The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-03
This
World
Monday Sports Wash
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

Monday Sports Wash
Barney Ross, one of our greatest
ring champions since 1920, is making
the rounds of New York prior to an
other tour of Army camps, arranged
by the War Department. Up to 100
pounds, which is about IT above his
best fighting weight when he held
the welter crown and had those
hairraiSing battles with Jimmy Nc
Larnin, the New York East Side
boy via Chicago, carries a blessed
medal given him by a Catholic
Naval chaplain in the South Pacific
area; as well as his Hebrew MEz-
zUzAH. In a minute CONVERSE
ton with your truly, his most i'm
portant statement, in answer to my
question was this: 1T has not both
cred me for SIX WEEKS" mean
ing MALARIA which he contacted
in the jungles of the SIP where he
killed % JapS in one all-night en-
gagement. On the day he visited
Waterbury several months ago, Bar
ney'S raven-black hair was mixed
with plenty of GRAY, for he was
a SICK MAN, but has improved
considerably and best of all; re-
mains as FRIENDLY as an OLD
SHOE. You should meet him some
time, for he's a grand little guy.
When asked about the Catholic
medal and Hebrew mezzuzah that
he carries at all times; he will tell
you: how can I go wrong, with
BOTH SIDES taking care of me?"
WV
West Haven Red Devils neatly
Scotched New Haven rumorS that
they were going to take it easy"
in the second game of the series
with Boys Club Alumni for the
greater New Haven basketball title
of 1894; having easily defeated
the B. G. outfit, first time out.
While the second game was much
closer, Herky Rubinstein and his
lads Sewed up the title when they
won the second game 40 to As,
coming from behind a 1921 lead
at half time. Freddie Ferrie scor-
ed IA, Hank Donesky Is and Rocky
Petrafessa II for the winners. The
latter is also hot number with
the NEW state dusty champs, M.
B BomberS of New Haven which
outpointed the Chance-Vought
outfit last night at the "Y'' 80.
The recent Jack Johnson-Jess
Willard sparring bout for the
benefit of ex-service men at Los
Angeles, recalls the fact that
many dyed-in-the-wool fight fans
believe johnson won the heavy
weight title from JIM JEFFRIES.
but the fact is he won 1t from
Tommy Burns in Sydney. Austria
liza by q K. o. in 1908. At one time.
bald, gold-toothed Jack was re-
ported worth more than TWO
MILLION DOLLARS. but he's
thinking Of travelling with q
MEDICINE SHOW, these days.
He used to come up to NORWALK,
Connecticut quite often for alleS.
edly POLITICAL reasons.
WV WV
Jefferson s.. Smith, II year old
son of Tom CYNICAL Smith, Is home
for week or so with his rating Of
MVP (most valuable player) OF the
Northwood School HOCKEY squad,
at Lake Placid, N. Y, this past sea-
son. Jeff" would rather be on
skates than on top Of the world. +.
Heighth of Optimism Department:
one Naugatuck hacker of the U. S.
Rubber combine at the "Y" yester-
day afternoon is reported to have
wagered that the rubber club would
defeat the Chance-Vought array by
TWENTY POINTS or more. USR
lost by two points to the outfit that
defeated K of l. by IS points at ST.
Joseph's hall. Every one OF III
players in the Enkcors-CaiSSons
game Saturday night at the Boys
Club scored from to IA points,
which is a bit on the unusual side
in basketball for there's nearly al
ways someone whose games work in
the box-score reads 600. Willie
White won 100 ping-pong games in
succession from a good player at
Camp Edwards, his buddy Pvt. Andy
Lutino of York, Pa; who put up S.
against Willie's CHI ampionship
TROPHY that he could win game
out of 100 played over three weeks.
Willie says he made good, though
several of the games were real close,
.. Attempting to keep at pes,
form for FOUR games in "a hour.
was too much for Chance-Vough,
which is the principal reason the
lost the state dusty title to Nj
Bombers of New Haven.