The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-02
This Sporting World
MoMdoy Sports Wosh
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

Mon00y sports W0Sh
 High school football on Q Sunday at the Municipal Stadium was to have been tried for the first time this season, with Wllby and Leaven- worth, Crosby and Wilby scheduled for November 5th and 10th; but it now appears as if George Mulllgan's Blues win take over for pro football this season, with New London and Boston players to form the Blues; including Chief Specialist Dick Tuckey of Naugatuck, Harvard backfield coach Perhaps the high school coaches and, Mir, Mulli- gan can get together for Q double header on the Sundays mentioned, which would be quite Q treat for the f6Es though the Crosby-Wilby game will not be played Thanksgiving morning for the first time in years because it's Leavenworth's turn" to have the stadium field on Turkey Day this year Waterburys Bill Downey, most accommodating hotel manager In North America, is up home" for his annual vacation from managerial duties at the New York Abbey where he has remained de- spite Q change of ownership of the popular waterbury" hotel on West fiity.one street.
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 Coach Bill Tracy of LeaVenworth
 Is, on the whole, Q mild-manner-
 cd gent, but his bleod pressure went up more than somewhat wGea on unknown llnesman called Q IS
 yard unnecessary roughness penal.
 ty against ono of the Tech kids at
 Shelton Saturday, as the Leaven-
 worth boy was trying to RECOV-
 EE A TUMBLE NaugAtuek
 YMcA will be the scene of ., meeting tonight Of all hands in-
 te'ested in the formation of .
 state industrial basketball league,
 At 7;30, Harry Ingram of U, $,
 Rubber will get the boys together
 fer 0 general discussion and line-
 up of probable members for the
 coming season, Johnny LauFia,
 former manager of the North End
 Pals baseball team, Is getting box
 ing lessons at sea from none other
 than tho one and only JACK
 DEMPSEY who is on troop
 transport somewhere in the At-
 lantiC, l have two nice pictures Of
 Johnny md Jack together, If
 someone from the Pals club wants
 'em to hang up m their club
 rooms,
 Because Of his "stick-to.it.ive. ness" sportseAster Bob steele (WTIC) is having the last laugh and collecting some choice cabbage since last season when he began touting tho St, Louis Browns to get Into tho World Series, and when they failed his judgment, he was undismayod going right back on 'em again this season, being rewarded yesterday with the greatest finish In A, L, history when the Browns won the flag for the first time and made good m all-St, Louis world series Cards Rre 9.i series choice off Jim CArrolis St, Louis book" and li-20 fayoritcS for first game If Mort Cooper starts for the N, l., champs .. Boston YanSS, managed by Ted Collins, who also tS financial agent for Kate Smith of radio fame, could not get NNug- ducks Dick TueEey to play proses. sional football on Sundays; but Richard k reported ready to come to Waterbury every weekend to play for Mulligan's Blues -, Wa. terbuFy owners of show horses did fairly well at Middletown yesterday in the L-B Riding Club show, Pc. ga5us, owned by W. c, Britt won Q rcd (seeond) in the open saddle class; Ray strohRekers Dakota won the stock horse class Chris Boy, owned by Evelyn Carroll was second in the cowboy musical chair novel. ty event; and third in the ladies stock class; while Buffalo, ridden by George Bridgee won third in the musical chair presentation Ed' die Burko'S co won low gross Rt Wsllingferd prosAmateur event Sunday. Eddie, Pace Brook pro spends Iart time in c war plant .. After watching the Redskins smear the Chicago Bears 2i-7 Q few weeks ago. was c bit surprised Rt the 2e- 0 reverse by the Bears over the skins Sunday; with Sid Luekman and Sammy Baugh, both out of ac. ton. The final score indicates just how much Baugh's passes mean to Al