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Camp Parks Throws Dimmers On Jammed Smoker
It looks like Lt. ('jg) Chuck
O'Hara, manager of the Armed
Guard Gunners, pulled one out of
the bottom of his sea bag when
he came up with Turk Tomlinson
the other day. Tomlinson, a well
stacked up right hander, showed
mid-season form in last week's
practice and appears to be the
mainstay of the pitching staff.
Shading the six foot mark and
tipping the· scales at 190, Turk is
a cool, heady ball chucker with a
good curve. He won 12 and lost
TOPIC OF DISCUSSION-T<!king it on the chin from Hank Shelly positing him in the corner for the count with a flurry -of right crosses
is aggressive Acey Rogey, who took the decision fr,om the Camp to the button. That long · right, thrown by Max Ankele, is ,one of the eight for Muskogee in the West-
Parks battler after three rounds of leather lunging. Camp Parks pro- reasons why Henry Anderson suffered his first set-back. Anderson ern Association on his last hitch of
tested the verdict rendered by ann,ounc,er Ray Fee. Hank Watkins was tagged repeatedly by these right hand smashes and was lucky to organized base·ball.
(center photo) rang the curfew -on ·the ,outclassed L,on DeJohn, de- leave the ring in a vertical positi-on.
Carlascio, a small, chunky right
hander with plenty of hurling as-
THRONG VIEWS DISPUTE WITH DELIGHT; Treasure Island Scores sortment, will pitch behind Tom-
AMATEUR WRESTLING linson while fireman duties will be
GORDON, RODRIGUEZ IN MAT FEATURE Second Win In 38-4 handled by Smith, a lean stick of
Riotous entertainment both in and Treasure Island is organizing Rout Over Jefferson pitching efficiency who should help
the Gunners in any diamond cat-
a team to enter in the coming
out of the ring was finally squelch- sessions weathering an early storm Treasure Island's improved base- astrophe. Kendrick, however, is
A.A.U. wrestling tournament,
ed at the conclusion of the last from the flying fists of Harry ball team overwhelmed the Jeffer- O'Hara's ace-in-the-hole. Lean,
smoker bout after 6500 howling Camp but taking the initiative in April 20. As yet the place of son All-Stars Sunday afternoon by lanky and definitely of the screw-
action is unknown.
fans stared starry-eyed through the closing chapter to nab the a score of 38-4, the game being ball tradition, Kendrick throws
two and a half hours of mingled verdict. Weights open to competition called after the seventh inning. from any side of the barn along
excitement in Gym No·. 1 Wednes- Jimmy Vallo was just too big and are: 115, 121, 128, 135, 145, 155, Batting superiority plus the help with a wonderful assortment of
day night. too tough for a fellow of such small 165, 175, 191 and unlimited of a strong wind paved the way to wrinkles, according to O'Hara. He
The smoker was by· no means dimensions as J. Olivera. Although heavyweights. Treasure Island's second win. still needs more control but when
lacking from a humorous side as both sailors tipped the beams Workouts and instruction will Home runs were hit by Dick Dur- he gets it, "Praise the Lord and
grapplers Babe Rodriguez and Joe at an even 142, Vallo stood a good be held in Gym No. 1 under the dan, Jack Phillips and Terry Val- help the opposition", they'll need
"Flash" Gordon went 20 minutes six inches above the stumpy Oli- educated arms of Sp(A)'s Pollei lero. The entire Treasure Island it.
to a draw. Although Rodriguez, a vera and used this advantage in and "Flash" Gordon. Men can bench had a chance to play in the Fr,ontier Base and Dyn k,owski •
Latin Adonis, used everything iri his giving the back-peddling Olivera a see Jack White in Gym No. 2 for wild-scoring contest. Thumbs up to "Ski" Dynkowski,
bag of tricks to match holds with two round drubbing. Time was help. Batteries for Treasure Island who is certainly doing wonders
the giant Gordon, he still fell prey 1.04. Prizes will be awarded to the were Condon and Vallero, Condon with Frontier Base boxing. His
to the flying tackles and slingshot Day Has Field Day winning men and teams. going the limit and allowing only punch stable is the envy of every
"Kangaroo" R a y m o n d Day seven hits. eye and no wonder with such per-
bounced and bumped his way to a formers as Scott Chapman, James
three-round decision over Ray Alexander, George Teague and
ing style of Day had Rucker in .. SPORTS ..
Rucker. Neither threatened the
"Nat" Huskey under his protecting
canvas at any time but the confus-
wing. As if they needed it.
misery more than once. Add Volz.
"Body building in Gym . No. 2
A lean stick of dynamite in the is at a new high in attendance but
form of Lorenzo Clark exploded it could be better," states Chuck
in the face of Elmer Rogel in the Comedian Wrestlers Will Montgomery All-Stars Volz, athletic specialist. The finest
second round after the classy Clark Headline April 11 Smoker Pace Intra-Mural Hoop of equipment and instruction is
had jabbed his way to an enormous at your disposal at any time so
lead in the first stanza. A right Alameda'sinvadingpunchhordes, League In Gym No. 1 why not drop around to th~ gym-
cross to the button spelled the recent winner of the 12th Naval nasium and give it a try.' After
end for Rogel, leaving the game Boxing championship and Treasure Heated floor play continues in all it takes a fine body to develop
youngster a bewildered battler Island's own sock stable, will clash the free-lance, pick-up league rag- a fine mind.
and in no fit condition to continue. in an atmosphere of salt, air and ing in Gym No. 1 as the Mont-
Riot Fest choppy water here in Gym No. 1 gomery All-Stars, spearheaded by Island Chatter
Reviewing the '45 rugby-football
The sputtering engine of Acey on Treasure Island, April 11. their name sake, hung up their season we find Treasure Island not
Rogey finally roared into full gear Lending support to the two-team seventh win in as many starts by only walked off with _the bacon but
after a disastrous first canto when struggle are the rowdy Mendoca humiliating the Administrative An-
he hit the deck from a solid right brothers, mat sensations of the mid- telopes, 51-16. also placed three men on the all-
star squad. Named to the tradi-
hand thrown by Hank Shelly. The west, an array of night club enter- Twenty-two of these points were tional rugby honor role were Chuck
counter-punching Shelly ran out of tainers and local talent furnished contributed by little Bob Montgom- Pinzone, hard hitting scrum; Dan
gas in the final round giving Rogey by the specialists department. ery, who hooked and vaulted his McCarthy, backfield kicking artist,
just the incentive he needed. Rogey Fun begins at 1900, so·come early way into the scoring column. Silent
Muscle M-en Payne and LaLane and rough-and-ready Bob Pickett.
sailed in with mittens flying to the for choice seats. Dunham, Jim Lynch, Lt. McAteer Honorable mention went to Ronnie
stomach and head at close quar- and its playing publicity man, Wil-
tactics of the wrestling professor. Easter and Bill Fassler. Bernard
Fifteen minutes later, a disputed ters to give the tired Hank Shelly lie Si~ger, played leading roles in Erricsson, Slc, writing in response
a pasting. Judges Dave Stevenson Cotton bolls bloom in bright the lopsided victory.
boxing decision brought heated 0 to baseball plea claims the 84th
and CSP(A) Ray Jewel saw nose' hues of blue, green, red and brown Fassler's "Elbow Benders" scored
quibbling from the Camp-Parks de- Seabee battalion is the answer to
fenders and threatened to end in to nose in favoring Rogey. in Russia, where scientists have their sixth win against two defeats Dick Bartell's woes. Heading the
flying hands, but the agitators Hank Watkins carried too many succeeded in growing the textile and earned the right·to oppose the list of Seabees eligibles is Ensign
were silenced by cooler heads and guns for Lon DeJohn of Camp plant in colors, Woven into cloth, All-Stars. The "M. & M. Bellbot- McNeil, former George Washington
Parks, abusing him with looping the material is just as bright after toms" have felt the sting of defeat
the bouts continued. University player who scoops them
right hands to the jaw in the initial washing, twice fron, "Monty's" charges.
An all specialists show by up at the initial sack for the 84th.
Treasure Island's leading muscle round and finishing the job in the Hurry with those claim checks,Mgr.
men was topped by the sensational second in a flurry of blows. Bartell, while the nabbing's good.
Anderson's Streak Halted
exhibition of hand-to-hand juggl- Belting Henry Anderson continues
ing of Jimmy Payne and Jack Max Ankele of Camp Parks his winning ways by out pointing
LaLane, possessor of one of the put an end to the win streak of Hunter's Point man in a smoker
most beautiful bodies in the world. Henry Anderson by outpointing the last Wednesday at the docks. The
Jimmy Lawson went through a sepia socker in the three-round feminine sex is certainly going
series of flips and spins on the feature after a bruising battle. masculine what with basketball
trampoline. Allee and Faust per-. Both boys were recipients of right teams and now softball. Armed
formed spectacular tricks off the hand clouts with Ankele getting Guard, 0. T. S., Pre-Commission-
horizontal bar and Ed Buick, who the bett~r out of the exchange. ing and the Hospital will enter
recently returned from the Aleut- Ankele had the hard-punching An- Waves teams in the 12th Naval
ians, giving out with a bit of derson in trouble in the third- softball league. Only the wet con-
juggling. dition of the athletic pasture is
round but just didn't have enough
Prying the lid off the evening's stuff left to dispose of him. holding up practice sessions. Golf
boxing card were Clarence Smith, is scheduled for the early part of
a Treasure Island youngster, and Referees Frankie Carter and April with a large turnout in a
Eddie James donated their services
Joe Dwyer from Camp Parks. new Treasure Island sport hoped
Punches flew fast and furious in while CSP(A) H. McLaughlin for.
the second and third stanza after handled the time-keeping.
a slow first round with both boys
Two bobby-socks girls stole a
eatching haymakers in a toe-to-toe
two-cent look at the headlines on a
slug-fe~t. A draw decision was well The deepest spot in the Atlantic- crowded street car recently. One
.receiveq.. is the Nares Deep, north of Puerto
of them read aloud: "British Bomb
·Cl-ose Call Rico, where the keel of a ship is Sumatra." The other exclaimed:
One-sixty-five pound Joe Roscoe more than five miles above the GRUNT AND GROANERS-The robust, comedy Mendoca br,others, "Why are they picking on poor
t-0p entertainers in the big time mat circuit, will unroll their carpet of
found i:~e going tough in the early ocean floor. frolics at the April 11 smoker. Frankie?"