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Terranova f-!url_s T. I. Win Over Skymasters Yo-Ho Baseballers Are Champs

Behind the steady, four-hit pitch-
Leon failed, was all aglow in des-
ing of Terry Terranova, T. I.'s
Abe, the Newsboy, Sees cribing the first paper bag he made
smooth functioning baseballers ran
roughshod over the A TC Skymas- World Thru Navy Eyes; for Abraham.
ters, 9-1, at Fairfield Sunday. Clutched tightly under Abe's arm
Treasure Island's heavy artillery Visits Treasure Island is his picture scrap-book containing
at the plate cleared the airways Selling President Theodore Roose- photos of his friends-Admirals
of the Skymaster menace early. velt a newspaper while the Com- Halsey, King, Nimitz, some of
The sailors piled up a big lead and mander-in-·Chief was aboard his whom were midshipmen when the
then coasted in behind the brilliant yacht, Mayflower, reviewing the pictures were taken.
hurling of Terranova. fleet in 1906 started Abraham Hol- Most recent award given to him
Catcher Terry Valero and left landersky, a tough newsboy, on the by the Navy Department is the ,
fielder Olsen sparked the T. I. at- road to fame. Award of Merit for recruiting more
tack with a pair of triples. Third than 1700 enlisted men and Waves.
Baseman Lowe's timely hitting was Once mentioned in Ripley's "Be-
inspiring. lieve It or Not" cartoon as the man
Fairfield's chucker had plenty of "who fought a thousand fights,"
trouble with the middies from T. this 145-pounder started selling
I., allowing 12 hits and three walks. papers and fighting in New London,
Conn., in order to support his moth-
er and blind father. Abe would pick
12ND League anywhere from one dollar to fifteen
for preliminary bouts.
In Cuba, a Catholic chaplain took
T. I. All-Stars Whip Abe under his wing and guided him
to a fight with the welterweight AWARDING THE MEDALS to the YO-HO softball team, winners of
Moffett Field, 4-3 champion of the West Indies. Abe the Pre-Commissioning Softball League, is Captain Petrioss. Winning
pitcher, Brown, accepts the awards for the team. Left t.o right, bottom
beat the champ and netted 30 cents row: Folger, Fehr, Naphan, Ware, Br,own, Rasmussen. Back row:
Staging a three-run rally in the
on this fight. McGaha, Froggat, Isom (face hidden) and De Lyon . .
fourth frame, playing-coach "Snag" A friend prodded Abe into a bout
Bryant's hustling T. I. All-Stars with the Canal Zone Champ. He Now he is an unofficial Navy boost-
eked out a 4-3 win over the hard- knocked out the Isthmus heavy- er. He credits his success to the Yo-Ho Crowned T. I.
hitting Moffett Field softball team
weight even though he had to give Navy and says that any boy who
in a 12ND league clash, playe\i re- "Sandy" "Abe". 40 pounds away to his larger oppo- wants to learn a trade and see the Softball Champs
cently at Moffett Field before · a
Abraham Hollandersgy, became nent. world should join this branch of Pre-Commissioning's mythical
large crowd of softball fans.
"Abe the Newsboy" after the Pres- He fought in the larger cities of the service. softball championship went to the
Heavy stick work on the part of
ident created the post Navy News- South America and took on all Between newspapers and boxing
big "Moose" Alston of T. I. enabled comers regardless of size or weight. Abe kept planning an autobi- Yo-Ho nine after a bitter extra-
boy for him. This permits him to
the colorful diamond moguls to H e once wrestled a bear and ography. Abe may be seen any day inning contest that wasn't decided
travel with the Navy anywhere, as until the tenth frame when pre-com
push across another tally in the knocked the animal out. in Long Beach, Calif. with his book
newsboy and boxer.
fifth stanza to grab a lead which During World War I, Abe served under his arm. His ambition to pushed across a run in defeating
Abe was on Treasure Island
they never gave up during .the as a boxing instructor for the Navy. wri.te his life story is fulfilled. the D. D. Pool, 4-3, on the T. I. turf.
Tuesday, gabbing with some of his
heated contest. Thirteen strike-outs by Yo-Ho's
old Chief buddies-. One who greeted
Goudy of Moffett Field paced his ace chucker, Brown, was the main
RTS
Abe with a big squeeze was Chief
teammates by pounding out two reason D.D. Pool was so unfortun-
Boatswain George Sanderson. Spo
hits in three trips to the plate. ate in scoring. Wallace of the .D.D.
"Sandy'" with 10 hash marks, re-
The high-spirited All - S tars • • • • · Pool whiffed out 12 batters and al-
vealing his success in finding the
chalked up this win to make it two fountain of youth where Ponce De lowed seven hits.
straights in league competition. The destroyer lads might have
sent the spectators home early had
They blitzkrieged the Livermore
Bluejackets, 7-4, in the 12ND not left fielder Isom of the Yo-
league lidlifter staged on the T. I. Ho's made a sensational ninth 1n-
athletic field. ning catch of a line drive labeled
T. I. Al l-Stars for extra bases.
AB. R. H. Commanding Officer, • C a p ta i n
Bryant, lb ............ 2 1 0 Petross, presented the awards to
Byer, If. ............... 3 1 1 the winning team and stated brief-
Watson, SC. ............ 3 0 0 ' ly, "as fine an exhibition of soft-
Richard, cf . ............ 3 1 0 ball and sport,smanship that I have
Alston, ss. ............. 3 1 1 seen in a long time."
Isler, 2b. .............. 3 0 0 Dungaree League Standings
Neely, c. .............. 1 0 0 ( Official finale)
Hamer, rf. ............ 2 0 0 Team W. L. Pct.
Bolton, p. ............. . 2 0 0 Yo-Ho ............. 7 O 1.000
Edmund, 3b. ........... 3 0 0 D. D . P ............. 6 1 .825
Uss O ............. 4 3 .575
Total .. .. .......... 25 4 2 Uss T ...... ...... . 3 4 .425
Armed G ... . .. . .... 3 4 . .425
Moffett Field
AB. R. H. Uss G .... .... . .. .. 2 5 .275
Sanchez, cf. ............ 2 0 0 Uss L ............. 2 5 .275
Oborne, ss . .. .. ........ 3 0 1 Uss B .... . ........ 2 5 .275
Drad, SC. .............. 3 1 1 DOWN HE GOES - Taking a seven count from a shows the Alameda sockster just finishing a night's
Depaulis, 3b. ........... 3 0 1 bl-ow thrown by Mickey Young is bewildered Jim work on the horizontal body of Pete Borunda, in a
Bemis, C. .............. 3 0 0 Rittenberry. The lights went out for Rittenberry previous smoker. Jack Weber turned the tables on T. I. Gym Outslugs
Stupp, 2b. ............. 3 1 1 from a right-hand bolo, seconds later. Richardson Richardson with a neat counter-punching routine ....
Stagmiller, lb. ......... 3 1 0 didn't fare so well in this week's affair. Right photo Referee Carter, is the third man in both photos. Bks. 199 In League
Oakley, p. .. ........... 3 0 0 Andrew Chapman withstood a
Goudy, If. ............. 3 0 2 All Spedalists Show Feature Boxing Smoker; wild opening round from the Okla- Opener To Win, 9-S
McGovern, rf. . ........ . 3 0 0
Weber Dedsions Ri(hardson In Main Event homa wildcat, Harry Brady, and Treasure Island athletic field
Total - .............. 29 3 6 then proceeded to stab and jab his echoed with loud cheers as a
Unrationed thrills in Thursday Pat Prine and Tommy Dolan to- way to a second-round T.K.O. strong T. I. Gym team· encountered
T. I. All-Stars ... 0 0 0 3 1 0 0-4 Barracks 199 to pry off the Island
Moffett Field . .. 0 0 0 1 0 1 1- 3 night's punch-packed smoker, cre- gether. Prine suffered a cut lip and Brady's wild, rushing tactics only
ated by the blazing fists of 18 box- a bloody nose from the blond, coun- quickened his finish. Weights were softball lid in a hard-fought tussle
ing masters, furnished the sailors ter-punching Dolan and dropped which saw the Gym slug out a 9-5
160. win.
Camp Shoemaker Takes and their guests who attended the the three-round decision to the ag- Unless Harry Hawkins was ham- Lanky "Moose" Alston paced the
bouts in Gym No. 1 with an evening gressive blond-headed boy.
pered by brittle hands, the punches gym team with two hits out of
12th Naval Golf Tourney; of riotous entert.ainment. Herman Camps Please he threw wouldn't have broken an four tries while ."little powerhouse"
1
A complete specialist show dom- · Trading "back alley" swats in the egg shell. Harry ran into some
Armed Guard Pla(es: _inated the floor-show entertain- middle of the ring came easy to steaming right hand punches Duvernay punched out two safe
ment. Vivacious Evelyn Samiosette, Harry Camps and Phil Herman. thrown by Tony D. Erissomio and blows in three treks to the platter,
:Armed • Guard's five-man golf corpsman striker-a "sweetie" in Camps repeatedly stunned the fell easy prey to the fast-punching leading the attack for Barracks
squad placed well up in the recently anybody's language--sang "Candy" stumpy Herman with right hands Tony in three heats. 199.
pl!!,yed team championship' of the to the rhythm of the Frontier Base b1:1t failed to stop the "tiny tank." Mickey Young's dynamite-laden Spalding hurled the limit for the
Gym, striking out eight men. Bry-
12th Naval District, held at the band. Fire Chief Phain and Peggy, It was a toe-to-toe affair with mitts accounted for Jimmy Ritten- ant tossed seven stanzas for the
Slli.arp Park links. ·his educated dog, went through a Camps getting the verdict.
berry of the Coast Guard in the first Barracks team and is credited with
VW°o hundred and fifty golfing, fil- series of acrobatic aµd mathematic- Well-proportioned Ted Sh a r p round. Young had too much power
- b4rts hacked their way from tee al routines and Fred Keifer, ·recent found the wild tactics of Lou Fioila for Rittenberry, decking him for seven strike outs for his squad.
-,-,;;, to' green in the tournament that AAU runner-up, and Ed Blazek rather confusing in the first canto a seven-count and finishing the job
was won '<!l>-y· Camp Shoemaker, performed nobly. on the Flying and even more so in the second as with a right cross seconds later. in T. L's Jack Weber. Weber, an
Twenty-seven teams compe.,t_ed:· in Rings. he was constantly hit with wild Watkins Impresses experienced counter-puncher, had
the Sunday classic, with ''gJi,i balls Pint-sized Al Carvallo, Hawaiian right hand blows that had him in Colorful Hank Watkins, fighting things pretty much his own way
flying as thick Jl,S flies. '%,;,v . middleweight wrestling champ, and trouble. Fioila nabbed the decision from a crouch, pumped a steady after weathering an opening round
Armed Guard's top linksman,. Jack "gorilla" Sandow put on a with a whirlwind attack in the last stream of lefts into the unprotected attack from the hostile Willie.
Seaman Robert J ackson, walked off whale of a canvas contest. Neither session. tu_mmy of Marine Don Walker in Rights and lefts to the button
with the Island's best score-a cool had much regard for ethics, Car- Pe t e Borunda, 135-pounder, capturing the three-round verdict slowed speedy Richardson down to
79. vallo's tactics proving a little the pounded out a second-round T.K.O. rendered by Judges Johnny Bel- a walk. Weber gained the unani-
better of the two in earning him the over Eddie DeGualdia. DeGualdia lamy and "Ski" Dynkowski. Walker mous decision.
"Eschew the dull and slothful seat, verdict after five minutes of wres- continually held his shorter oppo- continually ran into stiff left hand Referee Frankie Carter toiled for
tling.
And move about with willing feet." nent but failed to stop a left hook jabs. the first half of the bouts and was
(How about a little handball over Opening festivities in the boxing thrown py Borunda that ended his Willie Richardson of the Ala- relieved by Dynkowski. Time-keep-
at Gym No. 1 - or Tennis?) department brought · "bouncing" fighting for the night. meda Coast Guard ran into a tartar er was Chief Hugh McLaughlin.