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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-04
Ripple Of Reds Was Tidal Wave Of Second Game
By GEORGE KIRKsEY

United Press Staff C0rreSpOndent)
 Detroit, Oct. 4-UP)-The ripple turned out to be a tidal wave.
 Only five weeks ago, Jimmy Ripple of the Reds was playing the outfield for the Montreal International league club. little dreaming he'd be one of the stellar performers in the world series. In fact, his chief am- bition was to help Montreal get into the International league playoffs.
 But in one of those rags-to-riches dramas. Ripple was waited from the Montreal club to a regular berth on the pennant-bound Reds. during the last days of August.
 Property of the Brooklyn club, the Reds were able to land Ripple by a quirk of the rule book. The Dodgers sent him to Montreal early in the season with the intention of recalling him later. They changed their minds and asked waivers in August. The Reds claimed him and despite pro- Ftests from the Montreal club, were upheld by Commissioner Landis. Montreal wished to keep Ripple un- til the end of the season but Landis ordered him to report to the Reds immediately.
 Benefit to Both
 It was a break for Ripple and an even bigger break for the Reds. Be- cause of him, the National league champions are all tied with the Tigers at one game each as they move into the third battle today. With the score tied, 2-2, and Ival Goodman on first. Ripple slashed one of Schoolboy Rowe's Sunday pitches on a line into the right field bleach CTS, some 370 feet away.
 Thus far the Reds have scored seven runs in two games, Ripple has driven in three of them-one in the opener and two yesterday. He's made only two hits but both were in the clutch.
 Ripple has played in 37 games with the Reds, and hit an even 300. Even if he did nothing else, he solved the Reds left field problem.
 In his days at the Polo Grounds, Ripple was favorite among Giants fans who used to sing a verse in his honor. It went something like this:
 Jimmy Ripple. hero of de people,
 he hits de treeple.
 If you can figure way to rhyme home run with Ripple, you'll have the Reds new war song.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-04
Eagle Gets Bout
 With Nathan Mann, Believe It Or Not !!
New Haven to Present Fis' tic Prize Package on
 Night of October IA

New Haven, Oct. Five times Nathan Mann has defended his New England heavyweight title and on four out of the five occasions the contenders were blasted out of the picture before the full distance was reached. On Monday night, Oc- tober IA, Mann puts his title on the block against Charlie Eagle, Water bury Polish reavyweight, in 8 12- round bout at the Arena.
 George Fitch was the only one to stay the distance with Matte in a title match, and in that bout Fitch was on the floor four times. Previ- ous to that Mann stopped Fitch in the sveenth round. Larry Lovett was blasted out of the picture twice by Mann in recent months, while last winter the Hamden Slugger knocked out Eldridge Eatman in the third round.
 Eagle and Mann have never met, although the Brass City battler has been in quest of match with Mann since 1886. Despite the fact that Eagle lost decision to Lovett in hstless fight at Waterbury a few weeks ago, the boxing critics point out that Eagle broke training three days before the fight, and was far from being in the best of condi- tion. They also add that Eagle nexer exerts himself too much when in with a boxer, and that it takes a heavy puncher to make him work.
 Thus, Eagle will have to fight against Matte. And, when the Brass City battler makes up his mind to work, he can hold his own with the most of them. He fought the highly touted Tommy Tucker 8 draw at Ma son Square Garden last win ter. Following that match he gave Bob Pastor ten tough rounds in los- ing the decision.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-04
stay there-and keep on getting $4,- 900 the rest of your baseball life"
 Pretended

stay there-and keep on getting $4,- 900 the rest of your baseball life"
 Pretended
 Wilson had a deep, personal in- terest in Walters who lived in his neighborhood in Philadelphia. His pretended anger and scorn was just that-pretense. He knew Walters had pitchers arm and 1t grieved him to think that 1t was going to waste. He kept up the badgering
 One night in the Philies' spring training camp in Florida he con- cocted a plot with his two coaches. They were to take Walters out to a road house, buy some wine, get him mad by scaying he was afraid to take a chance in the box, and later on Wilson was to stroll in and join the group just by accident That was the night Walters agreed to pitch.
 Up came wilson to the table Walters got up. 'I'm sgoing home, Jimmy. but before l 60 want to tell you and those other muggs here that I can pitch. I'm start ing tomorrow"
 On his way out he paused. He still wasn't too sure Of his de- cisIon. "Just one thing Jimmy" be sasid cautiously, "if I don't make the e grade do | ! get my Job back at
 Well, you can imagine the ex- trome admiration and happiness Wilson enjoyed yesterday as he caught Walters in a World Series game and co Walters went along Inning after inning. pitching ono ol tho naslefpleceg of the October classic. We noticed them from lhe lfcfa box after ih1 game Waa over Tine first ihina walters dld was le ahato WlloonH hand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-04

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-04
AUSTRALIA SPURNS
 BIG U. s. TENNIS TOUR

- Melbourne, Australia, Oct. l. -(UP)-The council of the austral- ian Lawn Tennis Association today rejected the Queensland Associa- tion's request that it invite Bobby Riggs and other leading American players to play matches in Austral- ia to aid the Red Cross.
 The request was turned down on the ground that would be unfair to the United States, which had agreed not to challenge the Davis Cup during the war and that it was inappropriate and inimical to public policy to invite American players to Australia for any other purpose.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-04
Sports QUESTIONS Answered

Have you a sports question you want answered? Write your ques- ton clearly, sign your name and address and mail your query to Sports Fan Question Man, Sports Service Bureau, The Waterbury Democrat, 1913 18th street, Wash postage stamp for personal reply. Don't telephone: write as directed.
 W. What is the usual percentage of gate receipts that boxing cham pion receives as his end of the purse?
 A. The rules in most states call tor . division of 371s for the cham pion and 121s for the challenger. However. a man like Louis. Arm D1fUng and others, who are good drawing cards, demand and receive os high as 40 per cent and most shallengers receive 17is per cent.
 @. In what years did Jimmy Foxx, Bob Grove and Joe Cronin first play with the Boston Red Sox?
 4. Foxx In 1886; Grove in 1884; and Cronin in 1895.
 Q. Is Bernd Rosemeyer, the fa- nous German auto race drive, liv- lngg
 A. He was killed January 9s le9e, in a race on the Frankfort Dn-the-Main- -Darmstadt road, neaT- Berlin, Germany.
 e. xn archery, what does the ierm Thorn spoon" mean?
 A, Hitting the outer edge Of the mgget, beyond the white. &. Was the iesf University Of Mislnaaole football team sEeeptIoD- lIIg ap0df
 ~ It Ras generally regarded aI slo of the gTaateft eleVens eyer ffa1IIefl In tbe middle vest, Thf 6an Aae nndefRated and nDiled, winning finht games, and scoring |e pe'nle io W opp0nenls' %,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-04
PITCHING RECORDS

x Batted for Wilson In seventh inning of first game. Batted for Moore in eighth inning of first game.
Evening star., 1940-04-28

served by the Roosevelt and Grace
liners, United States Lines has an
nounced plans for the Manhattan
and Washington to call at the isles
en- route to and from Italy. The
added service will begin June 28.
Other sailing dates from New York
by the Manhattan and the WASH
ington will be fortnightly-July IL
and 26 and August 9 and %. Ber-
muda is 68l nautical miles from New
York.
Plans already are shaping up for
Atlantic City's annual Children's
Week, when young travellers under
IL, accompanied by an adult member
of the family, will be given their
rooms and meals free at hotels par
ticipating in the plan. Dates this
year are June % to July 5. Theaters,
piers, swimming pools. sailboats,
rolling chairs and other amuse-
ments will be available free to chill
dren under a program now being
worked out.
The famous Gen. Grant grove of
giant sequoias, long a touris attrac-
ton in Gep. Grant National Park, is
now in Kings Canyon National Park.
No miracle of transplanting has
been effected; Kings Canyon Park
was created and simply absorbed
Gen. Grant Park under an act of
Congress last month.
Miami will hold it's first Metro
politan Summer Fishing Tourna-
ment from June Is to August 4.
Tommy Aitken. executive director of
the famous Florida resorts deep-sea
fishing tournaments, points out that
the catch of record 73O-pound
blue marlin in June, 1899, indicates
lively competition for the 1920 in
cash prizes. Miami's royal poin-
ciana festival is scheduled for the
second week in June, when the fiery
blossoms of the trees, native to
Madagascar, are expected to present
their spectacular appearance.
Evening star., 1940-04-28

QUEBEC, Canada. April PA
new kind Of hunter who brings his
wife with him is beginning to pene-
trate the wilds of Canada. He never
kills his game, but he can always
prove his craftsmanship, for he is
the hunter whose camera is his
gun" And 1t is much more diff
cult to secure good photograph
Of q moose in its native wilder
ness than 1t would be to lay that
same moose low with q high-pow-
cred bullet, according to professional
guides who have accompanied tour
lists on both camera and hunting
trips.
Many of the visitors to the Lau-
rentides Park, a great game sanctu-
ary teeming with wild life, but
where no firearms are permitted,
now come exclusively for the pur-
poses of wild animal photography,
while more and more fishermen are
beginning to carry their cameras,
an official Of the park reports.
"A man might plunge into an
AAA1CoA Ju1ASC dIlu opNllU WcckS
without getting a good photograph
Of wild game" this official stated,
"but some of the keenest photogra-
pliers I have ever met have found
our great game reserve paradise
for wild animal photography. We
have 1000 lakes and streams in the
park and beavers can be found on
almost every lake. You can get
good snapshots of moose alongside
our roads and sometimes walking
on the road, or you can catch them
in the lakes burying their heads be-
meath the water and bringing up
great quantities Of soft grasses from
the bottom.
II have known tourists to come
down just for the day from Que
bee and return home that night
with the unforgetable snapshot.
Some Of the widest parts of this
big game sanctuary Of 3,700 square
miles are tapped by roads.
Protected by strict regulations,
the animals are not so wild as where
they are hunted every season and
the camera enthusiast can often
obtain wonderful photographs.
Evening star., 1940-04-28
Park Animals Offer Tourists
hri|Iing Camera Shots

what Is the first requisite for
success in wild animal photography?
THAT is easily answered. It is
patience. The man or woman who
tramps through the woods making
a lot Of noise will walk all day
and never get chance to focus on
a single wild animal. They hear
him coming and slip out of the
way before he comes into view. He
may never know it, but he has
disturbed dozens of wild creatures.
Take deer. If you remain per-
fectly still the deer has trouble in
seeing you. If you keep absolutely
still while overlooking point where
a deer is apt to cross and If the
wind is not blowing from you toward
that point, that is, If 1t is not carry
ing your scent to the deer, you will
stand a very good chance of seeing
1t In the late afternoon"
He told Of woman who visited
the park last summer, having sue
cess In making friends with wild
animals. She became the best of
friends with little fawn and it
wanted to follow her everywhere.
After she left the park camp the
fawn returned to her camp site
several times, as II 1t were trying
to find her.
There is a great difference in
wild animals. We have moose in
the park that do not mind STAN
gers" the of1lcial added. You can
come quite near to them in an auto
Evening star., 1940-04-28

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2000-mile cruise on Princess liner along
sheltered Inside Passage. Go. for the
fun :. the scenery or the rest. 9-day
.Princess Cruises" from SlO5. Special
, 4u-day Princess Cruises" from SIPS.
Fares are from Vancouver, Victoria
or Seattle and include meals and
berth except at SkdgVay.
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Ne Po..eots
Low rail fares to or from Pacific Northwest and
California via Banff and the Canadian Rockies on
Canadian Pacific through transcontinental
unconditional trains. Between Vancouver and
Seattle 165-mile Princess liner cruise with stop
sf evergreen Victoria included on your ticket.
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Evening star., 1940-04-28
q CANADIAN ROCKIES
PACIFIC NORTHWEST

>. Ban6, Lake Louise, Van
couver, Victoria, Canada; Puget
Sound cruise, Seattle, Glacier
Natiooal Park. Is days .
Evening star., 1940-04-28

mobile. There are others that will
run for miles after they have be-
come frightened. But as q rule
there is nothing to frighten them.
"Thtre isn't single camp in
the park that hasn't its colony Of
beavers, and I don't think there
is a more interesting animal in the
world. Our most majestic animal
is the moose. But there are lots
of people who like to photograph
the ordinary animals.
MANY photographers bring their
movie cameras with them. pre-
dict that the result will be that
in a few years people will know
more about wild game and take
greater interest in its preservation
than ever before"
Evening star., 1940-04-28
] ALASKA TOUR e

and Lake Louise, Vancouver,
famous Inside Passage to Skag.
way and return, Victoria, Seattle
and American Rockies. Glorious
Glacier Park (optionaD. II days
Evening star., 1940-04-28

Glacier Park, Canadian Rockies,
Pacific Northwest, San Francis
cos Exposition, Grand Canyon,
plus Waterton Lakes PARK, Van.
couver and Victoria, Canada;
Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles.
2l wonderful davs
Evening star., 1940-04-28

at st. Georges both southbound and
northbound. This eliminates the
steamship trip into Hamilton and
thus provides cruise passengers
more time to visit on the islands.
Evening star., 1940-04-28
Bermuda Traffic Picks Up

HAMILTON, Bermuda, April 81
There has been a recent pickup in
Sunday traffic here due to the fact
that the Grace Lines ships now dock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21

ice type Of organization and the
immense distances involved.
Small Only on Map.
The Caribbean is small only on a
map. The inhabitants of most of
the Western islands have not seen
an airplane or warship of the United
States neutrality patrol this year.
Even if the patrol were extended
to cover this area, submarines and
schooner supply ships would still
have q good chance Of remaining
undecided.
From the bridge of q destroyer
and even from behind the instru-
ment board of q patrol plane there
is a limit to what you can see.
Aerial searches for small vessels
have sometimes been carried out for
days and only ended when the YES
sells themselves sailed back to port
with tales Of having seen the search
ing planes fly directly overhead
without spotting them.
Thus the Nazis, operating In
waters blessed with many islands
and Gays that offer secluded shelter
feel confident Of escaping detec-
ton. A raider that Is known to
have sunk three Allied ships of
the Caribbean in recent weeks has
q score of passages to choose from
in entering this area.
Copyright. 1910. BY North American
Newspaper Alliance)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Caribbean
Continued From First Page

offensive off the coast Of Central
America, vital defense area of the
Western Hemisphere.
In getting this story, the Blue
Streams two-man crew had to meet
worse problems than tropical storms
We have been shot at, offered
brides and repeatedly searched.
The system organized by the
Nazis in the Caribbean is based on
shuttle service. Isolated, widely
separated islands are stocked with
diesel oil to provide alternative ref
uges for raiders that can either re-
fuel directly at the islands or have
rendezvous at remote Gays with sup
ply ships-probably innocent-looking
sailing schooners.
These schooners. regularly used
for trade and communications In
the area, are an integral part OF
the Nazi system. Not only do they
transport fuel, but they are also used
for communications between the Is
lands and mainland when use OF
radio would be dangerous.
Refueling points have been care
fully chosen for their strategic value
On Cozumel, 24-mile-long island
off the coast of Quintana Roo, Mex
:co's least-known territory, over 80,
600 gallons have been stored. Cozu-
mel lies within easy striking distance
OF the important Gulf of Mexico
and Straits of Florida shipping
routes.
Canal Approaches Menaced.
Drums have been accumulated or
the remote islands of Old Providence
and st. Andrews, possessions Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Japan's Bombs Leave
|Chungking's Walled
City Smoking Ruins
Hundreds Believed Dead
Or Trapped; Homes Of
$4,000 Wiped Out
BY the Associated Presi.

BY the Associated freSJ.
CHUNGKING, China, Aug. 21.-
High winds famed flames from Jap
anese incendiary bombs into a rag
ing conflagration last night that left
Chungking's 8th-century-ol walled
city area an unacceptable mass of
smoking ruins.
Hundreds of Chinese were believed
killed and trapped in the blazing
area where homes sheltering Is 900
persons were wiped out by 100 Japa-
nese bombers In the sixth raid in
four days. Anti-aircraft batteries
shot down one raider.
Missionary institutions and for
eign commercial houses were de-
stroyed.
Offices Are Gutted.
Fire destroyed the Canadian
Church Mission, Quilted the offices Of
Du Pont de Nemours, the American
Asiatic Underwriters. and the home
Of an American businessman, j. H.
Schwer of st. Louis.
The British shipping offices Of
Butterfield, Swire & Jardine Mathe-
son and German commercial
agency were burned.
Bomb fragments hit a building
occupied by the Intercontinent
Corp, an aviation concern with
headquarters in New York.
The American Methodist Church
and a 100-bed French Catholic
hospital were destroyed, but the
American Methodist Hospital stood
unscathed in a square mile Of dew
astation.
Lin Yu-tang, Chinese author Of
American best sellers, lived through
two direct bomb hits on his air raid
shelter. He said later:
If they can dish it out, We can
take it."
$50. 1000 for Relief.
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek
appropriated 1000, 900 Chinese, dol
lars $4,000 in United States cur
rency) for the immediate relief Of
thousands of Chinese who lost their
homes and shops in the heavy Jap
anese air bombardments Of Chung
king.
He announced homeless persons
willing to leave Chungking would be
given free transportation and free
food and lodging elsewhere while
those choosing to remain will be
given cash grants.
Two special grants were made for
families of two ranking fire officers
killed in battling fires started by the
bombs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Italians Proclaim
Total Blockade
In Mediterranean
NeutroIs Warned to Keep
Ships 30 Miles From
British Coasts
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, Aug. 21.-War flared to
new intensity in the Mediterranean
today as Italy launched a total
blockade" of British territories in
that region, and Stefani, the Italian
news agency, reported furious air.
sea battle, in which it was said seven
British planes were shot down.
Time and place of the battle were
not disclosed, but Stefanis cor
respondent said an Italian air
squadron had attacked large British
warships protected by lighter vessels
and a squadron Of GlOster- Gladiator
planes with considerable" effect
In addition to the seven British
planes shot down, he said, two others
were possibly destroyed.
New bombardments Of British air
bases on the Island of Malta were
reported by the high command
which conceded British planes had
carried out raids Of secondary i'm
portance" on Italian positions in
Ethiopia.
On Cairo the Royal Air Force
reported numerous raids on Ital-
ian-held African territory, in
GLIDING Ethiopia, where hangers,
a wireless station and military
stores were bombed)
Particular Areas Cited.
The total blockade" of British
territories was announced in a note
to neutrals warning their shipping
not to enter waters within 80
miles of British coasts, and calling
particular attention to maritime
stretches along the coasts of British
colonies and protectorates in the
Mediterranean, Red Sea and Gull
of Alden.
This was interpreted by Fascist
authorities as meaning a total,
unconditional blockade" The Italian
action came only three days after
Germany's proclamation of similar
blockade of the British Isles.
Italy notified neutrals she declined
all responsibility for the conse-
quences to any ship ignoring her
warning of peril in British waters.
Enter Water at Own Peril.
Stefani said any neutral ships
which ventured into these waters
would do so eat their own risk and
peril" and added:
The consequence Of today's meas
ure is total interruption Of all traffic
between neutral countries and the
colonies still in England's possession
in all of that sphere which the
Italian government considers in the
zone of operations.
English colonial ports are thus
closed to traffic completely, and are
prevented from receiving supplies
from neutral countries by means Of
neutral shipping"
Stefani said it should be empha-
sized that establishment of the
blockade would contribute to
speedy conclusion Of the war by de-
priving Britain of necessary
supplies"
The agency expressed confidence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Nazi Use Of Seized
u. ). Passports Forecast
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 21-Germany
is taking United States passports
away from all Americans captured
in military operations, a group of
returning ambulance drivers said
yesterday, adding, Don't think they
won't use our passports to get spies
in here"
Spokesman for the group of
drivers who were taken prisoner in
France and who arrived home on the
Portuguese ship Quanza was Arthur
Stratton of Clinton. Mass.
The Germans cannot understand
what interest we have in the Euro
pean war" he said.
Most of the drivers were captured
June % at Mont Repos, France. The
Germans treated them all fairly well,
billeting them with captured French
officers, but took their passports.
The men were released July IA, with
no reason given.
Also in the group were William T.
Ripley, 81, Of Montclair, N. j., and
Paul Brooks Willis Of Albuquerque,
N. Mex. All were members of the
Gen. Pershing unit of the American
Volunteer Ambulance Corps.