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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-10
The Broadway
Bugle
BY
DAN PARKER

JOHNNY GRECO CANADIAN 1LoHTwErcHT headed overseas as
exte the leading his home town.
every member Of his club So cheek for CHRISTMAS Jean PSe one
With service III Mona recently RiSS cSS p games
Of SS sSo sp & % r new s set Of one
to Is the @sr o q. % Ss as n A ss: T Won't USED
ing instructor at Camp HoiaSiTd Nd az" 'OA
SEYMOUR EIsEN BROOKLYN LAD who didn't box until he
Army, Field Miss.
SaP John Ss' sai
also hs SSr ZURICH former 1Sa ~h n1 eh mc
e nr ~ s Merchant am years S
managed Fred Apostolic and other good
lightweight stationed at Manhattan Beach in the Coast Guard
war with the in Oak Knoll o SS aaS'
think THAT q ,ED eH Sss dm sS
strong which eyght pronounced
Tommy Martin the EnUh SeavyWe hs' 0e Sar 0
BaeT has Of his ssG s Rs
Navy Yard vseio cs H Ed We f former @e
Alma Mater M The soah A Ssa A op and track coach for his
peal made by LsSrond former heaywsght champion
Windsor Lad winner Of the 1884 Derby destroyed
owned 9y an insurance company which paid Martin
ihtTsht no SSG in S Hnpa sS
with the U Air Force will vue shortly
DUNNIGAN father of the mutuels in New York
yin introduce Hesitation Albany
Suoshs So%s in c61ni Gables sh f ne
barred T aa'R Park racing win
HT s ss abe :" get stable space at the local tracks
his marriage Baby referred the
Croft Crusaders
basketball teams the
pan Jimmy ScOty HOrsburgh glObetrOttng
wegnt OF the Ringing Bros Circus staff eenlsted Navy
Al Jacksonville His old
commander IN the Navy has been decorated for
WILLIE RATHER boxing editor News his 800
All
oe5 now runs his own bicycle shop Beverly Hills Reggie
iron man Of the bike tracks attacks
illness recently working helper Federal
newark and All Goule
Ke oeT is salesman for bar fixtures
here's now the looks after
OF Ike Hoorook of
on the u are being sought by officials
swher0 he died oYtn
riteE) little
Garden ST. Nick OF
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the Newark
MAJOR LOU MARK
Dg DouS IN Iceland with 1t Col Gnstap
man OF tne A. A. o. boxing committee
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tne Oympics is the first
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football team is coached by
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Copyright 1914 King Features Syndicate)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-10
TODAY'S SPORT PARADE

players, and CD It furnishes major
league clubs with a source of able
replacement talent.
Financial instability was the
greatest weakness OF minor league
ball In the old days" he continued.
independent operators Of minor
clubs too often were unable to
weather the slightest depression. 1t
was q common practice for clubs to
fold up after the fourth of July -
leaving countless other debts.
Too many Of the minor clubs,
operating on a shoestring, were I'M
able to attract or obtain promising
young players. They were unable
to get good managers and coaches
to develop their players. They
couldn't provide proper food. living
conditions, transportation or uni
forms for the players. They couldn't
give the fans good teams: so the
fans didn't turn out. And the
clubs folded.
When a team quit during the
season, 1t hurt the rest Of the clubs
in its league - hurt the men who
had invested money In those clubs.
Independent operators became re-
luctant to pour good money after
bad; and so entire league evapor-
ated, thus destroying sources OF fu-
ture talent for major-circuit clubs,
Because Of this unhappy situa-
ton, farming experiments were
made in the early 1920's. They
proved so successful for all con-
cerned that gradually chain-store
ball-though outright ownership OF
minor clubs or working agreements
with them-became widespread.
Minor league flourished, thanks to
financial stability and to directional
assistance. Before Pearl Harbor, 43
minor leagues were operating. and
at least 30 per cent Of their men,
Der clubs had farm connections.
Threats against the farm sys-
stem are threats against baseball"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-10
(Reg. U. s. Pat. Off,
BY JACK CUDDY

United Press Staff Correspondent
Atlantic City. N. j.. January 10
EUP) - George NJ. Weiss, vice-pres-
|dent Of the New York Yankees,
Insisted today that the develop
|nent and stability OF post-war base
|0all all will depend largely upon
he farm system. despite current
Screenings" for legislation against
Husky, fresh completed Weiss
|vho inspected the Yarks' new
|'pring- training quarters in Allan
ic City over the weekend - said
hat any attempt to ban or curb
,hain-store bali will be "farcial"
The Yankee chain chief was refer
ring TO anti-farm proposals that
may be considered later this month
kt the Chicago meetings.
Weiss emphasized, "the farm sys-
EN- needs no defense. However.
Us opponents recently have given
o many distorted criticisms TO the
public that / think it's high time
|omeone set the fans straight on
|armtng - explained its true func-
ions and value"
Farming was necessity In mod
|gn baseball, he said, because %
b assures financial stability for the
minor leagues; cd 1t provides for
proper development Of minor league
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-10
Detroit Wings
Improve Place

The Detroit Red Wings moved into
undisputed possession of fourth
place in the National Hockey league
with Az victory over the Chicago
Blackhawks and the Montreal Can
adienS increased their lead by beat
ing the hapless New York Rangers,
6-5 In last nights play.
Defenseman Hal jackson con-
nected with a 60 foot boal to break
a % tie in the third period for
the Wings at Detroit and a minute
later sgd Howe clinched the contest
with a short counter. Doug Bentley
counted both of the Chicago tallies
in futile cause.
Playing at Madison Square Gar
den, the Rangers closed with q rush
that left them goal short OF a tie.
Trailing AL in the second period,
the Rangers counted two fast goals
to Montreals one. At the start of
the thir period Dutch Hitler netted
his third for the Blue Shirts to per-
form the hat trick and pull the
Rangers to within a goal of the VIC
tors. Each team scored again. how
ever, as Montreal protected its mar
gin.
In Saturday nights play, Montreal
defeated the Rangers at Montreal.
81 and Toronto swamped Boston,
1873.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-10
~ Sports Forum
For War Workers

For the next five months, each
Tuesday, starting at 8:l5 D. IN. in
the Central YMCA a sports forum
will be featured where all the top
motion picture films will be shown.
Joe Rimany, Jr, physical director
has arranged a very attractive pro-
gram which is sponsored by the
Industrial Recreation Association
and the YMCA.
The main purpose Of this Sports
Forum Is TO provide entertainment
Tor War Workers as we'll as provid-
ing instructions in the many skills
of all the popular psorts Waterburi-
ans now engage in. The great ex-
perts, coaches and athletes will
strut their stuff in these weekly
variety shows. A cracker-jack pro-
gram has been arranged.
Starting Tuesday at 8:l5 p. M,
will be the inaugural Of the series.
The three films booked, will be
Ski Time in the Laurentians"
which shows the scenic wonders IF
this popular winter resort and pert
skiiers whizzing down slopes at
breath taking speed. Second film,
Famous Fights will give the high
lights in four famous fights not to
be forgotten. Dempsey Sharkey,
Ross Petrolle, Firpo Brennan,
and Louis-Levinsky. And third,
West Point. In this film we
see the rigorous training give nour
future army generals get. Action
scenes are interspersed with class
room groups to illustrate how theory
is put into practice.
Cards vs. Yanks
On January 18th an exclusive
showing will be made, the first in
Waterbury and vicinity, Baseball
Championship"-the l943 World
Series between the st. Louis Car
dinals and the New York Yankees
which was written and directed by
Lew Fonseca. promotional director
OF the American League Of Profess
SionA Baseball clubs. This official
American League motion picture is
narrated by Lieut.. Bob Elson, U. S.
N. R. Approximately % minutes
gives all the highlights Of the World
Series.
Co-featured with the above will
be Football Thrills of 1913" Just
released and first showing in Wa
terbury. Flashing runs! Smashing
tackles! Thrills! Spills, Touchdownsl
Peak moments from the years
greatest college games. Football
history as 1t was made. with IA
nous players filmed from perfect
vantage points. This is a release
thousands have been waiting for.
This is just few of the what's
coming in the Sports Forum. An
nouncement will be made from week
to week as a program that has
been already arranged. All free OF
charge to Waterways war workers
and YMCA members.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-10
ANSONIA, NAUCY.
NEXT FOR WILBY;.
CROSBY EDGED

wlhy's Wildcats Of the hoops,
fresh of their close, but none the
less impressive victory over cros-
by Saturday night of last week, IS
the busiest OF the local high school
basketball squads this week. To-
morrow night, Coaches Tom Purcell
and Tom Wagner take their win
ners TO Ansonia for q game with a
strong Copper City Club, hard to
beat on its own floro, though Hard
ing Of Bridgeport turned the trick
last weekend by a field goal, rs TO
%.
On next Saturday night, wildly
takes on Naugatuck at the Wildly
gym in It's third tough game in a
row. Naugy was really outpointed
last Saturday at Torrington rs to
81 in game featuring go personal
fouls, which banished seven players,
four Of them OF the Naugatuck
team.
Crosby lays off this week until
Saturday afternoon when It goes to
WATERFOWL for a game against q
strong Taft team that defeated Wa
tertown High last Saturday night.
The Crosby Reserves meet Taft
Seconds in prelim, starting at 2:30
p. m.
Coach Ebby Conlan's Sacred
Heart High combination takes
the Wildly gym court tomorrow
night for a game with st. Mary'S
Ac g
and home" opponents Of last sea-
son.
Wildly, short pre-game favorites
Saturday started FAST lost no time
finding the hoop and had a IL to
5 edge before Crosby really got 60
ing; though the Lee lads made
nice comeback in round two Of the
game; and were trailing but two
points 20-l8 at the half-time gun,
fired by that BAG shrarpshoter. j.
Eagle-Eye Brickel, who has been
timing Crosby Willy games since
Principal Joe Kennedy played the
piano in the orchestra rehearSals.
Handy Hoop"
Young Billy Behrs belated but
NSAg faANoOAC AACAO kOdA hOll sAAS
game from CROSBY with less than
Two minutes to play. Crosby had
a chance to tie the score but coulo
not make it good. (tIt was with
less than q minute left, Wilby beat
Crosby at football last Turkey Day.
Center Bob Hsnlon got 10 OF the
Wildly IS total, played a bang-up
game at center, as did Frank Silva,
colored Wildcat guard. while Behr
led the point-making for the win
ners with IL markers: his last field
goal proving the winning mar
gin.
For Crosby, Fran Hummell. Win
Pettewat and ceL;er Ajax were cap
able. reliable performers throughout
the game. Free throwing was very
good. too; Wildly scoring on 8 Of IL;
Crosby 8 Of IA tries. Score:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-10
Ingersoll, u. S. Rubber
Also Are Winners

In the preliminary games sched-
uled yesterday afternoon on the
Dusty Basketball League, the U. S.
Rubber Company beat the Benrus
Combine. 48 to % in the first game.
while Ingersoll beat Seth Thomas
81 to % in the second contest
Lefty Farrar, Dusty Rhodes,
and Chef Cieslewski, paced the
Rubber combine forging a 81 to 10
lead at the half time period. and
holding 25 point lead at the three
quarter mark. Hertling. Valetta and
Levine threw in II of the teams to-
tai Of % points, desperately trying
TO set up an air tight defense in
the first half, but it crumbled in
the third period The Rubber COM
bine went to town in the third and
fourth periods, throwing up 81
points, forging a record of three
wins in seven tries. 1t was particu-
larry noticed that the Rubber Com
pany could have done better If they
had the services of Bill Wojack,
star center and ace scorer The
final score in this ball game was
81 to 10.
In the second red hot game of
a triple header baske tball card the
IngerSon combine, coached by
George Graham, made it three
wins in seven starts besides showing
regenerated form to down the Seth
Thomas squad 81 to %
The fast stepping Ingersoll squad,
featured their star left forward and
high scorer, 'Laripin' Lou GALLUP,
who paced the Clock Company
squad and threw up II points as his
donation toward the teams 81
points. Roberts the right forward
was next in line, playing a great
defensive game, as well as tossing
up ten points. with Jackie Green,
and Bill Minor putting the finishing
touches on their we'll earned victory
by throwing up twelve points be-
tween them. This very classy Clock
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-10
Mayor Monogon Is
Bcdminton Winner

In the class "A" league, Mems
Badminton. which officially started
yesterday. the Waterbury ~" team
defeated the New Haven Lawn Clut
by the score Of 4-3 in a match
which was fought to very close
scores. In the opening singles
matches both Of our local players,
Joe Sullivan and John Tata dropped
their matches to opponents. Sulh-
van lost to Brown by the score CT
1873, 1873, while Tata dropped two
games to Bronson. 1872. ISL.
In the doubles match where the
local team was the strongest, Don
Post and John Monagan were forced
to three sets before winning from
Brown-Evans, the number / team
Of New Haven Lawn Club. The
scores, 1915, 1873. 15-6. The
Wright-Albert combination Of Wa
terbury lost to Wheeler-Sargeant.
1873, 1912. In the repairing Of
teams. John Monagan and Aaron
Albert in a thrilling match beat
Bronson and Wheeler, l5-5. 6-15,
l5-ll. In the next two contests the
locals won in straight games, the
local team Of Don Post and Harold
Wright defeated Evans-Moffett. Is
8, 1873 and Joe Sullivan and John
Tata, up and coming brilliants IN
the games, defeated DAMIEN and
Moffett. 1916. 1873
The next notch viii be played
here on January Is at $50 WheH
our local team meets Trinity ParlsA
of New -Iaven. at the Central
Y. NJ. G., A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-10
Barbara Beats
Favored Toxic

Bear Mountain. N. Y, Jan. 10 -
U.P) - Merrill (Mezzis) Barber,
member Of the American Olympic
ski team in 1910 and holder Of the
national all-around title in 1912,
won the invitational Bear Mountain
ski meet yesterday.
Barber of Brattleboro, VT. edged
out favored Srgeant Torger Toxic
i.9 points.
Toxic. competing in his first
jumping event since April Of 1912,
practically matched BARRIERS dis
lance but lack of practice told In
the Norseman's form and graded
his jumps down.
Hans Strand, former national
champion Of Bear Mountain, won
the veterans class over Kyrre Toxic,
Older brother Of Torjer and now a
chief petty ofilcer In the Navy.
Kari Boiler. l7-year- Norway.
8. O.. competitor, won the class b
meet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-10
Redwood Chatter

wen mere We are, back with
bank, after the holidays. And the
ones that got banged were the
BircheS-they must still be dream
ing Of white observation-disclosures
they were BANKED out without a
win in their last 6 games. The Ce-
dars are the main culprits. CE Ms
team has won six in a row and are
in first place all by their lonesome.
Rocky is thinking OF putting in an
ad for bowlers. The Walnuts have
been bowling with only 3 members
present for the last few weeks and
their endeavors to get new men,
bers have failed.
Doc Winnie Mastrianni - now
Lieut.. Mastrianni, U. S. NJ, Sampson,
New York-must have lost his
bowling eye in the Navy-he didn't
do so well as guest bowler Wed.
Nite-He sure looks swell in that
uniform, though. Watch the Ma
pies from here in. Those gals are
just staring to click now.
George Manganaro broke her own
high single for women with a neat
lis game. Greetings to a new men,
Der Of the women 100" club. Bet
ty Monico bowled 101 in her first
game Wed. mite.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-10
SIS. Peter ond Paul
Meeting Tonight

Jimmy Cavanaugh's team, cham
pionS Of the 1913 SIS. Peter g. Paul
Softball League, will be hosts to
the rest of the league members at
the Anderson School Gym tonight
at TOO o'clock. Volleyball will be
one OF the principal attractions Of
the evening with refreshments
served later on.
Members of the softball league
have been holding regular volleyball
sessions on Monday evening at the
gym. Tonight's get-together is a
means OF trying to stimulate In
terest In the volleyball league. ANY,
one wishing to play Is asked to be
at the gym at 7 o'clock with their
equipment. Nick Tamburella Is
chairman Of the volleyball with
Marty Brennan and Claude Squires
assisting.
Les Wheel and Jimmy Sheehan
are co-chairman of the affair with
Geo. DAILY. Jimmy Cavanaugh,
Frank Rotella and Bob Blewitt as
sisting. About fifty persons are
expected to attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-10
BY VIM MALONEY

The classy American Brass COM
bine did some very fast and high
stepping yesterday, when they out
pointed the Tool squad In every
period including the last to
win second place in the Dusty
League, by downing the Tool squad
4S to 81.
Following the same procedure as
the Chase squad Of last week, who
defeated the Tool for first honors In
the league, the Brass squad paced
by Joe Boley, AL Damelio, Sonny
Rinaldi, Herb Slas5on and Whitley
Saldukas, laid down a terrific bar
rage of shots in the opening half
of this crucial contest, to come up
on the top Of a 10 to 10 lead at
the half time period.
In the opening periods for the
Tool squad, Andy York, and Big
Bill Sweeney, threw up nine of their
teams ten points, to sort of keep
the team int act and to anchor
somewhat, the Brass Combines lead
for the time being.
In the early stages of the second
half of this fast moving ball game
the Brass combine matched the
desperate Tool squad point for point
and az ew more with Joe Boley
ABC chief, tossing up five of the
thirteen points that his team ac-
cumulated in the third period,
against 10 for the Tool Company.
Making the score at the three
quarter mark, 80 to 20, Brass Com
pany up.
The fourth period proved to be
almost disastrous for the ABC COM
bine, when Young Frankie De-
laney, went on a rampage, by
throwing up nine points to bring
his team into prominence once
again Big Bill Sweeney took note
of this change to go into action
himself, and threw up five points,
and by such coordinated action the
Tool squad held the ABC combine
scoreless for at least two minutes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-10

Boston, Jan. 10 --(UP)-- Mies
Betsy Nichols Of the Skating club
of Boston held the New England
figure skating senior Championship
today after edging her cluhmate.
Dorothy Glazier, In the finals Of the
two-day competition.
Leading her rival In schools lig-
ures. Miss Nichols went ahead yes
terday with q program OF danes
steps to win.
Kay Lindstrom. l4-year-old menu
Der Of the Commonwealth Figure
Skating club captured the junior
championship while the girls pairs
title fell to Dorothy Dexter and
Jackie Hunt Of the PrCvidencs Cd.
H. Figure Skating club.
The dance title went 70 paEie VI.
Schuhach and Walter Nofike Of TIE
Springfield Ice Birds, holders Is tie
National Pairs Grown