two at
Hamilton and the third at WASH
ington park. At the former on the
first diamond at o'clock, st
Mary's will swap base hits with IS.
Peter and Paul while on the ada
cent field at the same time st
Thomas will meet Sacred Hearts.
Up at Washington st Francis will
play hosts to st Joseph's.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06
BAUMEL, MOORE
PUT HANDBALL
CURE ON RIVALS
Battle of the Century"
Has Losers in a Daze
By 2l.l

Had Lieutenant Hughie Cunning
hams asthma stopped bothering
him for about an hour or so last
night, he and his partner. Chick
Kelley might have given their OPP
ponents pretty close rub at hand
ball. AS 1t was, Alderman Harry
Baumel, all popped up since his
nomination to the municipal CAB
group and Ferocious frankie
Moore, the fire-fightenest fire lad
die that ever juggled a pike pole.
took two out Of three games with
comparative ease. finishing up with
a heart-rending 81 to / score that
had Kelley in tears and Cunning
ham in wheezes.
The first game was close enough.
ending 21-18 In favor Of the jew
ish-Irish duo, with tho eventual
losers coping the second game due
to Moore's Observation-Disclosures.
brought about by Frankies's trying
toremember whether or not It was
Fridays that he drives the chief
around town. However, he made
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06
16 Survivors in
Naugy Y Singles
Bowling Tourney

Eaugatuck. May with the
original starting field narrowed
down to IS survivors, interest In
the womens handicap singles
bowling championship tournament
at the Y. NJ. G. A. Is acute. The 16
survivors of the first two rounds
OF play are to compete In the third
round. Those eligible yet for the
George Warner, Mrs John Garland.
Mrs John Broaderick, Miss Iva
Schildgen, Miss Gertrude Dullard,
Mrs Ralph Gilnack. Miss Iva Good
rich. Miss Rose Worrell, Miss Julia
Mccarthy, Miss Anna Nolde. Miss
Isabel Carlson. Miss Alma Witort.
Mrs Franklin Hubbell and Mrs Ed
ward j. McGrath.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06
BROOKLYN A. c. TEAM
PRACTICE TONIGHT

Manager Billy Arnauskas wants
all members of the Brooklyn A. C..
baseball team to be on hand ut
Hamilton park at p. m. for two
hour drill that Is figured to help
put them In shape for the City
Amateur league season which
opens Sunday. May %. The boys
Will meet on the first diamond.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06

up for It in the final contest, and
up to press hour today. Cunning
ham had. no alibis due to the fact
that his asthma would not allow
him to speak more than a half
hour at a time Az for Kelley. that
gentleman was reported covering
the Kentucky derby In a local hat
emporium.
The foursome will meet at golf
In q few months, or as soon az the
hay fever season has passed and
gone, as Hughie can't afford to
take any chances with his vocal
apparatug.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06
HEART EAGLES WANT
GAME FOR SUNDAY

The Happy Heart Eagles would
like to arrange baseball game for
next Sunday with any teaei In tho
city or state, contest with any
OF the Public Parks, Recreation
teaming being preferred. For
games call 4-0431 and ask for
Johnny
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06
THEY'RE TOO TOUGH

The strongest track team in the
east this year-New York univer-
|sity-scheduled only two dual
meets and will participate In but
two other meets. The violets met
Columbia and competed In the
Penn Relays. They have a dual
meet with Rutgers and then the
Intercollegiate conclude the cam.
paign.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06
standing deep ON three legs In
hts stall awaiting shipment back

? btHUuIHk ueCp Oh tHrcc IcRS w
his stall awaiting shipment back
to the cast.
Conflicting reports have been cir
culated about Liberty Limited, and
the three DIS stable attaches have
not been In big hurry to correct
them. The consensus ID the Liberty
Limited Ii fully recovering from
his slightly ailing forelegs and tina,
he IL ready to run. ~
Possible
To some 1t wouldn't be a surprise
to see Liberty Limited scratched
while to others It wouldn't be Q
shock to see the colt owned by w
T. Waggoner, the Texas multi-mil'
lionaire, come laundering down this
stretch with the others in his wake
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06

Real estate men in sydney. Aus
tralia, are complaining that real
estate taxes still are assessed on
the high basis Of inflated values
while rentals have been reduced
rs to 50 per cent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06

brother Jim told KID working in his livery stables who
the at that time agreed work out with the lad 90 we could
knocked Mahan to his back Right there took Myeous Billy
cannibal
others wild Of them managed him In
q weierweght Smith middeweght
idea,
clare him the winner.
Ryan agreed-and wound winning from Smith.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06

The collection OF nineteenth-
century British Empire postage
stamps gathered by DR. II. A.
james. president Of st Johns coli
iege, Oxford. England. was sold
recently for nearly $4,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06

Two poems and a complete story
totaling 800 words have just been
written on both sides of an ordin-
airy postal card. the record feat
being plished by a Munich,
Germany, man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06
League Stnnding I
@Hoo,ak{;SS sides

The latest vocal eruption of
Josef Paul Cuchoschay, alias Jack
Sharkey, Is among his best. Josef
Paul says he would be glad to fight
Max Schmcling, even In an empty
stadium. The people who paid
$749,935 to witness the last meet
ing between those two probably
wish that Josef Paurs pleasure in
that respect could be realized.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06

6UOkc has UCeu uluuG pGUlbCs hui
after the talk, several of the play
ers, including Bing Miller and Al
Simmons, went out on the dia-
mond for O workout, even though
1t was raining at the time.
Collapse?
Many baseball writer's already
have heralded the collapse of the
Athletics, based upon the performs
ance of the team during the first
few weeks Of play. It rs still too
early to say. The AS can become
uncolla psed very quickly when Al
Simmons starts hitting, which he
usually does about May /.
They Like Hafey
Cincinnati has taken Chick
Hafey, former Cardinal slugger,
into Its arms. In. his first appear
ance he indicated there was moth
ing at all the matter with his
eyes, when he backed unerringly
up the slope In the Reds left
field for long drive. And has he
been hitting!
st Louis Sorry
1t might seem far-fetched to say
that when the Cardinals traded
Hafey to the Reds they put some
silver into the pockets Of Phil Bali,
owner Of the Browns. But that Is
exactly the case. A. large group Of
st Louis fans. In protest at the
handling Hafey received, deserted
the Cards and now unhoard their
nickels to watch the Browns.
Kress Gets Wish
Ralph Kress, traded to the
White Sox for Hadley and Camp
bell, was dissatisfied at st Louis.
He did not try to keep that fact a
secret, either. st Louis club on
Gals looked upon the redhead as
q "disgruntled ball player" And
for several years Bill Killefer has
been sweet on Bump Hadley as o
pitcher. though Hadley inevitab bly,
disappointed. Washington, where u
great, deal was expected of him.
The SOx Inflcld
Now the White Sox infield COM
pares favorably with any In the
league. with Lu Blue at first, John
ny Hodapp or Luke Appling ut
second, Kress or Appling at short
and Carey Selph at third. APP
pling has. shown great improve
mcnt. 1t Is the belief OF Lew
Fonseca that he will become one
OF the best infielders In the league.
Seeds Can Go
THE speed Of Bob Seeds will add
much to the White Sox outfeld
Just to make O. brash prediction,
they will be ranking Seeds very
soon with such outfelders as Mule
Haas. And they are ranking the
Mule pretty high. In some parts
Of the bieachers you can pick up
the information that Mas Is the
greatest center fielder since iris
Speaker.
Saving ball Games
A great many ball games are
saved In the center field. Mule
Haas saved two this year from the
Yankees. A couple of long drives
OF Ruth's. to the remotest reach
In center field, would have broken
up the games in which they were
made IL HAAS had not been there.
HEART EAGLES WANT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06

A Word From Connie
Mr. Mack took his Athletics into
the clubhouse the other day,
locked the doors and poured a few
gentle remonstrances into their
ears. What Mack said Is not re-
corded. for in all the 80 years
that Mack has been delivering
such lectures, nothing Of what he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06
Seeds Can Go
Saving ball Games

"A great many ball games are
saved In the center field. Mule
Haas saved two this year from the
Yankees. A couple of long drives
of Ruth's. to the remotest reach
In center field, would have broken
up the games in which they were
made IL HAAS had not been there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06

spoke has been made public. But
after the talk, several of the play
ers, including Bing Miller and AL
Simmons. went out on the dia-
mond for O workout, even though
It was raining at the time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-06

Many baseball writer's already
have heralded the collapse of the
Athletics, based upon the performs
ance of the team during the first
few weeks OF play. It Is still too
early to say. The AS can become
uncollapsed very quickly when Al
Simmons starts hitting, which he
usually does about May /.
Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
2 HURT AS AUTO,
MOTORCYCLE HIT
Walter E. Berg, Driver of the
Cycle, Meets Death on
Road Near FELTON,
INJURED IN HOSPITAL

Walter E. Berg, aged 18, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Berg. of near
Harrington, was killed, and Har-
mon Dunlap, aged 18 years, and
Arthur Reed, aged IS, both of near
FELTON,, were seriously injured when
motorcycle and automobile col
lided about 10 o'clock Friday night
on a road five miles west of FELTON,.
near Sandtown. Berg was driving
the motorcycle and Dunlap was on
the rear riding on the tandem seat
of the machine. Young Reed was
driving the automobile. It is claim
ed that both Berg and Reed were
blinded by the headlights of the
machine and got too close in pass
ing the automobile, sideswping the
motorcycle. Berg was thrown from
his machine to the concrete high
way and was apparently killed
instantly. His skull was fractur-
ed. Reeds machine was upset and
he was thrown out Dunlap was
also thrown from the motorcycle.
Automobilists passing the scene
shortly afterwards brought the
three to the Milford Emergency
Hospital. Berg was dead when
they arrived at the hospital and his
body was then taken to the under
taking establishment of w. E. Ber-
ry, in Milford. Dunlap and Reed
are both in the hospital. They are
suffering from cuts and shock.
Their condition is not thought to
be critical.
Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
NEGRO CHICKEN
THIEF ESCAPES
Beats Deputy Sheriff Squiers
at Millington and Flees
Into Nearby Woods
HAD BAG FULL OF HENS

MilI,ngton, Md, Sept. ia
posse of Kent and Queen Anne's
county deputy sheriffs and other
officers are securing the woods
near Millington, Md, in search of
an unidentified negro man who es-
capped from Deputy Sheriff Edward
Squiers, of Millington, after he had
been arrested on a charge of steal
ing dozen chickens from Charles
Atkinson, farmer near there. The
man was being taken from near
the Atkinson farm to Millington.
when he suddenly turned on
Squiers and beat him over the head
with his handcuffed wrists. Stun
ned by the sudden blows, the dep
uty was severely cut on the scalp.
The negro jumped out of the car in
which he was being transported
and fled. Squiers was given med
ical treatment by DR. Merritt Brice.
The negro disappeared into the
woods in the northern part of Kent
county. The chicken robbery oc-
Cured early Sunday morning. The
negro accused of the theft was
found, apparently in a drunken
stupor, on the road with a bag full
Of chickens, all smothered to death
nearby. Passing motorists called
the deputy sheriff who arrested
him shortly before noon Monday.
Mrs. Thomas D. Bowers at Ches-
-ertown lost eleven young chickens
ate last week after a thief entered
he chicken house in the rear of her
nome. The culprit has not been
'ound.
Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
HIT ON WOODLAND
BEACH HIGHWAY
Cars of Alvin Gaulke, Smyrna
Landing, and Howard James,
Woodland Beach, Crash
INJURIES ARE TREATED

Two young men, Alvin Gaulke
and Charles Dickerson, are in the
Kent General Hospital at Dover as
a result of injuries received in an
automobile accident on the road to
Woodland Beach on Sunday night.
Alvin Gaulke of Smyrna Landing,
driver of his Ford roadster, accom-
panied by George Best, Charles
Dickerson, and Charles Gralewski,
were going to Woodland Beach
When on the narrow gauge high
way, the road being only nine feet
wide, they met another car, a Ford
coupe, driven by Howard James of
Woodland Beach, travelling toward
Smyrna. Neither car getting off
the highway to pass, the two cars
sldeswiped each other. Gaulke's car
was completely torn up and the
other car damaged considerably.
Gaulke and Dickerson were hast
ened in to the Office of DR.. w. c.
Deakyne and was taken on to the
Kent General Hospital in the
Legion Ambulance. Both
sustained severe cuts and other in
juries.
Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
FIRE ENGINE AND
AUTO. COLLIDE
Mrs. Clifford Lewis, Wife of
Frigidaire Mechanic, of
Smyrna, Injured
SOUTH OF ST. GEORGES

Two women were injured Friday
afternoon at 4, when the automo-
bile in which they were riding, col
lided with one of the Delaware City
Fire Company engines, which was
proceeding to an alarm of fire on
the DUPONT Boulevard, just south
of st. Georges. Those injured were
Mrs. Anna NJ. Miller, of Milford.
driver of the automobile, and Mrs.
Ada E. Lewis, wife of Clifford v.
Lewis, of this town, employed at
the DOWnes' Music House at Do
yer, a passenger Another pas
senger in the automobile, John H.
Miller, of Milford, the drivers son,
was uninjured. The car operated
by Mrs. Miller was proceeding in
a northerly direction along the du-
Pont Boulevard, through st.
Georges, when the fire engine. OBJ
Grated by Harry F. Heal, of Della
ware City, collided al the wester-
ly entrance to the town. Heal at
tempted to make a left turn to go
south on the highway and before
he could make the complete turn
the Miller car crashed into the en-
gine. Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Lewis
were both cut by glass from the
which broke. They
were taken to the office Of DR..
w. Ellis, at Delaware City,
and their injuries attended to. Mrs.
Lewis suffered a bad cut on her
nose while Mrs. Miller suffered in
juries to her left leg. The acci-
dent was investigated by Private
Hayes, of the State highway po-
lice No arrests were made.
Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
WILLIAM M. EVANS, CAMDEN, DIES
FOLLOWING HOUNDS IN A FOX CHASE

William M. Evans, 20, well known
resident of Camden, who was found
dead yesterday near a woods on
the Slay Farm, Hazlettville. West
Dover, is supposed to have been a
victim of heart trouble. Evans left
his home Monday afternoon to go
fox hunting, and when he failed to
return search was instituted Mon
day night. The body was found
near his automobile. 1t is believed
he was stricken as he was ready to
get in the car to return home.
Death is believed to have occurred
about 10 p. m. Evans fox hounds
which he took with him were found
lying around his body, nine of them
in number. Mr.. Evans was
a retired farmer but had lived re-
tired for a number Of years in
Camden with his daughters. His
one recreation, which was almost
life itself to him, was fox hunting.
Owing to his advanced age Mr..
Evans had to give up riding
Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
FATAL ACCIDENT
NEAR REHOBOTH
Mrs. Wallace Wright of Glen.
Olden, Pa, Who Was Once a
Smyrna Visitor, Killed
MIR. WRIGHT IN HOSPITAL

In an automobile accident neal
Rehoboth early Sunday morning
Mrs. Wallace Wright, 35, of Glen
olden, Pa, was killed and her nus
band critically injured. The couple
were returning to their cottage at
Rehoboth from the Sussex Farms
Inn when the accident happened.
The accident occurred some time
before it was discovered by Mrs.
William Bookhammer of Rehoboth
between one and two o'clock as she
was travelling north on her way to
Philadelphia. The state polcie
were notified who took the wom-
ans body and the injured man to
the Beebe Hospital While Mr..
Wright suffered extensive bruises
and decorations, it is not believed
he was internally injured. The
woman's head was crushed. From
the positions Of the bodies in the
wreckage, it could not be determ-
ined which of the couple was driv-
ing. Tracks on the concrete indi-
Gated the car swerved to one side,
struck an abutment, careening to
the other side, struck another abut-
men, then rolled over several times
before landing in a ditch. Mrs.
Wright was the former Miss
Rachel Poole Of Philadelphia,
daughter of the late Maynard w.
ST., and Mrs. Poole of Up
per Dairy, Pa. The latter was re-
lated to the family Of Prof. Duncan
Yokum, formerly of Smyrna and
were frequent visitors here. Mrs.
Wright, besides her husband and
daughter, Ann, and her mother, is
by several brothers and
sisters. Mr.. Wright is connected
with the Electric Refrigerator
Company of Philadelphia.