The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-01
FAMOUS GOTHAM BLACK YANKEES
 HERE TONIGHT
WespOrt Chevies and Wa terbury Tool in SoftbaIl
 PreIim at 7:l5 p. m.

nue the feature outdoor attraction of the year will get under way at 8:30 under the lights in this, the first local night baseball game of the year when the City Amateur League All-Stars take on the fam- ous New York Black Yankees, the world champion colored baseball team that copped the Natinal Col ored League title last season by wide margin. In the softball pre- liminary, the highly touted Water bury Tool team, the class of the lo- cal Industrial League with record of eleven victories against but one lone defeat that was suffered at the hands of the Scovill entry Tuesday night, face the Strong Westport Chevies, rated as one of the five best teams of the East. That alone will be quite an attraction in itself for two of the New England's great est softball hurlers will be pitted against each other Hardy Brownell this city's sensation, beaten only once this year, will have his work cut out for him when he faces the great "Cannonball" Baker, rated as one of the greatest hurlers in the game today. The Westport team, unbeaten in six years of activity in its local league, set back the sen- sational Joe Louis Bombers last year besides crack teams from Maryland and Philadelphia and competed in four of the six National Tournaments that have been told thus far. Last year the Cheyies copped the State of Connecticut crown and went long way in the National tourney before losing a thrilling 20 decision to the East man Kodak team of Rochester, N. r., the team that eventually cop ped the National Grown.
 An oddity of the Westport teams trip to the tourney in 1886 the downstaterS, on their way to the tourney, passed through Rochester and played an exhibition tilt with the Eastman Kodak outfit and beat them Az. Immediately after thta, the Eastman Kodak team won their Its National championship. Last year was the best year that the Chevies have experienced. Not only did they beat the New Britain team by a 7-O score to win the state title but knocked off several high class teams in the tourney before being eliminated. This year, the Chevies have the exact team that won the state title for them last year and each and every man will be in the lineup tonight Cannonball Baker will head the list of players that will show at the Stadium starting at 7:15 and such stars as Reale. Agostino, Dury, Hale, Duffy, De- Maria, Bottone, Kuinta, Argenio. Harding, Nistico, Lepo and Allen. on the local team Joe Kalosky, Berlito. Cluney, Ed Lafferty, Jack Medford, Lasky, Bradley, Jimmy Gribbon, Charlie Foster, Cronin. Hardy Brownell and probably one or two others taken from the other teams of the Industrial Loop.
 Promising
 The feature game of the evening between the Stars and the Black yankees will be the tilt that will hold the interest of most of the fans because they will see an at- traction, the like of which hasn't been shown around these parts in a number of years. Right now, the Black Yankees have the reputation of being the greatest colored team in the world today and have d number of players of real major league caliber who are barred from the big time because of their race. Besides having some of the best pitchers in the game today, the Tanks have the best first and sec ond seekers in active service today. major league or otherwise according to many of the New York newspa- per ScribeS who have seen all of the players in the game today. On the lniCial sack, the Black Yankees are well fortified with big Jimmy Starks, a six footer, who led the National Colored League in batting last year with a mark of .301 while hitting 38 home runs and stealing 4S bases. Not only is he A heavy hitter, but his fielding is rated bet ter than that of Babe Dalghren,s who only a few years ago played with the worlds champion Yankees or the American League. Starks is being compared with the immortal Hal Chase, Jimmy Foxx, the late Lou Gehrig, Frank Chance and other star guardians of the first base bag. At the keystone sacks. the Tanks have Dick Seay, rated bv Satchel Paige and others as the greatest second baseman in the game. Dick is rated by many to be on par with Joe Gordon, Bobby Doerr, Billy Herman, Charlie Geh- ringer and other greats of the sec- ond sack and he and his partner. shortstop Harry Williams put on several acrobatic tricks for the fans. In the outfield Hank Kimbro, a sure bet for major league jobs if he were elegible, leads the way and Is ably assisted by Jimmy Williams, and Marvin Barker, and others. On the mound there is Jack Stanley, the boy who while pitching for the col- ored all stars few years back, beat the great Dizzy Dean in four out of Q six game series. At the time the Dizzy one, who only recently retired from the national pastime, was pitching for Q collection for Major and Minor leaguers after the regular season closed and Dean even had Joe Medwick in the outfleld with him. Last year Stanley won go lose ing s. He is ably assisted by TIol- land, a speed ball artist. Tommy Parker. Cgwanw Waek0r and atlere