The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-29
Odds and Ends

There's book on the market tor soon will be- titled; Psychology for the Millions by Abraham P. Sperl- ing. Ph. D.; which discusses left handed dentists on page 115: in which the author states: in six Well-direeted inquiries, I learned that ehere are hundreds of left handed dentists. Dan Parker of the New York Mirror mentions one in reply to my inquiry in which he says: l know of at least one left handed dentist; It. Col B. A. OHara of Waterbury, Connecticut, now at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. He has put in many left-handed filings for me and it's no handed compH- ment on my part to say they STOOD in to quote the boys on the west side '-Ineidentally, pr. OHara, an All-America Football Conference official for the 1946-47 season will work on the lines of a night pro game at Baltimore Friday: Chicago Rockets and Miami Seahawks teams to play. Pat Slattery, Waterbury baseball umpire, basketball and football officials will trail" for pr. OHara, who will be head-linesman of the game There are 24 NIGHT games on the first schedule of the A,A.F.C.;; with two divisions: eastern and western winners to meet De- cember 9 in championship game; according to Commissioner Sleepy Jim" Crowley, of Notre Dame. and Brooklyn Dodgers of the FOOTBALL league have open ing night games with Chicago Rockets and Miami Seahawks Octo- Der ll-25; while N. Y football Yankees open With three home games under the lights on Septem- Der IA, October 12 and l9 against Buffalo Bisons. Cleveland Browns and Brooklyn Dodgers -One of the most important parts of the statement by Major General Max well Taylor of U. s. Military Aca- demy at West Point, relative to col lege football was: Many candidates who sought and obtained appoint ments to West Point, declined their appointments this year at the last minute apparently as a result of fi- nancial offers to play football at other colleges es"-Tllat should just about answer the s64 question: "are some colleges BUYING football stars?"
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 George Mulligan, Jr.; Crosby, Catholic University and Philadel- phia Eagles footballer will give ath- letic director Tom (Pinter) Purcell a hand" with the 1946 Wilby grid hopefuls during workouts scheduled in September, after the boys get back to school. Mulligan has had the benefit of excellent coaching in high school, college and with the profess sionals and has retained a keen in- terest in the rules and finer points of the game during recent years Nick Stato, the Boston Greek south- paw slugger who gave Pat Brady such tough time in Hartford few weeks ago; may be seen on the next Waterbury A. c. card at municipal stadium; possibly against Aponte Torres; Bradys local foe last week Grace Lenczyk, the Wallingford college girl who walked away with the state women's golf champion ship, despite anything the Hartford silk stocking" set could do about it: is nationally-known figure today, since her scintillating and win over Mrs. Mildred Didrikson Zahar- jas in the Women'S national tourna- ment at Spokane, Washington 'Tis said that Joel Smith, Wallingford pro, would not let her play tourna- ment golf until she had three years of practice and fundamentals and the plan certainly has paid off.