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Mat Champ Rodriguez Clark Drops 12th Naval Treasure Island Sluggers Stifle Fleet City, 6-1
Joins Pre-Commissioning Handball Title To
Wilson Hurls Three
Athletic Forces . Alameda's Silber Hitter; Shoemaker Drops

Nine hundred bouts tell the tale Unheralded Jack Silber waltzed
behind the colorful wrestling caree·r off with the 1_2th Naval District First Game of Season
of Babe Rodriguez, grappling Handball championship held at Errorless baseball paved the way
mammoth from Pre-Commissioning Treasure Island Monday, by sub- to Treasure Island's fourth con-
Physical Training Department. duing Treasure Island's Kenny secutive victory and their fifth of
Babe is a Sp(A)2c who devotes Clark in the finals, 21-19, 21-12. the season in humbling the Fleet
his time to teaching sailors how The Alameda Air Station flash City bluejackets last Saturday,
to bend arms and legs enough to had too many assorted shots for S-1.
do damage but not enough to break the classy Clark and ran out the The rain gods saw fit to give
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them although in the case of a second set-to b-efore Clark could Treasure Island a beautiful game-
Jap it wouldn't hurt to eX'ercise the • catch his second wind. day and Richard "Rebel" Bartell's
extremes. Silber had previously upset Bob rowdy charges took care of the
Hailing from St. Louis, Mo., McGuire, last year's champ. other end in stick work, banging
Clark and McGuire of Treasure two Fleet City hurlers for eight hits
Island entered the finals of the and six runs.
doubles competition against the Going the limit for Treasure Is-
Coast Guard combination of Swin land was Frankie Wilson, string-
and Campo Wednesday. bean chucker, who allowed three
-----~---- scattered bingles and one run. His
assortment of curves and 1tlow balls
Pitchers, Catchers, was phenomenal, and he continually SLUG-FEST-Crowded stands watched the Treasure Island "Blue-
had Fleet Ctty's "murderous row" hawks" turn back Fleet City in Saturday's baseball thriller. It was
Needed Immediately! swinging in thin air without con- strictly a pitcher's duel until the eighth when Glavins of Fleet City
necting the sound wallops they wilted and allowed four runs. Right-fielder Williams is jList about set
to club his second hit .of the day for Treasure Island in the fatal eighth.
Women Only Need Apply were accustomed to.
Treasure Island got to Jim Glav-
Plans for the Women's Softball
ins in their half of the first inning scratch single. Right-fielder Wil-
League of Treasure Island are now liam's three-base hit. Big Jack Phil-
on a two-base hit by' Lowe and a Iiams sacrificed him lo second and
completed. Team application blanks line drive by Williams that was lips walked and then all hands
reached all commands this week. Erp's second fumb 1 e of the inning, scored as Dick Bartell poked one
All women interested in turning fumbled by J. Erps, Shoemaker's accounted for Treasure Island's between Abreu and Erps for a two-
)Ut for softball are urged to get third-sacker. second score. bagger. Bartell crossed the plate
A fast double-play by pitcher
·:ogether, form a team and choose Wilson, who tossed to shortstop Both pitchers settled down and later on Sheeley's long fly ball.
1, team captain. The choice of a Bartell, who in turn threw to first kept the two ensuing innings score- Fleet City went down in the ninth
:aptain is important since she will less. Glavins kept streaking them to end the game.
baseman Phillips, prevented a Fleet
be largely responsible for her team. past Treasure Island batters, and "Lanky" Jack Phillips was a
City uprising in the third. The base-
There will be a meeting of all team ballers from Shoemaker finally Wilson caJmly turned them back standout on defense for Treasure
Babe Rodriguez captains in the Wave Athletic of- in "one, two, three order." Island while Williams' power paid
made the grade in their half of
1ce, April 18 at 1830. One hundred Treasure Island's power at the off in scoring dividends.
where he grew up in a neighbor- per cent attendance is requested. the fourth session with little Joey Umpires for the game were Fi-
Abreu going to first on four passed plate was realized in the eighth
hood of toughies and bullies, it was You need not be a f.emale "Babe balls and advancing to second on a inning as hapless Jim Glavins, oresi behind the plate and Drury
only natural that Rodriguez soon Ruth" to play. If it is impossible bad pitch. Harvey Story's long two- Shoemaker's fireball artist, took an on the field.
took up the art of self-defense. for you to join a team and you
bagger scored Abreu with the tying unmerciful pounding on the moand, Score by innings: R. H. E .
Tossing a body around became want to turn out for softball, you run. allowing four hits and four runs Fleet City .. 000 100 000-1 3 4
an obsession with the powerful 3hould contact Mary Jane Smart
Treasure Island unleashed an- before relief hurler ·watkins could T. I ......... 100 001 04*-6 8 O
Babe so with the proper schooling 3,t Gym No. 2 (Ext. 684) before
other assault in the sixth inning come to the rescue. . Batteries: T. I., Wilson and
and place to perform, Rodriguez April 18.
with left - fielder Barney Olsen Lowe beat out an infield hit and Sheeley; F. C., Glavins, Watkins
donned his first pair of trunks. Arrangements for practice games spearheading the attack on a then scored on "powerhouse" Wil- and Fernandez.
In 1930 the 160-pound division :nust be made by team captains
of the A.A.U. Ozark championship jirect to th~ Athletic Field, Ext.
was the first to fall to the "pocket 385. Teams should provide their Armed Guard Officers
tank." The following year he :>wn umpires for practice games
duplicated this feat by overcoming md softball diamonds should be Hurl Softball Challenge
a vastly improved field. reserved in advance for practice
Growing into a 175-pounder, workouts. Women _with experience .• SPORTS .. In keeping with their recently
Rodriguez went to the finals of the 'n umpiring or score-keeping are inaugurated physical fitness pro-
National A.A.U. in 1934, where he 3,sked to contact the Wave Athletic gram, the Armed Guard officers
lost on default when he pulled a :>ffice immediately. Further infor- have formed a sharp softball team
leg tendon. Babe recovered from :nation may be obtained from to bring home the bacon.
his injury a better and wiser man. Smart at the Wave Athletic Office. Coached by Lt. J . B. Foreman
A little urging from the people and Lt. W. Burgett, they are pre-
in the "know" prompted Babe to pared to throw a star-studded
PRE-COM DUNGAREE
turn professional. His first year aggregation on the field against
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
was a matter of getting used to any club rating themselves an even
STANDINGS
the different styles and rougher foe.
Won Lost Pct.
competition. This he did, gaining
Yo Ho Men ....... 4 0 1000 The full squad led by Commander
weight and knowledge as he went D.D.A's ..... ... ... 4 0 1000 E . D. Flaherty, who will play when
along.
USS "T" ... ........ 3 1 750 his duties do not interfere, is com-
The year 1940 paid dividends for USS "G" . . .. .. .... 2 2 500 prii:;ed of twenty-three bat-wielding
the Babe, when he won the Dixie
USS "L" .. . . .. : ... 1 3 250 soft ballers.
Heavyweight title of the southern
AM-GD ........... 1 3 250
states on one of his barnstorming USS "O" .......... 1 3 250
tours. Everything fell before the
USS "K" ......... . 0 4 000
curly headed Latin that summer. Armed Guard Gunners
To this day Rodriguez still holds
,
the Dixie title. Armed Guard Falls Topple Gordon's Air
.
Rodriguez has wrestled the best,
including Jim Londos, Dave L,evin, Prey -To Montgomery Transport Saturday, 10-8
Dean Detton, Hardy Kruskamp
Joe Gordon's Air Transport
and a host of others. All-Stars, 49-4S
Babe . stays in tip-top condition baseballers got off to a flying
by Working out w,ith the lads in Montgomery All-Stars ran off start but suffered a crash landing
his instruction classes and also with the noon league, pick-up when the Armed Guard Gunners
finds time to donate his services basketball title by outlasting the drove them from the airways of
JIMMY ALEXANDER, Frontier Base belter, shuffles in for the "kill"
to the boxing smokers. Armed Guard Gunners Saturday, in one of the many AAU boxing bouts being staged at the Civic Audi- Hamilton Field, 10-8.
Smooth riding on that bumpy 49-45. t.orium in San Francisco. Alexander is the favorite for top honors in A bit awed by big league names,
mat road, Babe. It was a nip and tuck affair all the 147-pound Senior division. Inset in the _corner is "Ski" Dynkowski, the Gunners gave up four runs in
the way with the All-Stars pulling Frontier Base mentor, who is guiding the destinies of his stiff-punching
trio-Alexander, Teague and Fortner. the first inning but settled down
away at the finish. It was the
ADVICE FOR VETERANS enough iri the second to lambaste
ninth consecutive win for the
· Cpl. Max D. Novack, legal ex- Montgomery men. opposing pitcher Meyer, for six
pert for YANK, has written a book ALEXANDER, TEAGUE, FORTNER -ENTER AAU hits and seven runs.
Montgomery and Dunham led
designed to give Gis the lowdown After a short conference, Gordon
the wave of tallies with 17 points
on the rights of discharged service- BOXING FINALS AT CIVIC, FRIDAY
each, · while Hal DeJulio sparked allowed Meyers to remain on the
men and women. Entitled "How To the Armed Guard attack with 20 Loss of Nathaniel Huskey to figured a lead-pipe cinch to repeat mound but the third session saw
Cash In On Your Discharge Bene-
digits. Treasure Island's Frontier Base this year. his finish when hits by Mooney,
fits," the book will be pu):>lished by
Exceptionally good on defense boxing hasn't hurt them a bit as Stiff-punching Georgie Teague, Correll, Rose and Howton were
William H. Wise & Co: 1 -New York, for the Gunners were Lt. Jl1:arsh, far as AAU fistic competition goes. 160-pound senior, belted Jess Walk-
and will sell for $1. · good for three more markers.
former Detroit Eagle star, and Without Huskey, "Ski" Dynkowski, er at will to gain an easy three- Gordon went hitless at the plate.
Harry Wineroth. Lynch, Sieger Frontier Base mentor, came up round verdict. Teague entered the
Softball ... and Dunham sparkled with their wlth three finalists out of a pos- finals on a default from Charley
floor play for the Gym. No. One Fields who had suffered a broken For Victory
3ible three in the elimination bouts
hand the night before.
All team entries for the Treas- men. :1eld at the Civic Auditorium Tues- conwnder and third of the Frontier .,.
..~ IT TAKES BOTH
ure Island Softball league must jay. Hal Fortner, senior heavyweight 1. Taxes
be submitwd to Lt. Matt Zunic Roses are_ b_lue, Jimmy Alexander, 147-pound Base to enter the finals, punched I I
in Gym. No. 2 by April 18. Violets are pink 2. War Bonds
Immediately after title holder, went untouched in the out a close decision over Joe ,_ _____________ _,
Play will commence May 1. PLUS MORE WAR BONDS
The thirteenth drink. tournament preliminaries and is Thompson.