The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-17
This Sporting World
Friday Fish And Chips
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

One of the AInest sportswritinR jobs (with pictllres) that your agent has come across this year was tarn- ed out by 8 civilian employe at West Point, Joe Cahill, by name. In tlse Army-Notre Dame football RALLY program last week, a series entitled Football Pays Dividends in Battle appears on succeeding pages Of the program with pictures and story of General Dwight Eisenhower, Gener. al ("Vinegar Joe" Stilwell, Lieut.. Gen. Omar Bradley, Brig. Gen. Chuck" Born, Brig. Gen. "Blondy" Saunders, Colonel Paul Bunker, Col. Art Meehan and It. Col. Tom Trap nell, all Army football stars Of past years; each story topped by pie ture of the officer written about as he appears today; and beside it, a picture of him as he looked in foot ball togs when at West Point Born, Saunders and Trapnell will be easily remembered by Waterbury fans who saw them play against Yale during the past IS to 20 years MT. Cahill, incidentally, has written similar series for the Yale programs this year.
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 Almost everybody OUT EAST
 was very unhappy to hear of the
 rather sudden death of genial,
 friendly Joe Phelan, proprietor of
 one of the most interesting stores
 in the city. His souvenier shop
 next to Bill Dunphy's drug store contained everything from part of
 s bill spent in Waterbury by
 the great John L, Sullivan to
 pair of shoes worc by Shirley Temple in one of her greatest pie
 lures. My sincere condolences to
 those dear to him.
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 In view of the fact that Water bury'S Mickey Genaro and ex-champ MaXie Rosenbloom were such great pals out in Hollywood, and Damon Runyon who wrote the story is also no stranger to our honrably dis charged U. s. Navy chief specialist: the thought occurred to mel that Mike is hereby assigned to REVIEW When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" currently playing at the Loew-Poli theater and in technicolor, yeti Runyon wrote it, Rosenbloom has part in it and New Workers were lined up for a full block before the doors opened last Sunday to see 1t. Some of those downtown "rib- bers" who have been NEEQLING Genaro about wearing his naval uniform after honorable discharge (which he is entitled to do for 90 days) may think twice from now on. One of &hem stopped a Genarc haymaker that created an @ doctor bill recently. After all, Mickey has one more for his country than some of the FOUR PETERS and DRAFT. DODGERS who are kidding" him: after service in the South Pacific and six months in Navy HOSPrT- AL. It would not surprise too many of us to see Commissioner Frank Coskey bar Manager Tommy bio and his New York fighters from Connecticut rings for six months or so, after the managers squawk to New Workers that his fighter, Cabey Lewis was robbed of a knockout over Willie Pep by the TIMEKEEP- FER. Paul Barone is teaching Boy Scouts at Washington Park, some thing about the BASKETBALL rules, of which most players and CAp< TAINS of teams know little enough. .. Many local billiardists are closely following the Willie HCppe- Welker Cochran match at St. Louis in their 1900 point test at THREE CUSHIONS, a much tougher game than BALKLINE. Cochran had Q high run of NINE last night; Hope leading at the finish, 700 to SIT. Two of the most interested locals in the match are Lou Police and the veIl- erable Johnny Miller, holder of six straight three-cushion billiard shots, without his CANE.