The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-25
This Sporting World
T0rrington LoUes Sports
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

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 For . city of some 5000 people Burlington, Connecticut, may takt a justifiable pride in the athletic accomplishments of its sons in 6 half dozen fields of endeavor; ont of whom was publicly honored last night, when some 300 men gathered at the Torrington Country Club tc give 'Vic" Radzevich a great biz hand of applause for his courage and endurance over an athletlC career covering 27 years
 The athletic career of Vic Rad zevich, well-known to hundreds of Waterburians in that he has played in this city many times, is truly remarkable; for only last season he played in some 30 base ball games. at 43 years of age; is Q 115 average bowler; can break 90 on the Green Woods golf course and was a basketball and football player of more than or dinary ability; for he was good enough to make the Valley Parks football team in his first try and that was no small accomplish ment in those great gridiron days a quarter of a century ago.
 West End Mems Club of Torring- ton did the honors last night al official sponsors of Vic's party which was a good one; presenting him with a placque and purse the placque inscribed ITO Victol J. Radzevich, Torrington's greatest athlete 1921-1946" which indicate! quite clearly that Vic is entitled to take his place among such New City athletic immortals as Jim Hogan, John Hubbard (Amhers' -American) Johnny Hoben, Fay Vincent, Ray CDucky) Pond anc in later days with Crosby's Jimmy Lee, a native of Torrington; Con nie Donahue; Pete Dranginis ano others.
 Here's an eyeful of Vic's atfi- letic career which is quite re- markable for one man, with only two legs; one heart, but the courage and determination that has been 8 hallmark of his home town in the field of sports since before the turn of the century.
 Vic. who is 43 years of age, first began to hit the sports head lines while attending Torrington High School, from which he was graduated in 1921. He continued to star in athletics at the Univef- sity of Connecticut in 1922 and 1923: and since then has been an outstanding performer on anna. teur, semi-pro and professional teams representing Torrington and many other communities.
 His baseball career included terms of service with Hagerstown, Md, in the Blue Ridge League and the Interstate League, corn- posed of New York and Connec- ticut teams, and he has partic1- pated in an even dozen national baseball tournaments with Tor rington or Waterbury teams. He played for three years with the Hartford Savitt Gems, one of his best remembered games of that period being a 22-inning tussle in which the Gems defeated the Philadelphia Colored Stars, with Bill Jackman and Johnny Taylor the opposing pitchers dur ing the entire game.
 He played with and against some of the nations best bootbau play CTS during his football career, as member of the Torrington Vaile! Parks, the All-T Torringtons; All Bridgeport, Bridgeport Sokol Rose buds, Naugatuck, Seymour, Thom' aston Ponies, Bristol West End and and Waterbury South Ends
 Some of the better-known per formers who did their stuff II games with Vic included Duck! Pond, Johnny Hoben and Fay Vim cent, Localities who gained fame a Yale; the Four Horsemerl of Notr' Dame-Harry Stuldreher, Don MI Ter. Jim Crowley and Elmer Lay den: Jim Thorpe, rated by man! as the best of the best athletes Century Milstead of Yale, Ret Grange, "The Galloping Ghost, of others-Jack Mcbride, Hinke. Chris Cagle of Army and hos Haines, Bruce Meyers, Hut Hut ginger, Heck Garvey, Benny Fried man, Shipwreck Kelley, Stump, Thomson, Harry Hickman, Gu Sonnenberg, Bruce Caldwell, Tin. Conaughton and Dave Dykoff, u mention . few.
 He was named for mythical al state faonors in 1925 and 1927; ha been selected for several all-Nauga tuck valley teams; and won wid renown when he booted a 95-yar' dropkick at New Britain durinl one of his innumerable games.
 While in high school, Vic playe' with a THIS. quintet that wen to the semi-finals of the New Eng land championship basketball tour nament, and since that time ha been a member of more teams thai he remembers, in practically al classifications of the game.
 He has renewed acquaintance o many former teammates and op ponents in football, baseball ant basketball while travelling about tn country in national baseball an' bowling tournaments, and is on of the most widely known athlete ever developed here.
 BROWN