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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-12-25
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-12-25
BREWSTER
OPENS BOXING
SCHOOL


Brewster Recreation center has
had boxing instruction program
FOR hoys ever since the center
has been IN existence. which ac-
counts for the fact that the CEN
ter was not listed among those
participants In tho now boxing
school started IN zen other re-
creation ccnters by the Depart
menf Of Parks and Recreation
This explanation was made by
Joe Duplessis Brewster super
visor. after numerous telephone
calls were received from indl-
yiduals asking II The Brewster
boxing program had been dis
continued Monday and Wedncs-
day evenings have been reserved
for novices and beginners with
Eddie Futch as instructor The
boxers viii be included in the
inier-center tournaments plann-
ed for later in the season
Brewster has often been re-
ferred 10 by sports writer's as
the cradle Of boxing in De-
troIt1 according 10 puplessis be-
cause Il was there that joe Louis,
Holman Williams, Big Roy Brown.
Dave clark and others eot heir
start in amateur boxing Thcv
later turned professional and
made outstanding successes IN
their division
II was also pointed out ina
Brewster has more representa-
lives on the Goodfcllow box
Ing card than any other Detroit
club
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-12-25
Hampton Freshmen
Form Nucleus OF
Basketball Squad

HAMPTON INSTITUTE Va
With three weeks practice under
their belts N Hampton hoop
sfcrs are striving 70 develop q
smooth working team Veteran
Coach c. II. Williams has an
abundance Of height. but only iwo
veterans 20 form the nucleus for
ihes current outfit i can he said.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-12-25
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10 LEAD


HAMPTON INSTITUTE. Va
pc dolby" Mann Of New
n Nc was recently elected
plain ~ tho 1914 Pirate eleven.
p who has bIazed a trail Of
netic glory while az Hampton,
Fnca The unique distinction last
~ ~ being four lc''crman at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
Legion Won
Benefit Come

Thomaston, Sept. 27-The Ameri-
can Legion Ball Club closed its sea-
son here Sunday with a win over
the Old Timers in a benefit game
for the Robis Fund. This fund is
being raised by group of Thomas
ton Girls to provide Christmas gifts
for Thomaston Boys and girls in the
Armed forces.
Johnny Bogus pitched great ball
for the Old Timers for seven innings
and received some very fine sup
port from his mates in the field
Mike Tupaldi received his offenses
for s innings and slashed out a
double. Herb Benson took over from
then on. Francis Conway relieved
Bogus In the seventh and pitched
good ball for two innings. The fea-
ture Of the game was Harry kill
mans steal Of home plate in the last
Of the eth. Paul O'Brlen handled Q
chances In the field without an
error. The girls realized approxIm-
ately $50 from the game.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
Winston Reds
Won Golf Finale

Patrick ]. Winston, after q sum-
mer OF activity and advice with and
from the club champion, Pete
Burke, led his RoScommon Reds to
a 44h-.22h point overtory over
Gento Orsinis belligerent Blues
Sunday afternoon, to put an Off
cial end to tournement golf at the
Chase Country Club. P. j. himself
was right in the groove most Of the
way, as he had a nifty 44-40 gross
81 through his. standout performer
was Frank Byrnes, former club
champ who chopped out a slick 70
despite q trio Of successive skies on
the second round Of the nine hole
course.
Orsini's best Blue performer was
the eminent polo, bridge and bad
minton enthusiast, z. Blount Dyson
whose 81 stood out like a lighthouse
on Deed Island. Comrade Pho Shea
won low net honors with the aid OF
a generous % handicap scoring 81
% net SO.
The players will gather again to
put their feet Under the table at the
Chase annual golf dinner, Saturday,
october Is at which time prizes and
trophies will be distributed to those
entitled to them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
By John A. CLUNEY

One OF the "added featuresn ft
should be interesting when some "a
the 30 Elks bowling league team
start another season tonight. VIA
be the presence Of two old Timers
Jim Courtney and Warren Cooke.
who have put in 20 years each WITH
their brother Elks during the bowl
ing season which began with the
first World War In 1914. Jim and
Warren win roll first balls down tlia
alleys tonight 10 inaugurate the
10th year Of weekly fun and xrnIsc
at the Elks alleys. which have been
put in AL condition for another slx
or seven months Of usage i've
nights per week. william J. Cum
bingham, chairman Of this season.e
Elks league, and Exalted Ruler
Harry spellman win set up pins
for Courtney and Cooke as all press
ent give the veteran Elks o great
big and deserved hand" 1t'a
been many q football season ninoa
o Meriden team left the Silver CITY
to absorb such q going-over &c the
Rams got In Naugattick from the
borough Rangers yesterday, So.
:. Tonight, ct T:l6, represensas
tives Of local Industrial Concerns
will meet in the aldermanlc chanl4
Der at city hall, the big idea being
to discover II enough sentiment Il
on hand to back the formation e.
Dusty basketball competition, two
leagues, one for girls the other for
men. II such sentiment Is evident
the next problem will be the sscur@
ing Of suitable place to play, with
seating capacity for fans backing
the various entries.
WV (Buy Yankee subs) WV
with the morning mail came b
most welcome letter written IA the
heat Of North Africa last Septemher
10. The signer Is one Of Water
bury's many natural" athletes, now
some 35 or SO years Of age and all
ready veteran OF some Of the most
dangerous but victorious campaigns
Of the United Nations-TunisiA and
Sicily. He is Harold Harp" Dunn.
with the First B. N. 631st Engineers
now resting q bit after Sicily, but
already sick Of hanging around
as he puts 1t, though the boys get
meat TWICE A DAY and Ice cream
twice q week. AFTER the sicily
campaign we had our laughs" he
writes, "but not DURING It." One
Of his most welcome letters was
from his north end pal, Chick Car
new, now o corporal ut Camp For
rest, Tennessee. Remember the
good old days when Bristol high
was q leading football as well a.
basketball power In state high
school circles? New Britain won B
SO game Saturday from Tommy,
Monahan's kids. J. Harold Dowd
and Ann Chase were the tennis
champs who won top honors ct Wa
tertown Lawn club Saturday
Dowd defeating Jerry Dietz Wills
Miss Chase won from MARTINS
Perry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
Blanchard Golf
Chomp AtC.C.W.

In surprisingly easy fashion,
Lieutenant Ken Blanchard won the
Saith Country Club Of Waterbury
fgolg championship by O 4 up 8 to
play margin from George w. Sven
tor Sunday. The match ended on
the thirty third green as the loser
put up q futile struggle to over
come a big 5 up lead at the end Of
the first IS holes. Swentor, incident
ally, finished in the runner-up place
last season when w. M. Goss, Jr.,
defeated him for the title which
was undeferfded this season as
young Goss Is In the armed services
Of the United States.
Lieutenant Blanchard, U. s. N,
is a well-known Waterbury dentist,
who took up the game Of golf as an
interesting pastime about five years
ago. His outstanding accomplish
ment came this season because Of
his lack Of time or opportunity to
play golf except on occasional week.
ends; yet he eliminated the tourna-
ment medalist and Merriman Mem
orial two-time trophy winner, Ned
Farley and then went on to win the
championship.
Despite a five-h hole lead at the end
of the morning round, Blanchard
ha dhard going in the afternoon, as
he lost four Of the first sixe holes
played. Swentor'S "a for the morn
ing round was about 5 to z strokes
above his average game; Blanchard
y = - =
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
army, navy And
NOTRE DAME TOP
GRID PROSPECTS
BY OSCAR FRAWLEY
lited Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
New York, Sept. 27-(UP)-Divi-
sional leaders began to emerge to-
day from the confusion which pre-
ceded the 1943 gridiron season with
Of the undefeated sectional powers
meeting this weekend.
Top tits for this week included:
East-C Colgate Army and Cornell.
Navy, all indicated.
Midwest - Georgia Tech-Notre
Dame, both undefeated.
South-Texas-So Southwestern, both
undefeated.
West-UCLA-Colle Of Pacific
and undefeated California Southern
California.
Sectional leaders to date were
Army, Navy, and Penn in the East;
Purdue, Michigan and Notre Dame
in the midwest; Georgia Tech. Duke
and Southwestern in the south, and
Southern California and Washing
ton on the West Coast.
Army lived up to advance billing
as It walloped Navy-packed Villa
nova in its opener Saturday. 27-o,
Navy meanwhile served notice on
the cadets that they won't be a
pushover In the annual service clas-
sic by routing North Carolina pre-
flight, $40. Elsewhere In the east,
Penn displayed unexpected strength
in beating Princeton, 47-9; Notre
Dame dampened Pitts hopes, 41-0,
Colgate edged Rochester, TO; Yale
beat the Coast Guard, 20-l2; Cor
nell whipped Sampson Navy, 27-13,
Penn State stopped Bucknell, 14-0,
and Dartmouth barely beat Holy
Cross, 80 In Sunday game.
Other Scores
In the mid.west's feature, Pur-
due shut out Marquette, 21-0, as
Michigan downed Western Michigan,
57-6; Iowa pre-flight halted Ohio
State, 1918; Great Lakes beat Iowa,
alt; Camp Grant set back Wiscon-
sin, 1877; Minnesota defeated Mis-
souri,, 1918 and Northwestern
downed Indiana, 1915.
Duke set the southern pace with
61-0 win over Richmond as
Georgia Tech defeated Navy packed
North Carolina, 20-7; LSU beat
Georgia's ex-Rose Bowlers, 34-27;
Virginia tied Richmond Army, TT;
and Presbyterian nosed out Glenn
son, 1912.
Southwestern games saw little
Southwestern defeat Corpus Christi
Navy, $40; Texas defeat Blackland
AAF, 65-6; Tulsa topple SMU, POT;
Texas A-and-M trim Bryan AAF,
48-6; Oklahoma defeat Norman
Navy, 22-6; Arkansas down Missouri
Mines, $50, and Randolph Field slip
past Rice, 60.
On the coast, Southern California
defeated UCLA, the other half Of
the 194S Rose Bowl pair, 200. Wash
ington did no better than 1915
against little Whitman as California
defeated st. Mary's 27-12. College of
Pacific won its second, 1877, from
st. Marys pre-flight, Colorado shut
out Fort Warren, $50, and little
Colorado Colleges Navy men belted
New Mexico, POT.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
(Reg. q. 8. Pat. on

United Press Staff Correspondent
New York, Sept. 27-(UP)--Mon-
day morning quarterbacking:
The seasons first red lighted COM
pass, donated by Messrs. Riegels
and Corrigan, goes to Bob Odell.
Pennsylvania captain who scored
for both teams In the first period Of
the Princeton game Saturday. Hav-
ing intercepted pass, Odell abb
systematically stepped back into the
end zone for an automatic safety.
Chagrined at giving the Tigers two
points, he then whipped out q fake
kick formation and galloped 30
yards for PENIS first touchdown.
Dartmouth, touted as an eastern
power, must feel little green
after being held to so vistory
over supposedly hapless Holy Cross,
which used only II men throughout
the entire game yesterday. Dart
mouth got O field goal in the last
two minutes Of play. Had the tally
been made earlier, coach Ark (CQ)
Scanlon might have drafted the H.
O. cheer leader to relieve one Of his
"iron men"
Drugstore cowboys III there are
any left) can change the hcakneyed
smile to: Like Duke took Rich
mord"----Which was 81 to 0.
We have discharged our operative
No. 10l1S, who reported from West
Point that Army had adopted the
"T' formation this season. A poll
OF the Villanova Wildcats, who were
stunned 27-0 by the soldiers, dis
closes that it's the TINT" system
Army is using.
Apparently Army will need plenty
of TINT" In its seasonal classic with
Navy, which threw out the anchor
four times Saturday to hold down
the score against North Carolina
Navy pre- flight----and still won, 81.
0. Capt. John e. Whelchel, Navy
coach, left his first-stringers in for
only IS minutes; then he threw in
the second, third, fourth and fifth
teams. Still the sailors kept rolling.
scoring in every period.
Paul Brown, the ex-high school
coach who piloted Ohio State to the
mythical National title last year,
discovered Saturday that high
school players actually are q bit in
ferior to professional performers.
Ohio State, with q team composed
almost entirely Of freshmen--three
months out Of high school, were
downed by Iowa Navy pre-fight, %
Is. Iowa Sehawk stalwarts included
erstwhile professionals Dick Todd,
Perry Schwartz, Frank Maznicki
and Vince Banonis. It was Ohio's
first .opening-day defeat since 1894.
The high school kids made IL first
downs to the pros 10; but most Of
Ohio's gains were in midfield,
whereas the pros ate up pay dirt"
Cornell was more fortunate than
the Bucks; 1t had an agreement
with Sampson naval training that
no pros and virtually no college
graduates were to be used in their
encounter, Cornell beat Sampson,
27-l3, but this score Is not q true
indicator OF Simpsons strength.
Clark Shaughnessy cast his IT,
upon the college waters IN 1880. and
II came back 10 him as q bitter
draught Saturday when Notre
Dame. using the Information. regis
tered q 40 victory over Pittsburgh,
which Shaughnessy Is trying 70 re-
build into q midel-T this season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
Penn Come Next
For Weak Yale

New Haven, Conn., Sept. 81 lUP)
--Yale's football squad, shot full OF
casualties In defeating Coast Guard
2O-l2 last Saturday, dug in today
powerful
for intensive drills today as a POWER
full University of Pennsylvania team
lay in wait for the Eli men this week
end at Philadelphia.
Four top Yale players were in
jured In the Coast Guard fray,
and Head Coach Howie Odell had
problem In building up his line
Pennsylvania who Saturday
to present a formidable front to the
Saturday crushed Princeton 47-0.
Tommy Smith. q guard, was toted
off the field Saturday on c stretch
er and will be out Of uniform sew
eral weeks with q wrenched knee.
Tackle Fred Miller q shoulder In
Jury; Guard Bill Hess llnped out
Of the game with spralned ankle,
and Bill Powell, one Of the back
field aces, also twisted his ankle.
Five others on the second string
also were on the casualty list with
leg and neck injuries, dwindling
odells reserve supply.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
81 Day Meet
At Rockinqhonn

salem, N. H., Sept. "a - (UP0-
Surrounding q series Of wartime
obstacles, Rockingham Park opens
Its 18th season Of horse racing to-
day with q 54-day autumn meeting
that ends about the time the
Thanksgiving turkey reaches the
soup stage.
Founded In 1906 by John (Bet-A-
Million) GAtes, this oldest active
New EnglanA track anticipates an
opening day gathering Of nearly g.
900 fans for the eight-race card that
will feature the Pelham handicap
over the mile and a sixteenth route.
Better than 800 thoroughbreds
from tracks throughout the east
were crowded into the barns around
the strip and General Manager Lou
Smith had created an innovation
for the six state regions pari-mu-
fuels bettors by opening a $40 daily
double window
The tracks principal problem
transportation - was solved by the
lifting Of the pleasure driving ban
In the xatsoned east. The New
Hampshire Jockey Club, Inc, oper-
ators Of the track. was forced to
abandon the annual spring meet
ing when the Once of Defense
Transportation clamped down on
train-to-track accommodations and
the OPA halted non-essential mo-
tcring.
Determined
General Manager Smith. after
fruitlessly seeking to operate his
own transportation lines for fans,
said that the autumn meeting would
go through even If a blizzard ar
rived before the closing day.
Topping the field in the Pelham
feature will be Allergic. winner Of
four straight races at Narragansett
Park, @. p. Sewers Navy, a Garden
City favorite, the Merry Hos
stables discouraged and Al
Lamoueux's Abrupt. The latter will
be ridden by Bobby Perome of MIL
ford, Mass. sensational apprentice
who rode Air Master 10 q second
place In the 925 600 added Narra-
eansett handicap.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
PRO FOOTBALL
OUTDREW BIC
LEAGUES SUNDAY

MY 0AAA~~sA = A&81l
With pennant races settled In both
Of the major leagues, the trend to-
ward football was felt at the box
offices Sunday as four professional
games, two Of which were exhibi-
tons, drew 1854 fans while eight
major league doubleheaders played
to only $3.50.
A crowd Of 2S,e7b an all-time at
tendance figure for Green Bay, Wis,
turned out to see the Packers and
the Chicogo Bears battle to 2l-2l
tie. Sid Lalckman passed for two
Of the Bear tallies and Bill Amanski
plunged over for the third. Ted
Fritch and 1rv Comp plunged over
for two Packer touchdowns and
Tiny Canadeo passed to the veteran
Don Hutson for the other. Bob
Snyder converted on all three Of
Chicago's scores and Hutson dupli-
Gated the feat for the Packers.
The rejuvenated Detroit Lions
trounced the Brooklyn Dodgers,
27-0, before ~, 172 Motor City fans,
the top crowd Of the day. Fireball
Frank Sinkwich, Georgia's former
All-Americarl, connected with aerials
to pace the Detroit attack.
Cards Trumpet
The washington Redskins, ma
tional football champions, outclassed
o fighting Chicago Cardinal eleven,
1921 In an exhibition game at Buff
falo, N. r., before 2O,707. The Red
skin power counted II points in
the first period. six in the second
and with Hlingln' Sammy Baugh
hitting his targets, rolled up 20 more
In the final stanza. Ronny Cahill
paced Chicagos attack with his
passing, two connecting for touch
downs.
Speedy Bill Paschal, the New York
Giants rookie back from Georgia
Tech, crashed through the Camp
Lee All-Star's line three times as the
Giants defeated the Soldier team,
2l-0 before $4,000 Soldier fans In ar
exhibition game at Camp Lee, Va.
SUNDAYS RESULTS: Detroit
~. Brooklyn 0; Green Bay Il, Chi
cago Bears 81; washington Red.
skins AZ, Chicago Cardinals 81
(exb): New York Giants q, Camp
Lee All-Stars 0, (exb).
NEXT WEEKS SCHEDULE:
Brooklyn VS.. Philadelphia Pitts
burgh OF Philadelphia Saturday
night: Green Bay OF Chicago
Cardinals, Chicago Bears at Detroit
both Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

Waterways Industrial baseball
champions win be known sometime
Sunday afternoon. October 10 u the
title game gees through e. sched-
uled. Waterbury Tool won two
games yesterday from American
Brass and ecovillsWaterviile, earn
Ing q chance 10 take the league title,
II they can defeat the first round
champs. Scovill n. n. A. IN seven
inning games played yesterday, Tool
stopped Brass ST., then knocked Oft
the WnteFVllle. 9coViil club 10 10 o.
the former having eliminated Chase
"a 10 Il
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
Kelley Wins!

Boston. Sept. 81 = (UP) = 1.-the
Johnny Kelley Of Arlington today
continued to wear his New England
A. A. A. q. 15-kilometer crown after
defeating a small but competitive
field yesterday over the Franklin
Park course.
Kelley. former national marathon
champion. covered the route in 40
minutes 26 seconds which was al
most a full minute better than Sec
ond- place Bob Campbell of the Nor
folk Young Mems Club. Third was
Anthony Madeiros Of the North
Medford Club, Les Pawson Of Paw
tucket. r. l., was fourth and Ed
Cook Of New Bedford was NTH.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
Sunday Sport Fans Support Pro Grid Ganle
hard TASK FOR
n. Y. YANKS TO
WIN 100 GAMES
ny GLEN PERKINS

&AN4A3AA AAANAN@AN2
(United Press Staff Corfespondent)
New York, Sept. 27--(UP) The
New York Yankees still were roll
ling along as II the American League
pennant, clinched Saturday, were
still in doubt.
Setting their sights on q 1O0-game
victory season, the McCarthymer
have to win seven out Of their re-
naming eight games TO reach the
century mark, figure almost GER
tain to be achieved by the National
League Champion st. Louis Car
dinals, who had 0e-decisions today.
The Yanks copied pair Of one
run decisions yesterday from the
Cleveland Indians, ga In the OPEN
er and 6-6 in the 10-inning night
cap, for their third successive vic
tory by o single run margin. Char
ley Kellers S0th home run broke up
o pitchers duel in the ninth inning
Of the first between Ernie Bonham
and Al Smith. Keller came through
in the second with another circuit
clout, but Tuck Steinback's pinch
single with bases loaded In the ex-
ira frame drove In the winning run
and gave Fireman" Johnny MUIR
ply his 12th decision in q relief
role.
The Chicago White sox and the
second place Washington Senators
split pair. Chicago took the OPEN
er, 1873 with q l3.run uprising in
the fourth inning which came with
in q single run Of tying the Amer
lean League record for runs in q
single inning. Ed Smith breezed to
the victory. Milt tIaffner hurled
Washington to So triumph in the
nightcap.
The Philadelphia Athletics drew
within q single game Of having lost
100 this season by dropping both
ends Of q twin-bill to the st. Louis
Browns. Bob Muncrief hurled q six
hitter In the opener to gain q 3-1
decision while Steve Sundra scat
tered five hits In the night cap for
O 10 shutout.
The Boston Red Sox defeated the
slumping Detroit Tigers, 80 and
60. Jim Tabor homered in the
10th inning to win the first game
while four runs in the sixth inning
clinched the second game. Rudy
York maintained his Major League
lead In the home run department
by hitting one in each game rails
ing his total to 80.
Cincinnati's pitching highlighted
the days activity In the National
League with Elmer Riddle and
Johnny Wander Nicer each turning
In four hitters for shutouts over the
Boston Braves. Riddle won his 2lst
game In the opener, 20 and Gee
Walker homered with two out in
the ninth inning Of the nightcap to
give Wander Nicer 10 decision.
The Pittsburgh Pirates and the
New York Giants divided twin bill,
the BUGS registering SO shutout
behind Bob Klinger In the first and
the New Workers taking O i0-in.
ming 40 triumph in the second.
The Cardinals divided with the
Philadelphia Phillies, winning the
first Al behind the five hit pitch
ing Of HOWE Krist and bowling 80
In the il-inning second to Dick Bar
rett.
Kirby Higbe pitched seven hit ball
to give the Brooklyn Dodgers q 81
decision in the first and q split In
two games with the Chicago Cubs.
Bill Nicholson drove in two runs to
increase his Major League leading
total to 100 and give the Bruins q
So triumph in the second.