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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18
Heavy Htters Feature Local Fight Bill Tonight
Browns Under Fred Haney Play
In St. Louis !. and They Love It
BY HARRY GRAYsON
NEA Service Sports Editor

st. Louis, July 17.--Fred Haney
gives the credit to Donald Barnes
and Bill Dewitt.
It is O combination Of both, Of
course, that has the st. Louis
Browns slamming worn~out door
mat In the faces Of American
League leaders, while threatening
to crash the first division.
Haney only has to keep them 60
ing to be the manager Of the year.
The Little Guy had the right
idea from the beginning. He didn't
want players who felt they were
setenced when shipped to st. Louis.
So Haney cleaned out the dead
wood and players who were only
marking time until they could
escape.
what helped most" he explains,
"is that Don Barnes and Bill De-
witt kept salaries up to the league
standard despite the fact the or
ganization lost more than 100000
In three years. ~.
players were never treated bet
ter. Two exhibitions were booked
and we were schduld to go as6 from
Detroit Just before the All-Star
game, because Of which we had
three days off. The club was to be
on the road 23 days.
1.-THE players wanted to see the
All-Star game. 1t gave them q
chance to get home offered an
opportunity To break up the road
trip.
TO ALL-STAR GAME
$50 Don Barnes ordered the ex-
hbitions Cancelled and all hands re-
turned T. st. Louis for the All-Star.
It cost him 5000 In transportation
and receipts, but he'll get 1t all
back, and then some. That's o cheap
price for the spirit Of our club"
The Browns were criticized early
last season when they included
Buck Newsom in q l0-player deal
with Detroit, but aHney figured he
was obtaining at least four useful
athletes for one.
1--WE would have finished last
with Newman" says the old Detroit
third baseman.
among those we got for him
were Bob Harris, now as good
young right-handder as there Is In
the wheel; Vernon Kennedy, Roxie
Lawson and Chef Laabs-all salts
fed in st. Louis"
Joe Glenn wouldn't listen. He
had been a Yankee, so Haney
brought In Bob Swift, the best
young catcher In the circuit.
Haney attributes the Browns
charge to an improved infleld. The
outfit leads the league in double
plays.
FAR AHEAD OF TOTAL
ATTENDANCE FOR 1889
The club already Is far ahead
of last years total attendance at
home played to $1,000 in four
night games will play IA In all.
It will be long time before rival
managers will again get away with
telling their players: Now we're
playing the Browns. We shouldn't
lose one. If they were any good they
wouldn't be in st. Louis"
For If they aren't any good, or
do not choose to put out 100 per
cent, they won't stay in st. Louis.
Not under Fred Haney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18
Rochester Club To
Furnish Helmets
For Local Batters


Rochester, N. Y, July 18.-An In
novation in Baseball Trial Camps Is
the compulsory use Of helmets to
protect all players at bat. The
Rochester Baseball Club, sponsors Of
the Waterbury, Connecticut, Trial
Camp, has issued orders to all its
scouts that protective head-gear be
used by all registrants in the camp,
the helmets to be furnished by the
club.
Through It's president, Oliver
French, the Rochester Club stated
1t was in full accord with the Ma
tional League prexy Ford Tricks
statement concerning protective
helmets. French stated that he be.
neved the protection offered Is tin.
bounded especially in camps and the
lower classification clubs. Rookie
pitchers, who use their speed much
more than their control, are q men,
ace to rookie batters who are mex.
perienced In batting knowledge and
need such protection" he further
stated.
Helmets have never been compul.
sorry equipment in their camps be-
fore although they have been avail
able for those who wished to use
them. The growing number Of cas-
ualties from "bean balls" has
brought nationwide demand for
some protective measure and this Is
probably the first concrete evidence
Of steps in the right direction.
The use Of the helmet is further
urged because It is the belief Of
club officials that future ball play
ers will be subjected to precaution.
airy measures and the young aspir-
ants to professional career who
will report in the waterbury Camp
might as well get started Of on the
right foot.
The waterbury Camp which runs
through the week Of July 22nd Is
expressly for young players between
the ages Of IL and "a and will under
the able guidance Of such scouts az
G. 8. Pop Kelchner, dean Of all
ivory hunters; Roy Dissinger, popu-
lar Rochester scout from the New
England district, as well az French
himself.
Frank Crespi, shortstop Of the
Rochester team of the International
League, is one Of the lads developed
at a training camp by the Red
Birds. At present he Is batting $40.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18

New York, July 10. - CUP -
You'll have to dig In the records
until your thumbs are dusty to UNI
cover a poorer lightweight cham
pion of the world than Lew jenkins
Of Sweetwater, Texas.
My authority for this statement
Is based on what I saw at the Polo
Grounds last night, when Henry
Armstrong made jenkins quit after
six rounds OF fighting In what
was scheduled to be a l2-round fight.
1t was Armstrong; worst fight IN
three years. His punches lacked the
old snap, the sharpness was gone
from his legs, and during the first
two rounds he only went through
the motions. He ducked and bobbed
and weaved but didn't throw a right
hand or a left hand that would have
hurt anybody. Furthermore, he got
hit often. During the first six
minutes Henry's jaw played snare
drum to the sticks Of jenkins fists.
The Texan landed three-six-ten,
maybe IS, of his Sunday rights and
ilefts, but the only effect they had
was to make the little Negro snort
little louder, shake his head little
faster, and bore In a little more
resolutely.
Then Jenkins ran out of punches
Arm weary, little sick in his stom-
ach from the blows Armstrong hao
sunk In his middle, and a bit dis
couraged because the best blows he
possessed had had no noticeable eff
feet. eJnkins resigned. He started
falling down and staggering up, fall
ing down and staggering up. Six
times he went down before the fin
ish, and I'll swear to you that not
one of the falls was due to clean,
hard punch from Armstrong; fists.
You don't have to take my word
for this. You can have the word Of
Eddie Mead, manage rof Armstrong.
1T was the worst fight I ever saw
Henry fight" Mead said in the
dressing room. "He looked the same,
but he didn't throw q decent head
punch all night. and he coasted most
Of the way. The Armstrong Of two
years ago would have run Jenkins
right on past Fl Paso In one round
Armstrong was q bit more gra-
cious In his comments on the fight.
Jenkins was o good boy. and put
up q good fight. But he isn't much
OF q hitter. He's q puffy hitter. II
you know what mean. His punches
sort OF shove you, instead Of landing
with @ mean and hurting snap. He
never really hurt me at all. and ]
knew ! had him when ! got In O
left hook 10 his stomach IN the
second or third round. After that
punch he didn't have anything. and
didn't seem 10 want 10 stand up and
take q whack ct me-"
This observer, who sat Just be-
meath Jenkins corner, walked 70
the dressing room with Manager
Hymis capIin after the fight and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18

!. PROVES GREAT
HORSE OF 1910
Ties Seabiscuit's Time in
$4,000 Race at Suf-
folk Downs
By TOM No0NAN
United Press STAFF Correspondent

lUMteu ExeSS Stam COFreSpOn0eMtsD
Boston, July 18.--(UP)- Eight
Thirty, a four-year-old chestnut
colt, today was classed as the top
challenger for Americas handicap
championship after soundly whip
ping mighty Challedon, 1889 titlist,
in the $4,000 added Massachusetts,
handicap.
THURMAN who tabled Eight Thirty
the up-and-down thoroughbred Of
1910 were stunned as the Widener
standard -bearer pounded to victory
over 10 rivals in the sixth renewal
Of New England's richest stake at
Suffolk Downs yesterday.
Amazed too was the crowd Of more
than 10000 which had made Chal-
ledon AS favorite when It was
announced that Eight Thirty had
equalled the track record Of .1:4e
for the mile and a furlong fixture.
The mark was set by Seabiscuit Ia
the 1897 running.
Eight Thirty earned a net purse
Of SAC, 1850, largest Of his career, and
boosted his lifetime winnings to
STAG, 400.
The Maryland bred Challedon,
making his first stake start OF the
season after winning match race
from many stings, gained tremend-
Gus ground in the run for the wire
but could only finish third behind
Greeftree stables Hash.
Eight Thirty, winner Of the Su.
burban and Toboggan caps, as
sumed the lead at the head Of the
stretch and fought. of all challenges
to defeat Hash by length.
Toting second top weight OF 126
pounds, Eight Thirty was given q
perfect ride by Harry Richards who
kept him just of the pace in third
position for six furlongs, moved up
to second at the mile and then took
command for the last whirl through
the gloom Of a foggy twilight.
Hash, trailing the winner most OF
the route, finished q length and a
half in front of Challedon under q
hard drive. Challedon, carrying $50
pounds, closed six lengths In the
final furlongs and under the whip
Of George Woolf Travelled fastest OF
all at the end but could catch only
Pass Out, who faded rapidly.
Pass Out, q three-year-old In the
veteran hands Of joey Wagner,
burned the first mile In 1885, a sec
ond faster than the track record.
War Dog, ridden by Don Meade, was
fifth behind Pass ut.
Circle M Ranch's Big Pebble was
sixth and then came Belair Studs
Fenelon, Mrs. Emil Denemark's Up
stream, Isolater, Stablemate Of Fene-
Ion, Brandywine stables Masked
General and Samuel Riddles The
Finest.
Eight Thirty paid $3.50 to hold
ers Of winning Pari-Mutuel tickets
and $40 and $50 for place and
show. Hash returned $3.50 and
$7.2O and Challedon $3.50 on the
end. Hash earned $4,000, Challe.
don $1,000, Pass Out $4,000 and War
Dog $3.50.
The outcome maintained the SUI
perstition that the Massachusetts is
"The Graveyard Of Champions"
Seabiscuit was the only favorite ever
to win. Challedon and Alfred @.
Vanderbilt's Discovery twice have
been victims of the jinx that seems
to hover about the Seaside track.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18
Odds And Ends

did not the fight and not adoed due to the
the official
Saturday the Loew-Poh heae The slow
battle start
diamond Cadets and West Ends
Last night the Pine Hills topped the
West Ends game Herbert Pants Plank the former
sposwr ad seller publisher Maine dairy and food
while OF
It's straight cash involved
the salaries Brooklyn A. c. Friday night base
Fulton Hamilton
Dempseys knocking pobeled wresG-
lers characterizng the
night angle again. gentleman Gene Tunney sad Jack and
others
Mike
another Tuxedo suit last at the
different and Mike in the wellsnown middle
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18
Democrat Softies
Nose Out American
Algernons, is To S

The devastating Democrat Cy-
clowns nosed out the American Al
gernons, 1876 in a softball game at
Washington Park last night. This
was the first game Of q "croocial"
series to decide the "paperweight"
championship in the city. The
Democrats viii meet the Republican
Nighties in the next game soon.
Cyclown Johnny "side-winder"
Martin hurled Q no-hit game for
exactly 2-3 Of an inning. But after
the first hit, he began to bear down
and allowed only % scattered hits,
scattered all over the diamond. This
victory brought Martins pitching
record to / win against no defeats.
Three hurlers were used by the
Leavenworth street Handful team,
and all entered a protest with the
five umpires charging non-support.
The case will be heard at the next
meeting of the journalese board Of
experts. Gilhooly, the shortstop ter
ror for the Americans halted the
game In the first inning and de-
manded the erection Of stop light
on the base paths to prevent serious
accidents to defense and offense.
Ray 1.-THE Ripper" Fitzpatrick,
frist-sacker for the Victorious Cy-
clowns was the sparkplug Of the
Democrats, having only 5 errors
charged against him.
Mike Colangelo, backstoj for the
winners, complained Of flat feet az
ter touring the bases on three con-
secutive home runs. Vincent
"Smoothie" Coates, coach for the
sluggers from Grand Street, played
the full seven innings despite a
pre-game injury.
1t was q tight ball game through
out, with 80 errors charged against
the Americans and 81 and 80 errors
for the Democrats. The ga error was
charged against Hap "Yehoodi"
Howard, who protested the black
mark on his hitherto unblemished
record.
Refreshments were served after
the game.
The Box Score:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18
WASHINGTON HILLS,
THOMASTON, TONIGHT

Thomaston, July 10. - Harry
Lynchs American Legion nine has
lined up two attractive games for
this week, one with the Washing
ton Hills Of the waterbury City
Amateur league, tonight ct 8 p. m.
Foster and 1iAttery viii form the
battery for the visitors, with MID
dlebrooks and CliR BrammeS the
Thcmaston battery.
Saturday afternoon the Cuban
All stars, q travelling team, win
make their first appearance IN
Thomaston. Both contests viii be
played ct Mc0rath's Field.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18
TURCOTTE,SAL
MINNICH, DUFFY I
SEEM WINNERS
Cat Robinson, New York
Negro, Expected to
Test Local Star
ny Hugo Hookjab)

waterbury A. q. has . board Of
boxing strategy that has come up
with some nifty leather parties dur
ing the past two years, but it feels
that onight's program Of five pro-
fessional bouts ct Randolph Cloves
Stadium Is q matchmaking MASTER
piece. From top to bottom, inside
and out across and between there
is not q flaw in the entire array that
can be detected or corrected pric6
to the time the first two boys get
tkeir hands UP ct the bell.
Dick T.urcotte Is matched with
Ernie "Cat" Robinson Of New York
In the main bout Of eight rounds.
Turcotte's two fights with Norman
Hurdman Of Canada were thrillefs.
Robinson's work against Eddie Dolai1
was commendable, to say the least.
50 what could be more natural than
putting Robinson In with Tufcctte?
The writer picks Turcotte 70 win.
May be Best
Another skier that figures TO kesp
the customers on o razor edge Of in-
terest Is the Jimmy Hatcher and
Kid Sal number. Both are non.
scientific sluggers Of the Henry
Armstrong type, and when they
come together, somebody should
drop as both are strong. hard.hit.
tiers who never have 0 dull moment
once they 60 into action. Sal Is
the writer's choice 10 win but not
until he puts up the hardest kind
Of fight.
Max Minnich Of New York and
Dula Kovach Of Naugatuck will try
It again, and there will not ED an
absentee who saw their last fight,
missing tonight. They fought q
siashing draw three weeks ago Ko-
vach taking o lead which Minnich
evened up In the last tworo unds
after plenty Of give and take. This
time, the writer thinks Minnich win
show enough to win the nod.
Joe Folowitzef, the Windsor Locks
southpaw with the knockout wallop
meets I'D with the bull-shouldered
Tommy Carlo, who will be meeting
no such classy performer as Julie
Hogan this time, but O boy Of his
own skin. Both are very hard
punchers, and q kayo q more than
likely. Ciarlo should make 0 COME
back here. but his task Is far from
an easy one.
Bill Duffy, the ex-college and VIE
lanova boy from Hartford Is the class
of the first bout and should outp0int
Tom Collins, the local negro lad,
who is hard to tag. Announcer JACK
Frenzy will take D deep breath and
give out the oral info about what's
what end why sometime about $3.50
O'Clock, while J. (split-second
Brickel vii time the proceedings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18
BY HARRY FERGUSON
United Press SnOrta EditOr)

New York, July 10 - (U.PJ -
They shook the fog out Of Lew Jen-
kins' brain in the early hours of to-
day and told him he was q refugee
from q hurricane-another victim
Of Hurricane Henry Armstrong,
that human storm who grows more
destructive with the years.
Armstrong blew his man down at
the Polo Grounds last night in q
bout that proved nothing except
that the little brown man from Los
Angeles - only person ever to hold
three world championships at one
time is pound for pound one Of the
great fighters of all time.
Minutes, yes even hours, after the
fight ended in the sixth round Jen-
kins still was asking what hit him
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18
Limit PLAY IN
THOMASTON MEET
(suecial to The Democrat)

rh vSpsso, J july i7DKeen compe-
tition marked the play IN FINE AN
tennis tournament mere tooay ~
singles, doubles ana mixed oouDles,
Henry Cieslewski, newly crowned
Bristol open champion from Nauga-
tuck registering the only straignt SCI
6-1. 60.
Ida Rossini Of Bristol won one OF
three sets from Mrs. Anna Genua OF
avnsotsS r. co more than two sets
Inc scores were 80 - ,,,arx,,
Eay fnaneui anu cet"" w. :
nao qui.e snne u $500 ~ SviI r,,,ni,
feorge AiisUen @n H,.. Do.o. 90 aaroa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18
BURKE LOSES FIRST
POOL TOURNEY GAME

Mike vernovia has two games IN
the city amateur pocket billiard
tournament at the Wooster on tap
for tonight, the first al 1880 against
Al Vendetta and then takes on
Charley English an hour or 30 later.
Both games are rs points. Last night
Johnny Burke, the radio trouble
man, lost his iirst tourney game 70
william Evans. 60 10 70. while Teddy
De corso defeated Johnny Devine
rs 70 20. Evans played excellent pool
al the way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18

Home runs--c olangelo-2. Evans 2.
Howard !. Barrett 1. Fitspatrick !,
0ugliotii !. Harvey H.. 49,. .. q.
Double plays ougiiotti 70 Fits
patrick, HowaFd. Evans dladney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18

There ere 100000 licensed deer
hunters IN the United States, &C.
cording % the federal department
q agriculture
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18

supplementary closing dates 10
permit horses that reach q peak
the came year as @ stake n run
will be established by the Belmont
pnyk track.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18
BLIND INVESTMENT

Tim Mara, owner Of the New York
professional football club, bought
the franchise ten years ago when
he had never seen gridiron game.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18
CREDIT TO BREEDER

The name Of the breeder Of each
winning horse is announced over the
loud speaker after every race ct
New York's Empire City track.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18

This seems to be about all the
scrapings from the pegs for now
- but wait here comes Buffalo
Bill" with a dispatch from the
home ofilce-"Prexy" LOTUS an
nounces that the return match
with st. Thomas will be held this
coming Monday evening at the st.
Patrick QUOT boxes details will
follow later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18

Barney" Burns Of st. Thomas
used his iron claw" to good adj
vantage when he slid over those
ringers. I wonder what "Chick"
Tyrell would have done without
his chalk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18

Facts on the game are hard to
get but it was noticed that Dead
eye" Jack Delanye had spectac-
ular game with Mr.. Smith of st.
Thomas. Is points constitutes a
game but when the smoke or dust
had cleared from the pits the COM
putator showed a total Of twenty
one points with Mr.. Smith the
winnahl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18
St. Patrick's Quot Notes

Alas and Alack! The men
jotlrneyed to the North End to
meet the st. Thomas pitchers but
they we're too strong for the
Brooklynites who returned to
their habitats with long faces be-
cause Of the loss, but the sadness
was soon erased as the aPtrick-
men recalled the scrumptious
social the Enders held for them
after the battle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18

'Pres" Lotus says that in the
near future he will meet these
man on his teams home grounds
and avenge the defeat as well as
attmpt to surprass the victuals
passed about after the games.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09

be placed for the four causes of
lnterdenominatlonal World Mis-
sions, Women's Union Christian col.
leges in China, Japan and India;
directors of religious work in Unit
ed States Indian schools; Christian
literature for women and girls in
other lands, and Christian service
in migrant camps in the United
States.
1.-THE World Day of Prayer is a
great Observation-Disclosures observ.
ance by Christian women through
out the world, 1t has grown from
a need which women have felt for
a Fellowship of intercession. Women
speaking many languages, gather
ing in heat and cold, in tiny coun.
try communities and in the great
cities, in small chapels and in i'm
mense cathedrals, will on this day
turn their hearts to God in inter.
cessory prayer. The first World Day
Of Prayer was held in 1927. Since
then, the custom has grown ire
mendously, So that in nearly sixty
countries there are Christian WON
en- keeping the day together. The
theme is lifted out of a situation
in the Old Testament, when the peo-
pie of God were faced with the
problem Of national sin and national
expediency. Leadership was uncer.
tain; old loyalties were giving away;
the present was full of confusion
and the future held national peril.
The Prophet Isaiah treasured the
people in the words of the theme:
In q%uietness and in confidence shall
be your strength" local sponsors
said.
During every moment of the "a
hours of Friday, February 9, Chris
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09
FRANCIS h. BACON
PASSES IN TURKEY
Aged Architect And Furni-
ture Manufacturer Was
Brother Of Mrs. M'Koy

Francis H. Bacon, S9.year-old
architect, archaeologist and furni-
ture manufacturer, brother of Mrs.
w. A. McKoy, of Wilm1.. gton, and
frequent visitor to this city, died
last Monday at his home in Chanak
Kale, Dardanelles. Turkey.
He was the brother of Henry
Bacon, designer of the Lincoln
Memorial, in Washington, D. c.,
and was the son Of Henry Bacon,
one of the first U. S. army engi-
neers assigned to the Wilmington
district and who was instrumental
IN many Cape Fear river improve
ments.
Bacon's wife was with him at
his home in Turkey at the time of
his death. He has been living
abroad many years.
The deceased is best known in
the United States for having de-
signed the shrines for the Declara-
ton of Independence and the Con-
stjtution of the United States, now
in the Library of Congress, Wash
lngton. D. c. He was also the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09

tan groups all around the world
will be uniting in prayer for u
of Christ. The day begins in New
Zealand and Fiji Islands, I'M ends
at the st. Lawrence islands Off the
coast of Alaska, thirty miles from
the date line and at the edge OF
the Arctic circle.
ut is the hope of Christianity that
the barriers of race and creed shall
be broken down-that all men may
learn to follow Him who alone a
the way of life-that His witnesses
may be faithful and that a way
be found by which individuals ana
nations may dwell together in peace
and understanding.
THE Interdenominational World
Day of Prayer is sponsored by the
church women of Wilmington. A
very cordial invitation is extended
to all foreign-speaking wornen resid-
ing now in the city to join In the
service of prayer"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09
Undecided About
1910 Thanksgiving Date

RALEIGH, Feb. S-R-Governor
Hoey hasn't decided whether North
Carolina will celebrate Thanksgiving
November p or November %.
He said today he had written sew.
eral other governors to determi 4
whether they would follow President
R~oosevelt's recommendation, in the
event tho President decided again
to advance the date of the holiday
by n week.
The President indicated last year
he would urge that November p be
observed as Thanksgiving.
Hoey said he believed that all
states should celebrate the holiday
on the same date, but added he
thought that date should be the one
fixed by tradition-the last Thurs.
day in November.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-09
North Sierra Section
Shaken By Earthquake

GRASS VALLEY, Calf, Feb. s.
R-The North Sierra section of
California experienced its sharpest
earthquake in Is years today.
Clocks were stopped. Residents
of many towns were Jared from
sleep. Dishes and furniture ratified.
Alarmed men and women ran from
their houses when the quake start.
ed a few minutes after midnight.
The epicenter of the disturbance
placed on the Sierra side of the
Sacramento valley, in Plumas conn
ty. 1t was timed at 12:05:3O a. m.
on the Berkeley seismograph. The
needle trembled for 20 minutes.