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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
CHAMPION HAS
EASY Time WITH
YOUNG AL DAVIS
Lightweight Champ Wins
All But Two Rounds Be-
fore Record Crowd
By JACK CUDDY
United Press EtaR COrresponden


New York, Feb. 24-CUP)-Light-
weight champion Lou Ambers, with
new ring glory and q check for
$15,O 900, was ready today to defend
his crown in May against the out
standing challenger. He stepped
out Of his class last night to tag
tough guy Al Davis with his first
| defeat.
Matchmaker Johnny Attell OF the
10th Century Club say Ambers will
defend against the winner Of the
Lew Jenkins Tippy Larkin "chal-
lengers' brawl" at Madison Square
Garden on March 8.
But AL Well, the champions
manager, says, we're not so sure
about that. There are several other
contenders to be considered besides
jenkins and Larkin. We want to
meet the very best challenger the
135-pound division can produce"
Judging by Ambers' magnificent
performance last night at the Gar
den before a Sell-out crowd of
2O,566 fans, the May challenger will
have to be a super1fighter to give
the "Herkimer Hurricane" a work.
out. Despite the champions mar
riage in October and his compare
tive inactivity since regai1ing the
title from Henry Armstrong last
than at any time during his eight
year career.
Ambers, sporting his opponent
seven and a half pounds, out-boxed,
out-fought and out-gamed the big
ger lad, whom many Of the experts
had figured would hand the champ
ion his first knockout. Ambers, Of
the granite chin and armour-plated
body, weathered young AIS smash
ing left hooks to solar-plexus and
head in the early going and fought
back with such wildcat ferocity
that Davis was through after the
fifth round.
New Punch?
with blood streaming from nose
and mouth, and with both eyes all
most closed, Davis was so groggy
and bewildered that he barely was
able to last out the ninth and 10th
rounds. That the champion won an
unanimous 1O-round decision was
a minor matted. But the brand new
dynamite In his blows that had
blond, blood-meared Davis Stagger-
ing about the ring at times in every
one Of the last five heats, IS storm
signal Of which Louis future op-
ponents must beware.
Davis won only the second and
fourth rounds on the United Press
score sfee. Ambers took all the rest
starting with the first session,
which referee Billy Cavanaugh
awarded him on a foul because Of
low blows. Lou had won 1t anyway.
Davis, who scaled 1872 pounds.
dost a, shot at Henry Armstrong;
weller crown in June by defeat.
Ambers clinched q shot at Arm
strong's 147-pound diadem, should
he care to give up his won 1856
pound bonnet to take the chance.
But the champion, who weighed,
139 pounds, prefers to defend his
own title first.
The gross gats was 500, TAO, ex-
ceeding expectations.
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Cornell Tracksters
Favored At Hub

Boston, Feb. 24-(UP)--A we'll
balanced Cornell team that is ex-
pected to score in every event ex-
cept the pole vault, will be favored
to win its first quadrangular track
meet for Jack Moakley, big red
cnach for Al years, in the fifth an
nual competition In Boston Garden
tonight.
Only outside chances of stopping
Cornell were given Harvard, which
retains 81 Of the 40 1-3 points it
scored in winning last year, Yale.
an unknown quantity under new
coach Charlie Hoyt, and Dartmouth.
Six Of the IL winners in 1899 will
be back to defend heir laurels. The
competition will start this afternoon
at Harvard's Briggs cage where the
shotput and 35-pound weight throw
will be contested.
Principal interest will be centered
in the performance Of Harvard Cap
tain Jim Lightbody In the 600-yard
run. Lightbody, who has won IA Of
20 collegiate races, will seek his third
straight triumph in this event. He
set the meet recodr1finmoyC uet
set the meet record Of minute ~
rs seconds last year. Lightbody will
face fast field composed Of Ken
Zeiglar, Cornell sophomore, Dick
Howard Of Dartmouth and Jim Ord
Of Yale.
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Evil Eye FmIde
Invents New Glare
BY DAN PARKER
MIAMI. FEB. 20.


DouBIELENsED DARK GLASSES 70 keep out the pur-
q s 5ns Ss s g S :S. sa2s s'''dA FOR
Lesneyh the White ROosn from New Jersey enters
heavyweight his behalf the otul Orb or
the sSsiu migrate
The Eye said Finke yesterday
he took morning restraint
tell getting sy cried sensing
nly plrs get Sites replied Finkle scOrnfuIy
and push I'm the wrong direction Will send me top
pIng yawning catacasm"
Catacasm" put the Honest Brakeman breaking
you backsnding mugP"
questioned said Evil Eye looking east
the right and with the left or hexng smmer 'There
You strepocockeyed you?" Diamond
lot Ea'f this is kind Of weather"
the Eye can't put the ng-gr on any more went
on F crossing T the ev no longer have Mind YOU this
pepper that won me at the Rdgewood Grove
paths glory like these"
ON eye
night said the Brakeman who has gone broke acting as
time nd expect o stay it,"
thing Wednesday night
% s as. DE nv Wh o ss fs to S o n ns. Ss
under the sObOdka stare but awready I'm
Your thinking your golf stroke again. said Diamond you're
only topping but hooking sncing it."
topping Glare"
F1nkle revealing trade in burst of enthusiasm
FOR ana ha gnsrs 1ern It ns %
mongrel yet paskudnyak
I'm hearing about gradually"
ITS something fought up in time said Finke
What
other kind of time have amt it?"
Eastern standard replied Fnkle But this Gaz
something
and comes rest at agile As with the
fixed
his left quvering all like terbug jumpn 1--WE
trouble"
"Are it works 1
pair Of himself that lot of
when Irish Eyes Smiling town."
RGd Benny rolling the left while
Didn't try the before?" demanded having
strong recollection Of seeing Billy
and burst out laughing while bobbng
weaving the baeu gimmer at him.
ITS wasn't fair" said Fnkl didn't train
tor the bout took the job
have time for a boric
1T was on Friday not Saturday." Diamond who
familiar with FMkes abuion " ." :
This time there will aibi" Fink reganins his poise
II Conn ovepoWers the
for good" ~ '
And what old job" asked
II kyhole Broadway coIunnsts said Finkle
They all my pupils
Dated" said Lou the Brakeman and knew the inter
view - - ~
Copyright 1885, King Features syndcateJ
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
Today's Sport Parade
By HENRY McLEMORE
United Press STAFF Correspondent

Los Angeles, February "a. -
Cup - Someone whose taste In
literature Is bad, or whose library is
worse, was reading the book on
California State Boxing Rules the
other day and came across this in
formative and superbly written par
agraph:
Each contestant shall wear, dur
ing such contest, gloves weighing not
less than five ounces II such con-
testant weighs, in ring attire, las
pounds or less; six ounce gloves II
contestant weighs more than las
pounds"
One can just picture this littera-
teur seated In his old Morris chair
before an open fire, his meerschaum
drawing well, his right hand patting
his favorite dog and his left turning
the pages of this loved, we'll
thumbed volume.
When he was able to forget the
sheer poetry Of the paragraph, and
its full meaning became clear to
him, he handed his pipe to the dog
to hold and made for the telephone
to call Eddie Mead, manager Of
Henry Armstrong.
Mead was delighted and since
then has presented this man Of let
tiers with a combination pipe-and-
dog rack to hold both pipe and dog
in any future emergencies such a.
this. The cause Of Mead's delight
concerning the information about
the five ounce gloves Is obvious
Armstrong fights Ceferino Garcia
for the middleweight championship
here next Friday and IS Henry
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can't possibly weight In at more
than 140 he will be able to use the
lighter gloves.
Garcia, who will scale consider
ably more than 145, will be forced
to use the heavier gloves.
To the average reader (and II you
are one Of my readers you aren't
even that one ounce Of padding In
prize fight glove probably seems
too trivial even to bother about. II
you think this you never have been
in the ring. Neither have /, as a
matter of fact, but some Of my best
friends have cauliflowered ears and
they tell me that one once makes one
heck Of a difference. Which ex-
plains why Garcia,s board Of con-
troll is raising such q fuss about
Armstrong; lighter gloves and even
threatening to call off the fight If
he is allowed to use them.
Light gloves are q help, to any
fighter. There is less padding over
the knuckles and any, blow landed
Is going to be more effective. In
Armstrong; case light gloves are
doubly helpful. In the first place,
Henry depends on the effect Of
hundreds Of punches to wear down
his opponent. This IS very firing
on him, this windmill Of pace that
calls for him to start swinging with
the bell and not stop until the
rounds end. Having to carry one
less ounce In each fist will be to
his advantage. If Armstrong were
just throwing one punch, the ounce
Of weight wouldn't make so much
difference. But over 10 rounds =
hundreds Of punches = the ounce
adds up into something really i'm
portant.
The same trouble over gloves
came up in 1888 when Jimmy Nc
Larnin fought young 'Corbett III
for the welterweigflt title. Weigh
ing under 145, McLar11in insisted on
wearing five ounce gloves. Corbett's
handlers pointed out that the fight
was a 147-pound title and that the
bigger gloves should be used. The
boys finally compromised and went
at 1t with 5 Ia ounce gloves.
The commission may be called on
to settle the question this time. Be-
cause as little as an ounce sounds
to most of us who lie about the
pounds we are overweight, it can
be an important factor in a fight
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
H-Y BASKETBALL
JOURNEYS READY

Two basketball tournaments have
been arranged for the Hi-Y clubs Of
the central Y to take place during
next weke's vacation. The first tour
playing in the following order: Mon
nament or A league has nine teams
day, 10 o'clock, Barriers VS.. Water
vile; Tuesday, 10 o'clock, Cadets VS.
WATERFOWL; Tuesday, 1880, Beta VS..
Alpha; Thursday, 10, Checkers VS..
Gamma; Thursday, IL, Pilgrims VS..
winner Of Barriers and Waterville
game.
In the B league the schedule will
be as follows: Monday, II, Tech VS..
Sigma; Monday, 1880, Gamma b vs..
Angus; Tuesday, II, Omega VS.. Aces;
Wednesday, 1880, Black knights VS..
Bulldogs; Wednesday, 2:3O, sham
rocks VS.. Delta.
Both tournaments will be straight
elimination. q team being out when
It loses one game
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COMMERCIAL AT !.
NAUGY TONIGHT.
Stafford at Borough We'd
nesday; Seymour Sur
prises Champs

Naugatuck, Feb. "a The Naug-
atuck and Commercial High bas-
ketball teams will play at the local
"Y" tonight. 1t should be an inter-
esting game but the Garnet is the
favorite.
Naugatuck will meet Stratford
High next Wednesday night In a
postponed clash and this game
should be a thriller. Stratford is
rated high in state hoop circles and
has tall ra1lgy team which block
ed many Naugatuck shots when the
Garnet lost In decisive fashion
earlier in the season at Stratford.
Naugatuck will meet Weaver
High Of Hartford in the state tour
ney next Friday at the New Haven
Arena, and will face tough opposi-
ton as Weaver has shown classy
play this season.
Better accuracy from the free
throw line allowed Seymour High
provide the upset of the late season
when its basketball team defeated
the Naugatuck alley champions from
Naugatuck High 81 to 20 last night.
O'Connor, diminutive shooting star
of the champs was held scoreless,
while Garlinski got but one hoop.
Against that the Seymour captain,
Geseck scored Is points, though
Durette, an unknown Naugatuck
player, gathered II points for the
losers. Summary:
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BOYS CLUB VIKINGS
WIN TWO GAMES

Boys Club vikings won a double
header defeating the Mill Plain
Braves who used Fisher and Lock-
hart Crosby stars. Fisher and
Lockhart stood out for losers with
10 and Is points respectively while
McCavalier and B. Lombardo stood
out for winners with IL and -
points. Also the Barriers suffered
q defeat at the hands Of the strong
Boys Club Vikings with the Ruffino
brothers. F.. Goncalver starring,
who made 81 Of the A points. A6S7
teams wishing to play the Vikings,
phone Boys Club and leave the
message. Ages are from 14-17.
ExnvsS rl,.ts Vikiwve
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TENNIS

New York, Feb. 24-(UP)-Play in
the womens division of the national
indoor singles tennis championships
began today with Mrs. Sarah Pal
ferry Fabyan. Brookline. Mass. seed
ed No. !, facing Mrs. william Hub
bard, Jr., Of Stamford, Conn.,, In
the first round.
Marvin Kantrowitz Of New York
assumed favored role In the mems
division after his stunning upset Of
E.wood Coke Of Portland, Ore.
Wimbledon veteran and third-seed-
ed entry yesterday.
KantrOwitz's e-s. 2-6, 81 victrOy
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Leavenworth
Loses Close
Go In Meriden

:
Meriden, Feb. % = Leaveworth
High Of Waterbury's basketball
team, playing its final game of
busy season very nearly provided
its second winning upset in success
sion when 1t led the Meriden High
array. into the final minutes Of
play, only to lose "a to %. Leaven-
worth led at half time 1914. Caisse,
Travcers and Lovallo did not score
as well as usual Kondulis and Mar
shall doing most Of the work for
Leavenworth.
After the game, the Tech boys
from Waterbury presented their
coach Bill Tracy with silver trophy
as q taken Of their appreciation for
his work with them. 1t is Tracy's
first year as Leavenworth athletic
director. Summary:
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his farewell appearance as a schol-
astic star despite badly swollen
knee Werenko will stand out
as one Of Watertown's court immor-
tails in years to come =. :. He played
varsity basketball for four seasons
and that's q tribute to his talent. 4.
The Chestnut Hills grabbed Johnny
for the coming Boys club tourna-
ment which opens tomorrow at the
Cottage place.
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Poll HOOPMEN
DEFEAT PREPS
LeeCe Leads Winners in
3l=2S Hill Game; Easy
for Texans

Though pressed for every minute
of play the Loew-Poli Big Five of
the Washington Park Community
Basketball league held their share
Of the second round lead when, they
turned in a 1928 victory over the
Baldwin Props last night. Leece
with IL points was the high pointer
for the Poll troupe while Spadola
scored Z points for the Props.
In another game, the Texans, also
leading the league score a soft 50
TO "a victory over the East End
Robins. Summary:
PnliS
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Oakville,
Watertown
Sports
BY ROBERT PALMER

Oakville, Feb. 24-The Oakville
Dukes, earned the right to meet the
Watertown Chestnut Hills for the
Adult Recreation League champion
ship sometime in March by virtue
of heart tingling, one point win,
over their bitter neighborhood rivals,
the Kiesels, at the high school shed.
Thursday night.
After leading from the outset and
adding continuously to their advan-
tage the Kiesels were denied victory
only in the waning seconds and they
had a perfect right to be the sorely
disappointed bunch of fellows they
We're at the conclusion, although &C
ccpting defcat like good Sportsmen.
Trailing by seven points, midway
in the third quarter, the Blue and
Gold, capitalizing on the absence of
Jazzy Jasilunas, removed because of
three personal fouls, began to roll
and finally caught up, with but
minute of playing time left. With
TIE score deadlocked at 26 ALL VIM
ME Krull tossed in a twin counter
from mid-floor and George Pierce
quickly converted foul. At the 80
second mark Ray Beauty, the out
standing shooter of the game, retail
lated with a spectacular long shot
but time ran out with the KieSelS
again in possession of the ball.
The KieSelS were the defending
champions, defeating the Dukes for
the crown last season but they
couldn't beat George Pierce's gang
in two games this season. The Hills
and Dukes will play a two out of
three game series this year to de-
termine the winner of the league
championship. One won't have to
wait until the Fourth of July to see
plenty of fireworks.
Alley oop-The Fulton Bombers,
leaders in the Waterbury Mercantile
pin loop are two games up on the
fast advancing Worden's team . =.
three more weeks of competition re-
main, however, and If Benny Mar
coux's lads can capture six out of
nine, the championship should be
theirs for the third successive year.
=. -Four of the Bombers hail from
our fair villages. i. Marcoux and
Mccarthy seem to have monopoly
on pennants >. Speaking Of local
maple rockers in the Brass City
league, Augie Rovero, continues to
set the pace In the average depart
ment with a mark of 123 plus, but
Ray Lindahl, also home pride, is
making a last ditch stand to recover
the leadership which he held for
more than half the season and is
slilling plenty Of thornsr lately j. /.
Rocky Palomba, the Town Tavern
lar has turned in several 400 sets
laSely and is enjoying, by far, his
best season on the drives.
WATERFOWL High completed its
most successful season in years last
highland that is from a won and
lost standpoint the local scholastic
campaigns are always financial
success /. Johnny Werenko made
IL
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lCAS1IN'S BLUES TOP
HILL CARDS, Olaf

Scoring 20 points in the last 10
minutes Of play, or a basket a min
ute, enabled Cashin,s Blues to de-
feat the Cards, 81 to a, in free
scoring game at the Washington
Park Community House.
The game in details:
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
WINTER ToPs SUMMER

The Eastern Slope region Of New
Hampshire. long famous as q Sum
mer resort, now does bigger VIM
ter tourist trade. Bank deposits in-I
creased 200 per cent last year over
1--WE years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24

Tulsa Uniyersity's basketball team
is composed of native Oklahomans.
with one exception, and most Of the
players we're together as members
Of the Central High School team.
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Y. M. C. A. Barriers

Referee Winnie Time As Minutes
periods
Played at Boys Club February ~.
Winnings team Boys Club Vikings;
losing team - Mill Plain Braves.
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Score at half time: Naugatuck IA,
Seymour 10. Referee: Richards.
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Totals

Sore at half time: Leavenworth
IS, Meriden IA. Referee: Caring
ton.
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over Cooke was accomplished solely
on a daring net attack. 4
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CAsHInI,s. BLUES

A Score BY periods:
Winning Team 10 10 IL 20-61
Losing Team 4 10 is 10-47
1 Referee Pitch. Time, 4 10-minute
periods.
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Game starts at $3.50.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24

WATERFOWL High completed its
most successful season in years last
highland that is from won and
lost standpoint-the local scholastic
campaigns are always a financial
success !. Johnny Werenko made
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Score at half time: Polls 10; Props
Is. Referee: Tracy.
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NATIYE GAGE TEAM

0CUIC HI 1IHII I4I11C. 4CAul
Robins 4. Referee: Tracy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
Giants Sign Mel OFT
To $4,000 Contract

ATLANTA, Dec. 5.-R-Mel OFT,
veteran outfielder of the New York
Giants, who came to the winter
baseball meetings from his Louisi-
ana home, signed a contract for
1941 today.
The salary was estimated al
about $18, 900, although the Giants
did not disclose the amount and
OFT himself had a somewhat dis
NAL season in 1910.
The Chicago White Sox also an
nounced the signing of shortstor
Luke Appling to a contract fol
next season Appling has always
been late in getting his contract
back to the club offices, but since
his home is in Atlanta, it was easy
for him to get together with off
Gals this time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
Waner Release Ends Famous
Brother Act Of Baseball
BY WICK TEMPLE

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 5.-R-Paul
Glee Waner's passing from the Pr
rate roster today broke up n OF
the most enduring brother acts Of
the major baseball leagues.
Manager frankie Frisch's drive
to rebuild the BUGS with young
sters brought the announcement to-
day of the unconditional release OF
the wiry little outfelder. And
there's no indication that brother
Lloyd will be staying long.
Big Poison" Paul conceded
young players should have a
chance at his post but he left them
little room in the record books aft
err Is years of brilliance unmatched
by any active player today in the
National league.
Three times the 155-pound, 81
y~ear-old marvel from Harrah,
Oklahoma, led the circuit in hitting
with averages of $3.50, 1862 and
1878 and his one ambition was to
turn the trick again..
He had set up a phenomenal bat.
ting average of 1924 up to 1910
and the only player topping that
was husky Johnny Mize of St.
Louis, whose .346 was for only
three seasons. Waner led in total
hits, runs, doubles, triples, total
bases, sacrifices and stolen bases.
Carl Hubbell declared him the
toughest batter ever to face him.
But ironically enough, Paul just
two years ago declared I'm not
trying to kid myself that I can 60
on forever" This year he got into
olny 6 games and batted .289, the
first time in his career he failed
to play 100 games and the second
in which he didn't hit 300. His
record for Is major campaigns
was 1858 hits in 2,151 games.
1t was fun from the start for the
little unpredictable player known
affectionately to his ball-playing in
Inmates as Big Poison" Paul
went his merry, irresponsible way
pretty near making his own train
ing rules and crediting golf and
hunting during the winter W h
sustaining his brilliance.
He's been a spring holdout often
since 1926 when the Pirates &C
CURED him from San Francisco
along with shortstop Hay Rhyme
for $50, 900 cash.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
ChaIedon Heads List
For Santa Anita Race

los ANGELES, Dec. 5. Up -
Ninety-two top flight thoroughbreds,
headed by the mighty Challedon'
were nominated today for the sew
enth running of the 100000 santa
Anita handicap March l.
The number of nominations Tell
short of the record 107 made in 1889,
but turf experts looked over the roll
and predicted one of the strongest
fields in the history of the event
would race for the purse-largest IN
the world-three months hence.
No less than 26 of the candidates
have triumphed in So major stakes
during the last season.
w. L. Brann's Challedon, the
morse of the year, in 1889 and l94o'
leads the challengers and will cam
paign during the winter in an effort
to surpass the all-time surf money
winning record held by Seabiscult.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
Midwest Dominates On
Golfers Au-Americo

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-R-The
Midwest, with four players, and
the Pacific coast, with three, dom
mated the Golfers magazine an
nual All-American football team
for 1910, to be published tomorrow.
The East placed two players on
the eleven, and the South anc
Southwest one each. The magazine
states that the 1910 season "sur-
passes any in history for the num-
Der of fine teams and high grade
stars"
The team:
Ends-David Rankin, Purdue,
and Gene G%oodreault, Boston col
lege.
Tackles-Robert Reinhard, Cali
lfornia, and Alfred Bauman, North
western.
Guards-Agostino Lilo, George
town, and Robert Suffridge, Ten
nessee.
Center - Rudy Mucha, U. OIL
Washington.
Quarterback - Frank Albert
Stanford.
Halfbacks-Tom Harmon, Mich
gan, and George Franck, Mime
sofa.
Fullback-John Kimbrough, Tex
as A. and M.