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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06

 TOW. F times in IS years
 Twelve Western Conference crowns have rested here during the same period.
 Two years ago. Michigan the National A. k U. crown which gives Mann 13 national titles in r years.
 Wolverine squads have 25 consecutive dual meets have suffered only two ties in 30 starts COACH WON BRITISH FREE-STYLE GROWN
 Admiral of this outstanding fleet is cocky little Englishman who wraps himself in towel bathrobe and shouts advice to the human fish who sail up and down the spacious Michigan natatorium,
 Matt Mann, still trim in his 50s is former swm- ming champion. As boy in Deeds, he won the British Empire free-style championship
 Wolverine mermen have 13O meets, lost 12 and tied three under Mann.
 It takes almost a world-record performance to crack pool mark in Manns big bathub in the In- tramural Bu.lding-quite an incentive.
 Michigan pool records for all eight of the events on the Big Ten program better than the Confer ence marks Seven of the eight Conference records are held by Michigan swimmers.
 wolverine pool marks either equal or better six of the National Intercollegiate records. One pool mark is world recorda 2:22 performance in the yard breast-stroke by Dick Hough of Princeton in 1939
 The principal reason for this lies in the fact that the National Intercollegiate and A.AU meets have been held in the pool during the last three years
 Typical is Manns 1942 edition. The Michigan ar- mada has the usual line of individual stars team bal ance and exceptional relay strength
 Flagship of the fotilla is Jim Skinner defending A. A. U, National Collegiate and Big Ten champion Born In Ann Arbor, the lanky Skinner prepped at Exeter, returned to his home town to win national prominence. He is only junior.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06
Louis Suddenly
 Gets Ring Smart
By DAN PARKER

ALL OF US PRoBAR1v with only to acquire complete understanding of suddenly and for champions this miracle
 the day the secret of how to properly came 1an Bsany s liar who the s1 @ G sns a m m 6sn yo rcn Then day in the gym he started 1 1 effort for like & the way with Louis I've been handling air of uncertainty and acquired complete ring savvy.
 in M sve and in @ talk has IS % faster he ht H M % % s nary d m % n~ sdo simply had soft ouch Friday night Louis will be at the fight has him ma chance to digest all the b0zng lessons that Joe had grown stale from and now merely showing Trainer seamon have noticed it and all that
 The sep didn't favor Buddy in the first rng his for d no % on M eooaso o nd cant ant afford to extend his m May R % Hes a H as m soon as 5 possible Joe entire end going to the
 supersious person. thought the fact that against after had won sehmes so"n % others sas this ae m mn that fighter really has to be good win S4 out of " ss Rss sasa @ o % 7 had But % 5m sas sa % two have nothing in common mon except their profession
 that Joe took Buddy lightly had Max Pa a ap sadn qd Eag n @
 champion challenger keyed the supreme effort two the ingredients startling
 es They won't exist on this oceasion however Joe prepared He exactly the other hand Bae failed prOptiOus of in his favor this time clement of in hrieging
 Baer the easiest kind big sandup guys that wild for sharp shooter In Washington hit Buddy will up under amazed those who had him wilt It belief that fighter and physically can make such stand But it the lighter former beating strike being Baer family he didn't recall him low at the end of his pleasant for n
 My view the battle that Joe will bell that he will finish the job in about the
 Copyright, 1922 King Syndicate}
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06
Louis May Be To Fauorite Despite Baer "Confdence
Boys Club First
 Round Completed With Four Games

The Wells, Hungry Five, Zephyrs, and Volunteers hung up victories last night at the Boys club in the final games of the first round slate. The Hungry Five went extra time to turn back the Blue Devils, 32 to 29. The Wells toyed with the Rivers, B to 20, the Zephyrs won a close one from the Enkcors, 28 to 26, and in the final contest the Vol unteers turned back the Bucks, 37 to IS.
 The Enkcords with six victories aginst one defeat, are the winners of the first round. The Zephyrs with a streak of five victories against two defeats are in second place with the Wells andl Vols tied for third place. The Blue Devils take over fourth position with the Hungry Five, Rivers and Bucks following in that order.
 The second round of play opens next Monday night with the Bucks and Blue Devils meeting at 6:3O sharp in the opening game. At 7:15 the Vols and the Wells play, fol- lowed by the Rivers and the Enk- COTS and the zephyrs and the Hun gry Five. Summary:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06
BOUT WAS EXPER|ENCEFOR
 YOUNGER GIANT
Champ Never Fails in Re- turn Bouts With Those
 Who Looked Good

New York, Jan. 6 = There Is tremendous difference between the Buddy Baer of last spring and the Buddy Baer who faces Joe Louis for the world heavyweight title at Mad ison Square Garden on Friday night. ..
 A number of factors have con- tributed to the change. The first concerns Buddy's emergence from the shadow of his older b rother Max. Always in the past Buddy had been eclipsed by the activities-in the ring and out-of Brother Max
 Of course, Max had been a world heavyweight champion and every time he fought he commanded reams of space in the newspapers. And as though the fights themselves weren't enough, Max managed to grab additional columns by his an- tics and his popping off,"
 Meanwhile Buddy had established himself as top-ranking heavy weight contender but his ability and his achievements were for the most part ignored, because Max monop- olized the publicity and did all the talking for the Baer family.
 Big Chance
 Then last April Max suffered a knockout at the hands of Lou Nova in the Garden. That put him out of the picture for the time being and gave Buddy the chance he had long been awaiting. Four days later, in Washington, D. C., Buddy halted Tony Galento in so impressive a fashion that he earned a shot at Louis for the heavyweight crown.
 Which brings us to second fac- tor contributing to the great change in Buddy Baer. Buddy turned in a superb performance against Louis, knocked the champion out of the ring in the first round, gave the as much as he took in the next several stanzas, and then went down fighting in the sixth. He could have conticued in the seventh but his handlers refused to let him ans wer the bell.
 That fight, despite its unfortunate ending for Buddy, gave him one im- portant fistic attribute that had been somewhat lacking complete confidence i'll himself.
 Buddy now has that. And because he has he is convinced he will de- throne Louis on Friday since he will be in better condition this time than he was when he clashed with Louis last May 23.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06
Odds And Ends, Sports Slants From Here And There
By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff COrreSpOnde


 New York, Jan. 6-(UP)-Press- box sports batter:
 Baseball-More than 30 majoy league players will participate in the eighth annual professional baseball players golf tournament at Miami. Fla, February II, 12, 13. .. Among those who will try for the $2,500 | prizes are Leo Durocher, manager o, the Dodgers, Mel Ott, manager Of the Giants; Joe Cronin, manager c. the Red Sox; Pitcher Tommy Bridges of Detroit; Paul Derringer, Jimmy FoXX. Joe Medwick, Peewes Reese, Wes Terrell, Paul and Lloyd Waner and Bill Dickey. Merviu Shea, coach of the St. Louis Brown. won last years tournament at St Petersburg, Fla.
 The Washington Senators received both a kick and a boost from selec- tive service boards. The Sen ators lost infielder Cecil Travis, who outhit everybody in the major leagues but Ted Williams of Boston last season. i. But at the same tAilC UllCJ WClC ClICClCu WllCll plVSllCA Sid Hudson was placed in the 3-A class. Hudson made the jumL from the class D Florida State league only two years ago. He won only 13 in his second year last season as against his freshman total of IT but clicked for an earned run average of 346.
 Slipping
 Columbia university's remarkable record in the eastern intercollegiate league-it stands only one game behind leading Penn from 1897 to 1941-is in danger of dropping a notch or so lower this year. Last season Columbia finished third with eight victories and four defeats but this year sopho- mores must bear the brunt of the competition. Only two veterarS Stew McIlvennan and Bob Fallot will be in the linenp against Ford ham in the opening game tonight.
 Metropolitan competition begins in Madison Square Garden tomor- row night when CCNY, defending faces St. Johns and NYU meets Manhattan.
 Football-The federal government collected $43,55995 from the five football games Michigan played at home last year. Of the five, tho one with Ohio State was the most lucrative, paying the government $15, ,6535O.
 Grid History Repeats
 Sugar Bowl echo: In 1933, Amerino Italian right tackle from Everett, Mass, blocked a kick for a safety that gave Fordham a 70 triumph over Alabama. Eight years lakte, right tackle Alex San- Lilli, also of Italian extraction and also from Everett, Mass, blocked . punt for a 20 Fordham victory over Missouri. Same initials, too.
 Odds: State Athletic Commission er Abe J. Greene of New Jersey, who is also president of the National Boxing association, has been named state director of the 1922 Fight In- fantile Paralysis" drive. M. Greene's job will be to run one major event n any or all of the professional sports. In addition, the group will receive percentage of the pro- ,eeds from various other sporting events to be held fin each Jersey county. .. The campaign will close January 30 when the presidents will be celebrated through put the nation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06
S S 5 S E E < < E s 5|5 5 5 5 S $ 1 E 5
Joe Louis, Making His 2Oth Title Defense, Has Only to Consider Source of Criticism; Fulton, Galento
 and Johnson Should Talk
made it interesting.

made it interesting.
 The Rhode Islanders style is so unorthodox, they drive so hard that any game they're in will be a dog fight.
 But the most unusual feature of their game with Fordham was that the Rhode Islanders, scrapping as hard as any team I have ever seen, had to go into an extra period to win, 60-55, though two of the Bronx boys were out of the game.
 Having the okeh of the Coast Guard, Los Angeles intends to hold it's annual mid-winter regatta in the Catalina Channel as scheduled, Feb. 1922.
 AS one skipper points out face- tiously, a submarine being a power driven vessel, would have to give right of way to sailing yachts.
 The hitch is that the Japanese aren't even good enough sportsmen to do that. ......
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06
Pool Records Spur Michigan
 Swimmers To Great Heights
Mann's Teams Win 13 National Titles,
 13O Of 145 Meets
BY BURTON BENJAMIN NEA Service Staff Correspondent

Ann Arbor, Jan. 6.-Key to great swimming saga is the letter M.
 Michigan Matt Mann-marvels- Michigan is the nations padding powerhouse.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06
Sport QUESTIONS Answered

Have you a sports question you want answered? Write your ques-- tion clearly, sign your name and address and mail your query to Sports Fan Question Man, Sports Service Bureau, The Waterbury Democrat, 1913 18th Street, Wash ington, ID. C., enclosing a Scent postage stamp for personal reply.
 @. Who won the 1940 Miami-to- Nassau sailing race? What is the distance of the race and what was the winners time?
 A. William Labrot of Annapolis. His Stormy Weahter covered the 184 miles in 18 hours, 39 minutes and 32 seconds.
 o. What were the ages of Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons when they met for their title fight at Car son City, New, in 1897?
 A. Corbett was 31 and Fitzsim- mons 35.
 Q. What is the correct height above ground for the stakes when pitching horseshoes?
 A. The stakes. when driven into hte ground, must remain 12 inches above tho surface, and be on 3 inch incline toward each other.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06

short, dynamic, bubbl!ng W 1t h confidence is the coach.
 Aquatic mar vels have been churning up and down the Vol verine pool ever since Matt Mann took charge in 1925.
 A swimming monopoly h a s evolved.
 Michigan has won the Nation al Collegiate ti- tie eight years in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06
TECH ALUMNI SETS
 BACK RAIDERS 3O=l8

Spurred on by the brilliant shoot ing of Capt. "Chicky" Aurio, the Tech Alumni won its third straight game by registering convincing triumph over the Brooklyn "" Raiders, 30-18.
 The Techster put on a brilliant passing and shooting game and were nearly always in control of the lead.
 Aurio set the Tech scoring pace with II points. while Melluscci led the losers with 10 points. Score:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06

SAHi ShiILcr OI INNnlSan 4t nome III water
 Rosy checked, husky Gus Sharemet, who halls from the tough Hamtamack district outside of Detroit IS the leading sprnter. Two years ago, sophomore, Sharemet rated the greates free-styler since Johnny Weismuler. esoughd-of somewhat as a junior but is reported in excellent form this
 Sharemet has :51.8 hundred to his credit, holds the Big Ten mark of :521. He is gunning for Weis- mullers world record of :5l, which has held since 1927.
 Diver TBone Martin, back-stroker Dick Reid and freestylers John Patten and Dobson Burton are other standouts. TRANSFERS REACH PEAK UNDER MICHIGAN MENTOR
 Mann lost nine lettermen by graduation, including national collegiate champions Charley Barker, 50- yard freestyle, and Francis, Heydt, 15O-yard back stroke but the bulvoiced Brton has an endless flow of talent.
 Swimming circles cannot agree as to whether he rounds them up or whether the prestige of swimming with champions serves as magnet.
 Several years ago. Ed Kirar then captain elect of Wisconsin, suddenly transferred to Michigan He went on to win Conference and national honors at Ann Arbor.
 Heydt a star at Iowa, did the same thig became Big Ten and National Collegiate back-stroke cham pion under Mann
 Rival coaches fumed but Mann smiled blandly and shrugged.
 After all, what baseball player wouldn't like to join the Yankees?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-06

Time: Four 8-minute periods.
Evening star., 1942-01-30
By LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

There Is a determined and stern
expression in the eye of our ma
tional bird. America adopted this
majestic creature because it signi-
fed our own independence and
dauntless courage. For centuries
eagles have been used by various
countries as their national emblem.
Warriors and courts adopted them.
A bird from 80 to IS inches long
with a wing spread of 61a to 7s4
feet is of kingly size. In flight or
At rest the American or bald eagle
Is impressive. The snow-white head
and tail add dignity to the impos-
ng form.
Through an Indian lad in 1861 a
bald eagle was introduced into Com
pany c of the Eighth or Eagle Regi-
ment under Capt. John E. Perkins.
The eagle was Sworn in" by plac-
ing about his neck red, white and
blue ribbons and a rosette of the
same colors upon his breast. He
was an impressive sight, and a
soldier by the name of James Nc
GinniS vas appointed his keeper.
A perch was made upon which the
eagle could ride. Two women, see
ing the bird, Immediately donated
two small flags, and between the
fluttering symbols the eagle, later
known as "Old Abe, the. Soldier
Bird" marched forward to the front
Old Abe enjoyed the war. He
Evening star., 1942-01-30

nat upon the ground, resuming q
most soldierly air when the bugle
sounded and the company stood up.
Because of his intelligence and
marvellous vision he saved his COM
pany more than once. He kept the
lookout when they rested or waited,
and his scream of alarm was in
stantly obeyed. Eventually Abe was
furloughed along with the veterans,
but he continued to serve his coun-
try.
After a brilliant civil career Abe
was spending the winter In the
basement OF the Capitol In Wiscon-
sin. Fire broke out. choking the
old soldier, and he sent forth the
loudest shrieks ever heard In that
building before or since. Watch
men raced to him and ouenched
the flames, which had started in
some oil and paint cans. This ex-
perience was too much for the vet
eran, and on March 26, 1881, he
passed to his reward.
Abe's family ana friends range
over the United States to Southern
California and Northern Mexico.
They love the shores of rivers and
lakes. selecting the largest and tall
est trees in which to establish the
Evening star., 1942-01-30

nurseries: sometimes the inches in
rocky cliffs will be used. Their
cradle is bulky affair, constructed
of twigs, roots, sticks, seaweed, etc.
There are usually twins, rarely trip
lets. Eagles mate for life. Family
cares are undertaken early in the
spring. The infants are provided
by mother nature with soft, white,
downy birthday garment. In three
years they mature and are even
larger than their parents, for the
wing expanse is / foot or more. The
food consists Of rabbits, squirrels,
mice and snakes. The eagle is the
sanitary oficer Of the shores. Fresh
fish is obtained from the expert
fisherman, the osprey, from whom
the eagle flches the prize.
Evening star., 1942-01-30
Natures Children
American Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

loved the music. He always marched
at the front of his company beside
the color-bearer. He whistled,
screamed or lifted his mighty wings
as the martial music floated
on the air. He inspired the SOL
diers by his dauntless behavior.
They came to believe they had
special protection, for in battle Old
Evening star., 1942-01-30

Of the late Charles B. Rouss, the
firemen's benefactor.
Representative Robertson Of the
9Th congressional district has &C.
cepted an invitation to attend.
Harry r. Byrd, jr., Is to be toast
master. The Rev. r. A. Whitten Is
chairman of the Banquet Commit
tee.
Evening star., 1942-01-30
Rouss Fire Co. Banquet
Set for February II
'pecial Dispatch to The Star


WINCHESTER, Va, Jan. 3d.
A. I. Ellin, Frederick, Md, humorist,
native Of Russia and past Amer
lean Legion post commander, will
be one of the principal speakers at
the annual banquet Of the Rouss
Fire Company February II, in cele-
bration of the birthday anniversary
Evening star., 1942-01-30

OF 236 motion picture films CEN
sored in Sweden in q recent month
116 were news reels.
Evening star., 1942-09-18
North ireland Mapping
Postwar Job PROGRAM

Drawing up of general plan for
rebuilding the blitZed areas In
Northern Ireland is recommended by
the Select Committee on Unemploy-
ment in it's final report as means
of solving the postwar unemploy-
ment problem. The most obvious
projects. the committee states, in
clude the rebuilding of damaged
areas in Belfast, housing throughout
Northern Ireland, new roads, and
water and sewerage systems.
1t is urged that plans be prepared
at once SO that work can begin as
soon as those on war work or in the
Evening star., 1942-09-18

the Lithuanian mission to Lenin-
grad and Minister of National De-
fenSe in 1919, the Minister came
here as Liberty bond salesman
Upon selling sl,500,00o in bonds. he
returned and was a member of the
Lithuanian military delegation to
France. He took over the post of
Minister to this country in 1885
after having been Consul in Chicago
and Consul General in New York
A big, slow-spoken man, he has a
liberal outlook despite the bitter
ness which total war and aggression
on the part of both the Red and
the Nazi has impressed in him.
Though he is filled with admira-
ton for the military genius behind
the Russian Army, he condemns
Communism as the breeder of men
from the moon" who, to him, seem to
Evening star., 1942-09-18
Chuneking Is Concerned
Over Scoring Prices

Soaring prices in Chunking al
most overshadow public concern
over the Pacific situation. Free
market rice is now II cents pound
So times the normal price of
1889 Other prices are mounting
Within a four-week period they
rose from 80 to so per cent. Prices
Of imported drugs have skyrocketed,
One tablet of aspirin costs 81 cents
Evening star., 1942-09-18

parrot textbooks and to embrace
philosophy and code Of ethics
foreign to his own and he hopes
that some day the men from the
moon" will revert to the friendly.
good-hearted people he once knew.
Evening star., 1942-09-18

military service return home. This
1t is pointed out. would make It pos
siDle to absorb gradually these men
and women and prevent large NUM-
bers from being idle for a consider.
able period after their return,
Evening star., 1942-07-26

NnneSe-DOrn mother, katherine Nyi SOOnQ
were devout Methodist Episcopal missionaries
and she has carried on the spirit of their work
IN China. Her greatest triumph was, of course,
the conversion of the Cissimo Since then,
many of China's leaders have adopted Chris
tianity because in Madame Chang and the
Gissimo, they have seen that Christianity
seems to work certain miracles that had not
seemed possible in China before. She has pro-
mulgated Christian teaching and education
in the great Chinese universities and mission
ary work among the people. Every member of
Mayling Chang powerful family is Chris
tian Her dead brother-in-law, DR.. Sun Yat-
sen, the founder of the present Chinese Re-
public, was also Christian
SEVENTH: She is one Of The ,ooylds most
famous bi-lingutsts. She spent the formative
years of her life - from the time she was 10
years old to the time she was l9- in America,
largely in the South. She was graduated from
Wellesley College in 1917. Her English (she
calls it her American) is flawlessly idiomatic- c.
spoken with soft Southern accent Indeed,
she had to learn to speak Chinese when, as
young woman, she at last returned to Shang-
hal. She learned it by translating Chinese
classical verses into English poetry Of pretty
high order. Today she writes and speaks both
languages so well that if she had no other claim
to fame she would be well-known in both
countries as an orator and writer
ElCHTH: She has done more than anyone liz
ing or perhaps than any human being that ever
lived to bring to the peoples Of the East ks0svl
edge Of the West, and to the people Of the West a
knowledge Of the East The marked trend in free
China today towards Western culture. West
ern methods and Western outlook" can be
largely traced to her influence not only on the
Gissimo - who has never been out of the
Orient and who speaks only one word
of English, darling" which he uses to his
wife but also to her influence on all of
people themselves. To the people she is ever
and again extolling the merits of Western
progressivism and industrialism. Her vigorous
Western approach" to the historic question
OF disease, poverty, suffering and death has
done much to kill the fatalism and resignation
that have so long imprisoned the Chinese
spirit Conversely, in her writings her
speeches, her short-wave broadcasts to this
country and by the supreme example of her,
self, she has shown America and Europe not
only the vast political and military import