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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25
Commissioner
Loves All Sports
Ry LEE LINDER.
United Press Staff Correspondent

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Cleveland, April Is = (U.Po -
Senator Albert B. (Happy) Chand-
Ter. D.. KY, the one man in field
of more than 100 candidates who
loved baseball the most, was it's
new high commissioner today, the
unanimous choice of 16 major
league owners to direct destiny of
the sport for the next seven years.
Chandler, 46-year-old former gov
ernor of Kentucky, was selected last
night at a three-and-a-half hour
session. More than 100 names were
on the list presented to the owners
by special committee of four. One
club owner said that serious dis
cussion" began only when Chand-
ler's name was reached on the list
and that latter that no other man
had chance"
Friend OF Sports
A compromise candidate for the
$4,000 year job, the magnates in
choosing Chandler picked staunch
friend of al sports, man born and
bred in the thoroughbred horse
country Of blue grass Kentucky.
In Chandler, baseball will have a
man the direct opposite of the late
Kenesaw M. Lands, who ruled the
sport with an iron hand. Chandler,
nicknamed Happy" because OF a
cheerful disposition, seldom gets
angry or arbitrary.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25
|. R. A. Sports
cams Get Ready

A headline" of May 8 was set
for entries in the Girls I. r. A.
Softball league, scheduled to open
on local fields on Thursday, May
IT.; Chairman Ed McGrath of the
I. r. A. physical committee said
last night, following meetings at
the YM0A.
Eight golf teams were listed to
begin play sometime in May, with
a golf course as yet undecided as
the teams expect to play most OF
their matches on Sundays; thereby
eliminating the busy Municipal
course as possibility on Sundays.
Torrington, Meadowbrook and Wa
tertown courses are under consid-
Grafton.
No more than three teams for a
baseball league have been assured;
though the proposed league is not
officially dead" yet, pending a
possible fourth entry before the
next meeting, May 8.
w. X. Schofield, Henry Griggs
and Bob Kiersted were chosen as a
girls softball league protest board;
while umpire applications were re-
ceived from Bobby Rhoads, Johnny
Lattanzio and Fitzhugh Mayberry.
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SGT hcsptaI another
hs time during the hospitals at Fort Jay Gov
% ''''' with more kinks in his spine than there are bends in the
vertebra night
sng For the aSavaOn of the original injury he bamss Lou
Max hospital cot watching
AZ motion picture Going Ny %y when located him in the SENT mi
anteroOm where conversation wouldn't dis
gasted BY the usually eDullent subdued
Instead Of G. hospital bathobe Turkish towing material
@ s Aside the am in which
he carried himself and slight deviation from the vertical standing
~schmelng did this punch
T. M me s % 9saS SS an me xsn -: my
Jared my neck much that one Of the verebe displaced
the neck that aggravated the condition"
Mag calls schmelns the hitter
Joe touchy on
@ He admits he could have arisen but he asks. VIVA. purpose
chance? had provide
st the expense Of profile"
thought showed certain type of courage and honesty
Of rare brand when he surrendered Joe while genuene
up while M able to continue took
enough and often
enough to make look authentic
M ne referee count him out But to his credit he took the honest exit
When ! asked Baer to the he had
@ his ass sag the louis bout v But he
the Of ~ > ~
TN never forget that bns beating the
sc because was 70 married the
nan0S MIN minute
Pauline the decision
bride away the next day when Max
and gave her back in three months nifed recalling
unsuccessful matrimonial venture Later
when he married Hannah Williams than Jack
guess. because that marriage lasted II years"
Baer Is one OF the few modern fighters
Dou Inc year after fought Pauline
2o-ronder with Kngfsh Levnky pat
his footwok
ASchmeing In 10 rounds at the -
Max is yearning three chill
oren He doesn't think he doing the allied
hospitals while doctors shoot stuff into him Of his spine
Little Make grade Immacu-
ete conception School, said
be able to settle down with MARY and
the kids" ~ '' ~
Baer was ga when he enlisted certainly looked like
E Is ne SAD goodbye and shufed back
listing slightly
Max may get medical discharge - ~
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factions to strike quick comprom-
Use.
AS commissioner, Chandler will
be shorn of much of the power that
Lands had. The sharp-tongued jur-
ist often piqued the nlagnates with
his directives against chain store
baseball, boarding Of players, and
strict adherence to the letter" OF
diamond law. When they met In
New York last Feb. 3, they revised
the major league constitution. cut
ting the commissioners salary from
$65, Coo to $4,000 and reducing his
"czar' authority, by removing the
clause which permitted him to act
on any matter detrimental to base
ball"
At that time it appeared Ford
G. Prick, National league presi-
dent would be named to the post.
but he was one short with II votes
Of the necessary three -fourths ma
jority 10 get the Job. Prick report
eddy withdrew In support of Chan
dler. He was not present at the
meeting when the choice was made.
Until Chandler can take over,
the major league three-man COM
mission Of Prick; William Harridge,
president Of the American league;
and Leslie j. O'Connor, former Sec
Rotary TO Lands, will continue to
direct ths snort.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25
New Hoven Girls
Win Swim Meet

In the first tri-city swim meet
held last night at the Central Y. M.
G. A., the New Haven YWCA Girls
team won with a total Of IS points
scored, with Naugatuck. second with
26 points; and Waterbury third with
81 points.
This is the first time that a girls
swimming championship has been
conducted in the "Y" for girls with
forty-five different swimmers CIV
ing a good account of themselves as
they splasl1ed their way to victory
in the eight different events.
In charge of the program was
Miss Kitty Hallenbeck, Women's
Physical Director at the Central
"Y" and Mrs. Marion Kraft, Wom-
ems Swimming Instructor. They
were assisted by coaches both from
New Haven YWCA and the YMCA
Of Nauagtuck.
Results
100 yd. Medley Relay: Won by
New Haven. Time, 1899.
100 yd. Freestyle: Won by Sulli-
man (N; second, Quirke, (N); third,
Padula (N. Time, 1888
40 yd Breastroke: Won by Per-
kins (NH); Third, Jackson, tN;
Fourth, Burns W.. Time, 37:1, sec.
20 yd. Midget Free-style: Won by
Forest (NH; Second, lombard
(W); Third, Sullivan Nd; Time, 1876
sec.
Diving: Won by Corcoran w;
second, Brooks MID; third, Quirke
(N); fourth, Bosso (W). 43 points.
40 yd. Freestyle: Won by Marculy-
mas (W); second. Fitzgerald (NH;
third. zapatka ,(ND; fourth, Sweet
man NJ. Time, 1915 sec.
40 I'd. Backstroke: Won by Brooke
MID; second, Silks (WD; third,
Geinya MID; fourth, Rathievich (M
Time, 31:1 sec.
$50 yd Relay: Won by New Hay
en-. Time, 1885,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25
Community Clubs
Co For SotboII

soitoali made further inroads in
Waterbury as a popular sport, when
seven community clubs formed a
community Club Softball League
last night at a meeting in the city
halt, elected Lou Chestone as presi-
dent and planned to start play dur
ing week Of May H. Park Depart
ment's w. ]. Derwin will aid them
with a schedule and ,mpires. Each
club puts up $40 entry fee to pay
the jumps and other expenses.
George Lynch of Washington Park,
vice president; Walter Dean of
Pearl st. and Kay Jarvis of Mary
Abbott community clubs were also
elected. Two series of games will
be played. each game to be followed
by a social program. East End
Hopeville. Bunker Hill, Mary Alb
bolt, Washington Park, Pearl St.,
and North End was represented at
the meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25

Flip Was In Bowl And AII-Stor
Comes, But First Home Run In
Majors His Big Thrill
BY HARRY GRAYsON
NEA Sports Editor

New York, April Is - As Ford
hams passing and smashing full
back. Stephen Charles FilipowicZ
appeared in the Cotton and Sugar
Bowls and the East-West Shrine
game.
Jack Kimbrough and his phe7
nomenal Texas A. and M. crew
had terrific Job edging the Ram
when Steve Filipowicz was a
sophomore. Young Filipowicz and
his mates shaded Missouri, 30. on
a rainy New Years Day in New Or
leans. Filipowicz played so minutes
as the East beat the West In San
Francisco.
Climaxing an illustrious football
career, Filipowicz, then Of the Mar
inc Corps. switched to tailback to
help the College All-Stars trim the
professional Washington Redskins,
24-l4, in the All-Star Game In Chi
cago. In his final season Of football,
spent with the Georgia Pre-Flight
School team, Flip was in only one
losing game.
So, you see the stocky Polish
lad from eastern Pennsylvania
hard coal district has had more
than his share of big moments In
football
Yet it remained for baseball to
furnish him with the biggest one.
That came at the Polo Grounds
the other afternoon when he
banged a home run into the lower
right field stand with Mel OFT on
base to give Bill Voiselle and the
Giants a 80 decision over the de-
Spised Dodgers. 1t was Flip'S first
home run in the majors.
Manager Otis hope is that he
can keep the present New York
National League lineup on the
field, so the man who goes with the
lease at the Polo Grounds must be
satisfied with Filipowicz in left field.
Muscles Medwick's cantanker-
GUS sacroiliac gave Flip, also known
as The Barrel, his big opportunity,
and he's making the most Of 1t. All
he has to do is keep going.
Discharged by the Marine
Corps because an injury to the
ulnar nerve, sustained in football
in his senior year at Fordham.
left the little and half Of the third
finger of his throwing hand
numb. Filipowicz experienced some
trouble keeping. track Of curve balls
In Jersey City last summer. This
was traced to football muscles.
Loosened up now, the five-foot
eight-inch, 2o5-pound product Of
Kulpmont, Pa, is batting clean
up for the Giants and reveling
in it.
A right-hand smacker of ire
mendous power, he made six hits
in the Brooklyn series, more than
any other Giant. If he maintains
his present .280 average, Joe
Medwick hasn't a chance, for
Flip throws well enough and is
swifter afoot than the veteran in
the Polo Grounds spacious left
field.
It's a bit early to make a de-
cision, but off his present form
Steve Filipowicz appears to have
an excellent chance of joining the
comparatively small number of
football stars who have made
good as major league ball players.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25
Greg. U. s. Pat. ON
BY LEO H. PETERSEN
Omitted Press Sports Editor

~ VUmlte0 fHeSS Sports E01tOrD
New York, April 25-(UP)-Tney
are going through the motions at
Churchill Downs these days of get
ting ready for a race which may
never be run.
Entries for the 1945 Kentucky
Derby close today and right now
! there is no more confused gentry
in the sprts world than those con-
~snected with horse racing.
e But they are taking no chances.
When and II the ban ON racing
lifted they will be ready to go and
so will Col. Matt ]. Winn with the
list running of the most historic
horse race in the United States.
No Derby day may dawn this
year. 1t not only depends on how
the war goes, but also on what the
government wants. There is no
question about the first, for it's
strictly q matter Of time now; but
there Is doubt now whether the
ban will be lifted on e day.
James +. Byrnes said 1t would
! before he resigned as war mobili-
sszation director. He was responsible
for the ban which went into effect
Jan. ., and his announcement that
the ban would be lifted when Ger
many folds was the signal for the
horsemen to start getting ready.
The prospects looked even brighter
. couple Of weeks later when Col
J. Monroe johnson Of the ODT dis
closed that the government was
considering a plan under which rae
ING would be resumed on limited
scale on May 10. But that optimism
didn't last long for in his first news
ascOnference President Truman made
1T plain that the government would
wait until We day before determin-
Ing what to do about such things
- horse racing.
So while they don't know what is
n store for them, the horsemen are
eetttng ready. just In case. 1t may
sum out TO be lot Of wasted effort
and money, but turfmen as a whole
still are confident that race tracks
win be operating before long.
Some stables have their horses
vel enough along In their condi-
tioning program that they would be
ready to start the day the signal
turns green.
The horses in training include the
100 or more hopefuls which will be
entered In the Derby. When all of
the entries are received which are
mailed before midnight tonight,
. Churchill Downs officials expect the
list 70 exceed 100. If the nomina-
tons do reach 100 and IL 60 to the
post, . Derby victory this year would
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25
Thompson Nova
In Boston Bout

Boston. April rs U.PD =
Heavyweight Howard Thompson of
Saugus, a U. s. sailor now stationed
here, was signed today for a 10
round boxing match, May 3 at
Mechanics building with Lou Nova,
the Yogi disciple from Los Angeles.
Thompson, winner of 38 out Of
80 starts. was called upon to re-
place Johnny Flynn of Rochester,
N. Y, whose draft board ruled that
he must leave for the army one day
prior to his scheduled match with
Nova.
Though Flynn had signed con-
tracts for the Nova fight he was
unable to gain a brief deferment
and notified Promoter Eddie Mack
last night of his inability to fight.
Thompson. who enlisted in the
Navy seven months ago after show
ing unusual promise in the ring, has
been serving as physical instructor
at the Naval Station in Sampson,
N. Y. He recently was transferred
here to await an assignment in the
Pacific.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25
Todoy's Sport Parade
e worth in excess Of $4,000.

be worth in excess of 10000.
The standouts among the three
year-olds already have been entered,
including the unbeaten free for all.
John Marsch's Arlington and Wash
ington Park F1lturities winner is
coming along fine in his training
at the Downs.
Others whose names were found
among the early subscriptions in
cluded Calumet FARMS Pot O. Luck
and battlef1re, Mrs. Gertrude Dono-
vans f1ghting Don, Arthur Roses
MiSweet, c. c. Tanners Best Effort.
J. X. Houssels' Buymeabond, 1t.
Cmdr. T. D. Bulbs Air Sailor. the
Paragon stables Bob Mann and the
indian Rock stables Darien Like
Free For All, they now are quar-
tered at Churchill Downs and are
training soundly.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25
Wilson New Boss
Of Suffolk Downs

Boston. April IS - (U.PD- AL
Ian J. Wilson, widely-knoWn New
England sportsman, has been elect
ed to succeed Gordon B. Hanlon, as
president of the Eastern Racing AS
ISOLATION, Inc, operator of the
lucrative Suffolk Downs horse race
track.
Hanlon and five associates were
voted out of control of the East
Boston track recently when they de-
clined to resign. Wilson's election
came at the stockholders annual
meeting late yesterday at which the
associations net income for the fs-
cal year ended March 81 was an
nounced as $461,874
Wilson, who was managing direc-
tor Of Suffolk Downs in 1856, is
owner of the Sage Park harness
racing track at Windsor Conn.
Edward F. Goode and Edward o.
Proctor, receivers of the Aldred In
vestment Trust which Hanlon form
erly controlled, were elected treas
urer and chairman of the board of
directors respectively.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25
GOOD FIGHTERS
kept OUT OF
STATE, CHARGED

Springfield, Ill. April "A. -
Charges that Illinois professional
boxing that Illinois professional
monopoly were expressed today IN
brief but explosive hearing on the
Granata bill to halt the sport until
the end OF World War II. Action On
the bill was postponed for another
week.
Rep. Charles Granata (R.. Chi
cago) said that unless q fighter
signs up with a member Of the
manager-promoter clique he cannot
find billings.
Double Commission
IT want to protect the fight game
in Illb.ois," Granata said. New
York fighters can't fight here unless
they pay double commissions to
Mike Jacobs in New York City and
to the group here. A man can wind
I'D 10 fast rounds and all he'll have
left will be 81.
I'VE ought to clean up professional
boxing before it's abolished perma-
nently. I intend to bring in proof
to show why good fighters are kept
out Of Illinois.
IT do not charge that the Illinois
Athletic Commission is in on this
I have a high regard for Chairman
Sheldon Clark and his colleagues.
But II their hands are tied Well
break the Shackles or abolish pro-
fessional boxing in illinois," Grs'lata
said.
Although the Granata bill Is said
to be aimed only at professional
boxing, most legislators held that
its terms would also put a halt Tor
the duration to most amateur exl1l-
billions such as the Golden Gloves
nn,aknGtr
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25
Hendricken, East
Forms, MoIoney,
Mary Abbott Win

Defeat of defending champion
Eendricken school baseball team hy
the shutout route was the stand
out performance Of the American
Division Grammar school league
yesterday as inaugural games of the
season were played at Hamilton,
Fulton and Washington parks.
Woodrow Wilson's Neil O'DonneE
was the game hero, as he tanned
Hendrciken hitters with 3 singles
Wilson winning so.
East Farms and Anderson had
a tight five inning game won by
EFF to 4; big four run third
inning just enough margin of VIC
tory. Mary Abbott, coached by DR.
Joe Mccarthy May, won easily in
the teams first game under a new
coach; To over Kingsbury, which
gained a 10 first inning lead IN
TIE six inning game.
Maloney and Russell had the
free-scoring game of the day, Ma
ioney scoring ten runs in the third
inning winning IS to IS: though
Russell finished with II runs in
the fifth inning; having been held
to two runs prior to that time.
Brother Battery
Mary Abbott came up with a
brother battery, J. and D. Aufiero,
the former holding Kingsbury to
three hits, and scoring ii strike
outs. Ray Behr had the Russell
schoolboys well in hand until tine
final inning when they got to him
for nearly dozen runs; Andoline
finishing up for the winners. Dau-
dona of East Farms was a standO 1t
for his club with six hit pitching
job; and extra-base hitting of a
double and three-bagger 70 win siie
game.
O'Donnell Of Wilson was "boss of
the game all the way, with 10
strikeouts; as his mates took a 80
lead in the second inning.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25
keovenworth 9
Loses TO Ansonio

Leavenworths Tech Tigers were
no match for the able Ansonia
High school baseball combine In
the first local game for the Techers
yesterday at Municipal Stadium.
Ansonia started with five runs in
stne first inning and did not stop
lintn the ANAL score was 1871; Leav-
enworth getting run In the eighth
on IN error, wild pitch and stolen
base. Ansonia's Lefty Casagrande
gave the L5S batters but three hits.
A. Naugatuck, where the borough
combine is always tough to beat in
any sport, Naugy pinned an 1l-6
defeat on Bob Cookies Watertown
high Indians, who have now lost
thres straight games. Winners got
81 hits, Mitchell batting - for 4"
fbR Maugatuck; San Angelo getting
ERos while ONeill. Buckingham and
Hsller Got 3 each for the Indians.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25
~ Cooch" Chondler

Wellesley. Mass, April rs GU.
PD = Townsfolk here recalled today
how Senator A. B. (Happy) Chand-
Ter, D., KY, newly-named high COM
missioner OF baseball, coached Well
esley high school football and bas-
ketball teams one season a quarter
century ago.
1t was in 1920 while Chandler
was student at Harvard Law
School that he took the foot
ball coaching job and remained on
through the winter of 192O-21 to di-
rect the basketball team. No accu-
rate records exist as to the success
Of the teams but some of the play
ers Of that year believed they were
pretty good.'
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25
Track And Field

Cambridge, Mass. April 25-CUP)
58th annual New England
intercollegiate track and field cham
pionships will be held May 10 at
Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy'S Briggs Field, 1t was ANNOUNCE
ed today.
Secretary-treasurer Edward s.
Parsons Of the New England ICAAA
said that entries have been received
from Bates, Bowdoin, Boston Col
lege, Brown, University of Connec-
ticut, Holy Cross, Maine, M. T., T.,
University Of New Hampshire,
Northeastern, Rhode Island State,
Tufts, Wesleyan and Worcester
Polytechnic Institute.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25
Hi-Y Basketball

Epsilon in the "B" Hi-Y League in
a playoff basketball game defeated
tne Ramblers at the Central "Y"
last night in the first game of a 2
out OF 3 series when they won by
the score OF 46 to 10.
High scorer for Epsilon was Sum-
ma with IA points while for the
losers Ferrari stooG out with Z
points.
Three games are listed for to-
night: $50, Gamma Psi VS.. Sigma;
1880, PiLambda VS.. White Elephants:
$3.50, Beta VS.. Tech. Thi' league will
be completed next week and then
playoffs for the championships will
be determined the following week.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25
See BY K.o.

Bangor. Me., April IS - (UP) -
Rugged Norman See, 1871, OF Que
bee, knocked out AL Wooster. 1877,
of Frankfort. Me-, In the fifth round
of their scheduled eight-round bout
at the Chateau last night.
In preliminaries: Leo Mecucci,
1873, Portland knocked out Charley
Wooster, 1872, Frankfurt (D; Eddie
George, 1877, Waterville, outpointed
Blaine Macomber, 1856, Guilford co. !:
Young Leek. 1875, Bangor, decisioned
PeWee Sharkey, 100, Waterville a.;
Young Gallant, III, Skowhegal,
drew with Eddie Turner, l72, Ban
gor a..
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25
Dave Butler Drops
New Bedford Nod

New Bedford, Mass, April Is -
UP0 - punching George La
Rover, 1877 IL, of Philadelphia,
unanimously decisioned Joe Gene
vese, 1856, of Toronto in their 10
round feature bout at Bristol Arena
last night.
In preliminaries: Pat Doyle, 1856,
Fall River, knocked out Mike De-
Cosmo. 1873. Philadelphia go; Allie
Abbott, 1873, Providence, r. l..
unanimously decisioned Walter
Comes 1875 Ia, New Bedford, go;
Billy Maguerita, 1874, Fall River,
unanimously decisioned Dave But
Ter. 1874, Waterbury, Conn. 90; Ed
die Moran, 1876. Boston knocked out
Frankie Rose, 143, New Bedford %.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-25
Jumps Organized

Two Waterbury umpires, Pat
Slattery and Bill Stanton were
elected president and vice-pres-
ident of the newly-formed Connec-
ticut Baseball Umpires Association
at a meeting last night in the Y
M G A; Milt Schroeder Of Hamden
and Joe Marc Of Torrington !, to
serve as second v-p and secretary.
and "Dtuch" Forst Of Seymour,
treasurer.
A group Of is "rnen in blue" were
on hand; and viii meet again On
June {. ..sss