The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-14

Well! Well! The Big St Francis
 Xavier's "45" tournament is back | in action again after a three weeks levy-off. All the boys were smiling and happy and rarin to go, and | opened up with a bang, before the | largest crowd of spectators that has attended since the tournament started. Thomas Horan and his | Boy Wonders" were in wonderful form defeating Johnny Phelan's | "All-Stars' by 8 one sided score
 of 38-25 and landing his team in third place. He is only seven l games behind, the leaders and claiming there will be no step now until he reaches the top. We will
 have to hand it to them for being the high scorers of the evening.
 Father Dillon when asked for an l alibi remarked that the "All-Stars' couldn't hit their stride, on account of "Big-Joe" Coughlan and "Pin- kie" Sheehan being away off form
 and blaming each other for not
 catching the others signals, Joe claiming "Pinkie" was asleep at the switch.
 Tom Byrnes and his 'Table Slammers' continued with their
 winning streak by defeating Will liam Kelley Flashes" 33-30. Tom claimed from the beginning of the tournament that he would win first
 prize, being only five games be- hind now, and he is not worried and feels very confident that his predictions will come true. He has his team functioning perfectly and
 when he gets through with Goggins
 "Rovers' next week, it will pretty
 near tell the story. Although de- feated Bill Kelley says he has something on every other team. and that something is ''That the Flash es can take it." After the game. Bills head-coach. "W d-WilP
 Gaughan called the whole team in- to one corner of the hall and all went into a huddle and from the encouragement that he put into the players, it could be plainly seen that "WilT' must have some new plays for the next game, and claims that they will bring good results and he don't mean maybe.
 "Scoopie" Carneys "Daredevils
 and Mike Carneys "Cracker-Jacks" played a very close game, Scoopie winning out by a score of 32-31 WlUIIlIS ICCA 6ohiCo hS AiAo VI" NA table with the able assistance of City Clerk Johnny F'itzmaurice. "Scoopie" claims that his other two tables are more like a jig-saw puzzle. You can put a jig-saw puzzle together, but he claims that it is more of a puzzle to get them to win although they are together. Mike Craney is not alarmed, all though he is down in seventh place. Next week he will have his old buddy Eddie" Hes back in the game, and he is very sure that Eddie" will pep up the team once more, as he did in the beginning of the tournament with his famous pepe talks which always brings big results. When two old sailors get their heads together, you may make up your mind, if they should go down, they go down fighting no matter how rough the strom may be, so the warning for next week is beware!
 Michael Goggins "Rovers" and Billy. O'Donnell's "Galty-Boys" were engaged in another spectac- tular battle in which the "Rovers" came out victorious by a tight score of 32-31. Billy is hanging on to the first position pretty we'll and feels in no danger whatever of losing 1t. He has well balanc- ed team and are ticking like the old clock. Billy has the greatest of confidence in them, and there is nothing about the game, that the boys from the Gally Mountains don't know. He expects to take the "All-Stars'' over next week and from then on there will be nothing to it. Mike Goggins "Rovers" a real good team and second to none, are beginning to bear down now and showing their ability as they are in fourth place, coming from away down near the bottom which proves that they are real fighting team. Ed Hussey Mikes coach shook hands with his table mates "Fitzie' and Big Jack" Ryan and said there's nothing stopping us from reaching the top now, boys. Things are coming our way with the golg back in circulation. and the good beer only around the corner. and real "45" battle every Monday night, what more could real bunch of genuine good Irish- men ask for.