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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21
Dan Morgan Discovers
Honest Fight Manager
By DAN PARKER

sT GLANCE SSss o 'sS had sGeDs sDISS
Sns ther hysh, hi snnv h, fsi nm with resondns smack
Pganst palm hand couldn't be etOmo
.wha IS. hen Outmaneaver him and then surround
Deb stuart the dashns Confederate cavalry general.
/ 'ovhon whom and whenp" demanded.
%TS @ as 90 ashes s but R Re h% AT II"
my but you your personal pronons" chded.
SDS rs said Dan mod'y' TITS really nothing once 70" get
But who's the ashes guy who's demanded,
e hSnsn By his sides and the white ROoshon LssneSh the
Stand9"
didn't but Morgan catch his breathvhch
S aSw ' OF Illness '' coming SNORT '' because Vi HIS ''''
DO you know he's the only fight manager
e'" he continued fastening fierce blue County Limerick eye on
"who oma or 1esnevch'" asked more puzzled than ever
/ the angle" said Morgan I'm talking of
Joe VeTa, his manager"
"Whose manager. OmaS?"
"Naw. LesnevchS. DO you get the angler"
II was loo Dan had the ball
wonderful snss fridays Wahngtons Birthday and Joe veo
the only fight manager that never told lie 1t makes great
But how is he with the Ratchet on pusesP"
the few honest managers said Dam only five feet
We'll We'll that must mus make , me an a @sp S n told Morgan the
II also Napoleons height explained
You mean vela is a NapoleonP"
Z
the ANGLE cried Dan s snsa'ti'a Honest like
Josephne?" inquired.
Josephine? Jacobs wife? She's dom fine
the angle Vela squawEs
doesn't talk much He and Gus the
l that abbrevae questions
they a accenuating the potive?' asked.
just line Lesneyich said Dan hardly
the best preserved fighter I've seen in years You
might he improves just like Wine
DO you he'll be preserved if Oma embalms him
Friday nightp" demanded.
Gus never fight" said Dan. Always moves in
straight line
circles reminded him, and Of the circles
lie had sharp edges
the old geOmetriCan Now take Joe
sdekick old Honest Brake that kicked
pair boxing Lou Diamond
while lie corporal
just like Napoleon
mean a combination of Napoleon and Wash
corpOral?" demanded Indignantly, seeming
q crusade In the Offng.
admitted Dan. MY lad made
couldn't the old Morgan military
don the old Raider himself
Velas Villa he'd have wound
PanchO."
Morgan prediction in his discourse
opinion will be hiy for ploddng Gus and will
this Battle of the White Rooshians Friday night at
hasn't had enough action since getting out of the
anywhere his think he'd have
his peak out Of his division and beat the fourth
ranking heavyweight contender
Copyright 1885, King Features Syndicate)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21
Chase Primers
Lead IRA Major

The I. r. A. Major Bowling
League goes into its gath week to-
night with this schedule. Chase VS..
Mattatuck; Metal Hose, VS.. U. s.
Time: Am. Brass VS.. Plume & At
woods: Scoyill VERA VS.. Scovil!
ERA.
For the past week:
High singles. Ficeto. U. S. Time,
i46: Enhorning. Mattatuck, las.
High triples, Klobedanz, ScoYill
RIA, 378; Franco. Chase 372.
High single team games, Metal
Hose .594: Chase. $50.
Higth total team games, Chase,
1726: Metal Hose 1864.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21
6. G.. Tops K. I.

1t was a sad night at Kingston,
r. l.. where the Coast Guard sail
ors scored their upset.
Rhode Island. anxious to help
Forward Ernie Calverly break the
national scoring record, fed him
the ball throughout the game so
that his total for the night was 81
points.
With seven minutes to play, the
canny Calverly sent Rhode Island
into a $3.50 lead but the sailors
rallied to go ahead $3.50 and held
their lead. Big gun for the Coast
Guard team was Tom Wetmore who
netted q points.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21
roions Hoop
Come Dance

Another basketball battle between
two teams that were but one point
apart at the finish Of a game when
they met earlier in the season:
has been arranged as a welcome
nome" for about IS servicemen of
World War II, members of the Tro-
jan AC of the Waterbury BOYS
club Senior League. scheduled to
take on the North End Comnlun-
tty Club VARSITY Saturday night
$50 at the Cottage Place court.
In addition to the game. which
promises to be a thriller, off the
44-43 result and NECC win in the
first contest; dancing will be held
after the Saturday game, particu-
larry for the entertainment of the
TrojanS who have seen plenty Of
Army, Navy, Marine and Air corps
action since Pearl Harbor.
Incidentally, the Trojans have lost
but one game in Is starts and that
by single point to the north end
lads. First half honors In the
Senior Finals of theWBC league
were also won by the Trojan A. C..
Probable starting lineups:
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Duggan Girls
Defeat Spr0gue

Duggan girls were 2l-lI winners
of a Waterbury Girls Club league
basketball game played against
Sprague Tuesday evening, most OF
the scoring taking place in the sec
ond half; Duggan's defense keeping
the Waterville girls scoreless in the
first half, which Duggan led 60. A
Bartholomew with II points and @
Sciascia with led the Duggan scor-
ing p. Paffney netting four field
goals for 8 Sprague points. Score:
DJGGAN SPRAGUE
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21
VICTORY over
NAUGATUCK
ups CHANCES

BY virtue of its scintillating AL
"a basketball victory last night
over the Naugatuck Greyhounds,
valley league champions FOR the
second successive season; Leaven-
worth High Schools Tech Tigers
stamped itself as a definite threat
10 more highly-rated teams In the
Glass "a" tournament at New
Haven starting next week. No one
In these parts expects Tech TO cop
the state title, neither did they ex-
pect Bill Tracy's team TO beat
Naugatuck by Z points on the
borough ~" floor and, IN so doing
hold the high-scoring Foleymen to
nine field goals, the Healy twins
getting but one apiece. Yet, a state
title COULD come Techs way II
It has luck, scoring power and q
good defense at the right time.
Tomorrow night, Leavenworth
will show before the home folks
for the last time before going into
the Glass "A" playdowns at New
Haven; in the annual sports car
nival to be held at Wildly gym. Less
than $50 tickets remain to be sold
for the big event, which includes
Tech and Alumni hoop game,
scheduled for 7:30 p. m; dancing
and entertainment to be included in
the program.
Good Start
Last night, Tech got of" righ0
and was never headed, though per-
sonal fouls we're plentiful; Nauga-
tuck getting Is points from the
free-throw line, nearly half Its to-
tai score; while Leavenworth netted
IL charity points. In the import
ant field goal department, Tech
outscored Naugatuck Is to O.; JIM
my Piersall scoring q points (7-7-
2D before being benched on five
personal fouls, in the final period.
Naugy's captain, Ralph Damiano
was the only effective scorer for his
side, getting l6 points on five field
goals and six free-throws. 1t was
Leavenworth by 23-l9 at half time;
and though Naugatuck closed the
gap a little, Tech came on again, to
win going away; with excellent
defensive play by DoStaler, Joe
Cocchiola, Damelio and Roger Que
lette who had to replace the eject.
ed regulars.
Tech reserves also won the pre-.
lin 24-14 to make it a great night
for the best team Leavenworth haI
had in many seasons; Waterbury
city champions by wins over Crosby
and Wildly: though Naugatuck de
feated them in the Brass City
Score:
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21

All due to the owner of q minor
league club refusing to sell a young
player to the Cards for $1,000 in 1922
because he could get $500 from the
more affluent Giants.
Other major league owners scoffed
at the farm system at first. They
dion't laugh long, however, for the
Cardinals picked up quickly, com.
piled the best record in the National
League.
The official score, starting with
1925. is eight pennants, five world
championships, six clubs in second
place, one in third, four In fourth,
one fifth, one in sixth and never
seventh or eighth.
For a starter, 1t was necessary to
hire men to find young talent. The
Cardinals had for several years
struggled along with only one scout
Charley Barrett. The wheels
hummed. Every spot in the country
from upper New England to lower
Florida, out to southern California
and up to northwestern Washington
was thoroughly covered by Red
Bird ivory hunters.
Sam Breadon and Branch Hickey
outwitted competitors with brains
instead Of dollars.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21
WotertolUn Pin
Tourney March 2

WATERFOWL, Feb. 2l.-COn-
siderable interest has been
stimulated In the OakvilIe-
WATERFOWL Glass b bowling
tournament which will be held
at the Central Alleys starting
at Q y. m. Saturday, March 2.
Any resident Of Watertown
or Oakvllle and all members
Of leagues Bowling regularly at
the Central Alleys, go Main
Street. are eligible for entry
In the competition. A prize Of
80 will be offered for first hon
Ors. Five game total einfail
will determine the winners.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21
WotertoUn Boys
Win Toft AWordS

WATERFOWL. Feb. 2l-Tte Taft
School Athletic Association an.
nounced today the award of "a var
sity letters and IS class numerals
to members of the basketball, hook
ey. and wrestling teams.
The following boys from Water
town received awards: Thomas and
jerome Cassidy, sons of Atty. and
Mrs. John H. Cassidy, Woodruff
Ave. hockey. and John Hastings,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Vinal N. Hast
ingS, North St., hockey. jerome Cas-
shy was today elected captain OF
next years hockey team.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21
Purple Knights Win;
Set for Zephyrs

Naugatuck Purple knights bas-
ketball unit was in good form last
night at the Shelton Community
Center, where the borough boys
pinned a 1888 setback on the Derby
Vets. Tomorrow night the PIX
squad and Naugatuck Zephyrs tan
gle in the second game OF their
series for the borough champion
ship, needing a victory to force a
third game; the Zephs having won
a 1888 decision in the first test
between the two teams. The prelim,
at Naugatuck " is set for 7 p. m,
main go at p. m.
Last night, Peanuts Korowotny,
Furs and Chef Wojack scored l9-
1871 points for the knights; Reyen
and Simmons netting 1912 for the
Derby outfit.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21
Brady Us. Flores
Remotch at Hub

Boston. Feb. 2I.-(UPl-Mlddle-
weight Al (Red) Priest OF Cambridge
and Narva Esparza OF Mexico city
will be featured in the Goodwin
A. C.'s "all-star" fight card sched-
uled for Boston Garden on March
II, II was announced today.
At the same time the Goodwin A.
c. revealed that an agreement had
been reached with Boston Garden
officials allowing the club 20 addi-
tional dates for boxing this year.
The fllSt OF these viii be held March
8 with Dennis (PaD Brady of Hart
ford, Conn, meeting Vic Flores Of
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21
Standing


Meredith, N. H., Feb. 2i-CUP)- =.
a6eryll Frost. Dartmouth football
captain who recently was named the
snlogt courageous athlete OF the
YEAR" viii be honored by New
Hanapshire sports followers here on
Monday night.
Frost win be presented a trophy
hy GOV. calarles NJ. Dale lin appre-
ciatlon og what his example has
contributed 70 The youth Of Amer
fca."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21

today, giving the Dodgers a father.
addison combination for the COM
ing season.
Corridor will report to the Dod-
bers' camp March / where he will
join his father. one of Manager Leo
Durocher's coaches.
Avalon, Santa Catalina Island,
Cal, Feb. al (UP) - Manager
Charley Grimm sent his National
League Champion Chicago Cubs.
81 strong. through their second
workout today. The group i'm
GUIDED Is pitchers. seven catehers,
Ihiielder Cy Block and Outfielder
Charley Gilbert.
Anaheim, Cal, Feb. 2l-(UP)-
The St. Louis Browns holdout
problems, instead of getting better.
were steadily growing worse today.
Chuck Stevens, first base candi-
date recently discharged from the
Air Forces, reported to camp and
promptly joined Shortstop Vern
in the holdout ranks. At
the Browns initial workout yester-
day, IS players reported, plus two
coaches. !.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21
Uconrs Edge Friars

Storrs, Conn, Feb. 2l-(UP)-
Big Walt Dropo spanked the uni
versity of Connecticut. basketball
team to its sixth consecutive VIC
tory last night in its 43 to Al win
over Providence College. Propo. hus-
ky star in 1912 before entering the
Army, collected 81 points.
The Huskies came from behind
early in the second half after IT.
II tie at half time.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21
BY SID KEENER


st. Petersburg, Feb. 2l-(NEA)--A
giant oak sprouted from that little
acorn the poor Cardinals planted in
Fort Smith, Ark, In 1922.
John J. McGraw of the Giants,
multi-millionaireS william Wrigley,
Jr., Of the Cubs and Jacob Rupert
Of the Yankees, Barney Dreyfuss OF
the Pirates and others could outbid
the st. Louis Nationals for talent,
but the Red Birds were going to grow
their own. The seed had been plant
ed.
Club by club, year after year. Sam
Breadon e. Co. continued TO add out
right, finance and support minor
units until its chain store system be-
came the strongest In baseball. The
little acorn grew into this giant oak
between 1929 and '3S:
Outright ownership: Columbus,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21
YOUNG MEMS BASKETBALL

In an overtime thriller last night,
the Globe Trotters edged the Chi
Omecrors 22-i2. Ciulio scored 8
points for the winners, McGratn
sank ~ for the losers.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21
College Basketball

Notre Dame Sc. Michigan State 81.
Columbia 50, Fordham 81.
Wake Forest SO, Furman 80.
N. Y. U. So. St. Johns 81 lover
time).
Boston University 60. Northeast
ern IS.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21
TrOjans
NECC
raining Camp
Topics
(By United Press

st. Petersburg. Fla, Feb. al
(UP)-Eddie Dyer, in his first
strategy announcement" since
taking over as manager OF the St.
Louis Cardinals, said today that
the 1916 Redbirds would be a big
inning" baseball team this season.
Revealing plans 10 make his first
Cardinal team the Yankees of the
National League" Dyer told re-
porters that we're going in for
sluggers so We can have the kind
Of club that can wind up a game
in any inning"
The dapper Texans move TO re-
vamp the Cardinals style Of attack
received its biggest endorsement
when Outfielder Stan Musia1 an
nounced at Philadelphia that he ex-
pected to be released from the Navy
in time to report for Spring train
ing.
Muslal, awaiting his discharge at
the Navy Yard there. was the Red
birds and the National leagues
leading hitter in 1913 with a 1857
average. He again led the st. Louis
Clubs hitterS with a BAT mark in
1914.
Lakeland, Fla, Feb. 2l-(UP)-
Manager steve O'Neill of the De-
trOit Tigers was battling two
stubborn hold0uts today, Pitchers
Hal NewhOuser and Al Benton.
Sanford, Fla. Feb. 81 (UP) -
Outfielder Johnny Corriden. Jr.
signed his 1916 Brooklyn contract
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21

Totals 20 : 65 Totals Is 10 90
score at half time: Rubber 81 witty
Cos 20, Referee Santopietro-B erardi.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21

One of the highest point
scorers in state basketball circles
will be with the New Britain
Americans Sunday night when
they try their luck against the
Waterbury Guards at the state
armOry. A Bristol boy. Lynch has
been a standOut player for sew
eral seasons.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21
HI-Y BASKETBALL

Last night on the Y floor the
Mustangs Hi-Y easily trounced
weak Comics team Asp. Mock and
Locke lead the scoring.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21

High single-Slmpson-l95.
High three-Simpson-429.
High Observation-Disclosures.
High team-Broo
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21

Totals 10 81 Totals b.. ] u
score at half time; Duggan g. spragu'
O.
Referee: y. Moore.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21

Totals Is IL Al Totals -. Is 3
score at half time: LeaveDworth 70.
Naugatuck 10. Referee: Richards. I'm
plre Fitzsimmons.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21

NEXT: The new empire.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21

Sanford, Fla, Feb. al CUP) -
Outfielder Johnny Corridor. Jr.
signed his 1916 Brooklyn contract
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-21

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-10-24

personation of a ghost in the new
picture that he could be quite funny
in such a role If he dared give it a
test. He plays a tinker's wrath
doomed to haunt a New York farm
from 1880 until 1916, and there are
times when he imbues it with some
wistfully comic effects. Unhappily,
these times are far fewer than those
in which he is delivering ghostly
boots to Abbott's derriere.
Another briefly pleasant surprise
in 1.-THE Time of Their Lives" is
that it starts off as costume piece.
This is so astounding indeed, that
in the opening sequence of the
screen play, stately minuet, the
spectator is so bewildered he thinks
they must be showing the wrong
picture. Naturally that lasts only
until the familiar faces and figures
of the principals appear on the
screen. Afterward, 1t is clear that
nothing in this or any other world
could make the slightest difference
in Abbott and Costello.
The plot of 1.-THE Time of Their
Lives" is concerned mainly with the
doings of the ghostly tinker and his
pretty companion. For 1865 years,
they have been living in tree on
the old Revolutionary farm. Their
first chance to escape comes when
the original house is restored In
1916, and the ghosts see a chance to
snatch back letter of recommen-
dation written by George Washing
ton.
You can imagine what kind of
havoc they work among the houses
new tenants. Or, If you cannot, just
recall the kind of havoc you have
seen ghosts achieve in dozen other
pictures of the same sort.
It must be granted that spots of
it are worth a laugh. r
X ~ X
The idea of giving Ghost Costello
a pretty girl companion is not with
out its diverting effect in the latest
Universal farce. The ghost girl.
played by Marjorie Reynolds, is
dressed in Hollywood's slinkiest new
astral fashion. AS such, she is the
most whistleable spirit Of her sex
created this season and don't believe
this was any accident.
Just as no one seems to have been
able to work out one new situation
among the many of 1.-THE Time of
Their Lives" the dialogue suffers
from a painfully familiar sound.
Even Binnie Barnes seems de-
pressed by the necessity for reyiv-
ing that line about this being "a
ghost to ghost broadcast"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-10-24

Pearson's shade who has not for
gotten earthly pleasures would not
have to take any back talk from
the original created by Lenore
Corbett.
Others in the cast are Marine
Winterfield. Gwen Davis, Jane Drew,
Frank Falkheimer and Dick VIM
frey. Some of them at times lack
the dash and fire that any one of
these Coward battles-between-the-
sexes demands, but at least they
seem to know all their lines and
they usually speak them clearly
and firmly, which is more than
can be said for some professionals.
In any case. Mr.. Sparks has guided
them through their PAGES in a
manner that makes for life and
movement. The set, incidentally,
is as professional in appearance as
any we ever saw on a local nom
stage. If this is the
sort of thing its designer, Jane
Summers, wants to make career
of, you should be hearing more
about her in the future.
If you missed "Blithe Spirit" in
either its original stage form or
its motion picture version, this is
a fine opportunity to remedy an
omission in your life. 1t will be
playing at the Lisner Auditorium
tonight, tomorrow and Saturday
nights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-10-24
M. Romanoff Plays Himself
By SheiIoh Grohom

David Niven is q doctor and
Barbara Stanwyck q patient in
THE Other Love-" They are in
the ONCE Of sanitariun In the
Alps. David is examining Barbara
she's q very sick girl, and she
Immediately come up with another
ailment. Can you guess 1t? She
fall in love with Niven.
Between takes Niyen gives with
bright sayings by bis three-and-a-
half-year-old son. And Barbara and
I wondey why Metro doesn't give
Husband Robert Taylor more pic
lures to do. Hes made only one
in the year he's been out OF sery-
ice" says Babs. Bob should have
made three to re-establish himself
on the screen.
But the most interesting character
on the set--if David and Barbara
will forgive me-is Mike Romanon
of the House Of Romanon restau-
rant. "But just saw you working
in Arch Of Triumph as maitre
d'hotel," say to Mike. He as
sures me he is also In THE Other
Love-" II play cad and man
with rowing eye. In short" says
Mike, II play myself"
Back on the arch Of Triumph"
set, I find Charles Laughton as
Haake, the Nazi agent, trying to
remember the mannerisnls OF Nazis
he saw in Germany in 1895. "Nazis
don't look you straight In the face,
says Charles, not looking me In
the face. when Laughton is max
ing picture, he positively lives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-10-24

effect upon Apbott ana Costello is
to make them look more like them
selves.
They have been getting their
laughs this way for decades now and
in their minds, if in no others, the
notion of change is preposterous.
That means there will be no change
in the division of movie fans into
two groups: /. Those who think
Abbott and Costello are funny; and,
2, those who think Abbott and Co.'S
tello are the trouble with America.
X X + X
1.-THE Time of Their Lives" is, of
all things, a fantasy. In spite of
this label, however, it has about it
the delicacy of a Bilbo campaign
speech, the subtelty of singing
radio commercial.
Costello plays ghost throughout
most Of the frantic doingS OF Keith'S
screenplay, but some of his loudest
laughs still come from the spectacle
Of his pants. falling of. If, even as
a ghost, the clown refuses to sur
render such a gag prop as his pants,
you can see what his writers were
up against. Just try to tell Costello
that ghosts don't wear pants and see
how far YOU get.
It is clear that the authors of
this rough piece of slapstick did not
give up as easily as some of their
predecessors on the same assign
ment. They at least tried to find
something different. In fact they
tried so hard they concocted some
thing that looks dizzily like col
liberation between Washington
Irving and Noel Coward; a male
ghost that looks like Rip Van Wrinkle
and female one that is beautiful
enough to have been in "Blithe
Spirit"
Once having created these odd
types, the inspiration of the team
failed, leaving Costello to fall back
on his old collapsing pants and that
trick of trying to walk through
closed doors.
If that is still funny, it is only
because laughing at it has become
an unbreakable habit on the part of
moviegoers. r....
There are hints in Costello's i'm