The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-07
This
Sporting
World
Spinning The Wheel
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

Election of John (Chick) Kelley
to the presidency of the Connecticut
Football Officials Association last
night was vell-deserved honor,
for the new Bunker Hill resident has
really done a job" since he stopped
playing and took up officiating the
grid game. AS far as his election is
concerned, ut couldnd't happen to
a nicer guy" Sudden Death,
which is liable to come upon any
of us at most unexpected moments,
has many wierd and barre ways of
enveloping its victims. Sunday last,
young Aaron Eatman, one of
the two Norwalk Negro box
ing brothers worked ten fast
rounds in preparation for the first
Of two bouts his manager had lined
UP for him later in the month. Mon
day, he went to work as usual, driv-
ing city ash truck. To avoid an &C
cident, he jumped off his truck and
ran into telephone pole, his head
striking an iron spike, which killed
him instantly, according to report of
his manager at the Eagle Badger
bout last night in New Haven. A nice
lad, and younger brother of heavy
weight Eldridge Eatman, Aaron gave
considerable promise of developing
into first class middleweight :.
Angelo Rodano, the Norwalk boxer
who met Willie Pep and other stand
out performers In this state up to
year or SO ago, is reported
WOUNDED in ITALY, having gone
through from North Africa where
he fought for many months during
Montgomery chase of Rommell
across the desert.
Bill Derwin, city park depart
ment supervisor of recreation, is
sounding out sentiment in central
Connecticut, relative to a STATE
IN DU ST RI A L BASKETBALL
LEAGUE with considerable ex-
preston of thought in its favor
thus far. He would like to have
Hartford, Bristol, Meriden, Water
bury, Torrington, New Britain,
Naugatuck and possibly New Ha-
ven in such a league all teams
within a 30-nile radius of this
city. Pratt and Whitney of
Hartford, the New Departure
teams of Bristol and Meriden, U.
S. Rubber of Naugatuck are ex-
pected to be heard from soon ).
Having eliminated professional
hockey from the New Haven
Arena, General Manager Nate
Podoloff is going to give basketball
a whirl, with Herky Rubenstein
in charge of booking attractive
games. Herky has played the
game for 81 years the last UMP-
TEEN with the West Haven Red
Devils, and is as popular as a
quart of good rye for So
Enlistment Of Jimmy Hartley in
the Coast Guard last week ough'
to shorten the war a little bit,
especially when he gets chance
to talk with Jack Dempsey, vino
Is the tougher-upper at Manhat-
tan Beach. The c. G. was we'll
represented at the Eagle-Badger
fight last night by fire depart
ment Lieut.. Benny Joy and APP
pies" Murphy
Curbstone odds-layers at Church
and Chapel had dusky Herman
a to S FAVOR11E over Wa
terbury's Charley Eagle at 6 p.
m. yesterday, local followers Of
the winner were sorry to learn
when they arrived after p. m.
by which time they had to offer
z to S that Eagle would win
which he did with plenty to spare,
as Badger was SCARED as a Jap
in New York'S Chinatown So
there's nothing new under the
sun, Ell? Tomorrow night at z
TWO basketball games will start
at the same time, on the huge
floor of the Payne Whitney gym
nasium, with four house" teams
in action at the same time, CAL
houn VS. Branford, Pierson and
Saybrook, prior to the varsity
game, Yale VS. Brooklyn Army
Base at $3.50 p. m. Wilbys
football dinner is carded for Mon
day evening Of next week, at 6
p. m. at the school cafeteria.
VICTORY coup, consisting of 10
ingredients and VICTORY pud-
ding made from IA recipes, will
be featured before the verbal back
Slapping begins.