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       .. SPORTS .. Jammed Gym Site of Corking Smoker






                                       More  drama  than  a  dime  novel
       Sports  Dribble               featured  this  classic  between  the
                                     titans  of  Europe,  involving  lads
       Di  M'aggio  Home ...         fro,m  the ranks and the front  lines
         Taking it easy at a  recent Treas- who,  tomorrow,  may  be  casualties
       ure  Island  boxing  smoker,  Joe  Di  in battle.  But for all  its solemnity,
       Maggio,  former slugging outfielder  the occasion had its lighter side.
       for the New York Yankees, is home   The weather  ?  ?  ?  That will have
       after a six-months stay in Honolulu.  to remain a  military secret.
       Twenty  pounds  lighter  as  a  result  Navy Hopes  Bolstered . • •
       oi  ulcer  trouble,  Joe  is  a  bit  re-  Navy's  high flying  football  jug-
                   luctant  on  his  fu- gernaut, who engages the unbeaten
                   ture  doings,  leaving  Army  eleven,  today,  will  get  a
                   everything up  to  his  shot in the arm for  the  1945  grid-
                  present  boss,  Uncle  iron  season.  Transfers  concerning
                   Sam.              eligible football stars for  the com-
                    Engaging  in  35  ing  season  are  in  order,  and  their
                   games  while  sta- addition  to  the  roster  is  expected
                   tioned on the islands,  to  load  the  Navy  victory  wagon.
                   Di Maggio hit the pill  Tony  Minisi,  Penn's  great  south-
       at a  .410  pace,  breaking their long  paw  passer;  "Hunchy"  Hoern-
       distance  clout  record  in  his  initial  schmeyer, Indiana's triple threater;
       trip. to  the plate.        .  ·'Shorty"  McWilliams,  Mississippi's
        Joe feels that a  team made up of  tailback sensation and "Bullet" Bob
       service. men from the Honolulu sec- Kelly,  Notre  Dame's  All-American
       tor, which is loaded with former big  candidate,  are  exp,ected  to  enter
       league stars,  could  have  given the  Annapolis  at  the  season's  end  for
       Cards a  run fo·r  their money.   further  training.
       1948 Olympics  Planned ..•    Front Line Chatter • • •
        J. Sigfrid Edstrom of Stockholm,   One-armed  Pete  Gray,  Memphis
       acting  president  of  the  Interna- outfielder and most valuable player
       tional  Olympic  Committee,  stated  in  the  Southern  Association,  will   Marinship Succumbs To
       that  tentative  plans  for  the  1948  play for  the St. Louis Browns next
       games were being made.        year.  Just before the season ended,   Navy Bombardment In
        No country at war may be host to  Pete  was  visited  by  a  one-armed,
       the games  and  Edstrom,  who  is  in  nine-year-old Los Angeles boy,  and   Quick  K. 0. Fashion
       the United States to attend the In- Gray, who is very obliging, belted a
       ternational  Business  Men's  Con- triple,  a  double  and  three  singles   Doors gave way to an ava-
       gress, listed Lausanne, Switzerland,  for the kid.  . . Top service team of
                                                                   lanche  of  7,000  fight-hungry
       and  Stockholm  as  probable  sites,  the  Eastern  U.  S.  is  the  North
                                                                   fans who shoved and squeezed
       with  cities  in  Spain,  Portugal  and  Carolina Pre-Flight eleven.  Victors
       Finland  as possibilities.    over  Navy,  Duke  and  the  Cherry  their  way  into  the  sardine-
       Army Wallops  Navy. , .       Point  Marines,  the  "Cloudbusters"  packed Treasure Island gym-
        Don't  get  the wrong  idea  fellas,  are  led  by  "Automatic"  Otto  Gra-  nasium,  Wednesday,  Novem-
       it is not the hot classic being staged  ham,  brilliant  Northwestern  back
                                                                   ber  22,  to  witness  a  fist-a.-
       at Baltimore,  but a  revised edition,  and Stan Koslowski, Holy Cross . ..
       held  in  London.             Marine  Cpl.  Robert  Zbikowski,   se con d  combined_ boxing-
         Sixty  thousand  football-starved  former  San  Francisco  State  Col-  variety extravaganza.
       Yanks were  "back home" for three  lege  football  player,  is  his  motor   Highlighted with the round
       hours today when they saw a  U. S.  transport  mates'  nominee  for  the  ring donation to the Training
       Army team, loaded with former col- biggest  Marine  overseas.  Robert
                                                                   and  Distribution  Center  by
       lege  stars,  sink  a  scrappy  Navy  stands  6  feet  5  inches  and weighs
                                                                   Bill Kline and Charles Hunter
       eleven,  20-0,  to  win  the  European  a  small 230 pounds. Just a pee wee,
       championship.                 fellas.                       and  the  championship  hand-
                                                                   ball  awards  for  the  Twelfth
                                                                   Naval District, were gracious-
       T.  I.  Opens  Hardwood  Season  With
                                                                   ly received by Commodore
       Win  Over United  Engineers, 43-29                          R. W. Cary, Commander, U. S.
                                                                   Naval Training and Distribu-
       Dusick  Paces  Island           Just  when  the  visitors'  engine   tion  Center,  and  Lt.  Nash
                                     started  warming  up,  the  flashy
       Quint With 17 Tallies         Navy  quint  drowned  it  in  a  flood-  Higgins,  Treasure Island .ath-
                                     like  scoring  spree. · Crum,  Haines,  letic officer.
       In  Heated Cage Contest       Dusick  and  Rokosh  successively   A sex-sational all-girl revue from
         Striking  with  the  ferocity  of  a  chalked the  board with field  goals,  the  "Music  Box"  in San Francisco
                                     the latter registered 'two baskets to  rang the bell on the entertainment,
       bullfighter's  man-hating  opponent,
                                     his  credit.  Then  the  United  Engi- giving  a  sparkling  routine _in  tap
       the  Spartan-like  Tr~ure  Island
                                     neers  called  for  time  out  to  unite  and  soft  shoe  dances.  Vivacious
       hardwood  combination,  led  by
                                     themselves  for  the  alre~dy  heated  Irene  Cromwell,  who  gives  a  dis- Top  left-Lovely  Irene  Cromwell,  doing  the  "splits"  in  a  fantasy  of
       playing - coach  Lt.   (jg)  Zunic,  battle against their cagey foe.   tinct  picture  of  South  Sea  Island  swirling  ballets ... Landing  a  paralyzing  right  to  the  solar  plexis  of
                                                                                                 hapless  Kid  Dorsey,  Marinship,  is  the  new  Treasure  Island  slug  sensa-
       drubbed a  high-spirited United En-  When  the  play  resumed,  the  Is-  beauty,  was  very  eye-filling  in  an   tion,  Don  MacNeal ... Top  right-A  give-and-take  affair  is  plainly  ex-
       gineers five  by a  score of 43-29  be- land basketeers lost no time staging   exotic  sarong  number.  Shades  of   hibited  here  by  a  couple ,of "sock 'em  and  rock 'em" artists-Con  New-
       fore  a  cheering  audience  of  blue-  mother  rally.  Haines  received  a   Kate  Smith  irt'  the  petite  form  of  port, Armed Guard, and Ted  Lewis,  D.  D.  Pool ... Figuratively speaking,
                                     position  pass  from  Rokosh,  who   Pat  Evans  were  put  to  good  use  the  five  beautiful  Music  Box  Girls  would  make  a  pretty  setting  to  any
       jackets and visiting spectators last                        with  her  renditions  of  "St.  Louis   picture .•• Going  in  circ.les  are  George  Neubeck  and  Tony  Ferrari,
                                     ?~Shed  the  global leather from  his                       gettin_g their first dizzy spell  in the round  ring.
       Friday night,  November 24,  in  the.                       Blues,"  and  "Oh  Johnny."  The
                                     :hest  in  a  bullet-like  fashion  to
       yet - to- be-commissioned  Treasure  1oor  general  Lt.  (jg)  Zunic,  who   Roller  Skating  R~wters,  twirled   the  D.  D.  Pool,  making his  second  guests, Eddie Davis and Kid Dorsey
                                                                   and ·whirled the audience silly, liter-
       Island Gymnasium  No.  2.     nade  a  fast  break through his  op-                       appearance,  ran  into  some  stiff  of Marinship.  Scoring knockouts in
         Sparked  by  the  all-around  play  ?Onents'  well-guarded  defense  and   ally as well as physically, with their   resistance  in  the  form  of  Armed  the  early stages  of the  bouts,  Wil-
                                                                   colorful panorama on skates.  Chief
       of  Dusick,  who  led  his  teammates   ,ank  a  spectacular  one-handed   Inspector  Phaan  and  'his  knowl-  Guardsmen Con Newport. Furnish- son showed a  devastating right paw
       with eight field  goals  and  one  gift   ;msh shot.                                      ing one of the evening's best bouts,  while MacNeal was impressive as a
                                                                   edge-bent  Fox  Terrier,  Peggy,
       shot, the Treasure Island hardwood   Again,  the  Engineers  staged  a   rang finale with their bag of-tricks.   these two titans of the canvas, went  punishing  body puncher.
       aces cogged the gigantic wheels of  rally  with  Connolly  and  Sobrero,   The  Chicago fire  had nothing  on   at it hammer and tong for the dura-
       the  powerful  Engineers'  cage  ma- :ormer Santa Clara court ace,  hit-  the  opening  bout  staged  between   tion,  ending the three stanzas  in a
       chinery,  stopping them in  cold  de- :ing the basket for points; but their
                                                                   Johnny  Payne,  137,  and  Speed  El- draw.                 Treasure  Island  Casaba
       feat,  as the 1944  basketball season  :ally was short-lived when Treasure   liott,  144.  Throwing caution to  the  Sworek,  Millich  Delight
       made its initial appearance here.   [sland virtually put the game on ice   wind,  these  two  men  of  perpetual   Funsters Joe  Sworek, Tony  Gal- Men  Trample  Matson
       Treasure  Island  Strikes  First   ln  the  closing  seconds  of  the  first   motion,  climaxed  a  rip-snorting  ento of Treasure Island, and Young
         When  the  referee  signalled  the  half by piling up a  22-12  lead.   bout  by  going  three  rounds  to  a  Millich,  heavyweight  menace,  pro- ._Navigation,  68-13
       game to get underway,  the echo of
                                     Heated  Second  Half          draw.                         vided  the  show's  fun  with  their
       his whistle had hardly faded before   An  Engineers  team,  whose  bas-                   clown antics, in and out of the ring.   Pouring  a  steady  stream  of  set-
       Treasure  Island  grabbed -the  lead   ketball machinery appeared to have   Armed  Guard  Cuties   It can be said that Referee Frankie  up  shbts  through  the  hoop,  the
       by cashing in a  free throw as a  re-                         A  wild and wooly .fracas between                         1944  edition of the Treasure Island
                                     been  completely  overhauled,  came  Armed Guardsmen Charlie Ash and  Carter was  as much a  recipient of
       sult of  a  foul  charged against  So-  back  in  the. second  half  and  gave            punishment as the contestants.   basketball  squad opened  the melon
       brero.  Rokosh  'increased  the  lead   the hustling bluejackets a real fight,   Texas Walt Hood, ended in victory      season  with  a  crushing  68-11  vic-
       by  sinking  the  first  field  goal , of   holding  them  to  a  margin  of  four   for  Ash,  after  a  bruising  hit-and- Neubeck  Impresses   tory  over  a  submerged  Matson
       the game.  rt was at this point that   points  during  the  second  half.  .   miss affair. Botl!. boys showed signs   George  Neubeck,  Southw,est   Navigation.
       the  Engineers  got  into  the  cage   Connolly  paced  the  scrappy  En-  of  fatigue  after  the . bout.   Pacific  importation,  and  California   Led  by  their  playing-coach  Lt.
       scrabble.  Stultz  sank  a  free  score                     Scott  Fails  to  Last        Tony Ferrari were very impressive   (jg)  Matt  Zunic,  who  paced  the
                                     gineers  with  two  tallies  and  six
       for the Engineers, narrowing·Treas-                           Sleek  Hank  Mutoza  started  out   in their three round draw. Neubeck   winners  with 22  points,  the  Treas-
                                     free  throws during the game wlilile
                                                                                          ·
                                                                                             h '
       ure  Island's  lead  to  two  points.                       ear Y   W  It  S  tt  fl  oormg  1m   seemed  satisfied  to  duck  and   ure  Island  hoopsters  were  in  com-
                                                                      I  on  •  a
                                                                                 co  ,
                                     Dusick led  the Island squad with a
       Then  Connolly,  Denver's  former                           three times with devastating blows  counterpunch while  Ferrari chased  plete command throughout the four
       AU - American  guard,  found  his   total  of 17  points,  followed  by Ro-  to  the  breadbasket  and  then  him  on  occasions,  fanning  the  sessions.
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       range  and  dropped  the  global  pig-  kosh, who scored ten points.   finishm .  g  him  off  wi'th  a  n"ght  to  breeze  with  some  wild  blows.   D  f   1   th  e  par  o  f
                                                                                                                                  e  ensive  pay  on
       skin  through  the  hoop  for  a  tally   The  referees  for  the  game  were   the chin.  Both boys weighed 188.   Navy  Sinks  Marinship   Haines,  guard, and Crum, forward,
       which brought the scores to a  dead- Bill Fassler  (Treasure Island), and  D.  D.  Pool  Debut   Jackie Wilson and Ted MacNeal  were  commendable  for  the  local
       lock.                         Al Kyte  (University of California).   Ted Lewis,  204,  pride and joy of  were a  couple of rude hosts to their  boys.
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