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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
A Little of This and That

will be opportunity tongne when the New City lads stack up paydownS probably bring Torngton and Bristol unless Central Bridgeport surprises Bristol team that 
 tagged Big Pebble which the second Memorial Haeah $0OOo event and then the mighty Bmeech in the OOO Wdner gaop Waterbury McLennan, then followed him with $l0 Wdener and paid better than $36 for bill Bridgeport night
 
 pound POUNDS lighter than Mofe athletic official the oo with the result that Mofset decision Moftett satisfied Those Kelys 1t Johnny Kelly New Milford baskebaer with the K of Spoooys 26 Viuake wncn ltchtied County Lcntd Bloomfield hartford. than CD ment " Walker odd hoooy Harem Tommy Mupn mouthful which projected pasersby their termine what hit them Tonight New Haven should latorS paradise the seating capacity 5000
 
 gndame will be much in evidence around the lobby of the palace from o'clock Cheshire Academy Cheshire getting Alden Whites congregation cotsers Brobeg for Dartmouth last night and made with p points against Harvard Before admng
 
 Hanover field Wonder Geoghegan sponsoring contest for questions known, show Rockledge which will monies Freddy Hall who could laugh monkey Hartford Kwans Clubs local charities will the c M GeogheganS helping hand Otto who Waterbury three days illness He but 30 wife and two children Scoring nearly six points the oboes to g Belange Kaosy and Betts averaged IA and one-third points apiece.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
WELTERWEICHT SLUCCERS MEET
 IN BUCK RING
Lewis and Suggs in Six- rOlnder-Etters, Katz
 to Show
BY HUGO HOoKJAB


 With star bout match with Irish Eddie Dolan as the incentive, Ernie Cat Robinson of Jamaica, Long Is- land and Wicky Harkins of Phila- delphia, meet tonight in an eight round welterweight duel at Buck ingham hall as headliners on an- other Waterbury A. c boxing pro- gram that will show five new faces" at least three of the leather pushers haillng from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl- vania.
 From advance reports the main 90 should be . "wow" as Harkins has been assured by the promoters as worthy opposition for Robinson, who has yet to make a bad local showing in five starts, and Is most anxious to have just one more try at Dolan, who outpointed him when they last met in this city. Harkins has been told just what a win over Robinson is worth to him in the matter of future bookings not only In Waterbury for the coming out. door season but in other parts of the state as well.
 Promising
 His reported three. .round knock out of Primo Flores on the Louis Dorazia card and last Mondays win over Billy Morris of Baltimore at Lancaster, Pa, are Harkins most re- cent performances which stamp him as worthy opposition for Robinson, as he had to come from behind to vii, from Morris. a good boxer. However, the "Blond Tiger" as Har- kins is ring tagged, will meet Black Panther tonight that is very hard to catch up with and is puncher of no mean ability as his three fights with Carl Deli proved conclusively.
 On paper" Robinson will be about 2 to s to win, with another near-capacity crowd expected to be entertained first with an undercard that will show Emil Etters in an opening four rounder with Tony Falco of Middletown; to be followed by Eddie suggs of New Bedford and Freddy Lewis of Wilkes Barre, former U. S. amteur champion in Q six-round bout at i42 pounds; Mike Angieri Of Inwood, Long Island meets up with Neil Miller of Wilkes Barre in another sixer that ought to be "red hot as Angieri recently defeated Al Evans a good New Ha- ven negro fighter. Maxie Katz, local Jewish middleweight who easily de- feated Rex Johnson of New York on the last Waterbury A. c. card, des. pite Q last round rally by the loser IS paired with Johnny Leonard of Wilkes-Barre in a six-round bout that should develop plenty of punching.
 All in all, there's every reason to believe that the patrons will be highly pleased with the Ave bout card lined up for them this even ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
Robinson Choice Ouer Wicky Harkins Tonight
Today's Sport Parade
BY HENRY NIcLEMORE Limited Press Stan COrrespOndent) |.

Dallas, Texas, March 6. = (UP) - The American Medical Journal, and not a newspaper, is the proper place for an article on the Chicago Cubs of l94l.
 In looking over the notes I gath cred on the Cubs before leaving San- ta Catalina Island for Florida, I find that so many of them are re- gently discharged hospital patients that 1t is a wonder the team didn't select Baltimore or Rochester, Min nesota, as training site, and en- gage some goods, tactical surgeon as manager instead of Jinm Will son.
 If the Cubs better themselves in the National League race this year, 1t will be high tribute to every surgeon, general practitioner, tn- terne, nurse. and orderly who helped get them in shape since the close of the l940 season.
 Mystery Wings
 To start with, there are the mys- terious arms of Dizzy Dean and Clay Bryant. Neither did enough throw ing last year to break greenhouse roof from five paces, and each has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
H0CAN-SARAzEN TEAM A WINNER
Young Star and Veteran Win $z,O00 in Four.AlI
 Golf Play

Coral Gables, Fla. --- (UP) - The youthful accuracy of Ben Hogan of White Plains, N. Y. and the coolness under fire of veteran Gene sarazen of Brookfield Center, Conn, paid off at the rate of 5000 a head today following the close of the 18th an- nual International Four Ball 0han- pionship.
 Slender, l33-pound Hogan, golf's leading money winner this year, and 30-year.old Sarazen, won first prize money by defeating Sammy snead, Hot Springs, Va. and Ralph Guidahl Chicago, 4 and 3, in the 36-hole f. nals yesterday. Snead and Guldahl earned $500 each.
 Hogan carried the burden for most of the match, but is was sarazens accurate putting theat kept his team ahead. He did 1t on the 14th with a 20 foot putt in the morning round and again on the 550-yard 18th dur ing the afternoon, where he clipped in for e birdie four to end tho match.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
ThiSSpOrting
 World
HOrse Laugh
BY JOHN A. CLUNEY

the bangtai seng back svers there plenty of to be the tracks at Haeah ana the beautiful amingoes and Jack Freney office at ne
 that have given ear 10 concerns rentlenan Febrac his proceeded pick out two horses for his
 which to return anything rom SOOO bill winners in two races usually the first and second
 Jewish in the second tagged horse he liked Adopn put ms rac bet horse with the same name as
 TTI should life, before get home himself So what? So his horse in the st the second gaop? Yep was Adolph saode) and the daily double payo 42O0, in fact $23780! oiddyap, Napoleon!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
Second Round
 Winners Chalk Up Easy Scores
Warriors, Bombers, and Liths GO Ahead-Three
 Games Tonight

Three games that figure to be very well-balanced in basketball ability, are listed for action in the Nauga- tuck Valley tournament tonight ct the Waterbury Boys Club court, starting at 2 o'clock when the strong 444 Club meets up with the scrap- py Naugatuck Zephyris. An hour later, the Warriors and Bornbers will try to eliminate each other from the tournament in an 8 o'clock hoop engagement which should be ma. tural" while the nightcap at Q p. m. will bring together the Naugatuck Admirals and Torrington River A.. c.
 St. Joseph's Holy Name, Bombers, and the Warriors all came through their second round tests with flying colors last night in the Naugatuck Valley play at the Boys Club. The Holy Name quintet won easily over the Ansonia Texas Oilers A to 27, the Bombers outlasted the Lehigh team 34 to 2l and the Warriors bombarded the hoop to trim the West Sides A to 20.
 Tn the first game the Boinbers went ahead of the Lehigh team Il to 2 ir the first period and retained their lead despite the Trojan et- forts of Danny Rosa and Mike La- vollo to reduce 1t. Dave Karpovich played a brilliant game for the win- ners while Tony Cugno kept setting up the plays that resulted in more points for the hard driving Bomb- CTS. The nearest the Lehigh team could get was in the beginning of the second half when two looping shots from the middle put them a single point behind. From this point on the Boinbers kept driving and gradually increased their lead to the final 34 to 2i score.
 Easy Win.
 With Lefty Adams giving another demonstration of high class shoot- ing the St. Joseph Holy Name quintet did not experience too much difiiculty with scrappy but out- chased group from Ansonia. Lefty tossed in l9 points which together with the 2l he secured two nights ago easily makes him high man for the tourney. Sundik supplied the fireworks for the losers with excel- lent under the basket work. The final score was St. Joe's A, Ansonia 27.
 High Scoring.
 The final contest on last nights card nr0yed tno rather easy for the Warriors. Art Fisher, fresh from the Crosby cout, gave the club fans much to chee about as he dribbled and pivoted and hooked both hands to run up 1T points in the time he played. Sonny Rinaldi and Harvey Fisher also played exceptionally well for the winners. The West Sides felt the loss of the captain Magraw and the three hoops of Peanuts Audette was the best ef- fort from the West Sides.
 HOLY NAME
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06

seen enough bonesetters to bore ever a man who loves bonesetting. Jake Mooty, another pitcher, finished UT the season with what the Cut trainer, Andy LotshaW, terms Q chronicle" sore arm and has been looked at by half the doctors who don't advertise and nearly all oi them who do.
 Bill Lee, who has been holding out on the strength of IT defeats last season, has been operated or ..:om kneecap to ear lobes, and, tc urn a terrible pun, only hopes tc pitch to "suture" club fans. This is just a beginning of the list oi recently ailing Cubs. Len Meruno Rookie 'inflelder, is getting over a sore throwing arm. Harvey Storey bought from San Francisco spring before last for big sum, broke q leg last June and is taking his first exercise on 1t since.
 Convalesclng
 Glen Russell, who is counted on to take care of the first base business was operated on for appendicitis to- wards the closesof last season, and Is still trifle wan. Phil Cavaretta has had another operation on his twice broken ankle. and Hank Lei- Der, whose head once took @ terri ble beating from one of Bob Feller's fast balls, crashed into wall during the city series with the White sox last October. And as for Augie Galan, he broke his kneecap and his career seemed at an end when he left Chicago last season.
 Now for another angle on the Cubs: They are certain to give the Brooklyn Dodgers a first class battle for the title of "screwiest'' club hl the league. They have Dean to start with and 1t will come as a comfort to those who love the dizzy ones antics, to know that the ol' cottonpicker has not allowed his loss of his pitching stuff to calm him down one bit. Lou Novikoff, the mad Russian, will be on hand. and he likes nothing better than to play the accordion while waiting his turn to bat. He also sings. Charlie Grimm is back, this time as coach of the team he used to manage. His two years as radio announcer only served to make Charley a trifler giddier.
 Ex.Scribe
 The front office is not without its angles, either. Tho head man now with the title of general manager, is former newspaperman Jimmy, Jim. my Gallagher. When he was back of a Chicago typewriter, Gallagher Gallagher was the teams toughest critic, ard spent a great deal of his time lacerating various Cub hides The most engaging personality Q, Catalina when l was there wal Boots Weber, the retired" vice. president. From all I could see Boots was buster than he ever was
 The teams mascot Is e bit unusual too. It is Q left-handed catcher's mitt belonging to Charlie Grimm and which Grimm says was used to warm up Babe Adams in 1909. II Is a well-behaved mitt. however.
 You figure that out, and you might also figure out the working of the Cubs most promising young catcher. a gink named Mccullough who insists on catching without a chest protector.
 Take 'em away, doctor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
BY JOE WILLIAMS

Sarasota. Fla. March 6.--(UP)- Perhaps it's just as well for the dig fiity of the game that John Ring. ling North isn't running the Bos- ton Red Sox. Can you imagine what the young snowman from Yale would do with Mike Ryba, the one- man baseball team?
 Ryba is the only curiosity in this circus town that isn't in 8 cage. The 35-year-old coal miner from De Lancey, Pa, is the nearest thing to 8 nine-in-one ball player the game ever had. Literally there isn't thing he hasn't done on the ball field. Whats more. he once handled the business end of a club and an- other time he tool. tickets at the gate.
 This is his second time up but for the most part of his l2 years as a professional he's been kicking around in the bushes. That's where he developed his extraordinary ver- satility. Sometimes in the bushes ball player has to be all things to all men. You wouldn't exactly call Glass A bush but in one game Ryba, an earnest looking, soft spoken, deadpan gentleman, played first base, caught and pitched. This was in the second game of a double- header. The first baseman got tired, the catcher succumbed to the heat and finally the last effective pitcher begged down.
 Can Pitch and Hit
 Of course, Ryba's with the Red Sox as a pitcher. Anybody who can lift an arm high enough to part his hair Is with the Red Sox as a pitch CT. But Ryba may turn out to be all right despite the fact he is an old pappy guy. He topped the h. ternational league last year with 24 wins and was voted the most valuable player in the league. The first time he came up was as a catcher. This was with the St Louis Cardinals.
 If the one-man ball team had his way he'd still be a catcher. He thinks if the various managers he played under, including himself had let him alone he would have developed into a big league catcher years ago. That's my spot because that's where I like to play" he toit lis. ITO be c good ball player you must like to play. and where car you get more action than behind the platter"
 Mr. Ryba needs no vitamins as { hitter either. He'd led Q couple O. leagues with the stick. He was witt Scottdale In the Middle Atlantii league the year Joe Medwick broks fin. He and Medwick furnished thu kick in the batting order. Medwick hit third and Ryba fourth. "Ws kept in condition batting each otf' CT across the plate." Mike says.
 Mr. Ryba thinks he will be ablt to help the Red 6ox whether he ii used as 6 starter or as relief. "ITl get the ball over. anyway" he promises. The chances are he will. He walked only S2 hitters in 274 innings last year. That's almost as good as sending lt up there by a dependable bell boy. Mir. Ryba. fittingiy enough. Is . screwbailer. This and his control makes up hts pitching stock. It Isn't much but # mag be a living for ieai.
 He thinks too much hokum is written about versatile ball players and that lise bal players them. selves contribute to it. 4 year ago 'le sports pages were filled with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
Ryba, "One Man Team" May
 Be Big Help To Red Sox

stories about Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers making himself over into an outfielder. You would have thought Greenberg was try ing to separate the atom or revise the Einstein theory MT. Ryba had to laugh Hell, q good ball player can play any position once he makes up his mind to do it." Greenberg's experience supports this statement. He was good enough to get in the All-Star game and in the world series as an outflelder, po- Sttion he had never tried to play before.
 MT. Ryba hopes the public is not to be bored by similar accounts in connection with the shift of Joe Gordon Of the Yankees from second base to first base. There have al- ready been hints that such a dreary ordeal Is in prospect. Most of these question If 1t is advisable to experi- ment with player who is &. r1eral- ly rated as one of the best sl 'ond basemen the game has seen in years. If he was great second baseman. what's to keep him from being an even greater first base man?' demands MT. Ryba. They aren't going to change the shape of the ball or the rules of the game, are they?'
 Opportunity
 We agree with MT. Ryba that If Gordon was great second base- man he should be an even greater first baseman. He is an acrobat on his feet and is sure-handed. The hardest play he'll have to master is the first-to-second-to- double out-and even Rudy York can make that one without murdering the runner. We read one criticism that Gordon may not be tall enough. Well, he's feet, eleven, exactly the same height as George McQuinn of the St. Louis Browns, and weren't we being told year ago that Me- Quinn was the best first baseman in the American league?
 But to get back to MT. Ryba's claim that ability to handle several different positions is not altogether the stamp of pure genius. There would seem to be much in what he says. Even here with the Red Sox Is another gentleman who manages to do better than fair when called upon to display his versatility. Foxx spent a large part of last season back of the plate. going in cold from
 first base. We seem to recall see- ing him play third base in an All- Star game and we remember one game in which he pitched for a while at least. We also remember ms classic remark when he was asked how he liked to catch last year. I'd much rather hit against the kind of pitching we've got"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
College Wrestling

New York, March 8--(UP)-Ter of the East's leading wrestling teams have entered the 37th annual cham- pionship tournament of the Eastern Intercollegiate wrestling association scheduled at Columbia University gymnasium. March i4-l5. 1t was an- nounced today.
 Army, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard. Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Penn State, Princeton, Syracuse and Yale al- ready have forwarded entries with Nayy's entry expected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
POND HERE TONIGHT

R. W. (Ducky) Pond. Jimmy Dc Angelis and Biii Renner. former Vale football coaches who are well- known to many Waterburians. will be guest speakers at the monthly meeting Of the Chase Foremen's AS. soclation thls evening at 6 o'clock in the club rooms on .orth Main street. They will talk football. and show several roles of motion pictures Secretary Leo Conway announced this morning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
DOUGLAS SHOES WON
 BY BEBE MESSINA

Bebe Messina Of the Mercantile League was named as the winner og the monthly prize of a pair of Douglas Hand Thl.ad Shoes. for his i75 high single for the month Of February. The winner will be pre-. sentcd with his new Douglas shoes on next Saturday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
YALE SWIMMERS BEST

New Haven, Conn, March 6-(UP) Yale university swimmers took a strangle hold on the eastern inter- collegiate league swimming title by trouncing'the Princeton team, 53 to 22. tn a meet here last night.
 The victory marked Yaie's 18th straight, with i've of these in league competition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
STATE SEMI-FINALS

New Haven. Conn, March 6-tUP) --The semi-final round of the class "A" Connecticut high hasketball championships will be played to- night with Bristol meeting Bridge port Central. and Windham tackling Torrington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06

port (N: Julio Ortanzlno. 204. Bronx. Y. Y.. drew with George Full. ler. ie3, Norwalk (0: Marty 8ha- piro. i4i. Bridgeport, drew with Herman Carey, ili. Norwalk co.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
FIGHT RESULTS

Bridgeport. Con.-Red Moffet, i62, Devon. decisloned Gene Molnar. isS. Bridgeport fel: Norman Red" Rahn. i4i. Philadelphia. lost . dee cision Co Joe pimaFtino. t4S, Fridge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
EASY FOR EAGLES

New Haven, Conn, March 6--(UP) The New Haven Eagles defeated the Indianapolis Capitals, 5 to 2. in ar. American league hockey game here last night before 5000 fans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
AIT AND ATHLETICS

Joe Brown. boxing coach at Princeton University. also serves as lnnirlIcioF in the sculpture course.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
BASKETBALL RESULTS
IBy United Press)

Long Island University @. Toledo 43.
 New York University q. Temple co.
 Cornell 53. Colgate 34. Dartmouth @. Harvard 47. Rhode Island 7S. Brown 74. st. Anselm e. Assumption 37.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
HOLY NAME

AVt80 ss'sAA ~ Score at half time. Holy Name 20. Anscnia i4. Referees: Damelio- Steele.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06

Score at half time: Bombers 15, Lehigh 12. Referees: Damelio- Steele.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
BEES

San Antonio. Tex. March. --(UP) Manager Casey Stengel said to. day he had named rockies Ava Ja- very and Tom Barley to pitch for the Boston Bees in the opening ex- hibition game against the St. Louis Browns. Stengel said he planned a two-pitcher per game program to prepare all his 17 hurlers for nine inning chance before the club arr rives home. Rain ruined yesterdays practice session.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
Training Camp
 BRIEFS
Red SOx

Sarasota, Fla. March 6--tUP)-- The Boston Red Sox lined up for their first regulation iatra-squad game today after failing to score in a six-inning practice tilt. Jack Wilson. Emerson Dickman and Joe Dobson will divide pitching duties for the regulars while Larry Powell, Alex Mustaikis and Herb Hash will hurl for the Yannigans. Pitchers Norman Brown. Frank Dasso. Tex Hughson and Bill Fleming all pitch- ed three innings of scoreless ball yesterday. The teams were held up to two hits each.
The Nome nugget., 1941-03-24
Senate Defers Action Alaska Armory Bill Tuesday
Senate Passes Seven Billion Aid Fund

WASHINGTON, March 24 (4) The Senate passed, by a vote of ST to 9, and sent to Roosevelt, the sven billion dollars appro- priation to finance the administra tion's all-out British aid pro- gram The appropriation had all ready passed the House and was approved without change during two hours of debate preceding the Vot5.
 Many senators who opposed the original lend-lease measure said they voted for the appro- priation to carry out the law. Ar arrangements ar being made to fly the bill to the President, who is now cruising southern waters.
The Nome nugget., 1941-03-24
Labor Urged To Stand By Bridges

WASHINGTON, March 13 - Phillip Murray, president of the Congress for Industrial Organiz- ation, urged full labor support for Harry Bridges in the West Coast labor leaders fight against deportation. Murray charged that enemies of labor were respons- ible for the new trial of Bridges.
 The CIO head declared that the new trial was what he termed "and attempted appeasement of the attacks which are intent upon undermining organized labor as a whole"
 Murray appointed an official CIO committee to aid the Aus tralian-born labor leader.
 Bridges appeal for a 30-day postponement of his deportation hearing was denied by Judge Charles Sears, special presiding inspector appointed to hear the case. AS a result of this action Bridges will face government wit nesseS March 31 in the Federal Court at San Francisco.