The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-27
Priests s Radio Talk
 On Bond Drive Novel
Rev. George ReiIIey Adopts CoIIOquiaIsm in WAIR
 Broadcast; Compares Allies to Major League Team

Adopting a colloquialisrn,, Rev. George P. x. Reilly of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, re- minded his WATR listeners this afternoon that we Americans as members of an Allied team are playing in the big leagues today. Through this informal medium of expression tie Catholic clergyman discussed the Fifth War Loan drive, now underway.
 Father ReillyS address in full follows:
 Yes, this is the final game we hope, and we're looking for a vic- tory.
 But the Axis opposition is pretty tough out there. Already in the first few innings they have managed to score a few runs against us. They have a fellow by he name of Hitler pitching. His battery mate is small slant-eyed boy-they call him Tojo. We Americans as members of the Allied team know from ex- perience that Tojo makes a fine catcher. In fact we think that he's going to establish a record for catching before this game is over.
 You know that Hitler is in there now as relief pitcher. But re- member the Axis started someone else earlier in the game. It seems he only lasted half an inning. be- fore we got to him. His name2- Mussolini-thats the fellow. Why we've almost forgotten about him now.
 We'll we're coming up to bat, it's the last hal fot the ninth inning. MacArthur is the first man up. Tojo is little afraid of MacAr- thur, in fact he's so nervous he drops the ball on the third strike and before he can find 1t MacAr- thur is safe on first. Montgomery comes up now. His first name Bernard. Everyone speaks of him as quite a sticker-did quite a job in the African campaign. Mont gomery connects now for a triple to deep centerfield driving a fellow by the name of Rommel back to the wall, and MacArthur scores. Mark Clark, a lean lanky fellow, a pretty good shortstop on any mans ball club follows. He doubles to the left field wall. Clark has Kesselring on the run after that one. Monty SCOT ing from third easily with another run. Timoschenko steps up to the plate. He's one of the Russians on this Allied team. Hitler knows from experience that this boy is a dan- gerous hitter. VIII they pitch to him? No-they're going to pass him and SO Timoschenko goes down to first.
 From here 1t looks as if the Allies are going to make a substitution Ycs-a pinch hitter is coming into the game. A fellow by the name Of Omar Bradley, He's popular with the Allied players, quite a hitter too. He swings on the first pitch for a line double. Clark scores from third with another run. Halsey is the next hitter. He's playing today in place of another pretty good ball.player, by the name of Ches- ter Nimitiz. You see they use Hal sey against left handlers, and Hitler you know, throws them from thu wrong side. Tojo has reason to feai Tialsey too, for he's played ball with him before, and each time found himself on the short end of the score. No wonder the catcher calls for a pitch out. Halsey walks.
 Well you can see for yourself that we're really beginning to roll now We have a few runs in, nobody is out, the bases are loaded-Timo- shenko on third, Bradley on second and Halsey on first. There's lots oi excitement among the Allied fans. Out there In the bleachers and in the grandstand they are cheering and applauding. Tn front of the AL lied dugout now, we can see the coaches, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin giving instructions to the next batter. We see them slap him on the back as he steps in. It's a tough spot for any hitter. But on the scorecard this fellow Is in the clean-up slot-a home-run hitter they tell us. Who is he? You l SueSSeo lJ, yes, JLldJ $ IIle name Eisenhower. They call him Ike for short.
 Time out for the Axis-Hitler anc Tojo talk 1t over between the mound and home plate. Tojo goes back now crouches behind the plate. They're going to pitch to Eisenhower, that. the Axis strategy. They are going to take chance on striking ou Eisenhower. The first pitch comel in high and close, a ball. Looks al if Hitler is trying to dust him oil He's close again with his seconS pitch, another ball. These are tn rocket bombs guess that he's ben throwing lately. The next pitch l. high and wide. Well Eisenhowe has worked the count up to thre, and nothing. Looks as if Hitler 1, losing his control, he's in a hol, now. No-he cuts the corner of tn, plate with the next two pitches fol 310%h RomahnrdnaAn&