The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-23
This Sporting World
Monday Sports Wash
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

What with the Pittsburgh Pirates to conduct baseball tryout camp in Waterbury for two days on Fri day and Saturday, July N-2S and the NY Giants to have three-day camp. for ambitious future major leaguers at Fussenich Park, Torring- ton on August 13-l4-15 boys in this city and other Naugatuck valley cities and towns are afforded plenty of opportunity to show their dia- mond wares before major league scouts and officials apt to do them the most good Carl Hubbell, famous Giants pitcher for many years; and now head of the farm system sponsored by the National Leaguers will be in Torrington on one of the three days named. ac- cording to present plans made by Connie Donahue, Torrington High coach and city recreation commis- sioner-W. J. Derwin, park de- partment supervisor of recreation, president of the City Amateur League and also head man of the All-American Amateur Baseball As- sociation; which has headquarters in Baltimore, made the arrange ments for the Pittsburgh camp in this city.
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 William J. (Bill) Downey, resi- dent manager of New York's Hotel
 Abbey, and an avid baseball and
 college basketball fan, is going
 bigger and better than ever at the
 Abbey, where he cares for several thousand Waterburians on a New . York holiday in the course of a years time Phil Riley, assist ant manager of the Hotel Prince George was in our town last week. before and after the death of his buddy, Jimmy Rowley, Elks club steward Billy Walker, Oregon middleweight winner over Kenny James of this city on the Maur- iello- Eagle boxing show week ago at Municipal Stadium, made a decided hit with the fans and will
 be welcome on the next Water-
 bury AC card. Walker has every. thing-speed, boxing ability, ring "savvy" and best of all a fine left hand and solid right hand punch James, who, as a sub- stitute gave Walker quite bat tie, will be seen in Hartford to- morrow night against Johnny Duke, a local Insurance City fav- orite who has been going well on
 the Manchester fight cards. It should be a SLUGGEROO from first bell to finish.
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 Many of Waterbury's Old Timers of the baseball game. fans and players knew Tom Graham, Bristol resident who played in the old Con- necticut League with Walter Ahearn Ed Farley and several others. Tom was a native of New Britain and reached 70 years of age before his death last Thursday Marlin (Buzzy) Gehr of Shirmerstown, Pa; the Pacific air-hero who won sever al decorations before he was irl- jured will be back as a back with the Yale football squad this fall. His play last season bordered on the sensational. Paul walker, Yale cap- tain, All-American ls44 end, and Jimmy Smith will again team up on the Eli Hanks. Mac Whiting and Tommy Smith are gone, more's the pity; while Watertown's Ted Lilley, Jr.; son of a famous Yale gridder will probably see much more action this coming season at a tackle post Brooklyn Dodgers are to con duct a baseball tryout camp at VII lowBrook park, New Britain on July 23-24-25 Roy Begley Of Benrus, personell director and I. R. A. representative of his company sends this department an excellent brochure in book form relative to his organization: titled Getting Set With Benrus."