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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04

Arizona Bids For National SoftbaIl Title With Infielders Who Use Stepladder And Lariat
Two-Gun Hunt Is This Gome's BobO Ruth and Nick AItFoek
BY JEDDY McLAYN NEA Special Correspondent

Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 4.-Phoenix is sending 0 softball team to the national tournament in Detroit that is as colorful and entertaining as it is competent.
 It s the Phoenix stapley's ten, Arizona's champions. Everybody in the sagebrush country expects them to go long way in the Tournament opening September 10.
 Softban has taken gangling Joe Hunt Q lot of places, including the chair of the Arizona state treasurer. This Is the sixth time that the six. fott, six-inch Two.0un Hunt, soc called in the east because he hails from the southwest, will participate in Q national tournament with an Arizona squad. With 60 teams corn- peting, his outfit once reached the seHni-f finals. Sports writers refer to the 3l-year-old first baseman with the long reach as the Babe Ruth and Nick Altrock of softball.
 Hunts speciality Is playing first base ln D wheelbarrow seated on c high stool. He runs up c nearby stepiadder to snag c high throw. Across the diamond from Hunt and Walt Ruth, an honest-to-goSh cow- boy who rides and ropes with the same agility that he plays third base.
 An all-Horder Conference guar. terback with the Arizona State Teachers College of Tempe, Cow. boy Ruth performed In the last two New Years Day games in the III Paso Sun Bowl.
 Ruth frequently plays parts Of softbau games in full cowboy re. galia-bootS and spurs, chaps, big hat and lariat. He picks of base. runners with his whizzing lartat as though 1t were Q siS-gun.. TEAM HAS SPECIALISTS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS
 Umpires won't let Ruth get away with this in regular games, oS course, no more than Hunt can use his wheelbarrow and stool and step- ladder. Ruth and Hunt reserve their fun for exhibitions play plenty of softball in between.
 With them or the stapley's are:
 Paul Lopez, 6 i6.yeAr-old pitcher with i2 victories and 2 losses in his first season of major competition.
 Molly Trujillo, strikeout king whose pitching and heavy stick. work helped Arizona combinations in c half dozen national tourna. ments.
 Art Scott, curve ball artist who pitched the Arizona champions to victory in the Rocky Mountain tournament.
 Art Lowry, versatile young catcher with three years ofs na- tional tournament experience and Q batting average of .ST6.
 Stub Nelson, i've foot four inch
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04
GrazianO Rolls
 18O For AutOyre; Other Pin News

Ten teams of the second division, Industrial Bowling league rolled first matches of the new pin season last night ct the Mattatuck alleys, with Qraziano of Autoyre as a standout performer with a high single of l80 and Q three game set of S8e. His team also hit high team single of 01T though Oakvilie Pin, winner of two in three games over Standard Brands had Q 1,725 score for high team total.
 ssovill rollers were 80 winners over Denrus watch. Autoyre won 2-i from Waterbury Clock and Farex News shut out Manville Machine 3.O, L. Barone having two strings of l26 each. Leo Manufacturing de. feated Brock Hall 2 games to l.
 Shoe Hardware
 Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock the new twelve team Shoe Hardware Mixed league will get under way, with Gilman Gay, superintendent of the plant to roll the first ball before 4S men and women try their best woodworking thereafter. ?. Siddle Dillon will be in charge of cheering, having organized the league just re- gently.
 Matches Tonight
 Lux Clock men at 2 o'clock tonight was on the Mattatuck alley sched- uIe while the Girls Industrial league was to begin a new season at 5:l5 p. m. with the Clock Company girls as defending champs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04
BY HARRY CRIMSON NEA Service Sports Editor

New York, Sept. 4,-inspired, no doubt by Lon Warnekes no-hitter against the Reds, Pepper Martin telegraphs from the coast;
 T have one out here who reminds me aG Warneke. Fred Munger Is c biz, raw.boned gight-hander with . real assortment-swift one, curve, knuckler and change of pace. He has great future,"
 Martin manages the Cardinals' Sacramento farm, where he was sent to find and develop ball players for the St. Louis club.
 The Cardinals get 'em, and Warneke and Howard Pellet, the phenomenal young southpaw, are the tlrst tell you Samuel Breadon and Branch Hickey are not as cheap as they sometimes are painted.
 Warneke went to the Red Birds from the aiiluent Cubs, and volun- teerS tho information that he has had nothing but the best of pay and treatment since he made the switch.
 Poliet, as Q iT-year-old kid with no professional experience, was given SS,S00 for signing with the Cardinals during the minor league meeting in New Orleans in Decem- Der, 1888.
 All major league clubs save Cleve- land and Washington were asleep on Pollet, who attracted wide atten- ton in semi-professional ranks In and around New Orleans.
 A month after Pollet came to terms with the Cardinals, Johnny Nee sent him an invitation to work out with the Yankees in St. Peters, burg the following spring.
 pollet wasn't interested in Wash. angton. He knew he could pitch and wanted to connect with c club that would pay him what he felt he was entitled to.
 Boston of the American League was his choice, but he could not find Joe Cronin at the New Orleans meeting.
 Larry Gilbert. then manager of New orleans, wanted Pollet for the Pelicans offered him part of the urice he would bring from Q big league organization.
 But .Pollet already had St. Louis As.6OO bid, so Gilbert took the lad Co Cyril o. Slapnicka of Cleveland
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04
WOOD TO PITCH
 OPENING CAME?
Man Reliable; Fund for Youngstown Over
 $l,8OO

Because he has been 6 winning pitcher for the Brooklyn A. c. all season the chances were strong that big Steve Wood, the Colgate chucker, who has been doing his bit at Fort DevenS as a soldier is more than apt to get the first call for Brooklyn in the opening game of the national amateur tourna. ment at Youngstown, Ohio. Satur- day. For one thing, Wood is de. pendable, has 6 blazing fast ball when he "bears down" and can hit when he gets up to the plate with a bat in his hands. Then again, Steve knows the B. A. c. players and they have the utmost confidence in him. So, with the opening game of the national tourney so impor- tant to Waterbury there is little chance that Wood will be "saved" for the wining of the first game is all-important.
 Over the Top
 Active "On to Youngstown" fund chairman Ray Tram reported more than $500 pledged to the City Amateur league and the Brooklyn A. c. in his final check-up before press hour today. Coach Eddie Di- NapoM of the Brooklyn entry, the first since ls30 from the 50 year old athletic club to send a team to the tourney, and President Joe Brophy expressed keen appreciation for the splendid financial support given the team during the financial campaign headed by foTmer-G Governor Charles 4. Templeton and with Fred W. Chesson as treasurer.
 Today's schedule called for the Waterbury party of B. A. c. players, coach, manager, City Amateur league ofiacials and newspapermen to leave the city by train at $40 Standard tlme) with . 20-lninute stopover in New York at T:05 and arrival in Youngstown, Ohio, Fri. day morning about 10 ?. m. The team will drill Friday afternoon, its representatives attend the first drawing Friday night and "go to town" Saturday In It's first game, unless it draws a bye.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04

leadoR hitter who has not struck out in two years.
 Jimmy 0eare, who has national tournament experience and has not committed an error in three seasons, and
 MorTie Walker, an Outflelder with standing challenge to opponents for 6 race around the bases. SOFTBALL AND POLITICS PROVE GOOD COMBINATION
 softball has been Q large part of the life of Hunt, who startled Ariz- ona politicians by campaigning right Into the state treaSurer's oftace aS the first sacker of c rollicking team that guaranteed spectators en.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04
CLOSE CONTESTS IN
 CATHOLIC CIRCUIT

Close competition marked CYO baseball twilight league games last night, with two of three games fin- ished showing . difference of two runs between winners and losers, St. Lucy's with Hamele giving four hits and despite three errors by his mates defeated St. Joeeph's { to 2, the winners getting of to . four run start. two of which came in on EalvetoFes hree-baggeT.
 Sullivan pitched excellent bell for st. MaggaTet's and surprised the Op- pogition with . two hit performance that save him and his mates s 20 shutcut over the favored @t. Mi. chael'e Of Waterville. All scoring of the game was confined to q pair cs runs in the second inning.
 Bt. Francis Xavier vas leading eS. Peter and Paul. c to 2 when the game was called by, darkness after oply four innings og play. Sacred Hearts won by forfeit from the Yna- macuiate Conception team EepoEtod so have withdrawn from league com. petition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04
NEW N. E. COACK

Boston. Sept. 4.-(UP)-ToAy sta- rusd of Hyde Park, former Har- ward guard and blocking back, was appointed today as line coach at Northeastern university to succeed Harold Kopp, now assistant to Skip Stanley at Brown.
 gtATlslkl, who graduated from Harvard in 1889. recently has been conducting physical examinations and strength tests feg Boston pos lice and siremen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04

tertalnment rather than political promises and more laughs than base hits.
 Fans in 2S cities turned out in droves to watch Candidate Hunts Ali-Stars defeat the best local talent, to laugh ct hls antics, and to cheer the little politicking In his talk ct the start of the fifth inning.
 Voters laughed et-and with Hunt, for when they counted the votes he had 10000 to his nearest opponents 20,000.
 He is perhaps the only politician elected by voters who paid to hear his political talks.
 An athlete since grammar school
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04
.'NAME' PLAYERS
 SOFT TOUCH FOR PAY-PLAY BOYS
Giants More Than Get Even for Loss Last Year;
 Score 23 to 3
RY nEORnE KTRKsEY

United Press Staff Correspondcnt)
 New York, Sept. 4,-tUP)-All- Star football prestige took another big drop today and 1t can't go much lower.
 Tine New York Giants polished off the Eastern All-Stars last night before B4,27o at the Polo Grounds, 2S to 8. Last week the Chicago Bears thrashed the National All- Stars in Chciago ST-l3. Thus In the two big All-star games the profess sionals have run up 60 points to the All Stars i6.
 Of course, no All-star team should be able to do more than give one of the leading professional teams a good workout but 1t wasn't 90 long ago that the CollegianS were doing ail right for themselves in these games ishering In the gridiron sea- son. In fact, the Eastern All-Stars did better than all right last year. They beat the Giants, l6.7, and made them like 1t.
 The Giants scored c touchdown ih the first SIS minutes of play and led throughout. Only once was the heat really on them - just be- fore the first half ended when two passes took the All-Starg back twice and then recovered a tumble by Big Jim Castiglia, ex.0eorgetown full back, on the 7-yeard line. Only once after that did the All-Stars cross mid-field.
 Prlma- Donna Stuff
 Looking back on last nights game it seems that Stanley Woodward, Herald Tribune sports editor and father of the game, made c blun- der by changing systems. His lo40 outfit, coached by Fuss McLaughry, was just Q gang of unknowns and mlsfits. Last nights All-Star team was crowded with big names, includ- ing ten All.Americans and i4 play CTS who participated in the New Years Day Sugar, Cotton and Or. ange Bowl games. But the big name players either didn't have 1t or wouldn'V give out.
 The Giants came up with likely looking youngsters who promise to make the old time Giant favorites put up or shut cup. Most impress sive Of these were Marion Pugh, Texas A. and M. quarterback; George Franck, Minnesota's long, legged All-Amberican; Andy Ma. refos, husky st. MaTy's fuliback; Jack Lumrnis, Baylor end; and Don Vosberg, Marquette end Pugh's passing and running and Franck's running and kicking drew special cheers from the Giant rooters.
 Future Giants
 Three players who stood out for the All-stars last night will join the Giants. They are Lou De Filipo, Fordharn center; Len Eshmont, Fordham halfback; and Francis x. Reagan, Pennsylvania halfback. The other two stars who showed to ad- vantage were little Charles o. Rourke, Boston College quarterback, and Nick Drahos, Cornell tackle, but they will not enter the profes. sional game.
 Tuffy Leemans plunged over from the i-yard line for the Giants first touchdown and Ward Cuff con- vefted. LACe III the 1irst petioo Jun Castiglia placekicked field goal from the Giants 35 ford the AL Stars only score.
 Ward Cuff kicked field goal from the All-Stars' 32-yard line in the third period. Later in the same period Nello Falaschi intercetped one of ORourke's passes and ran % yards for the Giants second touchdown. Tn the final period Ed Danowsld passed IS yards to Marefos for the Giants final score.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04
BUTCHER Is RTuHT

Mew YoFk.--Is the Giants had to bot agaiust Max Butcher Of pitts- buFgh every day. it would not be tho Hhillies who would he resting ln the cellaF. Butcher hos licked the New YoFks three times and has held them to an ii-inning deadlock thls season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04
Walnuts, Cadets In
 City.Wide Finals

Walnut A. c. and the Cadets will settle the City-Wide Softbail league championship of ie4i between them. in three game series starting gun- day morning at Hamilton Park, as each team won handiiy against piayofF opponents last night. Cadets, with Hardy DEcwnell on the hill. set back the Valley Starr, with Pete Yarnell, 6 to 1, while the Wainuts slapped c iA to { defeat on the sup posedly strong Brooklyn "Y" array. Valley Stars are held to four hits by Brownell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04

days, Hunt always hes played first base in softball and baseball. He played end in football at Phoenix High School and Santa Clara Uni. versity. He played one baseball sea. son with Kilgore, Q Detroit farm in the East Texas League, before de- ciding to forego baseball for politics In his old home town.
 Sometimes when his team has Q substantial lead, Hunt pitches. He asks the batter with what political party he is afailiated. If the man professes to be c Democrat, he gets a slow, easy pitch. Republicans are fed c sizzling one.
 Joe Hunts 6 politician ell right.
 A softball player, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04
College Football
WESLEYAN

Middletown, Conn. Sept. 4.-(UP) A contingent of 30 players report cd to Head Coach Wesley Fesler as football practice went into its second day at wesleyan university to-day.
 Preliminary practices were limited to exercises. bunting practice, and play formations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04
UAEPTREs' SCHOOL

One of the subjects taught at the Summer course in Columbia Uni- veFslty's Teachers College ls how to umpire. Ernie 9ulgley b she baseball professor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04
IMPORTED GRASS

The original sod ct the seabEight Lawn Tennis Club tn New Jersey was imported from England. Fam. 0ais international cricket matches were played where the courts BOW are laid out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04
Zale, Abrams To Meet In Important
 Middleweight Go

New York, Sept. 4.--Sam Plan and Art Winch, Chicago's crack man. agerial team, have enc set policy: though they handle many fighters. only the topnotch members of their stable must appear in New York.
 It was Plan and Winch who brought in Earl Mastro, ace feather weight of some years back. Later they came east with Barney Ross who held the world lightweight title when he arrived and went on to win the world welterweight title twice. They also brought in Davey Day, long an outstanding contender for both the lightweight and welter- weight championships.
 Now Plan and Winch are heading for New York again. this time bring: ing with them Tony zale, National Boxing Association middleweight and perhaps the hardest punching l60-pounder in the world.
 zale makes his long-awaited ap- pearance in the Madison Square Garden ring one week from tomor- row night when he opposes Georgie Abrams, of the U. s. Navy, in ten. round match. Abrams is the recent connueror of Billy Soose. New York state titlehoIder, in an overweight contest.
 Return Visit
 It isn't exactly true to say that zale Is making his New York debut. He has been seen here twice before but these fights took place before Tony had reached the top. Late in ie3e he boxed Enzo Ianozzi on the Fred Apos4oli- Young CoEbet card and won . six-rouf1d decision. Sev- eral months later he returned to trounce Babe OTgovAn on the Davey Day-P Pedro Montanez program.
 And even before these two pro- fessional bouts, zale fought at the Garden as 6 member Of the Chicago Inter-C City Golden Gloves team, He lost out in the final 10 Mello Bet tina, losing the decision though he floored Bettana in the first round. Bettina outweighed him by close to % pounds.
 zale, accompanied by Plan and winch, arrives ia NeW York eonaog. row and wlll train at 6tillman's gymnasium. He has been training geg ths past taa degs iA chisaea
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04
n0gTON VTNTVRRGITY

Boston, Sept. 4s-tUP)-Written nxaminations, based on individual niay asslenments. Wili De given Bos- fon University football candidates ng Coaeh Pat FEanIey today as . azellmInaFx. Co Initial practice sat- mrsay. Nanley distributed more zhan 1o plays to the squad As cne md of 6pTing training with in- slrnetlons Co sbone up" during me
 Aw vacation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04
TRINITY

Hartford. Conn, Sept. 4.-(UP) --W0otbail Coach Dan lessee of Trinity college planned today to cali his first practice on next Mon- day. Invitations were sent to 36 students but several have not yet replied.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04
TENNESSEE TROUT

Nashville -Tennessee's state con. seFvation department has planted i4.O0o legal sire trout tn the TeIlico river and its tributaries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04

Camp Shelby, AGias- Johnny Nur. naiy, American Bowling ConeKass ail.epants champion og ie3e, missed ths event this year. ife was called ln ths draft.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04
UCONNs

RtcFTs, Conn, Sept. 4.A-UP)-A snuad Of 5s men was expected to rsport Sunday for the first football practice at University of Connec- tIcat.
 Head Coach J. Orlo Christian sald stanley Papanos, West Hart ford. co-eaptain of the team last year and . stand-cut guard. would asslst him in coaching duties. Pa- nanos wehs graduated in June.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04

Pittsbursh --Llcyd WaneE is the enly Pittsburgh Pirate who was c member Of the pennant-winning crew of lo9I.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04

Sammy Renlck has introduced ten. nis among his fellow jockeys as . means og keeping d0wn their Wslaht.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04

Less than % drivers in big.tisme harness horse racing are under 30 yeaEs of asa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-04

Service men are permitted to play one game free of charge at the Strand Bowling Academy in New York,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-12
Aim TO Regain
Doneis Basin
Red Army Drives
Toward Nozi Rout
The Russians Say:

KUIBYsHEV. Russia = Smash
ing Russian counterdrives on the
LninErad and Moscow fronts to-
day cleared the way for an all
nut Russian offensive in the
southeast aimed A. routing the
Germans from the entire Donets
basin
While communioues confirmed
Soviet reespture Of Yelets on the
central front and the railroad city
Of Tikhvin in the north. official
reports from the southwest said
reinforced Red army had
launched heaviest attacks in the
Donets basin 10 regain German
held stalino and Makeevks.
II was said unofficially that
the second major objective in the
southeast will be to recapture the
strategic city Of Kharkov. 405
miles south of Moscow. Official
sources were extremely optimistic
in view of recent Soviet successes.
Nineteen thousand ans
were killed and wounded in the
Tikhvin and Yelets battles which
ended in Nazi routs, the official
Russian news agency reported.
Gen. X. A. Meretskov's recap
ture of Tikhvin was said to have
destroyed a dangerous German
threat to encircle Leningrad. Nazi
casualties. estimated at 1000,
were believed To have weakened
the enemy materially. enabling
the Red army to launch a pow
erful" northern offensive.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-12

.(f;cen,e,

Marriage license applications
we're received Thursday by County
Auditor s. Clifford Davis from the
following: Jack ". Thompson. 20.
and Mona A. Sprouse. Il, both Of
Enumclaw. W L Chase. Il, and
Ida NJ DAVIS, IS. both Of &c
Stadium way.
Albert p. Martin. 81. Of 1922 So.
c st. and Betty Jane Allgrunn. a.
Of 6s4s So. Park ave. Charles J
Wsldron. jr.. "a. Fort Lewis, and
Rebecoa Anne Johnston. 81. De-
Moines. Ia; Josef Talk. SIS. Puy-
sllup, and Miohslina Woicik.
Chicago; Joseph W. McMasters.
%, and Arville A. osthy. 10. both
of Auburn: Nathan Krasner, q,
McChord Field. and Rachel Israel,
%. Seattle. Clifford T. Lindstrom.
q. of IT'S So. sth st. and Lillian
f. Larsen, 20. of 2711 No. 10th st.
James II. Thompson. %, Auburn.
and Evangeline Moore. %, of 1918
Es. 47th st; Robert c. Hitch. rs,
of Ri. :, Box SOB, and Patricia V.
Glover. 20. of e47 So. Cushman
ave: Arthur c. Carlson, jr.. as,
McChord Field. and Mildred J.
Stout, rs, Of sal So. Yakima ave. !;
Clyde L. Boag, 80. Fort Lewis,
and Doris A. Conrad, rs, Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-12
Produce Dealers
On Daily Basis

The local produce market is
operating on a day-to-day basis as
far as imports are concerned, deal
ers reported Thursday. No actual
scarcity in any particular item
has been noted. but dealers were
reluctant TO say how long a fully
stocked market would be enjoyed.
No. l potatoes were advanced
10 cents per cwt., to $40; celery
was higher at SO per crate; lettuce
was slightly higher at $3.50 per
crate: California tomatoes carried
new quotations of $3.50 per crate,
and cauliflower was slightly lower
at $50 per crate.
Grains. without exception, were
in the higher price brackets, in
GLIDING;
Corn. S445o o S47.50. barley.
SAP O S44; oats, s47.50 q 5000,
and wheat feed, S49 q s44 per
ton.
In the feed division, alfalfa was
advanced to S22 q S23 per ton;
egg mash, s57 dairy feed. s44 q
S51; scratch, S44 q S45.50, and
chick scratch, $40 a S51.
Other markets were strong, but
unchanged as to prices during
Thursdays trading.
Listed quotations are wholesale.