The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-02
SPORTS
 SIonts
By YIN MALONEY
 Public Enemy No. |

the Brooklyn Dodgers, is very soci- able fellow. When the Leavenworth High City Baseball champs were ushered into the quarters of Duro- cher, by John F.. Collins, Business Manager of the Brooklyn Baseball Club, on Sunday afternoon, the boys learned a little more about baseball when they were told by the veteran manager that the curve ball is re- ferred to as Public Enemy No. 1" by the Big League players, manag- CTS and scouts. Leo said" when we want to test a rookie to see what he is really made of we have one of our pitchers throw him a fast ball first, which he probably belts out of the park, then we tell the hurler to let him have Public Enemy No. l and if he hits that he's good, if he doesn't he needs a little more prac- tice. Mgr. Durocher and Coach Chuck Dressen greeted each boy in- dividually as did Red Barber the famed sportscaster. Dick Howard, the LeavenWorth second baseman had little chat with Durocher on the points of the Dodgers game with the Brasscos last season. From the office of Durocher, the boys were taken to the clubhouse where they received the autographs of their favorite Dodger players. Some went after Dixie Walker, the slug ging right fielder, who was draped over a chair, while others got quite a kick out of chatting informally with Farrell Anderson. Anderson showed the boys the uniforms the Dodgers used when playing night ball; they were made of white silk and had some flurescent paint on them to make them give off a glow in the dark. Farrell said that these uniforms were very thin and the players were extremely cold in them.
 Likes Boys
 Farrell Anderson was certainly Big League player to the Leaven- worth boys after that chat and he seemed to enjoy talking to the boys too. After this experience the boys again made the rounds of the play CTS getting their John Hancocks" on either a ball that they had brought along or a program which they had been given. There was PeeWee Reese, Pete Reiser, Ed Head, Leo Durocher, Dick Whitman and Hank Behreman. The boys just missed getting Ed Stanky, Rex Bar ney and "Cooky" Lavageto but all in all they did pretty good While waiting on the ramp, which leads to the dugoutS, the boys nabbed Big" Mort Cooper, Boston Braves hurler and former Card reliable and got his autograph. Before going to their seats to watch the game the boys were introduced to Jake Flow CT, Boston Brave coach and longtime friend and sidekick of Billy South worth, manager of the Braves and formerly of the St. Louis Cards. Coach Flowers signed the balls for the boys and pointed out that had the party arrived earlier he would have introduced them to the Braves players and gotten some autographs TOT them. But It was 2 O clock when we met Flower and after that time the players are on the field getting their infield practice and Mgr. SouthWorth is very strict about in- terruptions. So after meeting and brushing elbows with numerous Big Leaguers, the boys tok their seats, behind the home plate to watch some of the players action. Not many of the boys including the writer, could keep their mind on the game after their thrilling experi- ence, The Dodgers won the game, 4 to l, l guess! Although there might have been some brilliant plays ex- ecuted, you can't prove it by me. The only thing remember was see ing Dixie Walker catch a man off first with a throw from the outfield and that isn't too clear. Yes, the boys had the time of their life We