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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
Redwing Vet Makes Comeback
(By United Press)

Norm Smith, who retired in 1887 after winning the Vezina trophy as the National Hockey leagues best goal tender. returned to competi- ton last night as the Detroit Red wings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 to 1.
 Persuaded to return to the game because of the player shortage, Smith made 36 saves and showed his old-time brilliance as the Red- wings advanced to within three points of Chicago and the Maple Leafs in the league standings.
 Joe Carveth led the Detroit at tack with two solo goals with Carl Liscombe and Art Jackson getting the others. Bob Davidson scored Toronto's only goal.
 The defeat was costly for the Leafs as Mel Hill their star for ward, broke his ankle when he slid into the boards and will be out for the season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17

"Handy" Andy York, of Water bury Tool, remalns the No. scorer in the Industrial Basketball league with 59 points after three weeks of action in the Central "Y" court warfare. The Tool forward has &C., counted for g field goals and foul to pace Lou Balullo. 1ngersol sharp shooter, by 21 points.
 Collecting 12 double deckers against Benrus Tuesday night, YorA jumped from 35 to 59 points while Galullo registered IS points the same evening as Clock provided the upset of the season by downing U. s. Rub ber, of Naugatuck, to the tune of 43-36. Galullo continues as runner up to York while Jumping Joe Joyce, Scovill center, holds third position with a total of 35 points.
 Not So Bad
 Al Damelio, diminutive American Brass forward, advanced to fourth spot in the individual scoring race this week by pouring in 18 points for ABC against Scovill and shows total of 34 points as result o1 IA hoops and six foul shots.
 Joe Begnal, of Scovill, Ripper Nest, Seth Thomas Clock, and Big Ed Stanley, rangy Tool center. have 29 points each to share fifth place in the point column.
 Sundays triple header at the Central "Y", as announced today by Chairman Edward McGrath, shows Benrus vs. Bristol at 1:3o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
CobroI By K. o. At FuII River

Fall River, Mass, Dece. 17-(UP) In a brief but rough battle, vel terweight Freddy Cabral of Cam bridge scored a two-round technical knockout victory over Buddy liar ris of Newark, N. J.
 Cabral, 149, had Harris, 147, stag gering around the ring in the opening round of their scheduled 1O-round bout at the Bristol arena last night. Harris was unable tc answer the bell for the second round
 In six round matches, Leo Dull maine. 133, Worcester knocked out Kid Wildcat, 136, U. s. Army in the second; Gene Boulden, IA, Provid- ence, R. T., knocked out Johnny Luz, 140, New Bedford in the third.
 In four round bouts Billy Mello, 194, Rehoboth knocked out Steve Baroni 191, Lynn in the first; Sgt. Joe Brown, 135, U. s. Army de- cisioned Billy Jansey, 136, Everett.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
1944 Red Sox To Train At Tufts

Boston, Dec. 17-CUP)-For the second successive year, the Boston Red Sox will forego the sunny southern climes and do their 1914 Spring training in the steam-heated confines of the huge Tufts College cage at nearby Medford.
 IT addition, general manager Ed die Collins reports that he has completed arrangements for the Red Sox to windup their training session at the Baltimore Orioles Park
 Directed by manager Joe Cronin who now is employed in Wake field war plant, the team will begin their limbering upSessions March 13. The squad will move to Balti- more March 26 and remain two weeks for an outdoor training pro gram.
 First non-league games will be played with the Brooklyn Dodgers April 2, 8 and 9 while the Boston Braves and the Red SoX will play at home prior to the opening of the regular season Jn April 18.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
Brooklyn YMCA Basketball

Last night the new basketball sea- son got underway officially as the new Brooklyn ;;"Y" league offered two games to the public. In the first encounter, tht Mustangs came from behind in the second half in an unexpected drive, led by the Mastroinna brothers and Mondiila. Theycompletely bottled up the Cor sairs attack and nosed out the Pirate club by five points as the final whistle blew. The Mustangs were trailing 9-15 at the half.
 In the second game, the Indians after slow first half, put the pres sure on and then ran away with the Speedboys. The machine for the runaway was provided by Ang- cola and Lawlor, who tossed in twenty-one points between them. Ceferretti, of the Speedboys, kept his team in the running with ten markers for the night.
 In a midget preliminary, the Mus tang Jrs. trounced the Indian Jrs., 24-14. Langlas and Spezzano with five hoops paced the winners, while Grimes with six points stood out for the losers.
 The Cavones had drawn a bye. The scores:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
Count Fleet Voted
 Horse of the Year
BY OSCAR FRALEY

United Press Sta COrifreSpOndent)
 New York, Dec. 17.-(UP)-Count Fleet, the three-year-old champion from the stables of Mrs. John D. Hertz, today won horse of the year honors in what amounted to one horse walkover.
 The fast-stepping brown son of Reign Count, only quadruple crown winner in turf history, took 134 of a possible 143 first place votes in national poll conducted by the Turf and Sport Digest. It was the most ore-si6ed nomination in the eight years of balloting.
 Count Fleet won on the basis of six straight triumphs and despite the fact that he had not gone to the post since suffering a leg injury in winning the Belmont stakes on June 5 The speedy colts triumphs in- cluded the Kentucky Derby, Freak ness, Wood and Withers.
 Nearly Unanimous
 Succeeding Whirlaway as the rul- ar of the turf world, the Count boiled all first votes except against two each for Market Wise and Slide Rue and one each for Thumbs Up and Occupy.
 The Counts nomination as three year-old champion also was by the largest margin ever recorded in the voting as he polled 428 of possible 429 points ever recorded in the vot- ing as he polled 428 of possible 429 points on the basis ofthe 142 first place ballots and one second out of 143. Slide Rule was second with 219 points, followed by Princequillo, 54 points; Stefanita, leader of three year-old fil'ies with 48 points; Ask menow, another fill, 46; Ocean Wave, 26; Blue Swords, IA, and Eurasian, 10.
 Named as leaders in other divi- SionS were:
 Two-year- colts: Occupy
 Two-year-old fillies: Twilight Tear.
 Four-year-olds and up: Market Wise.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
Watch The Cubs Warns Mr. Rickey

New York, Dec. 17-UP) - The Chicago Cubs, who finished fifth last season, were tabbed today by Branch Hickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers as the team to watch in the National League pennant race.
 At the first of his off-season press conferences yesterday, Hickey said hat under existing conditions, the Cubs are the boys to watch. They have number of outstanding men and that young pitcher, Henry Wyse, is fellow that is really great
 He added, however. that If there is no further disturbance of man power, you would have to put the St. Louis Cardinals on top again."
 Hickey announced that the Dodg- CTS would return to Bear Mountain for spring training and that six eX- ilibition games already have been scheduled-witht the Boston Red SoX on April 2, 8, and g and with the New York Yankees April 14, Is and 16, all at Brooklyn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17

WOOD 'CROWDED' IlN MAIMI GOLF
 DESPITE SUB 6S
BY MILTON L. CARR United Press Staff Correspondent

Ohitcu EEesN OtdbA OuTTeApOnueuL
 Miami, Fla. IT (UP) - Craig Wood of Me inaroneck, N. Y, the duration National Open Champion. was the front runner in he $5.000 Miami per golf toul .is nent today. but it appeared likely that he would have trouble witl "gravevar shift war worker and a detective.
 Wood refused to let strong head winds and weather that isn't sup posed to exist in Miami disturb his game and carded a two under par 68, pacing a field of 123 golfers in the opening round yesterday.
 Ranking next with :. 63 wa Steve Warga, Jr., who works all night in Miami aircraft factiry. Top strokesmen in the amateur contin- gent were Earl Christic nsen, the Miami sleuth, and Willie Turnesa, former National Amateur champion with 70's. Also tied with them for third place was Orville White of Winston Salem, N. C., another out slider.
 Begged Down
 MOSt Ol CIlS pIe-LlCeI AIEOllVcS Jagged badly. Bob Hamilton of Evansville, Ind, top-ranked because he finished third last year against much stronger competition, was in frequent trouble and had a 75. Vet eran Gene Sarazen, who won the meet four years in a row between 1927 and 1930, had a creditable card going into the 18th, but three put ted from 20 feet and took a 76.
 Another favorite, former New York Yankee ouJfielder, Sammy Byrd would have been up with the leaders except for chip shot trouble and took 72.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
Crosby Football Players Louded

Co-c- pCalnS, Ln.nl.,n Fau4 Mil- Ter and quarterback Bob Johnson will lead the 1914 Crosby high school football squad, according to announcement of elections held last night during the annual grid dinner at the school cafeteria. Shortly after p. m. more than 50 players, coaches, and guests sat down to a "scrumptuouS" turkey dinner prepared by Miss Mae Mur- nane, school dietitian, and served by several members of the Crosby Girls Honor club.
 Coach James w. Lee, Supt. of Parks James Curtin, line coach Jim Murphy, Dr. J. Hen4y McGrath, team physician, the new captains, sports editors, w. P. ODonnell, Chick Kelley and John Cluney and this years grid leader, Francis Hummel, were introduced by Toast master J. Francis Roland, each speaker making reference to the 1914 Crosby-W -Wilby game and the future of the sport next season. Coach Lee asked each boy out for football next year to bring an- other candidate with him, if pos sible; and suggested that the boys go out for the track and field team in the spring, so that they will be in fine shape for football in the fall. Of the 52 players reporting for Crosby football at the first meeting of 1943, 47 remained on the squad. Following usual cus- tom, junior classmen presented Christmas gifts to senior team mates.
 Football certificateA each with it's blue "C" were awarded to let termen by Coach Lee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
Dartmouth Sports
 7Edered Postponed

Hanover, N. H., Dec. 17-tUP)- To curb mild epidemic of colds, grippe and influenza, Dartmouth college has temporarily postponed all sports events.
 The postponement of the colleges various schedules was ordered by Capt. Damon E. Cummings who is commanding the Navy V-12 pro- gram. Basketball games with the Worcester Nortons last night and Holy Cross tomorrow night were among the events affected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
Boys Club Varsity Meets BenruS

A very strong Boys Club Varsity basketball squad. playing on it's own court and including several Indus trial league standouts, will be fav- ored to defeat the Benrus team of the Dusty eaCue, when the hoop rivals meet tonight in an 8:3O p. m. game on the Cottage Place surface. Art Very, physical director of the Boys Club will direct the favorltes, with Fred Wiedorn to handle the Benrus squad.
 Prior to thc game, two prelims will be carded, in the Pioneer lea que; the T gers, Seabees, Bomb CTS and Cioudbusters meeting in that order.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
ANGOTT,NDA 135
 POUND CHAMPION B TO 1 FAVORITE
BY JACK CUDDY United Press Staff COrresp0ndent)

New York, Dec. 17.-tUP) Slam min Sammy Angott, the National Boxing Associations lightweight champion, is a 3-l favorite to spank the rings problem child" Young Bobby Ruffin tonight in their To- round non-title bout at Madison Square Garden.
 Ruffin became a problem child" on October by winning an upset decision over Beau Jack. Since then his prowess or lack of it has puzzled the experts; he burned him. self with a sun lamp, causing post ponement of tonight's bout from Novehmeb 29, and he has been pickering constantly with Beau Jack, Angott and Promoter Mike Jacobs.
 Angott is the lop-sided faYorite because he hasn't been beaten by a legitimate lightweight in five years, and because most of the experts re- garded Ruffin's victory over Beau Jack as a fluke, caused more of Jacks injured knee than by Bobby's boxing skill.
 Ruffin'S lone advantage over the N. B. A. champ seems to be youth. Both will have birthdays next month, when Bobby will be g and Angott 29. Although youth some times is an all-important advan- tage, in this instance it is lightly regarded, because Angott, veteran of a decade in the ring, proved himself still a formidable wind mill" in October by beating Slug ger White impressively at Lost An geles, to win recognition as N. B. A. king.
 Light Puncher
 Angott is expected to have too much speed, unorthodoX skill and stamina, for black-haired Ruffin of New York, a flashy, Ight-punching boxer.
 Ruffin will go all-out to win, be- cause victory will have double re- wards. He can demand a tit-e tilt with Angott, and he can de- mard that his return bout with Beau Jack on Jan. ' be made a title affair, since Jack recaptured the New York version of the light weight crown from Bob Montgom- cry since Jack was beaten in Octo- Der by Ruffin.
 Both principals expected to weigh in at about 136 pounds.
 A crowd of 16,000 and a gate of $45,000 was indicated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
(Regis cred |. $. Patent Office) By JACK CUDDY
Jnited Press Staff Correspondent

New York, Dec. IT - UP) - That innocent little story out of Eugene, Ore, about in-again- out again Joe Gordon deciding for the second time to quit baseball for the duration reads to us like the adver- tisement for "a great American tragedy
 It emphasizes the wartime men, ace to our millions of forgotten high school kids, it raises storm warnings against removal of whole some idols from the vista of our rising generation, upon whom the future of our nation-and perhaps the world-depends.
 The facts in the Gordon case are simple. The brilliant second base man of the World Champion New York Yankees announced yesterday at Eugene, Ore, that he would join some branch of the armed service before spring. Previously he had made two other announcements :: CD that he was quitting baseball to engage in war work, and CD that he would play baseball as usual.
 These scrambled announcements indicate that 28-year- old Gordon is suffering from praiseworthy but at times unfortunate affliction which may be called "civ'l 'lian con- pleX'-a psychosis in Which every passer-by seems to be asking why in hell aren't you in uniform?"
 Gordon. pre-Pearl Harbor father of a three-year-old daughter and an 19-month- son, is not the only ball player suffering from civilian complex" Unfortunately he has plenty of company, because the status of organized baseball in the war effort never has been properly defined, although Roose- welt gave it the green light" be- fore the first war season.
 Namby-Pamby
 Such a situation exists through the combined fault of baseball's executives, Washington officials, and heads of our high school edu- cation system. Baseballs namby- pamby brass hats are chiefly at fault. They have failed to establish the proper spark-plug in Washing ton-failed to impress busy officials and the busy wartime public with the importance of the games indi- rect contribution to the war effort in maintaining civilian morale and preventing juvenile delinquency.
 Baseballs senile leaders have carried on apologetically while rac- ing, for example, established its powerful lobby and paved the way for elimination of the proposed fed eral five per cent tax on pari-mu- tuel wagers and arranged for the transportation of hundreds of horses to most distant corners of our land.
 Baseball has failed pathetically to claim its proper place in the war effort. It has failed to demand recognition as Americas cleanest and most wholesome entertainment the sport that provides proper Gods for the youth of our high schools in their formative years.
 With athletic idols removed, or shunted into the background, dur ing wartime, our millions of high school youngsters unfortunately try to ape the antics of service men on furlough. Those service men have earned the right to play hard and have one helluva time. But their pastimes should not be shared by initiative high school kids. When they are, we have juvenile delin- quency. And that today, is one of Americas greatest problems. That's why the Gordon story reads like the advertisement for "a great Amer ican tragedy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
9.A.A. Meet Feb. l2

Boston, Dec. 1T-(UP)-The Bos- ton Athletic Association announces it's 55th annual indoor track meet will be held at Boston Garden Feb. 12. The meet annually features special invitation events including the Hunter mile. the Billings two mile run and the Lapham 1,000- yard run. Entries will be accepted up to January 29, 1944.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
Big Ski Crowds
 This Week-End

North Conway, N. H., Lsu. IT, (UP)-A near-record crowd of win. ter sports enthusiasts, generously sprinkled with servicemon stationed in the northeast, was expected 1T northern New England this week. end for the first real skiing of the season.
 Bitter weather that has kept Skiers from mountain areas was expected to break and fair weather was forecast.
 New Hampshire anticipated the largest crowds since the skiing there was generally good to excel lent. Vermont reported fair con- ditionS, Maine was mediocre while there was little or none in Massa- chusetts.
 Despite he drafts inroadS on the youthful population that jams the snow trains" on winter week ends in normal years, innkeepers in the north reported heavy bookings Famed Eastern Slopes Inn here ex- pected a sell-out crowd with Army and Navy officials and their families taking from 60 to 70 per cent of the reservations.
 TramWay
 Most ski tows were in operation while the spectacular Cannon mountain tramWay at Franconia Notch was to be started tomorrow
 Perhaps the best skiing was at nearby Jackson where are area around Doublehead Mountain had T 14-inch snow base covered by one ach of powder.
 Good conditions were reported at Hanover. Conway, Franconia Notch Intervale, Kearsarge, Littleton, pinkham Notch, Manchester, Vt., and Rutland, Vt. It was fair at Peterboro and Jaffrey and poor at Pittsfield, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
Last Nisht's Fights
(By United Press)

Philadelphia-Billy Grant, 168 Orange, N. J., decisioned Dusty Will kerson, 172, Philadelphia, (8); Buck Treater, Al, Collingswood, N. J., knocked out Nanny Marbles, 142, New York CD; William Piampi 142, Brooklyn, stopped Billy Smith, 146, Philadelphia, CD.
 Fall River, Mass.-Freddy Cabral, 149, Cambridge, Mass, stopped Buddy Harris, 147, Newark, N. J., CD; Leo Dulmaine, 133, Worcester, Mass, knocked out Kid Wildcat, 136, U. s. Army, (2).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
A. |. Hockey
(By United Press)

Buffalo and Indianapolis, which have been tied more often than they have won or lost, skated to another 1 to 1 standoff in the Amer ican Hockey league last night.
 Playing before home crowd, Buff falo opened the scoring ill the first period and Indianapolis tied it up with goal in the second. It was the seventh tie for Buffalo and the eighth for Indianapolis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
Mock, Jr. "ln"

Philadelphia, Dec. 17.-(UP)- Connie Mack, Jr, 31-year-old son of the head of the Philadelphia Athletics, will go into the Army at the New Cumberland, Pa, reception center, Jan. 5.
 Mack, father of four children, passed his induction physical ex- animation here yesterday.
 He is assistant treasurer ot the Athletics.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-17
ce FcLsies To Have Saturday Matinee

New Haven, Dec. 1.-TWO thou sand servicemen will be the guests of the Ice Follies and the Arena on Saturday afternoon when the big ice show stages a special matinee The matinee was originally planned as one for selvicemen, but the mili- tary authorities said that there wouldn't be enough free of duty to fill the Arena and the remaining seats-2,500 of them-are open to public sale.
 The Follies, due to close it's run here Sunday night, is playing to enthusiastic crowds at each per formance. Tickets are available for the remaining presentations. with the exception of Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. These two have been sold out for several weeks.