The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-13
This Sporting World
A Little of This And Thot
By JOHN A. .CLUNEY

Announcement of the death of Dynamite Gus sonnenberg in Q Navy hospital from the destructive effects of leukemiR, malignant blood disease of which the world of medicine and science knows little or nothing, caused considerable local speculation, inasmuch as Son. nenberg has several friends in Wa terbury, perhaps @ classmate or two, when he was an All-America tackle at Dartmouth In the nineteen twentles. After that, he was brought here to wrestle, when big Carl pojello and little Joe zonsin of. New Haven hooked up as partners to give Waterbury some of the best belly-laughs on record, .. Sonnen- berg and Boston Bill Cunningham, sports writer with the Post for years, who went to the Herald for Q reported S2b LOGO per year; were Dartmouth football team-mates and both won All-America selection; Cunningham as center, Gus as Q tackle. Out of college, Cunningham "built up" Sonnenberg as 0 wrestler, and when Gus introduced the fly ing tackle" which was really goat- like butt that knocked an opponent out of the ring or off his feet; Gus made close to $l,000,00 in seven years ct the pro sport, His bout for the championship" with b2 year old Ed (strangler) Lewis drew S70,000 in Boston in 1929, .. Gus later married Judith Allen, and not until it was too late did he realize she was USING HIM to build her. self Into the movies at Hollywood, for she later married Jack Doyle, the Irish heavyweight boxer, re- ported to have CLIPPED the Brooklyn N, Yn McGovern brothers @ of 'em) for plenty Of SHAM ROCKS t$$$).
 Big -fearted, likeable Gus, who could drink e gallon of beer with out effort, never quite got over that HIS heart cracked little, and he began to spend his money so fast he was far from "well-fiXed" when he died yesterday, 1t is believed ny those whom he could call friend Marie Elliott of Belmont, Mass was the correct name of Judith Allen, movie actress, but you would have to look in many Q movie maga- zine to read much about her. Later, in 1884, he married Mildred Micelli in Middletown, Connecticut, whom he often described as "a good woman and probably my only real friend" He has been Q Navy physical instructor for about two years,
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 Attempt Of the National Amateur Baseball Federation to toss of the challenge of Glenn Martin of Bal. tlmore to an amateur world series" between the winners of the two tournaments now in progress; gives some slight indication of what Wa terbury teams have been up against in recent years at Youngstown. Pittsburgh, Washington, Cleveland and Dayton. The NABF politicians want to present MT. Martins chal- lenge NEXT FEBRUARY ct their directors meeting, deliberately evad- ing the challenge which Is for the CURRENT baseball season. .. Dick Tuckey, Naugatuck High, Manhat- tan College and professional ath- lete is now an assistant football coach at HARVARD, of all places. He's Q U. s. Navy chief specialist. Benny Singleton, winner last night in New Bedford meets the only boxer to beat him as a profess sional when he has Q return bout Friday night in Worcester with Danny Arditto, U. s. Navy. -. WaitIl you pro football fans get a load of Notre Danes Steve Bagarus, now with the Washington Redskins, 2l-7 winners over the Chicago Bears last Sunday at Baltimore Stadium. Only l70 pounds, too, but the hottest thing in sports since West Ravens Ken Strong.