The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28
 This Sporting World

By JOHN A. CLUNEY

When minister of the gospel and
 an undertaken combine their efforts
 to win a softball game by the sub- stantial margin of 16 to 1 that, bre-
 thern and sistern, is man bites dog" sports news of topdrawer classification. Yet that's what hap
 pened last eve when Ray Snyder, the Wilby football star of long ago, Lions Club president and mortician
 allowed the first round Interchurch league champs from Mill Plain
 Union but one hit, a stingy single
 by Dick Weyman. The minister, Rev. Heydenreich, not only enriched
 the game by his presence and play,
 but hit lusty homer with three
 runners on base that made Mill Plain rivals get the big idea of the Biblical promise: the last shall be first and the first shall be last" .. Brooklyn's Big Dan Mahaney, who has had more than his share of heart-breaking sorrow within the past year or so; flashed the old Irish smile today as he walked
 around town shaking hands with many friends and we'll -Wishers after annc :ncement yesterday by Repub- lican Governor Ray Baldwin that a Democrat, D. J. Mahaney of Wa terbury, is one of several
 new county commissioners . :. Belligerent Bobby Ruffin held up an Elizabeth, NJ boxing show last night for an hour, because the gloves weighed little less than EIGHT ounces; then went on and took pasting from Freddie Archer of Newark . Many thanks to the USTime Corporation and American Brass Employees Association who have given me a cordial invitation to visit their new layouts for golf and sociability at Cheshire and Naugatuck. USTime has leased Cheshire golf club and course; as of July while Ray Wrenn's ABC group has bought the former Hop Brook course and clubhouse; where grand opening" ceremony will be held Saturday night, with dancin' n everything! Tom CRed) Scally, the borough basketeer of quite while ago, is chairman of the house committee that guarantees good time will be had by all.
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 See by the papers where Hank O'Donnell, Russ Sumpf. Bill Derwin and Eddie Boyce will give their ton sils a workout tomorrow over VERY, just because they remained alive since singing in the public square one night few weeks back. At that time. James Melton Calvin was member of the quartette, but, it seems he has been farmed out to the Holy Rollers vocal league until his tantalizing tenor approaches some sound that can be expected | from human voice. MT. ODonnell | will warble by special permission of | the Lithcfield Board of Education. At any rate, singing from radio | studio, the boys won't have to worry | about the STARLINGS, this time CLIP men, probably because of | Larry Mullen and Johnny Devito, two popular employees, who play ball for the Brasscos; have been giving baseball promoter Fred Davi as much help as possible in setting up lights and power at the municipal stadium for night baseball. Elec- trical Inspector Marty ORourke and jolly Joe McNellis have also been pitching in to help break down the long streak of hard luck that has bedeviled Davi for the past two months . Johnny Rogers, a guy who jumps over big bus with a standard sedan will perform at Donavan field, West Haven July 4. He has l68 jumps" to his credit which means that he defied Death that number of times; and. thus far. his number" has not turned ID.