The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-01
Th'. Sporting W Wsrla
Something New
sy JOHN q. CLUNEY

nave been cfohtod Q feW years ago if n golf team from ono of our lo- cal factories was scheduled to play against . team of white-collar op. penents from our very best offices, banks and other labor marts? Yot that Is quite possible now with the organization of twelve teams from Waterbury industrial concerns, whose employees have gone for tho gamo In q big way. Charley Leader of tho "" has organized them and will announce q regular schedule, similar to basketball and baseball competition within tho Industrial League, tho winner to get theator tickets to see some seeneB of tho U. $. open which starts at Morion next week.
 The death of Joe Shimkus,
 who wrestlcd in New Haven
 ten days ago, will provide tho
 wrestling critics who arc cons
 vinced everything about tho
 game if ph0ney, with some.
 thing to think about. Shimkus
 died ln the polyclinic hospital
 Inst night after Q head Injury
 suffered In the lclm City and
 aggravated a few nights ago
 when hc worked In Boston,
 Tough as those wrcstlcrs are,
 their kulIs are quite susceptible
 tO concrete floors, even as you
 and l.
 Another baseball oddlty takes place next week Monday, whom the Boston Braves will play in Brldge- port and tho New York Yankees In West Haven. Yet, fans ean see both games if they care to for tho Yanks play the New Havin Co., lonials In tho afternoon at Dono. van field. while the Braves and Bridgeport Bears cross bats at night In Newfield park, under tho lights.
 In view of their excellent
 performance throughout the
 season, Crosby and Wilby will
 probably draw q crowd of 5000
 fans to Hamilton park toinor.
 row afternoon when win for
 Wilby will give them the city
 championship, though Crosby
 lsas already won the valley tile.
 A Crosby victory will prOb-
 ably call for 6 third game to
 be played later this month.
 Jake Flowers, as nice a fellow as you would care to meet on and off the diamond. is stil. pursued by that injury jinx. A broken wrist caused by pitched ball at St. Louis Wednesday will lay him up for six weeks or more. And q broken wrist was the most serious injury in the Memorial day 500 mile automobile race at Indianapolis, where q life Is no attraction to insurance agents. It's n funny world!
 Newspapers will conduct
 baseball pools in their vicinitles
 to decide the makeup of the
 National and American League
 all-star teams which will play
 an intcr-league game at New
 York July 10th. Tho voting is
 sanctioned by President VIII
 IIarridge of the American cir-
 cult and will be used as . basis
 of player selection for both
 teams, limited to twenty per-
 formers. Send in your choice,
 which will be forwarded.
 They seem to have signed Londos and Browning for an outdoor wrestling bout to decide the worlds champion. So what?
 Wilmer Allison IS gaining favor for action in Davis Cup singles making 1t appear that Les Htoefen's recent slump may have done him harm. Enter prise, million-dollar defender of the America's Cup for 1880, is for sale. .. for a trifiing $b0,000..... Bill O'Brien, who is leading Bill rilden's professional tennis troupe, reports that Ellsworth Vines is better than ever. ... And that Perry or Crawford now would have a tough job taking a, set from Inc tall boy. !. Babe Herman may boast of that California climate he lives in whom he isn't playing ball for the Cubs. but he was born and