The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-23
Thi. Sporting
Friday Fish And Chips
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

Two of the many Waterpury boys who will remember "D-Day' (June 6, lo44) when the invasion of the Normandy coast began from Eng land are Pvt. Tony Inches) Del monaco and Sergt. Carl Rosa, both of whom are safe and well as of June 9th the date of Tony's most welcome letter to the writer. If you could only have seen some of the sights here before everything start ed" he writes from somewhere in England" where both are in the same Signal Corps unit; "my seat was reserved for me months in ad- vance, just like going to the World Series, when fans wait for days in front of the ball park to get in. Twenty-four hours day, the air was filled with lDanes of all types; the ground forces had every vehicle imaginable and the ocean was filled with everything from toy ships to battlewagons. John, this was one sight that a person could see but once in a lifetime" His letter took exactly two weeks to get from him to me. Sergt. Rosa is Q Crown street boy, while Tony's folks are on Hill- side avenue.
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 Horseracing was declared VER- BOTEN in France about ten days ago, because the Nazis figured 1t would give the Frenchies too good e chance to get together, and with that AGROUND as we'll established as 1t is said to be- well, you get the 1DEE. However, Berlin radioed that 'horse-racing has been resumed in Germany be- cause conditions of terrain and supplies impose limitations on the motorization of armed forces and
 therefore maintenance of efficient horse breeding is a necessity of great importance in the war ef- fort" We'll, Vell,, und how are you Fritz, und vas you effer in zin- zinnatti?"
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 Remember Hank L'uisetti, the MT. Basketball of the far west two sea- sons ago? He's now head court man at Millington Naval Air station in Memphis, Tennessee. Burns Ber- nett, U. P. correspondent from Bill Terrys down home in Tennessee has a rather clever description of the great Hank; of whom Mir Ben- nett writes: "Luisetti will be remen- bered as the lithe-limbed Califor- mia citizen, better known as Hank" who almost single-handed. changed basketball from the status of 10 guys named Joe mistreating o round ball on a dance floor, to a national FETISH" Concentrated obsession, created by goggle-eyed in- terest and paltipating disregard for anything else. In short, something that is out of this world'D .... Litchfield's young Al Cassadei has decided to give organized baseball a whirl while he has a good chance, so has hooked on with Allentown. a St. Louis Cards farm. Incidentally, he signed with Allentown on the same day he registered for the DRAFT, which is a distinction in it. self, because he is just turned IS to- day . An outstanding figure in BIG LEAGUE baseball during the postwar period is apt to be Billy Evans. former UMPIRE, now do. ing a great job down south, where he is president of the Southern As- sociation.
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 Seems to me that was a tough verdict, Pascoag officials handed out, because a jug-headed jockey showed a battery" to some friends; particularly when the stewards, led by Sam Nuckols said they were in- clined to believe the story of the jockey and trainer, who insisted the electrical device had never been used by them at the track. to in- crease the speed of horse during a race. Both are suspended. the jockey will probably lose his license to ride, and the trainer Ca former stonemason) will be under suspicion for a long time. It's like being ar- rested for MURDER. because you happen to have gun in hand. ~