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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
BENNETT POPULAR
 AT HARTFORD

Hartford, May 17.-Joe Bennett the eX-Golden Gloves middleweight champion who has scored two knockouts here, has definitely sold himself to two local flstic audiences at the Hartford Auditorium. And the fact that he is on Tuesday nights all-star fight card at the Wethersfeld Ave. battle pit is in the line of good insurance for Matchmaker Charley Bennett.
 Out of the West has come R. J Lewis, who will meet Joe Bennett in one of four eight-rounders mak- ing up the bulk of the card. R. J. has carved out quite a record in Colorado a record being watched by customers. Among them was George Sheppard, boxing manager who doesn't overlook good bet. So the former New Haven Arena match maker sent for Lewis.
 Whether R. J.: can stand up be- fore the trip-hammer fists of Phil ly's Joe Bennett remains to be seen. Eddie Griffin tried to and was plas- tered all over the ring. "Shipwreck' Jackson got too cocky and slugged with Bennett at one stage of their brief encounter, only to be dropped cold by right cross.
 AS if the re-appearance of the classy Bennett wasn't enough, there $ a rematch between Joe Brown of New Haven and Joe E. Carter of New York city that has been eager ly awaited. Garter and Brown clashed in a veritable brawl late last month here, the Elm City middle weight turning in surprise victory over the well-liked Carter. Brown ouCslugged Joe E., whose bolo punch es had whipped Sammy Daniels in a previous showing.
 Red" Doty, Hartford's battling welterweight, faces Freddie Graham of Harlem in another eight. Doty, who has won II of Is fights, is out to atone for his loss to Bobby Lar kin here when last he fought be- fore a hometown audience.
 Another eight and fuor-rounder completes the card.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
T0RR|NC IS CROSBY DIAMOND FOE TUESDAY
Wilby Meets Tech Friday Crosby Won at Winstad:
 Other Scores

Torrington's undefeated high school baseball team in Naugatuck Valley league competition, though soundly walloped by Leavenworth, makes local appearance this week, meeting Crosby at the munic- 1pal stadium Tuesday afternoon. Last Saturday, Torrington got eight runs in the first two innings for an eventual 14 to win over Wilby, whose Johnny Nacunas was hit safely 13 times.
 Crosby won a g to 6 game at Winsted last Saturday and is ready for Naugatuck this weekend, while Wilby and Leavenworth will tangle in Friday game at the Water town avenue field.
 Crosby stands in second place on the league ladder, having won three of four valley league games, but is expected to have plenty of trouble winning in Naugatuck Saturday. The Greyhounds polished off An- sonia last Saturday ' to 3, big four-run fourth inning clinching the game.
 In the -Watertown game last Saturday, Franny Meyers struck out II Taft batters, gave but seven hits as Watertown high won by doubling the score. 8 to 4, each team being charged with four miscues.
 Let-Down
 NacunaS, while hit freely, was far from entirely responsible for Wilby's big setback Saturday, as nearly a dozen Wildcat errors kept him in trouble from the very start of the game Carmen Mele was the individual hero of the one-sided game as he hit A for 5 in addi- ton to spreading out eight hits Petersen getting two of them in five attempts.
 Crosby and Gilbert was nip and tuck until the seventh when the local lads came up with five big runs which won the ball game, though Gilbert got two of them back before the game was over. Each team got ten hits, Kelley and Cousey whacking four for Crosby, Middlebrooks, Lacrain, Shancra and Beecher each getting two for the Winsted squad.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
By HARRY CRIMSON NEA Sports Editor

New York, May l5.-NeW Works upper West Side police, as in other American boiling pots, find that ball bats and gloves offset more criminal tendencies among kids than the billy club.
 Like all American kids, upper West Side youngsters are gregarious ous. No few than g gangs formerly battled it out, too frequently fatally for some. That was before Police Inspector William P. O'Brien diverted youthful energies to con- structive channels.
 This Pied Piper, who probably never studied social rehabilitation, with Patrolman George Sullivan D and Charles Jones, a Negro grad uate and athlete of New York University, organized the gangs into 20 leagues which operate after school hours and on Sunday.
 Members are from IA to IT and are competing for the right to play in g. championship game prelimin- ary to the annual Police-Fire De- partment game at the Polo Grounds in August
 Legitimate personal grievances are settled, under supervision, with boxing gloves
 Inspector O'Brien knows kids are inherently good and continue as such until bad example by adults creeps in.
 The idea is boost for sports gen. erally, and should be emulated.
 Navy recruits at Great Lakes are entertaining themselves with 30
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
Imported Pitcher Loses One Hit Game, 1-C
Beau Jack, Bob Montgomery In Title Go Friday

New York, May IT - Having at- tracted close to $250,000 into Madi- son Square Garden in his last thre' ring appearances, Beau Jack, world lightweight champions returns h the same arena on &iday night this time to defend his champion ship laurels against Bob Montgom' cry, of Philadelphia, in contest scheduled for fifteen rounds.
 The bout marks the first defense for Beau Jack since he became champion by knocking out TippJ Larkin in three rounds at the Gar den last December. The Beau Jack Larkin match had been arranged to determine new titleholder after Sammy Angott had relinquished the crown.
 Montgomery stands out as ths foremost challenger for the title Indeed, he has been leading light. weight contender for years but had always ben denied-until now-ar opportunity to compete for tht championship. On five different oc- casions he faced lightweight kings but all were overweight matches.
 They Can Hit
 Both Beau Jack and Montgomery are potent punchers. The Beau ha: halted 27 foes in B fights. Mont gomery has registered the same number of knockout victories in 5s fights. Since the start of 194S Beau Jack has twice beaten Fritzie Zivk and then outpointed Henry Arm strong. Montgomery has boxed five times this year, winning all and scoring two kayoes.
 Beau Jack has been training al Greenwood Lake, N. J., for the past two weeks in preparation for Fri days encounter. This is the first time he has ever trained away from the city. Montgomery is due in New York today after doing most of his work in Philadelphia. He will finish up at Stillman's gymnasium.
 Four six-round bouts and a four have been arranged by Match maker Nat Rogers to support the title event. The sixers bring to- gether Mayon Padlo. Philadelphia welterweight, and Marvin Bryant, Dallas, Texas. George Kochan, Ak. ron, Ohio, middleweight, ad Johnny Seeman, Boston; Freddie Added Brooklyn lightweight, and Johnny Price, Montreal; Jerry Fiorello Brooklyn middleweight, and Freddie Flores, Jamaica, L. l., paired in the four are Oscar Wright, light weight from Washington, D. C., and Ruby Garcia, Puerto Rico.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
I2 2 H H H E s g k H E H H H H H E E u n
Baseball Bats, Gloves Better Than Billy Clubs; 30 Navy Bouts in One Hour and 45 Minutes; No. l7 Coupon Required for Belmont Racing

boxing bouts in one hour and 45 minutes.
 Mats sufficient for eight bouts to progress simultaneously are spread on the deck of one of the huge drill halls Contestants are matched to within five pounds of each other.
 Contestants are in opposite cor ners, as usual, and another set of opponents occupies the normally neutral corners Rounds are only of one minutes duration, and at the end of that time the waiting battlerS take over and fight their first round during the rest period.
 It's a bit difficult on the judges, but this breakneck pace of organ ized confusion continues until 80 bouts have been completed. Pro- grams are preceded by instruction i periods. Each recruit has about the same amount of experience and training. Competition is heightened by matching companies who have built up rivalry by quartering near each other and competing in other phases of recruit life.
 Results are usally close. The other night. for instance, Company 294 won 38 bouts as against 36 for Company 295, and there were a half dozen draws.
 It's another athletic step in turn ing out fighting men in wholesale lots.
 Hoss players employing the hat pin system at Belmont Park are walking more than three miles to and from the railroad station. Thus, a No. IT. coupon for shoes becomes as essential as the winner of the next race.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
Waterbury Pigeon Wins 2OO-Mile Race

Clocked at the rate of 896.2l yards per minute, a bird owned by G. St. Amand, Waterbury, won first place ir the fourth old bird race of the season, Sunday, May 18th from Wilmington, Delaware, 200 miles. Race was sponsored by the Bristol, Terryville and Thomaston Pigeon club.
 Birds were liberated at 7:15 a. m. and the winning bird was clocked at 1:13 D. III. Ten lofts and 96 birds competed, flying against very strong wind.
 Other members who clocked birds and reported were as follows:
 w. Austin, Oakville-856.94.
 w. Reindeau, Bristol-843.28.
 J. Ellis, Oakville-82118
 A. Ross, Bristol-803 68.
 F. Gosinski, Terryville-7831
 F. Rosseau, Bristol-754.64.
 P. Miles, Bristol-711.74.
 T. White, Bristol-no report.
 w. Dante, Waterbury-no report.
 Next weeks race will be held Sum- day, May 24th from Washington, D. O., 8 distance of 30 miles. Members will report at the Thomaston R. R. station next Friday night, May Fist at ' D. 1n., to ship the birds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
LOU GEHRIG PICTURE
 AT STRAND THEATER

One of the greatest public tributes ever paid to member of the base ball world is depicted in Samuel Goldwyns "The Pride of the Yam kees," now being shown on the screen of the Strand theater, in re- creating Lou Gehrig Day at the Yankee Stadium, July 4, 1889. It was the occasion of the retirement from baseball of the beloved first baseman who had been marked for death by an incurable malady. Gary Cooper stars. Appearing in the film are all the greats of the Yankee team, such as Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat, Catcher Bill Dickey, Mark Koenig. and others. In addition there is sports commentator Bill Stern.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17

use Dahlgren at short when he would be much more valuable else where. Their pitching is improved; 7; also their catching, with Phelps coming in. Their outfield is the same. But the whole club has new spirit"
 Billy said the Cards found the Braves about on par with the Phillies. The Braves are hustling too, trying to win games for injured Casey Stengel. But Brooklyn and Cincinnati apparently shape up like the Cards toughest opposition. He emphasized that the Cards-handi- capped by injuries to Marion, Hopp and Brown-haven't bit their stride yet. And in yesterdays nightcap, Whitey Kurowski was injured in the right leg by ball that glanced off his bat will probably keep him out of the Brooklyn series.
 T forgot Kurowski when I was thinking about that Philadelphia crowd" Billy concluded, maybe the hotel management shouldn't have stuck me so close to heaven - after all"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
(Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) By JACK CUDDY

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, May 17.-(UP)-Short- ly after the Cardinals arrived from Philadelphia last night - for four games with the Dodgers-we bor- rowed an oxygen tank and then elevatored up to Billy Southworth's last-stop, 40th-floor room in the Hotel New Yorker.
 Southworth, middle-S sized. middle aged manager of the champion Cards chuckled when we coined a nifty about his certainly getting ur in the world. He said, "Yes-1've either got one foot in heaven, or else it's still a dream"
 "HowS' that?"
 Can't Believe
 We just played a double header with the Phillies at their home park and drew nearly 31,000 fans. I saw it. and I know it's true, but it still seems like dream that I can't be- lieve."
 "Why?"
 Tn the first place, we were play ing the Phillies at Shibe Park and in the second place, when I looked out my window in the forenoon, I figured the double-header might be called off. Things were SO uncertain thaJ there weren't many fans in the stands when the first game opened. But-during that first game - they certainly poured in
 What did the man in the dapper blue suit think of the Phillies-the outfit that held the world champion Cardinals to a 4-3 victory in II in nirgs in the first game and beat the Cards, 2-1, in the nightcap?
 Billy said, they're certainly play ing inspired baseball. Their new owner and new manager have sold them on the idea they can go places They're full of hustle. They've cap- tivated the fanS-created a lot of new enthusiasm in Philadelphia.
 Will the Phillies finish in the first division?"
 Southworth evaded the question by pointing out that it's too early to make prediction about any club since none of them have settled into their true strides yet. They missed the experimental shake-down work which normally is accomplished in a plentitude of spring exhibition games.
 Phils Improved
 Merely making a wild guess" he continued, T figure the Phillies might finish in the upper bracket of second division, if they keep on as they're going. They still have an in- field problem which forces them to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
Mack Posses $3O,OOO On Automat Table To Get Pep-BartoIo
Jacobs Outbid for Title Bout Which Goes to BOs=
 ton; Other Fights
By JACK FROST United Press Staff Correspondent

Boston, May 17.-UP)-Boxing in New England has a tinge of Me- diocrity this week but fans can take heart in the fact that Boston will see its second worlds featherWeight title bout of the year when Willie Pep of Hartford, Conn, defends his New York style crown against Sal Bartolo of Boston at Braves Field June g.
 The weeks best bout may be staged tonight when Kelly Jessup of Springfield meets Chester Rico of New York in an eight rourd match at Holyoke's Valley Arena. It will be the first time the name of Jessup has been seen on a card since Kel- iy's brother Tommy was smacked to the canvas in 60 seconds by Henry Armstrong two weeks ago.
 Another fair match is expected to be the 10-rounder tonight at the Arcadia in Providence, R. l., where Cocoa Kid, once a top-ranking Puerto Rican, faces Al Gilbert of New York and Honolulu.
 Tuesday will see 10 round bouts at Lowell and New Bedford. At the home town boy faces Waddell Washington of Worcester while in New Bedford Jimmy McLarnin, an- other hometown lad, meets Jose Ross of Colombia.
 Young Vs. Johnson
 At Fall River on Thursday, Frankie Young of New Haven, Conn. expects his toughest test of the year with Gene Johnson of New York City.
 For the first time in months there will be no fights at Boston Friday but Worcester will have eight-round co-featureS.
 Signing of the Pep-Bartolo title match for Boston came as somewhat of surprise since it was the first time in recent years that Mike Ja- cobs lost 8 match that he wanted for New York City.
 Both Pep and Bartolo wanted to fight here but the matter really was decided by the champions guaran- tee-30 $1000 bills tossed casually on a table in New York's Eighth Ave- nue automat.
 Coffee and Money
 Promoter Eddie Mack of the Bos- ton Boxing Association was battling to get the fight in Boston but it looked as if Jacobs was scheduled to get the bout. In the early Saturday morning hours Mack took Pep's manager, Lou Viscusi, out for coffee.
 The top ranking night clubs were damned so the pair wound up at the Automat. Mack dropped two nickles in the slot and the pair sat down opposite each other. Mack reached in his pocket and with studied casualness counted out $3O,-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
GRABECK'S NO HITTER SPOILED
 BY HOME RUN
LOngO Gets Game=Winning WallOp; Washington
 Hills Undefeated

Naugatuck Highlanders, a we'll organized baseball squad for the past several seasons, had plenty o1 trouble getting into the Waterbury City Amateur League, but has won it's way to the top of the league on two consecutive Sundays; though il must share the top spot with 8 league veteran the Washington Hills.
 Victories over the Sacred Hearts and Middlebury entry yesterday at Hamilton Park kept the Highland CTS and Hills in the indicated class; but the game that had the fans buzzing on the way home was a 1-C defeat suffered by the Aviglianese whose Teddy Grabeck, pitched a one-hit game but lost it by the shutout route To when Felix Longo hit a home run with one out al- ready made in the ninth inning.
 Hard Luck Pitcher
 Grabeck, New Haven boy, will be remembered as the Brooklyn A. c. pitcher in the National Amateur Federation baseball tournament at Youngstown, who lost an 18 inning 2-1 game to Birmingham when he made a bad throw in the eighteen tn. He is now in the Navy and came to Waterbury for the Avigs only because he had weekend furlough Scovills and Avigs, have now won and lost game and share second place in the standing; the Sacred Hearts and Middlebury are yet to win one. The latter team came into the league as Pomperaug League champions of last season.
 Good pitching and hard-hitting by Salvatore and Palmer featured the Washington Hills-Middlebury game. Fahey and Sullivan giving the Pomperaug champs five hits while the winners got six hits off Slokus.
 Famed Fifteen
 Naugatuck HighlanderS, with Hal Smullen on the hill, once again were favored to win on the strength of the Notre Dame boys pitching performance week ago. In the first inning, Naugy got a run, which the Hearts. group of Bristol boys, evened in the sixth; but Highland CTS went ahead again in the same inning, with two runs and clinched the game with three more in the eighth. Edmonds, Pistarelli, and McGrath got of the g hits for the winners while Smullen held the Hearts to thre jolts and struck out 15 enemy batters; and though Adams pitched well, he was not in Smullen'S class.
 In inc innings, Grabeck had the Scovill entry well in hand, until he tossed a home run ball to Longo, the only Scovillte to get on base as Coviello booted Longos hit along the ground.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
BOROUGH ELKS BEST

In a tri-city match with Torring- ton and Nagatuck, Waterbury Elks competed in a bowling match at the local Elks alleys Sunday afternoon; with Naugatuck a winner of the special event, in which Meriden was also scheduled to participate but but did not send team. Andy o. Meara of Torrington scored high single of 157 piEs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
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 SACRET HEARTS

Runs Oldakowski Edmonds, Me- Grath, Skitma, Alexander, Pistarelli, Creddo, McGrath. Errors-P. Alex ander. Ostrowski, G. Alexander g, Edmonds. Runs batted in-Joe Lynch, McGrath 4. Two base hits Edmonds, McGrath (2). Three base hit-Joe Lynch. Stolen base-Ed- . monds. Left on bases-Naugatuck D., Sacred Hearts 6. Bases on balls off: Smullen 5. Hit by pitcher, by Smullen co. Alexander). Struck out. by Smullen 15, Adams 10. Wild pitches-Smullen 2. Passed balls White, P. Alexander 2. Umpire Geras. Time-2:05.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
City League Box Scores

Banziger, Quilter. Double plays Damelio to Travers to Salvatore Left on bases Washington Hills 6, Middlebury s. Bases on balls-off: Fahey j, Slokus 3, Sullivan 2. Hits off: Fahey in 6 innings: off: Sulli- van in innings. Struck out, by Fahey 3, Slokus 4. Passed ball. Fray. Winning pitcher-Fahey. Um- pire-Ninccnt. Time-2:1O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17

Runs-Stuart, Mazzarella, Banzi- ta, Matula. Errors-Ma tula, Mont vile 2, Slokus, Fahey, Rose, Da- Rellio. Runs batted in-Fahey 2, Damelio, Palmer 2, Matula, Banzi- ger 2. Two base hits-MaZzarella Three base hit-Fahey. Home run
 Palmer. Stolen bases Salvatore, Gagain. Sacrifices-Damelio, Doyle,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17

900 and Gang it before Viscusi. The latter blinked, set his cup down and tentatively reached for the bills.
 Do get the fight?" asked Mack.
 "Okay," said Viscusi, carefully re- counting, folding and pocketing the money.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17

Unable to obtain metal toe-guardS for her dancing scenes in Warner Bros Thank Your Lucky Stars, Y" Alexis Smith had some plastic sub stitutes made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
INHERITS MUSIC

Ida Lupino has just received from England, the sheet music of her fathers last hit musical Crazy Days" which was substantial suc- cess in London.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
z-aBtted for Sileo in 10th.
 zz-Ran for Reno in 10th. Scovill . % % GO 0 0-1

Run-Longo. Error-Coviello. Run batted in--Longo. Two base hits Ella, Martinelli. Home run-Longo. Sacrifices-Janetty Double plays Begnal and Fisher and Kraft; Fish CT (unassisted. Left on bases Scovill l; Aviglianese '. Bases on balls-off Thompson 1. Hit by pitch CT, by Thompson (ELia). Struck out, by GrabCck ,. Thompson [. Winning pitcher-Thomps Um- pire-Slatery, Time-1:45.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17

Nicholas Wells of Saxilby. Eng land, is still digging for victory at 102.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-08

Mr.. and Mrs. George Schmidt
of Romeo and Louis Meeker and
girl friend spent Friday at Ra-
mona park.
Mrs Robert E. Smith, a MEM
Der of the WACsl is stationed at
Santa Ana, California, where she
has been assigned to duty driv-
ing a staff car.
Mrs. Leneave of South Van
Dyke road was in Kentucky a
few days ago 10 attend the fun
eral of her brother, who was ac-
cidentally electrocuted.
f. Z. Eisler of South Van
Dyke road underwent a serious
operation at a Detroit hospital
Tuesday. His condition is fav-
orable.
Z. +. Davis was surprised by
visit last week from broth
err, of Evaret, Washington, whom
he had not seen in II years.
Louis Meeker and Ted Grimm,
Washington, have passed physi-
cal examinations in Detroit and
will be leaving for the service
July 10. Meeker leaves for the
Marines at Santiago and Grimm
for an army camp.
Mrs. j. r. Bromley visited her
cousin. Mrs. Beecher Arnold and
family in Romeo Thursday.
Carl Dracha. sailor on the
Great Lakes boat Sumatra, has
been enjoying a few days vaca-
ton.
/, Mr.. and Mrs. j r. Bromley
entertained Miss Phyllis Teller
and Mr.. and Mrs Martin Brom-
lev at a 7 O'Clock dinner Tues-
day evening in honor of their
son Yeoman &C Rowley H,
Bromley of the u. S. Coast
Guard, New York, who returned
TO camp Wednesday after 10
day, furlough here.
Mr.. and Mrs, T.. r. DAVIS lett
last Thursday for Hindman, KY.
where Davis will assist in Bap-
fist missionary work.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Striber at
tended the wedding of Margaret
Schoenburg and S. Sgt. Hal
Koch at Capac Lutheran church
last week.
Miss S h j y jameson and
Miss Victoria Meeker were De-
troit shoppers Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Teller
Crystal WolcotD, Phyllis Teller
and Yeoman Rowley II. Brom-
ley spent July 4 motor boating
with picnic dinner and lunch
con at Lakeville.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-08
Where and How
Much? Miller
Faces Quandar,y

County Treasurer William c..
Miller is in quandry concern
ing how much money was taken
in a raid on slot machines in a
poolroom at Van Dyke last May
20, and where the money is.
According TO one report, he
has information that S59.64 was
turned in TO the Warren town
ship treasurer. Another report
says the raid netted to SHIFTS.
Under the statute this should
be turned in 10 the county treas
urer, Miller claims.
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-08
MISTAKE

KANSAS CITY - A 22-year-
old man telephoned police that
he'd spotted a stolen car. 1t
was parked not far from his
home.
Police picked up ~ the car,
and (2) the man - because no
one but the thief and the owner
knew il had been stolen.