The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-20
This Sporting World
Friday Fish And Chips
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

Just to show you for the 'steenta time how small the world Is, and how waterbury Has Something On Everybody" (by special permission of the c of O there is the follow ing note in the LIEGE, Belgium edition of the Army's world-famous newspaper, Stars and Stripes" Tela- tive to the retirement of "the old Arbitrator" Bill Klem, who has been admitting for 20 year that he never called one wrong in my life. This despite the fact that recent ex- animation of his eyes showed that the sight of one orb is almost gone. Bill is Il, and good friend of Wa terburys Bill Downey, resident man. ager of New York's Hotel Abbey. Here's the bit, sent out of New York April 2, overseas to the Stars and Stripes:
 "Bill Klem, the old arbitrator who once told group of diners "umpir- ing is not a profession with me, Us religion" has been retired after A3 years of calling them mot as I see them-but as they are" Confirma- tion of the National Leagues action in pasturing the rugged old um- pire came from Ford Prick, league president, who said the league was concerned over Klem's health, but that he would retain his title as chief of the National League uIn- pires. Klem started umpiring in WATERBURY, in the old Connecti- cut League in 1902, and from there went to the New York State League and the American Association be- fore joining the National League staff in 1905. The absolute boss of every game he worked, Klem, now Il, completely lacked fear in the presence of hostile managers, irate players and haranguing crowds"
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 Waterbury's Willie White, stand- out basketball player, leading scorer, and table tennis champ of Camp Edwards, Mass. all last fall and win ter, has been moved to the Quaker State of Pennsylvania where he is stationed at the Indian Gap Mili- tary Reservation Center, 8 valley in the hills of Pennsylvania home of the Alleghenies |. University of Connecticut has Hood River, Or- egon Japanese American pitching star, Kay Kiyokawa less than five feet tall, probably the shortest pitch CT in the history of college baseball. . When not pitching, he moves to center field.
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 Freddy Halls TIGHT SHOES story. won him blanket invitation to return to Wethersfield Country club for any occasion, after he was introduced last night as John Mon- tague, the most amazing golfer of a few years ago, who played 5000 Nassau and knocked birds off tele- phone wires with perfect iron shots. In half an hour, members kicked in more than $500 for club furnishings to replace much mater ial lost in 8 FIRE several months ago. Bobby Grants club is prob- ably one of the few in the nation with TWO professionals, J. J. (Bud) Geoghegan and Art Nicoll. One will work g to PM the other until dark.
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 Notre Dame picked one of the best but most excitable college basketball coaches in the country when Rev. Hugh O'Donnell, president of the South Bend University named Elmer Ripley of the old Celtics, George town, Yale and last season with Columbia to succeed the late George Keoghegan and Moose" Krause as hoop mentor. Ripley's unconscious antics on the bench during a close game, are far more entertaining that the game itself; but he is a top-line, 24 karat, grade A basketball coach. having few if any superiors in the business. Boxing never could ge well in Boston; and now, with Joe Cronin on the shelf and old Boh Quinn stepping down; it's going to be fought for TWO major league teams; as is the case in St. Louis, despite having the World Series all to itself last October.