The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-11

night, open night earlier than had been advertised and planned for be. fore tho competition began last Thursday. Pointing out that such schedule was not only unfair, but would breed immediate hard feeling against the All.Amerlcan tournas ment officials, Derwln convinced sponsor Glenn L. Martin the two Come, Slcut teams should not play mere than one game each Sunday and if they had to play two games on the same day after that, oil we'll and gOOdD but four games in two days and Rt 12 noon and 3 D. m. Sunday for Waterbury was too much Co expect. Multi Millionaire Martin, the bomber builder, was convinced by the strong argument of the Wa terbury City Amateur League pres. Ident and, after 1b minutes discus. sion, ordered the schedule changed.
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 Belly-laugh Department: Tn the Waterbury Amsterdam game, the only one of four lost by the Avigs, on Amsterdam batter pulled" his swing, hitting the ball which struck the foot of his own coach, near the third-base line. With that, e fan yelled; "hey kid, don't kill the BRAIN TRUST"
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 Johnny Orsl, All.AmerIcan Cole gate tackle of few years book, Is official connected with the Bendix A ssla tlaaa aaa had ann aaAA asa AaaA when the Avlgs eliminated his club from the tourney Saturday s after. noon, 1893.
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 Saturday night scene Young cole ored boys, with regulation tap-danc. Ing shoes, doing their stuff in down. town store doorways, for coins thrown to them, mostly by service men, thousands Of soldiers and sail. ors helping to crowd the downtown streets and restaurants.
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 Batting power with some help from Oppcnents' errors brought in % runs In the first four games for the Avlgllanese with 9 runs. an average of just over two runs per game, indicating the defensive strength Of the Brass City Champs.
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 Paul (Razor) Doran went Into the Bristol dugout and helped coach the CfO Endees to e win over Elmlra's Norden Bombsight club Friday last, e tight 7-6 game.
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 Six St. Mary Seminarlans, includ- ing two from Waterbury, Frank McKenna and WaIly Pranskitis, and another from TOrrington, visited with the Waterbury boys Saturday.
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 Bill Perotti, north end business man, is willing to buy Martin Bomber to take the Avigs home, if they can win the first All-American Association championship and the beautiful Clark Griffith trophy which goes to the winners as gift from the owner of the Washington Senators.
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 Baltimore Is baseball crazy" but only for the Orioles who arc fight ing 1t out with Newark for the In- terantiOnal League championship. One game at Baltimore Stadium rec gently dre 3O,OOO fans; which just about HALF-FILLS the huge cOn- crete and wood saucer, capable of seating close to 60,000 people. Mayor Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin, Re- publican. is trying tO get a DerlO- cratic finance lOard to Okay a S2,- 5O0,O00 appropriation for remodel ing the stadium next spring.
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 Mike (Smiler) Kelly, brother of Lew Kelly of basketball and golf caddying fame, and now connected with the city of Baltimore Welfare Department was a spectator at two Waterbury games; renewing &C., quaintances with Brass City men he had not seen in several years.
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 Henry Darlington came up from ChestertOwn for the Avigs-Schen- ectady game Saturday night under lights. Dutch" StaffstrOm, k0rmer HOpeville SpeedbOy basketeer and his wife, residents of Baltimore for the past five years were also at the game; Dutch being very glad to see several friends from home"
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 Catcher Andy Santillo as a near casualty before the Bendix game, hen a ball bounced of a team mates shoulder and struck him in the mouth. during Warm-llD nrac- tice. His upper lip looked like two pounds of liver, but he was on hand for the night game, and with Brother Bob, played a whale of a game.