The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-18
By JOE WILLIAMS

NeW xork, Jan. 16.--Rutelng one little word after another and what ever became of skywriting? The Flynn case will be known to poSter- ity as travesty of blocks and bl0ckheads. There is one drawback to rowing ambassadors: They never rove quite far enough. No matter what the oPA says there never will be baloney shortage as long as we have men like Bilbo and Fish In Washington.
 They all look alike to the Army and Navy. The Yankees Red Ruf- ling is an Army private in Cali fornia now. The first day he re- ported a sergeant said: T under stand you can pitch" Rufflng pleaded guilty. "Well, see how fast you can pitch this tent" parked the sergeant It has been years since anybody has ordered the world series hero around that way. When Johnny Rigney, the White Sox star, reported at Great Lakes for boot training last summer he soon dis covered he was just another guy AS a starter they assigned him to picking up trash on the parade grounds, then, as a reward, they made him vice president in charge of latrir1es. It was some weeks later when we caught up with Rig ney out there; he was pitching on the ball club T never knew what hard work was before," he admitted. "And for the first time in my life I'm in real good shape" He got hit that day and stopped at first. You know how pitchers pamper themselves. As soon as they get on base valet ruShes out and hands them a warm jacket to protect their arm. We were puzzled this didn't happen that afternoon Later Rigney explain ed: If I had put on a coat those gobs in the stands would have hooted me of the field. In the Navy you're supposed to be tough" We mention this apropos of the ''perils" the major leaguers are ex- pected to defy in the northern train- ing camps next spring.
 The Eddie Grant Post of the American Legion has petitioned Washington to name @ Liberty boat after the young man who came out of Harvard to play third base for the Giants and was killed in the other war. Apparently the legion petition was inspired by the fact @ similar boat has just been named after Lou Gehrig. It develops Hal Trosky, the fugitive Cleveland first baseman, has exalted ideas of his monetary value and the Yankees are beginning to cool of on him. Tommy Walsh, the fight manager out of Chicago, starts all his let ters this way: "One day nearer to victory" HouSton's Andy Anderson has come up with @ sound idea. The distinguished Texas fly caster, who once carried Hans Wagner's bats, urges that baseball round up a bunch of old stars. fellows like Ruth, Speaker, Cobb, ct al, and send them to service camps to coach baseball teams in the spring, @ suggestion which IS enthusiastically seconded by your sentinel. Prediction: It will be firmly ignored by Landis.
 We1l begin to suspect the man. power situation is actually acute when Paul McNutt begins to thin out the ranks of the patriotic Wash. ington press agents. Who remem- bers the good old days when the height of sacrifice was in wearing trousers without cuffs? New York's qiickie governor, Poletti, means that in pardoning Hoffman he did. mt know anything about his police background. This was @ Scurvy trick the labor racketeer played on