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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
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BY GLEN PERKINS United Press Staff CoEEeSponaensl

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 New York, Acs. sl-CUP)-- A pitching collapse on an fronts dur ing the past two weeks has produced such a record of mediocrity by each of the so-called American League pennant contenders, that not one Of them today could show better than 800 pace for their last dozen games.
 The New York Yankees. who moved back into second place yes- terday. and the Detroit Tigers. each have won six of their a games, but the league leading St. Louis Browns have taken only three of their dozen while the Boston Rcd Sox have won only five ia i2.
 Pitching has been a fault in all instances. with starters being driv- en out in the early innings and their relief men often no better. The Tigers. despite their big win- ners. Paul tDlzzyD Trout and Hal New'houser, are tied with the Red SOx for the biggest yield of runs per game in the last l2, with each team having given up 60 or an av- craze of 5.75 per game. The Yankees have yielded 57 for an ave craze of 4.75 runs per game, while the Brown flingers have given up 59 for a mark of S.92.
 Only six Tiger pitching jobs have been complete with Trout turning in three of these. The Yankees have had five complete games, with the Browns getting only four and the Red Sox three ia their lest l2 games.
 The pitching was bad on all counts again yesterday. The Yanks won 9 to 2 victory over the Red S0K at New York. Hank BoroRy dissipated a fat lead when the Red Sox made four runs in the seventh on successive two run homers by Jimmy Butcher and Bob Johnson. Butcher accounted for two more with another homer in the eighth off relief Pitcher Jim Turner. who then settled down to save BorOwy's 10th victory.
 An error by George McQuinn with two out in the eighth led 10 seven unearned runs and a 12 to victory over the Browns at Clege- land. Roy Cuhenbine hit his 18th homer to open the inning and re- lief Pitcher George Caster appeared to have the attack stemmed when McQuinn made the boot.
 Detroit dropped a 8 to 3 game to the visiting Chicago White Eox. who made i5 hits off Johnny Corsica, Walter Beck and Roy Henshaw.
 Emil iDutch) Leonard pitched Washington to a 9 to ( victory over the As at Philadelphia, the Senators making l4 hits.
 Jim Tobin won his lath game at Boston holding the New York Giants to five hits to win { to 2. Buck Etchis0n clinched the victory with a two run homer in the sev- enth after T0bin retired the first l6 men to face him.
 Chicago rallied late in both games to win Q double bin from Pittsburgh l2 to and 6 to 3, with Hank Wyse and Claude Passeau gaining the credit.
 The Brooklyn Dodgers pounded three Philadelphia pitchers for IS hits to provide Ben Chapman with an easy 90 to 2 victory at Ebbets field in which the former outfield- CT yielded only four hits.
 Cincinnati at St. Louis was post- p0ned because Of rain.
 YESTERDAYS 6TAR-Outfield- CT Bob Johnson of the Red Sog. who took oyer the American Leagae batting lead from his idle team
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Blood clot

Cleveland, Aug. 3l- UP Allie Reynolds, strikeout artist of the Cleveland Indians, was through pitching for the current season to- day after an examination revealed that he has a blood elot in a yien of his pitching arm,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
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PUERTO RICANS FACE GRADECK
 AND AVICS SUN.

They are comlngl Those famous PIcrto Rican Stars from San Juan champions of the Cuban Wlntel league. will make their only Connec. tlcut appearance at Municipal Sta. dium Sunday afternoon where they will be the guests of the City Anna teur League in big On to Balti- more" benefit game. The opposition will be furnished by Tony Romani- clos Aviglianese A. C. aggregation with Teddy Orabeck the champions ace hurler on the mound
 The Winter Leagucrs boast of an array Of talent that would make any major league manager sit up and take notice and lament the fact that colorcd players have not yet been able to crash" the big cir- cults. During the past month they have beaten the Baltimore Elite Giants. Birmingham Barons and Bushwicks and have broken even with the New York Cubans in four game series.
 The Puerto Ricans gained quite a reputation for themselves last win- ter by winning 75 games while los- ing only 10 in the much talked about Cuban Winter League. In Freddy Guillo, Juan Santaella and Tommy Hernandez, they had a pitching staff that was the 'scourge' Of the league Guillo and Hernandez winning 2l games while losing five and six respectively while Santaello. a left-hander, was undefeated in l3 games. The other victories were credited to the relief pitchers, Mon chile and Bartolcmei.
 Big Chance
 With Teddy Grabeck on the mound. the Aviglianese have high hopes Of being returned victorious in their final game before the open ing Of the All American tournament at Baltimore next Wednesday. Ura- beck gained quite a bit of prestige by pitching Fred Davis Brasscos to victory over the famous Black Yankees last Saturday night, al- lowing the colored aggregation SIX scattered hits.
 In the opening game Of the after noon, the fans will have an oppor- tunity to see two Central Connecti- cut league stars who are being trailed by big league scouts when Leo Canty trots out his Winsted club to do battle with the Washing ten Hills. Pitcher Norman Chamber lain and shortstop Fritz Eisenlohr have already been offered several big league contracts.
 Pres. Bill Derwin announced to- day that an admission charge oi 75 cents including tax would be in effect for Sundays big twin bill and not one dollar as previously ad- vertised. All proceeds will go to the "on to Baltimore" fund.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
.Cronin, CoIennon
 Signed Again

Boston. Aug. 3l.--tUP) Following the lead of tine Red Sox, the Bos- ton Braves have resigned Manager Bob Coleman to direct the National league club for the next two years.
 The announcement followed di- rectors' meeting last night. a few hours after the Red Sox disclosed they had rehired Manager Joe Cronin for the next three years. Terms of the two contracts were not disclosed but cronin reportedly will receive $iO0.000 for his three years work
 Coleman was signed last February to succeed Charles D. Casey stem gel who resigned after a change in club ownership. He has been connected with the Braves Organi- zation s:ncv 1887 when he became manager of the Scranton (PaD farm club.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31

AMERICAN LEAGUE

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
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 SHADES COLLEGE STARS 24 TO 21.
BY WALT BYERs

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 Chicago, Aug. 3i-tUPD-ouard Pete uuadauskas was firmly estab. llshed in the starting lineup of the Worlds Champion Chicago Bears today as c result of his brilliant per- formarce on a rainsoaked field at Dyche Stadium, Evanston, last night when the Bears defeated the College All Stars, 2l-2l.
 He rode the bench as a third stringer last year while the Bears smashed their way to the National Football League Championship. only 10 minutes remained in the final period of the lltht Annual All Star classic when the 27-year-old guard kicked a field goal from the six- yard line to give the Pros their fourth victory and one tie in five ape pearances in the series.
 Few fans had ever heard of Gu. dauskas. who was listed on the pro- gram as a graduate of Murray KyD State Teachers. and a three-year college football player. and very few Of the 50,OO0 spectators cared until the fourth quarter. They had come to watch a passing duel be. tween Ems. Sid Luckman of the Bears and It. Glenn Dobbs of the All Stars.
 Real Star
 The heralded match developed as Dobbs--an All-American from Tul- sa University-proved his rating for the second straight year. He was the passing star of the All-Stars' 27-7 rout Of the Washington Red- skins last year. and he was the pass ing and kicking star of the Cole. gians' near-victOry last night.
 The Bears were a sluggish team in the first quarter. when the tall Tulsan set them back on their own two-yard line with an 85-yard quick kick that rolled dead.
 After Luckman had kicked out. Dobbs pitched to End John Yona. kor, Notre Dame, to set up the first touchdown. an dthen again to an- other Notre Dame All-American, Creighton Miller. for the score. In. diana's Lou Saban converted.
 Again in the first period, the All Stars scored when Center John Tavener-One of five Indiana HOos- iers to play in the game-scooped up a tumble on the one yard line and scored. Saban converted again to give the Collegians a l4-0 lead.
 Luckman-playing his last game for the Bears-retaliated in the sec- ond quarter. He tossed to Ftillback Gary Famiglietti. who carried to the nine. Then he cracked the col- lege line twice to score. Luckman ran and passed for second score and Oudauskas converted. At the half it was l4-l4.
 Power Attack
 Hillenbrand replaced DObbS at the start of the second half. and the Indiana duo of Saban and Hil- lenbrand smashed through to score with the Bears own game power. with Saban going over from the one, and then converting Tor a 2I-l4 margin.
 The Bears came up with their own running star. Ray (Sc00terD Mc- Lean. Luckman lateralled to Mc- Lean, who ran to the ls. On the next play. the shifty veteran romped through Q gazing hole in the right side of the All Stars line to score.
 dudauskas came through again and 1t was 2i-2i.
 In the fourth quarter it was back and forth in the rain. until Luck man and Mclean moved the ball to the All Stars six. Unable to crack the college line. Luckman held and Gudauskas booted the ball between the er0sshars from a 30-degree angle to win the game.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Satisfied

We are perfectly satisfied with the job Bob has done for us this season said President J. A. Robert Quinn. We realize that he las had a good many handicaps and We are hoping that he will be able to get him better material during the next two years"
 Tn an effort to strengthen the team next year, the Braves earlier this week purchased shortstop Dick Cutler and second baseman Tom Nelson from Milwaukee CWisD of the American Association for re- ported S50000 cash and four un- named players.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31

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 The rest of the faVoTites progress Red according to plan, led by tops seeded Francisco iPanellol 6eguFa. the Ecquad0riap sh0imakeF making his fifth bid for the title, and Paul line betz of Los Angeles, w0meD's champion the past two years,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
INTEaNATI0NAL " " ' !! LEAGUE .l..

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Boston Yonks To Fcce Sampson

Franklin, Mass. Aug. 3i.--CUP) Strengthened by the purchase of Guard Augie Li0 from the Detroit Lions. the Boston Yanks prepared today tO break camp after i6 days of rugged workouts and embark to- morrow on a training trip that win take them as far vest as cleye- land.
 The Yanks announced the aeQulsi- tiOn of Lio last night, explaining that tine former Georgetown All- America and place kicking specialist would be held down somewhat by his job in a Greater Boston war plant.
 Coach Herb K0pf viii take % players with him to the naval train- ing station at Sampson. N. F.. where the team gill drill Saturday and serimmage with It. comdr. Jimmy Cr0wley'S Sailors Sunday. Next geek the Boston outfit will tackle twO National Professional league rivals. the Cleveland Rams at CleYe- land and the Green Bay Packers at Buffalo. N. Y.
 The team will open it's regular sea- son Sept. 26 against the Philadel- phis Eagles at Fenway Park.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
EASTERN LEAGUE

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31

YESTERDAYS STAR-outfield- CT Bob Johnson of the Red Sog. who took oyer the American Leagne batting lead from his idle team mate, Bobby DOerr.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-07-18
. JAP SHIPS
 HIT; AITApE
 TRAP HOLDS
Nippon Counierattaeks Re- pulsed as Ydp Is Hit,
 Shipping Bombed

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, July l8.-Five Jap merchant ships were set afire or damaged by rowing AL lied aircraft, Headquarters announc- ed in a communique, which also dis closed that Jap attacks on the Driniumor battle front, where 45.000 Japs trapped at Aitape have been trying to break out, had dwindled to light assaults, all repulsed.
 Two ships of 4,000 tons each and one smaller vessel were set afire between Java and Timor on Sum- day.
 A 7.000-tonner was hard hit and a l,500-tonner sunk off Halmahera Island. 300 miles south of the Phil ippines. last Thursday.
 In two successive raids on Yap. Saturday and Sunday, 65 tons of bombs were dropped to batter the stronghold. Eight Zeros were shot down and two Liberators lost.
 Aitape positions were unchanged, the communique disclosed. The Japs made three strong attacks, the last two on Friday night and Saturday, followed by two light attacks which were easily thrust back by strength ened American lines.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-07-18
AMERICANS DRIVE INTO
 ST.L0. FORT
Germans Are Reported to Be in Retreat from
 Important Area
sUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF THE ALLIED ExPEDITIONARY FORCES, July 18-The Americans today drove into St. Lo bastion through crumpled German opposi- ton northeast of the strategic high way hub, front line dispatch de- clares and the Germans are in re- treat"
 Withdrawal of the German forces appeared to extend at least to the eastern edge of the rubtied bastion, the middle of the Nazi anchor in Normandy.
 Indications are the Germans did not plan a house-to-ho stand on the eighth day of the bitter siege.
 The breakthrough followed fierce German night counterattacks at St. Croix.
 It is radioed from Berlin that an artillery fire and air bombardment is also taking place on the British front, east of the Orne River, near Caen.
 Smashing the German lines in a twin breakthrough, the Americans captured the Germans central bas- tion of St. Eo and the British and Canadian troops battered across the Orne River in a powerful offensive on the road to Paris.
 The drive on St. To was sup ported by tremendous aerial power hit.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-07-18
T0J0 GIVES up ONE JOB,
 TOKYO SAYS
Gen. Amezu Named Chief of Japanese Army
 General Staff

NEW YORK, July 18.-General Yoshijiro Amezu has been appointed Chief of the Japanese Army General Staff, taking one of the posts held by Premier Tojo, Japanese broad cast declared.
 Amezu was formerly Commander in-Chief of Japan's Kwantung army and Ambassador to occupied Man churia.
 Tojo who is already Premier and War Minister took over the post of Chief of the Army General Staff in February when the first in the series of upheavals in the High Command dropped Field Marshal General Sugiyama.
 There is no immediate indication that the assignment of the job to Amezu, long one of the most pow erful Japanese militarists, means any real diminution of Tojo's pow CTS.
 The broadcast recounted the loss- es sustained at Saipan and de- clared that "the real war has yet to be fought"
 The broadcast appealed to the Japanese to 'set his Imperial Majes- tvs mind at rest"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-07-18
Munition Vessels Blow Up al Port Chicago, Near
 San Francisco
IMMENSE DAMAGE
 DONE. WIDE AREA
Two Coast Guard Boats Also Sunk-Cause Not
 Yet Determined

PORT CHICAGO, Calf, July Is. Two Navy ammunition ships, ex- ploding late last night with earth shaking roars, killed from 200 to $50 men and injured hundreds of others. levelling the Port Chicago depot dock area and inflicted im- mense damage at the war-booming port, 35 miles from San Francisco
 One medium sized cargo vessel being loaded went up in thund- ering roar at l0:l9 o'clock last night, Pacific war time.
 A second later, larger ship, moored nearby, was blown to bits. The ground shook for miles around.
 Skyrocket Flame
 One observer, mile away, saw q mile high skyrocket" of flame leaping out on the night air
 The Twelfth Naval District re- vised an earlier statement and said both ships exploded, instead of one. uilN oicO opio wv SO<tot Guard vessels were sunk by the explosion-roiled waters in Suisun Bay, which branches east of San Francisco Bay.
 Death Toll Upward
 The death toll estimates ranged upward from the Navy's official statement at least 200 to 250 of Navy personnel alone, including nine officers.
 The Navy's estimate does not in- clude civilian crews mployed aboard the two destroyed vessels.
 Ships Identified
 The Navy identified the two de- stroyed vessels as the s. s. Quin- ault Victory and the E. A. Bryan. It is feared almost all crewmen were lost on the Victory ship,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-07-18
ROCKETS AREUSED
 ON GUAM
Ground Installations on Rotd Also Hit Jap
 Convoy Skdfed

WASHINGTON, July 18-Carrier based aircraft hit Guam again on Saturday, carrying attacks on the former American naval base for the twelfth consecutive day.
 The air raid followed a twin as- sault Friday when both planes and warships were engaged.
 Buildings in the bivouac areas were destroyed or damaged by rocket bombs.
 It is also announced that rocket firing carrier based planes struck ground installations at Rota Island, between Saipan and Guam, and di- rect hits were scored on concen- tration quarters.
 Navy Liberators, ranging north last Thursday, hit. a Japanese de- stroyer and strafed 3000-ton Jap cargo ship near Two lima. volcano island. The destroyer, acting as escort to the large cargo ship and 12 smaller craft, all were heavily strafed"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-07-18
Roosevelt Declares
 He Wants WaIIaeeio
 Be His Running Mate

CHICAGO, July Is. = President Roosevelt let it be known through a letter made public by Senator Jackson of Indiana that he would vote for Henry A. Wallace for Vice President if he were delegate to the Democratic National Conven- ton, but that he would leave the actual choice of a running mate to the convention itself.
 The letter, which was long ex- pected, brings into a clearer focus one of the big issues of the conven- ton and left both sides claiming victory.
 The President said that he likes and respectd Wallace and would vote for him personally, but "at the same time I do not wish to appear in any way as dictating to the con- vention; obviously the convention must do the deciding"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-07-18
BATTLE IS SAVAGE ONE
 NEAR ST. 10
Americans Beat Back All German AssauIts-Fight-
 ina on 45-MiIe Front
By DON WHITEHEAD

OUTSIDE ST. 10, July 18.-Am- erican troops savagely beat back German counterattack last night, to hold positions in St. Croix De Lo, suburb in the outskirts of St. Lo, mile and fourth from the center of the city that has be- come the Troina (Sicily) of the Normandy campaign - bloody battle-ground over which doughboys have fought for seven straight days.
 The Tanks dug in along the main highway from St. LO to Bayeux, and, using houses as strongholds, battled to drive the enemy from most of the strongly defended po- sitions on the 48-mile front, while other units from the north grad ually closed in on the city.
 Progress, though by yards, is gradually closing the trap on St. Lo and the strategic highway net work around it. Whether the Ger mans have fortified the town proper or plan to make stand inside the city is not known, but it is believed that some enemy troops have already pulled back south of the city on the only route left open after the locks are made.
 The river has been closed by Am erican engineers, who are flooding bridgs on other main escape roads.
 German paratroops are battling for every field in the rolling countryside, in the bitterest kind of fighting.
 It is Troina all over again, where in Sicily the Germans made great stand and temporarily checked the American advance on Messina.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-07-18
The W ashington Merry Co., Round
By DREW PEARSON Lt. Col Robert s. Allen now on active service with the Army.)

WASHINGTON = Vice President Wallace is too discreet to say much about the seamy side of his mission to China, but inside word, both from diplomatic reports and from those who accompanied him, in- dicates that China continues to be Allied problem No. l, much tougher than the American public realizes.
 To understand China, it is neces- sary to remember the following things. Millions of it's people have never heard of it's President, Gen. eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek. Many Chinese consider Madame Chiang an American upstart because she was educated in this country. The people of North China have to use pidgin English to converse with the people of South China. Chiang Kai-sheks first wife was Japanese, and his son was educated in Ger many. Finally, you are dealing with an age-old civilization. It moves with the serenity of centur- ies. To it, this war is just another of many hundreds. ~
 Remembering all this, here are some of the unpleasant but ines capable facts which Wallace (and the rest of us) have to face about China sympathetically.
 Strictest censorship in the world exists in China. U. s. newsmen are virtual prisoners. Chimes e guards with bayonets pace in front of their ostensibly to pro- tect them from any anti-forelgn demonstration; actually to see who comes and goes, and to remind the newsmen constantly that they are under guard. The New York Times correspondent Brooks Atkins n, most respected of newsmen, has D kept careful notes on everything happening during the past couple of years, is returning home soon. If the N. Y. Times lets him print his diary, it will blow the lid off.
 U. s. relations with China before the Wallace visit were bad. They were super bad : U. s. Am- bassador Clarence Gauss, a con- scientious diplomat, for a long time was not received by the Generalis- simo. Chiang was always too busy g When the N. Y. Times want ed an interview with Chiang, they were told he would be busy all summer
 Palace politics are carried on with bitter intensity with Chiang in the middle and with control of China as the stake. The war lords around Chiang jockey constantly for control They are not in- terested in Western civilization, Western politics-only in Western weapons They don't like Madame Chiang because she is too pro-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-07-18
RED ARMIES pREpAREDT0
 SMASH HARD
Whole Front Expected to Be Thrown Into Vio-
 lent Activity
By EDDIE GILMORE

MOSCOW, July Is. - There IS every reason to believe the Red Armies are ready to hurl the great est offensive of the Russians in three years. and staggering all Ger man offensives in the present war.
 The Russians may throw the whole front into violent activity from the far north to the south.
 (The wording of the dispatch, through censorship, suggested the Red Armies south of the Pripyet Marshes in Old Poland, may in- deed strike toward the great Euro pean center of Lwow. The Ger mans, four days ago, reported the Russians were preparing for a gerat offensive)
 With their back against the East Prussian border, besides giving