The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-19
This Sporting World
A Little Of
 This and Thot
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

On paper, the Baby Sims vs. Berry Wright boxing bout tonight at New Haven Arena marking the re- sumption of the ring sport in the Elm City after long layoff, ought to be quite a glove duel; if it Is true that Wright Cleveland boy and protege of Johnny Kilbane, the former feather champ has a win over Chuck Hunter, also of Cleve- land. Hunter showed plenty of class at MISC a month ago, in his first New showing. Both Wright and Hunter are colored boys; Wright winning by two round knockout at Holyoke Tuesday night of this week. Sims, who has shown at Hart ford as a main bouter two or three times, has plenty of boxing class. Generous George Gearin and Bash full Bill Garrity, two of the city's better three-c u s h on billiard1sts crossed cues on one of the Elks Club tables the other night; Gearing the winner by 50-38 and 50-32. They may play again at the Mattatuck green table room, where Garrity shows up particularly well.
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 Scovill Employees Recreation As- sociation will sponsor a testimon- ial dinner to their male and fe- male bowling and basketball teams Saturday night, the four clubs to be fed and feted at the SERA center on Hamilton avenue, at 7:3O PM. All of them made fine showings in sports competition during the past fall and winter season, the men winning local l. R. A. basketball championship and going to the. finals of the state tournament, before losing to Bol- ton Mfg. of West Haven; while the women bowlers are in the finals of the state industrial tournament. Redwood Furniture men and women will gather at the Copper Kettle Sunday night. April 29 for their annual bowling banquet; dancing to follow dinner, Sched- uled for ' PM. (Well try to make 1t, Ernie).
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 Freddy Hall, the after dinner ra- contour and radio entertainer will do his bit to make the Wethersfield Meet the Pro Night the keen suc- cess that it figures to be, with three of Connecticut's "G-Men" of Golf, Bobby Grant, Lou Galby of Mill River, and J. J. (Bud) Geoghegan to be among those present, the lat ter as newly appointed professional of the West Hartford club; with Will lie Whalen of Tumble Brook, Harry Nettlebladt of Avon and Frank Sarro of Wampanoag also expected to be there to get their Bud" of to & flying start. Waterbury's Joe Nolan, United Press writer work ing out of Boston can do a nice JOE on sports when he has the chance With George (Pinky) Woods with | the Red Sox mound corps again the following, written by Nolan, was of particular interest to local fans the pitching staff is the kind Cron- in would love to See-on some other club. He has long since given up his search for a 20 game winner. ano is willing to settle for couple ol l fellows able to go the nine ming route. Cecil and Clem DreiseWerd who came from the minors late las1 season, shape up as the Sox bes' men, with unpredictable Emett O'Neill, veteran Joe Bowman anc rookie Jimmy Wilson also being groomed for starting assignments. Subsequent to that story, pitcher Joe Wood, Jr.; was cut loose to Sac ramento of the Pacific Coast league in part payment for one of the DreiseWardS.
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 East End, Attention!-pleast write a few lines to Bobby Ray, g great little gamester now on hi back in French hospital, with broken collar-bone. My letter goes today-how about yours? Address PFC Robert Ray; 31379318; Co. G.. 242nd Infantry; APO 17798; % Post master, New York, N. Y. Frank Litsky of Waterbury is the number four regular on the University oi Connecticut tennis team. . If Gen. tury Milstead of Yale's l922-23 foot ball teams is as good school teach CT as he was gridder, the Gunner Prep kids at Washington (Conn.] may be in line for flock Of col lege scholarships.