Date: Thu 13-Jul-1995

Author: TOMW

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Glory Days July 14, 1995

This week in 1990

Competing in his first-ever golf tournament - the 7th Memorial Festa Junior

Golf Tournament at Heritage Village Country Club - nine-year-old Tommy Fallon

was able to bottle up the butterflies and win the 10-Under Division by scoring

25 over the first four holes on the front side to beat out second-place

finisher Steve Brookes, by three strokes. Bob Snyder and David Brookes,

meanwhile, placed first and second respectively in the 15-16 Division by

shooting rounds of 77 and 79.

This week in 1985

Newtown High School centerfielder Dave Constant was honored at the Aqua Turf

Club in Southington after having become the first NHS baseball player to be

named to the Class L All-State team. Constant batted .493 with 32 hits, four

doubles, five triples, three home runs, and 30 RBI and was named most valuable

player of the Western Connecticut Conference in addition to making the New

York Daily News' All-Metro Team.

This week in 1980

Kris Svensson and Dave Constant combined to pitch a two-hit shutout for Time

Out in the Newtown Little League Majors Division semifinals. Time Out defeated

Just Good Games 6-0 in the game before Svensson and Constant teamed up with

Steve Sumple, pitching two innings each, to beat Lexington Gardens 6-2 in the

league final. Jeff James ripped a double and had three RBI for Time Out in the

game, while Frank Schweitzer and John Saputo each had two hits for the losing

side.

This week in 1975

Terry Johanesen pitched seven strong innings, striking out nine, but Newtown's

Senior Division All-Star team lost 6-2 to Monroe in the opening round of the

district tournament. Johanesen and Richie Cavanaugh managed Newtown's only two

hits in the ballgame. Other Newtown All-Stars included Brian Clark, Mark

Hunihan, Tom Paoletti, Rick Chasse, Mike Scanlon, Ray Jarr, Happy Costa, Gary

Andrews, Bill Clark, Steve Kordish, and Rusty Williams. The team was coached

by Frank Kordish and Tom Egan.

This week in 1970

After 54 holes of play at the Newtown Country Club's Men's Club Championship

Tournament, Mike Hoitko, Bob Melvin, and Gary Skalandunas were deadlocked in a

three-way tie atop the championship flight. But on the first hole of sudden

death, Skalandunas dropped a putt for par and became club champion when the

other two fellows bogeyed. Other flight winners at the tournament included Joe

LaCava (first flight), Bert Boyce, Jack Sweeney, Jim Miller, and Bob Tynan.

This week in 1965

It was " Olympic Week " for the recreation program at A Fenn Dickinson

Memorial Park and the campers were divided into eight teams representing eight

countries. Captains of their respective teams were Brian Kelly (Russia),

Robert Dickinson (USA), James Pillsbury (Japan), Cliff Mason (Italy), George

Matern (Australia), Doug Grove (Germany), John Beardsworth (Great Britain),

and Art Degenhart (France).

This week in 1960

Having defeated Ingemar Johansson for the World Heavyweight Boxing

Championship, Floyd Patterson returned to Newtown for a celebratory reception.

As his gray Cadillac pulled into Edmund Town Hall, Patterson was greeted by

hundreds of hand shakers and autograph seekers before entering the gymnasium

where first selectman Alfred Karcheski proclaimed Friday to be Floyd Patterson

Day. Newtown resident Wally Cox, TV's Mister Pepper, then took the stage to

welcome the champ back before he was whisked away to the Italian Community

Center Carnival on Rt 34 and named honorary fire chief by chairman Morris

Beers.

This week in 1955

In the Team Handicap Tournament at Newtown Country Club, Lenny Waychowski and

Lou Iasiello defeated Emmy Farrell and Fred Buermeyer in a thriller, one-up in

18 holes to take the title.

This week in 1950

Mickey McMahon fired a two-hitter as he led the Sandy Hook Athletic Club to an

11-2 win over the Redding Boys Club. Though only 15 years old, McMahon was

attracting attention of major league scouts and had recently returned from the

Polo Grounds where he showed his stuff to the big wigs with the New York

Giants. Later that afternoon, SAC members gathered to watch the Major League

Baseball All-Star game on the Ed Davis Memorial television set which had just

been hooked up by Ray Jandreau.

This week in 1945

As reported in The Bee there were still 30 seats available for the bus trip to

Yankee Stadium to see a game between the Yankees and the Detriot Tigers. Round

trip bus fare and a ticket to the game would be $1.95, while all passengers

over 13 years of age would also have to pay a 20-cent tax at the ballpark.