The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21

This, That and
The Other
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

Local scrambling for Notre Dame.
Army football game tickets, good
November 8 in New York Is reach
ing the TERRIFIC stage, particu-
larry since the sellout announcement
by Army and N. d. authorities
earlier this week. For the first
time In q years, teacher Ted
Rourke Of the Leavenworth faculty,
will miss the New York game be-
tween the Cadets Of West Point and
his Irish teams which 60 back 70
Rockne's heyday. Most Of the
Wildly football candidates want u
be ball-carriers, which Is the reason
Coach Tom Purcell has more backs
than linemen and has not been able
to develop q defense strong enough
to allow the backs to get away for
touchdown gallops.
v"vsv
Patsy Brown will be host TO
visiting owners and patrons Of
the eleventh annual Boston Ter
rier Club Of Connecticut dog
show, booked for the Silver
Chalet on West Main street.
Sunday, December 5, and spon-
sored this year by the Corporal
Frank Coyle Post, American Lee
gion. Lovers and owners Of B. r.
dogs from all parts Of the state,
New York, Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island are expected 10
be among those present.
Anyone with q set Of large or
medium sized boxing gloves, or
q basketball that is Just laying
around can put IL to good use
by calling the Pearl st. Commu.
nifty House, where such equip
nent is badly needed. >. Alsab,
the bargain" colt that was
bought for $500 and then won
more than $4,000 for his own
err. q Chicago attorney, has
somewhat Of o rival In BOYSY,
bought for 800 by Tommy
Heard, Jr., who trained him
well enough to earn more than
$4,000 IN the past two years.
Joseph E. Widener, principal
owner Of Hialeah In Florida and
@ member OF the New York
Jockey Club since 1903, has re-
signed from the silk-stocking
group that controls racing Ia
New York state because Of fall
ing health. j. W., as he Is known
to intimates, was an amateur
jockey In his younger days. :.
Two young gents at Waterbury
Tool who had q remarkably
right slant on the YanlEs be-
FORE the recent doings IN N. Y.
and st. L. were Herb French
and George Ottinger. Herb, an
active baseball and basketball
player for several years had this
to say before Chandler strobe 70
the mound at the Yankee sta
dunn: "Yanks have better Pitch
ers and batters and 0 well-bai.
anced team even though most
Of their stars are In the servi.
ice. THEY WON'T WIN FOUR
STRAIGHT but they viii take
the World Series" (Ed Note.
the caps are mine.) Assembly,
man Ottinger when queried on
the Series by the I. r. (inQuir-
ing reporter) Of the WatcO
News, laid his turret lathe down
long enough to get this on his
chest: the N. Y. Yankees havo
exceptionally fine sluggers such
as Keller and Gordon; also such
pitchers as Chandler and Tiny
Bonham. DICKEY rs NOT
ONLY A GREAT CATCHER, he
has O remarkable BATTING
average. (Remember whose
homer clinched the series IN st.
LOOP With all these outstand.
ing players and with the
knowledge Of the MISTAKES
THEY MADE LAST YEAR, e
viii be q MIRACLE II the YAM
KEGS DON'T win" Would
you be surprised to know that
in the Civil War there were 900
USMA graduates In the UNION
Army, 296 In the Confederate
Army and at the end Of the
fighting, commanders Of BOTH
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