The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-14
This Sporting World
Friday Fish And Chips
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

Friday Fish And Chips
 Sports story of the week thus far that gave me 8 championship came via United Press from Des Moines, Iowa; where the indoor mile world record holder, Glenn Cunningham, took his PHYSICAL for the armed servicS of the U. s. the SCARS on Glenn's prize CAMS, caused by burning in a fire when he was a child, the army doctor, asked very seriously: Gan you GET AROUND all right?' To which Cunningham replied, Uust as seriously) "Yes" without trace of a smile on his sharp features He was passed, as physically OK for the Navy and became an ap- prentice seaman (AS).
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 After one of those contests, in
 which somebody won season
 pass signed by Fat Freddie Fitz-
 simmons, for the suggestion of
 BLUE JAYS as a new name for
 the Phoolish Phils, the FRONT
 OFFICE is beginning to realize
 that their new name should not
 be suggestive of CORNPLAST-
 FRS, or small college which has used the nickname for many
 years. Therefore, the Phils pub
 licity chief is soft-pedaling the
 monicker Bluejays, which will be
 used only as an emblem on the
 uniforms of the players who will GET THE BIRD both ways if they do not climb higher than next to the cellar this season. One day, just about & year ago, I had the unusual pleasure of see- ing a thoroughbred mare standing above two foalS, one of them NOT HER OWN.
 In most cases, I'm told mare in
 foal will kick and kill another foal not of her GET, but this was the
 rare exception to the rule. There
 fore, it was with considerable in-
 terest that I noted in 8 Boston paper a day or two ago that
 Michigan Lady threw her first
 foal a lilly by Grandace at the
 Skeekonk Farm of Arthur Gaig-
 nard, a few days ago.. Michigan
 Lady was one of the finest equine
 specimens pointed out to me by
 Trainer Gaignard that day a year
 ago, at his breeding farm, about
 a midiron shot from Narragan-
 sett Park, where they're off and
 running at this writing.
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 Willie Pep, worlds featherweight champion is going down to New Haven next week Thursday to box Harold (Snooks) Lacey, the 28 yea, old Negro featherweight. who is just about good enough to make lot o1 supposedly better boxers look bac Later on, Julie Kogon who recently offered to fight "tor free" on Rec Cross benefit card in Hartford il his opponent was Pep, will box ir Hartford but not against the champ who is not ready for Kogon yet after a ten month layoff, plus some illness. MT. Charles (Stogie) Brown Is the manager of both Kogon and Lacey, so he should do very well for with both his boxers in the main bout in two different cities. Of course, it goes without saying, that Kogon's foe n Hartford will be no tougher than Lacey will be for Pep in New Haven. The New Haven fans have seen little of Pep and the Hartford fans hardly ever get a peek at Kogon; so one hand washes the other, as both shows should make a profit. Catch?
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 Andy Juliano, Frank CHank) La- cilla and Tony Greco were again chosen president, secretary and treasurer of the Mercantile Bowling league which intends to KEEP CO., ING next season, no matter what. The new member of the MEL off, cial family is Benny Marcoux, the Fulton Market man of action. who will henceforth and forever be known as V. P. Marcoux as he is now vice-president in charge of gutter balls on alleys 1-6. :. Corp oration Counsel Maurice Healey and Clerk of Superior Court James both uncles of Jack Ryan, Northwestern football star now with the FBI in New Haven, had quite a talk with their nephew after the Red Cross basketball game at the "Y' Wednesday night. MT. Healey takes in an occasional col lege hoop game at Yale, but MT. saw his first contest this week, in more than 25 years. John 54 year old father of Torringtons Billy Szeskowski died at the Charlotte Hung erford hospital. Burial took place this morning. His survivors include his wife, two sons, two daughters and three grandchildren MT. Szes- zowski was native of Poland, but las lived in Torrington for 37 years.