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Activities You Should· Visit For Recreation • • •
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TO GET THAT VIM AND VIGOR that are so essential photo, can be had at Gym N,o. 2. Eight fine tennis courts in either alley. Two fine rings and plenty -of top-grade
to c1 fighting body, Treasure Island has acquired the are accessible to all hands thr.oughout the day. The equipment for boxing ,enthusiasts are available continu-
services of some of the finest athletic specialists and tennis courts are on the opposite side of Gym No. 1. ously, in eitheo' gym. For better health, visit y,our ath -
equipment with which to teach you. Recreational swim- Plenty of bowling is available at Alleys N-o. 1 and 2. letic emporiums during your off-duty hours and keep in
ming and combat tank training, as shown in the first Men in need of cash can earn the money by setting pins fighting condition.

T. I. Baseball Team Smacks Hollywood Stars, 9-2 Top U. S. Tennis Stars T. I. Alt-Stars Rally
Tangled Under T. I. Lig~ts In Closing Stanzas
"Sleep some more my little Star,
t_hen you'll wond,er where you are!" Second Chess . Tues.; Mrs. Kovacs Wms .
The Hollywood Coast League Stars Honolulu Boxang Champ A packed gallery witnessed To Chp NAYS, 7-6
looked like any other star around Tourney To On T. I. As Instructor Treasure Island's first indoor tennis The league-leading T. I. All-Stars
San Francisco Bay-kind of foggy. exhibition in Gym No. 1 as four of continued to pace softball foP.s in
The Treasure Island baseball team Open May 21 Leather pushers from New the. country's top women tennis the 12th Naval District flag chas.e
fogged them 9-2, last Thursday, at Orleans are scarce. Importing one players, namely Mrs. Pat Canning
by staging a whirlwind rally in the
the Athletic Field. The second Treasure Island chess of Louisiana's better punching pro- Todd, Mrs. Virginia Wolfenden closing frames of the Oakland dia-
N early 3,000 howling fans saw tournament will have its official be- fessors to Treasure Island by the Kovacs, Miss Barbara Krase and mond scrapple, eking out a 7-6 win
the hard hitting Treasure Island ginning May 21, at the Recreation Navy ended in the assignment of Miss Nancy Wolfenden, exchanged over the high-flying Oakland NATS
team bear down at the right times Center. Play will continue until Bill Rousseau to the boxing de- volleys, serves and long back court
Friday before a large crowd of
and whip their opponents to a June 4, and the playing schedule partment. rallies in a two hour affair, Tues- cheering spectators.
sliding stop. The snappy T. I. de- will allow for watches, classes or Boxing was a hobby with Bill day night. For five straight innings Shoen-
fense had the Hollywood club dis- other duty during the tournament. prior to his naval enlistment, Miss Krase and Miss Wolfdenden ·back, NATS hurler who struck out
gusted, discouraged and put out in All sailors and Waves who wish to
mainly because he felt a person too took the court first in a one-set 10 batters, held the All-Stars score-
all the pinches. Twice T. I. pulled enter the competition should reg-
highly interested in the sport might match. The rather slick, wooden less while his teammate Hankens
double plays in the tight spots- ister at the Recreation building not
come out with a head full of bells deck was a litt1e too much for the slammed out a four bagger to help
Bartell to Dunham to Williams. An- later than tomorrow, May 20. Men or a face full of scars. smooth stroking Miss Krase, who -garner an early 6-0 lead.
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other time a Star named Faucet from Radio Materiel won both the
bowed rather quickly to the steady The Island sailors launched a
(who has evidentally not heard winner and runner-up prizes for the
play of Miss Wolfenden, 6-1. six-run rally in the sixth canto, ty-
about the T. I. water shortage) last tournament, Slc Holmes tak-
In a two out of three-set singles ing the score, and scored the win-
was caught dripping off first base ing first place and Slc Hubbard
match, Mrs. Kovacs, wife of the ning run in the eighth. The All-
and was turned off by Richardson taking second.
to Bartell to Williams after he Prizes, fun and brain exercise pr,ofessional champ Frankie Kov- Stars attack was spearheaded by
thought he had made a safe hit to are in store for all entrants so get acs, downed the Berkeley Club Richards, fleet-footed centerfielder
Richardson in right field. your_ application in and be ready stylist, Mrs. Todd, in a grueling who poked out a trio of safe blo•ws
Wilson, T. I. right hander, burned to begin pl_ay, May 21. three sets, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5. Mrs. Kov- in four tries, and Neely, sensational
Hollywood with his scorch-ball acs' fine serve proved to be at its backstop, who plastered two safe-
peak on the slick collrts, taking its ties in four treks to the plate.
from the very beginning. Williams,
port side hurler for the Stars, also Globe-Trotting Armed share of the points from the deter- Saunders received hurling duties
threw a speed ball with a nasty mined Mrs. Todd on corner place- from playing-coach 'Snag' Bryant
whine and for five innings the Guardsmen Chalk Up ments. and turned in a fine pitching per-
formance.
score built up to two runs for each Miss Krase and Mrs. Kovacs took
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team. Victories In So. Pacific the doubles match from Mrs. Todd All-S ta rs · · · · .O O O O O 6 O - 7
NATS . .. . .. . 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0-6
Hollywood Hit Hard and Miss Wolfenden 6-1, and end-
Lt. (jg) Sam Cipriano, Armed
Hollywood then made a mistake. ed the tennis play for the evening.
Guard gunnery officer aboard ship, Rousseau Punches Heavy Bag
They put in a new pitcher, and be- The exhibition was under the
writes that his gun crew is doing Treasure Island Navy
fore they could hand him a mirror its best to show the boys in the Rousseau started throwing leath- direction of tennis instructor
(which, down in Hollywood, is the er back in 1936 at the tender age CSp(A) Hugh McLaughlin. The Edges Albany in 12th
Southwest Pacific how to play soft-
polite way to get anyone out of the of 13. One year was all it took Bill Armed Forces Entertainment Com-
ball.
game) T . I. · had made four runs. Eight engagements with the to enter active competition, com- mittee headed by Dick Todd Naval Tilt, 4 to 3
Hollywood tried to make it up in peting in the 1937 Golden Gloves. brought the touring U. S. tennis
opposition have resulted in four Pulling the game out of the fire
the seventh inning with a rtew He lost a disputed decision in the stars to T. I.
wins, two ties and two losses. Some with a spirited ninth inning rally,
pitcher and a rally but Olsen of finals.
of the clubs they have faced are T. I. scored a run to beat Albany
Treasure Island made a sensa-
from the Austrialian Army, U. S. Two consecutive seasons of fist- States before having a chance to Landing Force at T. I. Tuesday,
tional catch of a long line drive to Army, Navy and Coast Guard. cuffing with older, hardened bat- contest his title claims. 4-3. Red Sheely walked, stole
left field ; Wilson fanned one; and Handling the pitching assign- tlers readied him for the profes- Rousseau is now stationed on second and crossed the plate ,on
Sheely to Bartell caught a Holly-
ments are Johnny Martin and Don sional game that he was to enter T. I. in the capacity of boxing in- Lloyd Lowe's single.
wood runner powdering his nose
Hartway. Martin averages 16 in 1939. Thirty-six professional structor at Gym No. 1. If you don't Each side made three runs in the
at second base.
strike-outs per game. engagements went by the boards recognize him by face just look for eighth. The game ha(i previously
In Treasure Island's half of the
with only seven set-backs marring one of the harder working sock been a pitching duel between T. I.'s
seventh, Durdan, Lowe and Olsen
his record. In all this time "Young hopefuls. Condon and Albany's Connant.
scored again. Final score at end of
the nil'lth inning read: Treasure T. I. All-Stars Blitz Rousseau", as he was tabbed, was
never K.O.'d.
A khaki-clad Army softball team philandering in the fistic field along .• SPORTS •.
Island 9, Hollywood Stars 2.
Fairfield Army, 21-8 entered the Navy, continuing his
On September 9, 1942, Rousseau
Bender Chalks Up Third from Fairfield became hapless prey with a few odd chores for Uncle
to the merciless pounding of Treas- Sam.
Win As Treasure Island ure Island All-Stars, who drubbed Bill had six bouts in boot camp,
them by a top-heavy score of 21-7, Rain Halts Softball Play In American Le~gue
winning them all by knockouts. His
Whips Verba Buena, 6-1 in a diamond slugfest staged at
transfer to Honolulu by the Armed USS-O Whips Post Office; OTS Wins, 13~5
Oakland the initial part of this
A wet field and a foggy a t mos- · week. Guard only sweetened his victory
phere set the stage for the T . _r.- The All-Stars ta ed the Army string. Twenty-four more wins Rain washed out all games in the National Leag·ue
Yerba Buena 12th Naval Distnct gg were hung up by the battling American League of the T . I. Soft- VR-2 remained in the undefeated
baseball clash, Saturday; with Frenchman. ball tournament but failed to ham- ranks with a 10-6 victory over the
Treasure Island winning 6-1, be- continued a merry pace in double The middleweight championship per play in the officers' and Nation- T. r. Dispensary while ' the Receiv-
hind the six hit pitching of CPhM plays with three for the day. of the Hawaiian sector just nar- al League that was played earlier ing Ship nine kept pa~e with the
Bender. Chucher, Brennen of the Yerba rowly missed being Bill's when he in the week.
leaders in notching an 8-2 win over
T. I.'s big guns rumbled in the Buena nine went the route, while lost the title in a 10-round tilt to Officers softball competition was
sixth inning when third sacker Bender had no difficulty in hanging a more experienced mauler. Rous- hot and heavy as the Operational the YO-HO Men.
Lowe and right fielder Richardson up his third win for T . I. seau was transferred back to the Training nine turned back a strong A 9-6 victpry over the Post Of-
connected for a pair of homers. Treasure Island faces the Armed delegation of Armed Guardsmen, fice kept the USS-O in the pennant
The keystone combination of Guard team today at 1400. Support pitchers for an aggregate total of 13-5. chase for the National League.
Bartell to Dunham to Williams your team. 23 hits, with signal-barking Neely, Another tussle in the same Officers Sta,ndings
rotund backstop, and big Moose Al- league found the tough Pre-Com- w. L. Pct.
ston, fence-busting shortstop, con- missioning forces running rampant Pre-Com ...... . .... 1 0 1000.
Baseball ... necting for three hits a ptece in five over the Receiving Ship, 10-2. OTS OTS . . ..... .. ..... . 1 0 1000.
trips to the platter. and Pre-Com are both making T. I. Dispensary .. . .. 1 0 1000.
Armed Guard and Treasure Island renew their diamond
rivalry on the athletic field today, at 1400. "Speedball" Bolton chalked up strong bids for the title. TADCEN . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 000 .
T. I. engages San Diego of the PCL, Thursday, May 24, here his fourth straight victory for In the only other officers tilt T. I. Armed Guard ...... 0 1 000.
at 1430. coach Bryant's All-Stars in turning Dispensary was edged by Frontier Rec. Ship . . . . . . . . . . 0 1 000 .
back the highly-touted Army team. Base 11-8, in a free hitting contest. Frontier Base .... . -~ 1 000.