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T. I. Boxers Win SWIMMING BUILDS PHYSIQUE * Teams· Deadlocked
Over Tiburon * * * * * For League Lead

T. I. gymnasium boxers scored a In the Major Leagues, it seems
victory over the Tiburon Naval Net that the St. Louis Browns, New
Depot boxers at Tiburon September York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and
6, 1944. Five of our boxers with chief
the Detroit Tigers are battling for
boxing instructor Max Marek were the pennant. Predictions of who
royally treated by their Welfare will be the winner will probably
Department, Lt. Harder and assist-
have to wait until the last game
ant, Chief Maurice Brick. Tony
of the season. The same thing is
Large, 126, from Treasure Island
happening in our own backyard in
Armed Guard, won his bout via the the softball league to find out the
TKO r~mte over the hardy Joe
winner of the second half who will
Hovanec. oppose the Industrial softball team
Supplying one of the six bouts, in the play-cffs. At the end of this
Marek matched two of his men, week of competition, we found that
Charlie Cothern, Armed Guard, and the league standings have not
Oscar Davis, with Cothern winning
changed and that ,the boys are still
a hard and pleasing fight. Martin in there battling away.
Smith of Treasure Island looked
sharper than ever in his comeback Post Office Eliminates Gym
to the ring, but lost a close one to In one of the biggest upsets of
the clever rangy Ashberry Robin- the week, the regarded weak Post
son. Office team beat the Gymnasium
The wind-1:1p bout pitted T. I. 6-3. This loss practically eliminated
Arm e d Guard's hard-punching the Gym from_ any intentions of
Archie Rasley vs Matt Murray. winning the second half champio.n-
Rasley's bout was a slug-fest with ship. 'The Gym had a bad week in
Rasley belting Tiburon's heavy- ?-ropping three games. The unpre-
dicted defeat at the hands of the
weight out of the ring. Tiburon's
Murray could not continue after Post Office was one and the ever-
this heavy spill, and Rasley won surging Armed Guard and the D.D.
with a TKO in the third heat. Pool.
A comedy skit with a lecture Armed Guard Still Winning
and demonstration on "how to take The Armed Guard team came out
care of the baby" was delivered by with a surge of hits and runs from
Chief Max Marek. Cigars, cigarettes, their bats last Monday against the
candy, and ice cream were f.reely Post Office to run up a total of
dispensed at the smoker. The thirty-two runs. This total of runs
climax was a steak feed for the is the largest score in the league
boxers. Tiburon is anxious to bring and it was heaped against the team
over their fighters for an inter- that previously held that honor by
station match at the Treasure Is- running up a grand total of
land gymnasium. Watch for this! twenty-one runs against the Re-
ceiving Ship. The final score was
22-2 in favor of Armed Guard.
A bitter game was played
against the arch rivals, the Gym-
nasium. It looked as if the Gym
TREASURE ISLAND SWIMMING INSTRUCTORS ... Years Reading from left to right: Bud Hulburt, Sp (AJ le, B!ll Lewis, was to pull an upset over the
Jackie Burke, 165 pounds of of competitive swimming, experi<mce in the teaching of swim- CSp(A) , Don Morris, Slc, Jim Bell, ·Sp(A)3c, Bob Cowing,
ming, and Navy warfare aquatic training are represented Sp(A)lc, C. K. Oker, CSp(A) , Bill Egan, CSp(A), Bob Ray, Armed Guard in the first three
dynamite who hails from Pitts- here I Some ex-champions who can st!ll give the fastest a good Sp (A) 2c, Ben Benderly, Flc, Cliff Sanford, CSp (A) . It is easy innings of the ball game. The Gym
race are included among your Treasure Island· instructors. to learn with these instructions ..
burgh, Pennsylvania, is training jumped off to a 4 to 2 lead in the
diligently daily at T. I. Gymnasium. second inning after the Armed
At present, Jackie is assisting Max LET'S GO SWIMMING AT THE T. I. POOL TODAY Guard started off the ball game
Marek in teaching and conditioning with two runs. I,n the fourth inning
By Robert H. Cowing, Sp(A)1c
men in the art of self defense. with two away Metkovich of
Jackie fought ove·r 100 amateur You bet we have swimming at Treasure Island! Whether demonstration and instruction he A·rmed Guard came up a n d
classes by twenties or classes by hundreds of men, it is gets here he is actually able to do slammed a home run to tie up the
what he thought it took an expert ball game. After retiring the Gym
swimming-and fun-but with it is the sharp command of
to do. in the fifth, the Armed Guard came
necessity: Navy necessity learned through hard experience. He sees the instructor show him to bat and drove in five runs to
A man fighting ·over water in this war must know how to the hard way and the easy way to cinch the game with Rees' homer
survive .jf he is thrown into the water. Drowned sailors win stay afloat and keep together in a climaxing the inning. The final
score was 14 to 6 in favor of
no battles. group with his shipmates for safety. Armed Guard.
From early morning until late in the evening the swim- He learns how to get into a life The D.D. Pool took into tow the
raft without tipping it over and
ming pool is busy with survival classes, recreational swim- how to help his shipmates get Gymnasium shutting them out 4 to
ming, and individual instruction, Island has lectures and demon- aboard. He sees the instructor tow 0. In the latter part of the week
and the above men are on the job. strations by the instructors on a man through the water as easily Post Office was beaten 10 to 2 and
Your Treasure Island swimming many water hazards and then will as a bluejacket can wriggle through this concluded the week of com-
staff and the water program they put into action himself what he has a chow line and then he does it petition. In the coming week of
carry out is considered outstanding, heard and has seen. The several himself- to his own astonishment, play, some of the teams will be
not only by the Navy but also by values and uses of a Kapok life- for he had always left that to the dropped along the wayside because
the competition is going to be
high Army authority and civilian jacket. "It may turn out to be your experts.
"The Winner"-Jackie Burl<e groups ,engaged in training thou- best friend. Tall'e care of it!" How The bluejacket at Treasure Is- keener and the league leaders will
be battling among themselves.
sands to swim. to climb cargo nets, Jacob's lad- land learns with surprise that in-
fights on the East Coast, starting Priogram F,oll-owed ders, life lines and so forth while flating trousers with air while ANTS had a very easy week by
as a flyweight and boxirig in all A glance at the program the wearing jackets. "Hang on with swimming in the water is not im- winning from the Receiving Ship
classes up to the middleweight Physical Fitness Department _has your hands. Let the bigger muscles possible at all-he simply does as 13 to 2 and beating Radio Materiel
ranks. His record as an amateur, worked out will give you an idea of your legs do the lifting and the his instructor tells him and shows School by the score of 9 to 3.
Frontier Base had an easy week ·
wherein he acquired the Diamond of what is being accomplished. The lowering." When to jump and not him. He learns that a shirt or a hat
by beating Receiving Station 9 to 3
Belt, the Junior A.M.A. champion- first thing a man learns when he to jump. When to wear your life- or a bucket or a pillow case or a
and then shutting out the T. I.
ship in Pennsylvania and a'.lso the is sent to the Treasure Island jacket and when it is dangerous box or an empty five gallon can or
Golden Glove Lightweight Cham- swimming pool with his squad, his to wear your lifejacket. How to a lot of other odds and ends float- Docs 9 to 0. This eliminiated the
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won 91 bouts and lost 16. no t h e can swim a eas t 50 yar s. danger threatens. How to get away can an w1 ·i1 h ld h. 1m up in the winning the second half.
Burke invaded the professional (If he can't, he is reported as a from the danger under water and water. He learns how to fight off The Industrial Team had an idle
ranks and has raised havoc among non-swimmer and comes back to get back into your lifejacket in sea animals, fish, or even human week and will resume play this
the middleweights. He has won 21 special non-swimmer classes at a deep water surely and safely. enemies in the water. week. It seems like the tea.ms are
bouts, lost one on a close decision, scheduled time when only non- See lt-D.o It lmpr,ove-d Str,okes heading for the home stretch and
will have their bats loaded with
fought a draw with Paulie Peters swimmers may swim in the pool.) The bluejacket is taught to swim To his astonishment the blue-
hits. Predicting a winner is still
and has four K.O.'s to his credit. In that same day, swimmer or not, under water, so that he cannot be jacket at Treasure Island learns
uncertain, so good luck to all of
Keep punching, Jackie. he can jump safely from a stricken trapped under water without know- that his home-made leg kick is
them.
ship and stay afloat for he is given ing how to swim out of it; or how good enough to start with but by a
the essential points of safety and to swim under burning oil or gaso- little change in style he can swim
Disgruntled sailor: "What's the instruction in how to tie on a life- line; or to submerge quickly and three times as far with less effort.
matter with this mess hall chicken? jacket and how to jump from low without making himself a target He learns that the windmill- Correction
It's nothing but skin and bones." or great heights safely. for strafing planes. Good swimmer mosquito-fighting arm swing he Charles Cothern, GM3c .won the ·
Mess-cook: "What do you want, In succeeding classes at different or novice, he is taught these things employs actually wears him out in- decision over Bill Harris~J;· Slc in
feathers?" times the bluejacket at Treasure and finds that under the capable (Continued on page 4) the last gym show, August 30.