The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-08
This Sporting World
Friday Fish and Chips
By JOHN A. CLUNEY


 The signing of Johnny Greco, sensational Canadian lightweight with the "chiller" in his right hand and the classy and hard-hitting Benny Singleton of this city is Pro- moter George Mulligan's answer to the oft-rereated sports query since April: When is Waterbury going to have a fight show" Connecti- cut fans are sure to see an im- proved Singleton from the one they saw last summer on the Pep Cos tantino card at Municipal Stadium; for Greco is easy enough to out point, because of his style, always provided that the other fellow does not let him get close enough to punch inside" as the gents in the tin ear business call it, Greco's slambang battles with Bobby Ruff fin in MISC is enough to attrac. hundreds of fans who have never seen him, while Singleton, in a meteoric career that included the winning of the New England light weight title; has never turned in bad fight and has been in con- stant demand from the night he went to the Metropolitan AAU finals in Madison Square Garden. .. . With proper fan support of the Greco-Singleton bout at the Muni- cipal Stadium. Monday. June Is, Promoter Mulligan will try his best to match the winner with Ike Will Jams of Trenton, NBA worlds lightweight champion; who meets Willie Joyce tonight in MISC and s a 2-1 favorite to win, though Joyce, easily beaten by Willie Pep last summer in Chicago; has al- eady defeated Williams twice.
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 Sights for Sore Eyes Dept. The FIVE Ploski brothers. all with their feet under the table at a bachelor testimonial dinner last night at the Blue Moon for one of them, Sgt. Walter Ploski, vet eran of the Normandy beach, head invasion winner of the Purple Heart; formerly with the Purple Knights of Naugatuck, and prisoner of war who had rough" going until liberated by the Russians not so long ago. Walt will be a bridegroom come Satur- day. He :S to marry the sister of Gene Czaplicki, well-known Naugatuck athlete, now overseas. Last Tuesday, the FBI in Connecticut sponsored an eXhi- bition of firearms handling and shooting at a Bristol outdoor range. that was "one for the book" Some 200 police and a feE Army officers from many towns and cities were on hand watching the chief performer, [. B. Hale of the NY office TO thdngs with rifles and pistols that defy the eyesight of the average Individual. For one thing, he sights" a pistol with a DIA- MOND RING placed near his eyes It RIGHT ANGLES to the direc- hon of the target. Hale was an All-America footballer with Davey OBrien at Texas Christian and the later, too, is now with the FBI and can shoot little bet ter than Hale. according to some people. Don Irwin of Colgate and Charley Fischer of Duke are also FBI men now, and can handle guns and rifles as well as they sould handle footballs in bright college years" Fran Sugrue, 1889 Crosby football captain, home on furlough, had gab- test with one of his best friends, Coach Bill Schofeld last night Fran, a U. s. Army Air Corps lieutenant, also met up with Eddie Borzilauskas another Scho- feld-Crosby footballer who later ment to Providence College. His brother, Fritz, will be home this month, 40 pounds lighter after being a prisoner of war in Ger man camp, but otherwise un- harmed