The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-07
Washington Hills Can Chnch Cro1un Sunday
AvICL|A NESE IS
BIG HURDLE FOR
LEADERS

Tomorrow Is 'Scovill Day" -
Hamilton park and while the clash
between Packy" Sheas big Scovill
team and the Sacred Hearts will
be the center of attraction for the
hundreds OF fans from the big
plant who go to the park, neverthe-
less hundreds of others who have
watched the league teams in their
season long struggle for the cham
pionship may or may not see 1t set
tied in the game betewen Pat Quill
ters league-leading Washington
Hills and Tony Romaniello's Avig-
ianese, which will be piaye das a
co-feature at o'clock.
If the Hills can win this one, its
all over; but If the Avigs come out
on top, the outcome OF the 1913 race
will be prolonged another week.
The game is the talk of not only
the Hill and the north end section.
but of the entire city. The Ex-
change place betting fraternity are
making the Hills to to beat the
hustling italian team and to
to win the championship which they
can do by atking one Of the three
remaining games on their sched-
ule.
The Hills have lost their last two
games to the Middlebury and SEQ
will teams but are due to snap out
of their lethargy tomorrow against
team whom they have split their
first two games. North End fol-
lowers are hoping that Ted Ora
beck, the stellar young finger, will
be able to get another weekend
pass from the naval base where he
is stationed and be on hand to OPP
pose Dizzy Decker, the Fill fling
er, on whom Manager Quilter Is
pinning his hopes OF giving the Hill
its first City league title In many
years.
The big question mark in the
Avigs lineup will be the catching
berth where the italian club has
been hard hit by the loss of both
George D'Annabelle and Joe Rinal-
di. D'Annabelle has Joined the
armed forces where Rinaldi Is still
confined to st. Mray's hospital as
the result Of being struck on the
head by a pitched ball in Dusty
league game a week ago. League
officials and Manager Quilter have
okayed the signing Of another
catcher by the Avigs for tomorrow's
crucial tilt.
Jim Crichton will call the balls
and strikes.
Scovills Seek S Straight
II the sensational Scovill team
can beat Johnny Towards Sacred
Hearts tomorrow. it will be for the
edification of one of the largest
turnouts from the Scovill plant that
has witnessed game this season.
The factory club has become the
talk of the leagu esince 'Packy'
Shea took over the reins by winning
its last four games. The defense
workers most recent accomplish
ment was victory over the Wash
ington Hills which threw the league
into turmoil and ha scaused in
terest in tomorroW's Hills-Avigs
game to go sky-high.
Johnny Hartenberg will get the
nod from Manager Shea to stop the
Hearts who are one Of the most
troublesome clubs in the circuit.
Dick Redmand. Bristol high school
boy, will toss them for the Hearts.
During the course Of the game,
delegations from the Scovill En-
ployees Recreation association and
the Scovill Waterville Recreation
associatio nwill step to the plate
and present gifts OF Manager Shea
who has pulled the club out of the
doldrums and is heading for the
first division. Pat Slattery and Joe
O'Connor will handle the umpiring
duties.
Naugautck- Middlebury Feud
Both the Middies and Highland
ers may be out Of it as far as the
championship is concerned but both
are striving to finish ahead of the
other and this their meeting to-
morrow should be another of those
hammer tong trays for which
the two are known. Jack DAILY will
select Gerry Flood. the New Brit
ain school-master to do the pitch
ing for the Pomperaug champs,
while Manager Milt Weisman's Sc
lection for mound duty will be
either Duke" Sheldon Of Ihomsa-
ton or Lefty" Verderame Of New
Haven. Fay Vincent and Jim Mo-