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CLARK UPSETS McGUIRE IN HANDBALL FINALS HOSPITAL BOWLING TOURNEY ENDS

oyfon-Clark Top Team of f ·• ··

Lt(ig) Magill-McGuire ,
In Doubles Finale ·

"Gpset after upset paved the way
w as thrilling a final round match
as has been seen here in many a
· ue moon as Kenny Clark, hardly
gi,en an outsider's chance, romped
home the winner in bouncing the
heavily favorite Bob McGuire,
21-11, 21-18, in the finals of the
Treasure Island Handball cham-
pionsJ:\.ip, held Wednesday in Gym
_ · o. L
A capacity crowd that filled
e"·ery available corner was on hand
to witness the redhot Clark scorch
drive after drive against the abused
bulkheads in vanquishing last CHAMPIONS WERE CROWNED last Monday night at the concluding
session of the 1945 mixed doubles bowlirig tournament. The scenes above
year's champ McGuire in straight FINALISTS TO represent T. I. in 12th Naval Disirict Handball Play- were taken at the No. 2 bowling alleys.
sets. Picture. at left are Lt. (jg) Magill and Robert McGuire, Sp(P)2c, re-
ceiving the handsomely engraved runners-up plaques from Lt. Nash pins for the silver medals pre-
Both lads showed the strains of
the nine-day swat fest that term- W. Moylan, right, are "dark-horse" doubles champs who proved a little· Beniamin, Shaffrey sented to winners in this division.
Higgins, Physical Fitness Officer. Kenny Clark, S1c, and shy CSP(A)
inated when the 32 eager entrants too tough for Magill and McGuire. Lt. Wheeler and Lt. (jg) Gettle
had dwindled down to the duo that Cop Bowling Honors finished in second position with a
took the floor for the final round. tens and four hard bulkheads. was Lt. Nash Higgins, Physical The 1945 Treasure Island Hos- pin total of 679. The team of Lt.
Finalists are assured spots in the On hand to dish out the beauti- Fitness Officer. pital mixed doubles medal bowling (jg) Brechtheisen and Lt. (jg)
12th Naval District play-offs. Michela rolled a score of 638 for
fully engraved plaques and medals Flawless handling of the tourna- tournament came to a conclusion
Earlier, the "dark-horse" com- to the semi-finalists and finalists ment by Sp(A)2c W. l;,ieger and last Monday night, rolled on the third place in this division.
bination of Clark and Moylan Sp(A)lc R. Easter made it enjoy- Island No. 2 alleys, with champions Benjamin, on the winning Class
pasted a 21-9, 21-7 shiner on the - able to all hands. determined in Class A and Class B A Mixed Doubles Team, also proved
earnest efforts of Lt. (jg) Magill divisions. the outstanding bowler in the previ-
and McGuire to nab honors in the The team of Benjamin and Ens. ously conducted Singles Tourna-
Doubles event. Armed Guard Smacks Shaffrey won the Class A title with ment with a three game series 565
score, and topped this in the Mixed
Moylan was impressive with his 2 0-6, Loss on S. F. State a total of 990 pins in the contest Doubles contest with a 568 score.
uncanny retrieves while Clark was three game series. Merle and Skid-
The coming of spring brought
strictly on the offensive with his out more than just flowers as the more finished in runners-up posi-
booming placements. This was the Armed Guard dandy-lions came tion with a 917 score. Tell and
second time Clark was recipient of into full bloom with a 20-6 merci- Morelock rolled a total 884 score Receiving Ship Is T. I.
the silverware while McGuire had for third, with Johnston and Knight
, less pounding over the San Fran- -a close fourth with 860 pins. "B'i Basketball Champ;
to be satisfied with second place 'cisco State baseball club, at Golden
honors in both events. In Class B, Lt. Keist and Lt.
Gate Park. Notch 21 Straight Wins
How Clark got in such good KENNY CLARK receives singles The gunners displayed terrific (jg) Charles rolled a total of 817
shape after three grueling months winner plaque from Lt. Nash Hig- hitting prowess in smashing 21 hits Crowned T. I.'s "B" basketball
of basketball is still the question gins while last year's winner and off the best offerings of Roelling, champs, Receiving Ship's well-oiled
SOFTBALL
minus the answer. CSP(A) Moy- this year's runner-up, Bob Mc- State's pitcher. cage machine hung up its basket-
lan, who spends most of his time in Guire looks on. Both lads emerged Mooney, Lewis and Schneider ball togs for the season after . a
the water in Gym No. 1, had to set unmoles·ted from early tournament spearheaded the assault for the successful campaign in which it
aside his aquatic trunks tempo- play with Clark coming out on long . Armed Guard with 10 hits among League Standings annexed titles in two leagues.
rarily for a pair of leathered mit- end •Of a 21-11, 21-18 count. them. Play in the second round of the Treasure Island's "B" league was
the first to feel the wrath of the
Pre-Commissioning softball Dun-
garee League continued fast and rampaging shipmen as they waded
Kiefer Places On Rings· Treasure Island Boots 11-5 furious as individual ball clubs through first half competition, de-
showed a marked improvement in cisioning the RMS cagers for the
In Coast A.A.U. Meet Baseball Game To Seals In Mud fielding and hitting power. title. It was a different story in the
. second session, sweeping aside
Held At Olympic Club An excessive fall of rain that left the athletic field in a Standings up to second round·: everything in their path in com-
soggy but still usable mire, found Bartell's Treasure Island Team- Won Lost Tied Pct. piling 21 victories and climaxing
Some fancy manipulating of the Yo-Ho . . . .. . . 2 0 0 1000 the melon season with its final win
body by Fred Kiefer on the rings belters taking it on the chin from the San Francisco Seals in D.D-A . . ... . . 1 0 1 1000 over the T. I. "Doc's."
enabled him to grab second place an inartistic, error-committing ball game, 11-5. USS-L .... .. . 1 1 0 500 ' Although losing one game ' in the·
in the Pacific Coast A.A.U. Gym- The Friday episode, previously USS-G . : .. ... 1 1 0 500 San Francisco Recreational "B"·
nastic tournament held at the Officers' canceled because of high waters the USS-O . ... . .. . 1 1 0 500 league, they combined s e v e'ri
Olympic club, Friday. day before, felt the rays of an early ,USS-a'· . .' . · .. .. O 1 000 , straight wins in nabbing the muni-
TENNIS TOURNEY 1
morning sunshine prompting ath- _USS-T- . . ·.·. : .0 . 1 1 000 cipal crown.
April 23 will mark the opening
letic heads to take advantage· of ,A-G . . : ... ,· . . 9 . · 1 0 000 Names found often in the scoring
date of the Officer's Doubles Ten-
the good day and renew hos.tiiities USS·-R( . ,··. , .. :0 · •.· 0 0 ooo 'column were playing - coach Lt.
nis tourney scheduled for Treas- · · · ' •- Claude Jones, former Washington
ure Island on. the local courts. with the O'Doul men .from .across ! ----- ---- high school basketball mentor and
A large entry is expected th e bay. · - · Vacationist: "Any big men born one-time Eastern Washington
with competition ·running keen Ten errors, equally distributed· :here?''. ~ Teachers flash; high-scoring for-
amongst Lt. John Foreman, Lt. - among the two clubs, gave free '· ·Native: "Nope, not ·very pro- ward Jimmy Wolfe, Ylc ; Eugene
J . Booth, Lt. C. S. Smith and Lt. passage to at least five unearned ·gressive around here, best we can Johnson, Y2c; Doug Hardy, S2c;
Nash Higgins. Entries, close runs and caused both mentqrs no_ ;do is babies. Different· in the city, and Warren Card, Ylc. Joe Dwyer,
April 20. end of worry in the comedy ·of ·I s'pose·." Y3c, served ably-as team manager.
Enlisted men's doubles will boots and .errors. · ·
commence the following week
with finalists in all events rep- . T. I. jumped into an immediate
resenting Treasure Island in the two-run lead when big 'Jack' Pliii~
12th Naval District May 13. lips, New York Yankee first" base-
man property, singled home· Bob
Williams and Lloyd Lowe. San
Francisco got one run back in their
Favorites Advance in half on singles by Johnny Trutta
and Willie Enos: · Four- ·more' San
:12th Naval Handball Francisco : runs crossed the · plate
in the fourth on the not too decep-
Kiefer Nabs Second Play at Treasure Island tive offerings of Frank Wilson.
A two-run splurge in the fifth,
Kiefer, who is a seaman first ' Play resumed in the 12th Naval
helped by some awkwardness on the
class in the Armed Guard and District Handball tourney in Gym-
divides his attention between there No. 1 with favorites advancing as part of Dick Bartell and heavy
and Gym No. 1, was in exceptional socking by -Enos, splashed two
form in placing above some mighty expected. more entrees on the Seals platter.
good men in this particular event. Expected to clash in the final Treasure Island scratched in
Other entrants for Treasure round are defending champ Bob their half of the sixth on a display
Island who participated but just 'McGuire and Treasure Island's of errors by the O'Doul men. Fiv~
did finish out of the money on the kingpin, Kenny Clark'. Entering the boots in all accounted for the three
horizontal bar were Bill Faust and picture with his spirited play is J. markers that crossed the plate,
"Frenchy" Allee. Silbert of the Alameda Naval Base three of them being racked against
who is racing through opposition the butter fingeredness of short-
Panhandler (to kind old lady): in an effort to gain one of the stop Nicely. RECEIVING SHIP'S 1 hampionship cage ag.gregation. Left to right, back
berths in the finals. row, Joseph A. Maha;, forward; William A. M,oss, Jr., center; James F.
"Madam, could you give a cripple Nicely's homer with Sprinz Wolfe, center; John D. Wetch, forward; Douglas J. Hardy, guard. Front
four bits for bus fare?" Bleachers have been erected to aboard ended the scoring for the row, Eugene T. Jghnson, forward; Paul Mikels, forward; Commander
Kind old lady : "Oh, you poor hold the overflow crowd that will Seals and brought their season's F. N. Maas, Receiving Ship personnel officer; Lt. Claude W. Jones, play-
man. How are you . crippled?" be on hand for the finals in both total to three vy<ins against two ing coach; Lt. Commander P. $. Finnell, supervisor .of barracks; War-
ren Oard, guard, and William K. Peck, guard. In front is Joseph R.
:Panhandler: "Financially." singles and doubles this week. losses. Dwyer, team ma.nager. Absent is Darold Thoman, a forward.