The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-15
TODAY'S
SPORT
PARADE
BY HENRY McLEMoRE
United Press Staff Correspondent


UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Atlanta, Ca, December i5.--tUP)
A Sportswriter's random log Of
the year 1880: The wild finish OF
the Rose Bowl game between South
ern Gal and Duke, with Doyle Nave
throwing passes that the dog-tired
Blue Devils knew were coming but
were too tire tod handle. -. Costing
Big Jimmy Thomson q possible $500
by nine-putting from 10 feet on the
10th green Of the Bing Crosby pro-
amateur tournament at Del Mar.
Picking Kayak II to win the $780,
900 handicap at Santa Anita and
watching the South American beauty
turn on the heat In the stretch to
win II In q walk. i. the sadness OF
Charley Howard as he stood In the
unsaddling ring by his winner.
Even the 100000 couldn't make up
for the Californian's disappoint-
ment that Seahiscuit hadn't won
II and become the greatest money
winner OF all time. Passing the
curb service marriage bureau In
tiny Salome, Arizone $50 miles from
the nearest telephone), and the
reply OF the roadhouse owner across
the street II such q thing were
allowed: "Hell, Buddy, way out
here who's gonna tell you what's
right and what's wrong9" Wild
duck dinners In Juarez and Tia
Juana, golf In Arizona's incompar-
able mornings, and the thunder Of
the Hooves and the Confetti OF the
silks as the iield reared by In the
Kentucky Derby. =.
Remembrance
Standing In the room with Mrs.
Max Baer when Make. O sad pie
ture OF a man, came from the YAM
kee Stadium after being cut to bits
by Lou Nova. Lounging around
o hotel In Philly with Nova, and
watching him demonstrate the
punches he planned to knockout
Tony Galento with. Standing
outside Nova's dressing room after
that fight and being refused admit
lance. The doctors were too busy
putting him back together. Sail
Ing through the Golden Cate on
the MatSonia, Jus O shutdown.
Bound for Honolulu. The outline
OF Diamond Head rising through
the mists. y. Surfboarding OF Wal
kiki, body-surfing at Makapu, NOON
light rainbows. Hula dancers, friends
and fun. Watching Sam Snead
take that terrible eight on the final
hole In the National open, and the
morgue-like silence In the locker
room as Sam sat stunned on the
bench, unable TO believe what had
happened. The housekeeping
play-off for the National title be-
tween Byron Nelson and Craig Wood,
and the look on Craig's face when
Nelson holed O No. iron for OH
Eagle two. Many times O run
ner-up, he knew as the ball bounced
into the cup that he was licked
again. The members OF the
Australian Davis Cup Team stand
Ing at attention as they heard their
king broadcast that the Empire was
at war with Germany. :. The quiet
way they took the news, and their
brilliant play later In the day To
win the cup. -.
Destiny
The acrid smell OF benzine and
castor oil just before the little cars
streaked away In the b00-mile race
at Indianapolis. Talking TO the
hiep faiia,,, 10. tia ttas, aas i,,ak ka
fore the start. Hearing him say
This Is my day. I got the Car
and I got tho luck. That was
Floyd Roberts. An hour later
Floyd was dead, crushed In q wreck
on the far turn. -. The courage OF
Helen Jacobs In the final OF the
women's tennis championship at
Forest Hills. Beaten OF love In
the first set, none too well
physically, and faced by m oppo-
nent with twice hor guns, the Cali
fornia veteran came within o
whisper OF beating Alice Marble. j..
The shock OF seeing the mighty Joe
Louis topping backwards 10 the
floor In the dalento fight, and the
feeling In the fourth round that,
should the lights 90 out, Louis would
kill Tony before they could DO sep
arated. The quail, the Gavin, the
laughs, and the fellowship on Bobby
Jones's masters tournament In
Augusta. Challedon and Kayak
neck TO neck, then head To head,
In that lifting drive donw the pay
off line In the Pimblico special. i.
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoe-
nix, Mobile. Knoxville, Atlanta,
Miami, Boston, Chicago, South
Bend, Detroit, and many q way
point. Thanksgiving dinner,
5000 feet up In T.W.A. plane bound
for the west. Turkey and trim
mings at 100 miles per hour. /.
Ambers and Armstrong toe TO too
for 10 rounds. The deathlike
silence In Cincinnati when Charley
Keller circled the paths on his Sec
ond home run OF the day. That
ride back 10 New York on the
Yankee Special. Lou oehrig day
In the Stadium. ..
Laughs. Thrills. Tears.
Disappointments. All In a sports
writer's year. .. May 1910 DO Just
as ftill,