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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04

White Obtains Better Control With No. : Iron.
 BY ART KRENZ
 NEA Service Golf Writer
 Orville Whites favorite club is the No. iron.
 On the approach. one of the trickiest and more interesting phas- es of golf, the professional of the Sedgefield Country Club of Greens boro, N. C., usually plays the No. 2 in preference to the No. 8 because the No. 7,s low trajectory gives him better control.
 White finds he Is able to stop the ball more surely and qu.c.:.y than when employing any other weapon. Playing a No. 2 iron. White dis tributes his weight evenly with slightly open stance.
 This permits the body to partially face the hole.
 Orville White hits down and through the ball on the intended line of flight. aiming to bring the club into the ball directly from be- hind with the clubhead travelling on a line toward the hole.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
CROSBY B VICTIMS IN NINTH INNING

Naugatuck, High baseball team was q to 3 winner over Crosby yesterday afternoon at Municipal Stadium to gain third place In the valley league, the Foley kids provid- ing their local rival with defeat number l3 this season, which is drawing to a merciful close for Crosby. At that, though the teams went into the ninth inning all even, and then one of those Naugatuck rallies sewed 1t up, though Crosby had an early 3 to lead. With two on base In the ninth, Fisher ground ed out to finish the game, while Durette pitched and batted Naugy to the win, as he drove In three runs, Summary:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04

Runs - Furs ?. Fogerty, Kevitt, Decario, smith. Fisher, Kobrin. Err rors-C ousey ?. Bender, Kobrin, Smith. Fogerty, Decarlo. Runs bat ted in-Kobrin 2. Fisher, Durett g., Decarlo. Two base hits - Decarlo, kobrin, Cavanaugh. stolen bases Furs ?, Caufield. Desmond, Fogarty, Sacrifices - CavanauRh, n q smond. Double plays-Cioodale and Bender. Furs and Fogarty. Left on bases Naugatuck 5: Crosby s. Bases on balls--off Durett 6; korVolis T. Hit by pitcher--by karvelis tFogcriy). struck out-by karveiis |, Durett ,. Umpire--Forst. Time--l:5O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04

employers. appreciating the value of excellent physical condition to those engaged in production have assured Turner's that they may have the necessary time off duty to attend and take part in the National Tour nament. California will not be rep resented this year but already St Paul Minnesota has entered class of fifteen. The number of contes' tants will be approximately the same as the number of contestants at an international Olympics.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
Pittsburghers Bad NeWs For Champs?

The "hunch players" stringing a!ong with Billy Conn to defeat Joe Louis In their heavyweight championship match at New YGrk's Yankee Stadium on June IS have one interesting "anglc' riding In their favor. The outstanding fighters In recent ring annals, and two of the greatest of oil time, have been LGuls and Henry Arm. | strong, both colored, Armstrong Onc-tame holder of three ma | jor ring titles, finally came acropper at the educated fists of . Pittsburgher, FrltZie Zivlc. Now Conn, another Pittsburgh. CT, looms as probably the most serious threat 0 his crown that Louis has faced In his four years as heavyweight king.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
MELODY WINS

Burlington. Vt, June 4.-(UP)-- Honey Melody, i36, of Boston scored a technical knockout over Joey Riv- CTS i38, of New York in the 4th round of a i0-round bout last night after dropping his opponent six times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
has nothing to worry about.

Joe Dunn has been having his share of golf breaks this season. A short time ago he was troubled with a cyst on the side of his neck. Now he is taking a few technical courses at Yale that keeps him from mak- ing his frequent visits to. the course. This has had a marked effect on Joes cards. but as Joe said recently, "There is no sacrifice too great for the national defense"
 Reports from the locker room in- dicate Guy Pugra's butter is missing very few blrdies these Gays. Guy attributes his recent string to his ability to concentrate when the going gets real tough.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
LONG ONE- SHOPPERS TO TIGHTLY TRAPPED GREENS

Par & may decide the l94l cham- pionship. They are long one-shot- ters to tightly trapped greens and come at Nos, {, 8, i3 and l6.
 The 4th is a mighty 250-yarder requiring e long wood shot to get home.
 The sth is les yards. all carry over the river, No. l3 has similar conditions at l92 yards No. l6 is POT yards.
 Other holes while Little and other experts figure will play a big part are No. s, a mighty 469-yard par 4, and No, IS, difficult 455-yarder abounding in traps.
 Little has averaged 7i or 72 since winning the Open last June in- cluding a phenomenal 62 manufac- tured in snow and mud In winning the Texas Open Littles shoes weighed l2 pounds after that one.
 Lawson Little repeated in the British and United States Anna teurs in successive years.
 He has the game, heart and tenn perament to repeat in the National Open.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
HARTFORD MOVES UP

Hartford, Conn.,, June 4.-(UPl-- The Hartford Bees were in third place in the Eastern league today after defeating Williamsport here vesterday. II to 2, behind the four hit pitching of Jim Hickey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
DEVELOPS MUSCLES

Ezra McGlothin. University of Tcnessee's star pitcher, works his way through school by tossing around l00-pound bags of cement for Knoxville company.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
GILBERT

Runs-Fecto, Kalosky ?, Salvatore Alvarez, Calo, Pandofo. Errors - Feeto 2, Latina, Huse, Kalosky ?, Burlenski, Giam. Runs batted in Alvarez, Giarn. Graham. Two base hits Fecto. stolen bases = Fecto, Sheffield ?, $ m 1t h, Calo. Pandolfo. Sacrifices --- Dalton, Giarn, Alvarez. Left on bases--Wilby II, Gilbert H., Gilbert s. Bases on balls-off Huse 3, Salvatore 5, Mitchell 1. Hits--off Huse, 10 in Ia nnings off Nit chell, 0 in 2-3. Hit by pitcher-by Huse tGarrity) Struck out--by Huse 6, Salvatore 2, Mitchell o. Passed balls-Leeney. Losing pitcher-Huse. Umpire-Carrington Tuckey. Time -l:55.
 other Results
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
Little, Defending His Open Title,
 Sees No Disadvantage In Texas
Champion Rotes Colonial Course
 Fine Test of Golf
BY HARRY CRIMSON NEA Service Sports Editor

Lawson Little, preparing to defend the National Open championship at the Colonial Club in Fort Worth, tomorrow, (June 6-7) sees no dis- advantage for northern golfers on that particular Texas course.
 The -shouldered Californian considers the battle ground fine test.
 Indeed, considering par and the distance involved, the colonial lay- out easily may turn out to be far and away the toughest test @ Ma. tional Open field has faced in six seasons.
 Officials have made no effort to make the course unnaturally tough by pulling the falrways too narrow, letting the greens get too hard and other stunts that have been tried fin the past
 "ff tho players are able to shoot 85 or better on Q 7035-yard layout, well and good" says Marvin Leon ard, creator of the course.
 We will not penalize them un- justly,
 But I believe the course will take care of itself"
 INTERESTING APPROACHES ARE CREATED BY STREAM
 Par for the tree studded course along the banks of Trinity river Is 35-35-70,
 Tho stream jutting In and out creates most Interesting approach es to some greens and some tees have been placed in such positions that the stream demands eXactIng placement with the driver,
 Pathways are of Bermuda grass and the course has bent greens.
 The course has been tricked up to some extent since Little shot 1t In 67 while on the winter tour
 Little especially liked the 427. yard finishing hole, q par 4 bound- cd by the river With beautifully banked slopes running down from the clubhouse, He describes 1t as being pretty tight on the left
 CleVeland's Canterbury, scene of Little's i940 triumph, measured 602l With a par of 72, Spring Mill of Philadelphia, where tho '39 tourna- ment was played, was 67s6 yards long With a normal par of 7i that was cut to 60 for the meet. Den ver's Cherry Hills in '3s played at 6888 yards with par n. Oakland Hills at Birmingham, Mich, in '37 was TOGO yards, with e 72 par. Bal tusrol, N J, in '36 was 8866 yards and par was 72,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04

other Ne@utts . Derby G, shelton .. West Haven s, Ansonia ,. Seymour 16, Watertown 5.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-02
Plane fer Winter

Waterbury like other Connecticut cities is looking towards the approaching winter months with hope that the season will not be an extremely wild and woolly one. Of recent years our larger cities have had a hard lob of satisfying all the motorists who demand that streets and roads be cleared almost as fast as the snow falls. This is difficult and ex- penSive job as we have found out in the past. It will continue to be such, so long as conditions remain the same.
 Preparedness for snow and ice, of course, can be made well in advance and it is noticeable that most of the Con- necticut cities are laying their plans right now for an onslaught of adverse elements. Tn Hartford, in particular, efforts are afoot to have every agency mustered for the first bad snowfall or Sleet storm so that there will be no seri- ous traffic tieup, such as disrupted travel in that city a year ago. With even more cars on the streets this year 1t certainly, is the wise thing to plan carefully for any emergency.
 Here in Waterbury the same thing holds good, We have great many more cars being used every day by factory era- ployeS right now than there were last winter. To facilitate travel our Street Department authorities will have to main- tain probably an even higher degree of snow removal than ever before. This inl- poses more work and more planning, but It's something that has to be complied with at any and all costs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-02
Aluminium Aftermath

It Is four months since piles of scrap aluminium mushroomed on every village green as result of the drive for needed metal In that time something has been learned about this means of getting to- gether such scrap metal. It Is not the best way. Now at last, after four months, 95 per cent of this scrap Is either in the hands of smelters or on the way to them But there was an insufferable delay in handling the material, which lay for weeks and months untouched, simply be- cause smelters were sWamped unable to receive and sort the material.
 It Is now clear that scrap metal col lected through regular dealers, sorted and shipped by them in orderly fashion, reaches It's destination more effectively. The scrap aluminium contributed by the American people will be used for defense purposes, all right, but the method of collection was not the most effective The experience has been as valuable as the metal itself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-02
Socialists Hopeful

Entrance of the Socialist Party into the special congressional race, will end with the election of January 20, can't be pushed aside as futile effort on their part As a matter of fact there may be some considerable show of strength by the party, although we do not think that the party or its candidate can win. But in a campaign for special election the party with fewer adherentS can usually count on solid vote, whereas Demo- crats and Republicans are bound to see many of their supporters stay at home.
 Mayor Jasper McLeVy Is said to be getting ready to invade the Fifth Co., gresslonal District in behalf of the So- cialist Party candidate, Whether or not this is intended to secure votes for him or to lay the groundwork for an all-out drive of Mayor McLevy year from now for the governorship remains to be settled. The Socialist Party scared to great nights in lo38 resulting in the de- feat of Dr. Wilbur l., Cross and election of eX-Governor Raymond b. Baldwin. Last year tEe Socialist vote was neg ligible in the state election.
 Similarly the Waterbury mayoralty race of 1889 saw John Ring polling 4,- 900 votes, but there was no party candi- uaGS laSt lllOlltH WIltll NaySh NAtASShV $A' Scully was returned to office by close to 1000 majority However, in Bridge port Mayor McLevy himself was re- turned to office last month by an eX. ceptionally large majority. All of which convnces us that entrance of the Socialist Party into the special con- gressional election campaign Is for more distant purposes and Is designed to re- pair party lines
 Oddly enough this campaign may not develop into contest Of political parties, but issues. Republicans, as well as Democrats, aren't going to stray far from the Roosevelt foreign policy. so the balance of power may well come from those clements confused by war issues, but more or less definitely opposed to our entrance into a war or to send Ameri- can troops outside of this continent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-02
Ifll Be Different This Time

Resentment of Roman Catholic clergy against the type of motion picture Whlch is gradually beginning to sift in amidst the many fine and wholesome films that are shown is going to have much more marked effect on the movies in the months to come than 1t did several years ago when the Legion of Decency was formed. The latest crusade against the Greta Garbo picture is bound to take on much wider ramifications than merely a drive against single film or single producing company.
 Whats going to happen is that every thing linked to presentation of any DIG ture which Is judged not proper for adult viewing will be more or less boycotted or banned on the ground that it is contribut- ing to the moral delinquency, of the na- ton. Never has mandate been so direct or so serious as that of Aarchbishop Spell ban last week when he stated that Catho- lies might have to consider attendance at the Gre.a Garbo picture an occasion Of sin. Diocesan bishops are taking up his challenge and we can vision mighty force of public opinion once again being moulded to shape Hollywood policy.
 The theaters that show the condemned pictures, yes, even the newspapers that advertise them may feel the criticism of the clergy in full measure if we are any judge of the tenor of this new drive for decency on the screen. It has been long brewing this crusade against the inde- cent, the suggestive, and the cheap dis regard for the human institutions of home and marriage. It may not reach full head for some months yet, but this winter may we'll find such a demand from church authorities to their flockS that will slash the movie industry's mounting profits and rock Hollywood as it has never been before. And Geservedly so, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-02
ECONOMY MOVE
(New Haven Journal-C Courier

As New Haven demonstrated when it achieved a surplus last year (and may do again this year) and as Governor Hurley has been urging the various state departments to demonstrate on the state scale. there is more than one way to kill the cat of unnecessary expenditures. The best and most direct, of course, is to pare budgetary appropriations down to the bare essentials. But when the budget-makers fail to do this, there remains the method of simply not spending the full appro- priations.
 That has very rarely been done by the federal government but one of the most encouraging recent items frfom Washington reports the start of just that procedure. The ad- ministration has actually begun to withhold funds formally appropriat- ed from certain of the non-defense agencies. The Budget Bureau has impounded $2S, 900 of the current NYA appropriation and reductions in the IVA rolls are expected to start within a few days. At the same time, the information is re- leased that the s47, 900 of the eco appropriation which was set aside some months ago as 're- serve" has been boosted Co e70.0 0.000,~ 900. And Director Smith Of tho Bud- got Bureau states chat he plans @
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-02
Not a "Stooge" Court

Those people who feared that the ap- pointment of almost the entire U. s. Su- preme Court by single president might turn that into sort of rubber-stamp or ''stooge" court may be treasured by recent decisions. They show such con- sistent splitting in making decisions as to suggest that there is far from single point of view on the court.
 On the most recent decision day, two decisions were split, 5-4, and 6-3, and on the previous decision day there were two 5-4 decisions and another 6-3 split. Every justice has entered at least one dissent since the present term of court began, though it is only few weeks old.
 This is not to suggest that split decis- ions are desirable or necessarily good thing in themselves. It is only to suggest that this IS not the sort of thing one would expect from court reputedly ssnacked.D and hNnce supposedly commit ted Co a single naia more or less automatic point of view
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-02
RELIEF FOR COLLEGES (NeW Britian Herald)

Some peSsimistic Language is heard from the head men of many of our colleges. Student enrolment Is down which means less income, though some colleges have sought to bal- ance this by increasing rates. Re- tuprns on investments are down Upkeep is generally higher. Salaries tend up. So there will be difficulty in making both ends meet and deficits may be encountered.
 But such 0 future will not neces- sarily be certain among colleges that are partly supported by the state. If the University of Connecti- cut needs more money, for instance there is the legislature. The same holds true of New Britain's Teach CTS College of Connecticut.
 It's the private institutions that face financial blows amidships, not the state institutions.
 Maybe the state in time can help the Trinities and the Wesleyans, Did not the state once help dis dressed property owners2 And come to the rescue of the banks? Didn't 1t assist the unemployed?
 The proxies are little backward about bringing up this matter of re- lief for the colleges. But give them time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-02

Oddly enough If New Jersey gets its first licensed race.track next summer the betting element to be attracted won't come from New York City, but from Philadelphia. The track that now seems likely to be granted license is to be built in Camden County, IS minutes distant from Philadelphia. However, legal ized betting in Jersey has pursued such a devious course since the Legislature granted permission for betting at tracks that you can't be sure of even the very latest plans and announcements To date the northern end of the state hasn't apparently been able to do anything about seeking to attract New York's millions to it's confines for horse racing. It probably won't, either, as N. Y. c. gets its full quota of racing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-02
Views Of The Press

pound fundspjim. taoinshrdlutaoin impound funds from ether non-de- fense agencies to bring the economy total for the fiscal year up to S450,- 100000.
 That should be good news to those members of the joint Congressional Economy Committee who take their assignment seriously. It means that the non-defense economy drive will not lag until the budget for the next fiscal year is drawn and put Into effect and that substantial savings may be achieved right now And the fact that nearly half a bil- lion dollars can be prtned from current appropriations supplies strong support for the contention that a minimum of billion dollars can bze cut out of the next federal budget.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-02

It will be interesting to see whether Connecticut cities will rank the same for l94l In tax collections as they have for l940. Bridgeport led the large cities for last year with a record of 97.8 per cent of It's taxes while Waterbury collected 96.7 per cent which was 8 of point better than New Haven's record However, for this year with a full month to go Waterbury's record Is over 97 per cent and the time the city'S books for 104l are closed towards the end of January, 1922, the record may touch o8 per cent or even higher If so then Waterbury will be very apt to equal the very best record made in this city for the past year. This Is trib- ute, first and foremost to the thousands of taxpayers who have come forward so promptly with their taxes Without their cooperation no municipality could boast of any tax collection records.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-02

earnestly, administered more l h. telligently, lived more bravely, or poured out their hearts more con- pletely for their fellow men. Gordon hated every sort of honor and lived on the barest necessities in order to contribute to charity and promote religious work. He even melted the gold medals he received from the Chinese government and from Queen Victoria in order to have more to give to the poor.
 He was called Chinese" Gordon because with 5000 men he brought to an end in China a civil war, which. over a period of fifteen years, caused a hundred million people to lose their lives. In battle he was terror to his adversaries. He held the fort of Khartoum while selfish politicians delayed the sending of relief, and he was pierced through by the spear of a fanatical dervish just forty-eight hours before the relieg expedition arrived.
 The great fighter was in his spir- itual life humble as a child and perfectly consecrated in his religious devotion. He was probably the most remarkable combination in history Of a brave soldier and an outstaEd- ing Christian.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-02
Selected Poem
BARNs oF NEW ENGLAND


 (By Myra P. Ellis in the Boston Post) Barns are more than just places Where cowbells softly chime And cattle lift their faces And dream of feeding time. Rugged backbone of a nation, That, blood and bone, is is free, Barns are the preservation Of nations yet to be. Here, on a winter morning, In days of dearth and drouth, Farmers feed more than cattle They feed a nations mouth. Like old, familiar faces
 Seen on an albums page, Barns keep their homely graces Ageless, from age 10 age. When seas run red with hfe-blood, When wars rend continents, Man finds the plough and harrow Weapons of first defense. God and the good earth's bounty, Barn doors that open wide .. Landmarks of past and present And future, fortified.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-02
weekly lectures by outstanding educators and experts.

This unique program will run i3 weeks, with more than 400 carefully selected officers and civilian educators conducting the classes, The lectures, totalling three hours a week, will be dlvid- cd Into two general courses (l) general educational, tel the or. gNnisation, functions and opera tons of the U. s. armed services, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Corps.
 After this basic program has been completed, Lear will follow it up with one-hour weekly lee- ture on current affairs by out standing authorities.
 Purpose of the plan Is to inc prove the military training and effectiveness of the civilian sole dierS. ft Is Lear'S enlightened view that the American soldier will be an even better soldier than he already Is if he has clear grasp fowhy he Is in the Army and how an army functions from top to bottom.
 "In spite of the fact that the American Is the most lntelll- gent soldier in the w0Fld," Lear explains, "the urgent questions of state that have influenced
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-02
WELL BEHAvEp
Boston Post)

Sometimes we think New England weather is the victim of slander. Just see what has been going on in other parts of the country while we have been enjoying fine autumn days There have been cloudbursts and floods in the West. Buffalo was bur jed under a five-inch snowstorm the other day. And down in North Carolina our Yankee Division sol- diers have been shivering in sub- freezing temperatures.
 New England weather, 1t is true has its tickle periods but 1t doesn't always get full credit when 1t is be- having itself.