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THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1944 PAGE 3
Sports Dribble Alameda Air Slaps 34-32 Defeat On T. I.
Good morning, Men!!
Another sunny day, another split-
ing hangover.
King football has his last fling
.J of old man pigskin, along with ..SPORTS ..
on January 1 and the. ushering out
grandpa '44, will bring another suc-
cessful gridiron campaign to a
close.
A seMon marred by many up- Fists Fly As Oakland Supply Depot -
sets and transfer headacpes found
the pigskin pasture littered with Clubs Out Win Over T. I. In Smoker ·
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toppled pre-game favorites and in- Doug having things pretty much
jured bodies that will receive no A full scale invasion of the
purple hearts for their day's battle. Treasure Island gymnasium his own way.
A bout full of air-banging be-
Big names like Notre Dame, Navy, by a tussle-minded band of
tween Pat Prine of the lo~al forces
Duke, Georgia Tech and many oth- Oakland Supply Depot socks- and Chuck Robinson from -across
ers who were expected to produce
ters caught the Treasure Is- the bay ended in a photo finish
great teams were knocked off be- land block-busters with their with both boys being on the short
fore they had a chance to show end of the wind and long end .of
_,I their worth, while mammoth serv- "pants down," registering a the count at the fight's end .
ice elevens like Randolph Field, 3urprise win over the Marek
Bainbridge Navy and Army went men in one half of the double Weight-pull Tells . ..
through an undefeated season. bill playing on the December Using his height, reach and
Mythical Championship h,:mors 3 Smoker. weight to a decided advantage, the
went to the unblemished Army crafty Willie · Cox of. OSD had
The colored crew, coached things pretty much under control,
eleven, who amassed a. total of 508 "JUMPING JACK" ALSTON (10) and Lt. Zunic (11) str,etch in earnest
points for its third highest scoring by Chief McBride, seemed to banging out a three-round verdict for elusive pig-hide that was constantly at arm's length fr,om Treasure
club and possibly greatest, in West have the edge in ring craft over Gene Shimmer, 158. Shimmer Island boys. Alame~a Air Base nabbed last minute thriller, 34-32.
Point's history. Led by their great and conditioning but when it tried repeatedly to get under the
long arms . of Cox, but took too both sides with the opposition sink-
backs, Glenn "Scat" Davis and .::ame to gameness, both teams many left hands in scoring his one. Free Throws Tell Story ing a majority of theirs, while the
Felix "Doc" Blanchard, the men in were well above par. Anderson Shines ...
khaki were never pressed for scor- Other half of the twin bill was Treasure Island boys were giving a
ing honors, running amuck when it The following bout between Of Sky Hawk Basketball bad impression of a blind man try-
ca!Jle to touchdowns and adding equally attractable, being top Treasure Island's pride and joy, Win In league Opener ing to pour pennies in an empty
grey hairs to opposing coaches who heavy with the fair sex furnished Henry Anderson, 151, and Oak- hat.
land's Hal Gray ended in a draw Alameda jumped the gun in the
tried to figure out ways to stop the by the Armed Forces Entertain- A rather abusive Alameda Air
_) with both boys very tired at the second half, getting a six-point lead
Army steamroller. :nent Committee. Station cage squad dealt a jolting
conclusion. Seconds Millich and before Treasure Island couldt.
Section champs were crowned Some fancy stepping by the blow to the championship hop-es of
Cano were very instrumental in Treasure Island's previously unde- .scratch. This seemed to take all th~
with undefeated Ohio State nab- 2urvacious Club Lido "darlings"
keeping the boys on their feet with feated basketball team at. Ala- punch out of the Treasure Island
bing top honors in the Big Ten; 3.ll but started a small riot with their valuable massaging and meda by knocking them off their attack, making them easy prey
Tennessee in the South; Southern their arrangement of eye-catching knowledge. unblemished but shaky perch, 34-32, for the sharp-shooting of Alameda.
California on the Pacific Coast; . jance routines. Bashful bluejackets Oakland Supply Scores K.O . . in a f.oul infested contest. Ed Ducich, lanky center and high
Texa.'3 Christian in the Southwest Nere given a chance to dance with Assembly-line punching by Willie Taking the floor as slight under- point man with 15 digets for Treas-
.J and Yale in the Ivy League. the five.lovelies and from the twist Clemmons, 187-pound boy fr.om the dogs, but with winning intentions, ure Island, sank two successive field
All-America. . . )f their brows, it was evident that Supply Depot, figuratively shrunk the Alameda Station ho.opsters goals, and Alston quickly followed
Every sports enthusiast has his :hey were in favor with the stunt. mammoth Al Horton of Treasure started slowly, gained momentum with another one. Nagle of the Air
version .of an All-American ball 3ob Chang, Kubla Khan nitery im- Island to a dwarf size, clubbing as the game progressed and added Base evened things up with a long
club and the Masthead Staff is not ,ortati.on, was very entertaining .him in the midriff and head at will the finishing touches with some center court shot and then went,
without their own, so hold your with his no_vel acrobatic stick and to garner a two-round K.O. fancy shooting to win by a narrow ahead with his two gift thro;w~·- !
hats and punches until we submit ,late number, while the light opera Wilson Win Streak Halted ... two-point margin. With things standing at 31-30,
our choice. ,elections rendered by Kay Tumay, Never looking better in defeat Treasure Island, finding it hard the bay city boys added another
A line bulging with beef, boasts "Cherri-Cherri Ber" and others was cement-jawed Jackie Wilson, to field a regular first string, has free throw, leaving things at a
an average of 212 pounds, while Nere terrific. Music and entertain- who lost his first bout in four starts had key men missing in every stand still while Rokosh, Haines
a jack-rabbit backfield with speed nent were responsible to the ef- to a sharp-punching Doug Sheri- game, and its merry chase with and Zunic were banished from the
to spare can spring a 175 pound :orts of the fine Treasure Island dan, 168, of Oakland Supply. old man fate has finally told its game on personal fouls. Here Du-
quartet in the open. Ohio State and 3and and that jack-of-all-trades, Strictly a give and take affair with ending chapter. With the absence cich added a set up under the bas-
Army hog honors with three men Bob Rose, Sp(A)lc. both boys banging away toe to toe, of Ducich being the first to haunt ket, tying the game up only to have
Zunic with worries, and then ,the Bayer sink another one from the
apiece, while the rest of the field Fistic action was fast and furious the bout could easily have been
has to be satisfied with .one each. 'n the opening bout of the boxing called a draw and still hurt no- disappearance of reliable Crum to foul line, making it 34-32, where
..,I Name School Pos. Wt. !ard with Jose Perez nabbing a body's feelings. Both boys were further them, the playing coach is it stayed as the gun ended the
game.
1plit-hair decision over the efforts hurt numerous times but neither just about at the end of the string
Phil Tinsley, Ga. Tech.· E 191 )f Nebraska's Jim Pappas. Both would give_ ground. for players. The latter's play was Treasure Island had a total of
Don Whitmire, Navy· · · · · T' 220 :ipped the beams at 132. S fi · d · b D sadly missed in the last contest and 33 fouls called against them and
Bill Hackett, Ohio State . . G 205 ome ne JU gmg Y ave Stev- taking no play away from the fine only 20 for them, leaving them high
. C ::Clwood Rings up T.K.O. enson and Isaac Epstein were in
J hn T avener, n 220 Some buzz-saw punching by complete accordance with decisions bunch from Alameda, it can be said and dry on the free throw scoring,
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I d1ana . . .
Joe Stanowicz, Army .... G 215 Doug Elwood, 132, all but bored rendered by referee Frankie Car- that it was a minor factor in the while Alameda took advantage of
John Ferraro, So. Calif ... T 225 Thursday night defeat. the situation, making 16 points on
Jack Dugger, Ohio State.E 210 Nilling Chuck Webb out of the ter. The familiar figure pf popular Treasure Island started out like free throws alone.
..,I th sta 170 :ing. A self-styled man of per- Jimmy Collier handled bell ringing A capacity crowd saw the home
Les Horva • Ohio te .. B )etual motion, the stocky Elwood duties. the team of old, ringing up suc-
Claude Young, Illinois ... . B 156 cessive shots by Ducich and Alston, team come through with the nar-
Felix Blanchard, Army . . B 200 ·1ad Webb down for nine counts in Alameda countered with some rowly constructed court proving
. A B 3very round. A fury of rights and Scuttlebutt Sam says: "The
GI enn avis, rmy . .... 175 snappy dribbles by Lt. Bayer and the undoing of the Treasure Island
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'efts ended' the joust via the T.K.O. shortest distance between two
the needle-eye shooting of Nagle. hoopsters.
Second Team ... :oute in the third stanza, with dates is a good line." The return engagement· is ex-
Ends-Paul Walker, Yale and Here the fancy ball handling of
the Alameda hotshots put them out pected to find the Treasure Island
George Poo-le, Army· . in fr.ont, and then a series of free men at full strength, and a Win is
Tackles- Bill Willis, Ohio State
.,I throws widened the margin for the anticipated only after a hard game .
and Milan Lazetich, Michigan.
Guards-Ben Chase, Navy and Air B,ase.
Treasure Island came right back
Bill Hatchen, California. · "When I looked out the window
Center- Rober Harding, Califor- with a &eries of half-court shots on ~ohnny, I was glad to see you play~
the part of Haines and then went
i:iia. mg marbles with the boy next
ahead with a free throw by Roko1,h. door."
Backs-Bob Kelly, Notre Dame;
Jim Hardy, So. California; Bob Jen- Things see-sawed back and forth "We weren't playing marbles,
kins, ·Navy; •and Boris Dimancheff, for the remainder of the first half, Ma. We just had a fight and I was
..,I Purdue. with both teams. scoring a total of helping him pick up his teeth."
19 points. Fouls were prevalent on
Pot Shots ...
Arrangements have been made
for the releas-e of a play-by-play NAVY
motion pictur~.,_of the entire Army- BOX.ING
Navy football game held at Balti-
CHAMPIONSHIP
more, Maryland, December 2, to
members of the Armed· Fo-rces
throughout the world, according to *
a joint statement by the War and 12th Naval District
Navy Departments . . _. 0.T.S. is Tournament Fin,als
definitely the team to watch in the
"B" division of the 12th Nav,al Dis- \ *
trict Basketball League. Veteran ACTION - FLOOR SHOW
men roam the hardwood for Opera-·
tional Training and a big season is *
being looked for. . . Continuing an 14-FIGHTS-14
unhampered winning streak are the
Treasure Island Docs basketball FRIDAY
crew from the Hospital. Not to be Decemoer 22, 1900
outdone, the Doc-Eettes are. raising TOP LEFT-Bob Chiang, Chinese "Houdini," with Oakland's Hal Gray, the counter-punching Henry
havoc in the Volleyball league, hav- 'llates, demonstrates how not to handle the china- Anderson retaliates with a looping right hand . .. *
ware while washing ... Gene Shimmer catches a Grab a partner! Like something out of a harem, the
ing recently defeated Naval Sup-, nasty left on the snoot, -delivered by the unseen ha.nd five beautiful Lido Club girls dazzled onlookers with Gym No. 1 - FREE
ply Depot, 40-35. of Willie Cox. Top right: Ducking a right thl"own by colorful costumes and figures to match.