The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-11
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HishIishts From Baltimore
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin, 42 year-old mayor of Baltimore, now Q city of about 100000 people, pro. sented wooden keys to the city" Co l4 tournament team representatives last Thursday night at dance glv- on in honor of oil the teams in the American Amateur Baseball As- soclation tournament. The first key went to William ]. Derwin, supervi. sor of recreation of the Waterbury Park Department, president of the City Amateur League and first vice. president of the association spon- Soring the brand new baseball competition which is headed by Glen l.. Martin, multi-milllonaire bomber builder, whose business is aviation but whose hobby is base- ball.
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 The wood used Co make the keys was taken from the Flag House, located ON Albemarle Street, Baltl- more, where Francis Scott Key ls Feputed to have lived just before he wrote hls immortal verse for our national anthem, the Star Spang. led Banned. On each "key" is past cd Q picture Of Key, famous Amerl- can musician, and Q picture of the "F'laE House."
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 A heckler in the audience suggest cd to Mayor McKeldin that he, Q Republican, was elected mayor of Baltimore because of his middle name, Roosevelt; but the husky, youthful number one citizen re. minded his hearers that Theodore Roosevelt was Q Republican plus the claim that he gained i5000 Demo- cratic votes, without which he would not have been elected,
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 Sailor Teddy Grabeck was the In. dlviduaI hero of the Avlgs 20 run victory against Butler, for, In addl- ton Co allowing but five hits, In. Cluding two successive singles by the first two Butler batters tO face him; he struck out the next six batters in the first and second in- nlngs; and at bat "Ot himself . home run, triple and single before retiring In favor of Rube QulntaFd In the fifth inning, when the Avigs added five more runs.
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 Running him close second for in. dividual honors, was Bobby Great- oreX, veteran Waterville player with plenty of tournament experi- ence; whose home run clout over the head of hard.runing center fielder was one of the longest and best ever seen in any baseball game by this writer, Bobby also added q sharp, clean single to right field later in the Butler game.
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 Hank DOneSkl, West Haven Red Devil basketballer, who has turned In . bang.u2 baseball job at first base for the Avlgs all season was well on his way to q perfect day at bat, when he hit safely in his first four times up, including . long three -bagger and trio of singles IAsEing Q 1000 average for the game when hls fly hall on his fifth and last time at bat was caught,
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 Not q player on the Butler, Penn sylvania or Philadelphia Connie Mack Club are more than i8 years of age and all of them without keen tournament experience; which ac- counts for the 50 runs against them by Waterbury and Baltimore, win- ners of opening games. AS n result. junior" division Of tournament play may be arranged for next years competition. according to tentative plans of All-American as- sociation officials.
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 Thirteen hours of travel by reg ular bus. from Bristol to Baltimore, during which two breakdowns were experienced: is believed to have had a part in the CIO Endees loss of their first tourney test with the Martin B0mbers. plus the fact that Che game was played on a huge thetu uuucV uShtS AuubSUuy uBht' VvvVVVvvv
 Handy Andy Santillo. Aviglianese catcher more than made up for his bad throw into right field which let in the first unearned run for Butler in the opening inning; when he later doubled and was driven in by brother Bob Santillo, Water bury outfielder, with an automatic double that could easily have been a home run. as it was hit into the stands at Baltimore Stadium in the nine run second inning against But Ter, Pa. Had the ball stayed in the stands and not bounded back into the playing field, it would have been a homer; but it was a two-base hit on ground rule.