The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-01
Brdsscos Vs. Tnbunes Tonight
CITY LEAGUE
 CHAMPS READY FOR NIGHT TEST
BY JOHN A. CLUNEY

hx JOkAN A CLONEx
 Reportedly well loaded" because of their first night baseball game for them this season, City Amateur leagues 1945 champions from the Tribune A. O., move Into Municipal Stadium tonight for the first of a two-game series with the Fred Davl BrasScoS.
 The game, set for p. m. figures to attract a good, big crowd as hum dreds of city league fans wish to sea what the best team in "their" league can do against the semi- pro club that has played sterling baseball at the stadium, under lights, most of the season.
 Larry Mullen, Brassco coach and utility player, is former Tribune A. c. infielder.
 With one of the best baseball strategists and coaches of City Am ateur League history on it's bench, in the person of Harry Melvin, and having assembled a club with. the intent of beating the BraSScos oy ten runs if we can" the Tribes aro really ready for anything, their only disadvantage as @ unit being the fact that the game is played under lights; and 1t will be their first after.-dark game this season.
 At Harrisburg, Pa., next week when they enter the National All- American Amateur Association tournament, the 1945 local winners are apt to have to play considerable baseball under lights.
 Play Sunday
 However, should the city league champs lose tonight, they have Q chance left ito get eYen' as the sec- ond game of the series goes tomor- row afternoon at the stadium at 3:45 D. m., to be preceded by the Connie Mack All-Stars of Philadel- phia vs. the Naugatuck Valley All- Stars coached by Hank" ODea, a group of outstanding high school players from eight cities and towns of the state.
 Promoter Fred Stoneham Davi, financial packer of the Brasscos, IS also aware that he twill never live 1t down" if the Tribes beat his club on their own field under lights to- night. Therefore, he has been ex- ceptionally careful to assemble a team that he believes will defeat the city league champs as badly as the Boston Braves beat his club last week.
 Davi, and the Tribune board of strategy are very secretive about who will play on which team, but the game should be a natural" from the fans viewpoint and when the second game Is completed to- morrow afternoon some 5000 to 10000 fans may know just who Is what as far as baseball in Water bury during 1945 is concerned.
 St. Louis Party
 Last night, Lawrence St. Louis, chairman of the "On to Harris burg" financial campaign to send the CAL winners to the national tournament reached e scintillating success, according to reports at a dinner party given the Tribunes, City Amateur League officials, other managers of the league and news papermen. Some $2,150 is believed to have been contributed by local fans and business men, with an- nouncement from MT. St. Louis that the campaign would be absolutely terminated tonight, adding that "every cent that has been given goes into the fund. No expenses were taken out for anyone or any, thing"
 Clifford McHale, secretary of the City Amateur League presided as toastmaster at Patsy Browns Silver Chalet, presenting the campaign chairman and Tribune A. c. spon- sor with a mounted baseball, auto- graphed by all the players. Alder manic President Patrick Shea, a former baseball player represented Mayor John S. Monagan, while others presented to the players ir- cluded: Maurice Tangney, chairman of the Democratic Town Committee and @ Tribune manager of sports teams in the 1910-1915 era; William J. Derwin, CAL president; P. J. Doran, vice-president, John Rock, league treasurer and Bob KierSted, vice-president; also Coach Harry Melvin and local sports editors, Wil- liam P. ODonnell of the Republi- can, John (Chick) Kelley of the American and John A. Cluney of the Democrat.
 Tribunes depart for the national tournament at Harrisburg next Tuesday morning at l0:30 a. m. ar- irving in the Quaker State capital city about 5:3O D. m.