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     Armed  Guard ·Nine  Nabs  Softball  Title  Finale                                        Swimming  Program  Discussed

                                                                                               By  Staff and Sunke·n Survivors
     Extra  Inning  Contest
                                                                                                On  Friday,  October  6,  Lt.  A :  N.  going  to  sea.  He  owes  it  to  his
     Rings  Down  Curtain                                                                     Higgins,  Physical  Fitness  and  ~ountry,  his fa1-,ily,  and to himself
                                                                                              Training Officer of Treasure Island,  to  learn  all  he  can  that  might  be
    On  Softball  Season                                                                      conducted an open meeting of sur- of  value  to  him  in  saving  his  life
                                                                                              vivors  and  the  staff  of  swimming  in  the  event  of  a  disaster  at  sea.
      A  ~eyed  up  Armed  Guard  nine                                                         instructors  of  the  U.  S.  Naval  While  this  advanced training is  so
    with a  never say die spirit, avenged                                                     Training  and  Distribution  Center.  important  it  goes  without  saying
    an earlier defeat against a scrappy                                                       The purpose of this informal meet- that  the  non-swimmer  needs  ele-
    Industrial  club,  taking  the  third                                                     in~  was  to  gather  first-hand  in- mentary   swimming   instruction
     and final game of the Little World                                                       formation concerning ship sinkings  even  more.  There  is  a  staff  of  ex-
    Series  Softball  Championship  4-3,                                                      and  to  learn  from  the  men  them- perienced  and  seasoned  swimming
     that saw this hotly contested battle                                                     selves  exactly what conditions  ex- instructors on  duty at all  times  at
    go  into  extra innings after Armed                                                       isted at the time they were forced  the  Treasure  Island pool.  Call  Ex-
     Guard  had  come  from  behind  to                                                       _to  abandon  ship  at  sea.  The  men  tension  50  or  see  Chiefs  Sanford,
    score the winning run.                                                                    interviewed presented a  good cross  Oker,  or  Lewis  concerning  the
                                   ZOWI E-Banging  a  single  between  second  base  and  short  is  a  hit-
      The final game was almost a  re- hungry Ar111ed  Guardsman. A.  G.  clinched the series with a 4-3 win.   section of survivors in the Navy t-{)- schedule  of  hours·for  the  several
     take  of  the  initial  contest  which                                                   day.  This  group  received  training  types  of swimming instruction.  Be
    .Armed  Guard  also  won  3-2,  only                                                      at  half  a  dozen  different  training  a  topside swimmer,  Mate!  A  sailor
    after  Industrial  had  threatened  Bag  Punching  Expert, Girls                          stations throughout the country and  on the bottom of the ocean is of no
     twice  with  a  two  run  rally  that                                                    their  abandon  ship  experiences  further  value  to  his  country,  his
    fell  snort of the required goal.  The  Featured  On Gala Boxing  Show                    took  place in several  engagements  Navy  or  himself.  And  if  you  still
    "convoy  cuties"  were  pre-game   Fistic chimes ring again W ednes-  A  hand  balancing  routine  by   in  the  South  Pacific,  the  Atlantic,  doubt that swimming is important,
    favorites because of pitching super- day,  October  18  with  an  invading  Dwight  "Atlas"  Davis  will  follow   and the Mediterranean battle areas.  ask any survivor who had to learn
                                                                                              By  means  of  this  conference  it out there the hard way!
    iority, and their ace did not let them  top notch punch crew from Vallejo  the hot licks of the T. I.  band while
                                                                                              method,  Lt.  A.  N.  Higgins  is  able
    down  pitching  a  beautiful  game  testing  the  wares  of  the  highly  the  San  Francisco  Nitery  will
                                                                                              to  constantly .  keep  the  current
    with able support from Renner who  touted Armed Guard team. Combin- supply  girls  and  more  girls  in  an
     drove  in two  of the  three  runs.   ing  with  this  gala  boxing  affair  eye filling floor show. Don't forget,   swimming program  on  a  practical   BLOOD, SWEAT,  NO TEARS
     Industrial  Nabs  Second  Game   will be an assortment of entertain- October 18,  in the T. I. gymnasium   Navy basis. Ideas and theories that   The  RMS  WAVES  have  done  it
      Armed Guard had ideas of mak- ment,  featuring  a  hand  balancing  at 1900.            are found to be faulty are discarded  again!  This is their story and they
    ing it two  in a  row,  but Industrial  act, bag punching expert, top.flight              and  practical  and  proven  methods  were  stuck  for  it.  On  Friday,  Oc-
    changed them pretty quick pushing  floor  show  and  swaying  rhythm                      are introduced as soon as they can  tober 6,  the following Navy lasses,
    across  a  pair of runs  in  the  open- from  the  T.  I.  band.   Billiards Champ, Andrew   be learned. The best source for this  under the supervision of Ens. Wini-
    ing  innings.  Armed  Guard  tied  up   To  stop  the  onslaught  of  this                information  is  available  only from  fred  Scott,  reported  to  the  Blood
    the  ball  game  with  a  two  run   dangerous  Vallejo  sock  squad,                     the  survivors  themselves,  and that  Bank to generously donate one pint
    splurge  in  the fourth  only to  have                      Ponzi,  Fascinates  Sailors   is where it is obtained.      each of the liquid  gold:  Y2c  E>oro-
                                  Coaches  Weinroth  and  Metkovich
    Industrial  push  a  c r o s s  three   will  throw their best boys into  the   With  Educated  Cue   Chief  Specialists  Sanford,  Oker,  thy  Hensler  and  Jay  Witz,· SK2c
    counters to make it 5-2. A  pep talk   fray in an effort to bring home the                and  Lewis,  who  are  in  charge  of  Helen Chevallier, Slc Jane Burnett
    must  have  resulted  because·  the   bacon.  Headlining the  card will  be   When  Andrew  Ponzi  of  Phila- the  advanced  swimming  instruc- and Katherine Mousettee,  S2c, Lois
    game A. G. nine came right back in   a  rematch,  pitting Archie  "Sledge-  delphia  came  to  T.  I.  on  October  tion  at the_ Treasure Island Train- Murdock  and  Beth  Pedersen.  For
    the last inning to  score  three runs   hammer"  Rasley  against  the  best   10,  11  and  12  with his  bag  of  bi!- ing Center, were able to learn quite  some  it was  the  first  "touch,"  for
    of their own to force the game into                         liard  playing  tricks,  officers  and  a  few  new  angles  about  combat  others  the  third  and  fourth.  In
                                  licks  o{ Eddie Drawn.  Incidentally
    extra innings. Tollin  and Haock  of   the  only  loss  recorded on the Ras-  enlisted men alike saw a fellow who  swimming  which  will  immediately  realizing  the  urgency  and  impor-
    Industrial  ganged  up  on  the  be-  ley  maul wagon was  registered by   learned  to  play  pocket  billiards  be  included  in  the  current  swim- tance of blood donations in the fu-
    wildered  foe  knocking  in  a  set  of                     with  a  broken  arm,  and  who,  al- ming  program.  Ever  since  the  ture  saving  of  lives  of  wounded
                                  this  same  Drawn  who  decisioned
   .  runs in the eight to sew up the ball   him  in  his  first  effort.  Rasley  has   though he was blind for six months  Treasure  Island pool  was  commis- men and wom,en "over there," these
    game  7-5.                    been  priming  for  this  bout  for  a                      sioned, about eighteen months ago,   WAVES  are  to  be  signally  com-
    A.  G.  Gets  Transf-usion    solid  month  and  his  time  isn't ex-                     the  staff  has  been  giving  instruc-  mended  for  their  willingness  and
                                                                                              tions  in  abandon  ship  procedure,   noble spirit to give. We salute you,
      A  desperate  Industrial  club  try- pected  to  be  wasted.
    ing  for  a  knock  out  early  in  the   As a  feature of the  evening,  the             flotation  methods  at  sea,  survival   RMS WAVES!
    game,  rung  up  3-0  lead  in  the  World's  Champion  bag  puncher,                     swimming and water combat meth-
                                                                                              ods.  All  of  this  advanced  instruc-  Two  Texas  recruits  were  as-
    first four  innings  of the  final  con- will  rattle  the  light  bags  as  you
                                                                                              tion can also be generally classified  signed  to  help  build  a  boat.  One
    test  witb  things  looking  pretty  have never seen before.  Sam Slav-
                                                                                              under  the  headings  of  functional  recruit would  drive a  nail  into  the
    gloomy  for  the  Barracks  D  boys.  ich  by  name  is  undefeated  in . 25
                                                                                              swimming or warfare aquatics. The  side,  then throw the next nail over
    Armed  Guard  came  right  back  in  years  time  and  his  assault  on  an
                                                                                              swimming program on Treasure Is- his  shoulder.  When  this  continued
    their  half  of  the  fifth  with  a  two  assortment  of  bags  at one  time  is
                                                                                              land  has  been  highly  commended  for  some  time  the  other  recruit
    run  splurge  and  then  scored  an- expected  to  be  the  evening's high-
                                                                                              by the 12th Naval District Physical  asked,  "What's  the  idea  of  throw-
    other one in the seventh as a  result  light.  Slavich  is  also  introducing
                                                                                              Training · Department  and  is  con- ing all those nails away?"
    of  a  walk  by  Glassup,  Metkovicll  his  latest  invention  for  the  first
                                                                                              sidered to be one of the best in the   "They  have  the  heads  on  the
    sacrificing him to second and Silvas  time,  the  musical  punching  bag.
                                                                                              country today.                wrong  end,"  came  the  answer.
    singling him  across  the  plate with  Old tunes such as "Old Black Joe",
                                                                                                Every- officer  and  enlisted  man   "Oh,  you  crazy fool!"  exclaimed
    the  tying ·run.  With the game now  ."Bells of St. Mary's", and the "Beer
                                                                                              who  is  preparing  for  sea  duty  the other. "Save all those kind!  We
    in extra innings Armed Guard took  Barrel Polka" will  be_ thumped out
                                                                                              should see to it that he avails him- can  use them  on  the  other side  of
    matters into their own hands, with  by this  old  timer in  his  symphony
                                                                                              self of this aquatic training before  the boat."
    Gonzales singling, and Reyes doubl- in leather.  In  perfect  coordination,
    ing  him  home.  Reyes  was  a  little  Sam will punch from three to seven
    over anxious in trying to stretch it  bags at once using his head, hands,
    tagged out to end the stanza.   elbows and knees.                                         Chiefs Get First-Hand Information On Ship Sinkings
                                                                         A ndrew Ponzi  •
                                                                during  his  boyhood,  C!l,ptured
                                                                championship  of  the  :world  in  a
                                                                sport  that requires  very  keen  eye-
                                                                sight.
                                                                  The  interesting story of Andrew
                                                                Ponzi  relates that he lost his· sight
                                                                when a  boy of eight years,  regain-
                                                                ing  it  six  months  later  due  to  a
                                                                surgeon's  skill.  It  was  nine  years
                                                                later,  however,  before he  began  to
                                                                play  pocket  billiards  and  it  was  a
                                                                broken arm that introduced him to
                                                                the game.
                                                                  Andy  rE!calls  that  he  was  a
                                                                messenger boy in Philadelphia and
                                                                one  day  he  stuck his arm out of  a
                                                                street  car  window,  only  to  have  a
                                                                truck  crush  the  arm  against  the
                                                                side  of the  car.  With his  arm  in  a
                                                                cast,  he  whiled away his time  in  a
                                                                church  recreation  room,  where  he
                                                                was  exposed  to  pocket  billiards.
                                                                Soon,  even  though  his  right  arm
                                                                was still in a  cast, Andy could beat
                                                                all  the  other kids  tn th~  neighbor-  PICTURED  HERE  ARE  EIGHT  SURVIVORS,  happy  to  be  able  to  tell  their  in-
                                                                                              dividual experiences  to  these  three  Chief  Petty officers  from  the Physical  Fitness  and
                                                                hood  shooting balls into pockets.   Training  Office,  and hoping  that others  will  profit by their  pointers  to  help  the  train-
                                                                  From  that  unusual  start,  Ponzi   ing program. Left to  right standing:  Marvin G.  Hall,  RMlc,  Rock  Island,  Ill.;  William
                                                                                              B.  Close,  Cox,  Cleveland,  0 . ;  Roland J.  Cotty,  GM2c,  Newark,  N.  J.;  Albert  S.  Prosser,
                                                                went on to win the championship of  RM2c,  Georgetown,  Mass. ;  Harris  J.  Williams,  Cox,  Baton  Rouge,  La.  Seated,  left  to
                                                                                              right:  C.  G.  Sanford,  CSp (A);  Thomas  J .  Thorp,  QM2c,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.;  C. - K.
    BAG  MUSICIAN-56-year-old Sam  Slavich  standing  beside  his  beloved   the  world  in  pocket  billiards  on  Oker,  CSp (A) ;_ Joseph N. Mungo,  Cox,  Worchester,  Mass.;  W.  B.  Lewis,  Jr.,  CSP (A) ;
                                                                                              Kenneth  A.  Austin,  RM3c,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  Inset:  Lt.  A.  N.  Higgins,  Physical Fit-
    bags during the era of 1911,                                three  different  occasions.   ness Office1.    -
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