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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1939 T H E WATCHMAN PAGE SEVEN SPORTS By JOE SMOLENSKl I THE SMOKEHOUSE I V X A Gridiran Grist: Although Greenport did not lose, Westhampton won — The answer to the paradox is a moral victory — To sport a terrific hangover in the late afternoon Is a deviation from the usual stereotyped order of practice, but Greenport^s Tootball minded and town team partisaned gentry suffered from DTs last Sabbath after noon when the Rams’ ^'Blltzkreig’' with Westhampton turned out to be Just a simple harmless firzling firecracker — A good unadulterated Mexican sitandoff v/as the sxim of the aggregate yardage kicked up by cleats on Greenport’s manicured pastnre as the Westhampton Saints pruned the Ratns’ h o r n s — The Saints, whose gospel is football and vestments sho4ilder pads and mu1ti'<colored numbered Jerseys, were rated underdogs by the pre-game analysts, and from this hack writer’s viewpoint were 1u6ky to escape with their helmets let alone a 0-0 game — The Rams out-played thre Westhampton eleven both overhead and on the turf, gaining ten fh^t downs to one, and literally laid all over their adversaries — Time after time the Westhampton gang tenaciously hung on to their unblemished slate and repulsed touchdown threats — Their seemingly inspired line and secondary defense butted and battered the Porters to a standstill — And that, ■chunrs. Is no game of ticktacktoo — •’Last Sunday’s contest was sup posed to settle the league lead, but oiut of deference to some etiquette or other the lads decided to keep the coveted No. 1 slot in mutual admiration and play a tie game — Both Greenport and Westhampton stlM occupy the top rung of the Suffolk County Town Team Football League, with Lindenhurst and Sayvilie tied up for second lane hon ors — Amityville and Farmlngdale rest firmly in the ignominoius premier staqe. Apathetic adults will again have an opportunity to become fren zied football fans as Coach Winston Tuthill moves his Greenport High School swine’s epidermis show into the spotUght — And we mean that literally, for the Porter village game with Port Jefferson will be held under lights this Friday Jnight, October 20, at 8 p .m . — Last year’s night game had the SRO sign out long before game time, and Coach Tufhill hopes to h a v e ‘an excellent gate Friday evening — Greenport High has been defeated twice this season — Once by 13ie powerful Nassau County Mephem aggregation, and two weeks ago by their traditional rivals from Ihe County Seat — Messolene and company is fout to avenge those defeats and our lunch money is on them — Babylon swamped Port Jefferson 27-0 last Saturday — Other East End 'high school football results were: Southampton 13, East Hampton G; Westhampton 6, Pzftchogue 0. Sportpp-urri: County Judge Barron L. Hill will probably make the championship award preserftation to the winner of the Cutchogue Recreation 'Hall Ping Pong Tournament — The paddle and pellet lads will finish up next week-end — Les Bowden will pilot a half dozen dusky puncliers in the forthcoming Golden Gloves eliminations at Hempstead — Les has his boys training at his Nassau Point head quarters every Tuesday evening— The Suffolk County Athletic Asso ciation’s boxing bouts sang their swan song with the rain drenched card at the Fair late last Summer — Buddy Chew took It on the button with a number of the boxing shows and it is not expected he will venture to stage any more fhis season — Bid Ed Danowskl, last year’s forward passing sensation with th» New York Giants of the professional football league, Fordham grad and Riverhead High School alumnus, returned to the scene of His first learnings and dem onstrated the a r t of pigskin toting to Coach Johnson’s Riverhead High School gridironers last IVIonday afternoon — This will probably be Big Ed’s final season as an active member of the professional game — He’s looking forward to a coaching position — Coach Bob Muir’s championship soccer outfit will vie for the pedal appendage game’s honors with Shelter Island Friday afternoon on the local acreage — Rudy Johnson and Joe Majonka will battle it out on Bill Thegal’s alleys Thursday night in a ten game set of duck pins — The Green'- port Rams is the only eleven in the Suffolk County Town Team Foot ball League yet to have its payoff plot trespassed — They have tallied 54 points without allowing their opponents to score. Sportbits: Jesse Goodale, one of the finest stenciled athletes I’ve ever had the opportunity to encounter, twice Suffolk County ping pong singles champion and top seeded doubles man along with Arnold Burgess,, will meet W^ld Bill Maurer, CCC singles champ in the tour nament sponsored by amiable Gus Roache at the Cutchogue Recrea tion Center — The boys tangle this Thunsday evening and if some of you doubt the game’s worth as a he man’s sport drop down and watch the boys maneuver it out for laurels — You’ll go away per spiring — Gus Roache receives this pillar’s nomination for the most popular sportsman of the month — He’s provided the boys with a place for giving vent to that old spirit of competition without intro ducing any element of gambling or rowdyism — A fine group of fel lows frequent the place and it’s a credit to the community — A rec reation spot where even the snootiest of society may go without fear of being offended — The tournament continues through this week on into next, when the final winner is decided on Saturday night, Oct. 21 — While we’re broaching the subject of ping pong it might be well to mention that various high schools on the East End are going head over heels for the game and intra school competition will soon commence — A note from “Wick\ Wickizer in/orms us that badminton will soon be under way and attempts will be made to form a league with different towns participating •— The game is very Westhampton Eleven Holds Greenport To Scoreless Tie; Both Share First Place El. E. Surf Fishing Club Ellects 1940 Officers The East End ,Surf Fishing Club and Fresh Water Unit held its eighth annual meeting and elec tion of officers on October 12 at the Hotel Henry Perkins at Riv erhead, The following officers were elected for 1940; President, Charles Altenkirch; first vice president, Fred Havens; second vice presi dent, Lester M.*Emmett; third vice president, Washington-White; sec retary, Everett A. Brown; finan cial secretary, Fred Adam Bender; treasurer, Francis E. Howell; chap lain, Rev. William Cumpston. For the board of directors: Chairman, George W. Hildreth, George H. Carleton, Charles E. Corrigan, E. Whiting Evans, Martin Maurer, Victor Mohns, Dr. John H. Mur ray, Edward D. Schaefer, Albert H. Silkworth, S. L. Cavanaro. Retiring president George W. Hildreth is to be congratulated upon the remarkable growth of the club. Under his leadership it hass grown in three years from 232 to 748. Mr, Hildreth continues his offiliation with the club as chairman 'Of the board. Visitor William C. Neville of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, well known for his work on Long Is land, spoke at length on striped bass. Of interest to all angler^ is his statement that Long Island stripers do not spawn here. Long Island and the New England coast are dependent upon the spawning areas in North Carolina, Mary land, Delaware, and the lower Hudson. The next meeting of the club will be held on Armistice Day, November 11, at Frank Tuma’s Montauk Tavern, Montauk. The popular beach fishing contest will again toe one of the features. The next meeting of the Fresh Water Unit will be held October 26 at Becker’s Restaurant, Lake Ronkonkoma. LOCAL LOOPSTERS TO h o l d CIDER SOCIAL A meeting will be called next Monday evening, Oct. 23rd, at 7 o’clock, at the Watchman office on Wick ham avenue, for the pur pose of organizing the 1939- 40 edition of the Mattituck town basketball team. All those interested in having any connection with the Mattituck town team are urged to attend. In or der that the meeting will not go dry, there will -be cider on hand to quinch possible thirsts. GREENPORT TO W N TEAM FOOTBALL SCHEDULE SEASON 1939 OcL 22 Greenport at Sayvilie 29 Greenport at Lindenhurst Nov. 5 Greenport at Amityville 12 Farmingdale at Greenport 19 Greenport at Westhampton 26 Sayvilie at Gi’eenport f SPORTS CALENDAR \| V _____________________________ / Friday afternoon, Oct. 20, 4 p. m.—Soccer, Shelter Island at Mat tituck. Friday night, Oct. 20, 8:15 p. m.—Football, Port Jefferson at Greenport. Sunday afternoon, Oct. 22, 2:30 p. m.—Football, Greenport Rams at Sayvilie. Every evening throughout the week—Ping Pong Tournament at Cutchogue Recreation Center. Bowling at Bill Thegal’s Matti tuck Alleys at all times. SUFFOLK CO U N T Y TO W N TEAM FOOTBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS W. L, Pet, Greenport Rams ........ 2 0 .1000 Westhampton Saints.,. 2 0 .1000 1 ,666 1 ,666 3 ,000 3 ,000 RESULTS Sunday, Octojier 15 , 0 Greenport ...... Westhampton 0 19 L indenhurst ........ Amityville 0 19 Sayvilie ............ Farmingdale 0 CUTCHOGUE RECREATION CENTER PING PONG TO U R N A M E N T RESULTS Monday, Oct. 16 Alex Zalenski, Cutchogue, over Wally Tomasezewski, Cutchogue. 21-5, 21-7, 21-10 and 21-10. Harold Goodale, Aquebogue, over A1 Doroski, Cutchogue, 21-4, 21-5, 21-7 and 21-13. Stan Salter, Cutchogue, over George Hudson, Greenport, 21-6, 21-10, 21-5 and 21-5. Tuesday, Oct. 17 Wally Kaelin, Cutchogue, over Leo Donovan, Cutchogue, default. Val Stype, East Moriches, over Perry Wiesen, Riverhead, default. Arnold Burgess, Riverhead, over Henry Kane, Cutchogue, default. Wednesday, Oct. 18 Frank Tyler, Cutchogue, over John Olkewicz, New Suffolk, 4 out of 7. Howard Hovey, Riverhead, over Gene Gagen, Cutchogue, 21-3, 21-8, 21-6 and 21-7. Lou Breaker, Cutchogue, over Eddie Lucas, Riverhead, 21-8, 13-21, 19-21, 12-21, 21-17 and 19-21. Ping Pong Tournament Thursday, October 19, 1939 8:00 P. M. Henry Woellper—Cutchogue vs. Walter Kanis—East Moriches 9:15 P. M. Joseph Grohoski—Cutchogue vs, Pete Downs—Aquebogue 10:30 P. M. Jesse Goodale—Aquebogue vs. Wild Bill Maurer—Bellport Friday, October 20, 1939 8:00 P. M. Jacket Tuthill—Cutchogue popular in Riverhead — Announcements will make their appearance shortly A meeting will be held at this sport department’s office on Monday night to organize the Mattituck town basketball team — All interested are urged to attend. ^ Greenport Has Mony First' Downs; Incomplete Passes M ar Scoring Chances for Rams Twice The Greenport Rams’ two game winning streak was temporarily halted last Sunday as a very stub born Westhampton eleven resisted attack after attack to hold Green port to a 0-0 score on the latter’s home gridiron. The Rams went overland and overhead to out gain the Saint team 10 first downs to 1, but were stopped cold as they neared the goal territory. Twice they had the ball within the ten yard m a rk er and threw incomplete passes to lose the ball. As a result of last Sunday’s fracas the Suffolk County Town Team Football League is still headed by these two teams with two wins each and no defeats. The tie game does not figure in the final computations. Tie games are replayed only when the teams are tied up for first place at the end of the regular playing season. Greenport, however, remains un beaten and unscored upon, West hampton has had its goal line crossed, but retains a clean loss slate. The entire game was more or less of a kicking duel betwe'en Greenport’s triple threat backfield ace, Hogan, and Westhampton’s equally versatile quarterback, Cyr- ta. Both men often punted their unit out of danger and preserved the 0-0 status of the game. Hogan and Cyrta were the in dividual stars of the afternoon. A 20 yard run back of Hogan’s boot by Cyrta had the crowd on edge. Cyrta picked up the pigskin on the Westhampton 43 yard m arker and toted it to Greenport’s 37. Greenport made consistent gains through Westhampton’s line as Hogan, Wells, Keese and Fiedler picked up ground for first downs. Hogan’s passes to Wells and Keese ate up yardage in the final min utes of the game. Westhampton drew only two first downs. The first came on a penalty after a Ram ruffed the pass and the sec ond was made on a pass from Cyrta to Dunn for 15 yards. Greenport made its gi’ee^test threat just as the whistle blew in the first half of the contest. Three consecutive passes yielded appro ximately 25 yards and had the ball down to the Saints’ 8 yard stripe. However the chimes soun ded and the threat was erased. The biggest scare of the entire game came in the final few sec onds of the tilt as Gi’6enport lost possession of the ball and West hampton lateraled on the first play and the ball was dropped, Cyrta skirted along the ground, picked up the apple and did some fancy broken field running to lug the ball from deep in his own territory to Greenport’s 35, The whistle blew denoting the end of playing time at the end of the sensational bit of field running. Lineup: Greenport Stanilaus Blados Corwin Rowland Sledjeski Preston Pemberton Hogan Wells Keese Fiedler Westhampton LE Rogers LT Lucas LG Hane C Lomas RG Bennett RT Goldin RE Stewart Q A, Cyrta LH Dunn RH C, Cyrta FB Mills
