The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-08
This Sporting World
Baltimore Notes
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

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 Baltimore, Md, Sept. e-Fourteen. amateur baseball teams from alx' states and the District of ColumhlA are represented by various cham pion clubs In Che first annual All. American baseball tournament which opens In this Maryland met- ropoils Thursday and must he con- cluded by Tuesday Sept. i2. Two, losses by any team means ellmina. ton, tho winner to receive the beau. tlful Clark Griffith Trophy, the championship and the right to chal. lenge the National Amateur Base. ball Federation tournament cham. plons in the Youngstown, Ohio, competition, in an amateur world series" to be played later in sep- tember.
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 Though two of the fourteen teams registered for Che All-Amorlcan tournament drew 'byes" automatic. ally putting them Into the second round of play Friday, Waterbury was not one 0a tlsa them. The But. Der, Pa, club was drawn as Che first round opponents of the City Ama- teuF League champs, the Avlgllans csc A, C.,,,"TwO New York state teams, Amsterdam and Schenectady were the lucky number teams for which byes were drawn and one of the lucky @ numbers was thlF- teen (lS)nn.No ether team tn tho tournament will be given . bye for the remainder of the tourney.
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 Four members Of the Waterbury party arrived ala Llndebergh-hav- flown to Baltimore from the Hart ford airport; Q most delightful trip Of less than three hours which twas over before we knew :t" according to the Air-eonseious passengers, cliff and Joe McfIale, Bill pNrottl and W, ?. (Hank) O'Donnell, sports editor of the Republican,
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 Players and other members of Che north end club, Avlgllanese A. O., were Appreclative of the interest and well-wlshes of these who 'saw them oef'' for Baltimore from the Waterbury railroad station early Wednesday morning including Harry x. Cashln, former City Amateur League president; Fred w. PAlomba "On To Baltimore" financial cam, palgn chairman, Senator Franh Summa, chairman of the North End committee which raised SSSt toward Che Sl,200 zeal; Butch DevltO Of the Brooklyn A. C., and James "ShlmmeFs" SheehAn, pFesl' dent of the Tribune A. Q.
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 Two of the notable Absentoei from the party who were expected to make the trip were P. J. tPat' Doran, ice-preSident of the leagu' for many years; and John Cow boy) Healey, well-known Water bury entertainer. Tn the case of MT Doran 1t was doctors orders" whil' the Waterbury cowboy without horse or gun must have "slept over according to his Boswell, 'Packy' Shea. The latter, with Pat Quil' ter manager of last years cham pion Washington Hills: his brother Joe, Johnny Rock, treasurer of the league, and Johnny Howard of the east end lent "a little bit Of Ire land" to the party.
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 Bobby Ray, Sacred Heart and Tribune 4. c. Inflelder, is here on leave from his army post, t0 de what he can to bring the first All' Americ an baseball tournament championship home to Waterbury.
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 Teddy 0rabeck, easy pitching win ner over the famed New York Black Yankees, was Manager Tony Rom- aniellos choice to twirl the first game for the Avigs against the very youthful club from Butler, penn- sylvania; Q town once made famous by a Waterburian, Red Horse" Hennessy, who pitched Q great but losing night game for the North End Thomas Club in the NABF tournament at Dayton, Ohio some
 
 five or six years ago.
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 The pitching surprise as far as the Waterbury entry is concerned Is apt to be 'Rube" Quintard Ol Bridgeport; a Chance-Vought team pitcher, reported to have beaten the famed New York Bushwicks and also said to have won some % games.
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 Colonel John Ryan, game" leg and all, made" the tournament and is enjoying himself immensely hav- ing attended a testimonial dinner given by the Maryland Amateur Baseball Association for the visit ing managers, team representatives and the press Wednesday night.
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 "ColOnel" Charley Swan, formeI Cleveland and Washington sports aas&nS aa ana oR fhA nrfmeinal eOgy