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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
CAMILLE PAGES PENNANT DRIVE
 FOR BROOKLYN
Popular First Basenlan al Best When Hits Mean
 Runs to Dodgers
BY PAUL SCHEFFELS
 United Press Staff CorreSpOndent)

(UnlteU ETeSS SG811 COrrcSpOnucuC)
 New York, Aug. 14.-(UP)-The 7-7, 12-inning tie the Brooklyn Dodgers played with the St. Louis Cardinals last July 27 when the Ma tional league pennant race was al its hottest was memorable game in more ways than one but it'll chiefly be remembered by Flatbust fans as signaling the return to ac- tion of one of the grandest first basemen ever to wear the mitt- Dolph Canilli, the muscular Cali fornian.
 Only a few days before that hard-fou2ht, 3 hour and 31 min- ute contest, Camilli had gone tc Johns Hopkins hospital in Balti- more for a physical checkup His batting average had slumped alarmingly and he had been un- able to get more than a few hits in several games.
 Key Figure in Race
 Whether the favorable result of that checkup had it's effect or not, Camilli did all one man could dc to help Brooklyn win that night hitting two home runs and a double, to drive in two runs and score two others. His B for g. gave him a perfect day at the plate and again brought to life the story behind Dark Dolph that makes him a key figure in what ever pennant plans are matched in Brooklyn.
 President Larry MacPhail has made some spectacular deals with his ever-ready bankroll since talk ing over the reins at Ebbets Field Some have been so enormous ano the majority of his trades have come with such rapid-fire regu- larity that the Camilli purchase has actually come to be over. looked.
 Really it was the deal for Camil- Ii that started the Brooklyn fortunes on the upswing. MacPhail assumed control in the winter of 1888 and faced a spring training roster for next season that listed sad lot oi faded veterans and questionable rockies.
 Came From PhilIies
 The first deal swung by MacPhail brought Camilli from the Philadel- phia Phillies and has been by fai the most successful of all the deals engineered by the redhaired impre- sario. As far as batting averages go Camilli has never been bowling success but the dynamite in his bal has always had a way of changing the aspect of even the most hope. less ball games.
 When Dolph left Philadelphia, he brought with him a .339 batting average but ran into difficulty ir Brooklyn where he hit only .251 ir 1888. He boosted that to .290 the next season and then .287 in 194O.
 His homer production and runs batted in figures have been as con- sistent as his well-ordered perform ance in the field. He clouted 24 homers in 1888, 26 in 1889, and 9: last year. He poked across 100 runs in 1888, 104 the next year and 97 ir 194O.
 Dolph started playing first base when he was 12 years old back ir the Mission section of San Francis. co where he was born and learned his trade so well that not only is ht one of the best batting first sackers but fields his position with natura grace and agility.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14

Cubs the ancient baseball adage proved the Big Four BrOOklyns pitching draee Ignored by hghpay their chance for big fame office judgment Whit Wyatt Luke Hamln comprised the quartete which furnished spring sensaiOnam Wyatt the National League via the bg-dOar having purchased after his with 193S 23 ERA 237 POS strikeOuts Casey from Memphis Davis drafted from San Francisco by the Philies in 1885,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14

SchavOnes will their Ed Kapans nncibIes without they do clash Sunday sf0baN classic Schdgens
 Grove Naugauck The contest will be of the hghghts of the t0nscl artists outing Laughs should result that unasited triple play Rgney" Kaplan throw the representatives SchavOne king Big will the duty Clipper Craftsmen EOs Jack eKang president of the Master Barbes Association the short end" RO Ciar0ne Cardinal and Pete RosatO will be in there swinging electric
 haters while L. McDemOt Jry MargOs BarOnOsk O. and Kimer will do their darndest ehnutters scalped numerically brave volunteer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
THRU FOUR
 EYES
By GEORGE T. DILLON

Roland uphodng the coo of the Waterbury 2Oth Century Club finished 2OOmeter yesterday at Donovan Field of the annual Police Field Day Two New Haven lads representing finished ahead of him. Johnny first followed by Edward Legrande The local club medley and with Roland George Brown Jim aun sharing the took first place in 4563 Johnny Boran yards and Ed reenidg 200meter AU champion shared the spot light annual event which drew record crowd
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14

Eddie Curleys Waterbury winners of 10 of Il v evening Washington Sunday
 locals to Torngton to face Hartford at Fuenh Park The Preston nine champs Valley League payo next Sunday in Washington Red Hney will take his Gents of the Hill to Deand Field Waertow 5arSoW twilight offering against the oakyle
 for the twin b between Brooklyn Iout Cardinals Ebb Fed week from Sunday sold
 eo weeks but s0oo rush seats will sale the morning <k* bame,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14

R. golfer and niece of
 local jewer be starred with Craig Wood U s. champion sposcope entitled Craig Wood to be dis the nations teaters late this month accompanies journey around the Winged Foot in Vest County trail him catch him
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
BaH-Boys Quit,
 Fans Shag Balls

Manchester, Mass, Aug. 14- (UP)-A strike of 20 ball-boys delayed start of doubles play yesterday i'm the Essex County Clubs women's invitation tour nament.
 The boys, who were granted an increase Tuesday, asked that their 35-cents-an-h0ur pay be increased another 5 cents, but club officials told them to leave the grounds. Play resumed with idle competitors and spectators shagging the balls.
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Score by innings:
LABOR or LOVE

Arthur Susskind, who fought as Young Otto, now teacher boxing ct Fort Tilden. He is serving without nav.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
HORSES A HOBBY

Nell noardrnan, music professor
 nt the University of South Dakota.
 races 6 stable os hsfness horses every summer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
Montabana 6-5 To Outpoint VilIa 7onight
BROOKL w GIANTS SHOW AT STADIUM
 AGAINST TOM7NIES
First Twilight Exhibition of Season Tomorrow Night Locals Importing Two New Pitchers and Catcher Three City League Empires to Handle Contest
 Park Department Sets Up Extra BIeaChers

The famous Brooklyn Royal Colored Giant baseball team oldest colored team in the history of the game invade Waterbury tomorrow night to take the North End Thomas Club champs of the City Amateur League in the first twilight exhibition tilt of the year here at 545 sharp
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
BEES AND GRAYS
 SPLIT TWIN BILL

Hartford, Conn. Aug. IA - U.P) The Hartford Bees and the Will Transport Grays split an Eastern League double-header here last night. Hartford won the first, 3 to 2, but Williamsport went on hit ting spree to take teh second, 16 to T.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
ANGLERI FAVORED
 OVER JIMMY BELL
 M TWIN FEATURE
Three Promising PreIimnaries Round Out Well=Bal. anced Card at Randolph Cloves Outdoor Stadium
 Former Manager of Worlds Champion Lou BrOu-
 iIard to Second Joe Jackson, Light-heavyWeig

Sporting half pound advantage at weighingin exer
 pounder from Birmingham Alabama the long end of 65 wagers for his eight round main attraction against Mexicos Manuel Villa tonights outdoor professional boxing show at the Randolph Stadium sponsored
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
KEEPS IN SHAPE

Charles g. Howard, owner of Sea- biscuit, winner. of ei37.7l0 before being retired, rides the horse every day to keep it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH

Jack Kelly, who once held the worlds sculling championship, now is Federal Director of National Health.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
WIRE MILL BEATS
 ROD MILL RIVALS

An Italian and an Irishman as battery combination did not work out too good for the Rod Mill team of the Scovill Softball League last night, for the Wire Mill, scoring in only one inning, registered to 5 victory.
 In the other league tussle the North Mill Finishing Room con- quered the Machine Room, 8-7.
 The scores by innings: N. Mill Finish @ 04l O30 O-8 10 2 Machine Room :, OLA OO1 l--7 10 2
 Hobbie and Anchors; Gadosi and Blondin. Umpire, Driscol.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-05-08
Recreation

One soldier summed up the re-
creation situation by saying the only
recreation a soldier gets is what he
pays for. Three tent motion pic
lures are on the ground to which
twenty cent admission is charged.
There is a recreation hall for each
regiment with a few tables and a
few mazagines and playing cards.
Each division has a service club
which all of the regiments may
visit. Some softball equipment has
been issued.
Wednesday afternoons the men
are supposed to engage in ~''supervis-
ed play" / asked me fellow what
he did on Wednesdays and he said
he got his blanket and went over to
the boxing arena and slept as long
as he could.
Sleeping seems to be the most
popular exercise enjoyed by these
soldiers whose days start at $50
and end with supper at six o'clock
in the evening.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-05-08
Through Hazel
Eyes

Continued from page one.)
service of the u. S. Army, three
whole days back in 1918? Our in
formation is that he was drafted on
November 8, 1918. The armistice
was declared on November II.
Does he base his widespread Am
erican Legion activity on those three
days?
Up in Grenada a few weeks ago a
four year old Ihild, Ray Dowdle,
held up the Peavine train, armed
only with an airgun. When asked
where he learned such tactics he said
that he learned them at the cowboy
shows at the movies. Armed with
his CUR ne stood in the middle of
the track and made the engineer
stop the train.
1t reminds US of a conversation
we overheard Saturday: One bury
looking individual looked at the
headlines on a newspaper page with
something about Arabs Revolving.
He said: eff l was England I'd take
ever n Of those blankety blankety
Arabs out and shoot EN- down like
dogs" what do you know about
Arabs" asked a bystander. "Oh,
hell, / don't know nothing about EN-
except what I've seer in the picture
shows but that's enough for me"
Of such is OR great American
intellect.
1t strikes US that the majority of
American citizens feel about the
war just about like the filling sta
ton operator who was going 20
shoot all the Arabs doVn like dogs
just because he didn't like them .
the movies. We know just about
that much about what is actually
going on in Europe and our attitude
toward the war is just about as in
telligent.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-05-08
4,159 Students In
Band Contests

The State Band Contests are be-
coming n of the most outstanding
events in the state. During the past
two weekends, bands from SO schools
IN the state have competed in these
contests this year-14 from Glass A
schools, IA from Glass B schools. 26
from Glass c schools, and Ia from
class d schools. 4,159 students par
ticlpated in these contests. In ad-
ditlon to the participants, 1t is es-
timated that five or six thousand
teachers, patrons, and other inter
ested students visited Jackson TO OBJ
serve the contests.
The state committee in charge of
these contests are: Superintendent
b. Frank Brown, Gulfport, Chair
man; Mr.. ]. L. McCaskill, Meridian,
observation-disclosures; Superintendent
j. M. Smyth, Canton; Mr.. A. E. Cor
menus, Columbus; and Mr.. Frank
Hurd, Natchez. The judges were
men OF outstanding ability and lea
dershlp in the music field of the ma
TN. The judges and the committee
were very high in their praise of the
work being done in Mississippi in
this field.
On May Is, 16, and II, a Regional
Contest will be held in which the
bands making superior rating in the
states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Ala
bama' Mississippi, Tennessee, and
Kentucky win participate. This
should be a very fine opportunity
for the people of Jackson and Mis-
sissippi to observe the finest hands
in the six states named above.
We wish to congratulate the school
people and citizens of the state for
the very fine cooperation and the
efforts they are putting forth to
make this type of training possible
for L youth. We feel that this Is
a very important part Of school
work.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-05-08

shoes, clothes, etc. Any soldier will
tell you that is bunk. If a soldier
says he wears size nine shoes and
they have only a ten he takes the
ten and likes it. Many men have
have been issued wrong-sized shoes
they could not wear at all and have
worn out their civilian shoes in the
field, being able to stand the army
shoes only for the length of Satur-
day morning inspection.
Naturally these shortages have a
slightly dampening effect on the
spirits of any soldier. 1t isn't ex-
actly fun to stay up until two o'clock
in the morning washing your other
pair of pants and getting everything
in readiness for weekly inspection.
A shortage of tents has been felt
as we'll as a great shortage Of ade-
quate trucks. Some of the selectees
have been put in the tents with
older men because they ran short
on tents. While this may be al
right it is does not follow the policy
of segregating the selectees for
their eight weeks intensive training.
Most trucks on the grounds are
inadequate TO pull the heavy guns
which bog down in the sand and as
a consequence training is impeded.
| heard one colonel say that he
had been told some of the trucks
they had been using had been shipp-
ed to England.
/ agreed heartily with the officer
who replied that it would be a good
idea to keep enough equipment at
home to train our own boys.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-05-08
Artillery Bust

Few Americans realize what it
takes to fire n gun in modern war
fare. The 155 nm Howitzer gun is
classed as medium artillery. 1t is
the main weapon used for blowing
up towns, roads, railroads; it can be
used for putting out gas This gun
fires in an arc and when a shell
bursts has a 70 yard range. 1t is
purely a destructive weapon.
These guns are drawn by Alton
trucks whose siX-wheel drive enables
them to maneuver into positions un-
attainable by ordinary vehicles.
The simple act of firing a 155 nm
Howitzer calls for a battery COM
mander who calculates the range
and reflections by means of formulate
and instruments and who telephones
this data to the executive who is
with the guns. The executive inter-
prets these orders and gives another
set of commands which apply only
to the guns. These latter commands
are transmitted to the gun squads
who execute the order. 1t takes
ten men to fire one gun properly.
Authorities say that artillerymen
need six months of steady firing be-
fore they are ready for combat ac-
ton. None of the battery outfits at
Banding which we visited had fired
a shell during their entire time at
the Namp. None of them reported
having seen a shell.
The fact that these troops have
had little if any training in firing
since arriving in camp could be due
to the fact they don't have any am
munition. We doubt that. One
thing is certain. Unless they re-
ceive some firing practice between
nov and August when they go into
ammer aneuv they won't get
any firing practice at all unless we
go to war.
Let's pray they get some practice
at least before they start shooting
at Hitler.
The French rs anti-tank gun has
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-05-08

been widely publicized as being "a
bout the best gun We have. A new
model has been perfected for use
by U. S. army troops in training now
Il was not until two weeks ago thai
sights were received for these guns
and they have proved ineffective,
reports say.
An anti-aircraft battery has been
formed but so far has not function
ed. Men taken out of regular ar
tillery batteries and assigned to this
battery still work with the batteries
they have always been attached to.
The 81 nm gun is a small cannon
attached to the tube of a 1856. |.
was a weapon used in the first World
War and some of the batteries have
fired these guns three days since
being in camp. Ammunition they
have been using was evidently lief:
over from the first war because II
was marked "For Overseas Ship
men, The gun is said to be OBJ.
ooASlS HdNL-S Siidli TdISS'
The public has been told a great
deal about the effectiveness of the
wonderful new Garland rifle. Few
persons know that it quickly gets
hot when fired a lot.
One might well ask what the mer
in service have learned if they have
not yet learned how to fight and
shoot guns.
My answer from observation would
be they have learned a few Of the
points of military courtesy, they
have taken a bit of discipline, learn
ed how to keep house, how to march
they have learned a little about TAX
ing care of themselves in the field on
overnight maneuvers; they have lit
orally with their own hands built a
camp in a wilderness all the way
from e~xcavating thousands of pal
metto trees with their widespread
roots out of the ground to building
walkways on the ground so that they
might walk on it; they have learned
enough about war and the army to
pray that this country will stay at
peace.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-05-08
Training Progress

Much has been written about the
wonderful progress our soldier boys
are making in camp and what a re-
markable army America is now de-
veloping. We observed Army Day by
bringing out all the available truck,
guns, tanks, etc. to make a show for
John Public who cares not a boot
for the army anytime except when
war threatens. In fact John Public
is prone to look down on the army as
a bunch of n'er do wells who couldn't
find anything else to do and Joined
the army.
But the cold truth remains that
u country is not yet able to supply
adequate clothes and blankets, guns
and ammunition to the men in SER
vice now and the selectees who are
daily swelling the total of men i n
the U. S. army.
Men in the army have been issued
two khaki shirts and pants for sum-
mer, two pairs of sox, one pair Of
shoes, one pair of canvas leggings,
one blue denim blouse and pants.
called fatigue clothes. Unless the
men are able to buy additional cloth
es with their own money they have a
hard time keeping clean with the few
clothes Uncle Sam has to give them.
With one pair of pants in the laundry
and one pair on it is pretty hard to
make that weekly inspection when
everything must be immaculate.
Time after time when selectees
have come in at Blanding they have
gone around and taken blankets off
some of the older mems beds and
given them to the new men because
they had no blankets at all to give
them. One non-commissioned officer
told me he had three blankets when
he hit camp in December and that
one had been taken from him. He
also stated that if the camp had re-
ceived all these selectees coming in
now last winter that they would have
all frozen to death.
Much has been written about the
efforts being made to fit all men in
the army with the right size OF
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-05-08
Troops Arrive

1t was indeed a sorry spectacle
that greeted the eyes of weary for
mer National Guardsmen fran the
southern states now indicted into the
United States Army when they ar
rived in Camp Blanding on Deem
Der 81 in a downpour Of rain. Men
of the Dixie Division must have
thought they had come to the end of
the world.
Rain poured down every day un-
til well in January and there were
so many camp construction workers
$4,000 Of them) on the camp
grounds that no training could be ac-
complished for weeks. The workers
and men fell all over each other try
ing to get around in the knee-deep
mud.
The camp is built on a beautiful
round lake. 1t is surrounded by a
swamp which is not beautiful at all.
As a result of the weather and penc-
t~rating cold together with no housing
OF sanitation facilities the majority
of the troops caught terrific colds
and became i'll. To make bad matters
worse there was practically no hos
pital facilities and no medicine ex-
cept Aspirin to give the men. The
men We're given orders not to drink
the water and there we're no lights
for several days. Water was hauled
from Starke, 8 miles away in milk
cans.
The men talk about those days
now remembering when they called it
Little Siberia" back in January. But
it was no laughing matter then when
there were as many as 500 serious
eases of flu at one time, to say moth
ing of common colds.
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Field Artillery which was by far one
of the most outstanding regiments
in the whole camp.
Holmes county's Battery B is a
part of the Hath Field Artillery
and it has been recognized as the
best battery in the regiment. Most
CT the selectees from this county
have been placed in the 114th.
There are thirteen batteries in tho
Hath Field Artillery regiment and
out of the 20 non-commissioned of
ficers training selectees in this re-
giment eight of them have been
from Battery B.
About three hundred men have
been trained to date in the Hath
and 200 more are slated to come
through very shortly which viii
bring the regiment up to its full
time war strength.
| asked General Persons if his
Dixie Division was ready to go to
war. He smiled and said that he
could not answer that question, but
if the time ever came the 31st
would be ready.
That was a good soldiers answer
to a question that today is of para
mount concern to 1870 million peo-
pie in America. Are our men train
ed and equipped to go to war?
The answer to that question by
any person in the United States who
has had any occasion to observe pre-
sent training conditions and obsta-
cles must be that we are not ready
and will not be for many, many
months.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-05-08
Camp Today

Today the fest impression enc
gets of Camp Blanding is S a n d,
sand, sand. SaEd is everywhere. in
your hair, your eyes and your shoes.
The men breathe sand, eat sand and
sleep with sand. Perhaps men of the
31st and 43rd are being trained to
fight in Egypt. Sand is all over the
camp from six to twelve inches deep
except in the swampy parts. it is al
most impossible to walk in it and
trucks, guns and vehicles of all kinds
get struck and have to be pulled out.
The camp itself is built in a semi
circle around Kingsley Lake which is
perfectly round. The lake itself is
about ~ miles in diameter and the
water is clear. At first stagnant
water was standing all around the
lake and the men were warned by
camp medical authorities about
drinking or bathing in the water as
it was apt 70 cause hookworm and
a form of the itch. Men from the
various batteries have been given la
Dor detail assignments in working on
the lake and filling up the swamp SO
that it will drain properly and the
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-05-08
Camp Banding, Fla.
ARTILLERY Bust
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ing the wages mentioned if it was
getting full value received for money
expended. But it wasn't. Workers
took advantage of the fact that there
were so many of them OF the JOB
that they stumbled all over each 9TH
err and jobs that should have been a
matter of a few hours took days.
A sawmill was put up and operat-
ed by the contractors "a hours a day
during camp construction and many
of the buildings were assembled
there and taken yer on the camp
site by truck.
The contractors have been publicly
charged with spending two million
dollars for equipment rental which
was 40 percent of the purchase price
of the equipment. Roads were built
with crushed rock which cost $2.15
a ton while sand, oil and clay were
used at other camps. The army
bought 20 miles of so pound rails
from the Southern Railway despite
the fact that specifications called
for 80 pound rails.
The average price paid for Sd mil
lion feet Of lumber in camp con-
%struction, it is alleged, was from 20
to % per cent too high. Overtime
labor costs increased the cost of the
camp $2,014, 900.
1t is understood that Mcleod and
Wolfe. a Florida firm, got the stone
contract and also furnished one-half
of the heavy equipment on the job.
It is estimated that the cost of
the camp was increased over six mil
lion dollars due to the topography of
the land selected for the camp. About
40 per cent of the camp is below the
lake level. In other words the place
should have never been selected as a
training camp. 1t isn't fit for train
ing.