The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-03
PLANTS
 ORGANIZE HOOP CIRCUIT
Part of Group of 1 40 PIay- CTS to Get in Action To-
 night at Borough

Naugatuck, Jan. 3-Play in a 14- team basketball league organized in the local rubber footwear plants of the United States Rubber Pro- ducts, Inc. involving 40 players. will be started on the court of the St. Hedwig's A. A.. building on North Church street this evening. when four games will be contested.
 Rosser A. Donley and Melvin Thorpe of the concerns industrial relations bureau today announced of the formation. of the new cir cult, the largest ever organized in Naugatuck with a record number of hoop players participating as members of the 10-man squads Games will be played two nights each week at the St. Hedwig's court, four games to be played each night until Q schedule calling for a total of 91 games has been completed March 21 next.
 Edmund Dinneny, popular Scott Street young man, has been elected president of the league, of which Clayton Fellows has been chosen secretary and Rosser Donley, treas- urer. Each team will be uniformed rainbow being required to provide different combinations for the uni- forms. An officiating staff com posed of member of the Uscoes quintet, the U. S. Rubber Pro- ducts. Inc, glib five, has also been organized.
 Four games will be played each Monday and Thursday evening commencing each evening at 7:15 o'clock. Cheering sections are be- ing organized in the various de- partments, merry race impend- ing when the tournament gets un- der way tonight. A large gathering of fans including factory officials are expected to attend the inaug- ural of the new circuit.
 Teams entered in the league and the individual managers are an- nounced as follows: Gum cutting. Raymond Deegan; outsole cutting, Tony Pallacovitch; gaytee making, Adam Mengacci; boot making, Walter Wojcicki; gum shoe mak- ing, Clayton Fellows; shoe packing, John Stevenson; Ked cutting. John Borges; Ked stitching. Joseph Per- eira; Ked making. Thomas Burns, Ok'b 1ACO p0ChiH6, AAuiOW MCDCL- mott: trucking, Frank Mulesky; office, Edmund Dinneny; foreman, Carl Pepperman; carton plant Will liam Broaderick.
 Tonights opening four-game program vii lopen with the gum cutting combine opposing the out sole cutting five at 7:15 o'clock. In the second tilt soffice and gay- tee quintets will slash at 8 o'clock. William Cullen will referee both games. Heiman Rabinovitch will officiate for the third and fourth encounters of the night. At 8:45, the trucking. and boot making teams will clash in the third game. In the finale at 9:30 o'clock the carton plant and gum cutting out fits will battle. !
 Robert Gair will referee the first two games next Monday night with Albert Raytkwich officiating in the third and fourth. The contests scheduled for Monday night are as follows: 7:15, Keds packing vs. shoe packing; 8. Keds making vs Keds cutting; S:45, foremen vs. Keds stitching; 9:30, gaytee mak- ing vs gum cutting.
 Comprising the officiating staff for the games will be: William Gull len, Heiman Rabinovitch, Robert Gair, Albert Raytkwich, Donald Garrick, Robert Day. Alec sam borski and M. Czaplicki. Managers will be permitted until January 10 to submit eligibility lists of their players, each team to be allowed squad of 10 men.