The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-22
This
Sporting
World
Friday Fish And chips
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

Through the kindness of Oar
Parker OF the NJ Y. Mirror we have
some old newspaper clips at hant
that will make interesting readinr
one DAY next week for such we'll.
known local gents as DR., "Sal'
Slavin, Villanova football captain II
1909; Dan " for Villanoya. r1ot
Victory Buckley, now a resident o.
ana worker In Bridgeport; Sergeant
Joe Bagley Of our local constabulry
Tommy Lawlor, manager of the All.
waterbury football squal of 1908
which was a state title contende,
that season; DR.. Bill Spain Of
Litchfield and several others The
old time info was sent to Mr.. Par.
ker by Jack MCGOWAN, of Whining.
ton, Delaware, brother Of Umpire
Bill MCGOWAN Of the American
league. Jack went to Villanova with
Matt Phelan Of Waterbury, who
later became trainer and coach O!
the All-Waterbury team that hae
some great grid battles against sew.
eral Connecticut teams, notably
Meriden.
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Colonel william j. shanahan
keeps In close touch with the
Army football team which has
given him plenty to cheer about
this season. With good weather,
he may attend both Yale-Army
and Notre Dame-Army games
tomorrow and Nov. 6th-inci-
dentally, his rendition Of the
Elks' III o'clock toast" last eve
ming at the special District Dep
uty Night celebration, was q
MASTERPIECE, as he departed
from the usual wording, urging
his hearers to think now and
then Of the waterbury boys In
Africa, Italy, the South Pacific
theater, England and the cold
wastes Of Iceland. DR.. John
Freiheit, whose sports hobby
has changed from golf to fishing
was one Of O new class Of 20
initiated into local 265, BPOE
last evening. Ernie Schiavone,
the bandy-legged South End
Bearcat tackle Of the 1920 era,
Ray Harmon Of AMI and Billy
Sullivan, the west end restaura-
teur were others now rating the
handle BROTHER" In the
morning mail came O picture Of
the phil Sheridan Gentry" for
the 1914 Kentucky Derby. He
will be ridden by Jockey Tod
(Sloan) HEALEY, and is named
OLD n. Phoenix Avenue pa
pers, please copyl...
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FLASH - On the eve Of the
1913 Yale-Arlny game 1t should be
interesting to note that the first
Yale-Army football tussle was play
ed at West Point, so YEARS AGO
on october 20, 1893, the Yales win
ming $50. What a chance this years
Army team has to avenge THAT
defeatl For instance, wouldn't 1t be
odd, II, In memory Of that game
80 years ago, the current Kaydets
shut out Yale 500 as 1t might
easily do under the circumstances?
Guy Pugra's Primers in the
Elks League had O 628 game We'd
nesday night that looks like q shoo-
in for q prize after the season ends
in late April, 1914. Guy spent half
his lunch-hour today, explaining
with gestures) to the boys at Mas
trioni's just how the trick was
turned without the aid Of mirrors
or brooms Two nights after
Wladislaw Talun, a 6 foot, 8 inch,
800 pound Pole assaulted wrestling
referee Joe Skubas in Bridgeport;
Referee "Smiler" Livingston was
flattened last night in Hartford.
Talun was fined 500 and shelved
for 80 days in this state as punish
ment for his unorthodox tactics
No Connecticut boys on the
Army football squad Of 40 scheduled
to stop at Ridgewood Country Club
for lunch today; then work out Sec
reilly at the bowl and sleep at Hop
kinS Grammar school tonight, be-
fore the "breather' with Yale to-
morrow, for there's powerful
PENNSYLVANIA just ahead, the
NAVY and last but never least the
IRISH-skys of Notre Dame &.
Death of the Shelton school super
Harry Fowler, caused
of the Naugatuck-
High school game booked
for tomorrow. The borough boys
may take in Yale-Army or the
Wildly Commercial game in our
town.