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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Hagg and Anderson Continue Domination of Track World

in 1945-but trouble came in large doses to the Swift Swedes as they lowe ed the mile mark to 4:01.4.
 Hagg made his second trip to the United States, but couldn't maneu- yer his gangling legs on the small indoor tracks and wound up a dis nal board track bust. And than, after Anderson chased him to new world mile standard outdoors, they both were in group of Swed- ish starts suspended for allegedly padding expense accounts beyond reasonable" proportions.
 The upshot may be that their marks might be wiped of the books and the mile set back to Sid Wood ersons 1887 performance of 4:06.4 once again within reach of or- dinary mortals.
 Rafferty Best Indoors
 Outside of the Scandinavian sky around. For Jimmy Rafferty of the rockets, that's about all there are mile boards-and his best time was New York A. c. swept the indoor a mediocre 4:l31. That's far of the 1944 indoor record of 4:06.4 set by Parson Gil Dodds.
 Still, Rafferty reigned as king be- cause he took them all. In suc- cession, Iron Mikes" marks were: Metropolitan AAU, 4:157; Wana- maker Mile, Millrose Games, 4:131; Hunter Mile, Boston, 4:14.3; Baxter Mile, N. Y. A. c. Games, 4:139; National A. A. U., ATS; IC4A zamperini Invitation, 4:16.4; Col umbian Mile, K. of c. games, 4:16.3, and Chicago Relays, 4:137.
 Hagg was handicapped by 23- day boat trip from England, mak- ing his first start in the IC4A event two days after leaving his ship. He finished fifth-and last In the Col umbian Mile he was fifth in six- man field and in the Chicago run was second in five.
 Army's Cadets, led by the speedy George Berger, captured the IC4A team title. while the New York A. c. retained the National AAU indoor crown.
 Outdoors, the highlights were the National AAU, IC4A and the Penn and Drake Relays, with Army, Michigan and Illinois taking most of the honors.
 The Cadets won the 1C4A in a tight battle with Navy. At Phila- delphia, Michigan's squad, paced by the Hume twins, Ross and Bob, walked off with four of the major events, while Army took the three other principal championships. Running from scratch, Hagg failed again in a handicap mile. Illl- nois made off with three of the seven Drake championships for top honors there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01

stranglehold on American tennis was loosened in l9z5 when Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Cooke, little lady from Boston, ended the three-year reign of Pauline Beta of Los Angeles as national women's queen.
 But the West retained much of it's honors as Sgt. Frankie Parker of Los Angeles flew 5000 miles from Guam to retain the mems champion ship and two other Californians came through in doubles play.
 Mrs. Cooke, the 194l champion, had been out of competition year. But she came back in grand fashion at Forest Hills to regain the national womens crown. She had sharpened up on the summer tour and the soundness of her game more than matched Miss Betz' ag- gressiveness in a 3-6, 9-6, 6-4 tri- umph.
 Parker Retains Title
 Parker, the Golden Boy" who crashed through in 1914 after I3 years of vain effort, had a ridicu- lously easy time retaining the title which so long had eluded him. For when he came up to the final against Bill Talbert, his Wilmington, Del, opponent was crippled by torn knee tendon.
 Talbert had swept the summer tournaments while Parker was out in the South Pacific playing soldier exhibitions against Don Budge and Bobby Riggs. And at his best form, Talbert would have been the favo- rite to dethrone the Golden Boy"
 He had proved this by dusting off Ecuador's Francisco (Pancho) Segura in the semi-finals without allowing the two-fisted South Amer ican a set. Hitting every stroke ef- ficiently, Talbert moved him down, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4. But in playing a later doubles match, Talbert injured his knee.
 Sweeps Last 2 Sets
 So when he and Parker met, Tal- bert could do little court covering. Parker played it gentlemanly ac- cording to all the tenets of the Mister" sport. He drove the ball squarely to Talbert through the first set, content to prove he could out last "LongpantS Billy" without talk ing advantage of the game leg, and won the first set by the long -winded count of 14-l2. Then Parker tired of the by-play and swept Talbert off the court, 6-l, 6-2 to retain his crown.
 Talbert still had enough left to come back and win a share of the mems doubles and mixed doubles championships. He and It. Gard nar Mulloy of Norfolk, Va, cap- tured the mems event by defeating Bob Falkenberg of Hollywood and Jack Tuero, New Orleans, l2-l0, 8-10, l2-l0, 6-2. And Talbert teamed with Margaret Osborne of San Francisco to win the mixed doubles for the third year in a row. They halted Doris Hart of Miami and Falken- berg, 6-4, 6-4.
 Miss Osborne and Louise Brough of Beverly Hills tied a record by winning the women's doubles cham pionship for the fourth straight year. The California duet bested Miss Betz and Miss Hart, 6-4, 6-4.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Boys Club 

This year the Waterbury Boys Club will again enter the Boys Clubs of America National com petition, Club Director William Johnson announced today. The Ath- letic Coach, J. A. Ross, reported unusual activity in the competition. Already 9 entries have been made in the pull up contest in the vari- ouS age groups. Last year Paul Ariola, local lad in the Boys Club, won national honors by winning in the intermediate division through out the country with a grand total of 31 pull-upS-a might sum for a lad of IS years. Incidently, Paul hopes to repeat his fine perform ance in this years contest.
 National awards will be given. A medal will be awarded to the in- dividual champion in each age divi- sion and certificate of award will be provided to the Clubs placing first, second, third, fourth, and fifth. In the event of a tie score for first place for either individual or team, another trial will be re- quired of contestants who were tied. The best score made in the new trial will decide the championship
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01

"The biggest attraction of all, in numbers interested, is pistol and re- volver shooting-464 per cent want to get into that sport.
 "These figures mean a lot to any one experienced in target-practice promotion. They mean that hun dreds of thousands, even millions, of men want to become shooters or hunters, be it with rifle, pistol or shotgun. Whether they do actually become shooters and hunters de- bends on the availability of equip ment, the accessibility of safe, clean attractive shooting grounds, econ- omics and little else"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
 Again Stud Basketball
By ROBERT DEINDORFER United Press Sports Writer)

New York, Jan. - (UP) - Argu- ments against the giant center in collegiate basketball reached a new high" during the l944-45 season with many suggestions for curbing the scoring and blackboard power of the big fellows but most high-rank- ing teams owned high-standing cen- ters.
 The winning teams of the two major tournaments both had over size guys who paced the scoring all season long. Oklahoma A. & M. relied on seven-foot Bob Foot hills) Kurland, while DePaul's Blue Demons, winners of the National Invitational meet, simply followed in the size-14 tracks of six-foot nine-inch George Mikan.
 Mikan scored 487 points during the season and was tabbed the greatest big fellow in the sports history by many coaches. Some vet- eran mentors claimed he would have been an offensive star if he stood a mere six feet. But when DePaul played Oklahoma Aggies in a game billed as battle of the giants Mi- kan fouled out early in the first half after scoring only nine points and the Aggies went on to win.
 Coaches Sought Curbs
 Even the runner-up teams in the two tournaments had their sky high guys. Bowling Green of Ohio, bolstered by Navy trainees, finished second in the Madison Square Gar den InVitational with six-foot Il l-2 inch Don Often, while 16-year- old Adolph Sehayes of New York University, a growing kid of six feet-nine-inches, paced the violets to an overtime victory over Ohio State for NCAA second-place hon. ors.
 Immediately following the tour naments dominated by such per- formances as Mikan's B3-po!nts against Rhode IslaAd. his 54 against
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Nelson Left Field Behind With $66,52e
By ROBERT DEHNDORTER Limited Press Sports Wrllet)

New York = (UP) - Byron Nel- sons virtual domination Of golf. both financially and mechanically, stood out like a S0-foot putt in year during which returned service men came back to earn big prize money only when the lanky Toledo, O., star took a two-months' rest.
 Financially, Nelson, war-bond win- Hlings over the seasons tournament trail approached the salary paid the President of the United States. For the former Fort Worth caddy won $66,528, counting maturity value of war bonds.
 It didn't take the fairway frater- nity long to realize that Nelson once again would run the links. The tall. soft-spoken shot-inaster won eight of the first i8 tournaments played during the year, breaking Q former record of six set by Jimmy Demar- est during the l939-40 season.
 Snead COpped Six
 The Portland, Corpus Christi, Phoenix, New Orleans, Durham, 0lSCAAcbOAOp SAldARObbG dAA0 <AtAdAAVG tournaments all were taken by Nell son. Actually, it was a one-two wallop for the rest of the field, inas- much as Sammy Snead of Hot Springs, Va, won six of the 10 meets Nelson somehow missed cap- turing. Nelson, after his rest, came back to win the Fort Worth $l0,0OO open.
 Snead and 145-pound Ben Hogan, discharged from the Air Corps, ranked as the two top comeback stars of the season. Victory in those six early journeys meant $l5,i40 in bonds for ex-sailor Snead, and then he temporarily left the game to rest the trick back which had caused his service discharge.
 Hogan rushed in late in the sea- son, capturing the Portland title late in September and then winning two straight-the Montgomery and the Orlando Opens. Winning those last two boosted the Hershey, Pa, stars winnings to $26,208, quite a bit bet ter than his service pay.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
BASKETBALL

Mem
 "A" Division champions-Scovill. sA" Division runner-up-U. s. Rub- Der. Six-team league.
 "B" Division champion-Water- bury Companies. B" Division run- ner-up-Benrus Watch. Five-team eague.
 Women
 Champion-U. s. Time. Runner ap-Scovill. Four-team league. SLlvill was runner-up in State Y. M. c. A. Industrial champion ship. Beaten by Bolton of New Haven in the finals,
 D. S. Time represented New Eng land states in the Eastern Indus- trial tournament in New York.
 BOWLING Men
 Major league cIlampion-Ameri can Brass. 10-team league.
 Minor league champion-Chase. Eight-team league.
 American Brass won the State Industrial Y. M. c. A. champion ship.
 Women
 Champion - Scovill. 12-team league.
 Scovill won the State Industrial r. M. c. A. championship for wom- en.
 PINOCHLE Men
 Champion - Scovill. Runner-up Chase Rolling Mills. g teams in tournament. Women
 Champion-Shoe Hardware. Run ner-up-Shoe Hardware.
 SOFTBALL Men-American league champion Somers Brass. 10-team league. National league champion-Ben- rus. l0-team league.
 Industrial league champion-Ben- rus.
 Benrus went to semi-f finals h. oustrial Y. M. c. A. State champ plonship. Beaten by Moore Special Tool, Bridgeport. WUW60-
 Champion - Waterbury Mfg. O. Runner -Benrus Watch Co. Benrus went to semi-finals in State Ind. Y. championships. Beaten by Bryant Elec., Bridgeport.
 GOLF Men
 Chanpion--U 10. s. Rubber. Wojack- KIem, CiesIewsxi- -Wujcik.. Runner up Chase Metal Works. zemistis- Farley, C0chard-B -Biletz. 32 players; eight company teams.
 TENNIS Men
 slngles champion-Ed Graham, acogiIl. Single rlnner-up- Henry D. g. Rubber. IS play efs.
 Double champIons-Ed Graham jim Mullen. ScoviIl. Doubles run |.t Es-np--Joe McGuinness~G George arundage. T. s. Time, Eight teams ScoYill won the Connecticut < M-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Industrial Recreation Associations Outstanding Results of Past Year

c. A. State Industrial champion ship at Stamford. Women
 Single champion-Irene Balfe, U. s. Rubber. Single runner-up-Fran- ces Laccone, Chase. Four players.
 VOLLEYBALL Men
 Champion-Scovill. Runner-up- Waterbury Companies. Six teams took part.
 Waterbury I. R. A. was awarded the l946 State Industrial champion ships in basketball for men and women; also the state pinochle championships.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
SETTLERS USED GHAUL IN GAME 3 YEARS AGO

Miami, Fla, Jan. 1 = (UP)-Uni- versity of Miami officials today re- futed rumors that Coach John ,Oxl Dagrosa of Holy Gross was attempting to have Miami star Harry Ghaul declared ineligible for the Orange Bowl game tomorrow
 We have not heard a thing about any protest" said an official of the school. T understand Mir. Dagrosa has said some things about Harry off the record, but there has been nothing official and We are not ex- pecting anything"
 Ghaul, 24, from Burlington, N. J., is Miamis freshman fullback and individual star. He will be matched tomorrow against Holy Cross Stan Koslowskl in a running and punt ing duel.
 Reports were to the effect that Ghaul had received money for play ing football in the north. He could not be reached today.
 It was pointed out here that there is no authority, other than univer- sity officials, which could declare him ineligible to play. Miami does not belong to any athletic confer ence, and the Orange Bowl com- mittee does not have policing powers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
British Jockey Rides 300 Winners

London, Jan. - (UP) - Jockey Gordon Richards, who rode his 3OOth winner in 1945, headed a list of sports personalities as the top British athlete of the year today. leading boxer Bruce Woodcock and Snooker player Joe Davis in the unofficial poll.
 Fourth place in the unofficial bal loting conducted by the Sunday newspaper, Views of the World, went to Sydney Wooderson, former holder of the world mile record. Wooderson achieved new popularity in 8 comkack which focnd him run ming a close second to the younger and more prominent Swedish stars, Gunder Hagg and Arne Anderson in separate races against both.
 Woodcock gained his position by defeating Jack London for the Brit ish heavyweight title last summer. It was the first time he had placed in the voting, but both Richards and Davis were included in prev iouS polls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01

per cent say they'd like to shoot sporting rifles in matches and about onehalf of that group say they're not interested in the service rifle for match shooting. Most of the sporting-rifle enthusiasts also check ed small-bore rifle as sport in which they intended to participate. About one-half of the men interest ed in service-rifle competitions in- dicated no interest in any other shooting sport.
 "As to trapshooting, 23.6 percent say they are groing in for it, and 191 per cent Gall included in the trap group will shoot skeet.
 Pistol Shoots Popular
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
st. Mary's vs. Aggies

New Orleans, Jan. 1-(UP)-St. Mary's famed "Whiz Kids" tossed a flashy combination of speed and spirit against the favored Oklahoma Aggies here today before 73,000 in the 18th renewal of the Sugar Bowl classic.
 It was expected to be a battle of all-American halfbacks with Her man Wedemeyer, the squirming speedster from Honolulu, carrying the all-American cloors for St. Mary's, and blond Bob Fenimore leading the Aggie offensive.
 But this was not merely clash of individuals-it was also battle of two of the strongest teams in the nation. Oklahoma A. and M. went into the game undefeated and un- tied, loser of only one tilt in two full seasons.
 St. Mary's finished, the regular season as top team on the West Coast, beaten only by UCLA-and then in the final minute of the final game.
 Speed was the keynote of the bat tie. A fast field, mild temperature and clear skies were forecast.
 Backing the heralded Wedemeyer in the St. Mary's attack were Speedy Charles Cordeiro and Dennis O'Con- nor, the leading quarterback on the Pacific coast this season.
 Along with Fenimore, Oklahoma A. and M. went into the fray with hard-hitting fullback Jim Reynolds and track champ Joe Thomas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01

Bowling Green and B against Ten- nessee, the National Association of Basketball Coaches voted to look in- to the matter of cIrbing the powers of the big centers, but nothing was
 done by the rules committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Ghaul vs. KOsIOwSki

Miami, Fla, Jan. 1-(UP)-The University of Miami and Holy Cross squared off in the Orange Bowl to- day before a packed house of 35,000 fans who expected a close, exciting duel featuring Miami's Harry Ghaul and the visitors Stan Koslowski.
 Swept into the bowl on a wave of local sentiment, the little known Miami school was stalking it's hopes for 8 spot in big-time football. Holy Cross, playing in a bowl for the first time, was out to win for its first year coach John (OX) Dagrosa who asserted we didn't come all the way down here to lose"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Sports Writer)

New York-(UP)-Gunder Hagg and Arne Anderson continued to dominate the track and field world
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
NeIU Yedr $ BOIDL Games to DraJU Half Million
Mrs. Cooke Took Chips in Coasts Supremacy in American Tennis

By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Sports Wrlter) New York = (UP) - California's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Admission

Pittsburgh, Jan. 1. (UP)-The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National professional league disclosed today that Miami fullback Harry Ghaul played with the team in a Phila- delphia exhibition game in 1922, but received no remuneration.
 Walt Keisling, Steeler coach at that time, advised Ghaul to go to college but he subsequently, entered service,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-17
Army and Navy Reheorse
Atom Bomb Test at Sea

ROSWELL FIELD, N. M, Mar. 16
Rl.-The Army and Navy have held
their first full dress rehearsal of the
projected Marshall Islands atomic
bomb tests, in choppy seas off San
Diego, Calf.
Three B-29s from Albuquerque
and nine F-13s (B-29 photo planes
from Roswell Field. flew more than
1000 miles and rendezvouSed 200
miles at sea for the rehearsal Friday.
They were units of Task Group is,
part of the joint Army-Navy Task
Force One, commanded by Brig
Gen. Roger M. Ramey, Denton
Tex.
A specially-marked Lei ship was
the target. Those on the flight said
a pounding surf made the target
appear as tiny speck on white
capped sea as the planes arrived
over the target area about l pm
The crews were further handicapped
BY a deep haze.
The official announcement of the
rehearsal did not say whether the
target was hit. A practice bomb
was used similar in size and shape
to the atomic bomb.
Col. William H. Blanchard, COM
manding the air attack unit, sale
this would be the final full dress
rehearsal in preparation for the
atomic mission until the unit moves
to the MarshallS.
Some of the participating planes
made the round-trip flight of more
than 1000 miles Friday. Others
landed at California bases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-17
Law Section 10 Honor
u. ). Administrative Heads

Heads of Federal administrative
agencies will be honored by the
Administrative Law Section of the
Bar Association of the District of
| Columbia April at dinner at the
Hotel Statler.
| George M. Barnard, chairman of
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion; Joseph J. O'Connell, jr., gen.
eral counsel of the Treasury Depart
ment, and H j. Anslinger, United
States Commissioner of Narcotics.
will be guest speakers.
Guilford Jameson, chairman of
the section, will preside.
Committee chairmen for the din
ned are Wilbur N. Baughman. gen.
eral chairman: Louis G.. Caldwell.
reception; Abram F. Myers, pro-
gram: Judge Edgar ]. Goodrich, en-
tertainment, and Percy H. Russell.
jr., tickets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-17
Sea losses Midway,
Delays Refue!inq
BY the Associated Press

ABOARD THE U. S. S. MIDWAY
MAR. 16-This supercarrier tossed
and groaneG like a destroyer last
night as she ran into her second
encounter with rugged weather in
three days.
Although the sun shone brightly
as the oiler AllagaSh came over the
horizon this morning, a 25-foot sea
and a 45knot wind forced the
scheduled fueling operation to be
postponed until the weather mod
crates. The Allagash, which has
over 100000 gallons of fuel oil for
transfer to the Midway is steam
ing along on northerly course with
the rest of the task group in search
of decreasing wind and sea con-
ditionS
On the Midway all personnel have
been ordered to keep clear of the
forward section of the flight deck as
both white and occasionally green
water breaks over its leading edge
more than SO feet above the ocean
level.
The hangar deck was flooded by
water which came up over the
weather sponsors.
The Midway's present position is
$50 miles northeast of Point Domino
Quebec No flight operations were
scheduled today and even ground
projects were cancelled because of
weather as pitching decks made
plane handling risky and the con-
tinuing warm weather prevented
freezing tests.