The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-01
This. Sporting World
A Little Of
 This And Thot
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

Though the Connecticut natural" of the year is five days away, the first fifteen rows, ringside, have been sold out at $6 per head (tax in- cluded) as of press hour today; ac- cording to report of the Hartford Boxing club matchmaker, good old Gus Browne. Two Waterbury boys, Joey Nunzio and Tom Collins are listed for action in the prelims, before the worlds best feather weight, Willie Pep squares of against the sturdy New Haven light weight, Julie Kogon, who must weigh in for the most important flight of his career at not more than l30 pounds, which means about 132 ringside Answering the many inquiries as to PRICES of the Pep-Kogon tickets, there are but three sets of them starting at $2.00 then $3.75 and $500 TAX IN- GUIDED .. For the Jersey special main go in MsG Friday night of this week tTippy Larkin vs. Freddie ArcheD there is new ringside price wrinkle, which will be $500 the next lowest price is $500, then $500 and $l.65 for the rush" seats
 The local lad who is giving the linotype settlers, the LITERARY DIT. is a Greek-American tennis player from Crosby named Pap paioanou, pronounced, I presume papa-i-o-a-new Crosby net ters, by the way, won a close match from Ansonia high yesterday at Hamilton Park matches to 3 {. Taft won the second and final town and gown" game from Wa tertown high, l6-4 yesterday.
 In previous game, Watertown won but the prep boys more than got even in their final game of the season; Morris, Fairchild and Low getting hits each for of the l6 hit total for Taft of Desgena and Blazys In the second Pitts burgh- Brooklyn game, Decoration day, won by the Dodgers to 3, the oddity of ten DIFFERENT Pi- rates getting the 10 hits allowed was marked up. Nobody got more than one hit {. The HAND TO HAND combat book put out by Yale's Ed die O'Donnell and Dr. Nal Stevens, former Yale grid coach then at NYU before joining up is great stuff that can be read over and over again, because of its excellent illustrations, Taking care of those big, tough guys who want to "eat you alive" seems so simple after the first five or six readings. The books brutal frank ness is the secret of its value |. Through error, the names of Cor don Whitaker, Joe Famiglietti, and Joe (Bass) Wujick were inadver- tently left of the list of East Noun tain golfers published in last nights Democrat as members of the 20 man team going to New Haven next Sunday for a test on the city owned links down there. Wujick was Nau- gatuck district champ no less than three times.
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 Scovills PING PONG champ, Mike Exharou is convinced that he is city champ when Willie White is not around, for the Camp Edwards MP, challenged by Mike while home on furlough a week or so ago, extinguished Exharou in three straight games. 21-ll; 2l-l4 and 2l- IT according to a LAST LAUGH note from Willie. Mike would give weeks pay ($96 to beat me just once" Wv. writes to this depart ment Johnny Villano, Jr., of Ledgeside avenue won his Taft var sity track and field squad letter yesterday; for his competition in the 100 and 220 yard dashes-Peter Betts, Ben Coe. Howard Richmond and Jed Pickett. all from this vic- inity were also winners of sport letters.