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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.
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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."