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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01
Detroit Tigers Rated
Not Great May Be
Series Winners
BY JOE WILLIAMS

One thing the National Leaguers
can't get away from is the figures.
We've been covering these things
for twenty years. In that time the
American Leaguers have won 10
out of 20 championships; they have
won seven out of the last ten; they
have won five out of the last five.
Nobody's going to tell us these fig
ures aren't significant.
Of course, everybody, even
American Leaguers, say the current
edition of the Tigers is lacking in
greatness. But it may be that it
doesn't take a great team to beat
the National League champions.
Well have to wait and see about
that. Personally we don't think
we're going to be surprised.
Certainly the Tigers are going to
field one of the oldest and most
fragile teams that ever went into
the series. They might loosely be
called the nine old men. Bartell
was supposed to be through two years
ago and he is at short. Gehringer is
probably being held together with
adhesive tape, safety pins and fancy
stitching. You can almost hear
him rattle when he walks.
Old Time Twirlers
Pitching usually is the most inn
portant factor in any baseball game
or series. The Tigers hopes rest on
the sagging shoulders of three old
timers. Newsom was with Brooklyn
as far back as 1922 Bridges has been
around eleven years. Rowe, whose
arm was so dead in 1887 that he was
able to win only one game out of
the five he attempted to pitch, has
had eight years experience under
the big top.
Thesh old geezers with the
cunning, savvy and control, may pop
up with one good game each in the
series, but it isn't likely any Of the
three will be able to come back and
pitch a second effective game. New
som might but even he isn't the iron
stalwart he would like reporters to
believe. Not with that belly.
Then there is the fact that the
Tigers had to go down to almost the
last day of the season to put the
clincher on the Indians and thus
qualify for the series. Meantime,
the Reds had breezed in, were able
to relax and rest, and, therefore,
figure to be sharper and fresher
physically.
At least that's the theory on these
things, Actually it doesn't always
work out that way. If our memory
is correct the Cardinals didn't win
their pennant until the last or next
to the last day of the season in
1884, and yet they took the Tigers
over in the fall play offs. That's
been true of several other clubs, too,
including Washington in 1924. They
had to fight right up to the finish
but they were good enough to beat
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01
MERCANTILE PIN /,
MATCHES TONIGHT

Matzkin Furniture and Verriker
Paint teams of the Mercantile Bowl
ing league loom as the top-notch
match of the evening when the eight
team circuit gets together again to-
night at the Sena alleys for their
weekly competition. Other matches
include Fulton Markets VS.. Brock
Hall; Brookside Dairy and Mohican
Market, Metro Cleaners and Speedy
Parcel, Secretary Al Kosky an
nounced today. Rolling starts at 8
n m
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01
WORLD SERIES JUMPS

Chicago, September 30. - CUP
Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw
M. Lands today announced umpires
for the World Series. opening We'd
nestiay at Cincinnati. They were:
National League William j.
KLEIN and E. Lee Ballanfant. Larry
Goetz, alternate.
American League = e. 7. Ormsby
and Steve Basil. William Grieve.
alternate.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01
Lands Rules On
Series Radio Work

Cincinnati, Sept. 80. - (UP)
TX. M. Lands, high commits
sioner Of baseball, said today
that no radio station would be
permitted to broadcast . play
by-play account Of World Series
games unless it was q member
Of the chain that bought radio
rights to the games.
The Mutual BrOadcasting
System holds exclusive rights
to the World Series broadcast
this year.
Lands said any station would
be permitted a reconstruction
of each game after it is played
provided it is clearly indicated
that the broadcast is q recon-
struction.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01
"MILER" DIES AT 40

Woburn, Mass, Oct. / - (UP.) -
James J. Connolly, 40, Boston broker
and former inter collegiate mile
champion, died of pneumonia at his
home yesterday. He competed aginst
such famous runners as Paavo Muir
mi and Joie Ray and during his col
legiate career at Georgetown and
afterwards is member of the New
York A. G. was a winner Of the
Hunter and Wanamaker classics.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01
DUSTY PINMEN
ROLL TONIGHT
Manufacturing-U. S. Rub
Der Teams Paired; Amer
lean Brass Leads

Industrial league bowlers take to
the Mattatuck alleys tonight for the
third straight week with the stand
out pairing likely to be the Water
bury Manufacturing VS.. U. S. Rub
Der of Naugatuck wood-chopping
contest. In other matches, Oakville
Pin and Ingersoll meet; waterbury
Tool VS.. Blake and Johnson; Seth
Thomas and American Brass and
Lux Clock VS.. Chase Metal.
Last week, Nick Whites 181 and
Sammy Zaza's 428 were high sim
gle and SIT marks while the Brassies
rolled 7l3 for one of their three
games, h!rh for the season thus far.
Lux Clock hit 1888, good. enough to
take some games from any teams
but Brass and Chase.
Standing to Date.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01
Today's Sport Parade
BY HENRY McLEMORE
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

with the next game when the Reds
do their only real hitting in the
Series and win 8 to 2.
Further sure fire predictions are
that First Baseman Mccormick will
be the standout player of the series,
with Detroit's Gehringer a close sec
ond. Bobo Newsom will get hit by a
batted ball, Mrs. Edward Pump
ton will catch the two first foul balls
hit into the stands, and Derringer
will have only given up three hits
in the opening game.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01
ST. STAINS BOWLING

Chef Hojnacki copied individual
honors in the second week of play
in the st. STAINS bowling league. Chef
took high single and high three
honors with 161 and 412. Close scores
in all games featured this weeks
play rolled at Sena's recreation al
leyS. The scores
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01
COACH MACDONALD

Brookline, Mass, Oct. ! = (U.P0
-Torbert cDonald, 1899 Harvard
fotball captain who played profess
sional baseball with several minor
league clubs this season after being
signed by the New York Yankees
has been appointed assistant grid
iron coach at River school, 1t was
announced today. Macdonald is at
tending Harvard Graduate School.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01
FIGHT RESULTS
(By United Press)

New Haven, Conn. - Red Moffett,
III. Milford. knocked out Yuctan
Kid, i3o IL, Miami, ID; George
Fitch, 18l Ia, New Haven, techni-
cal knockout over Buster Price, i76
Providence, CD; Johnny Compo, i27
New Haven, decisioned joey Stack,
1873. Philadelphia, co.; Red Canty.
lat. Springfield, outpointed Jimmy
Strong, ia, Bridgeport. 10.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01
sUFFICIENT REASON

Harold kaufman. 2aB-p0und Long
Island University guard, has given
10 football after dislocating the
same shoulder fourteen times In
eight days.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01

oene earnzen Is the only golfer
ever 70 win the v, 3, open and
professional championships Ia TIE
same year.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01

The Reds will be the inspired
team this series And their inspira-
ton will come from a fear of what
the hometown customers are likely
to do to them II they take another
licking. Cincinnati's citizens have
not forgotten that four-straight
banging the Yankees handed their
heroes O year ago. Let the Reds do
another iiosedive and the enraged
customers might come right down
out OF the stands.
Another factor that viii work 10
the Reds advantage is the age OF
the Detroit infield. Exact statistics
are not available but believe the
average age Of the Tiger inner line
Of defense Is something 81 and that
two Of the members Of II will have
70 DO excused from play In the
fourth game 10 celebrate golden
WaddinQ Anniversaries.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01

The series should 50 HiK games
with Cincinnati winning The firnt
one. q 10 4. The Tigers Will take the
second 9 70 3, but the Reds viii take
the loxt two, J 70 1 and : 70 2. The
Tigers VIII pull ~ 70 sss b Winning
TIE f|fih, but Tie series VII end
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01

a John McGraw team, and that
always was tough to do in world
series.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01
LOSES HIS INTEREST

Gil Dobie, famed football coach,
hasn't witnessed college gridiron
game in the two years that have
elapsed since he retired.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01

Cincinnati, Oct. - (UP) The
world series opens here tomorrow
(exclusive) and the only thing more
certain about it than that Judge
Lands will arrive needing a hair
cut, is that the Cincinnati Reds will
win.
The Detroit Tigers have been
made the betting favorites at to z
but those odds are as phoney as an
umpire's smile. And I'll give you
seven or eight reasons to prove it.
In the first place, the Reds have
the pitching, and if that doesn't give
them an edge then every baseball
authority from Abner Doubleday
down to Tallulah Bankhead is a liar.
The first thing that baby in this
country is told is that pitching is IS
per cent of winning baseball. The
Reds have Derringer, Walters,
Thompson, Turner and Beggs to toss
against the Tigers, and all the
Tigers have to answer with are
Rowe, Newson, and Bridges. After
these three are used up Detroit will
have to appeal to the stands for
help.
In the second place, the National
League can't go on losing world
series to the American League for
ever. Besides, President Ford Prick
has issued strict orders against the
Nationals losing this year and he
isn't one to countenance disobedi-
ence.
In the third place, Ernie Lom-
bardi, titanic Reds catcher has
sprained ankle that Is hurting him
something terrible. It is hurting him
so badly that he has found it i'm
possible to get wink Of sleep, and !
figure this as the best thing that
could have happened to the Reds.
Because a wide awake lombard.
one unable to take snooze at home
plate, gives the Reds a big edge.
Had lombard been unable to sleep
last year the Reds might well have
won the series from the Yankees
This year an aching ankle will serve
as an alarm clock and keep Ernie
in action.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-01

But thlb Detroit outfit with the
eFeaky innold has done everything
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-15
ben syndieate-wNu serviee.l

old and helpless. Our strikes. Our
dust-bowl emigrants and illiterate
mountain folk. But the hopeful thing
is that we know it, and in a fun
bling fashion are beginning to do
something about it, rather than ac-
cepting want, squalor, fearful in
FAINT mortality, disease, crime as a
part of the plan of Divine Provi-
dence.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-15
The Answers

1. The boundary line IS 3,89o
miles.
2. "Confucius" is the Latinized
form of K'ung Fu-tze, which
means ''the philosopher or mas
ter k'ung."
3. Egyptian picture advertising
over 1000 years old have been dis
covered. The earliest newspaper
advertising is said to have been
IN Germany in 1891.
4. About 35 gallons.
s.. Washington. His second in
augural address consisted of but
1874 words.
6. Ermine, ptarmigan, Arctic
fox, and polar hare.
z. No case has ever been re-
corded of the termination Of seeds
more than IS years old.
8. Not more than per cent are
capable of causing disease.
9. We get about 1900, 900 as
much light from the full moon as
from the sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-15
ST. Patrick'S Life
ITO BE CONTINUED

OF the real Life of st. Patrick, no
great amount is known, and it is
somewhat difficult to separate the
facts of his career from the body of
tradition which has grown up around
his name. He was the son of a
churchman, born about the year 387,
and the place of his birth has been
variously ascribed to Scotland, Eng
land, and France. In his youth he
was captured by the Picts, and sold
as a slave into Ireland. After six
years Patrick escaped from Ireland,
and set about preparing himself for
the priesthood, determined to con-
vert the Irish to Christianity. About
425 he returned to the country and
began his work, which continued un-
til his death, probably IN the year
493. In Al he was consecrated bish-
op. St. Patrick thus became the
patron saint of Ireland, and because
tradition has it that his death &C.
Cured on March II, that date has
long been dedicated to his memory.
The day is universally observed IN
Ireland, and the Irish immigrants
brought their St. Patrick's day Gus
toms to the United States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-15
Prologue zaAore sits y:7; !;
oMARrHA osTENso-wNU SERVICE

young Lander out to see me-" he
said abruptly.
Hannah told me-" Autumn re-
piled. WAS there some-some trou-
BILE between you? Hannah says"
Hannah talks too much" the
Laird interrupted Whatever trou-
BILE there was was of Landor's own
making. He's turned out to be an
impudent young whelp, that"
Autumn moved to the window and
looked out toward the west where
Bruce Landor's ranch lay. "Are
you sure you are being quite fair,
Da?" she asked quietly.
He doesn't need you to defend
him, my GIRL" Jarvis reproved her.
ST know that" Autumn replied,
land ! don't mean to defend him,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-15
Ask Me 4nother
9 A General Quiz
The Questions

1. The United States-Canada
boundary line is the longest un-
fortified boundary in the world
How long is it?
2. Is the name "Confucius" Chi
nese?
3. How long have advertising
mediums been used?
4. How many gallons Of maple
sap have to be evaporated to pro-
duce one of strip?
S. Which President made the
shortest inaugural address?
6. What animals change their
fur or plumage to white IN winter
z. Will grains of wheat found IN
old Egyptian tombs sprout Il
planted?
8. What percentage of germs are
pathogenic?
9. How does the light of the
moon compare with sunlight?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-15
By KATHLEEN NORRIS

NWO great men were born IN
this month. Perhaps the
= greatest the world has seen
for hundreds of years. In vain one
scans the lists of famous names
from China, India, Russia, Italy,
France, Germany, England, to find
a patriot, statesman, a humanl-
tartan with the vision and courage
and patience that Lincoln and Wash
ington possessed, and whose fruits
gave US the nation we are so proud
to call our own today.
There have been great soldiers,
great prime ministers, in other
countries. But few of them have
combined with their governing quail
tiles the finer qualities of heart and
soul. And few of them have had to
face the personal and national perils
that marked the careers of both our
great men.
They gave America that charac-
teristic that no other nations claim.
It is best called ''hum anitarianism."
It is unique in the dealings of one
nation with another, and that par
ticular element is what makes US
different, and makes our history diff
ferent. We are not an aggressive
nation. We are not seeking to domi-
nate other smaller nations and en-
rich ourselves with their treasure.
No Indemnities Claimed.
After any unpleasantness whether
it be the great war Of l9l419l8 or
the Spanish war, or the injuries
that were done US in China some 40
years ago, we don't claim indemni-
ties. We pay for what we take, and
after awhile give it back to its own
people as a gift. If nations borrow
money from us in extremities, we
presently forgive them their default
ing of the debt, and brotherly feel
ing of sympathy in their fresh diff
culties continues undisturbed. We
are slow to make enemies among
the nations because we are a COM
posite of them all, the living exam
pie of the truth that all men are
brothers, and can live together In
peace.
No other nation does this or ever
has done this. If one of them con-
quers a smaller or weaker people,
that people lives under heavy taxa
ton. From that moment it is
people ruled by its military betters;
it pays tribute; its wealth and its
treasure are poured into the Golfers
of the victors.
New World Era.
Our history began, and a new
world era began, when a few men
opposed themselves to supposedly
irresistible and inexhaustible power,
and risked their lives to defend the
principle that men are fit to rule
themselves. Washington's first con-
gress was so half-hearted after the
peace that was made at Yorktown,
that it was hard to get quorum to-
gether. On all sides he met scorn,
doubt, criticism, Indifference. The
influential people were the Tories,
and they had every reason to feel,
for the first dozen years of Ameri-
cas- existence, that this ridiculous
experiment in democracy was bound
to ignominious failure.
Two generations later it was for
awkward, gentle big Lincoln. to hold
the country together, to keep us a
nation still. The echoes of that bit
ter struggle are still in our ears;
we are still very baby among the
nations at the age of one hundred
and sixty-four. But we are the
greatest of them all now, and hardly
aware yet of our own potentialities
for future greatness.
We have our weak spots. Our neg
lect of the financial safety of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-15

CCIENCE points the way and the
Oexperience of millions of smok-
ers confirms il: For the important
extras in smoking pleasure, stsy on
the sIolV-bHrning side. The slower
burning cigarette that gives you ex-
ira mildness, extra ooolness, extra
favor-and extra smoking per Gga-
rette.. per packs Camel
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-15
o. S. OH Consumption

Thirty-six barrels of oil a family
are needed year to maintain pres
ent United States standards of living.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-12

munity in need of persuasion if
Mr. Bruce is to carry it. The Row
ing Reporter understands that
both Mr.. Moylan and Alvin Bopst
of Frederick, who also has family
connections in New Market. plan
to move upon the little town to
try to convince the inhabitants
they should back Mr. Bruce. Incl
dentally. New Markets single
street is now torn up with a WPA
sidewalk and-gutter project, what
ever political significance that
might have.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-12

more. at the Lord Baltimore Hotel,
April 1926. In recognition of her
humanitarian accomplishment, the
honorary degree OF Doctor Of
Humane Letters was conferred
upon her by OregOn's Liufield Col
lege-the first woman to be grant.
ed an honorary degree in the col.
lege's 80 years of experience.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-12
IF YOU LIKE

A rousing good cup of coffee land
who dOesn't) this is an urgent in
vitation to treat yourself and the
folks to Kenny's New Blend 1880
Coffee TO which has been added
costly mountain grown coffee
usually held out for more expen-
sive brands. Here without doubt
is the biggest coffee Value on the
market. The price CD Ask your
grocer and get a surprise
C.. ID. KENNY co
Importers of fine Teas and COT
fees. Adv
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tary Of the Interior who lives in
Maryland and who loves nothing
better than a good scrap prefaced
by Machiayellian intrigue; who is
noted for his franknesS and the bit
terueSs with which he StOmps on
the face OF anyone who dareS Sug-
gest M. Roosevelt ought not to
run for a third term; indeed with
his propensity for shooting off his
mouth at the slightest, or indeed
at no prOyOcatiOn. it is no secret
that M Ickes is about the most
unpopular man in Washington =
with his enemies at least = and
a doubtful asset to the President.
Roosevelt and get him to inter
yene with Mayor Howard Jack
son. who was then vacationing in
Florida with mind still open on
the Bruce-Radcliffe race, although
indications were that he eventual
~ would support MI Bruce
The man. so this tale goes. who
talked 10 the President, was Har-
Did L. Ickes. the dauntless Secre-
pOrter's opinion of Mr.. Ickes. the
: tory relates that he did call on
he President, explaining how
Kings were with Senator Radcliffe
Naturally. neither Radcliffe nor
Tydings desired a public announce
ment OF M. Roosevelt's support
after the David J. Lewis debacle
The President too the matter un-
der Amusement. and Mr.. Ickes
then took it upon himself, SO the
tale goes. to call Mayor Jackson
in Florida and tell him that more
)r less everyone in Washington
would appreciate it if he would
supper Radcliffe.
On his return from the South,
according to these reports. Mayor
Jackson received a call from Jesse
Jones 81 the RFC, making the
same suggestion Mr.. Ickes had
made. 50 tar there is nothing
hard 10 believe in this relation for
everyone knows that real pressure
was put on Mr.. Jackson from
Washington The part that's hard
to swallow is that finally Mr.
Roosevelt himself put in a call.
and made q plea for Radcliffe
Take il Or leave it.
Charles E Moylan. who was
candidate for Mayor of Baltimore
against Howard w. Jackson
number Of years ago. is now cam
paigriug vigorously to put Mr..
Bruce IN the U. S. Senate. Mr..
Moylaus parents now live in New
Market, Frederick county, a COM
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-12
MRS. DUNBAR 70 BE
WOMEN'S CLUB SPEAKER

Mrs. Saddle Orr Dunbar, presi-
dent OF the General Federation of
WOmen's Clubs, will be a guest
speaker at the spring convention
of the Maryland Federation Of
Women's Clubs, to be held in Balti-
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"Confidentially Yours"
BY THE ROWING REPORTER

Editors The in this column those
be interpreted necessarily rejecting
o The Hagerstown Globe).
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The Rowing Reporters award
for the blunder of the week goes
to His Excellency Governor Her
bert r. O'COnor, who failed to
f0rsee the unfavOrable reaction
that followed the purely social
luncheon he rendered a number of
Western Maryland Democratic
leaders last week.
Following the recent death of
David c. Winebrenner. 3rd., Fred
erick County finds itself without
a boss, and although almost every
one within the fold seems to think
that Judge Alton y. Bennett ought
ID take over the late Mr. Wine
brenners duties, the State Central
Committee has decided to wait I'M
til after the primaries to make a
choice.
However this was not known
when the Governor issued invita-
tons to a party in honor OF Con-
gresham VIM. ID. Byron on the
day MI Byron filed his papers for
denomination. The Western Mary
land boys were invited only for a
social get-together and general
poW-Wow; but unfortunately not
all the leaders were invited, and
those who did not attend seem to
have suspected those who did of
c0nspiring to hand-pick new
leader for Frederick County. The
report got abroad in the papers
that an attempt was being made
to ease Judge Bennett in over the
State Central Committees head,
and Governor O'Conor annoyed,
confronted the reporter who wrote
the story; the reporter said it
made a good story, which it did
indeed. but at the expense Of many
hurt feelings in Western Mary
land.
Rum0rs have reached the Row
ing Reporter of a story that is al
most too fantastic to believe 1t
is perhaps improbable, but by no
means impossible, and it has come
in from several sources. No harm
can come from it, so far as can be
fcreseen, SO here it is, merely pre-
scented as interesting reading if
you don't choose to believe the
facts are accurate.
A few months ago when Mr..
Radcliffe's campaign seemed still
to be tagging, the Senator became
very worried. Mr. Tydings, the
story goes, suggested that Mr..
Radcliffe should get some friend
to get in touch with President
Still in spite of the Rowing Re-
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Say You Saw 1t In The Globe!