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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
Waite Hoyt Picks Pirates Apart
By DAN PARKER

QUITE EEAKEsr public appraisal M 2, \. ss1 % club rye ever
 rat:s ssaG % s. % Tsy .s and lot his listeners what made 1t refuse work
 said Waite they immediately start counting the days until they can = TSn nome Snen c e % top to bottom ball players and @ saEs D. s sa sas orp 's he h a em tos to csltorna si and a resume his h5S
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 train travelling between towns other ball clubs are given musicals oe % or c @ d dhs .ya @ attitude explain He said though that there's hope % fsts S% @ '' s'
 o s fans M S s ia listening @ w ss r Se meaaest sports broadcast of the day.
 YESTERDAYS MAIL BROUGHT me ! letter charging with ssSSns s. .; ss for Psp. '@ ous aSout the ssnh s another g Ind ST sSd but not All of feel doing job cOnscientiously
 Montsns woke ysstssas. medals everywhere time unravs the mystery he s ssa ' he 5 's the saSs s Ssd the .soS yo of 5 tine nan ~ the sno ss s his work k n the S of s to @ @ his % sns % to as @ s W @ M m ne
 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL Sports Alliance derng what Capln who hasn't been te the about to adjourn, few nrhts the of honorary pres constitution the Alliance makes
 entn hands up" vote called for dozen or more the 75 present voted against speech pleading for honesty in boxing was little gem hm Mr. Johnston now the honorary president ana ms ef sincerity.
 CHEEdEH LONDOs the orasping Greek and Gno ass!9s's Tssy a as osushs s the nag tsns es 0a the TS O Saye apped with each fai estimate grips about 200 times At least ten New York Now to settle and ioe they meet again the following wee the question @ Of still doubt dspie LondoS the raviola appeFdder Faan who Ganes as member of the chicago Phony has rematched the twonu only aiter the 20S renewal ot their act at M nnodrome next concludes that Fiddler Fbani must think he's PhNadphal The mistake merely one Of tense ~ M ~ (Copyright 1es7, King Features syndicate)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
NATHAN MANN TO BOX CHICAGO BOY Hamden Slugger and Tiger Roy Williams in New
 Haven Tonight

New Haven, Dec. 16-Nathan Mann, young Hamden slugger who is knocking on the door of the heavyweight title madhouse, returns to the hometown ring where he scored his first successes tonight. Mann meets Tiger Roy Williams, crafty Chicago negro, in the ten round main bout on one of the best cards the New Haven Arena has presented in years.
 Mann has 8 wallop which may bring him the heavyweight crown; but Williams has speed, is @ fine boxer and can punch with the best of them. Mann's showing against Williams will go long way in de- termining whether he will meet Max Schmelling in Miami in February. His handlers have been trying to speed him up; against Williams 1t may be "stey fast or go down."
 Georgie Fitch, dusky New Haven dynamo, who stole two previous oAAOWO WAWA AAP1 SocAVC WulS OVGT Meriden's Johnny Lasinski, meets Eddie Coderre, Pawtucket, R. l., slugger, who also hold a pair of wins over Lasinski. Coderre won a host of followers here two years ago when he got off the floor to whip Nathan Mann Fitch gets a chance to show what he can do against a top flight opponent over the eight round route.
 Johnny Lasinski, Meriden mauler, will enter the ring a slight favor. ite to beat Cilco Ri, Bridgeport Slugger, in another eight round semi-final Cilco has won five bouts by knockouts but the betting frat. ernity believe that Lasinskik has too much for him
 Jackie Clark, of Hartford, and Julie Kogan, of New Haven, will mix in @ four Clark holds two knockouts over Hogan. Johnny Washnick, Thompsonville slugger, meets Frankie Young, of New Haven, in the opener. Action will start at 8:30.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
YANKEES FALL
 SHORTOF 1886
 ALL TIME MARK
Worlds Champions Batted
 in 022 Runs Last Year to 905 Previous Season
Ny HENRY SUPER 9

United Press Stan COErespO pOndeA6 New York, Dec. 1e-(U.P)-- Hank Greenberg, Detroit's slugging first -baseman, came within one run of tieing the all-tine record for runs hatted in during one season, ofacial American League averages for 1887 revealed today.
 Coming back after being out most of last year with Q broken wrist, Greenberg hammered 183 runs across, just one less than the major league record set in 1881 by Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees. ! Qreenberg, seventh on the bat- ting percentage list for the season just ended, might have shattered Gehrig's mark if he hadn't had a slight slump during June. Aiding his cause was Q total of 70 home runs-more than any Detroit player ever had hit before.
 Gehrig, who was third on the list with 169 rtins batted in, shattered a pair of major league records. By slamming home 150 or more runs for Q seventh season, he broke the former high of six set by Babe Ruth. By hitting over 100 runs for the 12th straight season, he moved out of 8 tie with Goose Goslin and Al Simmons for having performed the feat II consecutive years.
 ] Joe Di6aggio, Yankee outdelder, was second in runs batted in with i67. Bill Dickey, Yankee catcher, was fourth with 133. Last years leader, Hal Trosky of the Cleveland Indians who led with 162, was fifth this season with 12S.
 The Yankees, with 922 runs bat ted in, led the league but they fell far short of the all-tirne record they hung up last year at 095.
 The Detroit Tigers, who led the circuit in club batting, were second to the Yankees with 873 runs batted in. Boston was third with 769. The St. Louis Browns, second in club batting, were seventh in the runs column with 682.
 Only IS men went over the 100 mark as compared to a record 18 last year. Frank Crosetti, Yankee lead- off man, famed the most times, 105. Greenberg was second with 101. Jim- my Foxx of Boston, who led in strikeouts for the last six years, dropped to third with 96.
 Gehrig drew the most passes, 127. That brought his lifetime total to 1898 and marked the tenth straight year he had drawn 100 or more free trips to first.
 The leaders in runs batted in follow:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
JOE LUKOS HITS
 lS6 IN ONE GAME

Joe Lukos, bowling as a substitute in the North Plant Wire Mill lineup last night at the American Brass alleys, toppled 1s6 pins in his final game in which he had four strikes in the first four boxes. In the fifth and sixth boxes he gathered nine pins apiece and IT, the seventh and eighth accounted for spares.
 He garnered his fifth strike of the evening in the ninth box and slumped in the last box when Q bad break gave him but eight pins. Lukos' mark of ie6 last night was five pins below Joe Boley's mark of last week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
CRUSHER CASEY AT
 HARTFORD THURSDAY

Hartford, Dec. 15.-steve 'Crusher' Casey the Irish giant of Sheen, County Kerry, clashes with Marvin Westenberg, big lumber jack of Ta- coma, Wash, in teh feature wres- ting match on Thursday evening at Foot Guard hall. Both principals are young, fast and powerful wrestlers which should 90 to provide plenty 1 action for the most ardent fans. They clash in the best two out of three fall match.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
0LYMPICS UPSET
 RED DEVILS, 3l-29

West Haven, Dec. 16-The Wa terbury Olympics scored one. of the greatest upsets in recent years here last night when they toppled Joe KantroW's highly-touted West Ha- ven Red Devils, 3l to 29, thanks to two field goals late in the last quarter by Abe Steinnan, former Crosby high and U. of P. luminary.
 The box score:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
Y. M. H. A. QUINTET
 TOPPLES VIKINGS

The Y. M. H. A. basketball team, managed by Maurice Sirkin. opened their season in blaze of glory last evening at the Central Y, defeating the Y. Vikings, 22 to IS.
 Sunday, December 26, the Y. M. H. A. will journey to New Haven to play the Jewish Center Five.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
Little Nora Nitwit

read, in an Iowa newspaper, that
 "The thieves took everything else he had in the room, so MT. Ferris borrowed a pair of pants from the housemaid while he went to the store and secured pair of shoes, socks, etc.," at which Little Nora Nitwit just laughed and laughed because she wondered if those pants had any ruffles on the edges.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
BASKETBALL RESULTS
By United Press TT 0N TY,Aoa QA

IN. xs Os w. OPodiu OT'
 st. Francis 37, Manhattan 2S.
 Long Island U. 7s, University of Newark 35.
 At Providence, R. I. - Harvard 47, Brown 42.
 Brown (Freshmen) 5l, Harvard (Freshmen) %.
 At Medford. Mass. - Tufts 7l, American International 37.
 At Worcester. Mass. - North eastern (sophomores) 32, Clark U. %.
 At Williamstown, Mass. - Wil- Hams 45. Middlebury S4.
 At Champaign, Ill. - Illinois bI; Washington U., St. Louis IA.
 At Lafayette, Ind. = Purdue, SS; Detroit U. 26.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
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(Copyright, 1887, by)
 GRDLEY ADAMS.

GhSADLEx AUAhAct WATERBURY PEOPLE re- gently in New York City, and registered at the Hotel Gov ernor Clinton: :-
 Ralph Witt
 Samuel Greenberg
 Miss Marg. Herr
 Miss Gertrude HaIzer
 Milton M. SeligsOn
 Mrs. F. German
 Albert Burns
 I'D love again to see Christmas Il tree lighted with twinkling. smelly candles. I'd pay double the price for 8 ticket to one-ring ctr- GUS; and I'd get up at dawn, or long before, to see said circus arrive in town, and try to beat the other boys at getting the chance to bring wa ter in pals to the elephants, just so as to get in without having to pay out my quarter. I'd love to have Q sleight-of-hand performer once more beckon to me to come up on the stage while he showed the other boys how easy it was for him to pull rabbit out of my sleeve. I'd give a grand" if I could again ex- perience the thrill of taking to bed with me my first pair of rubber boots. I'd risk another fifty" just for the chance to go fishing on Q Saturday morning, where l knew ! would meet those Williams College students, with their split bamboos and empty creels, but plenty of loose change in their jeans which they would willingly swap for my mess O trout, and thus supply me with my weeks spending money. I'd gamble lot just to brave the world again by running away, while in my teens, and going to Europe, where once communed with the spirits of the Hunchback of Notre- Dame, with the Two Princes in the Tower, with Queen Mary as she roamed through Holyrood Castle, and then coming back to America with but IS cents in my pocket. I'd give a whole seasons opera tickets just again to have Patti make my eyes well up at hearing her sing, "Iome, Sweet Home" I'd pay for a months room rent just for half an hours roaming through the once art-galleried foyer of Simeon Ford's Grand Union Hotel" that stood at the corner of Forty-second, oppo- site Grand Central Depot, and again read the wording on the two mar ble tablets ("Pictures on this side: poetry here'D that guarded the eil- trance to the mems rest room. Ia order drinks all day long for one more chance to stand before the old Hoffman House bar and gaze in admiration at Bougereau's master- piece, "Nymphs and Satyr": and which a tramp, upon seeing 1t, once said: "I've travelled all over this blamed land, but I'll be blowed of ever saw that brook" I'd give ui1- told millions at being able to again see the expression of achievement that sunbeamed my baby girls face, as first she stood upon her own legs by pulling herself up by tug- ging at my pant legs. I'd swear of drinking if I could again see that famous triple From Tinker to Evans to Chance"
 What, reader, are the musings of times gone by that these bring back to your memories Write me, or bet- ter yet, ask for me when next you stop at this happy hostelry, the Hotel Governor Clinton, and let's reminisce together.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
COLLEGE HOCKEY RESULTS
'By United Press)

At Boston - Massachusetts Insti. ute of Technology 2, Northeastern .. 3. o
 At Hanover, N. H.-Dartmouth 3, Springfield o. >.,..., s, Belmont High l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
cRAMP HIS STYLE

New Haven.-Clint Frank, Yale's All-America, is regarded as Q better basketball than football player, but Eli athletic ofSicials have not ale loMed him to 60 out for the cage team
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
National League
Last Weeks Results

Last Weeks Results Stanton 2; Larson ?. Hyland 3: D'vileskis l. Gribbon 2; Pelletier ?. Sullivan 3; Scadden l. Verriker 8: Harpin l. O,Brien 3; Cotterio l. Cooke 2; Mulville ?. Reilly 3; Mascola l. McPartland 2; Jarlott 2. Cunningham 3; Lux l. Leonard 3; Pope l. Cavanaugh 3; Holiaia ].
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
Chicago Tribune)

A uniform will admit the wearer as long as the seats hold out.
 (After that you'll have to stand back up against the wall.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16

New York-Chick Wergeles, pub- licity man for the New York football Giants, has been singing the prais" es of his boys for l2 years, and nev- CT in that time has he seen two col- lege clubs in action.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
(Aurusta. Gal

Horace-Please do not phone me again. Father is cleaning his gun. Lulu.
 (There's helpmeet for you.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16

supper Saturday night at their hall. Also 6 free lecture on Diseases of Swine" by P. V. Hawkins of In- dianapolis.
 GA swill time will be had by alb IF you're lucky enough to be A. guest at the Hotel Governor Clin- ton, be sure to put your birth month and day (not the year) on your registration card, for then you will receive the series of the most at tractive, most sincere, anniversary cards any hotel has ever sent out to its guests. It is this genuine hoSpi- tality and courtesy of the entir, Hotel Governor Clinton personrlGi that makes 1t one of the most really popular hostelries in all New Yorg City.
 And, by the way, if you are in bus- mess, and come to New York occas- ionally, if you will write on your business stationery and ask to be put on their mailing list, you will probably receive regularly c copy Of their little monthly magazines WIllCkl 1h UAlC OA tAiC AAAOoe uAtAHAC INV tie publications ever issued by any conce.n in the U. s.
 (The above is taken from tho house organ. lover the Coffee Cups" issued by the Hotel Cover nor Clinton. A hostelry where q genuine welcome of friendliness reigns supreme.)
 Deluxe i'm everything except price, as It's rates are very moderate l,2e0 rooms; all outside. Each with
 private hath, (s0nse with shower,
 aIso), scrvIdOr (ventilatingls cIfCn-
 latlng icewater, radio (all ( aMa-
 tlOnsl hoOk-ups), linen of the
 finest quality. And they say ouE
 beds will just woo yOu 70 nIceu.
 Hotel Governor Clinton 9th Ave. at 3lst St, New xork Csb
 (Under Knott Management
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16

Score at half time: olympics 12 Red Devils 12. Referee: Casserman Time: Four 10-minute periods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
ONE-MAN BOYCOTT

Referee--Joe Shove. Time-Four S-minute periods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
(Terre TTaute Tribunel

Wanted-Nurse for children over l8 years old.
 Good night, nurseD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
(Buck Creek. Ind.. News)

The Buck Creek K. of P. lodge will give an oyster and ice cream supper Saturday night at their hall. Also a free lecture on Diseases of Swine" by P. V. Hawkins of In- dianapolis.
 "A sWill time will be had hY all.l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16

Copyright, lss7, King Features syndicate)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-11
DUE
GR|FFS FOR 1888

Cont. from First Sports Page)
deal could be made for such q
man.
A change in environment
might rekindle the spark that
has been missing this year in
both Myer and Kuhel.
Close students of pitching say
that Weaver has changed his
style Of delivery this year.
Whether this is by intent, or
under orders the writer cannot
say. But there is a change in
his style. Weaver, as some see
him, is a natural overland
pitcher. He has thrown his fast
ball out of a high, side-arm de-
livery. Now this style is great
if it's natural. But If it isn't
natural, it's just a right shoe on
a left foot.
The left side Of the Griff In
field will remain intact. Buddy
Lewis is going to develop into
q high-grade third baseman be-
fore many seasons elapse. He
is improving all the time, and
don't let his very sour perform
ance yesterday in the first game
alter your opinion nor shake
your faith in the boy.
Shift Travis, Maybe
Cecil Travis, great hitter at this
moment, is improving as a short
stop. 1t might be that if the
right youngster could be devel.
oped, or acquired in trade, Griff
would move Travis to first base,
where perhaps he would get along
far better than at shortstop. Any
discussion Of shifting Travis must
be highly conjectural, and contro-
versial. 1t will be met with indlg-
nant; perhaps harsh deniaIs.
In the outfield Armada and
Stone are probable starters for
1888, unless a most advantageous
trade could be arranged.
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RYE net PLAY IN .
QUARTERF|NALS

RYE, N. Y, Aug. II G.N.s).
Quarter.final brackets in the mems
singles Of the Eastern grass court
tennis championships were to b
completed with three matches to.
day.
Bryan M. "Bitsy" Grant OF At
lanta, Ca, Davis Cup player, was
favored to defeat George Cameron
Of Tulsa, Okla. In the other
matches Frank x. Shields Of Hol.
lywood, a former Davis Cupper,
met Lewis Wetheren OF Santa Ana.
Cal, and Arthur Honery Of Lake
land, Fla, played Fumituru Ma
kano Of japan.
The other quarter.finalists who
will resume play tomorrow, are
Frank Parker Of New York, recent
Davis Cup winner; Hal Surface,
Kansas City; Joe Hunt of Los
Angeles, National Junior cham
pion: Robert L. Riggs Of Holly.
wood, Cal, National clay court
titleholder. and John Van Ryn Of
Austin, Tex. Surface, twelfth
ranking player nationally, supplied
yesterdays chief upset with . 6-1,
81 victory over John McDiarmid,
the country's seventh ranking
player.
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1t doesn't seem tenable, otherwise,
that America could win all of the
16 races since 1851 so easily.
Except in 1894, to be exact, the
American defender always was so
much the superior boat that the
race wasn't a contest. With the
famed Shipbuilding resources Of
the British Empire, this is neither
reasonable nor to be expected.
The only thing-according to my
probably miSinformed notion-that
makes this possible is the rules Of
the contest which, per Sc, force
the challenger to be the more sea-
worthy craft and, therefore, the
slower Of the two.
I'm aware, Of course, that En-
deaVour LIST in 1884 was supposed
to have superior speed and an in.
ferior skipper, but I venture to dis.
agree with the common belief that
she was the faster boat.
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Rv FRANZ eBUCK'' O'NETLL


The Griffs climbed q notch
closer to the Cleveland Indians
who were idle yesterday, gaining
a full game in the battle for fifth
place by virtue of two victories
over the Philadelphia Athletics.
The Griffs we're not as bad as the
Athletics, which is about all you
can say for them. They did &C.
conplish a new high for the sea-
son by scoring nine runs in the
fourth inning Of the first game.
Five passes, three hits and three
errors did the trick.
This young man, Ed Smith, Of
the Athletics, is a very much i'm
proved poung pitcher. His field.
ing is niftier than it was earlier
in the year, and next season he
probably will be still more pol
ished workman.
Buddy Lewis had one of those
days when nothing went right. He
booted the ball and threw wild, to
his great embarrassment.
The Griffs put on their biggest
inning of the year, scoring nine
runs. Three hits were used along
with numerous bases on balls and
a plethora Of errors.
Melo Armada lost a close deci-
sion at first base in the eighth
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Sport Worlds
Passing Show

Near.record field Of IL named
for $40, 900 Hambletonian stakes
at Goshen, N. Y, today.
Greyhound failed to break
world record for mile by 112
seconds at Goshen.
Marion Miley continued to
hold lead in Chicago golf tour.
naNnent.
Frank Parker. Hal Surface,
Joseph Hunt, ftobert Riggs and
John Van Ryn advanced in
third round of mems singles Of
eastern grass court tennis cham
pionships.
Alice Marble, Nine. Sylvia
Henrotin and Mile. Jadwiga
JedrzejowSka led advance from
third round Of women'S singles.
Dorothy Bundy, only new
conner in squad Of six women
picked by U. s. Lawn Tennis
Association to defend Wightman
Cup against British team at
Forest Hills, N. Y, August 1921.
New York Giants lost chance
to gain on National League lead
ing Chicago Cubs when they
were defeated by Boston Bees,
6 to /.
Other baseball results: Brook.
lyn Dodgers 7, Philadelphia
Phillies 3; Pittsburgh Pirates 6,
Chicago Cubs 5; st. Louis Car.
dinals 8, Cincinnati Reds 2;
Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit
Tigers 4: Washington Senators
IS, Philadelphia Athletics 7
(firSt game): Washington Sena.
tors 8, Philadelphia Athletics 6
Second game).
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.RIST OF THE GRIFFS

l1nn1ng OF the opener. He grounded
sharply to Dean and was out when
Turbeville fielded the ball.
Bill Werber suffered during the
first game. No one with the
Berwyn flash's temperament
could take that lacing without
bleeding internally. But there
was little Bill could do to mend
matters.
Melo Armada bounced a single
into left field to start the Griffs
in the opening frame and scored
when Lewis doubled to left center.
"Skeeter" Newsome started his
first game since July 6 when he
troted out in the second brawl.
The doughty little second sacker
was hit on the head by a pitched
ball in an exhibition game on
July 8.
When Jess Hill smashed ball
into the left field stands in the
second game. some of the more
rabid fans were all in favor of
voting him a embarrassing ball
player. 1t was pointed out that
Hill bruised no fences while here.
1t required an act of Congress
to get Ed Smith to run to second
base after he hit the right field
fence. That really was the tip
off on Appleton.
The populace became quite dis
turbed over the antics of Apple
ton and advocated that he be
sent Immediately to Vladivostock,
or some place where it would re-
quire much time for a return trip.
ossie Bluege, the "Peepuls'
Choice" hit in place of Appleton
and drew a pass. Ed Linke re-
placed Appleton.
It was estimated that the fans
stayed away from the games in
millions. They didn't miss a
thing.
Isn't Is amazing how club that
looked as good as the Athletics
looked in May could look as ter
rible as they looked yesterday?
It looked as if Brucker was safe
at the plate when he tried to score
on NewSome'S fly to Stone. But
George Moriarity ruled the run
ner out. Morarity missed sell
dom.
Well, they can jack up the flag
next season and put a new team
under the flag. Everything will
be all right then.
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What I'm trying to say is that
something must be done to keep
that Vanderbilt off Mr.. Sopwith
hereafter; that it's time to set up
a cry Of stop it, Stop it," and
throw in the lobster pot and the
Genoa jib to save this English
man - and in fact, all English
men-from further punishment;
that, under the present rules, the
Americas Cup series between the
yachts Of the United States and
Great Britain is as dead as a well.
mouthed cigar stump.
When Vanderbilt won four
straight with Ranger over En-
deavour I'd at Newport early this
month he did more than prove
that the cup still belonged in
America. He left little alternative
but to believe that the home
grounds" site must be too great an
advantage for one boat and too
great a hardship for the other.