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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 ·
 )
     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,
      o
                  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
           D
                                   '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.
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