The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-06
Odds And Ends Of Interest To
 Sport Fans
BY JOE WILLIAMS


 New York, Jan. 6 = Putting one little word after another and what ever became of that game called knock-knock? Yankees and Giants have agreed to broadcast terms for next summer but their new spon- sors are having difficulty getting time on the air. Whats holding up the sale of the Boston Bees?
 Yale's dismissal of Ducky Pond was no shock to readers of this space who were prepared for it two weeks ago. The decision to break with tradition and go beyond the narrowly restricted graduate field for head coach was long over due but remains commendable just the same. Among other things the de- cision reorganized the growing apathy among Old Blues who had been taking only a passive interest in football at New Haven in recent years. The New York Alumni, once the most active, had virtually ceased to function. In fact, Greasy Neale, who quit the coaching staff some days back to join the professionals, told us the little state of Colorado was much more active and vital in it's contributions to the squad, meaning man power of course. Even the New Haven Townies seemed to have lost their enthusiasm for the Bulldogs. Two of 'em came back as members of the Harvard varsity last season to help humiliate the Blue. A brisk, sharp reawakaneing of alumni concern is one of Yale,s most important needs at the mo- ment. Without it the new regime isn't going to accomplish much either.
 And Besides
 We see by the papers that MT. Horace Stoneham predicts his Giants will finish second next sea- son and we hope he doesn't mean second to last. Penn States Billy Soose is one of the best boxers we have seen in some time; he has a long, snaky left hand and he drops the right over quickly with stagger- ing results. He's somewhat on the fragile side and doesn't appear to be overly aggressive; but as Benny Leonard once said of Johnny Kill bane, it may be that he's just timid enough to be great fighter We thought Soose beat teh inept Mau- riello so far off it wasn't even close, yet one of the judges, a gentleman by the name of George Kelley, gave Mauriello the fight, six rounds to four. How do judges get like that, or more pertinent, how do they ever get to be judges?
 Headline: Mayor devives anti noise war" Is this a rap at Larry MacPhail? By winning the pockey championship Earl Dew got his full name in print and that happens to few riders. Reports that the oft proposed ivy football league is about to be fornfed are untrue, ac- cording to Bill Bingham of Har- yard, who ought to know. Dr. Clyde Fisher, curator of astronomy, says the world will last seven billion years. This suggests there's still hope for the Phillies. A note from Bing Crosby: Tt seems the Old Judge Uandis) won't have any truck with the "hoss' people. so was forced to bow out of the Boston Bees picture with what grace I could muster. I'm sorry I got into the deal as far as I did now, be- cause the repercuSsion made every body look bad-even the judge, who should look good at all times. I've looked bad on many occasions from coast to coast so I'm not bitter"
 Thomas $. o. l..
 How much would you have bet at this time year ago that Ducky Pond wouldn't be back at Yale, Red Blaik at Dartmouth and Francis Schmidt at Ohio State? Incidentally Frank Thomas is probably sorry