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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09

The idea of speeding up games by eliminating all stalling, umpire batting and forcing the pitcher at least to walk faster for his time at bat, has been envisioned for years. But it took the Sally league, which had to make it work or face disbandment, to put the plan into practice.
 Dr. E. M. Wilder, president of the league, issued an order to his eight Sally teams to get into a hustle or face a seven-inning shortened game or possibly even fold up for the duration. Blackout restrictions along the coast had forced cancellation of night games at Charleston, Jackson vile and Savannah.
 Save 10 to 25 minutes
 Faced with twilight games, which had proven unpopular because of the early starting time. Dr. Wilder pointed out that elimination of un- necessary habits during game would shorten 1t, thus allowing a later starting time. The plan was adopted, games are started at 2 or 715 each evening, and the contests are over before the 9:15 deadllne.
 Games have been speeded up from 10 to 25 minutes. permitting extra innings of play and the earlier starting time. This gives defense workers time to get home, eat and get out to the ball park without suffering from indigestion. The long drawn games of past sea- sons are now snappy contests com- pleted between an hour and 30 minutes and two hours.
 Everybody Is happy about the whole thing, that is, except for the bat boys. The managers, such as Savannah's veteran Chick Autry and Cacons old~time skipper, Mill ton Stock, have voiced their ap- proval. The players are hustling without complaint and of even more importance, the fans like the faster played games.
 Bat Boys Really Work
 The bat boys, however. think they deserve q raise. Under the speeduup plan. they have to meet incoming players, next up at the plate. with their bats. On foul balls, the game isn't held up while player returns 1t, The bat boy goes after them. And he has to meet the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
BY HARRY CRIMSON NEA Service Sports Editor

New York-In the days of old the Giants were big and bold and today once again the Polo Grounders are just as big, if not bigger, though at times not too bold.
 In 1883, Jim Futrie, first man. ager of the most famous club in baseball, called them Giants because of their size, and today the outfit, In appearance at least, is the health- lest array in the dodge.
 Mutrie derived the name iGantS from such as Buck Ewing, Roger Connor, Mickey Welch, John Mont- gomery Ward and Tip O'Neill, but tohse old fellows had nothing on the New orkers of today in bulk.
 Watching the Giants in action with any of their towering pitchers in the box--you are impressed by their measurements
 Harry the Horse Danning Is a terrifying figure in full catching armor with his 190-pound displace- ment and six-foot one-inch stature
 At first base is Johnny Mize, who tips the beam at 205 and stands six feet two. You have no difficulty see- ing Hank Leiber and Babe Barna in the outfield. Leiber comes in at POS, shoots six feet one-and-a-half inches in the air. Barna Is 225- pounder standing six feet two. Babe Young, the pinch-hitter, stands six feet two-and-a-half.
 Leiber and Barna would be good
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09

their very necks, were doing. The Dodgers held only a three-game advantage over the Red Birds who seemed to get hotter as the race got closer, turning the campaign into bitter battle right down to the final days. Brooklyn wound up the season 2h games in front and Man ager Leo Durocher is already pour ing on the pressure to prevent an- other pulse e-hoppin0 pursuit like Al.
 The Dodgers h@Nc the most potent plate-power in the league but may have trouble In their tWo- game set with the Reds, who have risen to third from last years fourth place. Three games each follow with the Pirates. Cubs and Cardinals.
 Second-place St. Louis plays the fourth-place New York Giants to- day and Chicago. which has climbed to the top of the second division, one notch better than last years pest, plays Boston. The Pirates tackle the perennial last place Phils.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
Guibord, Stitt To Settle Net Crown

Chestnut Hill Mass, July 9 --(U. P) Paul Guibord, youthful Hart ford (Conn) insurance executive, seeks his third Massachusetts tennis singles championship tomorrow against his doubles partner, Al Stitt of Wellesley, at Longwood Cricket Club.
 Defending titlist Guibord form CT amateur hockey star, gained the final yesterday by overpowering Bob Freedman of Springfield, Harvard business school student, 3-6, 6-4, Gel. Stitt was forced to the limit to eliminate unseeded Don Man. chester of Newton, 6-3, 6-8, GA, in a lengthy match.
 Guibord and Stitt will defend tehir doubles crown today against Albert Everts of Newton and Man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09


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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
PROBABLE PITCHERS
By United Press NATIONAL LEAGUE

Boston (Salvo 2-2) at Chicago (Olsen 5-4--4 P. M.-(EWT).
 Philadelphia (Podgajny 3-8) at Pittsburgh Heintzelman 8-0)-9:l5 P. M.-(EWT).
 Brooklyn (Wyatt 8-2) at Cincin- natl (Vander Nicer (-5)--10 F. M --( -(EWT).
 New York Carpenter 8-6) at St Louis Pollet 4-3-9:45 P. M.-- (EWT).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
TANKS, DODGERS BETTER OFF NOW THAN LAST YEAR
DurOCher Presses Brook Iyn Players to Increase
 8Iz Game Lead
By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Stan Correspondent


 New York. July 9-UP) Forget all that talk about the new Yan- kees' collapse" and make up your mind that the Brooklyn Dodgers staggering 8A game lead in the National league will get bigger. Be- cause as the majors go back to work today after their All-Star holiday, both circuit champions are better off than at the same time last year.
 Despite their terrific nosedive on their latest western jaunt in which they dropped nine of IA games, the Yankees have a four-game edge over the rest of the American league field, a margin that is a half game better than they had at the 194l midway mark.
 At this point last season, the Yankees led by only 3K games and then short-circuited the opposi- tion to run away from the pack and win the flag by 17-game margin--an edge that won them designation as baseball's super team.
 Red SOx, Indians Bid
 The rest of the junior circuit is almost the same as last season. Boston's red-hot Red Sox have re- placed the Cleveland Indians as the challengers but the separating margins are almost the same. The Red Sox play fourth-place Detroit today, the Tigers trailing along nine games off the pace
 The Indians, seven games back, have won seven cut of their last nine and stand good chance of getting back in the fight. They tangle with the Philadelphia Ath- letics tonight, in the opener of a three-game series.
 The three game series between the Chicago White Sox and Wash ington Senators, both hopelessly deep in the second division, will be part of a three-team cellar fight. Chicago is sixth, the As 2k games back-and the Senators are last, a game and half behind Philadel- phia.
 Brooklyn opens an important western trip against Cincinnati but although 1t is one of their most crucialy junkets, the Dodgers are fixed better than ever to fight of their tough intersectional rivals. The National league champions have tremendous physiological and physical edge in that 81z game margin.
 Remember?
 Last year at this time, Brooklyn kept one eye on their own ball game and the other on the score board to see how the St. Louis Cardinals, who were breathing on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
AMERICAN LEAGVJE

AMERICAN LEAGUE
 Chicago (Humphries 4-6) at Washington (Masterson 3-4)-8:30 D. m.-- (EWT).
 St. Louis (Niggeling 6-7 at New York Borowy 6-l-3 P. M EWT) Detroit (Newhouser 4-D at Bos- ton Wagner 7-D--3 p. (EWT).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09

Les MacAAitchell, distance runner. won seventy-eight Of the I04 indiv- idual races he ran in his four years et New York University.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
EASTERN LEAGUE

Games Yesterday Blnghamton s, Hartford l. scranton 6, Williamsport 0. ElmirG IF, Wilkes Barre 10, Albany at Springfield (Postponed)
 Games Today Blnghamton at Hartford (8.3O). Albany at Springfield (nlght). Wilkes-Garrc at Elmira (nighD, scranton Ut WiIlInmsport (niRht)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
CARRIES GOOD LUCK BUCKEYE IN POCKET

A expectations cuss, he still car- ries buckeye in his back pocket. Someone gave 1t to him the day he got his tractors and victory over the Cardinals despite an early show CT.
 But right now Claude Passeau can win despite his blister and with out his buckeye.
 There is nothing nutty about his pitching.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
FAIR EXCHANGE

There are fourteen former Amer ican Leaguers in the National and sixteen former Nationals in the American League.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
FISTS OF FIGHTERS

Dr. Walter H. Jacobs, a New York dentist, now has collection of twenty mine plaster casts of the fists of famous fighters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09

pitcher with a sweater as the hurl- CT comes off the mound to gat. The old habits of hurlers sitting down, wiping their hands, getting a sweater, then carefully selecting bat and strolling up to the plate while the fans yawned-is out for the duration.
 Throwing the ball around the infield after put-out is now only n memory; the pitcher Is limited to five warm-up balls. the infelders one each; and the catcher, getting a new ball from the umpire, losses 1t to the pitcher, instead of rub ping 1t like a school boy polishing an apple for teacher.
 Since the inauguration Of the speed-up, games are being com pleted, even those which go into extra innings. Recently, in Savannah-Ja Jacksonville game, there were Is runs, 2l hits, B men left on base, and four pitchers were used--yet the game was over in one hour and 40 minutes.
 The speed-up program in the Sally is working.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
SALLY LEAGUE SPEED-UP IS
 FINE EXCEPT FOR BAT BOYS
BY FREDERICK WILLIAMS United Press Staff COrrespOndent

AUahta 9Ihe idea old the national pastme itself the Class Sally only system
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
Doctors Freeze Opponents With Passeau's Appendix
Cub Leaves
 Earned Runs In Hospital
BY HARRY CRIMSON NEA Service Sports Editor

New York-Jimmy Wilson wishes all his Cubs nothing but the best of luck, but 1t would be all right with the Chicago manager if one or two more of his pitchers suffered an ap- pendicitis attack such as the one that forced them to rush Claude William Passeau to a hospital.
 Passeau had won six straight when he doublbed up in pain. After skipping one start, while surgeons were making up their minds, he yielded the Phils one earned run and shut out the Brooklyns in suc- cessiVe five-hit performances.
 As Leo Durocher remarked, fol- lowing the Dodgers dwight" de- bacle at Ebbets Field: You could have brought eight fellows from your office and beat us behind PaSseau."
 The medicos, 1t seems, iced the opposition as well when they elec- ted to freeze, instead of remove, Passeau's appendix.
 1 Mel Ott of the Giants and others consider Morton Cooper of the Cardinals the best pitcher in the National League, If not In the game, but James Wilson and the Bruins will settle for Pascal OVERCOMES HANDICAP
 OF BLTSTERED FINGER
 Belted from the box by the Red Birds in the sixth statnza of the seasons opener, but credited with the victory, Passeau has gone the route every trip since. His 60 shutout of the demon Dodgers marked theh 18th time he had finished what he started and made him the first big leaguer to win 10 games.
 Passeau's fast ball darts. He has slider, a good curve, two or three changes of speed and near perfect control. He has pitching savVy and Is grand competitor
 A 6-foot 3, -l98-pound, right handed alumnus of Millsaps Col lege of Jackson, Miss, Passeau is 'a mean bloke on the hill, but his viciousness disappears when the last man has been retired.
 Passeau succeeds despite the painful handicap of tender tip on the middle finger of his throw ing hand. It refuses to callous and frequently develops a blister which breaks during the course of a conflict. Hank Borowy of the Yankees and other pitchers have suffered from this. They couldn't pitch
 Passeau's blisters are caused by his tight grip on the ball, without which he lacks control.
 Passeau, 31, was positive this was his year when he was pelted from the premises in St. Louis on opening day and still was credited with victory. He sells tractors as a sideline and during of off, season at Lucedale, Miss and that same day was promised a consign-p ment of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
The Baseball Standinos -.k..-....::'n nESas 7t'A~A
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Games YeatePday (No games scheduled).
 Games Today New York at St. Louis (nlRht). Brooklyn at Cincinnati (nIght). Boston at Chicago. Philadelphia nt Pittsburgh (night)
 Games Tomorrow Boston at Chicago. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (nIght) (N0 other games scheduied).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
Games Tomorrow
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Games Yesterday (No games Scheduled).
Oms..AM Ta1An,

N@meA Today St. Louis at New York (3:00), Detroit at Boston. Chicago at Washington (night). / Cleveland at Philadelphia (night).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
HARTFORD LOSES

Hartford, Conn. July g - (U.P) --Hanlon's score in the ninth saved Hartford from complete shut-oilt as the Binghamton Triplets defeat cd the local Eastern League club 8-1 last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
SPLENDID RECORD

Games Yesterday Ali-Star gamo at Buffalo (night).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
6immea gl,n,, ,ore.,, ,.,

Chicago at Washington (night). Cleveland at Philadelphia. St. Louis nt New York. Detroit at Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
Boston And CLeueLand DUe After StH Shaky Nuv Workers
TwO-Buck BettOrs Lose Best Friend
By DAN PARKER

AT THE RACE TRACK, they have m Thorp advocate of clean racing has died 
 He believed that the with o thoroughbred racing the steward he always had the best interests this be heart Toms faith in human nature resulted another chance after he had been caught sugge fathery lecture from Tom path they had powerful friend Thorp jockeys respected him of racing suffers a great
 MOST COLORFUL SPORTS characters tngushes them Odhe set apart from the herd by McCann the baseball confirmation And the late Silk OLougn famous uhI " VI "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09

BUY WAR BONDS < STAMPS HERE
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-29
Banned Routes
For Air Travel
Being Narrowed
BY ROBERT ROSS

Detroit Civil Air Patrol pilots
returning from cross country
flights report the spread of "ail
tunnel routes" that are expected
as an eventually over Detroit.
Under this government-regu.
lated system, private planes arc
not permitted TO deviate from a
fixed altitude or direction, eRferc-
ing flight through an area fire.
quently limited TO 1000 feet in
height and mile wide.
Tunnel routes" are particularly
prevalent in Florida where coast
and interior defenses are matters
of extreme secrecy. AS the De-
troit armament industry expands
the same practice will be applied
here.
Homer w. Martin. forme,
union labor leader, has joined the
command of William Weddell al
City Airport.
-. Lieut.. Col Floyd E. Evans
regional CAP chief, inspected four
Detroit squadrons and several in
the state last week. Sheldon B.
Steers, state wing commander
Merle Sutton and Seymour *
Fowler joined the group here.
-. d. & c. Capts. l.. c. Mantel
Donald MacRae and r. j. Kiesling
made an air survey of river and
lake ice conditions last week from
a plane piloted by John Hudolin,
squadron 1925 commander.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-29
Put More Zip
Into War Work,
Soldiers Plea
Former Times Man
Tells How They Ask
About Bomber Plant

II the folks In Detroit know how
closely The mon in the army arc
watching the rate Of production of
Detroit alIplane and tank plants
they would put a little more 7ir
into their war work. according &c
Elliott NaraniSS. late Of The De
troit Times editorial copy desk and
now a private IN the army an
CORPS. stationed IT thr United
States naval base in Trinidad
British West Indies.
AS soon aS the other men In
ttc squadron learned was from
Detroit they pumped me with all
kinds of questions about the
Willow Run bomber plant, the
Chrysler tank arsenal. etc"
NaraniSS wrote 10 his friends on
the Times. 1.-THE boys are waiting
for Detroit 10 deliver those big
babies"
MaraniSs maiored in mathc-
MATES at the University Of MichI-
gan and is beng trained as an air
Corrs radio operator and gunner.
Ee-e1llsted in January
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-29
Nazis ApprehensiDe

The first British announcement
, Of the raid, issued around mid
J day. described the operation a
: small but tonight's bulletin
revealed that. in fact. il was ;
major and somewhat protracteC
expedition, requiring British
fleet to cover round trip distance
of at least $50 nautical miles.
The Nazis. with noticeable ap.
prehension over this thrust at one
of their most strongly guarded
bases, pictured the raid as a ma.
ior action. They said the "old
American destroyer" had been
blown up before doing harm. and
that four British torpedo boats
and nine smaller torpedo-bearing
lSpeedboats were sunk.
They claimed other vessels were
heavily damaged and said many
casualties were inflicted on the
! British troops that landed in
battle with "all branches of the
German armed forces More than
100 British prisoners were taken,
la German high command COM
lmunique alleged.
The Nazis claimed further that
the submarine base was not dam
Jagged and not a single German
IwarShip was lost. They said that
after dawn today German torpedo
boats, allegedly trailing the with
drawing British naval units, en-
Icountered superior British de-
stroyer formations which broke off
the engagement after having re-
Iceived several hits"
Executed exactly four weeks
after the British commando-para-
troop attack that destroyed the
Nazi radio station at Bruneval on
The French coast the new raid
was described as small" in the
days first London communique on
the operation.
notwithstanding British official
lreticence, it would appear that
this was perhaps the boldest ex-
Ipeditlon yet staged across the
English Channel against the Nazi-
held French coast.
1t seemed obvious that the Ger
mans themselves considered it as
such and were considerably dis
turbed by tn event itself as we'll
AS IFS implications of future of
fcnsivc action against the Nazi-
dominated continent.
II was recalled significantly that
the successful Zeebrugge raid of
April p. 1918, was carried out by
"a British fleet under command of
Admiral Sir Roger Keyes. II was
this same man who organized
Britain'S Skillful, hard-hitting COM
mandoS of the present war and
commanded them for Is months.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-29
People You Know
What Might Happen Here if Jepan Won
BY LINTON ARKLEs

Ever wonder what might happen
in the awful eventuality that
Japan won the war?
Here's the answer. right from
Gaylord Marsh. until last spring
United States Consul General in
Korea. who has spent many years
studying the habits and character
isticS of the little brown men:
You will sit on the floor at all
times. You Will check your shoes
at the restaurant door. You will
burp loudly if you enjoy the food.
You will accuStom yourself TO
brushing your teeth in public. You
will be forbidden 10 think. Litter
ally. If you do, you'll get the
thought-control treatment with a
padded malletO
And if you don't happen TO fit
into the Japanese picture, you
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-29
Foiled, Say Nazis

Raj Beaufort fighters anc
American-built Hudson bomber'
covered the return Of our forces,
the bulletin said Thirteen German
planes were shot down in the Raj
sweeps 10 divert the enemy air.
craft.
Publication Of the first extended
British official account of the au-
daciouS raid. which was carried Out
from the open Atlantic against a
heavily fortified fort on the Bay
of ftScdy. illuminated Il day of
excitement and suspense.
The German radio was the first
to announce the attack on st. Ma
zaire, more than PTS nautical miles
around Frances western hump
from the British port of Plymouth.
The Nazis claimed 10 have frus-
trated the assault. saying they had
destroyed most of the participant
ing British naval units and killed
or captured most Of the seaborne
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-29
Force Returning Safely

The bulletin related:
a message has been received
from the 81. NaZaire raiding
force. which Is returning safely
eom the raid, saying that ii. NJ.
=. Camphelltown rammed the
main dock gate at 1884 a. M,
Saturday. only four minutes late
on program time.
This former American de-
Stroyer had her bows specially
stinencd and filled with five tons
of high explosives. 4 delayed
action fuse was fitted 10 give our
force sufficient time Ia complete
other demolition work and with
draw before the delayed eNplo-
sion took place.
THE message states that nj
n. M. after our force had
withdrawn. n heavy explosion
was heard and seen.
"Thc majority Of the Camp
belltown's crew was evacuated
by motor launches.
special service troops Com
mandoS) landed and carried out
prearrangcd demolitions I'm the
dOckyard in the face of very
heavy opposition.
There j. every hope that this
raid accomplished. though not
without some casualties, its main
task. namely the destruction Of
the gate of the large dock mt ST.
Nazaire, the only one on the
Atlantic Coast capable of taking
the TirpitZ."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-29
RAF Blasts Foe

The raid on ST. Nazaire - in
which the picked suicide" crew
of the Campbelltown took their
lives into their hands TO bring the
TexpfosivF-packed destroyer up to
| the dock Gate-Was followed Sat
Iurday by strong Raj thrustS
against Northern France.
An air ministry communique
said RAE fighters in the afternoon
staged an offensive sweep across
the English Channel during which
they encountered enemy fighters
in some strength In the course
of many combats," the bulletin
stated. IL Nazi planes were shot
down. while only five British fight
1ers were listed as missing.
Shortly before dusk successive
new waves of Raj fighters swept
across the channel in the direction
of Calais and Cap Girls Nez.
In view of the British announce
Lment that the commands had
carried out ''prearranged demoli-
tons al the st. NaZaire dock
yard. in addition to the explosive
ramming of the main dock gate,
"a secondary objective appeared to
be the damaging of U-boat install
-fations.
Situated considerably to the
south of the English Channel, ST.
NaZaire has been one of Germany'S
major submarine bases since the
conquest Of France.