The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-22
HAL SMULLEN,
TEDDY CRABECK
IN MOUND DUEL
Naugatuck HighIanders
Oppose Avigs; Hills Face
SCOvilliteS

The most attractive triple heaoe
program of the young City Amateur
league season is due for production
at Hamilton park tomorrow after
noon as the tight race for the 1914;
championship moves forward. Un-
like recent campaigns, the officials
find it difficult to single out any
one game and tab 1t as feature be-
cause at the moment, with 10 weeks
of play ahead every contest belongs
in the crucial category.
But tomorrow's whole program
has considerable appeal including
the opening game on Diamond No.
2 at LAS between the Middlebury
A. G. and Sacred Hearts couple
Of clubs which deserve better fatcs
than those which they have met
during the first two weeks.
Tomorrow afternoon there will be-
only one game on No. field but
that has all the ear-marks of being
standout clash between the un-
defeated Washington Hills and the
aroused Scovill crew which promises
to give Pat 9uilter's lads from up
per Baldwin street the battle OF
their lives. The Hills have Won both
Of the games which they have
played to date including their tri-
umphs over the Sacred Hearts and
the Middlebury A. C.
Going Well
Hill followers have plenty TO cheer
about in the form displayed by the
Quiltermen in both games but their
real mettle will be tested tomorrow
when they run up against the HOWE
Krafts pennant hunters from SEQ
wills. The boys from the big defcnsH
plant are an inspired lot since their
brilliant ten inning win over Sailor
Boy Ted" Grabeck and the fight
ing Avlglianese last Sunday, win
made possible by the potent bat OF
Mr.. Felix Longo, always considered
a valuable ball player on any CLUB
but invaluable to Scovills IN that
never-to- be forgotten ten inning
struggle when he broke up Ora
beck's no-hit, no-run performance
with four-ply smash in the 10th
inning.
That shot of Longo's was heard
all around the mile-long plant to
such an extent that the Scovill fol-
lowing should be Increased one hum
bred fold tomorrow when the Kraft
men come to grips with one OF the
two undefeated clubs in the league.
The game will be played on No.
diamond at o'clock
Smullen VS. Grabeck
It's been long time since the
common interest of the fans has
conferred about two individual play
ers but that's just what Is In the
offing when Hal Smullen, pitching
for Naugatuck, opposes Ted Ora
beck, Tony Romaniello's choice to do
mound work for the Aviglianese III
the 4 O'Clock affair on No. 2.
Smullen's fame of course is ma
tion-wide because OF his hurllnG
deeds at Notre Dame, but to wa
terburians who watched or awaited
the outcome of the National tour
ney last fall Teddy Grabeck. no"
located at U. S. Naval Air base i'll
Massachusetts, Is still a hero even
though he wa unfortunate to lose
that memorable 18-inning game
with the powerful Birmingham
club on Youngstown's famous Shady
Run field.
Last Sunday, Grabeck came back
to Waterbury unpublished and
pitched for the AviglianeSe against
Scovills, holding the defense plant
outfit hitless and runless for nine
innings before tossing a home run
ball to Felix Longo. But Ted has a
lot OF heart besides a great arm
and will no doubt be back to re-
gain some of his lost prestige Wher
he faces Smullen and the Nauga-
tuck team tomorrow.
Smullen's only defeat this sp-.:-S5
at Notre Dame was defeat at the
hands Of Micky Cochrane's Sailor
boys from Great Lakes Training
Station. Maybe there's something T..
the Navy jinx that may send Ha'
down to defeat again tomorrow.
The umpiring assignments Tor TO-
morrow are: Sacred Heart VS. Mid
dlebury, Pat Slattery; Washington
Hills VS. Scovills Bill Stanton; ana
Naugatuck VS. Aviglianese, Fay Vim
cent