The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-03
This Sporting World
Dovi's Luck Holds
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

What with the city election com ing up next November, your corres- pondent was more than mildly sur- prised to learn that the Board of Park Commissioners had turned down BOTH the City Amateur Baseball League, a g year year old group of baseball-minded citizens and taxpayers and the Industrial Recreation Association, representa- tive of 45 LOCAL industries and U. 8. Rubber of Naugatuck in their re- quest for the use of Waterbury's Municipal Stadium. The lucky bidder was Fred Davi, formerly of King Ston, N. Y., but an employe of U. s. Rubber of Naugatuck who gave Wa terbury the best baseball it has seen for many years when he promoted night games and few Sunday spec- ials at the tail end of last season.
 Waterbury's Board of Park
 Commissioners, also favored MT.
 Davi in another special way last
 season, in allowing him FREE
 PARKING privileges at the sta
 dium for his baseball patrons; yet
 when Promoter George Mulligan,
 who paid five times as much rent
 for the stadium at the Pep-Cos-
 tantino fight last summer; decided
 to try his luck at professional
 football this past fall Closing
 5000 in weeks) the football
 fans, few that went there with automobiles; had to pay for park
 ing; and TO THIS DAY, many
 fans think that money went to Mulligan to help him pay the rent; when the charge was actual ly made by the Park Department,
 which also Iran" the concessions hot dogs, coffee, soda) though there was no charge for parking all summer, when MT. Davi of Kingston, NY and Naugatuck was in charge. Somehow, that seemed so damned UNFAIR, to George Mulligan, a Waterbury citizen, voter, taxpayer and former local athlete; whose only fault Is that dollar bill looks like nickel to him most of the time.
 Please, dear reader, don't get the impression that MT. Davi is at fault or to be criticized because he comes from Naugatuck, Kingston, NY or from Timbuctoo. The point l am trying to make, is that he, comparative stranger has been the LUCKIEST individual to come along in some time, for I cannot imagine many city boards alienat- ing the affections of their fellow citizens, taxpayers and voters and athletes to favor comparative stranger who is wiling to invest 8 little money to help the city meet the upkeep of a $35O,000 athletic plant for which the U. s. GOV ERNMENT paid more than IS per cent, in the first place.
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 When one man can Single-hand- | ,dly defeat two supposedly powerful such as the c. A. L. | md the I. R. A. must contend | md admit he has something on the | ,all besides the STITCHES. And, what's more he can pick the Ken lucky Derby FOR ME, next month.
 As for the I. R. A. which wanted | he stadium FREE OF RENTAL CHARGES, the point that they did | NOT intend to charge ADMISSION | # any kind and would use the sta- lium WEEK DAYS ONLY; seems o have been overlooked or sub- as the City Amateur League, would, and MT. Davi, will, of course, ,harge admission with an eye to making as much money as they can, lbove legitimate expenses. AS for sPOILING the beautiful stadium by he laying out of softball diamonds or MEN AND WOMEN OF WA better have 1t spoiled ] bit BY USE than become a WHITE ELEPHANT such as the >ITY ISOLATION HOSPITAL im- to the south.