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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-11
VoIois Heads US. K. SoftboII

Naugatuck, April 11.-In what portends to be the largest Softball league ever activated in the bor- ough h, l2 departments were repre- sented Tuesday afternoon at the second organization meeting of the united States Rubber Company Footwear Plants Inter-department League. and all signified intentions of fields teams this year.
 Considerable softball enthusiasm has been in evidence at the Foot wear Plant so far this season with several departmental groups already taking over Recreation Field for practice sessions.
 League officers were voted in with Ermand Valois reelected president. Assisting him will be Anthony Montagno, vice-president; ; Frank Sterniak, secretary: and Jo- seph Geruch, treasurer.
 Departments represented at the meeting were: Waterproof Packing, '. Pichulo; Plant Fire Brigade, Jim Petit; Gum Shoes, J. Mariana: Tennis Mill & Mold, T. Martinez: Stores, Inc, F. Sterniak, Tennis Making, J. Geruch; Boot Room, A. Montagno; Laboratory, E. J. Va lois; Office, Earl Shedd; Mechani- cal, F. Drab; and Gaytees, Joe Smith.
 Meeting Tuesday
 League rules will be adopted, um- pires selected. and the schedule drawn up at the next meeting which will be held next Tuesday at 3 D. m. in the Industrial Relations Con- ference Room.
 League activity will get under way the first week in May. Games will be played on Recreation Field and scheduled each week for Mon- day and Wednesday evenings. The three top teams in the standing at the close of the season will play round robin series of games for the championshin.
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POLL

Now showing at the Loew-Poli Theater is the film, "A Walk In The Sum-" starring Dana Andrews. This Limitation details the heroic ex- ploitS of 8 single platoon of men from Texas division who land on 8 beachhead at Salerno with an almost impossible mission to acc conplish. The overwhelming power of the film does not stem from spectacular exploits of heroics, but rather from the drama of the men themselves.
 "A Walk In The Sun" gives An drewS in his first solo starring role. He is seen as Sergeant Tyne, who is suddenly confronted with the soul-trying burden of leading the platoon from panic to victory when the commanding officer collapses under the strain. Richard Conte, Hollywood's hottest bet for early stardom, is seen as Rivera, the lo- Quacious rnachine-gunner, whose cynical bombast is a cover-up for his love of music and yearning for 8 wife and lots of kids. Sterling Holloway, in his first screen appear ance in two years, is seen in a role dramatically different from his familiar type.
 An unusual innovation in the way of musical background is heard with the presentation of a new ballad by Earl Robinson and Mildred Lap pell, employed as an integral part of the pictures mood and action.
 The companion film is the tune full musical film, Song Of Mexico" starring the sparkling Adele Mara and featuring Edgar Barrier. The pictures musical score is studded with all the Hitting tunes of Mexi- co.'s colorful fiestas.
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STRAND

Audiences at the Strand theater are thrilling to PROS powerful and dramatic "Detour", which opened yesterday with Tom Neal and Ann Savage co-starred, and Claudia Drake in the romantic lead.
 "Detour" is the story of 8 night club musician, Neal, who is in love with the clubs singer, Miss Drake. When the girl goes to Hollywood he decides to hitch-hike after her.
 Neal is given a lift by gambl- CT, Ed Mcdonald, who previously had picked up and tossed out . girl hitch-hiker.
 McDonald is accidentally killed. Neal, fearing he will be accused of murder, assumes the dead mans identity and continues the trip in
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the automobile.

the automobile.
 Now he gives @ lift to bedrag- gled girl of the road, Miss Savage. She is the girl who had had the en- counter with McDonald. She forces him to explain McDonalds death by threatening to turn him over to the police for murder, she makes him her prisoner.
 She attempts to force Neal into a series of crimes and eventually loses her own life
 Neal, once again involved in what looks like murder. He takes to the road a hunted, marked man.
 Edgar Ulmer, directed this story from the Martin Goldsmith novel and Screenplay.~
 The companion feature is the la test Roy Rogers western Along The Navajo Trail" In addition to it's star, Dale Evans, George Cab by Hayes and Bob Nolan and his Sons of the Pioneers are featured.
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HOLLYWOOD, April 11-DEAR STAFF:The next time you kiddies start contrasting your lowly state with the glorifled existence of screen stars and feel dissatisfaction gnawi1g at your vitals, take a pre- scription from Old Doc Fidler. Tour the studios and give second look at the underlings on every set. It's amazing how many of them were once famous stars.
 At Paramount, my first stop on yesterdays studio tour, counted eleven former top-notchers who are now working as extras. In one door, keeper, I recognized a man who, two decades ago, was drawing $2,- 50O-a-week as a western idol. At RKO, at MGM and at Farmer Brothers, it was the same story early day celebrities on each and every set, doing jobs that would have been beneath their stellar no- tice when they were at the ladders top.
 They-the ones who are working in any capacity-are the fortunate few. Most of their contemporaries can't even get inside studio gates today; they are the living ghosts of Hollywood. Where once they were fawned upon, whenever, they deigned to appear in public, they now walk the Boulevard unnoticed and urlrecognized.
 Being an old-timer who remem- bers most of them when they were in their heydey, it's always a shock to encounter them in the back wash of a movie set. It upsets my sense of fitness; it's as though 1 had walked into a newspaper of- lice and found 8 troop of former publishers working as copyboys.
 When I was young and foolish I sometimes dreamed of being a
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Tourmaline crystals will permit the passage of light in only one dir- ection.
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screen SGAI, UOO-puv AOIlCab, k1u- dies, the job isn't all it's cracked up to be.
 JIMMY FIDLER
 DEAR BOSS: As usual, we refuse to be in complete agreement. For instance, the best we can offer you on your last sentence is 8 50-50 compromise. We'll agree that you're no longer young.
 Here's chatter:
 We hear that Clark Gable, who in pre-war days never questioned front office judgement on the stories assigned him, is so upset about reviewers criticisms of "Ad- venture" that he's now, earning a Grade A, "hard-to-handle rating. Larraine Day exepcts delivery of an adopted baby (her secord) within six weeks. Add orninous. porterts: One of the higher-ups in Holly woods labor union hierarchy is posting bets that the studios will be picketed again before June l.. Bill Williams and Barbara Hale have set the altar date for mid-June; RKO has soothed the groom to-be's financial worries with @ big pay boost.
 Jacquellne Dalya and Van John son have picked up their romance where Sonia Herie skated in. ... Mickey Rooney's daily huddles with George Jessel are "big business" they're plotting new recording company .. Boss, if only to offset the headlines about Hollywood stars who make a hobby of night club brawlS, let's call attention to the fact that Easter Sunrise Ser- vices, this year, will find Dennis Morgan and Jimmy Stewart ape bearing on the program at Forest Lawn, Shirley Temple reciting a re- ligious poem at the Hollywood Bowl, and Spencer Tracy doing an inspirational narration in Pasa- dena's Rose Bowl.
 Here's 8 "Ha!" for you: When Paramount signed Bob Graham, the 20-year-old crooner, they arranged for him to date the studios lead ing glamour girls in the interests of publicity. When no gossip col- umn mentions resulted, studio bosses checked up and discovered that Graham, babe in the Hol- ly-woods, was taking his dates to basketball and hockey games, in- stead of night clubsl .. |. Time out for Mark Stevens, hospitalized for the treatment of ten-year old in- juries sustained in a diving board accident. . Eddie Albert and Mar go are having themselves 8 be- lated honeymoon aboard their yacht.
 Paramount bosses are burning be- cause of Ray Millands too-freuuent radio appearances; they argue that he's cheapening himself Dennis Morgan has linked a long-term re- cording contract with Columbia. .. Don't be surprised if the long, standing rumors of a rift in the Greer Carson Richard Ney house. hold blossom into headlines before the month is out. It's career trouble according to pals. Gloria (Harold's daughter) Lloyd is being screen-teSted by Warner Brothers.
 Ann Richards will be a passenger on the first regularly scheduled tranS-Pacific flight from Los Ang- eles to Sidney, Australia Cher home city. ... Boss, did you catch that columned paragraph in which bal let dancer David Lichine advised aging Hollywoodites to keep young by climbing trees for exerciSe?? |? Whats he trying to do-make mon- keys of us?
 THE STAFF
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cided to wind up the year with some good bowling, and he came through with 8 double strike and a spare in the last three boxes.
 Among the strong finishers were Freddie Valerie 342, Howard Humphries 335, Gordon Whitaker, S34, Ange Mambruno, Helen Rob- erts S1S and Phyllis Chestone 3o5.
 GENLOT RECREATION ALLEYS
 c. L. & F. co. LEAGUE
Evening star., 1946-11-30
Hockey Lions Menace
IFirst-PIace Rovers

Washington's hockey Lions are
right on the heels of first-place
New York and second-place Balti-
more in the Eastern Hockey League
The local puck chasers are only two
points out of the lead and one point
away from second place after their
ast-period assault resulted in 60
triumph over New York's Rovers
before a 2,S75 turnout at Uline
Arena last night.
Helping Washington gain at the
same time was the last-place Boston
team, which battered the Baltimore
Clippers, 81, at Boston.
The Lions now have layoff until
next Tuesday night when they play
the Montreal Royals in a game here
which will be counted in Eastern
League standings.
The Washington team turned on
the red light three times in a fast
last period last night after the
Rovers enjoyed leads of 2-1 at the
end of the first and 4-3 going into
the final. The count was equalized
midway through the last frame by
Johnny Carr-Harris on pass from
Ken PARTS, and four minutes after
ward Joe Ciuman broke the dead
lock on close shot, assisted by
Jimmy Wilson and Jack Riley
Things still were confused when less
than minute later the clincher
Ecame from the stick Of Phil Vitale
Evening star., 1946-11-30
I|Iini Coach Scouting
Bruins in Game Today
BY the Assoeioted Press

CHAMPAIGN, H., Nov. 30.-Ray
Eliot, Illinois head coach, and Ralph
Fletcher, his scouting expert, were
in Los Angeles today tabbing the
u. G. L. A. Bruins in their game with
Nebraska-the first step in getting
the Illini ready for the Rose Bowl
classic.
Eliot and Fletcher will return to
Chicago by plane tomorrow and con-
tinue on to Champaign, where they
will begin sitting through the pile
of data on the Bruins before the
Illini squad reconvenes for practice
December Is.
Illinois, the Western Conference
champion, was nominated by the Big
Nine for the Rose Bowl junket, and
the schools Senate Athletic Com
mittee-the same group which voted
six weeks ago against the five-year
pact with the Pacific Coast Confer
ence-quickly granted permission for
the trip yesterday.
The squad will leave Champaign
by train the night of December 20,
when the schools Christmas holi-
days begin. Athletic Director Doug
Mills said the squad will proceed
directly to Pasadena. tentative plans
TO train in Arizona having been dis
carded in favor of an unannounced
site near Pasadena.
Evening star., 1946-11-30
|Ierps Hoping 10 Upset
IN. {. State in Finale
By q Staff Correspondent Of The stor

RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. 30.-Mary-
land knocked Virginia out OF sure
bowl bid last year with an upset
triumph and the Terps hoped to pull
themselves together long enough to-
day to do the same thing to North
Carolina State.
It is rumored here that if State
wins its finale an immediate bid will
be received to the Gator Bowl in
jacksonville, Fla, on New Year Day,
with st. Mary's of California a pos
sible opponent provided the Gaels
win their final game
Two regular members of Mary
lands road squad, Lucien Gambino
who alternated at right half with
the big team, and Adams Stuart
third-string right tackle, did not
accompany the team on its final
trip. Both Gambino, freshman from
Cicero, Ill, who Stuart reportedly
were left home as disciplinary
measure. Stuart was involved in ar
incident with a member of the
coaching staff last week, while Gam
bino, touted protege of the Chicago
Bears George Halas, has not lived
up to expectations.
Raleigh papers billed CLARK
Shaughnessy's appearance here as
his first and last as Maryland
COACH" but members of the TERI
party were not SO sure that the
veteran mentor was through. The
Maryland squad was to hold a pre-
game meeting with Shaugfmessy
who arrived by plane yesterday aft
ernoOn.
Evening star., 1946-11-30
|Worsham Is Far Down
List in Orlando Golf
Special Dispatch 10 The s,1r

ORLANDO. Fla, Nov. 3o.-With
Johnny Palmer Of Badin, N. G.
holding a two-stroke lead over the
field with 131 total, Lew Worsham
of Washington, D. c., today appar-
entity was destined to finish among
the also rams in the $4,000 Orlando
open golf tournament. Worsham
had 67-74-141 card for the first
two rounds.
Today's third round was expected
to develop into a struggle between
such seasoned money players as
Ben Hogan and Sammy Snead and
Palmer and the second place Ray
Hill Of Shreveport, La, who had 1876
The first two men are Army Air
Force veterans, Palmer having 81
missions over Japan to his credit.
Johnny Revolta Of Evanston, III.
former national PGA champion
was third with 1877 one stroke ahead
of Snead, Pete Cooper and Chandlef
Palmer. Hogan fired brilliant 81
yesterday, a stroke of the course
record, for a 1888 that kept him IN
the running.
Evening star., 1946-11-30
Caps, Seeking Lead,
Face Pittsburgh

Washington's Capitols, fighting fol
first place in the Eastern division Of
the Basket Ball Association Of
America, battle the Pittsburgh
Ironmen at Uline Arena tonight al
$50 o'clock.
In spite of Bob Feerick's ankle in
jury, Horace (Bones) McKinney's
lame back and Francis Buddy
O'Grady's face and head injuries
the Caps will be favored to gair
their seventh straight win.
The cellar dwelling Ironmen boast
a colorful squad headed by high
scoring Johnny (Brooms) Abramo-
vic. former Salem CIV. Va) college
star.
Abramovic is tied with Toronto's
Ed Sandowski for the leagues
scoring lead with III points.
Giant of the Pittsburgh quint is
John Mills, 6-foot-8-inch former
West Kentucky State Teachers Col
lege center, who will be pitted
against Washington's equally tall
John Mahnken. 4
New York's Knickerbockers, lead
ing the Caps by one game, play host
to the Philadelphia Warriors; De-
troit visits St. Louis and Toronto
goes to Providence in other league
games.
Evening star., 1946-11-30
Schaefer Leading Hoppe
In Billiard Marathon
By the Assoeioted Press

CHICAGO, Nov. 30.-The T-
block three -cushion billiard match
between Jake Schaefer of Chicago
and Willie Hoppe has wound up its
first leg of a six-city tour with
Schaefer leading the veteran New
Yorker 375 points to 364.
The marathon will resume at De
troit Tuesday and run for three days
before moving on to New York,
Perth Amboy, N. j.; Dallas, Tex
and Forth Worth, where it is sched-
uIed to conclude December 20.
Taking the last four blocks OF the
eight blocks played, in Chicago
Schaefer went into the lead last
night with a 50-39 win in IS in
nings, during which he compiled q
high run of ia record thus far
in the match.
Evening star., 1946-11-30
Pacific 'Negotiafes
For Stagg 10 Step
Down as Coach
BY the As.eeiassd Press

STOCKTON, Calf, Nov. 30.-The
College Of the Pacific suggested to-
day that 1t might be better for
Amos Alonzo stagg, 84-year-old
dean of American football coaches,
to step down. after more than half
century Of active coaching but
left the decision up to him.
Taking official notice of recurrent
reports that the veteran coach was
nearing the end of his active work
on the gridiron, James H. Corson,
the colleges dean of personnel. said:
I'VE feel that it would possibly
be better for him, the boys and the
school if he let someone else take
over the active coaching of the
team, but that decision has to come
from Mr.. Stagg.'
Corson said .Stagg and DIR. Tully
10. Knoles, chancellor Of the college.
had been negotiating regarding the
coach's activities with the team next
year.
Stagg, in San Diego with his
Tigers for today,s game, commented
tersely:
ANY statement in this matter
must come from Chancellor Knoles i"
Knoles was away from the college
today.
The latest reports here have been
that Stagg had until the first Of
the year to decide whether to take
less active role in C. o. p. football
and remain with the college in some
other capacity Only few weeks
ago, while en- route to Chicago for
his teams game with Northwestern.
Stagg denied published report
that he would announce his retire
ment from active coaching during
the Northwestern game.
Replying to questions, Corson said,
I'VE cannot afford as q college to be
in q position of asking man of
Me. Stages standing to resign. We
don't want him to leave here, but
there have been negotiations in
progress between Mr.. Stagg and DR..
Knoles.
"As yet, Mr.. Stagg has not told
us how he feels about it"
Evening star., 1946-11-30
Brown-Meude Duo Rolls 855
For u. S. Mixed Doubles Mark
By Ben McAlwee

record held by Bing Moen of Wash
ington and Bill Brozey of Baltimore.
Mrs. Browns 425 is the third
highest set bowled by woman here
this season. Previously Lorraine
GULL had fired 435 in the Ladies'
District and Ruth Di Misa 428 in
the Washington Ladies loops.
A second Season high set was
fired in the Metropolitan mixed
doubles last night when Madge
Lewis and Al Wright marked up 801
to sweep the Crescent and Smith
twoSome. AIS 438 was a new season
league mark for men, topping Nick
Rinaldi's 432 by pins. The Lewis
Wright combination maintained
first place on total pins, while Bing
Moen and Lindsey Stott tied for the
lead by winning five of six games.
Caroline Hiser and Johnny Ault won
two from Garilli and Smith to tie
with Carleton and Terry for third
place as the latter bagged the odd
game from Nickel and MetrakoS
Evening star., 1946-11-30

ards home town, turned
out a pretty good high school
football team for a village OF
5000 population this fall. Now
Bishopville is planning a bowl
game for its kids and wants
Blanchard, Arnold Tucker and
Glenn Davis to oficiate. J.
fuckers family recently moved
back from Miami to Calhoun
Falls, s. c., where the Army
quarterback went to grammar
school. Bishopville, incl
dentally, claims to have sue
cessor to Doc In j. w. Jones,
high school tailback, who COM
pleted ia passes in 138 attempts
this season.
Reaves Baysinger, jr., Navy
quarterback. pitches baseballs as
well as passes in better -than-fair
form. William and Mary's
colorful football team is being
considered for the Gator Bowl at
Jacksonville, Fla, and would ac-
cept a bid faster than you can
say the College Of William and
Evening star., 1946-11-30

Ed Green, Rohr's halfback running
mate was responsible for 54 yards
in II tries. This, incidentally, was
the first game of the season in which
he was used extensively on offense
He's been a power on defense all
along, but last night Coach Gil
Conn, feeling that Green was
fright" gave him plenty of chances
at running the bah, and the final
result proved him correct.
In. the line the Colts all played
well, particularly Left Guard Cliff
Browne, Right Tackle Warren Nal
kin and Left End Dick Taylor.
Coolidge Scores Early.
Coolidge struck early in the first
period after Tech got nowhere with
the opening kickoff. Rohr and King
combined to carry to the Coolidge
40, and there King rifled a fiat pass
to Rohr on the Tech 40. He hit for
the sidelines and shot downfleld,
feinting past Techs Jack Baumgart-
ner at the 10 and dashing across
with the game only minutes and
IS seconds old. Albie Thompson,
Techs outstanding guard, blocked
Warren Malkin's placement attempt.
Later In the same period the
Colts bucked from their 80 to Techs
%, but the drive was halted when
Ed McCauley, Tech end, intercepted
Green's pass ON the Maroon Is.
An exchange of punts early in the
second quarter put Tech on its 40.
There Baumgartner unleaShed a
pass which Rohr intercepted on the
Coolidge Al. He's always been a
fast boy, but on that play he ex-
ceeded all previous efforts by flash
ing 50 yards through the whole Tech
team for his second touchdown.
Malkin's placement attempt was
wide.
: Coolidge made another bid that
fell short in the same period after
| Val Valanos stole pass from Cece
Gray to McCauley as soon as it was
completed, and Tech inserted mild
drive before the half from its 16 to
Coolidge's AZ, but Rohr intercept
tion stopped that.
Neither made a thrust in the third
quarter, but early in the final Cool
idge again threatened by working
| to Techs %. Baumgartner kicked
| out for Tech, and Coolidge started
| from its AZ on its last scoring drive.
1t was Roflr as usual doing most of
the damage as the Colts worked their
way with short but steady gains 10
the Tech 16. There. King pitched
strike to Rohr in the end zone,
Rohr fumbled the pass from center
while holding for the extra point
try, and the conversion attempt
missed.
After that Tech made its only real
bid and it paid of. 1t started on Its
81, and went mostly through the air
with Baumgartner and Paul Pometto
pitching to McCauley. The payof
was triple reverse, Gray to Tiny
Gable to McCauley, who skirted right
lend for yard and the touchdown
only IS seconds ahead of the final
gun. Pometto's placement was wide.
Evening star., 1946-11-30

With a combined score of 855
Mary Brown and Elmer (Moe)
Meade established three-game ma
tional hardwood duckpin mixed
doubles record last night at Lafay-
cite in the Metropolitan Mixed Dou-
bles League. Their sensational bowl
ing smashed by 20 pins the former
national mark of 1856 rolled by Ida
Simmons of Norfolk and Bill Brad
ley of Hagerstown at Gene Raney's
Coliseum in 1885,
Mrs. Brown, with games of 109
100 and 1856, counted 425 for her set
while Meade clipped off strings Of
127, 1859 and 1874 to post 430.
With only 236 for their f1rst-game
count, the new national RECORD
smashers dropped the tussle to Fran
ces Wilson and Paul Perkins, but
smothered their opposition in the
final two with 329 and 290 talljes
Their middle-game count was II
pins shy of the national single-gamt
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statistics.
ByHueh Fullerton. j
Associated Press sioff Writer

g u
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30.-A
story relayed here from down
New Orleans way says that Army
showed considerable interest in
the Sugar Bowl invitation, but
insisted on the privilege of either
picking its own opponent or re-
jecting any team it considered
undesirable. The finger, Of
course, was pointed right at the
Southeastern Conference and its
openly awarded athletic scholar
ships. -. The West Pointers say,
however, that after the Rose
Bowl deal fell through, the Army
team voted on "otFler bowls and
wasn't strongly in favor Of ac-I
cepting bid. Seems a lot Of
Cadets really are interested in
going home for the holidays
their only chance but were will
ing to forego that because Glenn
Davis was SO eager to play at
Pasadena.
Bishopville. s. O., Doc BLANCHE
Evening star., 1946-11-30
Pinmen Vie Tomorrow
In Arcudiu Hundicup

The third annual Arcadia handi-
cap for bowlers with averages Of 100
or less will be the Capitals top
duckpin attraction tomorrow. The
seven-game event viii start at
pm. and run continuous until clos
ing time.
First prize will be $125. Entrance
fee is $3.50. Contestants will re-
ceive two-third handicap based
on a scratch of 100.