The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
This
Sporting
World
typewriter Tottoo
BY JOHN A. CLUNEY

You can 20 out right this minute
and wager all the male WHACkS
In Washington that Smart Sal
Bartola of Boston will have much
better chance Of lifting the feather
weight title from the curly-haired
dome Of Phil Terranova, MIA
champ, than he had Of taking the
NY version Of the l26-pound crown
from the brow Of Willie Pep.
Sal and Phil fight in Boston, where
they have that three ofilcial scor-
ing system that reaches $50 points
or better and TO think that
some people think the Connecticut
system with one ofiiclal and I'VE
points per round maximum is COM
PLICATED. Terranova had all
he could do to handle little Shocks
Lacey, the New Haven "spoiler' just
two weeks ago, though Bartola Is
no world-beater by any means as
the Lefty Lachance bout In Hart
ford so well proved.
WV WV
WV.
Maybe Chairman Frank Markle
Of the Miami ring commission,
can back up what he said the
other day, In announcing that Ed
(Strangler) Lewis could not wres-
tie In the Florida playground city
because he was TOO OLD, Mr..
Markle adding, with chest out like
a pouter-pigeon, Il could throw
Lewis out Of the ring myself, He's
so years old II he's a day" How
ever, for one would be inclined
to go along with the old
STRANGLER, who at fifty, sixty
or maybe older can always clamp
u deadlock on any man like
Markle that would keep their loud
YAPS shut for days afterward,
AS for being too old to wre Ae,
how about some OF those HORSES
they have RUNNING 90 in
Florida that have been cheating
the GLUE FACTORIES for years?
MORE
VVVVV
OF course, that Is not In Mr.. Mar
kle'S department, but It's an idea
Remember Tex O'Rourl;e, the
manager Of giant jess willard?
Thanks to JOE LAURIE, JR.; I'll
have q story on him within q week
that Is recommended for your d.
version for II will tell Of one Of the
most COLORFU5I men Of our time
whose MEMORY would make an
ELEPHANT turn GREEN WITH
ENVY. Crack PISTOL SHOT, too,
once with the Texas Rangers and,
as an after-dinner speaker can
match Jimmy Walker and Judge p.
B. O'Sullivan which Is the finest
compliment I can think Of at the
moment.
WV WV
After that 1890 win last night
over Ingersoll, the U. s. Rubber Of
Naugatuck seems to be biting of
much more than 1t can chew in
taking on the Vought-Sikorsky
Bonbers Of Stratford TONIGHT at
the borough "Y'. II the Rubbermen
can top that team which defeated
K. Of L. by 35 points on the Liths'
floor, and that feat, according to
coach Wally Utke with my best
guard out with an injury" 1t will be
one Of the major accomplishment of
the season Sid Challenger, "a
year-old editor Of the Middletown
Press, was a sports writer for many
years after he came to the USA
from London, England. Sid'S death
occurred the other day Henry
(Doc) Bray, local football Official,
who came from PittSfiled to Wa
terbury to manage a large Bank
street clothing store: Is now in
Torrington. where Harry Gruskay,
Ed Considine and others will get to
know him soon Fred Wilson,
West Virginia, 1885. recent Green
wich High coach and recreation di-
rector at Ranger Aircraft Of Long
Island, N. Y. Is the new Scovill
SERA boss, to succeed Ed McGrath,
who had done much Of the work
that the new director falls heir to
g. Postcard from Big Time Man
ager Hearn. otherwise Private Ernie
D'Angelo, U. s. Army says every
thing is just dandy at Camp Ed
wards, "Watta VACATION" he
adds, which made me wonder "how
can a guy like that be so RECK-
LESS with the TRUTH. without
facing a FIRING SQUAD?"
FLASH - Lieutenant Carter
Dye, USN, recently decorated with
the Navy Silver Star for his part
In attacking Jap ships at the Solo
mons Islands has transferred from
a DIVE BOMBER to q FIGHTER
plane. His father, DR.. John s. Dye,
asked him why he wanted the
transfer, to which the young hero
replied: Because the fighter planes
q "a ETA GTTTE9