The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-23
This Sporting World
MuIIigotowney
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

Of the several baseball stories with bellylaugh, told by American League umpire Bill Summers to City Amateur League guests and of- ficials Sunday night at the Elton;
 the one that I liked best had to do with Jimmy Dykes, the sharp tongued, cigar-Smoking; able pilot of the Chicago White Sox. T had to put him out one day, Ump Sum- mers revealed, because of his lan- guage after the. following incident: Dykes was at bat, and I was call ing 'em behind the plate First one was strike. Dykes turned around and glared at me, but said nothing. Next pitch was another called strike
 Dykes just gave me murderous look; but remained silent. A third strike got by him, and he was out With the bat on his shoulder. Ex- pecting him to explode, but quick, Jimmy just flabbergasted me, when, all he said was: Looks like you missed that one, Bill" to which the ump replied: Maybe so, Jimmy, but I wouldn't have missed it if I had BAT in my hands" Then it was, that Dykes let loose a verbal bar rage that no self-reSpecting umpire could stand for more than 30 sec onds without thumbing the bench- riding champ of the American league out of the park.
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 Babe" Gibbons is dead, the vic- tim of heart attack while working as clerk in a New Haven plant yesterday. Many Waterbury boxing fans remember him as the busy, bass-voiced little guy who teamed with Waterbury's Dick Gray for sev- eral years at Savin Rock when the best amateur boxing in the country was presented weekly during the outdoor season. Babe" was real close to Dick Gray, his man Friday. who would move mountains, if he could to help Dick with boxing shoW-or anything else for that matter. A former bantamWeight box CT, Gibbons was of Italian American extraction, though a decided blonde end turned promoter of girls soft ball and mems football in recent years. He was married and as we'll known in New Haven as Mayor Hon. est John Murphy, Speaking of the Murphys, it is hereby reported that the manager of the new City Amateur League entry next season representing the Fraternal Order of Eagles local aerie, will be Roy (Duster) Murphy of Scovill Wilby. Sacred Heart and east end athletic fame these many years. Joe Joyce has quietly decided to end 6 20 year basketball career as an &C., tive player; due to a knee injury, which recurS every so often and or iginally came from football some tune ago. Much as he disliked to stop playing the to fast hoop game, he knew it was the sensible thing to do; and his decision has been aid ed by two Scovill E. R. A. victories in succession over pre-game favored foes; USRubber and American Brass. Knocked off" on successive Sundays . Negotiations for the purchase of the Hop Brook (Naugatuck) Golf Club by American Brass Athletic Association are far from completed, as the property owned by Harris Jr.; may be either leased or bought outright; but first, the MONEY must be in sight. Yale and Holy Cross have begun to resume athletic relations. A football game between the two teams would fill the bowl" at New Haven. Tim Cohane, New Haven boy, who made good in New York, first as Fordham publicity chief; then as a sportswriter on the World-Telegram is the new SEE of Look" mag.