The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-16
This Sporting World
Monday Sports Wosh
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

Lou Nova, though a winner over Charley Eagle in Boston about six weeks ago, drew but $973 for his share while the loser from Water bury picked up an even $1,000. Three weeks later, also in Boston Nova collected $7,500 and Tami Mauriello 5000 when Yogi Lou was stopped in two rounds .. New York Yam kee Bud Metheney's catch in the ninth that saved the game for the Tanks and Floyd Bevens last Satur- day, Az over Cleveland; reminded me of the day the same Metheney robbed the St. Louis Browns one- armed Pete Gray of an 11th inning sharp single that would have won the ball game for the Browns; on Gray's first showing of his life in the Yankee stadium, when his par ents were sitting in 8 box, watching him play major league baseball, the first they had ever seen. Metheney had to run fast to his left over slippery grass in right field taking the ball for the putout, ON THE DEAD RUN. When he caught it, Gray, a fast man on the bases, was almost on second base. On his way back to the dugout, Pete was nut tering to himself and looking out toward Metheney, and brother, IF LOOKS COULD KILL, Bud would have been a dead pigeon Sat- urday, Metheney leaped up near the right field grandstand to make the out that saved the game.
 vvvVVVVvvv
 For a big, heavy-set golfer, Judge Tom Weary of Naugatuck
 has a surprising "piano-player's
 touch" on the Country Club of
 Waterbury greens as couple of
 newspaper guys found out last
 week when Tom scored 78 like
 eating ICE CREAM r.. Phil Cas-
 man, a standout Connecticut bas-
 ketball official for many years,
 has broken away from the New
 Haven County board and may be
 seen on college courts next sea-
 son His Savin Rock es-
 tablishment is batting 1000; scores
 of his Waterbury friends will be glad to hear Tommy Armour
 of Rockledge, the "Silver Scot' of
 golfdom gets TEN DOLLARS AN
 HOUR for golf instruction for "one
 or more" meaning suppose that two, three, four or five people could split up the $l0 fee and take
 lesson at the same time
 Two months ago, I asked him to
 consider a hypothetical situation
 with Bobby Jones and Byron Nell
 son, both in their prime and using
 the present-day equipment and
 courses, which, in his opinion
 would win 36 holes of match play?
 In a matter of less than five sec
 onds, he replied: Nelson would
 beat Jones so bad, it would be
 funny I asked him why. His re-
 ply was simple and to the point,
 as follows: Nelson has nerves of
 steel, and makes ONE MISTAKE
 about EVERY FIVE ROUNDS" vvvVVVvvv
 Hundreds of Waterbury Elks, par. ticularly those participating in thu bowling league for the past twt years were grieved to learn of th' death of their club steward, Jin Rowley at St. Mary's hospital Sun day, after an illness of about week. A most accommodating gen tleman of the "old school, Jim wa particularly proud of his daughter It. Winifred Rowley, an Army Al Corps nurse who has made man! trips across the oceans, caring fo Americans wounded in battle. H also has boy with the Army at Texas post. Nothing pleased Jimm, Rowley more than his close friend or, on occasion to chime in" on al Irish ballad or two as an imprompt, auartette lined up at his rnahogan! bar. Suffering considerable pain, h never complained, but handled tough job exceptionally well. Hop ing to express the feelings of hi many friends, including myself there is not much that can be sai' except: heres to the Duke Of Ira