The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01
mo EFFORT FOR
DEFERRED CLASS
TO BE GIVEN
Canadians "in the Clear"
After Two Weeks Serv-
ice; Other Sport Notes
BY JOE WILLIAMS

ers are resigned to the fact that a
certain percentage of their stars will
not be available for full-time, if
any, duty next season. Draft elig-
ibles will simply march off to camp
and that will be that. No efforts will
be made to obtain deferred service.
This being so it strikes us strange,
If not inconsistent, that hockey will
probably not lose single star this
season. Practically all hockey play
ers come from Canada-if our I'M
Outstanding is correct any hockey
star who has served two weeks
militia hitch has done his duty for
the time being. We are told all the
stars have done this and will be on
hand when the ice games start.
All of which is fine for the hockey
owners, much finer than it threat
ems to be for the baseball owners.
What makes this seem strange to us
is that Canada is actually at war
and America is never going to war
Or haven't you been listening TO
Mr.. Roosevelts nanny songs of
late anyway it's too delicate sub
ject for us to raSsle with at length.
We just can't help wondering about
it, that's all.
We get the darndeSt notes. G. F..
T. postcards: rs it true Gypsy Rose
Lee invented the naked reversed"
Our Saturday special last week was
Cornell end Michigan. For this week
it's Northwestern and North Caro-
lima. We don'c fiddle around with
soft touches. Our respect for Lou
Little as a coach who can point for
a particular game, in this case, Cor
nell, practically verges on rapture,
but even so we can't see Columbia
beating Cornell. We haven't forgot
ten last year, either, when the Lions
gave the big redders their toughest
game. We also know that practically
the same lneups are meeting this
year, but-dor't forget Matuszczak
and Mccullough, the two stand-outs
in the Cornell backfield, operated in
only one period last year. That
could make whale of difference.
Traditional
We have dreamy, nostalgia feel
ing about the Dartmouth-SeWanee
game up in the Green MountinS,
Some OF Our earliest sports idols
played on Lewanee teams. Tremen-
dous, magnificent fellows like Lam
Ter, Stone, Browne, Faulkenberry,
little Skinny Shipp and jerks Gill
lem who could kick football clear
out OF the state Of Tennessee. In
those days Sewanee, then as now, a
small school with microscopic en-
rollment, was something OF a power
in southern football. Every once in
a while the purple would win the
southern championship. We remem-
Der the year they stopped Dan Nc
Gugin and Vanderbilt, the first time
it had been done. We clipped an ac-
count of the game from a newspa-
per and pasted 1t in our scrap book
But that was a long time ago. The
modes and morals of college foot
ball have changed. Sewanee didn't
change with them, which is to its
credit. It's still little school, play
ing students, fighting valianuy for
points and, we hope. having fun.
Listening to the radio these
nights, we can't tell whether they
are electing a president for 1910 or
1888, whether Dorothy Thompson Is
running against Glare Boothe,
whether the defense program is for
England or America or whether the
whole thing is simply a device to
exploit the superb satirical gifts OF
AL Smith 49,. Note to Mike Jacobs:
How about matching Butch La
Guardia and kne-ehigh Early for
the bullyweight championship? 49,,
And after the Early incident we
don't think many people are going
to scott at Joe Louis for the politi-
cal stand he has taken. And, just
as an afterthought do you think
the distinguished Mr.. Early, even
armed with presidential credentials,
would have attempted TO kick Joe
Louis In the groin?
Speaking OF fights, Mr., Jacobs,
breaking timidly through the thick
haze of football headlines, will not
be frightfully offended If two or
three people crop around to the
Garden tonight to see the middle
weight championship he's putting
or. 1t features Ken Overlin, the de-
fender, and Steve Belloise, and
should be reasonably exciting. Bel
loise, a youngster, can bat your
brains out with a left hand but If
Overlin hasn't spent too much time
training in the hot spots he ought
to outstab and out-jig him.
Mr. Overlin is what the boys cal!
a cutie. and they have way of
befuddling the hitters. All the
champion has to do to win is keep
out of the way OF kayo punch.