The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-14
This
Sporting
World
"A Little Of This
And Thot
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

Before 8 o'clock Yesterday morn
ing, New York football fans were
knocking at the door Of the Giants
downtown offices at II West AZ
street, trying to buy tickets for next
Sundays third straight Giants
Redskins game, the winner Of which
gets crack at the famed Chicago
Bears for the league championship
at Soldiers Field, Chicago, Sunday
December 26, the day after Christ
mas. Early Zine" on the N. Y
Washington game next Sunday, ac-
cording to most Of the books" in
the metropolis was ~ to and pick
or three points and pick" which
means that for your choice Of either
New York or Washington to win you
must put up 81 against every IS
that Is involved in the wager; or II
you will not wager anything more
than EVEN MONEY, you must give
three POINTS to the fellow you bel
with. if you insist upon your first
choice. Despite two straight defeats
the last 81 to in Washington, the
ODDS-LAYERS apparently will not
concede that the Giants are the
better team. Must be the Sammy
Baugh influence, though the Giants
have beaten the Redskins OF IL
times and always seem to have
Samuels number when the gong
gets TIGHT.
WV WV
Able Booth, new president o.
Kiwanis, will do the oratorica
quarterbacking, in the form of in.
PRODUCTION of Wilby's coach, Tom
Purcell. who will tell the loca
luncheon club tomorrow just what
happened in that last five minutes
OF the game on Turkey Day, wher
the Wildcats won with less than q
half-minute to play. In case
"Pinter' gets stuck for words,
President Booth can fill in with
MY Memories of Red eagle - Oh
something! Well. the score
and a QUARTERBACK" hap
PLY reports Coach Bill Tracy o.
Leavenworth, as he drops limp
hand pumped necessarily by we'll
wishers congratu1ating him upor
the recent arrival of his first boy
William Cavanaugh Tracy, If yol
please. The two "cheerleaders" an
girls. Long life to 'em Bill! -.
During the past racing season a
the Rockingham track, located II
Salem, New Hampshire, the racing
strip became FROZEN now ane
then, but the ground crew wa
right on the job with FLAME
THROWERS and HARROWS tx
get the track in shape for the frs
race of the day Major Genera
j. A. Ulio of the U. S. Army All
Forces notified william L. Caligan
ST., of the award of U. S. Al
Medal, to Staff Sergeant w. L
Caligan, Jr.; missing in action ovel
Germany since May Oath, on mis-
sion in which IL bombers were los
on a raid to Emden and Wilhelm
haven. The award was made "fol
exceptionally meritorious achieve
ment while participating in aerial
flight against the enemy" Young
Bill was a tail-gunner on q for
tress Professional basketball and
state industrial league games may
BOTH be seen on Sunday after
Moons at the state armory, accord
ing to plans of Lieut.. Col. Pete
Fox and Bill Derwin of the Park
Department Dartmouth's 80 to
A loss to the Mitchell Field bas-
keteers last night at HANOVER
was the big surprise package OF
the college hoop season to date
Beating Dartmouth on its home
court is about as easy as it was to
beat PASSAIC in the good old days,
when Ernie Blood would not let
his lads play off their home floor
in the Skeeter State, which is
why they were undefeated in
four years; a hollow sort OF rec
ord, at best. Remember when 1t
TURNED DOWN the Crosby chal-
lenge for a HOME AND HOME
series? about one golf club
in ten is in financially sound con-
dition," says George s. May OF
Chicago, business engineer famed
for his All-American links tour
naments. There in the POST
WAR period, all golf clubs must
be scientifically managed with
emphasis on COST CONTROL, if
they are to survive, he claims.