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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15
Ex-Horvord Stor
 Seeks Money

Dedham, Mass, March l4 - CUP) - Huntington (Tack) Hard. wick of Brookline, former Harvard football star, today claimed that an aunt was of unsound mind ana under undue influence when Sne wrote her will disposing of ner $1OO ,OOO estate. He received noth- ing under the will.
 Hardwick has filed suit contest ing the will in Norfolk prooaUe court. The aunt, Mrs. Mary n Davenport of Milton, died last May 25. in Belfast, Me, where she was taken from her summer nome III southwest Harbor, Me.
 The former athlete claimed tnal his aunt was of unsound nina wneil the vii Twas written last April. He also asserted that G. Howard Alieli manager of the First Boston Col poration and trustee of her estaIe exerted undue influence on her. Stepdaughter Benefits |.
 Mrs. Davenport left $23,5OO N charity and friends, a $500 beques' to a cousin, Carrie HardWick blge' low of quincy, and the remainder of her estate to a stepdaughIer Gretchen D. Curry of Woodpury N. J., Mrs. Bigelow also is contest ing the will. |,
 The evidence was presented II II court by three witnesses of the VII who declared taht Mrs. Davenport | in their opinion, was of sound mint when the document was drawn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15
Yale WrestIinq
 r rophies Awarded

New Haven, Conn, March 15- Ire award of the James R. Getz trophy which is presented annually to the member of the Yale varsity wrestling team who demonstrates the most outstanding ability has been made to Donald F. Mccullough of Cummings Point, Stamford, Conn.
 At the same time Coach John R. ODonnell announced the award of the Frederick B. Gleason trophy given annually to the squad member who has shown the most improve ment to Richard E. Heinrich of Buff falo. N Y.
 Mccullough, who was captain of the 1944-45 wrestling team, was undefeated over a two-year period winning thirteen consecutive matches in the 155-pound weight classification. He was regular end on the undefeated Yale football team last fall. At Taft School he was captain of the wrestling team, played football and was member of the track squad. He was also cap tain of the Yale freshman wrestling team and is one of the leading col leglate yachtsmen in the Atlantic area.
 Heinrich, who prepared for Yale at Exeter, was the 165-pound represent atlve for the t3am.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15
Hass To Try
 For 4:15 Mile

Chicago, March 15.-CUP)-The romance and running of a slim Swede named Gunder Hagg had equally divided attention today.
 The record holding distance run ner said he thought he could run the Bankers mile in the Chicago relays Saturday in 4:15, and that romance was an affair concerniny only him and his fiancee, Miss Dor othy Nortier of Oakland, Calf.
 Hagg hasn't hit his top racing form during his current American tour. but said he had shortened his stride for indoor tracks and had eliminated soreness that hampered him in two earlier races in WhlcE he finished fifth. His times were 4:3l and AIS. .,,
 Saturday night mile field will include Jimmy Rafferty, Ems. Tom my Quinn and Rudy Simms, all of whom have beaten the Swerish star during the last two weeks. The pig ten mile champion, Bob Hume, also will compete.
 Tn the romance department, Hagg said through an interpreter that he had been engaged for two years and wouldn't be married in Chicago Miss Nortier, who met him when he arrived here yesterday, said the nuptials would occur within month, possibly in Chicago" They let 1t. stand that way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15
|Wor Record Of
 Biz Time Sports

Chicago, March 15-(UP) Sixty fiev per cent of the athletes who were playing professional baseball, football basketball, big league hook ey and golf in 1942 now are in the armed forces, a United Press sur vey showed today.
 The five major professional sports have given 5,810 men to the armed forces since ec. 2, 1941, and 1855 of those players were performing in the various sports during 1941. In some instances, various teams and leagues have experienced almost a complete turnover in personnel dur ing the past three years, but have continued to keep teams in actior by the use of averaged players, dis charged veterans and youthful re. cruits.
 More than g gold stars weight the service flags of the five sports. The National Football League reported nine of their men killed in action baseball's maojr leagues list two gold stars; the Professional Golfers Association reported nine; the Ma tional Hockey League, four, and pro- fessional basketball eight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15
MARINE THRILLS N. Y.
 M MANAGERS s

New York, March Is - (UP0 - Several fight managers were angling today for connections" with Serg- cant La Vern Roach of the Cherry Point (N. O. Marines, who stood out as the classiest all-round boxer in the Golden Gloves Eeastern Sea- board championship staged at Madison Square Garden last night before 19,177 fans.
 Puerto Rico won three titles, and there was a grand lightweight scrap but it was Welterweight Roach who commanded most attention from the caulihower clan.
 Roach, native of Plainview, Tex. boxed on the team of the Times Herald, Washington, D. c. He won teh decision impressively over Sea- man Mike Koballa, representing the Miami, Fla, Daily News. All bouts were scheduled for three rounds.
 Roach, 20, and beautifully propor- toned, boxed with the finesse of a veteran. He gashed his opponents left eye in the first round and slow ed him with body smashes. He hit correctly and solidly, and shook off his opponents best blows. He had scored two knockouts earlier in the tourney. Managers, with mouths watering, said, "a regular picture fighter"
 At Chicago Winners of the Seaboard Tourney sponsored by the New York Daily News, will meet western Golden Gloves champions at Chicago, April 4.
 The New York Daily News squad won the team title by virtue of two victories last night and points prev iously gained in the tournament, for total of 16. However, as host team, the News handed the trophy to the Puerto Ricans who took the fly weight, Bantam and Feather crowns last night for 15 points. Other team scores were: Wash ington, D. C., 13; Buffalo, N. Y, Courier Express, IL; Charlotte, N C., Observer, g. Jacksonville, Fla, Journal T; Newark, N J., News, S; Miami, Fla, Daily News, 4.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15
(Reg. U. $. Pau O11J
 BY JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, March 15. (UP)-Base- ball has produced many excellent left-handed pitchers and batters; but in boxing good southpaWs have been nearly as scarce as n tennis or golf. Rarest of all have been port side heavyweight challengers. The record books show none.
 However, Cpl. Melio Bettina-a sWarthy, compact Italian from Bea- con, N. Y.-claims he will remedy this. Bettina, best southpaW heavy weight in modern ring history at least, is campaigning actively for shot at Sgt. Joe Louis title.
 The corporal's campaign reaches a crest tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden where he collides for the third time with Jimmy Bivins, dangerous, hard-hitting Negro from Cleveland. Each won decision i'll two previous engagements. Bivins in favored in the rubber match
 Although Bivins is favored. many smart boxing men pick Bettina be- cause he is in good shape for the first time since entering the army in the fall of 1942. They point out that the Beacon Italian licked Bivins at Cleveland in their first bout, Nov. IT, 1941, before Melio became soldier. And that he was in service when he lost to Bivins at Cleveland, Sept. 15, 1943. Melio had little chance to train for that bout because he had an IMP" assign ment then. For the last few months he has been in special service at a Metroloplitan station, working as athletic instructor. He should be m much better condition for this braWl.
 If Bettina can beat Bivins tomor- row night, he has an excellent chance of an ultimate title shot at Louis. Ard unquestionably he would provide bomber Joe with stiff op- position because of his unorthodox style. In the past Louis was a bit befuddled in his first encounters with opponents who did the unusual chaps like Bob Pastor and Arturo Godoy. And Louis never met a southpaw since he became a pro fessional. Moreover, Bettina at 2d is two and half years younger than the champion, who incidentally hasn't had fight since March, 1942 when he belted out big Abe simon
 Bettina is a seasoned, dangerous awkward opponent who has peer campaigning for Il years. He IS a rough, tough, busy mauler Whc packs a fair punch in either mana He has ruined" so many fighters that Manager Jimmy Grippe has difficulty getting opponents for him He is probably the best "big' soutn- paw that ever lived. He won the light heavyweight crown (New oYrE version by knocking out Tiger JacR Fox in February, 1889. He lost Il to Billy Conn five months later 1T hard, close fight. Two months after that Melio tried to recapturt the title from Conn at Pitsburgf and failed.
 Bettina was the only southpaW evel to win a title above the middle weight division which produced sucf left-handed rulers as Al MCCOY Johnny wilson, Tiger Flowers, an' Lou Brouillard. Two southpaWs Wer' wclter champs-Br Brouillard ant Young Corbett, 3rd. Tommy Pau and Freddie Miller were portsld' feather title claimants. Melio is th only top-fight lefty in action nov in any division.
 We pick him to stop Bivins to morrow night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15

SCOVILL 51-45
 OVER RUBBER;
 BENRUS, 20-21

If Waterbury Tool can defeat U. s. Time next Sunday in the IRA. bas- ketball league, hoop headliner, the Scovill ERA. club will "back into" the second round championship and a playof with U. s. Rubber of Nau- gatuck for the IRA hoop champion ship of the 1944-45 season. Such a situation is so, because the Scovil entry outpointed USRubber last night 51 to 45, despite 19 points on free-throws made by the borough basketeers.
 Howie Kraft, Scovill forward who was good IS years ago, when his pivot-shot was a regular Sunday feature of the City Amateur basket ball league scored 16 points for Sco- will last night, possibly indicating, like wine, he ''gets better with age" Solid John Casey, the wistful East Side Speedboy matched Kraft's eff fort with 16 more points and when the last shot was fired; USR had eight less field goals than the spir- tied Scovill outfit in a very close game for three periods. The winners lost Longo and Andolina on personal fouls in the final quarter, but won going away for the USR defense could do little or nothing with Kraft, Casey and Joyce, who took an early lead for 15-12 then 25-24 at half time and 37-35 with 10 minutes left. It was 45-42 at one time in the last quarter, but the Scovill trio men, toned were not through until the point total passed the half hundred mark. For Naugatuck, already as- sured of playoff for the title; hay ing won the first round competition; Bobby Rhoads, Lefty Farrar and Chet Wojack scored 10, 8 and 2 points. Score:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15
ney regardless of the opposition.

The U. s. Time "Bombardiers" of the Girls l. R. A. basketball league will represent the New England States in the Eastern Industrial tournament. They will leave for New York on March 24th and their headquarters will be the Belmont Plaza Hotel.
 The Bombardiers have drawn Metropolitan Life Insurance Team of New York City, who are rated the tournament favorites, for their first game on Saturday, March 24th and are determined to win and go into the finals of the Championship the following afternoon.
 Won 13, Lost 2
 The Red, White and Blue clad squad is confident of making good showing and will ke all out to win both games as it will add to their prestige and bring added glory to the caliber of basketball played in the I. R. A. league. The girls enter the tournament with record of 13 wins and 2 losses and have scored APO points against 270 for their op- ponents, having an average of 28 points to their opponents 18 points per game. Rogers, Kowalski, Leach, and D'Angelo have scored among them 399 points. If they continue at the pace in the tournament, the coaching staff is confident that they will make a good showing.
 Before leaving the girls have two more scheduled games, playing Fafnir Bearing at Stanley Arena, March 18th, and Benrus in league game, March 20th.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15
Welsh "On Leave"

Brunswick, Me, March 15-(UP) Adam Walsh, newly appointed football coach of the Cleveland Rams, will remain Ion leave of ab- sence" from Bowdoin college and may return to his post here after the war. President Kenneth c. M. Stills said today.
 Walsh's five-year contract with the National Professional League club contains a clause permitting him to resign after the first or second year Dr. Stills disclosed. The BoWdoin president expressed the hope that Walsh would return as soon as the college resumes football.
 From 1885 to 1943, Walsh's Bow doin grid teams won or tied for the Maine intercollegiate champion ship seven times. He was granted a leave of absence in 1914 to join the Notre Dame coaching staff.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15

and Georgia Carruthers, an "astrol- oger", with violating the Securities and Exchange Commission Act and mail fraud regulations.
 Federal authorities said Kearns, Lennon and Miss Carruthers, who was also known as Princess zuliska, had defrauded investors of $150.0O0.
 Regional SEC. Director Thomas B. Hart said the three formed a company in November, 1941. Pros poets were shown toy extinguish- CT, told of extensive orders by the British government and U. s. Navy, according to Hart. He alleged that investors had previously been urged to invest heavily by Princess Zuliska during astrological consultations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15
Negroes Run 44O In Record | ime

Uavisville, R. l., March l5-(UP) A quartet of Negro sprint kings today had set what is perhaps the fastest quarter-mile relay mark ever run indoors-but it was no world record.
 Running over the worlds largest indoor track" built by the Sea bees at Camp Endicott nere, the four men covered the 440-yard route in 44.5 seconds last night at the New Engalnd A.A.U. invitation track and relay carnival.
 Members of the special team on which each man covered llO yards were Herbert McKienley of Boston college, Corp Barney EWell Of Camp Kilmer, James Herbert of the Grand street (N.Y) Boys Club, and Elmore Harris of the Shore A. C. at Asbury Park, N. J.
 Mckinley ran anchor on the team that competed ill the event With teams from New York university and the Pioneer A. C.
 No World Mark Experts SdlQ LldL Illc lcCOlu Wol'lu not stand as q world mark since the track is five-lap affair of 35i yaros and all indoor records must be set on tracks no longer than 220-yards.
 The accepted worlds record out doors for the distance is 408 seconds set May 9, 1881 by a University o! Southern California team. An out door American record of 405 sec onds that is not accepted as world mark was set May l4, 1933.
 Other notabel performances last night were Harris 600-yard run 1T 1:11.4, the fastest time this year in doors; and Ewell's 70-yard sprint 1T 7.2 seconds-one-tenth of a secont off the world mark.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15
This Sporting World
This And Thot
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

No limit has been set fer baseball teams wishing to enter City Amateur League competition this season in Waterbury; managers and league officers decided at a meeting last night; leaving the door" open for teams from Bristol, Thomaston, Winsted and Naugatuck. Ameri- can Brass Athletic Association will take over the Naugatuck Hop Brook golf course and clubhouse in the neay future; details having been agreed upon between committees headed by Johnny OConnor of ABC anc Harris Whittemore of Nauga- tuck Coach J. O. Christian of Connecticut University at StorrS stands to collect $1,501 for leg in- jury suffered when heavy table fell on him while he was setting up football movies at the ''cow college" nearly 18 months ago. His claim for $90I medical and hospital bills; and $6C0 summer school salary which he had to forfeit is backed by the Uconn president. Just short time ago, Waterbury's Frank Walsh CdIIle OH lTOUl ClSVcldIlu LOT Cllc 1u- neral of his brother-in-l law. He was his usual cheery self while greeting many friends he had not seen for years. Frank died Tuesday at his Cleveland home. He has been Chase Companies for superintendent for several years in the Ohio met ropolis. Frank, member of Water bury lodge 265, BPOE, royalty enter tained several Waterburians with the City Amateur League baseball party in Cleveland, 1886. w. J. (RilD Summers, well-knoWn Ameri- can League umpire, will pay another visit to Waterbury next week; as the principal speaker at the Industrial Foremens' dinner-meeting in the YMCA. Lou Cronin of HarWinton put together fine and varied sports night program for Torrington Knights of Columbus yesterday; the speakers including Harry Jacunski, New Britain native; Bristol work ma1 and sterling end with the Green Bay Packers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15
YMCA MERMEN AT NAUGATUCK
 TANK TONIGHT

The Waterbury YMCA swimming team will travel to tiE Borough Y tonight to swim the Boys Junior and Intermediate teams at 7:30 tonight. Irving Hurley and Dan Boardman, coaches of the local Y team are bringing down a strong array of swimmers and expect to make a good showing against the Naugatuck boys.
 In the Junior events, Rodney Gibson and George Frisbie will swim the 20 yard free style in the 20 yard backstroke, Bob Kraft and Ray FriSbie are entered. Bob Lat- frey and Bob Kraft are entered i'll the 20 yard breaststroke while in the 40 yard free style, Rodney Gib- son and Bob Lattey are the pair who are going to swim in this event. Frank Dunn and George Frisbie are the divers for the junior team.
 Entries
 Tn the luLcTluculdIe iliIcup, r1ail- cis O'Connor and Phil Fecteau will swim in the 40 yard ire style. The 40 yard backstroke will be entered by Bob Gladney and Bob Allen. Ill the 40 yard breaStstroke, Charlie Kraft and Norbert Fried are en- tered. Norbert Fried is the only one who will be swimming ill the 100 yard freestyle and also Francis O'Connor is the only one listed for the diving events. In the 160 yard freestyle relay, team will be chos- en from Fried, Gladney, Fecteau or O'Connor. This IS the first dual swim meet that the Y has en- gagged in this year and are pre- pairing to engage ill the State championship which will be held on April ' at the New Haven YMCA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15
Pep At Devens

Fort Devens, Mass, March 15. - CUP) - Worlds featherweight box ing champion Willie Pep of Hart ford, Conn, was learning how to get pep in his step today.
 Medically discharged from the U. s. Navy 13 month sago, the little boxer reached his Army processing center yesterday after being drafted for military service.
 Pep, winner of ST of his 88 pro- fessional contests, was expected to remain at his reception center for about a week before leaving with other rockies for basic trtining.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15
Briefs Of The Training Camps

land training ground of the Wash ington Senaors oday. Five new ar- rivals were aking he kinks ou of Winer muscles.
 Bluege has a number of players ready for some real batting prctice but none of the hlf-dozen pitchers he has on hand are ready to bear down. The late arrivals were George Myatt, Fred Bethl. George Case, Joe Kuhel and Hills Layne. Bear Mountain. N. Y, March IS - (UP) - The Brooklyn Dodgers opened their spring training here today with more than 20 players in uniform, but only eight were regu- lar members of the Brooklyn team.
 Leo Durocher, manager of the Buns" who finished in seventh place last year, said he would run the team through bunting and ex- ercise drills today.
 Leo and Club President Branch Rickey, yesterday collaborated on the announcements that Frenchy Bordagaray and Stan Andrews had signed contracts and that Infielder Eddie Basinski had notified the club that he would not report this season, choosing to remain on his war job. Bordagaray is efficient in both the outfield and infleld. An- dreWs is catcher acquired from the Montreal farm club last year.
 Cape Girardeau, Mo, March 15-- CUP)-The St. Louis Browns, cham pions of the American league, con- tinued the use of the electric pitch ing machine today and fiery sec- ond baseman, Don Gutteridge, took his first cuts of the 1945 season Gutteridge signed yesterday after shaking mild case of influenza and reported immediately to Man. ager Luke Sewell. The Browns ral, through long outside drill in SC degree weather yesterday. So wal they have had no need for the in- door training quarters provided here.
 French Lick, Ind, March Is - , (UP)-Paul Derringer, one of tho , great names in National league , pitching history, went through hi first workout of the season here to- day and Manager Charlie Grimm O. r the Chicago Cubs predicted a goot , year for the big right-hander. Derringer, IS pounds lighter a. 1 the result of winter dieting, | , eager to prove Grimm right. H, was the 18th Cub to report fo training.
 , Atlantic City, N. J., March l5- : (UP) - Manager Joe Mccarthy o the New York Yankees concentrat ed the efforts of his squad on tn development of the famed Yanke
 power today with batting practic
 and instruction the order of tn day. The pitchers here cut loos
 with some of their stuff and Atle
 Donald and Ken Holcombe pu more than little hop on the bal as they threw to the hitters in tn cage.
 Pitcher Joe Page was on han
 for his first workout but confine
 his activity to doosening up exer cises.
 Mccarthy, worried about the at sence of First Baseman Nick Ette and Second Baseman George Stirr weiss, said he might use fookie Jc Ruzaa ct aithAr nnGitinn-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15
Maine Moy Have
 Running" Horses

Augusta, Me-, March Is - (U.P0 The Maine legislature has been asked to permit running as well as harness horse racing in the state.
 Joseph E. Harvey of Saco, rep resentauve of the Old Orchard Beach Mile Track Association, con- tends that the state should get all possible revenue from "legalized gambling or get out of the business altogether"