The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-13
This Sporting World
Monday Sports Wash
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

Monday Sports Wash
 Since the sensational football played by Levi Jackson, colored Hillhouse back of New Haven has made" all the sport pages of state papers, beginning last October; all sort of stories and rumors have been banded about; some of them started and repeated by jealous ri- val coaches in the New Haven dis- trict and elsewhere. For one thing, the most oft-repeated 'rumor is that Jackson is OVER AGE and should not be playing Connecticut high school football.
 As for that, his coach, Reg Root
 of Yale, tells me that Jackson,
 who also took part in the state
 basketball tournament at the Are
 na last week, will be called up by
 his DRAFT BOARD for the first
 time, in August, when he will
 reach his 18th birthday. He is
 also reported getting special
 treatment so that he could re-
 main in school for another foot
 ball season; but, by that time, he
 may be OVERSEAS, according to
 those who ought to know.
 That brings up the matter of Jin. Easdaile, another colored Hillhous9 athlete, giant forward of the baS- ketball squad. eliminated by Tor" rington last Thursday night by . 35-32 margin. Easdaile did not play because he was reported ineligible because of BOOK TROUBLE (be- low passing in certain studies, though today's Hartford Courant says 1t was a CLERICAL ERROR. The FACT is that EaSdaile was elig- ible to play under GAG rules. but was NOT eligible to play under New Haven B of E rules, which specify that boy with two "F's" on his report card, cannot play any sport for the high school and that's what Easdaile had, 0 pair of Els, one of them for CIVICS. So there was no error, in the matter, just the tough est kind of Q "break" any boy could get at tournament time. Remem- berinS the Jackson case, and ac- companying rumors, Principal Arr thur Countryman of Hillhouse de- cided to keep Easdaile out of ac- ton in the tournament, a move which helped Torrington no little.
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 Incidentally, tho Arena rumor about the two Torrington boys sup posed to have played semi-pro bas- ketball in Waterbury and Thomas ton this past season; (Mele and Zucco) the answer is that sorne- body down New Haven way must be smoking HASSANS these days; be- cause there's little about his boys that Coach Cornelius Joseph Don- ahue does not know during the hoop season.
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 ODDS AND ENDS-Asked how he enjoyed the feeling of having two winners within two hours, Coach Tom Wagner of Bristol and Chase teams told a flock of admirers yes- terday at the "" well, you see folks, it's that PERSONAL touch. just like George Washington used on the Japanese cherry tree Francis Daniel McGrath, or to give him his Washington Hill handle "pICK": has just come through with two champions at Weber High, Chicago; where his teams won the junior lightweight and senior cham pionships in the NORTH SECTION of the Catholic League; and will play for the city title next Sunday and April 8th the latter at Chica- go Stadium; If they come through for the city titles in competition with other sectional winners Remember Danno O'Mahony, the Irish wrestler, who made several friends in Waterbury? Runs a tav- ern in Venice, Cal; but had to give 1t up last month when the Army called. He married Miss Julia Burke of Cambridge in 1885, and Is now the proud papa of two chil- dren Julie Hogan, the New Ha- ven question mark of Fistiana, is on the Beau Jack-Bummy Davis card Friday night at MISC; which was maneuvered through Johnny Attell, NH Arena matchmaker, who has an 'jn" along Jacobs Beach and can use the side door to Nat Rogers of- flee. Rogers makes Up all the pre- lims for Mike Jacobs and is doing O. K. for himself Carmen Mele and Ray Zucco of TorTington; Hen- " Majewski and Pat Riera of New Britain and Jim Wetmore of N. L. Bulkeley are the 1944 state tourney all-stars selected by the writers cov- ering the meet. Torringtons Gala. han missed because his work was just ordinary until the final game. The ver-officious, pompous and Rome has spoken attitude O. The GAG in barring Naugatuck high school junior, Al Raytkwich, from taking part in the state interSholas- tics at New Haven last Saturday had an odd result. Naugy High does not have swimming team; so the kid swims at the "" coached by Alex Sullivan, who sent him to Trenton, N. J. for the NATIONAL interscholastics; when he was turrl- ed down by his own state though Q student and swimmer of Hauga. tuck. So what? So the kid won the NATIONAL backstroke cham- pionship in 1:06.8 while the best time for the state meet at Yale was I:09. Now we shall see if the GAO will try to EXPLOIT young Raytk- wich in future swimming meets in this state, now that he has become a national champion Five sec- onds was the best Crosby swimmers