The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-09
TA'. Sporting World
Congrats, Crosby!
B, JOHN A. CLUNEY

DCDiSu db ledSL A NduBdLuck Vdl- ley league basketball championship because its school authorities chose to adhere to the highest ideals of sportsmanship, Crosby high schools swimming team, at least can lay fair claim to the state championship at this writing though the actual winning of 1t must be made in the Yale inter- scholastics, starting March 18th. Smothering Hiilhouse high of New Haven, defending champions, 56-22 in a scheduled meet in this city ten days ago, Crosby sent four man relay team into the Yale swim ming carnival last night which beat other contenders for the state re- lay championship, in the slick time of 1:46 for 200 yards, turned in by Meyerhans, Pronovost, Corcoran and Fox in that order Crosby's able array of tankers, coached by Jack Manherz, who has developed two or three state championship teams in the past several years has lost no high school meets this season, their only defeat coming from the college trained Alumni swimmers. All that lies ahead Is South Manchester on Saturday night and then the Yale interscho- lastics.
 Up at Wilby, Coach Jimmy
 Lee has sent out q call for all
 boys six foot tall or better who
 are even remotely interested in
 basketball. 1t looks as If the .l
 Wilby mentor will lean to
 western basketball styles from
 Iat. speed for accuracy and possess sion of the ball, for it's well known axiom of the game that
 you can't score when the other fellow has the apple.
 St Joseph's parochial school was represented by as neat collec- ton of basketball players. this sea- son as the league has seen in many year. The kids from Brooklyn were able to run through the sea son without a loss, winding up yesterday with a 17-4 win over Sts | Peter and Paul. St Mary's, which | has had the flag for several years | without serious competition had to be content with runner-up posi- | ton this season.
 Indications that the old Bam- bino still likes to play with those Yankees was shown ycs- tcrday when the less famous
 lcft-handcd golfer could stand
 the suspense no longer and
 hopped into uniform and out
 for baseball workout with
 the boys at St Petersburg, sal-
 ary arguments to the contrary
 notwithstanding. It would be
 a great time for the Babe to
 accept $5O,OOO for the 1883 season, provided the Yankees and other league clubs would go in for quarter bIcacher
 seats. which they will not, you
 may he assured. There would be some red faces | down Bridgeport way, if Eddie | Reilly's Central high team came | through with the state champion ship. after copping the Naugatuck Valley league crown. Especially | in view of the fact that the highers ups are giving Eddie the gate after years of faithful service to the city of Bridgeport, just because some- one wants to play q little politics. Come on, Central!
 With basketball bitter
 memory, Coach Pete Foley is
 already figuring on his 1883
 garnet and gray baseball team
 from Naugatuck high. For
 pitcher he has 17 year old
 Frankie EdmOnds, a cOIOrcd
 boy whose ambition is to be-
 come Lefty Grove some day
 in the big show, though his
 basketball ability will be more |,
 fully appreciated next year.