The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21

eye and a jog in his stride, has re- ceived the unanimous vote of the board of experts as first string catcher on our All Valley combine. When six coaches in the Naugatuck valley all agree on one player as their choice for position, and he is only freshman, at that, the player in question is unquestion- ably the tops. Bart came to Tech from St. Thomas, and after a few days under the wing of Bill Tracy, the Big Red mentor, he was ready and rarin' to go. When the Valley League did get underway he proved himself valuable asset to the En- gineers, not only behind the plate where he played hawlessly, as his .939 fielding average will vouch for, but at the plate where he got IT hits for 56 trips to the plate, to lead Leavenworth batting order and place very favorably in the Valley League standings. His batting aver age for the season is BOA which makes him one of the outstanding athletes in the valley and our choice on the All-Star combine.
 TOrringtOn Represented
 The selection of Mickey Conforti of Torrington as first baseman on our first string All-Star Naugatuck Valley array was not made as a re- suit of his .262 batting average but because of his flawless fielding abil- ity. When high school ball player can go through the season without making 8 single error at his respec- tive post, that's something to war rant his being on any All-Star com- bine. This was his last year with Torrington and he did credit to himself and to Coach Connie Dona- hue, with the manner in which he handled himself on the baseball field during the past season. Although his low average would not indicate the fact that he is hard hitter the fact nevertheless is true. He hit many hard ball during the season to keep Torrington right up there in the championship race until the last gun was fired" His choice was not unanimous but those who saw him play will admit that he warrants place on this All-Star combination.
 Wilby Gets One
 Walt McAree of Wilby is the only boy from that school, who in the opinion of the board of experts had the hustle to receive place on the Democrats All-Star array. During the past season he handled his post at second base with the ease and skill of big leaguer and did fairly well at the plate as his .261 average will attest to. Walt, besides holding his own on the baseball field did pretty well for himself on the Wild cat basketball array in it's past sea- son. Mac" as McAree is more commonly referred to is an all- around athlete as he has played a little football for the school also, this boy is worthy of the honor ac- corded him as his athletic record will prove.
 I'm the "Hot Corner
 Bill Rosenbeck of Torrington, who placed third in the final Individual Batting Standings in the Naugatuck Valley Baseball League is our can- didate for third base on the All- Star Valley League team. Five out of six of the board experts plus this writer agreed on Rosenbeck for the player to handle the Hot Corner" to the best advantage. His .367 bat ting average of 22 hits for 60 trips to the plate plus his .S74 fielding average prove that the three years which he has played under the wing of Connie Donahue, have made him one of the best High School ball | players in the state. This was his | last season with the "red hot" Tor rington combine and if his record In forthcoming years is anything similar to this he will have a very | bright future in baseball.
 Valley League Slugger At Shortstop Bernie Lawlor of l Crosby was chosen unanimously be- cause of his power at the plate as l