The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-16
This Sporting World
Friday Fish and Chips
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

When Whistling Willie Roache of Wilmington, Delaware arrived at Camp Edwards, Mass, last Wednes- day in charge of couple of M. P's.. one of the first people he spoke to was Waterbury's Willie White, who, by the way was an MP in Africa and other points before re- turning to this country. Willie locked quite SHARP in a tan suit, and -brimmed hat" writes White: land when he changed his clothes came up with close to $2,000 cash from his fight with Willie Pep at New Haven Pep was too fast for him, he said; adding T guess I won't be fighting for a long time". The specific charge against the lit- tie, left-hooking Negro is AWOL for nearly IA months, but no one can accuse him of HIDING as he boxed continually in main bouts of several big cities including Waterbury. He may draw six months in the guard house or OVERSEAS duty; though he and his manager, George Shep- pard have insisted that Roache has medical discharge from the Army. vvvVVVVvv
 Fred Wilson, Scovill recreation
 supervisor is planning home and
 home BOXING meet with Repub-
 lie Aircraft f Long Island, NY, six
 AMATEUR boxers from each plant
 to compete in weight classes from
 115 through 175. Emil (Bad
 Boy) Etters broke the thumb that
 used to get him lot of free auto
 rides, after he lacked up his JEEP
 for the duration. . TiX for the
 :hc Pep p-Terranova title tussle next
 Monday night at MISC start at
 $50 and up through $6, $8, $l0
 and SIP tops"
 VvVVVVVVV
 Another of the many heartbreak- ing stories of the war, is no built around Major Billy outhWorth, Jr.; who wore a St. Louis Cardinal base bali cap FOR LUCK as he flew more than 50 successful B-29 bomber mis- sions into enemy territory to earn his furlough HOME. He's now MISS ING because one of the bombers he knows so well SPLIT IN HALF yes- terday at La Guardia Field, those on board falling into Flushing Bay, nearly all of them dead or drowned, it is presumed. the BAD MAN of the American Hockey League is John BABY of St. Louis, who has spent 83 minutes in the penalty box thus far this season. .. that Pep- Terranova STEAM UP, about Man. ager Lou Viscusi insisting Terranova put up $10,000 to guarantee Willie a return title bout, ill case Phil wins the crown next Monday night is so funny, 1t TICKLFS; what with Pep supposed to be called by the Army any day now; and the added fact that he could outpoint the plodding, unskillful Terranova six nights week and three times on Sundays. Phil was knocked out by the aged Chalky Wright; and Pep took t--e title from the Chalk and then beat him again in a return bout, also for the title. off Pep's form YES TERDAY at Hartford'S Charter Oak gym, Willie should WALTZ IN against the former NBA title-holder l.. F'r. Duggan Assembly, K Of c, Torrington had it's smoker and en- tertainment showed out last week, but it has been rearranged for Wsd- nesday night, March l4th, accord ing to likeable Lou Cronan, the HARWINTON HOTSHOT. One of the outstanding of the lesser known high school teams in Connec- ticut this season is Wilcox Tech of Meriden, a trade school club that scored 76 points the other night and mir ped Cheshire Academy 3l-30 in ding -dong game three weeks ago.