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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
(Reg. U. 8. Pat on) BY HARRY FERGUSON lIInlkad Preaa Shorts EAltOrl

Enroute to the National Open Golf championship, at Fort Worth, Tex. June 2-tUP)-Jack Doyle, the Broadway commissioner, haS scanned the stars, peered into crys. tai balls both cloudy and clear and has made five men favoriteS to win the National Open starting in Fort Worth Thursday.
 The select list out of the TO who will go after the biggest prize in golf Includes three Texans, the pres- ert champion and the biggest ques- ticn mark in golf. They are, reading from left to right, Ben Hogan. the long hitting little fellow; Byron Nelson. former Open title-holder; Jimmy Demarct, the third Texan; Lawson Little, defending champion; {; ard Sam Snead, possessor Of the sweetest swing in the busniess.
 Prof. Doyle has made each of the five of them eight to one, meaning that if you risk $l on any Of them you will get eight in return iS yoiir man comes home the winner. The professor once confided to your agent that he put considerable em- phasis on "heart" when he set the odds on 6 game as unpredictable as golf. By that he means the boys who have the best chance Of win ming are the ones who can keer their nerve during that last, hyster- teal i8 holes on Saturday afternoon when the mob is yapping at their heels. when they have to shoot down narrow lanes cleared through the gallery and when gold and glory ride on each curling putt.
 Snead Lacks "HcaFt?"
 The fact that Snead has missed the boat in the open so many timei hes led mnay to contend that ht will never win 1t. Their argument ii that he gets the leaping filters wher the heat is turned on. But Prof Doyle has 50 much respect for Sam sny,s honey smooth swing that hs has put him up among the big five There can't be much argument about the other four--they have tht shots and they have the heart. De- xnaret, Hogan and Nelson will b' r,iayinR on familiar ground amonl friendly faces. Little is 6 tough com petitor and the onl ything working against him is the fact that he wor it last year and has to buck the law of averages.
 m the bracket below the big fivt Prof. Doyle has the following grouT at i2 to 1:
 Gene Sara2en, Horton Smith Henry Picard, Ralph Guldahl, Vt GhezM, Paul Runyan. Clayton Heaf' ner, Jug Mcspaden, Johnny Revolta and Bud Ward, the west coast anna teur who can stick right in there and compete with the pros wher he's on isi game.
 Below them he has another grouI at % to l.
 Dick Metz, Lloyd Mangrlm, liar " Cooper, Dutch Harrison, Denn, chute. Johnny Goodman, Sam Byrd .7Iuan1y Hines. Dick Chapman, John ny Buiia, willie Turnesa and Waite xzagen.
 so far as the rest of the field 1 concerned, the professor says yo' cazl have iem. You can set anythin from SO to 1 up to 100 to on an othar man in the field, dependin cs1 how much you want tO wager. :.
 without benefit of crystal bal voszr agent is inclined to cnoos Nnoan ur Nelson with 6 slight lean iflk toward Hogan. Right now ne Ei7a most eonsistsnt eclger in tn e6sm1fy and this may be the spS whara he mixes a little luck WY 6csaslssency and stirs up the bEosn c yze1asJs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
TENNESSEE CAMP
 GETS GREENBERG
By NEA Service

Dctrolt--BIlly Sullivan Of the T'i- gers reports Hank Greenberg is en route to Camp Forrest, Tenn.
 The catcher says the former slug ger expects to be there within a month.
 dreenberg's outfit, assembled at Fort Custer, Mich, Is marching IS miles Q day and then riding awhile.
 At one stop signs were carried reading: Here comes the army and Greenberg,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
Local Outdoor Ring Season Opens Thursday
Villa Rated Worthy Foe
 For Ernie ''Cat'' Robinson

taken the place Oe Nsll A4illsr ot Wilkes-H Barre. Nothing 6 kmoWn ot Reno locally, though Brown ia q clasgu number who lights better out of town than he does before the home folks, -t.
 Bristols clever and hazd-hattlng lleAle fellow, Earl Roys. is down for a six round joust with Bllly SAun~ ders ot New York, while Davis SeFs train oe Meriden and Charley Mitchell oe Boston open tho sh0w In Q four roundeT,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
BEING TOSSED INTO RIVER
 PLEASURE WHEN SHE'LL WINS
CHURCH SOFTBALL.

Two games are scheduled for to- night in tho YMCA Church Softhall league. St. Johns will play Bunker Hill on Stadium field No. 3, Advent Christian will play Christ Chapel on the Steel Ball iield. Both games will start ct e:s0.
 The team standins gin the league are:
 Won Lost
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
CENTRAL COLLEGIATE

Milwaukee-Sixteen events again have been carded for the annual Central Collegiate Conference oit- door track and field championship at Marquette University Stadium, June 6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
Only Girl Varsity CoxSwain Dunked In True Crew Style
Reed OarSnen Kept In Line By Mary Russell
BY RICHARD N. STRING NEA Special Correspondent

Portland, Ore. June 2 a- Oct 'sm toeetherl
 watch that strckel
 Digging on the cAtchl
 Faster hAndsl
 No, l, you're latal
 Washington out at flnlshl
 These warnings, In c high. pitched voice, arc heard almost any sunny afternoon from Che wide expanse ot the Willamette river which flows through poFt- land,
 They are from golden. .haired, freckled Mary Elizabeth Russell the only girl ooxswaln ln c eol- lege varsity shell,
 And when Reed College pre- walls, l0.year.old Miss Russell, . sophomore taking c pre medic course, Is tossed Into the water la true crew style by the eight per- splrlng young men who tug ct oars,
 Miss Russell has been dunked c couple of times this spring. With Mary screaming orders, her boat load beat the Oregon State fresh- men by one and Q half lengths, GIRL C0xsWAiNs SKILL SCORES FOR REED CREW
 Reed renewed crew racing this year for the first time since 1887. Though she resides at BreMerton, Wash, c naval base, Miss Russell did her firstV rowing last winter when shs turrhd out for the girls crew.
 She showed SO much promise shs got her chance with the var. sity.
 Credit for discovering Miss Russell goes to Coach Robert Rosenbaum, . mathematics teach. or who rowed for Cambridge,
 Finding no young man tn- terested in being eoxswaln, we drafted Mary" explains John Goldsmith, master of rowing,
 "Ker voice Is not the deep harsh whip we would like, but her earnoStness and skill, which developde rapidly, contributes to make the Job she does 6 good one.
 Our last race, won by only c helf.length, was due primarily to her skill.
 BEING TOSSED INTO RIVER PLEASURE WHEN SHE'LL WINS I Miss Russell, weighing i2S pounds and standing s feet 7M, is only q moderate swimmer, but says it's . pleasure to be ehucked in the river when Reed wins.
 The crew gave a luncheon in her honor on the campus and pre- sented her with c gold compact engraved with the words: Mary, from Crew, iezi."
 "fsnt 1t wonderfull" smiled Mary Elizabeth Russell.
 "she certainly Isl" chorused the Reed College varsity crew.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
League &taMMax8
CYO BASEBALL
0amea WelmesAAY

At Hamilton Park: No. l. ss. Peter and Paul v. St. Joseph. lUm- pire Lattanxio.) No. 2, Sacred Heart vs. St. Margaret's (Umpire Flahive)
 At Fulton Park: St. Lucy's vs. St. Francis. Umpire PhilibertO
 At Waterville Park: Immaculate Conception vs. St. Michael's. (um. pire oerace)
 (All games are scheduled for SIS starting) i-.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
EAGLE TO MARRY

Medford, Mass, June 2.--(UP)- Walter DubxinslSi of Gardner will be the second members of the 9os. ton College Sugar Bowl football team to wed within c week when he marries Miss Ruth O'Hearn of Med. ford at st. Francis (Catholicl church June a. Teammate Charles O. Rourke weds Miss Frances Madden in adjoining Maiden June i7.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
WISE INVESTMENT

Midland. outstanding race horse of the Charles 6. Howard stable cost siSO00 and has earned about &20O, 900. .-.-.- IVY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

A team of blind fencers recently gave an exhibition at the Commit nity Center of the New York 0uild for the Jewish Blind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

Sandy Herd, British Open Cham- pion in 1902, still is an active golf professional at the age of seventy three.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
Boys Club Notes

The managers or representatives of teams in the club intermediate baseball league will attend Nn i'm. portant business session at the Boys Club this evening at 1:iS, Protests, players lists, and the balance of the schedule will all be decided ct to- nights meeting.
 The Varsity baseball team de- serves lot of credit for It's eon- yineing 10 to { victory over the highly rated Bristol nine last Sat. urday at Bristol, George Haddad, Alacisle DiHlasio and Harry Duren hit long and timely to help Pete Mini win Q good ball game. The locals are now in second place be-. hind the pace setting Stratford team, As the locals have two coEs tests to play with the leaders the outlook is anything but dark for Felix Longos men. This coming Sat. urday waterbury travels to New Britain for c return game with NICK 0ills ball club.
 The Spades and Renesades meet tomorrow afternoon after school In the opening game In the club junior softhall loop. This and future con- tests will be played at Brassco park, On Friday the Rovers and the Hawks meet ct Hrassco after school
 The boxing room is once more . bee hive os activity with Maxie Kat1 Dula Kovach and Billy Brown all getting ready for the opening out. door card of the season ct the Mea- dow Street Stadium.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

The Horseshoe Harboe club on Long Island was incorporated in 1888 and In the old days c church served as It's clubhouse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
NausataehS M.,sy @ SSS SSG idS G;

Runs--Alvarey, Caulheld, Descar. 10, Durette, Burlinski. Errors--Calo, Fogarty, Caulheld. Runs batted In Burke. schiaraii. Murphy. Duncan. es-..caulheld, Schiaroli. Furs, De- garty. Left on bases--Naugauck 8; Wilby {. Bases on balls--oK Durette q; Duncan z. Hit by pitcher-by Duncan (Furs). Struck out-by Dun- can i3. Durette 2. Umpire-First. Time--2:10.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

Providing further indication that 1t ranks with the best high school baseball teams in Connecticut, 0il- bert High of Winsted pinned an il to setback on Torrington high in the New City last Saturday, scoring six runs in the first two innings. Pitcher Huse, Smith, Leeney, Smith and Fecto hit safely at least twice while Torrington's Whitey Kunkeificz got three of the nine hits for his side.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

and eventually against the English.
This almost unbelievable weapon was
not so long as the modern Big Berthas
having a barrel only about % feet
from breech to muzzle but the barrel
was more than three feet in diameter.
A good sized man could crawl into
the mouth of this engine of destruc-
ton. The biggest guns that stand
ready TO defend the Panama Canal
have a 16-inch bore Their girth does
not compare with the old-timer which
was used four generations ago.
This formidable piece Of armament,
according to the records. was not the
military asset that 1t was intended TO
be II became a nuisance rather than
an advantage, because it was too big
and heavy to be moved quickly from
one location to another
Yellowed drawings of the gun show
that IT was mounted on a ponderous
carriage which was fitted with many
stnHt ring bolts When the cannon
was moved ropes We're tied 10 these
rings and It took the combined ef-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30
Stole Because
He Was Good

~OME men steal because they're
hungry Others take what doesn't
~ belong to them because they have
an urge to keep up with the Joneses.
Still others get light-fingered because
they are crooks by nature. 1t isn't
often that the authorities arrest thief
who goes in for a life of crime be-
cause he's religious.
The police of Rome arrested such
one the other day after a man hunt
that took them far from the Italian
capital at times and which convinced
them that they were dealing with a
gang of hard-boiled thugs with no re-
spect for the laws of man or God.
The crooks. they were seeking concen-
trated on valuable religious works of
art-priceless paintings from chapels,
gold and silver vessels from church
4 itsf.s- Religions relics from p1bf1C AMI
private collections.
These thefts had been going on for
three or four years and, so far as the
police could learn, not one of the holy
objects had ever been turned into cash
through a fence" or a paWnshop.
The police of other countries CO.
operated with the Italian authorities
but they found no trace of the preci-
Gus stuff either. The situation pre-
scented a battling mystery That mys-
terry was solved the other day, not
through the efforts of some clever de-
tective but because Of the keen obser-
walton of 14-year-old boy.
This youngster was in a little Ro-
man church praying for his sick
mother when he saw a neatly dressed,
white-haired man quietly lingering a
18th Century gospel for which the lit
tie chapel was famous. The man left
the church and the boy noticed that
the gospel was gone. He told the priest
and the priest told the police
The city was combed for a man fit
ting the description of the observant
boy and, within week. one Signor
Morigi was taken into custody lie was
a modest, refined. soft-spoken clerk in
an office. Until the police accompanied
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

"hippy" But more often than not this
was ceremonial dancing performed at
rites done for the benefit of some
pagan god. Sometimes the dancers sat
like living statues using only their
arms and hands-but the Dark Con-
tinent was alive with "shimny" dan
GERS who proved the antiquity of their
antics
Gilda Gray and her encourage were
back in Algeria when the Nazis at
tackled Poland. The news of the wars
outbreak put sudden end to Cllda
Grays interest in a scientific study of
the dance. She got to Paris as soon
as possible boarded plane for War
saw and went by train TO her native
Krakow She will never forget the
scenes of violence and suffering she
saw in her native land. She left the
country in one of the last planes that
got away to France before Poland
went down.
"Some of these days" says Gilda
Gray, Il viii take the films which
were shot on my two expeditions and
surprise America with some scientific
facts about 'shimmy' dancing"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

k+fOST experts on military affairs
n n believe that the longer range
WI guns which the Nazis are using
in their attack on the British Isles are
the biggest and most powerful pieces
Of armament ever constructed Just
how tremendous they are only the
Nazis know but there Is ample evi-
dence that these cannons are hurting
shells 100 miles.
Furing the first World War the Big
Berthas" of the Kaiser threw shells
into Paris from a distance Of 70 miles
and after the Armistice. IT became
known that the Germans had at least
seven Of these monsters.
Sketches recently discovered in the
Indian Archives prove. however that
the amazing guns with which the Nszis
are spanning the English Channel are
not so far AZ diameter Of bore Is con-
cerned. the biggest cannon ever built
Eighty years ago the Sikhs Of India
cast a cannon which they used IN
their wars with other Indian states.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

him to his little apartment they
thought they were on another blind
trail.
The mans two rooms were cluttered
with the precious relics that had been
disappearing from churches shrines
and museums over period of years.
Paintings were stacked along the wall.
A dozen statues of the Virgin sur
rounded his bed. Shelves were filled
with chalices. bowls and other altar
pieces. Half dozen precious Bibles
and hymnals were piled on a table
Signor Morigi broke down and wept.
AS God is my Judge" he sobbed
Il am good Christian. l never stole
anything in my life. l only borrowed
these things TO bring beauty into my
lonely life. In my viii l have pro-
vided that every one of these precious
objects shall be returned"
What the man said was true. and,
instead of being locked up behind the
bars he was led gently away for ex-
animation by one Of the country's fore
most psychiatrists.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

she expects to edit these pictures and
go on series of lecture tours in which
she will approach the "shimmy" from
a scientific angle and eXpound great
many other interesting things about
dancing as it is done far from Broad
way.
With the cooperation Of the French
Government, she went through Colomb
and Bechar into the Atlas Mountains,
down into French Sudan and for 400
miles along the banks of the Niger
River to Tfmbuktu. This old and
fabulous city, which is sort of Afri-
can melting pot, was hotbed of
Terpsichorean antics.
Wherever there was dancing, Gilda
Gray stopped. And her cameras
clicked. She caught the strenuous
gyrations of whirling dervishes - and
had to disguise herself as a man IN
order to witness the performance. She
spent hours with kinky-haired, thick
Tipped "chorines" in the jungle, taking
their pictures and marveling at their
animal grace.
Now and then the rowing stage star
came upon dancing that was not at all
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30
Built The Worlds Biggest Cannon 30 Years Ago

feed because they couldn't get away
from the bullets OF the enemy while
they were struggling with their metal
monster.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

forts Of 500 husky men to pull the
thing along the ground.
In more than one battle the lives
of the Sikh artillerymen were sacri-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

grew up to become Gilda Gray to col
lect $4,000 a week, to capture Holly
wood as well as Broadway. 10 intro
duce the st Louis Blues and to
teach America the entertainment pos
sibihties of the undulant hip
But for one reason or another. the
word wanglers never got around to
telling an interested public that Gilda
Gray had spent couple OF years ana
had Travelled some 10000 miles on ex-
petitions to Mexico and Africa. Gilda
was no collector of fossils, nor of the
fauna and fora of far places She was
serious disciple of Terpsichore. She
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

go tTRINC3 the 1a2O's one of the hghlghts of Broad
1 way was Ghda Gray Queen Of the shimmy.
~ Reporters colunnists and magazine writer's
ranned out thousands of words about the stage and
NIGHT club star hips and shoulders spoke Ian
ruage all their own These commentators on the
American scene told the fantastic story of the Pol
ish immigrant named Maryanna Michalska who .
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30


went expeditioning 70 satisfy
notion Of hers that the "shimmy
was no shallow, sensual fabrication
Of her own but an ancient, anthem
tic and universal art form.
II was during hull in her profes-
sional career in 1855 that she headed
for the Mexican wilds with some fell
low explorers and a battery of movie
cameras. She Travelled to remote sec
lions of that Central American repub-
lie collecting thousands of feet of film
of native dances-and bad case of
Jungle fever But she found out what
she wanted to know-that some of
these descendants of the Aztecs and
the Mayas are as loose IN the hip as
she ever was and know a lot about
the "shimmy" even though they had
never heard of Gilda Gray and Broad
way.
When Gilda recovered from her fever
she went to work on plans for her
second. and more ambitious. expedition.
With an outfit of ten fellow travellers
she sailed for Marseilles and from
there TO Algiers. where the expedition
shifted from ships to camels. packed
UP their cameras and other equipment
and set out for the Sahara
Gilda took casual interest in the
exotic settings of the North African
coast but she was really looking for
one thing dancers She found them
in the bazaars. in cheap waterfront
dives. in the GASES on the edge of the
desert. Her cameras caught them all
and the film was carefully stored
away.
The Queen of Shimmy' says she
will never forget a scene which she
came upon in an Algerian oasis. Sew
eral camel caravans were resting in
the village and troupe of Ouled Nail
rnaidens was dancing in the shade of
the palm trees Without dsmounting
from her camel Gilda watched the pro-
eeedirgs
Anyone who thinks that the
shimmy Is a modern dance invented
to put young IDEAS into the heads of
Broadway theatrecoers and nieht club
patrons. she says. should see what l
saw in this Algerian oasis The dusky
maidens of the Ouled Nail tribe con-
vinced me that the swivel hip and the
twisting torso have been IN vogue since
the Bedouins of the Sahara first learned
to wall on the flute and beat out Sc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

Right. These Chorus Girls" I'm an
African Village Didn't Have to Learn
to DO the Kind of Dance That Brought
Fame and Fortune to Gilda Gray.
with Them the "Shimmy" Is Natural
Expression and an Ancient Tradition.
Left, GiIda Gray, the Dancer Who
Won International Acclaim for Her
Sensuous Dancing. Forgot to Tell the
World That She Turned Explorer and
Scientist to Study Her Particular
Art Form.
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Evening star., 1941-02-16

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fr@it' ftateS' bread & buffers, souns -
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Evening star., 1941-02-16

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Evening star., 1941-02-16

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windsor style sauce pan
set. Handy cup measure
ments and cold steel han
dies, S., - and Qt. No
mail or phone orders.