The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-31
Rumors And Reality Gathered From
This Sporting World
Memorial Day Musings
Nv JOHN A. CLUNEY


have been alive today Or then again. perhaps not for they
do say that when your numbers it's up and you can't
of this sphere the lads who jugge the $12
words call the roundeyed world Weathery the fourth
driver to lose his life within the past ten days IN
with the 500 mile automobile race on the indianapolis
speedway drove the SAME CAR that the life of Johnny
Harmon little than week during time trial
test Ironically enough the auto was painted BLACK.
Harold Shalctt and Art Kramer welknown
Waterbury business men, among those present at
the indianapolis race won by Kelly Petillo in record
time, and yet only So SECONDS separating him from
the runnerup, Wilbur Shaw plus the fact that the field
35 mile stretch due to wet track caused by showers
Day marathon marks: Over at Warwick Rhode Island
terday two ten mile and finished in DEAD
tance They side by side for eight Of the ten miles and
broke the tape together Only five SECONDS separated
yesterday while there was just seven seconds between the
winner and second of Is mile at Norwich What
competition must have been running wild!
At the Pol Grounds where $4,000 rabid fans saw
Bill Terrys Giants hand out double dose Of defeat
to those bitter Brooknites there little bit OF
personal drama which about when Tony Cucinelo
in the Brooklyn infeld saw his kid brother AL lift one
over his head for home in the second inning to
help win the first game Tony has been coaching AL
all season by leaving notes behind him in cities where
the Giants follow the Dodgers, 50 that the kid would
know how to play certain batters and what to expect
from the pitchers when he came to bat
town. Maryland got kick out of the work of their baseball
yesterday which far ahead of Loyoa of Bat
that the game called off in the sixth inning with
Washington leading "a to A. Seventeen stolen bases incud
ing of home and three consecutive home by Wash
ington baers in the fifth inning couple of standout
performances during the abbreviated contest.
delegation of 800 Waterbury and Watertown
admirers of AL Jarlett and the Holy Cross baseball
team which has lost but game in II starts will be
at Yale field tomorrow afternoon hoping to the
Watertown boy start for the Crusaders against the Eli
sluggers He has been going very well and decisive
win over Yale or possible shutout will please everyone
from Watertown, you can be sure.
AL Nemec, the Meriden boy who played City Amateur
League baseball in this city for time of four
home htters for Syracuse yesterday at Albany Six
circuit clouts were made during the game.
Crosbys baseball team hardly recovered from
their 43 setback by Wildly Wednesday afternoon played
in Norwich yesterday and were blanked 100, which, by
the way, the identical by which they lost to
Norwich Free Academy year ago. Four hits was all
Crosby could get against Wildly and that's all they got,
from Norwich That's coincidence in capital letters.
Pete Jablonowsks one-hitter and SO shutout against
Rochester gave the Teryve folks something talk about
last evening their pride and joy who changed his
to Appleton to be going great in the International
League.