The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-24

to many residents of the hill, it is
 more annoying than any rooster
 call that ever shattered the ozone
 at early dawn.
 Commissioner Paddy Cronin, Matt Dunphy, Mike McAuliffe and Char ley Ryan in a huddle-they were discussing Paddy's recent trip to Hampton beach. He said you should have seen the fish that were caught there. But unlike most fish, ermen, he admitted that he caught no big ones. Many of the silver dol- lars that were paid out in Middle town last week found their way to Waterbury. The Middletown mer- chants are of the opinion that they will be able to trace all the cart wheels. All the money was marked. It is said that Attorney Maurice Wrenn can have the Republican nomination for judge of probate, if he wants it. No matter who wins the election, there's going to be ari- other scramble for the city court positions.
 Tom Nolan, principal of Web- ster, off with his son, Joe, to play
 the municipal golf course. Father and son are Holy Cross boys. Few days previous saw Tommy play
 ing the East Haven course with
 Johnny Gilmartin and Ralph Hayward. In times past, they
 were big fourso.ne with Pete PronOvOst. Incidently one of the
 caddies said Your mayor was down here a few days ago." ''What kind of a game did he play?" someone asked. "Oh, his game was alright, in fact remarkable in view of the set of clubs he had," was the reply. That East Haven course is supposed to be one of the best municipals in the state.
 With the passing of the summer, card playing as a winter sport will come back to its own. I refer espe- cially to crib, setback, forty-five, and pinochle. Of course the bridge addicts are perhaps the more num- erous, but we are talking about games that chiefly concern the men There is big question in town as to where the best forty-five players reside The playing of the game should not depend upon locality, but 1t seems to play an important part. The boys from the Hill say they have no difficulty with teh sharks from St. Thomas. The Waterville contingent claim the Blessed Sacra- ment teams are a cinch The same is true of the leaders in the East End and Brooklyn And SO it goes Alderman Pat Shea, Sergeant Barney Burns, Larry Ryan, the well-known salesman, Conny Moynihan, the late Tom Reidy, Peter Grifin, Dan Sullivan, John Bowey, all at one time or other have made claim to the championship A real tourna- ment should be worth while.
 As for setback, almost every body who follows the game much, knows the two champions. They admit and concede they are the tops. I refer to medical man and lawyer. I don't like to men,
 ton their names because they would be deluged with challenges. And as for crib, the mythical championship was held a long time by a couple of west end boys.
 One runs a restaurant and the other is . meat man. But they
 have lost so much prestige of late that they are no longer contend CTS. PinochIe ;s played in so many
 different ways around town that 1t would be difficult to pick cham pions. Setback, crib. and forty five have uniform rules and uni- form count. Wonder if they play as in by gone days. Some years ago as in by gone day. Som eyears ago.
 the champions of all games with
 the exception of checkers) could
 be found among the fire fighters.