The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-06
This Sporting World
Just q FeLU Lines
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

Johnny Gilmartin and Tommy Mo- Ian, who have been friends teach CTS and golfers (after fashion, for many years are now the one-two punch of our school system. pr. Gill; martins appointment as superin- tendent of schools succeeding Dr. Thomas Condon couple of months ago, was followed last Monday by the. appointment of MT. Nolan, principal of Webster school as as- sistant to pr. Gilmartin, as of De- cember 31 next. Principal Nolan is the father of the able Waterbury sports-writer, Joe Nolan, now with the United Press, working out of Boston As for John Gregory Gilmartin and Thomas Francis Mo- Ian, they have plenty Ion the ball" as school system executives but on the golf course, Principal Long John Brophy of Driggs makes 'em look almost helpless, according to my Watertown operative, 3-6-40 Robert Clay Wilson, the "Dan Park CT of Connecticut" relative to the boxing business, which he punches around in print once week, will be the next president of the Con- necticut Sportswriters' Alliance, to be named December 10 at a New Haven luncheon .. Torrington's Carmen Mele, at Cheshire Academy last season, is through at Holy Cross where he began his studies last September Waterbury's Jackie Delaney, wants to play the hoop game at Worcester, where he was in 1943, but a heavy afternoon study schedule prevents him from attending hoop drills; which means that he can't play basketball until mid-January, 1946 when the new term begins He was 8 stellar USTime player last season in the I. R. A. league Wait1l he hears about the 28-N UST win Tuesday night at the "Y".
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 Bozo Costantino, whom brother Jimmy Costantino claims will be a better boxer than brother Lulu ever was, stopped Tony Rifles of Paterson at the Elizabeth (NJ) Armory Tues day night. Bozo is already welter- weight, sealing 147 .. Waterbury's Benny Singleton, who needs three month layoff badly, continues to box for no good reason. That's the beginning of the end of a most promising career. Big Pete Ped ersen, former Chase Country Club steward is boss of the New South ern hotel dining room, at Miami, Florida. Several local lads are al- ready down thataway, where the nights are cold enough for FUR BENNYiS, 'tis said . CroSby's football dinner is set for Wednesday, December 12 at the school cafeteria =. High school football champs Of Connecticut, as far as the winners of the Waskowitz Trophy is con- cerned, will be named at New Haven dinner tonight. Girls Club basketball has attracted 13 or IA teams, Miss Jeanne Smith, phy- sical director of wee announced. | Nine VIII compete III grammar school division, 4 or 5 in high school group :. Lady of Lourdes is becoming active in local basket ball circles again .. On Friday Of last week, Naugatuck's Clarence Haigh, known to borough intimates as the All-America WATER BOY and also Spec" Shea's special trainer; picked his annual All- America football team for this de- partment. NINE of his Il picks matched the UNITED PRESS AL America first eleven named in yes- terday's Democrat. MT. Haigh liked Betchol of Texas for his right end and Harry Gilmer of Alabama for his quarterback, while the U. P. named Bob Fenimore of Oklahoma Aggies as quarterback and Hank F ldberg of Army as it's right end By the way, when is MT. Ed ward (Double-Wing) Keenan's AL