The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-08
Sacred Hearts Had Nice Time On Trip To Amateur Meet

Enroute to Youngstown--Frida We boarded an express for the chosen city for the national tour ney and pulled out of the Penn Station at $50 p. m. or about N35 minutes after the arrival of the party in the metropolis. There was no time for supper. The train was 10 minutes late in starting due to the fact that Paul Doran, custodian of the canvas equipment sack was among the missing.
 A hastily organized search
 ing party looked for brother
 DOran in vain. It seems that
 the Dublin street favorite has
 taken a fancy to riding both
 ways on elevators and was out
 having the time of his life.
 The city league president be-
 came more popular when he
 reported back with sandwich
 es. A wire was sent to Phila-
 delphia for q steak supper to
 be served on the train.
 One of the Georges" came on at the city where Sunday ball was a criminal offense until the present season and he brought, not the sir loins that were expected, but in tehir place ham and cheese sand wiches and plenty of good coffee. They were hastily consumed.
 After lunch Cliff McHale act-
 ed as the self-appointed mas
 ter of ceremonies in a catch
 on the fly entertainments. He
 and Ray Aliearn did some
 singing, but their efforts were
 not appreciated to any great
 extent. Vic RadOyich, Messy
 Fitzgerald, Eddie Hennessey
 and Dick Tuckey went into
 huddle and reappeared as a
 quartette. Another f0urs0me
 game them opposition at the
 other end of the car when
 John "Unix" Capano, Jimmy
 CreichtOn, "Bcans'' Mulesky
 and Patty Quilter started.
 Thursday night there was plenty doing in the special. The Sacred Hearts are due at Youngstown at 8:00 o'clock in the morning. The party will be registered at the Ohio Hotel and for the benefit of the home town fans, cards mailed on Saturday will arrive Monday.
 Harry Melvin retired at Il
 D. m. as did Hank" Geaghan.
 Geaghan, by the way, is keep
 ing rather quiet. They were
 rudely awakened half hour
 later when the party put in at
 Harrisburg, Pa. At this station
 "Chick" Kelly decides to ship
 some copy home and has four
 minutes to put on . shirt and
 make the depot.
 "Chick" is late and the train started without him. He is seen. on the run and manages to catch a rail and climb to the special plat form. He explained that all of the doors looked alike and he made a few wrong exits.
 Leaving for Pittsburgh the
 boys of the Sacred Heart ball
 team enter into little friend-
 ly pinOchle game. Some prefer
 setback. Others talk over the
 situation in the big leagues,
 and most of all, the players
 are confident that they will
 come through in the tourna-
 ment.
 About one-thirty the Hearts de- eide to call it day and turn in. They are told by Harry Melvin that there is a practice session in the morning. The mad scramble for pillows is on. Looking through the car we see that some have three of the soft head rests while others are just out of luck. It's catch as catch can. Whoever can take away a pillow from another with success is right in his glory.
 The press quarters are lOca.
 ted in the center of the special
 and the clicking typewriters
 are the cause of indifferent
 words. They don't amount to
 much because comrade Kelley
 across the way, and yours
 truly intend to work all night.
 Someone finds a light-switch and the current Is off for a few minutes. The machines still click and behold; there is light again. Altoona, Pa., is but a few minutes away from us and then the next Complete Rules