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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-19
Callura Keeps
Grown By Vote
Of Two Judges
Referee Thought Wilson
Winner of Slanl-Bang
Go; Crowd Fair
BY GARDNAR FROST
UNITED Press stan Correspond,

NOHAte0 ETesS Sthu OOFEe6p0n0entJ
Boston, March 19-(UP)-JackiO
Callura, Of Hamilton, Ont, holder
Of the National Boxing association
featherweight title, today boosted
his second successful crown defense
after q bruising I6-round struggle
with Pittsburgh Jackie Wilson.
A crowd Of asia loosed o hearty
chorus Of boos last night when II
was announced that Referee Johnny
Martin had voted for challenger
Wilson while both Judges chose Cal.
lura In the first fight for both since
the Canadian won the title from his
opponent at Providence, r. l., just
January 10.
Callura used O style reminiscent
Of o longshoremar's to wrestle and
butt his way to the decision over
Wilson despite deep cuts inflicted
over both eyes by the challenger's
rapier-like left.
Wlldman
The Pittsburgher went to the can.
vas In the second when Callura
employed his, wrestling tactics eff
AeCttVGiys VII hAtVVkleE OCCub1VkA btAe
champion lunged over Wilson's head
into the press row.
Callura slammed right into VIII.
son from the opening bell and
pushed his opponent all over the
ring to take the first two rounds
Wilson suffered @ slight cut oveI
his left eye In the first. but his left
drew blood from Callura's forehead
In the second.
Bored In
Wilson's sharp left kept Callur
continually of balance but the title.
holder failed him with O windmill
attack and, although bleeding from
cuts over both eyes from the emo
Of the fifth. kept boring In until
the gong ended the brawl.
The battle was the second cham
pionship contest In Mechanics
Building In % years and was similar
In both style and outcome TO the
engagement Callura and Wilson
staged last January.
Callura weighed 1851, Wilson
1854.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-19
Well-Known Racers
Moving Toward
Narragansett

Pawtucket. r. T., March 10
They're rolling into Gansett again
for the inaugural Of the New Eng
land racing season which opens on
April 10, and most Of the regulars
who are familiar to racing fans Of
this section will be back TO stage the
sport. Seven hundred and 81 hors-
es have already been approved FOL
stalls by Judge James +. Dooley
executive head Of the Narragansett
Racing Association, and many more
are on the waiting list.
Among the first stables expected
Is that Of George Alexandra, for
many years one Of the most sue
cessful trainers Of the country, who
will arrive from Florida with the
thoroughbreds of Mrs. Weston
Adams, of Massachusetts. Alexan-
dra Is shipping In with 20 horses,
Dune McDermid Is expected in the
same shipment with Alexandra,
H. Guy Bedwell, the Maryland
veteran who has raced horses since
Hickory Jim was a pedigree experts
idea, will be back again ct Gansett
bringing 20 thoroughbreds with him
Another Marylander who Is ship
ping In early Is j. Yancey Christ.
mas, who has always enjoyed sue
cess at the courses In this section
Christmas has reserved stalls for II
for the spring meeting.
Classy stable
The Valdina Farm, one Of the iia-
tons most prominent stables, will
be here In charge Of little Frankie
Catrone who has raced FOUNDERS
Valdina Orphan and others In tht
most important stakes Of the coun'
try for his Texas patron the past
year. Catrone Is q former jockey
who was brought up the hard way
under the late-great Sam Hildreth
He rode the last race Of his career
at Narragansett Park.
Johnny Mcdowell, who developed
the top filly Spiral Pass. will arrive
from Hot Springs with q dozen he
Is racing under the silks Of the Mt
Desert Stable.
Lyman Brusie. q New Highlander
who was well known on the trot.
ting tracks long before he came *
the runners and who has been one
1 Of the best known trainers since the
sport opened in the New England
sector. will be at Gansett with a doz-
en- which will race In the interests
OF Mrs. w. II. Cane, @. L. Weiss
q. H. Croker and Mrs. q. w. Smith
Phil Reuter-, Of Roman Soldier
fame, is returning with II head. Phi
Schwartz, the squire Of Suffield
Conn, who developed the good
horse Napier Tandy. is returning
with seven. These are Just few Of
the dozens Of stables and the hun
dreds of horses shipping Inland
there ar many, many more on the
waiting list.
|
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-19
Yale SWimmerSNOt
In Eastern Meet

Cambridge, Mass, March 10
(UP)-With Yale's undefeated
swimming team remaining out OF
competition for the first time, 80
swimmers representing IS colleges
begin participation today in the
two-day sixth annual Eastern Col
legiate Swimming championships at
the Harvard college pool.
Cornell, with IL entries, heads the
list followed by Navy and Prince
ton, each entering II competitors.
Other colleges represented are AM
herst, Army, Bowdoin, Brown. Col
umbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, Lee
high, Massachusetts, Institute Of
Technology, Massachusetts, State,
Pennsylvania, Rutgers, Springfield,
Syracuse and williams.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-19
Toledo New Choice
In Garden Tourney

New York, March 10 - Cup -
Fourth seeded Toledo university TO.
day replaced defeated Creighton
university as favorite in the Ma.
tionai Invitation Basketball tourna'
ment, but Washington and Jeffer.
son was touted as O possible dark,
horse" of Its showing In the open.
Ing round.
Toledo pulled q sleeper last nigh.
by inserting Its all-round star, Dav.
age Minor-supposedly unable to
piay--and beat Manhattan SAT-
but the Presidents staged the tour.
nament's first upset by eliminating
Creighton, top-seeded and the ad.
vance favorite, 1912.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-19
Transporting
World

BY
JOHN A. CLUNEY

such popularity
secretary the BPoE
chairman bowling committee
competition just the close
According the tally Brother Bills
unprecedented the officers
speman the old Golf Lots
barster Healey who golf big
WV
Jack Watson former Connecticut boxing
sn doing business third in ring also outside the
Boston; when
prize meal-cke oqacious Bradley
held his MIA feather title against the classy left hand OF Pittsburgh
Of the earlier bouts
voted with his brother judge also working referee for Calura
Martin Wilson the
surprisingly plus according
Amy Post boxing writer
says eOO attended boys ought get ogether)
expected by the Jack Orn and Eddie Mack to
twice that much indicating that the UP
Fish, whose Eolaonist smell
herring noted Harvard TACKLE of the lsO7O8 and Oo period
when handebar lip spinach flying wedges
that as 1908 captain his Harvards defeated Yale 40?
WV
Perhaps news my operative
$500 insists that Bill JOY the dconsolate Dunphy druggist will
walk other
and Main all because certain spotted like
while the bells ringing but the would
the ire house the dog could jump the Bill
heads INTERVIEWED and harm Bills dignity
Wabys Alexander
1887 wedeserved
Lee this AM In the Couran since LOUIS lad Neil Alexander
anschoastic standou this
IT'S like father like boy
fill the his father
friends
high school coach will surprised
s and may come home about
Portsmouth Virginia Why send him
en Tor such things should not happen to such swell Jake
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-19
Egan Pinmen Score
Dusty Clean Sweep

Led by Jsffingwell G. Livermore,
whose 143 high single and 1856 high
set was tops for the evening, Egan
Diners scored the only clean sweep
Of Industrial league bowling COM
petition Wednesday night at the
Mattatuck alleys. Metal Hose de-
feated Scovill 2-l and Waterbury
FOOL did the same to Noera. Total
plnfall went to the Egan Primers,
who had 1897 for the third games;
while Scovill had a high single
game OF $40.
Mattatuck Manufacturing has a
clear lead in the league which winds
up this month. Scores:
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Of New Haven, Conn.,. in their 10.
round feature bout last night at the
Casino.
Ceferino Bronco, 1873, Of Fail
River decisioned Jackie Heard, 1855.
Of Boston In the sixsround semi.
finals.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-19
APPOINT GUY sUNDT

Madison, wis. - Cup = Guy M.
Sundt, assistant football coach and
assistant director Of athletics at
the University OF Wisconsin, has
been appointed a member Of the
Boxing Rules committee Of the Ma
ton for l043
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COSTA TOPS YOUNG

Fall River, Mass, March 1o-(Up)
--Welterweight AL Costa Of Woon-
socket, r. T., today had captured
his nth win In 10 professional
bouts.
Costa, $50, gained q unanimous
decision over Frankie Young, $50,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-19

This IS the second In q series
ON the 1913 prospects Of the Ma
ior I.sabue BASEBALL teamS.D
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dinals lniielder, "fOr kecps-if he
makes good"
Sid Gordon win replace Dick
Bartell at third and Babe Barna,
q failure ut FIRST base, will return
to his post In the outield.
SENATORS
College Park, Nd, March To-
(UP) The washington Senators
laid down q schedule Of lengthy
drills for their batterymen today
with particular emphasis on the
pitchers.
BRAVES
Boston, March 10. - (UP) -
Veteran Catcher Phil Mast became
the latest member Of the Boston
Braves to come to terms for i943
today.
A member Of the Braves for five
years, Mast hit .2l8 as third string
receiver In 81 games last season,
four Of which he played Us On out
fielder.
CARDS
Cairo, ILL.,, March 10. - Cup -
The outfleld problem remained
Manager Billy Southworth's most
severe difficulty today as he sent
his st. Louis Cardinals through an
other pair Of stiff workouts.
still among the missing fly
chasers are Stan Musial and Harry
Walker, In addition to pitchers
Murry Dickson and HOWE Krist
and catcher Ken O'Dea. Dickson Is
signed, however, and Krist and
ODea are expected to bring their
signed contracts In shortly. Musial
Is o holdout.
Cape Girardeau, Mo-, March 10.
- "Absenteeism" caused manager
Luke Sewell Of the st. Louis Browns
to draft outflelderS into the in
field and pitchers into the outlield
today.
Bloomington, Ind, March 10. -
(UP) - The Cincinnati Reds
pitching staff set the training pace
for the rest Of the club today.
! Led by Ray Starr, S7-year-Old
/ Highlander who won Is games
last year, every member Of the
staff but the alling Bucky Walt
ers has gone 10 the hill ut least
once TO hurl In batting practice.
WHITE soy
French Lick, Ind, March 10.
(UP) - The Chicago White Sox
open the i9a3 spring training
grind today with Manager Jimmy
! Dykes concentrating on the
''rejuvenatlOn" Of veteran murler
Thornton Lee.
One Of the American Leagues
top hurlers in 1881, Lee missed
most Of last season because Of Q
sore arm.
CUBS
Long Beach, Calf, March 10. -
(UP) Well-established In o de-
Tense Job here, outfielder Lou Novi-
koff OF the Chicay Cubs today hint
ed that he might not sign" this
year.
Novikoff has returned his original
contract unsigned. II offered $4,000
but Novikoff Is holding out for &c.
900 compared to the $500 he garn-
cred In 1912
| PIRATES
Muncie, Ind, March i0.-(UP)-
The Pittsburgh Pirates opened their
second day Of conditioning drills
today but several players were
among the missing and classed as
probable holdouts.
Topping the list as definite mall
contents were pitcher Max Butcher
and outflelder Johnny Wyrostek.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-19
YANKEES

YANKEES
Asbury Park, N, j., March l9.-
CUP Rookie catcherS Aaron Rob-
inson and Ken Sears today figured
to give veteran backstop Rollie
Hemsley o stiff fight for the No. 2
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'Dlxie" Ready

UAAAC AtGaUy
New York, March l9.-(UP)-
Outflelder Dixie walker Of the
Brooklyn Dodgers today planned
TO Join the club ut Its Bear Noun
tain, N. Y, training site In .
couple Of days."
Walker, who had previously In
tlmated he would stick 10 his job
rs recreation director Of the Sperry
Gyroscope plant, said he would
play right field for the Dodgers
and handle his wartime Job ut
the same time.
He has not signed his contract
yet, but plans to confer with
General Manager Branch Hickey
shortly.
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AT THE TRAINING CAMPS
ny United Press
nnnGERS

Bear Mountain, N. Y, March 10
-(UP)-The Brooklyn Dodgers an
nounced today that righthanded
pitcher RUDE Melton, purchased
from the Philadelphia Phillies for
reported $4,000, had accepted
terms for 1913.
Melton apparently has abandoned
his previously-announced plans to
retire to a farm this year and will
report to Manager Leo Durocher
some time tonight. He won nine and
lost 20 for the Phillies last year but
Is slated for a regulars post with
Brooklyn.
Billy Herman's switch from second
to third base has opened up q two
man battle between Alex Kampouris
and Able GloSsop, former members
of the New York Giants, for his old
post. Both Kampouris and Glossop
broke into the major leagues with
the Cincinnati Reds.
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Score ut half time: Watertown ~
1akvllIe 5. Referee: Damelio.

IOtHIb s.ssssssssssss =
Score at half time: st. Joseph's II
Speedboys 5. Referee: r. Longo.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-19
CUBS
PIRATES

Muncie, Ind, March i0.-(UP)-
The Pittsburgh Pirates opened their
second day Of conditioning drills
today but several players were
among the missing and classed as
probable holdouts.
Topping the list as definite mall
contents were pitcher Max Butcher
and outflelder Johnny Wyrostek.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-19

TOMORROW - The ST. Louis
Cardinals).
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College Park, Nd, March To-
Cup The Washington Senators
laid down q schedule Of lengthy
drills for their batterymen today
with particular emphasis on the
pitchers.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-19
BRAVES

Boston, March 10. - (UP) -
Veteran Catcher Phil Mast became
the latest member Of the Boston
Braves to come to terms for l94S
today.
A member Of the Braves for five
years, Mast hit .2i8 as third string
receiver In 81 games last season,
four Of which he played Us On OUT
fielder.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16

rail of 100000 troops with all
their equipment and supplies.
BY June, 1912, 10000 troops
had been moved into the South
west Pacific.
u. S. forces on the Philip
pines were 100000 Filipino mil
tia men, 10000 scouts and 49,
900 u. S. regulars, of whom g.
900 were Air Force personnel
The planes numbered $50, of
which 35 were Fortresses and
LOT were P-40s.
A complete report on the per-
ilous job Of trying TO run the
Jap blockade TO get supplies in
to the Philippines, writes Cen
eral Marshall, has never been
received. OF seven ships dis
patched from Australia, only
three got To Cebu. At least Is
of the blockade runners we're
sunk or captured trying To get
through TO Bataan Several ov-
er-age deStroyers were refltted
as blockade runners, but none
got through.
But a major miScalculation of
the Japanese, General Marshall
reports, was the unanticipated
and prolonged defense of the
Philippines, Corregidor falling
on May 5. 1910. This completely
upset their timetable for other
offensive operations in the
Southwest Pacific, including
Australia.
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0 IN HOLLYWOOD

DAVIS Will play the part.
Red SHELTON has been 'rediscov
cred at Metro Preview of :"
Dood It proved that besides be
ing an expert at smart cracks
and lmperSonation routines, the
redhead Is a Whiz at pantomime
Greer Carson will play ar
Irish immigrant girl who be
comes a maid for a Pittsburgh
steel family in her next film
Valley of Decision
Marjorie Reynolds has revers-
cd the pin-up routine. Walls oi
her dressing room on the set OF
Ministry Of Fear are covered
with photographs of soldiers
sailors and marines.
The screens Henry Aldrich
jimmy fydon' and Garter dt
Haven daughter, Gloria, nave
discovered each other.
l - 49,. -. 60 : !,
loio o'oe any VI N'eoi = OI' 81
WIN W'Vh - li'usio'l n"i'loel ;
VIII nave competition from Ne'
70 Mr.. Co-Ed. The latter
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16
BY PETER EDISON


A number of details on early
stages of the conduct Of the war
in the Pacific, not previously
made public, have just been re-
leased by Gen. George c. Mar
shall in his biennial report 10
the secretary of war, covering
the period from July 7, 1941, to
June 30, l943.
During the summer of 1941, in
cooperation with the Australian
government, arrangements were
made TO improve the landing
strips at Rabaul and Port Mores-
by, and to deliver bombs and
gasoline to these points and TO
Balikpapan in Borneo and Sing
apore-which were later TO fall
into the hands of the Japanese.
With these installations COM
pleted, the first flights Of Fly
ing Fortresses were started to
the Philippines late in August.
BY November, 1941, Fortresses
had completed the trip, going by
way of Hawaii, Midway, then
south through Rabaul, Port
Moresby or Darwin, Australia,
then north to the Philippines A
gap in plane deliveries from the
factory, combined with adverse
winds between San Francisco
and Hawaii, prevented the fer
rylng of an additional 48 Fort
reSses to the Philippines, prior
to Pearl Hsrbor.
FINANCIAL BOTTLENECK
The problem of financing the
defense of the Philippines dur
ing the fall of l94l ran into a
congressional stymie. Fifteen
million dollars were taken from
the Presidents emergency funds
and an additional 10 million
were taken from Air Force
funds. but these sums were
quickly exhausted. In Septem-
Der. the War Department asked
authorization 10 eXpend on de-
Tense of the islands some $50
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TRIALS or A BUREAUCRAT

In his recent defense OF the bureoucrots Of whom
he describes himself os nooxin1us Harold lckes be.
walled the difficulty thot crises because the civil
service makes it hard TO discharge undesirable sub
ordnotes
Eliot Kopon, executive secretary Of the National
Civil Service Reform Leoeue points out correctly thot
il isn't ony trouble OF oil to fire civil sevont All
his chief need do prefer choroes et the subordi-
nate defend himself ond then turn him loose record
less Of the weight Of evidence Provided the forroI-
ties thus observed, ony civil servont con be dis
charged for ony reason except politics or religion.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16
ovER-oPTIMISM AGAIN

Once more, this time because Of the feeble op.
position our invoders have met in Sicily O wave OF
over-optimisn is sweeping the United Stotes It IS
cosy TO find optmists wondering whether we might
not even win the ~or in Europe before Christmas
Don't get folse notions The ItoIions oren't the
Gernons, nor ore the Cerrnons prepared 10 90 oil
out for the ltolions Without doubt Allied prospects
ore brighter now than OF any time since Dunkirk
But anybody who expects victory before 944, OF
eorIiest, is in for on unpleasant Disappointment
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-16
GooDBY, JOHN

It IS with complete absence Of regret that we
learn Of the timely deoth Of John Durfee, the Owls
conception OF the little man who never wos there.
Mr. Durfee wos not the political commentator who
said thot the war will 90 on though the King Of
ItoIy should "usurp power"
In foct, SO for os we can determine John Durfee
never sold anything, because there wosn't any John
Durfee any more than there is any D. {. Speaker or
any expert on ntor oftoirs non7ed Walter Her
f4et4a lend Of +33, $50 900 persons mostly vocal
ond oil possessed Of beIigerent opinions on every
subject, John Durfee and D. c. Speaker and Woter
Herrck ore Pigments of the imagination
For D c. Speaker there is on excuse. Highly
placed ond very authoritative federoI Officials fire.
ouentIy tell newspopernen focts for publication
which, for reasons good or bod must not be ottrbut
ed 10 their source So D c Speaker wos coined os
generic nome for this type Of ntormont. There
no secret about him pretense that he lived and
breothed and dreon1ed and thought os mortal His
evonescence wos r'otter Of record from the begin
ming.
But those guys Durfee and Herrick we're ghosts
Of different chemistry They we're used only in foreign
broodcosts by the owl, the pretense wos made thot
they actually existed ond the ideo seemed to be to
trick foreign listeners into believing thot here
in the United Stotes we're recognized commentators
Of standing and repute - Durfee politics and
Aerrick MIitory matters who hod expressed
opinions which we're being quoted.
Well, Ourfee IS decd. He posed owoy unquety
very soon otter President Roosevelt learned about the
"rnoronc little king" broadcast and his ostensbe
port in II But Heuick still lives on.
We sholI NOT miss John Durfee We shouldn't
miss Walter Herrick We feel sofe from on lndct-
n1ent for subornine homicide when suggest that
somebody stick blue pencil poir Of scissors
through Waiter Herrck, for the good Of our foreign
broodcosts
The woys Of propaganda ore stronoe ond won-
derfu but We very certain thot there no Ieeiti
mate viewpoint which the owl with q soupcon Of
diligence, could not quote fom q legitimate, bono
fide flesh ond blood commentators output
So eoodby John, and not gu revoir we hope.
Here's your hot Woter Don't miss your bus. We
won't be seeing you ooon soon. Or shall weo
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NORMALLY

ST. HELENS. Ore. - A Wis
itors rushed into a friend home.
shouting there's a Russian
boat sunk in the channel
The friend dashed toward the
Columbia river and the visitor
pointed toward an object with
only long Spars and a red flag
showing plainly above the wat
err.
That" said the old-timer,
gently, lis the u. s. Engineer
dredge, Multnomah."
1t always looks like that.
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BY ERSKINE JOHNSON

MA star Corres pondent
Emily, the Hollywood pig
with "Oomph," has gone the
way Of all flesh It's like this.
Emily won a film role two
months ago in GoldWyns The
North Star It was Emily who
listened with understanding
while Walter Brennan spouted
homespun philosophy Quite a
role. Emily was then held on
retainer contract, her closcups
and insert shots 10 be filmed
later. Came the day for Emily
20 return TO the studio and she
was no longer ne sweet, young.
streamlIned thing Of two months
ago. She had gained almost
pound and half a day, and
was somewhat Of a mess. Now
they re looking for a twin pig
She must boast Emily's former
svelte shape sad eyes, cute Snoot
and graceful 200 pounds.
Even Cecil p DoMllles 63rd
birthday had to be a colossal
production. HIS staff pat 100
candles on the cake.
Promised and hoped for CVD-