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        Treasure  Island  laces       YO-HO  Opposes  D.D.A.
                                                                    T.  I.  DROPS  LEAGUE  OPENER  TO  COAST  GUARD,  5-4
        Sa~ramento of PCL,  8-2;  For  Softball Title                 Opening games always seem
        Tauby  Blasts  Homer            Play-offs in the Pre-Commission- to  prove  disastrous  to  the
                                      ing Dungareee Softball League cli- home team. Treasure Island's
          Sacramento's dejected Solons are  max  a  colorful  season  Thursday,   ball  game  with  the  Coast
        looking  with  a  little  more  respect  when  the  Yo-Ho  nine  oppose  the
                                                                    Guard, Sunday, was no excep-
        in the direction of Treasure Island.  D.D.A.  for  the  title.
        after Thursday's defeat to the bat-  Lt.  (jg)  Mazzie,  Physical Train-  tion,  as  the  invading  Surf
        totin'  sailors,  8-2.        ing  Officer,  announced  that  gold   Riders romped home to a one-
          Lowe  and Durdan had a  big day  plated miniature softballs would be   run win over T.  I.,  5-4.
        at  the  plate  for  Treasure  Island,  awarded to the winners.   The  12th Naval District baseball
        each  connecting  for  a  pair  of   Dungaree  League  Standings   encounter marked the season's first
        biµgles  while  right-fielder  Tauby      (Final)           league  game  and  established  the
        was  also aiding the  cause with  his  Yo-Ho Men  ........ 6   0   1000  Surf Riders  as  a  team to  be  reck-
        sixth inning circuit clout that spear- D.D.A.'s  . .. ........ 6   0   1000  oned  with  in  the  future.
        headed  their four-run  splurge.   Tom  Cats  .. : ...... 3   3   500   Coast  Guard  opened  up  its  big
          Father  and  son  met  on  the  dia- Oars Men ... . ..... . 3   3   500   guns in  the first inning by blasting
        mond  when  catcher  Sheely  of  Beefs  ........ ... . . 2   4   332   the  offerings  of  Treasure  Island
        Treasure Island and manager Shee- Jerks  ....... . ..... 2   4   332   pitcher,  Condon,  for  two  hits  and
        ly of the Solons traded hearty we!- Armed Guard  ...... 2   4   332   two  runs.
        comes.                        Love  Birds  . . ...... 1   5   166   The  Surf  Riders  scored  another
          Condon  and  Wilson  went  the                            digit  in .  the  third  on  a ·  pair  of
        route for Treasure Is!and, allowing  forts  of  Campy  stopped  Treasure  bingles while Treasure Island made
        five  hits among them, while the ef- Island at an even  ten.
                                                                    the  scoring  column  in  their  half
        :-4                                                         when  short - stop  Dick  Bartell   BATS  AWAY-Slugging  first-baseman  Williams  scores  the  tying  run
                                                                    smashed out a  centerfield homer.
                                                                      Gibb  and  Welch  of  the  Coast  against the  Coast Guard  Surf  Riders  in  Sunday's  baseball tiff at Treas-
                                                                    Guard nicked Condon for a,  pair of  ure  Island.  Hefty  wallops  by  the  Coast  Guard  paved  the  way  to  their
                                                                    round-trippers in the ninth stanza,
        ;i'"                                                        putting the Surf Riders out in front   win ov,e·r  Tr-easure  Island,  5-4.
                                                                    by a  5-2  margin.
          From                                                        Hits  by  Olsen  and  Dunham  of   McGuigan  is  National   T.  -1.  Wrestlers  Take
           fHe                                                      Treasure  Island  set  the  stage  for   AAU  Champ  on  10  ft.   Second ·in  Jr.  AAU;
                                                                    first baseman Williams' long right-
                                                                    field  three-bagger,  scoring  Olsen   Board;  Sanford  Aids
        1Grm                                                        and Dunham and whittling the Coast                          Pickett  Outstanding
        l                                                           Guard's  lead  to  5-4.  No  further   Local boy makes good.   Treasure  Island's  vaunted  mat
                                                                    power  at the plate  prevented  Wil::.., ·  Although the pages of Frank Mc- men took  three titles and a  second
                                                                    Iiams from scoring.           Guigan's  scrap-book  are  freckled  place  to  capture  second place hon-
                                                                      Treasure  Island  had  11  men  somewhat  like  Abraham  Lincoln's  ors  behind  California  in  the  Jr.
                                                                    stranded  on  the  bases,  ordinarily  in an athletic sense,  his exploits  in  National  AAU  Wrestling  cham-
                                                                    enough to win  two ball games,  but  the aqua,tic world  can be termed as  pionships  held  at  the  Berkeley
                                                                    just not  enough  to win  this one.   slightly  extraordinary.   YMCA  Saturday.
                                                                     Condon  and  Wilson  shared  the   Frank,  who  is a  Chief  Specialist   University of California, with an
                                                                    mound  duties  for  Treasure  Island  instructor at Gym No.  2 pool, is the  entry  list  of  28  men,  -edged  the
                                      Gunners  pictured  above.  Their  po-  while Biale worked all nine innings  same  McGuigan  that recently cap- Treasure Island bellbottoms, 30~28,
                                      siti-ons  are  clearly  demonstrated :   for  the  Surf Riders.   tured  the  National  AAU  Indoor  followed  closely  by  the  ·Olympic
                                    ,,  Top  row-Rose,  LF;  Larrieu,  3b;
                                      Mooney,  SS;  Lewis,  2b ;  Schulte,                        Diving  (10  foot ·board)  champion- Club  at  26.
                                                                                                  ship  at  the  New  York  Athletic .
                                                                                                                                  Treasure  Island's  eight  entries
                                      CF.  Middle-Howton,  pitcher.  Bot-
                                      tom  row-Johnston,  co-coach ;  Lt.  Alexander,  Teague     Club,  New  York  City.       walked off with six places and just
        ENOUGH TO make opposing pitch-
        ers  buckle  at  the  knees  from  hit- (jg)   O'Hara,  co-coach;  Boyko,                                               did  get edged,  due partially to the
        ting  fright  are  the  Armed  Guard  catcher;  Borrell,  1b;  Moore,  RF.  Regain  AAU  Crowns;                        injury of one member of the squad.
                                                                                                                                  Bob Pickett,  former Yale  wrest-
                                                                    Fortner  Takes  Count
        VETERANS  BOLSTER  ARMED  GUARD  BASEBALL                     Boxing titJ.es in 16 divisions went                       ler, nabbed honors in the 190-pound
                                                                                                                                division  by  defeating Pete DeLw;:a
        HOPES;  O'HARA  PlANS  BIG  YEAR                            by  the  packed . Civic  Audit orium                        of  San  Bruno.  Pickett  also  picked
                                                                    boards  Thursday  night,  with  the                         up  the  "best  wrestler  award"  for
         This year's aggregation of Armed  John  Lewis, 2b  ...     newly-crowned  AAU  title-holders                           his outstanding mat tactics. Pickett
        Guard  baseballers,  second  only  to   Played  alongside . Lou  Novikoff,  getting the nod after clubbing their        is  from  the  Pre-Commissioning
        Camp  Parks,  in  the  '44  play-offs,  Lou  Stringer  in  Western  Associa- opponents into submission or com-          Training Center on Treasure Island.
        figure very prominently as the team  tion.  Fourteen years of experience.  pletely  out-maneuvering  them  for           First  place  in  the  165-pound  di-
        to  beat during  the coming District  Is from Colorado.     the  decision.  That's  how  tough                          vision  went  to  Bill  Houghton  of
        Championship play-off in August.   Fred  May,  LF ...       things were.                                                Treasure Island, while heavyweight
         On  paper,  the  1945  edition  of   Property of Oakland, PCL. Short,   The  Fr<;mtier  Base  of  Treasure             Charles Godfreid made up the third
        trained  ball-hawks  rate  a  better  fast  and -efficient.   Island came through with two  vice                        of  the  Treasure  Island  champions
        chance of cleaning up the bay. area  Lee  Schulte,  CF  . ..   tories out of a  possible three, Fort-                   by  walloping  Ray  Crivello  of  the
        than before  because  of their added  . A  heavy  hitter.  From  Chat-  ner  being  the  only  casualty  in  the        Olympic Club.
        power at the plate and experienced                       to·   fisticuffing.                                              Charles  Pallei  suffered  no  hu-
                                      tanooga,  Tenn.  Under  contract                                                          miliation  in  losing  the  crown  to
        infield.  They have won seven train- N.  Y.  Giants.         Jimmy  Alexander  regained  the   McGuigan  Grazes  Overhead
        ing  games,  knocking  off  J oe  Gor-                      147-pound Senior crown that he had   The  fascinating  cat-like  agility   175-pound  Frank  Miller  of  the
                                      Burrit Tomlinson,  P  . ..                                                                Olympic  Club.  Miller  is  a  former
        don's  Hamilton  Field  Flyers  10-8,                       won  the  previous  year  by  belting   .displayed  by  his  schoolmates  in
        with  a  seven-run  outburst  in  the   Right  handed  pitcher,  has  good   Earl  Dunn  of  the  Nevada  Indian   performing the aerial acrobatics in   national  champ  and  his  variety
                                      fast  ball  and  tricky  curve.  Played
        second inning.                                              School  into  slumberland  early  in   the  pool  are  the  direct  causes  of   of holds  turned the  trick on Pallei.
                                      with Oklahoma and Beloit, Kansas.                                                         Pallei was the only contestant Mil-
          Co-coach and bench manager Lt.                            the first round.              McGuigan's  turning his  full  atten-
        (jg)  C.  O'Hara,  at one  time  under   Is a  heavy duty tobacco  chewer.   Alexander  gave  his  taller  op-  tion to the ~pringboard.   ler failed  to throw.
        contract to the Boston Red Sox for   Richard Carlascio, P ...   ponent  a  neat  body  pasting in the   His  first  taste  of  competition   Fine  conditioning  and  excellent
                                        Hails  from  Pacific  University,
        his  sterling  semi-professional  and                       early  milling  and  then  raised  his   came after joining Fairmont Hotel's   coaching  by  instructor  "Flash"
                                      Portland,  Ore. Three  years of pro-                                                      Gordon  brought  the  boys  through
       · college ball,  guides  the  destinies of   fessional  ball.  Is  short,  round  and   sights to  the chin where he did. the   swimming  team  in  1932  where  he
        the  Armed  Guard  along  with                              final bit of damage.          met  Clifford  "Sandy"  Sanford,  at   their darker moments.
                                      jolly.
        Johnny  Johnston,  who  saw  action                           Georgie  Teague  showed  plenty   that  time  a  leading  diver  of  the
        with  the  Kansas  City  Blues.                             of stamina and intestinal fortitude   United States.   ·     Three months of steady grinding
          A  thumb-nail sketch  of the play-                        when  he  captured  the  160-pound   McGuigan  looked  so  promising  under  his  buddy  Sanford,  who  is
        ers  on  the  Gunners'  roster  might  Pilots  Belt Armed Guard   senior  division  title  from  Pvt.  Al   in work-outs that Sanford took him  also stationed here  at Treasure Is- .
        be  of  help  to  you  Armed  Guard                         O'Day.                        under his wing for tutelage on the  land,  put  Frank  in  good  enough
        rooters.                      8-2; lniuries Riddle Team       O'Day  was  decked  in  the  first   finer points of diving.   shape· to  cop  the  12th  Naval  Dis-
        Robert  Moore,  CF  ...                                     canto by a  paralyzing pµnch to the   Is wasn't  long  before  McGuigan  trict  title  and  regain  his  Pacific
          Hails  from  Oakland,  Calif.,  and   A  flying  bat  from  the  hands  of   stomach.  Only  the  bell  saved  him   began  showing ·the  effects  of  San- Coast AA U  crown.
        played  with  the  Hollywood  Stars   Rose  which  injured  softball  coach   from becoming another K.O. victir,n.   ford's  good coaching.   Hitch-hikingbyplanewasFrank's
        in the Pacific Coast League. Played   Dave  Medigovich and pitcher Dick   O'Day weathered a  second-round   Titles  fell  to  Frank  like  pins  to   only means of transportation to the
                                      Carlscio,  plus  their  second  league
        with  the  Gunners  last year.                              storm from the fists of Teague and   a  bowling champion. The Far West-  Nationals  in  New  York  City.  Ac-
        Charlie  Correll,  1 b  ...   defeat  at  the  hands  of  the  Coast   had the pride and joy of the Fron-  ern  AA U  crown,  the  Senior  Pa-  commodations were  almost  impos-
          Played  six  years  of  professional   Guard  ~ilots,  8-3,  inflicted  severe   tier  Base  in  hot water  as  the  bell   cific  Association  followed  by  the   sible,  Exhausted,  McGuigan  was
        ball.  Was with Seattle of the PCL.   wounds  to .the  Armed  Guardsmen.   ended  the  bout.  The  knockdown   Pacific  Coast AAU toppled  in  suc-  further  jolted  by  the small  dimen-
                                        Collins  of  the  Pilots  was  excep-
        Is  a  regular from last year's squad                       was  the  determining  factor  for   cession  to the  aquatic ace.   sions  of  the  pool  that  he  thought
                                      tionally tricky at the mound,  scat-
        and  hails/ from  Santa Maria,  Calif.                      Teague.                         Climaxing  his  long  uphill  climb   would  prove  a  tartar  to  his  high
        Lloyd  R,ose,  LF ...         tering the  seven hits registered  by   Hal Fortner wasn't quite so lucky   to  the  big  time,  McGuigan  gar-  dives.  Frank still  bears  bruises  on
                                      the  Armed  Guard  so  well  that  no
          Is  a  St.  Louis  farm  product.                         as his other two  allies from Treas- nered the Jr. AAU National cham-  his hands from scraping the ceiling.
                                      damage w~s done.
        Comes from Santa Cruz, Calif., and                          ure Island, falling victim to a  right   pionship  in 1938.   Frank came through with flying
        bats right handed.             · Carlascio dished up the deliveries   cross in  the second round that laid   Interesting  is  the  fact  that Mc-
                                      for  the .Arr,n~d  Guard  and allowed                                                     colors  to  top  Billingsly,  Intercol-
        Mike  Boyko,  C  .  .  .   .                                him  flat  in  the  center -of  the  ring.   Guigan accomplished this at an age   legiate  champ from  Ohio  State U.,
          Played three years of profession-  eight hits.             Reno Workman, a  6-foot-five-inch   when  other  competitors  were  al-  by  six  points,  and  to  register  one
        al  ball  with  Santon,  Ohio.  Bats                        heavyweight  from  Tiburon,  did  a   ready  looking  for  a  comfortable   of  the  highest  winning  marks  in
        right p.anded.                  Then -there  was  the  Idaho  pota-  master workman's job in knocking   way  out  of  the  tiring sport.   the last 10 years.
        Rufus  Ketner,  C . . .       to  that married  a  Long Island _po- the  cement-jawed  Fortner  deck-  His  enlistment  in  the  Navy  in
          A  regular from last year's team.  tato.  Pretty soon  they had a  little  ward.        1943  ended  his  career temporarily.   This  sailor  of  fortune  certainly
                                                                                                                                brought honor  to  the  Navy  colors.
        Hit  .275  for  the  season.  Can  play  .sweet  potato  and  when  the  little           Twenty months in the South Pacific
        any position.                 sweet  potato  grew  up  it  said,  "I   There were two girls who got on  took  its  toll  of  diving  practices.
                                                                                                                                                           I
        Joe  M-ooney,  SS  . . .      want to  marry Lowell Thomas!"   a  troop  train  by mistake.  One  got  McGuigan returned to the U. S.  and   Gob:  "Is  that  ice  cream  pure?"
          Has eight years of ball with Tor-  Said  mama:  "You  ·can't  marry  excited  and  jumped  off  immedi- was  assigned  to  the  Treasure  Is-  SS  Clerk:  "As  pure  as  the  girl
        onto  of  the  International  League.  Lowell Thomas.  He's  a  commenta- ately.  The  other  remained  calm  land  physical  fitness  program  but  of  your dreams.''
        :Fast.  Handy  at the  plate.   tor."                       and  collected.               was in no  shape for  competition.   Gob:  "Gimme a  ham sandwich."
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