The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-20
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 By OSCAR TRALEY
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 New York, Oct. 20-(UP)-Com.
 mander Slade Gutter, one of the
 Navy's top football and submarine
 heroes, was waiting anxiously to.
 day for his first gander at a grid
 iron game In six hectic years.
 slade has been busy with a war
 So everything else had to wait
 while the commander and his kids
 made a playground out of the Pa
 cific. They played a game called
 hunting Japs and when they were
 finished the submarine sea horse
 had sunk 23 ships totaling l4s,ooo
 tons.
 That's where Cutter got the
 dazzling display Of decorations on his coat, the Navy Cross with three gold stars, the Silver Star, the presidential unit citation, various theater ribbons and an expert rife medal. The latter, he claims, Is the only one I had to work for"
 Navy men could have told you 10 years ago that this guy Cutter was cut out for the rough work. That was the cold, wet day when Slade laid his foot into a slippery mall and booted field goal which gave Navy 0 80 win over Army, the first middle victory in II long years. He further proved the point just before his graduation from An. napolis if1 1885 when he won the Intercollegiate heavyweight boxing 
 The 33-year-old sub skipper from OSwego, H., doesn't like to talk about those things. There's nothing of the old school tie in Cutter and at 33 he knows that sports are what the player gets out of them.
 Football teachers teamwork and boxing teaches you to think quickly when you're talking your Jumps, Cutter explained. My kids were 'ports-l1linded and they had those lttributes-that'S why they made a yame Of hunting Japs."
 Cutters baby face suddenly eemed different and the mild blue yes shot sparks when he men, toned the nips, q foo he hates and Ilways will hate" The Japs. cur- ously enough, always will remind Jim Of that day he whipped the Army. For slade played right tackle 1 that 1894 game and ct right end longside him was Robert (Dusty) )ornin, whose punt downing put Irmy In hole and set up Gut. er's field goal.
 Dornin, now commander, too, is
 sub skipper. And 1t happened in Tovember of l943 that Cutters sub 'as stalking 6 i7-ship Jap convoy hen suddenly hell broke lose" utter didn't know 1t then, but vo other U. s. subs were in on the lay-and subsequent reports show that Dornin's though neither new 1t at the time.
 "So there we were, playing side side again." slade said. And ornin took out four of them and got three" Cutters next trip will be back to and to the practice field knows so well and hasn't seen f so long, T promised my kids we'd see IVY scrlnmage," he smiled, "and eyre just crazy to sec the Middies ay I'll also renew old acquan- [ nces with Hagberg Commander 7 Icar) tho Navy coach. Tn 1887 | lgberg coached tho pIebes and Is his line coach" Then slade Is going to sec some otball. something for which he 2 waited through six perllous D ars, including an uncomfortable " Int groundedmon the bottom of cl kyo Bay with his batteries dead. aI And say" he concluded, easing tV ] fit 230 pounds of the divari, pes anybody know where can u couple of Army-Navy game te kets." = Tven for Q hero, 1t seems, that's tremendous order.