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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-26
Feather Bed Makers:
Here's Your Man

FORT ATKINSON, Wis. (APl.
Ernie Hansen isn't even mildly
concerned over the news that a
wonderful new machine has been
built to remove feathers froin
chickens five times faster than by
hand.
Ernie is the worlds champion
chicken-picker. He can do the job
with his hands in three and, one
half seconds. He's so years oil
how and has been meeting al:
challengers for 90 years. He picks
chickens, by the hundreds just To
keep in practice. He'll do it
blindfolded or wearing hand
cuffs.
.Hausen dips the chickens in
164-degree water, quickly rurs
his large, powerful fingers across
the wings, from the tips inward !,
does the same with the legs, fin
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-26
Red Raiders Lose Twice To
Tampa Teams Over Weekend
By AGUILAR

Well, the Red Raiders went tc
Tampa and they lost two games
That was to be expected, for the
club was not well-balanced and
when you play baseball with just
friendship, it cannot be a sue
cess.
In the first place, the Raider
team was just picked up and tax
en- 70 Tampa to play, without even
a few practice games before leaV-
ing. II was not only the Red
Raiders that lost, but Key West
as well, for the Tampa papers
said "Key West was beaten" bad
twice 'fby the locals and the Ha-
bana Mines. H MH Is
The reason Ray Hanllin had
success every time he took his
Conchs to Miami to play or q
club visited here to meet the lC-
Gals, was because he would get
Covington and other good players
10 strengthen his team, for it was
Key West he was playing for and
not any individual player.
Better luck next time, Raider,
and may this learn you a lesson,
We have learned from experience
a long time ago that it is better
TO have good players than just
friends.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-26

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BASKETBALL TONIGHT
at HIGH SCHOOL GYM

While on sports activities, may
we report that everything is set
for the three basketball games to
be played tonight at the High
School Gym.
Miami HeraN and Coca-Cola
tangle in the opening battle, St.
Mary's Girl and High School
Girls in the second scrap and the
U.S,S. Chewink Divers and Der
tai Corps in the third and final
sett0. 40
The games will be hard-fought
from start to finish.
First contest is scheduled to
start at z o'clock tonight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-26
'EVELIO HERNANDEZ
IS SCHOOL STUDENT
At PEARL TIARBoR
fspeeiaI ia The citizen,

tSnecl01 10 InG C1t1EenD
PEARL 1IARBOR, T. H., Feb.
26.-Evelio j. Hernandez, yeo-
man, first class, USNR,. $50 Pc.
tronia ST., Key West, Fla, is. a
student at the Navy Pacific Uni
versity here during off-duty
hours.
NavPacU. which opened Jan. 3,
has curriculum of more than 100
high school, college and technical
courses and a service enrolment
of more thai 5000.
The faculty is composed of Navy
and Marine personnel and CT
villains.
Classes meet for two hours 4
day, five days a week. Courses
are completed in four weeks, time
examinations are administered
by the us. Armed Forces Insti.
tute.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-26

that his band won't blow the Gus
toners over.
Unlike other colored bands, ard
although the Armstrong band
plays the proper proportion of
swing, it plays that swing with
beauty instead of blare, and it
features more sweet music than
the average band, white or col
ored.
Not only that, but Armstrong;
is one of the few top-notch big
modern bands which makes a
feature of comedy, and not the
least of that comedy, of course, is
Louis Armstrong himself, fea
tured as trurnpeter, orchestra
leader and comedian in no less
than two musical comedies and
nine motion pictures, an all-time
record for bandleaderS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-26
Joseph HenriqueS
.GiUen Discharge

FORT MCPHERSON, Ca, Feb.
26.-Joseph N. Henriquez, of 925
Whitehead street, Key West, Fla,
member of the Army Air Forces
has been given an honorable dis
charge from the United States
Army.
Henriquez was released follow
ing forty-three months service.
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Ralph CaHeH
Returning Home

PEARL HARBOR, T. H., Feb
26.-Ralph T. Catlett, MM3c, huS
band of Mrs. Mary F. Catlett, of
95-1, Poinciana Place, Key West,
Fla, is returning to the States
aboard the U.S.S. Lenawee, which
left Guam on February 8, and wa
scheduled to arrive at San Fran
cisco about February %.
The Lenawee is one of the
Nays attack transports which
supported the seizure of stepping
stone bases to Japan by carrying
thousands of fighting men and
their equipment to invasion
beaches and u. Shield beach
heads.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-26
LAST LOCATION

DETROIT.-Drummond Island
in Chippewa county, Mich, held
by Britain until 1923, was the last
u. S. location under the British
flag.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-26
DEDICATED IN 1892

BROOKLYN.-The Ford Thea.
ter in Washington, in which
Presid snt Lincoln was shot, wa:
dedicated February II, 1882, a:
a national museum.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-26
RASERALI.
RECREATION

Bayview Park-Tennls, basket
ball and handball courts. Dia-
nondball. Comfort stations,
South Beach and Rest Beach
Swimming.
Gulf Dock and Rest Beach
Deepsea fishing, small boats.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-26
Police Fail To
Find Prowler
REPORTED IN VICINITY OF
OF SGT DIVISION
STREET

Prowler reported to be in the
vicinity of SGT Division street
was investigated by Officer
Frank jolly last night but no
signs of the prowler were found.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-26

ally peels the feathers from the
back and breast. Suddenly the
bird is as bare as a billiard ball
1t doesn't have to be singed.
He tells of picking 1,472 birds
in seven hours and As minutes in
a contest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-26
EXCAVATION OF CANAL

NEW YORK.-The Egyptian
King Rameses II was the first to
excavate a canal between the
Mediterranean and the Red Sea.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-26
CITY i | ] ! !. SPORTS.
Every Type of Play
BASKETBALL
1T High School Gymnasium
Might Games)

tNlSpL GdInSSJ
TUESDAY,
7:00-Miami Herald VS.. Coca
Cola.
8:00-St. Mary's VS.. Higl.
School.
9:00-Divers VS.. Dental Corps.
WEDNESDAY,
7:00-Carbonell's Luncheonette
VS.. SWeeting's Auto Serv.
ice.
8:00-High School Girls VS.. Con
vent. s h
9:00-WKWF VS.. Earthquakes.
THURSDAYS y~
7:00-Lindsley tBumbeE, Coz vs..
Key West Transit Co.
8:00-Convent Cubs VS.. Lions.
{ 9:O0-Independents Tvs. Il Rcd
Raiders > Il BIZ 1t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-23
Will Not Have Discussion
 With Players

Pittsburgh, May 9a-CUP)-Presi- dent William Benswanger of the Pittsburgh Pirates promised the Am- erican Baseball Guild courteous and friendly" treatment today when the club replies to the new players union demand for collective har- gaining negotiations.
 Benswanger said he would meet tomorrow with other Pirate officials to discuss the Guild situation and formulate reply to Robert Mur- phE, Harvard-educated head of the union in Boston.
 The Pirate president emphasized that the club has no intention of discussing the guild with players.
 That is their business and the club has nothing to do with that" he said.
 Not to Blame
 RensWanger defended Pirate man. ager Franks Frisch in connection with the teams slump in which it has dropped to seventh place in the National League.
 "No one can blame Frisch because our players aren't hitting" he said. "Once they start, we'll win some ball games"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-23
City-Wide SoftboII

An early-Seasen attraction in the City-Wide Softball League is billed for this evening, when the Walnut 40. and Warriors, both ufldefeat- ed in competition thus far, meet in an important game at 6:l5 PM. to be handled by J. Klem Crichton and Bill Mattie.
 Last night, Dr. Joe Mays Polish Americans won a tight 3-2 game from the Hoboes, the latter batters getting but five hits off Miscauagk and Rozint. A sixth inning run by the PA boys was just enough to win, as the Hoboes were blanked in the firaI caoto.
 Del Phi scored four runs in the first two innings; going on to easily best the Florio Post array, 8-3, in another league game. Other games and umpire assignments for tonight include:
 Hamilton, No. 2-Fire Dept. vs. N. E. BuddieS (Guglielmo).
 Brass Mill, No. 1-6t. Joseph H. N. vs. Pine Hills (DriscolD; No. 3 -Republican-American vs. Tele- phone Co. (Culkin); No. 3-Florio Post vs. Miller All Stars (Barone).
 Fulton Park-Trojans vs. Prowlers (Gerace); Washington Park Sa- voia Social vs. Post Office (Ken- ney); Hopeville-T. P. Hillies vs. Cadets (Quilter); Bunker HILL Chet-Wyns vs. Benbers (DFeMiek) i; Stadium, No. 1-Jokers vs. Del Phis (Brida); No. 2Acme Cleaners vs. Waterbury Indies (Walsh).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-23

petition for the first time in three years. Ray Begnars charges out hustled the high-powered Tribes right down to the wire and left the fans with the impression that 'Packy'' Shea's club won't have any picnic this season if they intend to repeat their championship drive of 1945.
 Johnny DeVito who spent last season with the Brassco's played centerfield for the Tribes with Billy Moore in left and Jake Banks in right. Not a bad outf1eld in any league.
 A shoestring catch by Moore and nice running catch by Bob Groet- orex were highlights of the Tribe defensive play.
 Roland LeBlanc's Franco Amer ican outfit did themselves proud in taking their opener with Florio Post The Italian Club is an all-"Water- bury combination. Both teams look ed smart in new uniforms. r~
 The Aviglianese are due to make another strong bid for the title with strong team built around Ray Dizzy" Decker. m
 Curley, Brooklyn shortstop, look ed real good in his first appearance as a City leaguer. Ditto Charley Horvath at short for the Tribes.
 The club that is really going to bear watching : is Pat Cutters Washington Hill aggregation. With "Iggy' Miller on the mound, the upper Baldwin Street crowd are go- ing to be strong bidders in the pen- nant chase.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-23
Oma;s Style Calculated to Baffle Jersey Joseph
By DAN PARKER

Johnny the details surrounding Ruffn famous walk revealed
 dressing he heard the npector assigned having men with two who to force their While Brick his Rlffn 8 Si meeting making crack about inspectors just around do no Asked by Levy the Deputy referring to him Bruno replied that If the fedora fitted him. house dick at local hotel
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-23
Girl SoftbaU Games Tonight

Tonight at 500, the I. R. A. Girls Softball league will star Lux vs Sco- will at Waterville Diamond No. with Al Monti officiating. Tonight Lux will offer pitcher Flo Nicola, who did such a good job at tanning U. T. Time to 9-8 loss. Scovill offers as pitcher, Jean Ostroski, who took honors in the Scovill- Chase game for flaming II Chase batters.
 The match should be good one, and the score should be something to watch. The second feature to- night will be U. s. Time vs Vater- bury Company's at Waterville No. 3 with James Walsh as umpire. Last week U. S. Time lost to Lux by @ score of 9-8 and Waterbury Com panies lost to the Benrus team by a score of 28-1, so the match would probably cause little excitement.
 Tuesday nights game was rained out, the game between Benrus and Chase, and will be played later in the season as soon as an available park can be had. The Benrus las- sies miss the contest but it will give them more time to practice for the coming match between Lux and Benrus which promises to be the best match of the Round.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-23
Crosby cIGse
 4-3 Winner OverTuHo

A double in the 11th inning, by George PeTFeault, which scored Winnie Pica from second base, gave Crosby a 1 to 3 decision over Taft at Rockefeller Field yesterday afternoon, in a very thrilling con- test. This victory, although not g Valley League counter, gave the Blue and White a clean sweep of Q two game series with. the Prep schooieFs who they defeated earlier in the season, 2 to 2.
 Crosby's one run lead in the first frame, by means of walk to Nick Bafone and successive one base bingles by Capt. Win Petteway and Bernie LaWlor, was short lived as Taft tallied three times in their half of the second stanza. Although the Blue and White scored run in the fifth and then succeeded in knotting the count at three all in the seventh, Pete Kuzmenko was relieved by Russ Hansen in the seventh after his inconsistent per- farInance. In the third frame the three Taft runs scored as a re- suit of Kuzmenko's hitting Nichols and Packer and single by Jsckie Peters and double to Bob Bean Three Taft errors in the fifth gave the Manherzmen another run while they tied it up m the seventh on walk to anReri, a single to Barone and @ wild pitch let loose by the Prep School hurler :. Hansen was in trouble only once, that being in the seventh inning when Taft loaded the bases :. But he got out of it without run as his infield handled the situation with goodly amount of boise and precision. The Blue and White clinched the contest in the 11th frame as Pica singled, stole second and scored as Perreault smashed one down the right field line :.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-23
Boys Club Ping
 Pong Team Wins

The Local Boys Club Ping-Pong team journeyed to Bristol Boys Club last night. The boys came away very happy because they won every match although they had to play hard to win. The boys were well matched and the games were close.
 ReSultS:-
 Vinny Spagnuola (W) 1924; 2-19; 21-19 vs Gene Proulx CB); Joe Ubal- Ai, CW) 21-8; 21-10 vs Sam Thorpe, iB); Art Rosa, CW) 22-20; 2l-19 vs Tom Roles (B); Butch Damelio CW) 1O-21; 21-18; 21-18 vs Matt Sporteln (B); Alex Vincintorio (W) 22-20; 2l-4 vs Robert Iseben (B) 1; Vinny Cardella (W) 21-17; 26-A vs E:rcole Tabadia.
 DOUBLES
 Joe Ubaldi, Vinny Spagnuola CW) 21-18; 25-2S vs Robert Laben, Gene Proulx (B).
 These boys will journey to New Haven Monday, May 27th to play the New Haven Boys Club Ping pong team.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-23
First of a Series
By BILLY ROCHE The Referee

New York, May 23.-(NEA)-Plain as if it was yesterday I can see John L. Sullivan grovelipg in his own gore as 1t seeps into the sandy floor of the ring. James J. Cor bett is cavorting about, hystertcal- ly hugging and kissing Billy Brady and his handlers. The crowd is wildly acclaiming the new cham pion.
 The site is the old Olympic Club of New Orleans, the date Sept. 2, 1892. The 2s-year old San Fran cisean has just scored knock out In the 21st round.
 He didn't lick the great John l.. He knNcked out a faded Autograph of the man who ruled the class with an iron fist for 12 hectic years.
 It wasn't much of a contest, but it was fraught with that expectant excitement which prevails when ever an explosive hitter is pitted against an aggravatingly elusive lAghter-hitting opponent. Sullivan, belted with fat and weighted with 35 years, simply wasn't in 1t. He was the first Hollow Shell.
 Starting at the beginning, the Olympic Club is packed with 5000 men who paid from SIS to $50. The night is close and the tar- paulins which form the roof are thrown back leaving only bare rafters through which fresh air has full play.
 Here in the ringside boxes Par son Davies is betting $2,5O0 on Corbett against $7,5O0; New York capitalist is shouting wager of $5,O00 on Sullivan against $1- 500, but the average odds favor the Boston Strong Boy at 1 to 1.
 Someone starts singing Annie Rooney and the crowd takes 1t up.
 Fragile scales are brought into the ring, but not to weigh the fighters. The gloves are weighed to see thatthey don't exceed the five ounces decreed by Sullivan. The principals weighed in dress ing rooms, Sullivan 212, Corbett IFS.
 A large chair and smaller one are brought into the ring, the small one being placed in the southwest corner. Of course, the big one is for John L., which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-23
Church League SoffbaII

Three Inter Church Softhall League games played last night re- suited in winning scores of 20 to g runs for each winning team. Two other games were won by two- run margins, Grace M. E. defeat ing Swedish Lutheran, 7-5, in the lowest-scoring game of five played. South Congregational surprised St. Johns Episcopal, 9-7, in another good game, But Mill Plain scored 32 runs against Second Congo's 8; Bunker Hill topped St. Paul's M. E. 20 to 6, and First Lutheran defeat ed West Side Methodist, 21 to l, in the best-pitched game, Ray Snyder giving the Siders but six hits.
 A pair of home runs by Dick Johnson, one by Tom Mcdonald and a 25-hit attack against Hart man and Trosky of Second Congo featured the Mill Plain victory. An other 25-hit exhibition was put on by the Bunker Hill batters, St. Paups getting but 8 bingles off Wells as Eddie Stanley was
 standout fielder for the winners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-23
This Sporting World t
Fight Fans' SpeciaI
Q 5eM A eEBNBV

When Billy Roche wrote his last story of a series entitled Fighting Stories for Fighting Men" many months ago, l was forced to the conclusion that it was sight for sore eyese insofar as fight fans were concerned, as those stories were great reading for anyone who knew the difference between . left hook and the "hplo' punch.
 So what? So the old-tlme ref-
 cree, one of the best in the busi-
 ness of modified murder before
 tlle turn q the century, has come
 t1Irough with another series on
 fights and fighters, which is pre-
 gented fer your enjoyment today.
 There's 10 articles n all, and be-
 Eiege me, fight fans, they are
 great reading. Just run your eyes
 eyer the John r. Sullivan yS.
 Gentleman Jim G0rbett story to-
 day, and see # you agree with
 me. The PIEEURES alone, are
 something .o1t ~ this World'
 what with the sl00 per seat sit-
 uation c9sning up next month,
 to see two boxers, past their prime in . return bout Ave years after the first one.
 Imagine what John L., Jeffries, Tom ShaFkey gr Ruby" Bob Fitz-
 simmons would do to present day
 fighters such as Louis and Conn,
 trained to go no more than IS rounds, and that at no more than
 half-speed.
 After Bill Roches John L.-Cor- bett yarn comes Corbett vs. Fitz- simmons, the blacksmith from Cornwall; then Fitz vs. Jim Jef- fries. the barrel-chested California bear; Jeff ys. Tom Sharkey, the Nayy's iron man; Jeffries and Jack Johnson remember LII Ar? thur who later met Willard at Havana, losing his title on his back, while shading his eyes from the hot sun? Willard and Dempsey al Toledo; Dempsey and Tunney at Philly and Chicago (scene of the long count) Dempsey and Firpo the 'Wild Bull Of the Pampas' who belted Dempsey out ot the ring; but a newspaperman pushed him back. All of those fights have been written about FOR YOU by Billy Roche, one of the few men alive who saw every heavyweight, title bout up to and including Louis vs Conn in 1941, six months hetort Pearl Harbor As 9 referee, Biily will recount information that he got first hand from the great ane ordinary champions since the hare k1uckle era.
 After you have read the flrst article-John L. Sullivan against Gentleman Jim Corbet-CLIP II AND SAvE-until you have the ter stories, which will make great read ing for you and your friends who like fights and fighters, g week month, year or decade from now
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-23
 Teams in
 DemocrutB. B,

There are now only three more days in which to enter your team or teams in The Waterbury Demo- crat's Sandlot Baseball Federation, as Saturday of this week, has been set as the deadline for all entries.
 In the Senior Loop, for boys in the 16 to 18 age bracket, there are now l3 teams entered, with the possibility that the number may be up to 20 by Saturday. :. Yes terday afternoon there were three new entires, from the Mill Plain A. O., Town Plot Cardinals, and the Oakville Reds to enlarge the league beyond expectations. The Park Department has promised to assign necessary diamonds on Sat- urday afternoons for this Senior loop, when final plans are ironed out at meeting next week. These three leagues sponsored by The Democrat, offer prizes for the win ming teams in each league; a trip to New York by The Democrat and a trophy donated by Topps, Inc. The lucky team in each league will be taken to New York for days outing where they will rub elbows with some of basebalps notahles either at the Yankee Stadium or the Polo Grounds. Waterbury s Dan Parker will see that the vim ners in The Democrats Federation are royalty taken care of. If you haven't signed up your team yet, do 1t today. Don't delay! As the girls would say, Baseball is the style this season 1" 's .-s--e-- --.i.=-1'-7S
 New Entries
 Four more teams have filed entry in the 10-12 and 1915 year old pro- posed leagues; three of them in the latter circuit, to be organized soon after entries for all three leagues close on Saturday noon of this week.
 Roundheads, managed by Bill Coleman; Mohawks, managed by Joe Phelan and Warner A. C., to be handled by Charley Gould, all three entries from the east end of the city, were received today, as well as a 1O-12 league entry blank from Don Cretalla, captain of the North End Keystones; the team to be managed by Doc" Dilger, who had previously entered the North Enc Redbirds in the 13-15 group.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-23
City League Teams Practice Games

Practice sessions by City Amateur league teams have been called for Friday and Saturday; Brooklyn A. c. players to drill Friday night, 6 P. M. at Hamilton Park; while the a.Avigs will work out at Fulton Park Saturday afternoon at 2 P. M. Sa- cred Hearts are paired with Naugy Highlanders tonight at Recreation Field, Naugatuck in 6 P. M. prac- tice game; the Hearts to leave from the Sacred Heart Church, with uni- forms at 5:15 P. M. Florio Post baseball team goes to Watertown tonight for game with the Wa tertown Aces of the Pomperaug Valley league at 6:15.