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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-17
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Suckers Get a Break!
BY
DAN PARKER

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-17
Wiby-Naugy Tonight

Naugatuck, Jan. T--Pete Foley's
Naugatuck high hoop quintet hopes
10 make 1t two in row this week
over Waterbury teams when 1t meets
Wildly high In the Wildly gymnasium.
Naugatuck edged Crosby high here
Wednesday and because Crosby
trounced Wildly, the Garnet Is the
favorite In tonight's TIT.
However Wildly has scored upsets
over Naugatuck In the past and is
usually tough to beat at home SO
the Foleymen are by no means over
confident.
A large group from Naugatuck Is
expected to see the fray.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-17
FALCONS WIN

Shoots Lezotte and Egbert Egan
were standouts In a 40 to 20 victory
OF the Falcons ever Partners In n
Midget league game at Washington
park. Egan scored 10 points, Lezotte
10 In the game which stood 10 TO 8
at half time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-17
reg. u. s. Patent Office
BY JACK GUENTHEk

tOnlLtu FItSS StdH SOiIeSpOuuChtJ
New York, Jan. II - tUPD The
conservative element may consider
January II rather ar early date TO
select the top figure OF the 1912
sports year, but this corners vote Is
hereby cast for the big guy with the
big grin and Harvard accent. If
further Identification Is in order, his
Initials are F.. d. II. and his address
is the White House, Washington. ID.
G.
Technically, my candidate has
been on the sports inactive list for
some time now because he has been
preoccupicd with other matters, but
there will be no cry Of ineligibility
raised. For the big guy has just
written a letter which qualities as
one OF the most pr!calcss documents
In the history OF baseball. 1t ranks
no lower than second.
The most important one, OF course
was written by Abner Doubleday
Abner invented baseball. Well, my
candidate saved baseball and along
with 1t he saved just about every
thing lse that makes up what we
know as sport. BY just scratching
his name on piece OF paper he
gave the mob the green light and
explained TO the boys, In effect:
Go to 1t lads, and keep em flying
on the playing fields, too. I've got q
lob TO do and you have a JOB TO 40
and they both are important. we
have q war TO win, but let's WIN II
with q smile on our faces. just don't
get too far off base and III go along
with you as far as can"
This message constituted a ire
mendous upllft TO the nation. Upon
hearing them several hundred base
hall men were so overjoyed that only
sober reflection stopped them from
rushing out and changing the
names OF the ball parks TO Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Stadium, Hyde
PARK on the Mississippi or Whitc
Mouse field annex No. /.
Important
The presidents letter was cy-
tremely important 10 baseball men,
but its benefits actually aren't re-
stricted. 1t may serve as a precedent
to guide all sportsmen everywhere
Mr.. Big himself has gone on the
record as believing all work and no
play Is q rather rough diet and not
conducive TO vigorous, healthy
growth. either physical or mental.
His words may do much TO stem
q tide. In the past month many ira
ditional classic events have been
scuttled. Among them are national
golf tournaments, California turf
meetings the Indianapolis Speedway
race, and many track and field and
football shows. A number OF colleges
have curtailed their athletic pro-
grams and reformers are sniping at
racing everywhere.
Only today 1t was expected that
he United States Lawn Tennis AS
ISOLATION would abandon It's major
tournaments and tumble the works
INTO one affair. Additionally, there
rs q move afoot to cancel race meet
ings In Illinois for the duration
despite the obvious fact that thor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-17
Yale Alumni May Name Nelu Coach Today
Pittsburgh Crawfords Meet
K. OF L. Sunday Evening

with the Quaker City Reds and
Greenpoint st. Joseph's, tn e
knights will be cunning for their
fourth victory Of the campaign.
Lith Coach Joe Boley will have
seven players at his command -
Vic Verbyla, Joe Runividge, Nick
Hudobenko, Stan Grey, Frank Sal
dukas, Paul OLear and John Brady.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-17
THOMASTON WINS
Especial 10 The Democrat

Thomaston, Jan. 10 Finishing
with a rush that found the hoop,
Thomaston high won n % to 10 de-
cision over WatertoWn at the high
school gym here tonight with big
crowd OF fans on hand. Thomp-
son. with 10 points, led the scoring
for the winners, Zuraitis and Skelte
going we'll for WatertoWn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-17
WEST SIDES DRILL

AT six o'cloc.. this evening West
side Speedboys, and their new
coach "Jarp" O'Neill. will get to-
gether at the Central Y. M. q. A.
The siders are not scheduled toplay
this weekend, but will keep In shape
for their next home game on Sun
day January 25th against the West
Haven Red Devils.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-17

oughbreds must cat and be tended
whether they run IN races Or lust
stand idle in the barns.
Much OF this hysteria has been
quieted by the cool, calm and clear
voice OF the man in the White
House. Major sports will continue
and millions OF citizens viii continue
70 watch them and read about
them. 1t won't exactly be business
as usual but 1t will be reasonable
facsimile Of 1t.
Which brings up two points. First,
the standards OF sports will neces-
sarily be lowered as more and more
men are indicted into the services.
Also, sports haven't been given any
thing approaching blanket par
don. They have merely been re-
proved and released upon their own
rccognizance. The reprieyc may be
Withdrawn at any time.
so, let's go about our business sem
sibIy and be sparing with criticism
We're lucky TO have anything 10
watch, whether 1t is up 10 standard
or not. Instead OF Offering sarcasm
let's offer thanks that there are any
standards at all. And the man To
offer them to Is the big guy whose
initials are r.. d. n.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-17
Parochial School League
Notes


Five teams are indicated in the
park departments schoolboy bas-
ketball circuits. Prin. Ralph Car
rington's Bunker Hill outfit and
Miss Stanton's Woodrow Wils'o n
team have clean states in the minor
public circuit while Duggan has
won the only game played in the
major division. Rev. John Sulli-
vans st. Thomas quintet and Rev.
James Woods charges from IS. Pc
ter 81 Paul are the teams with I'M
blemished records in the red hot
Catholic school race.
Highest score amasscd by any one
team TO date Is 80 points. Coach
Lefty" Adams st. Joseph aggrcga-
ton from Brooklyn did IT against st.
AIMS. Roy Johnson's Kingsbury
club ran up the second highest score
In beating Anderson 81 TO s.
Although none of the east end
teams including Anderson, II. 3.
Chase or East Farms have yet to
win a game since all three are new
corners In the league this year, some
interesting clashes are expctd WIN
Tn trio begin battling each other.
A double header is scheduled for
the Anderson gym Monday after
noon with East Farms facing An
derson In the first game at 3:45
while Chase takes on Woodrow Will
son In the afterpiece.
Dick Weyman Is coaching the
Chase team, Joe Bannon former st.
Mary's school player Is handling
Miss Walls East Farms entry, and
Russ Gilligan Is slowly but surely
whipping togetherNa winner at An
derson.
With 8. Peter ~ Paul and St
Thomas running neck and neck In
the Parochial league race at the
moment, a torrid battle Is anticipat-
cd when the two meet next month
There Is a great rivalry between the
two tAan&-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-17

: Randolph Field Texas-From fair
ways 10 Always Is the step taken BY
Edmond ID. Humphreys, forme
member OF the University OF Michi-
gan golf team, and currently All avi-
alton cadet In training at Randolph
field. Texas. Humphreys homo
In Rochester. N. X.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-17
AMERICAN QUINTET

The Chicago Black Hawks pro-
fessional Hockey Club includes I'VE
American players on the roster.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-17
Bnldwi Props
Mn and Tuck

A free-throW by Morrie Fabiani
won a thriller-diller for the Blessed
Sacramento over st. Johns of Wa
NrtoWn in G. Y. 0. league con-
test that preceded the Props B. A.
G. tilt. The final score was II to l6.
Score:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-17

Score at half time: Leayenworth
10, New Britain IL. Referee: Coyle.
In preliminary game, the
LeaVenworth Reserves also lost by
five points, though Audette scored
ten markers for the losers who were
on the short end of q 20 to "a count.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-17
IOtaB .,.... SO. 6 IA
Score: 1914. Referee: Ianniccnc.
WntervlIIe

TOIHIH ,.,. II
Score: 14-1. Referee: Ianniccne
and Fullero.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-17
Sport
QUESTIONS
Answered

Have you a sports question you
want answered? Write your ques-
ton clearly, sign your name and
address and mail your query to
Sports Fan Question Man, Sports
Service Bureau The Waterbury
Democrat, 1913 18th Street,
Washington, ID. G., enclosing a
3-cent postage stamp for per-
sonal reply.
q. What are the farm and work
ing agreement clubs of the Boston
"a. H. Red Sox baseball team?
A. Louisville american Associa-
tion) Greensboro CPiedmonD !;
Scranton EASTERN; Danyille Obi
State, and Centrcville eastern
Shore.
q. Did Bob Fitzslmmons ever
hold the world middlcWeight box
Ing title?
A. He won the middleweight title
by knocking out the famous Non
parcel" Jack Dempsey In 10 rounds
at New Orleans, January IA, 1891.
q. At what age did SEABISCUIT
win the most money In his racing
career?
A. In 1887, when as q four-year-
old, he won $lG8, $50.
q. In baseball, does the runner
get credit for a stolen base, If In at
tempting TO steal second, he over
slides and is touched out?
A. No.
q. Which heavyweight boxing bout
was the first TO draw more than q
million dollar gate?
A. The Dempsey Carpenter title
bout at Jersey CITY, NJ j., on July 2,
1921.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-17

Copyright. 1912, King Features syndicate)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02
.zOU Hotels Met
Air Corps Need,
General Says

The army had 10 take over some
200 of the nations hotels "becauSc
they offered the ideal conditions
for a fast training program for
arr corps firrrs- auri-ttefffttetafts7
Mai. Gen. Walter j. Weaver eN-
planned today.
Taking over the hotels meant
saving of time. labor and vitality
needed building materials" Cen
eral Weaver said at a dinner
last night at the Hotel Book
Cadillac concluding the three
day convention of the American
Hotel Association.
William b. Stout, aircraft de-
signer. also spoke al the closing
session, at which the following Of
fccrs were elected:
+. Harold Van Orman. Evans
vile Ind, president; Glenwood j.
Sherrard. Boston. first vice preSi-
dent; Carl Stanley, Sacramento
second vice president; Frank Ber-
ing, Chicago, secretary, and Samuel
Leeds, Atlantic City. treasurer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02

iiliUtil'eu % si's >1S'' 'e''i sN'N a.
ment today.
He was first reported as miss
ing in the raid which took place
on July &c. Sergeant Creed Is
survived by three sisters, Miss
Nellie Greed and Mrs. Katherine
MacDonnell, both nurses at Re-
ceiving Hospital, and Mrs. Law
renee Rheaume, also of Detroit;
two brothers, John OF Detroit and
Michael of Windsor as well as his
parpntS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02
ADVERTISEMENTS
Brenda will
You Step Out
With Me Tonight

know I've been an awful Crouch not t.l
ing you any place lately. But after standin
oil day at-my new job. my feet darn nei
killed me with. eallouses and burning NO
I've reformed : or rather my feet have
thanks In the Iee-Mipt you advised. Nsv.
tried anything that seemed to draw ~
pain and fire right out 90 fast = and n
way IL helps soften eallonses 10 NOBODY
businessT Been able 10 get some extrs I'VE
time money 80 what do you say,
dancing tonight. You can step on
Mint feet all you want
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02
BACKS CObO
But Group Fails TO Elicit
Word on Candidacy

just as he predicted. City Treas
urer Albert T.. Cobo's forty-ninth
birthday party came and went
any announcement from
the city treasurer or his friends
as 10 whether he might become a
candidate for mayor next year.
The closest any one came TO
such a remark during the dinner
4aSt-HieAt- West Side Dom
PolSki. 3426 Junction avenue. was
when, Frank X. Martel, president
of the Detroit and Wayne County
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02

of Cobo's friends. who in,
cluded Mayor Jeffries:
I'VE consider Mr.. CObO one of
the outstanding public officials
H. the history of the City OF De-
trOit. Like other public OIL
Gals, Al Cobo doubtless has
ambitions for higher ppblic
office. We wish him To Know
here and now that whatever
this public office might be we
are with him Co man."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02
Windsor Kin Hear
Filler Killed in Raid

Sgt. Joseph D. Greed, 25. son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. M. J. Greed OF
654 windermere road. Windsor, is
believed 10 have been killed in an
RCAF bomber raid over Ham
burg. Germany. his family was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02
'3Ships a Day
Launched in u. 5.

WASHINGTON, oct. 2.-Ameri-
can shipyards reached the goal OF
three ships a day during Septem-
Der when they delivered into serv-
ice SO new cargo vessels of all
types. the maritime commission
announced today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02
u. S. Envoy in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland. Oct. 2
QNS). - Leland Morris, new
American minister 10 Iceland, ar
rived by airplane yesterday. He
was accompanied by Thor Thors,
Icelands' minister 10 Washington.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02
~ Army Men Killed
As Plane Cracks Up

SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico, oct. 2
QNS).-MilitaIy authorities today
Investigated the crash of a United
States Army transport plano
which killed all D occupants.
The plane cracked upon a noun
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02
Stop Materials Waste.
Legion Head Urges

MEMPHIS. Tenn, Oct. ? INS)
-Roane Warning, new commander
of the American Legion, sale
today:
1.-THE time has come for us to
demand Of those of whom we
have given unprecedented au-
thority over our lives and
fortunes that all unnecessary
wastage Of military essentials be
stopped"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-02

"Ynnr- Own Homeopathy
Frances Drake, il one of many
famous features i'm The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

gram of the Pasquotank River fronting the
Cropsey home.
The clairvoyant this time had drawn
reasonably accurate map of riverbank and
dock, and-marked with an "X" the spot
where she said her vision told her the body of
poor Nell Cropsey would be found anchored to
a piling.
Dawson's men, following instructions to
the letter received a shock. The piling was
there. The indicated spot was there.
And there in the river bound by ropes to
the foundations of the piling, at depth be-
low any exposure by low tide, was womans
body.
Decomposition could not hide the ugly
bruise on the temple, the strangular welts on
the throat The weedy tresses Of raven hair,
the pitful party dress and dancing slippers
identified the drowned girl.
They had found Nell Cropsey!
Repercussons in quiet Elizabeth City may
be easily imagined. Wilcox was summoned
to headquarters for questioning, and there was
angry talk of lynching when handsome Jim
was indicted for murder.
Nothing may be finer than to be in Caro-
lima in the morning-but the day the trial
opened must have seemed dour one to Jim
Wilcox At least three things stood against
him.
His reluctance to join any search party.
Testimony from Dr. Charles L. Parker
that he'd seen Wilcox and Nell Cropsey
strolling on the riverbank around 1880, which
was at least half hour later than the ac-
cused insisted he had left her at her own door.
And the story of Boatman Leonard Owens,
who swore he had seen Wilcox sometime near
midnight on the night of the murder hurry
ing home, his clothing dripping wet
The prosecution declared that Wilcox,
enamoured of Nells beautiful cousin, had muir
dered his unhappy betrothed to be rid Of her.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

Unbelevably brutal as this crime must
seem the argument of the defense seems
even more incredible. For E. F. Aydlett
North Cardinals most brilliant criminal law
yer, contended Nell Cropsey was a suicide
1t took the jury only hours to find Jim
Wilcox guilty. and recommend the galows
Aydlett appealed. Eloquence and. pos
sibly, the accused's social influence, won
new trial in a neighborng county. There
one year later. Wilcox, again convicted, was
sentenced to life Imprisonment at hard labor
If his lawyers were satisfied, Jim Wilcox
was not
Before Cod" he shouted at the court
room, II am innocent! All this will not end
here"
He too, might have been endowed with
second -sight for seven years later, Roy Craw-
ford, Olive Cropseys sutton, committed sui
eide, leaving behind no explanation of his act.
Nine years elapsed, with Wilcox still in
prison. Then Elizabeth City was stunned by
the news that young VIII Cropsey had killed
himself by taking poison.
On Dec. 10 1918, Governor Thomas Beckett
created a Statewide sensation by granting
Wilcox unconditional pardon. AS though any
one involved in the case were subject to
haunting malevolence, the Governor died sud
denly within year of leaving office.
And in the Winter of 1884, Jim Wilcox
haunted by who knows what memories -
blew his brains out
Was he thinking, as we are, that poor Nell
Cropsey, however suicide-bent, could hardly
have anchored herself with ropes at the
river bottom? Was he wondering about the
amazing vision of the unknown clairvoyant
in far-off Utica?
To this day exactly what happened in the
river mists before the Cropsey mansion-after
the ball-remains a mystery.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

After month of fruitless search, the case
was still unsoved, apparently another Of those
battling disappearance which have their con-
cllsion in some dust-buried file of the Missing
Persons Bureau. And so the case might have
ended but for an incident as incredible as any
in the history of mystery
A letter. postmarked Utica, N. Y, adj
dressed to Police Chief Henry Dawson, stated
graphically:
Search the old we'll on the Cropsey
place."
Skeptical as the authorities were of this
anonymous missive, they drained theNwell but
found no sign of body.
Soon a second anonymous note, in which
the writer described herself a clairvoyant,
sent Dawson and his depu les TO "a red
shingleN barn, just outside the city limits"
with equally futile results.
All police are plagued with similar crank
letters. and it is indicative Of Dawsons des-
peration that he did not consign the third let
ter from Utica 10 the headquarters stove.
This mediumistic masterpiece enclosed dia-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

Even when Olive, retiring, noticed her
sisters unoccupied bed, she did not see in
Nelps continued absence reason for imme-
date alarm. But when, rousing wakefully
at half past one, she saw Nell had not yet
returned Olive called her father.
Mr.. Cropsey waited in paternal wrath,
which by o'clock had become alarm. An
aroused household-rejectng young Wills
theory that Maybe she and Jim eloped!'
searched the lower floors, the verandah,
the grounds.
At sunrise, with Nellie still absent, Mr..
Cropsey summoned Chief of Police Henry
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

first evening, fishing in the Pasquotank with
graphing hooks
Among these search parties, Jim Wilcox
was conspicuous by his absence.
Il don't like that" Chief Dawson was
heard to observe. Wilcox looks like he's
grief stricken, but he's made no effort to
hunt for the girl"
This might be understandable in the light
Of Wcox's feeling responsible for Nells &C
tons Perhaps he did not care TO look upon
the dead face Of his jHted beloved. If So he
was spared this trial For she was not found
by graphing hooks in the Pasquotank River.
I. What, had become OF Nell Cropsey? AS
days passed and her whereabouts remained
unrevealed the mystery grew.
Newspapers, headlining the story, pro-
posed such theories as amnesia, Gypsies,
trip North TO seek revenge against the cousin
who had stolen Jim Wilcox's affections Car
RE Cropsey having hurriedly returned TO New
York City, was questioned by the metropolitan
police, but insisted she know nothing Of Nell's
disappearance.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

An immediate visit was paid to
the home of Jim Wilcox where
the law student, reused from slum-
Der, expressed great agitation at
his sweethearts disappearance.
where's she gomez" were his first
words "Oh, God! 1 shouldn't have
done it,"
Done what? Dawson was
quick to demand.
"Quarreled with her." Wilcox
said, and burst into tears. II gave
her back her picture and told her
our engagement was off. 1t was
Just little after eleven when
said good-by. She was crying and
slipped into the house. She must've
run away"
BY noon Dawsons deputies,
combing the countryside and finding
no trace Of the missing girl, were
convinced she had not gone by
horse or train from Elizabeth City.
Livery stables reported no furtively
hired rig; a lone horsewoman would
certainly have been seen, and North
Carolina is hardly the place, even
today, where a girl in party dress
may walk the country roads unob-
served.
Suicide was the next possibility
TO be examined. The debate on that
moody topic having been recalled. it
was reasonable TO suppose that poor
Nell, heart-broken at Jim WilcoX's
ungallantry, had cast herself into
the river.
The news Of her disappearance
on every lip in town, every available
man IN L,lizahafb ('itNy t,-oe ~, fl,of
The Phoenix index., 1942-07-18
Final Payment
Made On Church

DETROIT -(ANP)-Rev. Geo.
w. Barber, pastor Ebenezer ANAE
church, this week Joined ihs srshhss
church, this week joined his con-
gregation in a celebration marking
the final payment on a bonded
debt of $4,000, which now leaves
the church debt-free.
Officials stated that in the fin
ancial drive, 5000 was raised in a
single day. The mortgage burning
ceremony. they said, will not be
held until the church is redecorat-
ed, improved and the cornerstone
laid, but the date has been set as
June, 1943. The big edifice, built
in 1916 at a reputed cost of $780,
600, was long known as one Of the
Motor City'S finest churches.
The Ebenezer congregation,
headed by Rev. Barber, purchased
the church in 1886. Under DR. Bar
ber's leadership the membership
has increased from TOO to 1000.