The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-23
Midvest Shous Best Football Saturday
Industrial Teams Have Old College Try
Join Services
 In a New Type Of Sports Fare
BY BURTON BENJAMIN NEA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
 New York-Two years ago the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Go. of Bethpage, L, l., employed 400 persons.
 Today 18,0O0 workers turn out Navy fighter and torpedo planes at the huge plant.
 This tremendous expansion has opened up 8 new field in sports. Tn view of manpower demands by the armed forces and war plants, service and industrial com petition may keep athletics alive for the duration.
 At the Grumman plant 5000 ern- ployes participate in some form of athletics. There is intense in- ter-factory competition.
 The men behind the machines have an almost undergraduate pride in their teams. No Yale Blue ever went into more of a dither before the Harvard game than a Grumman worker does be- fore a game with Republic Air craft.
 Sports run the gamut from bowling to track and field. There are 220 teams bowling on alleys all over Long Island. Regular soft ball games are held during the noon hour
 There is basketball, archery, handball boxing, horseshoes, vol ley Eall and tennis. Teams corn- pete with other industrial clubs and service aggregations.
 GRUMMAN EMPLOYES
 SEE GAMES FOR DIME
 Basketball is the current rage. Any employe can join the Grum- man Athletic Association by pay ing dollar. This gives him the privilege of attending 10 games at a dime each. Home contests are played in nearby high school gymnasiums.
 Few teams in the country match the Grumman quintet in strength. Backbone of the team is bevy of Long Island University grad uates including Sol Schwartz, Try Torgoff, Cy Lobello and Dolly King. From the professional ranks come the venerable Pop Gates of the famed Renaissance team and Nat Frankel of the Phil adelphia Sphas.
 John Carroll of Fordham and Lou Daniels of City College of New York are other luminaries.
 Ned Irish, eastern basketball major domo, has sensed the trend in an invitation tournament which he is sponsoring at Madison Square Garden, Nov. 23, "A and 25. Grum- man cagers will compete against the Ordnance team from Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md; the Quarter masters team from Camp Lee, Va; and the Signal Corps array from Fort Monmouth, N. J.
 Aberdeen has such standouts as Angie Musi, Temple captain last season: Moe Becker of Duquesne: Ray Edwards of Missouri; and Marty Passaglia of Santa Clara.
 Representing Fort Monmouth will be Mort Lazar of New York University; Irv Rotherberg and Mike Sewitch of Long Island; ana Moe Dubelier. John Marshall. GARDEN BOOKS FULL
 COLLEGE SCHEDULE
 From Camp Lee come Paul Maxi of Minnesota: Charles Ridl and Lee Fox of Westminster; Dr. lyn Roberts of the Waterloo Won ders: Bill Behr, professional ace; Andy Carroll of LaSalle; ana George Tepo of Fordham. ,.
 Director Irish is planning a full 26-game schedule at the Garden this winter, predominantly col legiate. Despite transportation diff faculties, Pacific Coast teams are scheduled to appear
 With collegiate athletic facing drastic curtailments if not cessa- ton. the introductory service industrial games loom as new type of war sports fare.