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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-15
Brady Us. Celia
At Hartford

Hartford, March l5-Central
Connecticut foght fans have missed
a familiar face at the Auditorium
for too long a time. and chances
are they'll turn out en- masse once
more when Dennis Patrick Brady
aims bristling fists at Far West
ern foe, Al Celia of Seattle, Wash.
They tangle in the eight-round
star bout at the Wethersfield Ave.
arena Tuesday night, with Brady
seeking his 9th triumph in %
bouts. Pat scored his 22nd kayo
in tipping over oscar Lewis when
last here over a month ago. and
gained his last victory in Boston
last week when he continued to
exercise his superiority over the
Lewises. In this case he whipped
Walt (Cobey) Lewis of the Brook
lyn Lewises in a ten-rounder. Walt
is no relation of Oscars, however.
RIP" Valenti, Boston promoter,
wants to pit Brady against Sal Bar
tolo, worlds MIA featherweigh'
champion who meets Willie Pep in
a title-clearing bout in New York
on June Z. Brady's father-manager
John Patrick, is lending an atten-
tive ear to the proposed match,
which would be held April in the
Boston Garden.
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st. Joseph and MaIoney WIN Hoop CroOrs
NAUGATUCK ST..
FRANCIS LOSE
$3.50 CONTEST

Much better accuracy from the
free-throw line brought the 81. 10.
seph parish basketball team the
ie4b-4e C.Yo. championship In A
playoff test last night at wildly
gym. The losers, 81, Francis OF
Naugatuek, were edged five points,
$500, both teams scoring on even
dozen field goals, though the win
ners, coached by Joe Boley held
commanding leads at various times,
including q 2i-0 score OF half time
Each club had won O division title
(east land wesD In C,Y.o. league
play this season and met for the
championship on O neutral floor.
Throughout the last two periods,
ST, Joes held an average lead OF
ten points most of the time, stand.
ing off o Naugatuck rally In the
final few minutes that left ST. Fran
els five points short of the ST. 10.
seph total when time ran out, Joe
EidukS and Dick Januska, the for
mer now In the Army, scored 20
points for the winners, Lynn, Cuddy
and MaSeola and Quint scoring well
for the borough baSketeers, who
matched their rivals from the floor,
goal for goal, Score:
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National Swim
Meet at Yale
In Late March

New Haven, Conn, March 10
Yale University's Payne Whitney
gymnasium will be the site Of the
twenty-third annual swimming
championships OF the National COL
legiate Athletic Association, it was
announced today by Director OF
Athletics Robert ]. H. Kiphuth, vet
eran Eli swimming coach who will
serve as the 1916 NCAA meet man
ager, The two-day program will be
held on March 20 and 30, 49,
The Yale squad, headed by triple
champion Alan Ford, annexed the
team title when the 1914 NCAA
competition was last held in New
Haven, while last year at the Uni
versity Of Michigan it was Ohio
States great combination which
edged the Wolverines for team
honors.
Time trials in the l5O0-meter
grind will open activity on the
morning OF March 20 together with
the one-meter diving preliminarieS.
In the afternoon, the docket calls
for heats and the semi-finals in the
50-yard freestyle and time trials in
the l50-yard backstroke, 220-yard
freestyle and 300-yard medley re-
lay events. Scheduled for the night
program are the finals in these
events.
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Hogan Favored
At Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Fla, March 10
CUP)-Bantam Ben Hogan, with
Sll 500 in 1916 winnings building his
pockets, tees off in quest of his fifth
tournament victory of the year to-
day in the opening round OF the
$500 Jacksonville open.
Approximately 100 golfers, obvi-
ously relieved by the absence Of
Byron Nelson, were scheduled to be-
gin play after a heavy rain washed
out yesterdays first round.
Nelson. in second place in the
money making race with $500,
withdrew from the tournament be-
cause OF golf fatigue and announced
he would sit on the bench until the
masters at Augusta. Ga, April Al
Harold (Jug) McSpaden and Craig
Wood also dropped out.
I'm just in a slump. I've gone
STALE said Nelson. who following
his victory at New Orleans. Feb. II,
finished out of the first 1--WE in the
last two medal tournaments
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.HILLHOUSE IN
.SEMI-FINALS;
BRISTOL out

Boston, March l5-CUP)-The
New England 1nterScholastic has-
ketAall tournament entered Its Sec
ond day OF competition today with
four states still represented after
an opening four-game round robin
at Boston Garden last night,
Favored Hillhouse High School
OF New Haven, Conn. meets
Springfield w., while Westfield
takes on Nashua, N, H. IN the
mi-finalS,
Hnlhouse, l945 titlists, won Its
spot with q decisive 80 to - win
over an awed Edward Lttle team
from Auburn, Me, Springfield kept
Vermont In the tourney with q
81 to 80 triumph over Bristol,
Conn,
Last Minute
In the leading game OF the night,
WeStfield took the measure OF East
PaWtucket, r. I, by a so TO 40
count on q last minute basket BY
Paul Gallo, Nashua upset New
Bedford 80 to 20 In q last period
rally,
The teams will be teted today
by the advertising club OF Boston,
followed by q tour OF the city,
Finals will be played tomorrow
night with westerly, R. l. and
Rockland, class "1" champions IN
their respective states, featured IN
the second game,
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Borough Sports

Naugatuck. March Is - US Rub
Der Footwear have made a clean
sweep of victories in the Industrial
Volley Ball League at the Naugatuck
Y.MC.A. Wednesday night found
the Rubcos too strong for the
Naugatuck Chemical in winning
three straight Is to Z, Is To 8 and
Is to l. In the second match be-
tween the Naugatuck Synthetic
and Bristol Co., the former winning
by forfeit, as only two Bristol men
were on deck.
The league standing is US. Rub
Der Footwear with IS wins, no losses,
Synthetic second with wins and
10 losses. Bristol and Chemical tied
for third place with 3 wins and ~
losses, and the Naugatuck Glass Co.,
l win and IA losses.
Next Wednesdays games are 7:i5
Bristol Co., VS. Naugatuck Footwear.
Second game, Naugatuck Chemical
VS. Naugatuek Glass.
Naugatuck. March 5-Behlman's
Comebacks, all old-timers, formerly
the Killers were just too strong for
the Skunk Hollows in winning 81 to
80 Al Rozint with IA points and
Neary with 10 stood out for the vim
ners while Hotchkiss with II. was
bes. for the losers.
The Y Flashes came through in
defeating the st. Michael Beacon
Falls a to rs. This was one OF the
ment- Sweeney and Daniano with
best games thus far in the tourna-
10 apiece for the Flashes and Bar
chinski with 10 for the losers.
Friday nights games are 7:l5 Cor
ner Canteen IS Hopkins oilers and
at 8:i5 Cavaliers VS. Yellow Jackets.
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CAL verify OF
RHODE ISLAND
WINS new YORK
BY CARL LUNDQUIsT
United Press Sports Writer

New York, March l5-(up)-The
big town opened Its arms for q new
sports hero today,
Skinny Ernie Calverly Of Rhode
Island State was his name and
there wasn't much In Manhattan
that he couldn't have for the asking
from Grants Tomb to the Battery.
Calverly and his slim Jim" team
mates took care OF the Ohio Falcons
last night with an 80 to 70 victory
in the first round Of the National
InVitational tournament at Madi-
son Square Grden.
West Virginia's long shooting
Mountaineers also moved up with
an impressive 10 to SO upset OYER st,
Johns In the second game,
Rhode Island will meet the win.
ner Of the Syraouse-NGuhlenberg
game Saturday night while West
Virginia meets the winner OF Sat-
urday's Kentucky Arizona tilt,
Impossible?
Rhode Island won game no fan
among the record crowd OF iS,468
present will ever forget. And what
will stand out most indelibly In
their memories was the impossible"
shot that CalVerly made In the final
four seconds OF the regulation game
from So feet out,
The winded, weary New Englan-
derS, II point underdogS, were two
big points behind when Calverly,
standing ten feet beyond the center
circle poised himself and let 60 with
q shot that hit the rim almost at
q right angle. It bounded perfectly
into the net to tie the score ct IA
all and put the game into overtime,
What happened after that was
anti-climactic, The little but 1.-THE
Rhodes took command In the over
time and won going away. Jack
Allen scored five Of States eight
points, but Calverly'S ball handling
made most OF them possible,
From the start II was test OF
fast little men against big deliber-
ate ones. Bowling Green had oil the
better Of 1t until 1t "heart and soul"
Six.foot II Ia inch Don Often
louleQ OuV AhVe IN VLle ldSJ nhAAs
often Out
often, who had the reach Of a
giraffe and the agility Of an ele-
plant, was good enough under his
own basket to tally 81 points, AL
though he usually didn't venture
beyond mid-court to take care OF
rebound chores on the opposite goal,
He was a good man to have around
when he was around, and the
Ohioans had little left when he left
the floor with the score tied at ~
all,
1t was the highest scoring game
in the records OF the national tour
nament, surprising Toledo's 80 to II
victory over the same Rhodes in
the l942 meet, Forward Bob Nichols
set the pace for Rhode Island with
81 points, while Bob Shea made II
and Calverly accounted for l6, But
II was CalverlyS one shot that
counted most,
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Shurfine New City
Dusty Champions

Torrington, March Is = After a
very close first half, Shurfine bas-
ketbal squad came through with a
27-20 victory over American Brass
CLIO. and the Industrial champion
ship here tonight. Ray Beauty's, 10
points for the winners was the top
scoring effort for both teams. Pol
lick netting 8 for the Brassies who
had a 1911 edge at half time. The
game for the title was necessary as
the contesting teams had won first
and second round honors during the
season.
Shurfine will probably enter the
state industrial tourney at Water
bury next week as ToFrington's rep
Fesentative.
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Wildly Vets at
N. E. "Y." Tonight

An excellent hoop encounter will
be offered for the usual Friday even
ing basketball game and dance to-
night at the north end ~" by the
North End Community Club. Wildly
Vets, a group of World War service
men are paired with the N.E.C.C.
Varsity, winners of the league title
this season in an $3.50 p. m. game,
to be preceded by the Spartans and
st. Thomas in a 7:30 prelim, the lat
ter a playoff of a second round tie
in the Teen Age" league.
Wildly Vets will show Dick Kruse,
Eddie Salvatore, Bill Thomas, Jiggs
Truelove, Jackie Sizer and Joe Mar
ianara. The Community Club will
have Julie MARITIME, Joe Rinaldi,
Joe Rosie, Johnny Jannetty, Bill
Belotti and Pete Polletto.
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MALoNEY CHAMPS

Scoring but three points each In
the first half OF their championship
game for city sehoolboy honorS, Ma
loney and IS. Peter and Paul bas-
ketball teams, champions OF their
respective Public and Parochial
leagues, went on to a 1876 victory
for Maloney yesterday afternoon NJ
the Boys Club gym, A six.polnt
third period, gave Maloney an edge
which the East End entry could not
match or overcome, the losers being
held 10 two field goals throughout
the game. Cardella, with Z points
for Maloney outseored the entire
SIS, Peter and Paul team, whose
Blair and ouelette got a field goal
each, the former getting 3 OF his
teams total OF six points. Score:
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Providence. r. J.. March l5-dUP)
Brown University viii play a nine
game football schedule this fall I'M
Guiding q Thanksgiving day finale
with Colgate for the firSt time since
1888.
Although the seasons opener on
Sept. % still Is pending. Brown al
ready has scheduled four members
OF the Ivy league. and win resume
the intra-Staie rivalry with Rhode
Island State College.
The schedule: Sept, %. open, Oct.
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st. Joe's Face
IUes 5 Tonight

After losing a close game TO the
Oakville Vets, the st. Joseph's
Holy Name will be out TO get in
the win column again tonight
when they meet the strong Ives
Community Club at 81. Joseph's
Hall. y
The Community Club will show
the Sweeney brothers, Bulette,
swan and other Dusty league
players in their lineup. For the
Holy Name II will be Verbyla. Ad-
ans, Stankus, Januska, Poplis,
valunas. Haggerty, Vartubaitis ana
Movers.
The champion st. Joseph's C.YO.
viii show in the preliminary against
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Pep to London?

Hartford, Conn.,, March l5-tUP)
-Featherweight Champion Willie
Pep was considering today an offer
TO meet Mel Tarleton In London
May IS. The Hartford fighter has
resumed training after scoring his
two-round knockout over Jimmy
McAllister In Madison Square Gar
den March /. Other bouts nave
been Offered Pep in San Francisco
with Manuel Ortiz. at New Orleans
with Jock Leslie. and In Cuba
against Manuel Aeavedo.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-15
: BASEBALL'S RAGS.TO-RICHES STORY-The Cardinals-
Sale of Park Turning Point
In Cardinals Success
First Flag FoZLotvs Removal of Hickey as Field Boss

EDITORS NOTE: Sid c. Keener
Is eminently qualified to write
this interesting and Informative
series. The Cardinals grew up
with the ST. Louis Star-Tlmes.
BY SID c. KEENER
st. Petersburg, March lS-(NEA)
There are too many road forks =
In the life of Sam Breadon that
prevent pointing to any one incident
as the break" which started the
owner OF the Cardinals to his sue
cess In hasebAll-unleSS 1t was his
decision to migrate from the side
walks Of New York to the wide-open
midwest In 1907,
Born OF 1rish-Scotch parents,
Sam Breadon had neither trade
nor goal when he accepted Horace
Greeley's arvice and moved to St.,
Louis. But he was willing to work
and finally landed his first job-aS
automobile mechanic for 81 per
week.
Breadon's life reads like a Hor-
alto Alger tale, for he worked his
81 to a financial status OF $4,000, 900
or Whereabouts. And, like the Alger
hero, he did 1t by saving nickels,
dimes and quarters,
With his small parcel Of cash,
Breadon branched out as an auto
mobile salesman, finally owned an
agency, then invested $4,000 in a
syndicate purchasing the Cardinals
from Mrs. Helene Hathaway Robi-
son Britton. He bought warehouses
and pieces Of real estate. And then,
with success apparently around the
corner, was on the brink OF losing
everything simply because he had
pooled his entire resources in the
Cards.
In the spring OF 1920 he was
president Of the club, had gradu-
ally gained control by buying shares
from disgruntled stockholders, but
World War I left the club in bad
financial straits. Breadon borrowed
from a downtown bank in an effort
to keep the Cardinals alive.
Then he made a critical decision.
The Cardinal ball park was val
liable and highly coveted piece Of
real estate. Breadon hoped he could
move into Sportsman's Park, owned
by the late p. dec. Ball, owner OF
the Browns. A multi-millionaire,
Ball turned Breadon down, but Sam
persisted and finally became ten
ant. at $4,000 per season. He
quickly sold Cardinal Field for
100000, cleared his debts and con-
tinued forward with his ball team.
The next break" arrived in May
of 1925. Branch Hickey, who sue
ceeded the late Jack Hendricks as
manager in 1919 and failed to pro-
duce his promised first division
team in 1924. was asked by Breadon
to resign and devote his time to
scouting and running the ever
growing farm system. Breadon
wanted Rogers Hornsby to manage
the team.
Hickey pleaded for one more
chance. so Breadon permitted him
to start the 1925 season.
BY May the Cards WIRE trailing
the field and Breadon reckoned 1t
was time TO act. He caught a train
for Pittshurg. where the club was
playing, called Hickey and Hornsby
into his hotel room and announced
his decision. Hickey protested but
soon gave in, seeing the boss was
not to be budged.
Under HoFnsby the Cards snapped
out Of RIckeys collegiate style OF
baseball and rose 10 fourth place.
And then came the miracle of base
ball miracles In st. Louis-the PEN
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1926. Rogers Hornsby, lionized by
millions, began making dictatorial
demands before he would sign a new
contract, For one thing, the Rajah
insisted that Branch Hickey be
fired from the Cardinal organiza-
ton
Sam Breadon knew it was time to
make another decision.
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WHITE SOX

Pasadena, Calf, March l5-(UP)
The Chicago White SoX's morale
slumped to a new low today as
Manager Jimmie Dykes prepared TO
undergo an emergency stomach OPP
Grafton which will sideline him for
three weeks. Coach Bing Miller
will handle the team in his alb
Sence.
Dykes IS suffering from adhes-
ions, a carryover from gall BLADDER
operation here four years ago. The
announcement Of Dykes pending
operation came in the wake OF the
White Sox's % to 3 shellacking
BY the Pittsburgh Pirates yester-
day. The Bucs tailed "a hits off
Of three Sox pitchers.
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ant in 1925 and World Series tri-
umph over the Yankees.
The city went wild and would
have gone wilder had it known Of
other great victories to come-for
this was the start OF an era which
produced eight National League
championships and five world titles.
But dark cloud gathered over
this bright moment in the fall of
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SPORTS
SIontS
By Vim MALONEY, JR.

pat on the pdCk Is que Tie 4lolls
Club who are planning a banquet
for the Leavenworth High school
baSketeers at the Hotel Elton next
Thursday noon. j. Sydney Wake
ley, chairman Of the program COM
mittee has announced that Hugh
Greer, basketball coach at Ellsworth
High OF South Windsor and recent
appointee to the staff of the Uni
versity Of Connecticut, has consent
ed to be guest speaker The Lions
Club Is sponsoring the Tech testi-
monial as a fitting climax to very
successful season for Coach Bill
Tracy's charges,
Frankly Vigeant, who has made
the local headlines more than
once in the past few weeks got
favorable plug from Bob Steele,
VITO sportscaster earlier in the
week, Vigeant, the French fight
er from Waterbury. who Is under
the personal supervision OF Joe
Mobile, local basketball referee
and fight handler, was picked to
do great things, in his class, by
the Insurance City sportsman.
Here's hoping he can live up to all
the rave" notices.
Dan Parker, Waterbury'S gift to
the sports world, gave Vic DaniSav-
age, former Crosby footballer and
All-New England center from the
University of Connecticut, last sea-
son, very favorable going over in
a column this week. Dan hints
that Rip Miller, football coach at
Annapolis, for which Danisavage is
a third alternate. ought to be able
to pull few strings to get him in.
If Parker thought it worth the space
to give him a plug. the writer will
be sadly disappointed II he is not
on the Middle roster in the fall.
II the writer waits much long
er he will be scooped. BY that l
mean in making the annual Sc
lections OF the winning teams in
the National and American Base
ball leagues. So without further
hesitation and diplomatic beating
around the proVerbial bush, here
are our choices: The New York
Yankees in the American league,
because OF their long-range hit
ting power In Joe DiMaggio and
preWar fielding OF the likes Of
Snuffy Stirnweiss. In the Ma
tional League, the st. Louis Cards
appear to have a decided edge on
the field OF other active clubs. II
may be that the writer Is preju-
diced towards the Redbirds, but
we're only human. This is a word
TO the wise: Keep your eyes on
these two clubs" They may APP
pear rather sluggish now but don't
let outer looks deceive you.
Louie Walsh wants to know how
some OF Waterbury's younger will
lie Hopes" manage 10 remain
financially sound after being behind
the eight bali" for eight hours per
day. The only logical answer, at
forty cents per hour. Is that they
live up 70 their reputation.
Local baseball training camps
will be doing business again IN
about three weeks, according 70
the grapevine. AL that can DO
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NEW BROWN COACH

Providence. r. l., March l5-(UPl
Joe Watmougn, an outstanding
swimming coach for two decades at
the Olneyyille Boys Club, today be-
came head coach OF the Brown Uni
versity squad.
Watmough has served at Brown
for the past three years as part time
instructor. His most recent SWIM
ming stars were Clara Lahore.
holder Of the national outdoor
breast styike and indoor medley
titles. and Carl Paulson. 1874 inter-
collegiate breast stroke champion.
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Boston, March u - (UPl-The
Eastern Racing Association. Inc.
operators OF Suffolk Downs horse
race track here, today declared a
dividend Of $i2 a share. payable
March 2s 70 stock Of record March
20
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CUBS

Los Angeles, March l5-tUP)-
The Chicago Cubs, National League
Champions. played their first ex-
lnfbtion game of the seasan yester-
day, defeating the st. Louis Browns
8 to Z by scoring three runs in the
last TIVE innings.
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HOME BRED

Miami, Fga.-More than half OF
Hialeah'S famed flamingo flock OF
800 were Matched and raised on The
race track grounds.
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State College. Pa. Johnny Mo-
Ian. eapiain-elect OF the lacrosse
team never played until assigned 20
Penn State as a Navy trainee.
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Evon, German and o'Hearn led
the Immaculate Conception boys,
coached by Eddie ODonnell to a
close, 1923, win over Mt Carmel IN
q prelim game, each team having
finished In the runner-uo position
In their respective divisions, Ten
field goals and as many successful
free-throws was enough 10 win teh
game by seven points, Nitric netting
IL for the Tow Plot squad. The
teams were tied at 10 points at half
time.
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s. al Princeton: -. Rhode Island
State; 10. Dartmouth: 26. Boston
University: Nov. ?, a Holy Gross;
.. az Yale; 10, AZ Harvard; -,
Colgate
6PTS
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heard up and down WaterbuEy's
main stem. these days is: I'VE
have Russ Hansen TO pitch this
year: we're inl That's what you
think. this Bart Daley from Tech
has the city sewed up" And 30
II goes, All day long. Up and
down Waterways Broadway
Now that q touch Of Spring Is In
the air,
Our sineerest condolences so "a
the family Of SGT Francis Kelly
who was killed IN Europe In the
service OF his country. Although
the writer lost touch with granny
IN later years, many q time we
brushed elbows when we both went
20 81. Mary's many years ago.
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Score at half time; Maloney .
SIS. Peter and Paul 3, Referee; Bar
one.
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REDS

Tampa, Fla, March l5--(UPj--
The Cincinnati Reds sent the heart
OF their pitching corps, Nate An
drews, Johnny Wander Nicer and
Joe Beggs, against the Detroit IT.
gers today in an exhibition game
as both managers prayed for clear
skies.
The Reds game against the New
York Yankees was rained out yes
terday as was the World Champ
ions scheduled game against the
Kansas City Blues Of the Amer
lean Association.