The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14
This Sporting World
Saturday ReOieSU
By JOHN A, UEUNRY

kVery team in every held oi sports has a skeleton ln lts closet' that le, a game it would just as soon forget, which, ln the case of oOr Washington College alumni, Eddie Keenan, I'm Grove, Jake Rleger Jimmy Calvin, Jack Car- roll, and Principal Lou Thlbodeau of Crosby, Is a certain Saturday when the boys from the east shore of Maryland Co tanRle with the Fordhani Rams in New York, Fi- nal score-Fordham lol, washing ton college, ZERO, despite cousin Keenans vallan line play, Do you realize that the Grim Reaper has called four of the nations greatest sportswrlters within the past two years-Bill Slocum, Hype fgoe, Harry Cross and Damon Rum yon while two great friends, James J. Walker and James J. Johnston, died within months of each other and Mike Jacobs is still In critical conditionp
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 Frankie Berardi, the goodwill ambassador of Brooklyn, and an IRA. basketball referee last sea- son and this one, got away with an iron man" stunt last Tuesday night In the worlds worst gym naslum at wilby High School. Ber- ardi worked three straight games, between ' and midnight under ven. tilating conditions that are unbe- llevably awful, despite extra vents that have been set in the walls of the gym. Seating conditions are almost as bad for spectators. |. . Dan Parker's column is now car. ried every day in the Hartford TIMES. Yale's Fritz Barzilaus- kas and Levi Jackson made the THIRD All-American team of l947, picked for the SEPost and written up by Dick Harlow of Harvard.
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 From Hartford comes the follow ing account of the splendid tribute paid to Waterbury's Yale guard, Fritz Barzilauskas, recipient of the Touchdown Clubs award as the outstanding college player of l946:
 Anyone of the guests at last nights final Touchdown Club meet ing who entertained doubts as to the football ability of Big Fritz Barzllauskas, waterbury's gift to a fine Yale football team and wheth. CT he was a worthy recipient of the clubs award as Connecticut out- standing college football player must certainly have been convinced after viewing pictures of the Yale Harvard game which concluded a highly successful wind-up af1air In the Bond Ballroom.
 with his big number '7s show ing clearly time after time as he plowed steadily through a Harvard forward to upset blockers. ball car riers and punt receivers, mutter- ing of praise for this husky tackle who gained national honors this season through the assembled grid iron followers and left little doubt but that the Touchdown Club made a signal success with it's first award to one of its native sons.
 '.Barzilauskas himself made a hit with his sincerely spoken words in praise of his teammates. He ex- plained he was but part of Yale's line but the gathering readily ad- mitted that he was one of its great est assets"
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 Central Alleys of Watertown, managed by Henry Despins, will be one of six qualifying sites next Sat- urday, December 2l, for the annual head to head bowling tournament sponsored by the Connecticut Alley Operators Association. Men will rlol qualifying blocks on that day sectionally. five game pinfan to count Call iO40 Watertown for en- try: the rolling to start at ' P. M with Chet Balducci of Torrtngton as supervisor for the CAOA during competition. Entry fee of 8 fol first block qualifiers calls for $4 ad- ditional for second block, to be add ed to prize money; bowling on head-to-head basis, best 4 Of ', the winner. Second block rolling zoe: Saturday. December 28. Sports minded GIs doing occupation duty in Japan have little difiiculty keep inc busy in their leisure time. They have organized a baseball league .sThe American League of Japan, softhail, and basketball teams, ano have the exclusive use of l5 goll courses. IS swimming pools. and number of resort beaches. For Win for suorts enthusiasts, there is ever