The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-28
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Spinning The Wheel
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

Spinning The Wheel
Just to get you in shape for your
last football reports for some time,
herewith is list of the New Year
Day 1914 BOWL games and the APP
proximate PRICES on the five
bowl" contests and the East-West
SHRINERS' game, a great annual
sports feature, which raises money
for CRIPPLED CHILDREN.
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CAL
Southern California (won 7, lost
y VS.. Washington (won 4, lost
o.. Washington 2 10 to / favor
tie.
Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, La.
Tulsa (won 6, lost o. tied u
VS.. Georgia Tech (won 7, lost 81.
Georgia Tech to favorite.
Orange Bowl, Miami, Fla
Texts A. & M. (won 7 lost /, tied
u VS.. Louisiana State (won 5,
lost 81. Texas A. & M. seven
point favorite.
Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Tex
Texas (won Z, lost y VS.. Ran
dolph Field Filters (won 9, lost
-. Randolph 6 to S favorite.
Sun Bowl, Ell Paso, Tex
Southwestern University (won 8,
lost l, tied - VS.. New Mexico
(won 3, lost u. Southwestern 2 to
favorite.
Shrine Game, San Francisco
East College All-Stars VS.. West
College All-Stars. No odds
quoted.
WV WV
Lines on the late Bill Lallier: AL.
most made the big show at one time
having ben called UP by Brooklyn
Of the National League, but TO,
some reason did not report
Played with the famous Hank
Gowdy In the Ohio State League
also saw action with Reading of thu
Tri-State loop and Dallas Of thu
Texas League With tn,
Brooklyn A. c. Bill played short
stop in the days of some really fin,
local players such as Bill Dwyer
Jimmy Comrnerford, Dan Cronan
Jerry Shugrue, Johnny Edmonds
Walter Legge, George Herman, Bill,
Lusk and Hubert Cuthbert Gun
bingham, dashing outf1elder o
the red-fiannel and GROWLEE
days on Brandy Hill-days whel
PERCY Henebry could and did licl
anyone who objected to his frs
name; days when the kids used t,
say to the late Pete FitzHenry: IN,
mudder said to tell you, Mr.. Fitz
Henry to LOOK UP AT THE CELL
ING, when you're filling da CAN
Bill Lallier went to Magyar
University in 1906, at a time whel
Joe Mccarthy, currently creates
manager in Baseball, was a stu
dent there. Joe's home Is in Buffalo
N. Y. Jimmy Commerford,
pitcher on the same BAG tear
which had Bill Lallier at short
stop, died last Sunday night an
will be remembered at tonight
meeting of the local Baseball Vet
at Mulligan's Lallier was ais
member of a local team Gale,
the Pioneers. A native of Water
bury, he attended Porter Stree
school and played baseball in thi
city as late as 1923 against Jo
Mulville and others.
WV WV
Tickets for the orange Bowl gam
at Miami, January l are just no
to be had, everything having beef
sold out early in December. Evel
the SERVICE MEMS tickets ar
gone, according to Miss Marial
Howard, in charge of ticket sale
Fully realizing what many
man or woman will do to get to ;
HORSE RACE, the Honorable
Henry L. Straus, president of Trop
ical Park, where the FAVORITEs
are now FLOPPING like burste'
balloon, issued this CLASSIC
CRACK, relative to the TRANS
FORMATION problem in which tn
nearest bus goes no nearer than tW'
miles from Tropical every day. Sal
Mr.. S.: I'VE will simply have t.
give the transportation back to tn
people. I mean THEY will have t,
find some mode, more modern O
re-historic than know about, t
span the distance between the bu
lines and our track. 1t is THEIT
PROBLEM anyway. not tn,
tracks" New Year greeting
at hand from Bill Schof1eld, PF(
Marty Lucas, now in Moore Genera
hospital, Swannanoa, N. c., an
Sergeant Joe Carroll of New Haver
the pleasant little guy well-knowl
in Connecticut golf clubs, nov
somewhere in England, with tn
2048th EAFFP, whatever that is.