The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-10
Waterbury, Naugatuck Natural" On Sunday
fine BASEBALL
PROGRAM FOR
CITY LOOP FANS

Another episode in the bitter
long-standing, athletic rivalry that
characterized clashes between Nau.
gatuck and Waterbury sport or
CARNATIONS over a period of years
will again break out in a conflag.
ration at Hamilton park tomorrow
afternoon when Pat CUTTERS league
leading Washington Hills meet head.
on with Milt Weissman's colorfu
Naugatuck IIi9hlanders in the head
line event CT the City Amateur
leagues FRANKIE Edmonds Day"
program.
There have been Waterbury Maui
gatuck athletic rivalries in the past
that have never been forgotten be-
cause of the keen and bitter rivalry
they produced, but this Goth century
baseball tong" between one OF
Waterbury's leading sports club:
with an exceptionally large follow
ing and the high flying NaugatucL
aggregation led by the aggressive
Milt Weissman, promises some
thin in the way of battles tha
should go down in the athletic tales
of the two communities.
The game itself is enough to at
tract the seasons largest crowd but
Naugatuck alone is certain to send
enough fans to fill the ball park be-
cause the day is being dedicated tc
one of the most popular athletic
stars in the borough's long athletic
history, Frankie Edmonds. 1t will
be FRANKIE Edmonds Day.. A fine
athlete, gentleman and highly
respected citizen, the colored boy
will be honored not only by the
City league but also by the fans OF
| Naugatuck including the Alembic
Association of the U. S. Rubber Co
Even Cong. Joe Talbot, the towns
No. / citizen will be on hand tc
pay his respects to one of Ibis
favorite hometown athletes.
Borough Men Help
While the City league officials
headed by President Bill Derwin
have taken the lead in sponsoring
the event, a Naugatuck citizens
committee under the Craftsmanship
of Postmaster Frank Green has
joined hands with the local group
in plans for a testimonial that will
be one of the greatest days in the
life of the popular Edmonds.
frankie first became a member of
the league in 1884 and has been a
consistently fine player ever since,
whether appearing in the uniform
of a Waterbury or a Nau3atuck
team. This season EdmondS has
been playing bangup game at Sec
onds base for the second place High
landerS and is one of the chief rea-
sons why the club is tied for Sec
ond position today. A win for
Naugatuck tomorrow will make it
a more formidable contender for
the crown than ever.
Both Teams Powerful
While Manager Milt Weissman haA
been combing the hinterlands for
the strongest combination possible
in this ''last ditch" endeavor to cvut
tibet Wo game lead of the Hills, Pat
Quilter, Hills pilot and group Of
prominent Hill sportsmen have been
carefully laying plans for the de-
Tense of the teams lofty position.
Coach Quilter will rely on Ray
Dizzy" Decker to stop the bor-
ough team but Manager Weissman
refused to name his starting pitch
err when reached by phone last
night.
Avigs Hot
While fanfare befitting major
league world series is attending the
Hills Naugy clash, two other clubs
in the race will bear watching. One
of them is Tony Romaniello's Avig-
lianese nine which faces the trouble
some Sacred Hearts; the other, the
revamped and revitalized Scovill
team which has taken itself a new
and experienced City league pilot
in "Packy" Shea and host of star
performers including Bobby Ray,
and Joe Sugrue, late of the Utica
Eastern league club and coach in
the veteran Larry Mullens.
All in all, it promises to be one
of the biggest days in this blk 1943
City Amateur league season and Of
ficials are prepared to handle a
record turnout of fans.
The complete schedule of games
and assignment of umpires for the
FRANKIE Edmonds Day" is as fol-
lows: z
No. las p. m.-Scovill E. r.
A. VS. Middlebury (Umpires Gerace
and MOBILIZE.
No. 2-1:45 p. m.-Sacred Hearts
VS. Aviglianese (Umpires Vincent
and O'Connor).
No. IA p. m.-Washing Hills
VS. Naugatuck CUmpires Stanton and
Crichton).