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THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 19~5 P,A..GE3
* Treasure lsla:nd Sinks Alameda Air, 40-37 *
.. SPORTS ..

T. I~ Climbs Into First
Place With Basketball
Armed Guard Shellacs St. M ary's
Win; Cloark Shines
Pre-Flight, 34-24, To Nab NCBA Lead
Pre-game odds meant nothing to
the Treasure Island basketballers
as they turned back the favored Burris, Merchant Are Burris. Half-time scor,e left Armed
Alameda Air Station, 40-37, in one Guard leading by an 18-14 margin.
half the double bill played in the Instrumental In Victory Some smooth ball handling in the
Treasure Island gymnasium. second half by Merchant and Mat-
Armed Guard's classy cage quin- thewson paved the way for Twohig-
A capacity crowd witnessed the
tet, working with the precision of to come thundering down the cen-
league fracas that put the Tteasure a well-oiled machine, outman- ter for another two points. Mer-
Island Tars on the top of the heap
·euvered and outsmarted the St .. chant scored on a tip-in and Mat-
in the 12th Naval District loop
Mary's Pre-Flight, 34-2.4, before a thewson swished one through from
scramble. Armed Guard, playing in packed house in gymnasium two. mid-court, giving Arm,ed Guar? a
the othe~ half of the bracket, gained
Armed Guard's victory raised it top-heavy lead.
undisputed possession of first place to undisputed leadership in the Matthews of Pre-Flight rounded
with their victory over St. Mary's
NCBA league with four straight out a good evening with two more
Pre-F light.
· victories and also gave it possession buckets and Merchant ended the
Putting all their eggs in one of the Green leagu,e, in the 12th night's scoring with a free throw.
basket, Treasure Island's hardwood. Naval basketball tourney. Armed Guard will throw all its
~errors started right out to make a· IT'S A CRUM-Y REBOUND · ... Treasure Island's Crum (17) .cap- This same St. Mary's team had artillery against the Coast Guard
rout of the game by sinking three ··ured the melon after -Alameda's Lee(1 )· missed the set-up. S·urrounding previously humiliated the Armed ·sea Lions, on January 23, in the
. successive• field goals, two by Phil- :he hoop for Treasure Island are Ken Clark (13) and Danny Ducich (14) . Guard five, 41-22, but were no old gymnasium. It promis-es to be a
rr-easure Island won the thrille~, 40--37.
lips and one by Clark, before Ala- match for their flawless play Wed- thriller as the Sea Lions were upset,
meda had a chance to get used to nesday night. 29-26, in the first encounter.
to have any effect on the scoring 10 tries is a good average in any
the glare of the lights. The Airmen
deflections. league. Herm Fisch-er came through with Scoring as follows:
c~me to life with a free throw by his usual brilliant play pocketing Armed Guard (34)
Horsfall -and a basket by Backlund. Clever _ball handling. by the Air- Scoring as follows : Andy Wolfe, fast-stepping forward fg ft tp
Here their motor momentarily men put them in a tie, with the Treasure Island (40) tp from St. Mary's in a box for tht: Merchant, f . .. . ...... 4 3 11
stalled as Zunic and Haines of second half just six minutes old. fg ft better part of the evening without Anet, f .............. 0 1 1
Treasure Island -peppered the bas- Successive shots by Backlund, Crum, f .. .. .. .... . .. . 1 1 3 allowing him a single marker. 'Burris, c .. ... , ... , .. 3 1 7
ket to the tune of 10-3. Bayer and Fischer gave them a six- Phillips, f ....... . .... 3 1 7 Armed- Guard started stepping Matthewson, g ....... 2 0 4
Zunic, c ....... .. .... 6 3 15
Bayer of Alameda found the point advantage, the first they had Haines, g ..... .. .. .. . 2 0 4 from the opening whistle, with Fischer, g ... ...... .. 2 1 5
range with a mid-court shot and enjoyed all evening, Clark, g .... ... .... .. 2 0 4 Fischer, 1-;1:erchant and "Lil Ab- Twohig, f . .. .. . ...... 2 1 5
followed up with a free throw to Kenny Clark, playing a whale of Ducich, f . .. .. .... . .. 2 1 5 ner" Burris hitting the hoop for De Julio, f ... . ....... O 1 1
shrink the distance between them. a ball game at guard, drove into an 8-2 lead. Pre-Flight climbed to
Alston, f . . .. .. ..... .. 1 0 2
The game see-sawed back and forth the pivot position for a goal, and a within two points of the Treasure Total ....... : ... .. 13 8 34
for the remainder of the half, with tip-in by Zunic st~rted the Treasure Total ............. 17 6 40 Island men mostly on the six-point St. Mary's Pre-Flight (24)
Treasure Island having a slight Island fire wagon moving. The lead Alameda Naval Air (37) ef:(ort of Bob Matthews, former fg ft . tp
bulge in the score, 22-19. changed hands· twice and then Ala- fg ft tp U.S.C. ace. From here it was nip Wolfe, f . ............ 0 0 0
Height told an interesting story meda showed the strain of it.s up- Backlund, f ... . ...... 3 0 6 and tuck for eight minutes as a Matthews, f ......... 8 0 16
4 4
in the final stanza. Time and again hill battle when rangy Jack :Phil- Horsfall, f ... .... . ... O steady pace by both teams kept th,e Alexander, c .. .. _. .... 0 0 0
the ball was retrieved from the lips of Treasure Island dropped in Fischer, c . ... ....... 2 1 5 points evenly divided. L-ee, g .......... ... .. 1 1 3
backboard by the mammoth hands a corner shot and Matt Zi..mic's tip- Nagle, g .... : . . . . .... 2 2 6 Matthews hit the bucket again Hunt, g ' ... . . ...... .. 0 1 1
· of Phillips, Zunic and Alston, who in iced the game. · Bayer, g .......... . .. 5 2 12 for St. Mary's but his efforts were Dewell, c .. ..... ..... 2 0 4
towered qver their smaller foe. Note of interest was the accuracy Lee, f ................ 2 0 4 overshadowed by the four-point,
Only the mid-court pot shots of of the Alameda squad at the foul backboard barrage by the towering Total ............. 11 2 24
Alameda's little Carl Bayer seemM line. Missing only one attempt in Total .. . ...... .. -.. 14 9 37
Wave Hoop Sch-edule. Armed Guardsmen National· Stars Will
For District Tourney ·Get. Citations ·Assault .New Records in

Two teams have been entered District Aquatic . Meet.
from Treasure Island in the 12th
Nav~l District Women's basketball New records will be established
tournament. One is sponsored by and old ones expected 'to fall a13 : a
the Treasure Island Hospital and host of nationally known stars from
the other by combined Treasure Is- both navy and civilian life will as-
land . activities. Following is the s~ult the briny blue waters of the
game schedule for the next two new Treasur,e Island pool, Sunday, ·
months. January 21.
Tuesday, January 23, 1900- Dis- · Top laurels of the 12th Naval
trict Headquarters vs. TADCEN District will go to naval personnel
here ; Western Sea Frontier vs. who come out victorious. Expected
USNH, Treasure Island there. to raise cain with national records
Tuesday; January 30, 1900 - is pretty Ann Curtis, present holder
Headquarters vs. US-NH, Treasure of numerous U. S. records, who has
Island here; TADCEN vs. Liver- an ideal set-up in the n,ew pool for
more there. her tries.
Tuesday, February 13, 1900- Accommodations for 1000 · per-
USNH, Treasur_e Island vs. Liver- sons have been completed, so come RMS St rategy Board Plan Ahead. It Looks Like a Ringer of a Play.
more there; TADCEN, bye. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS go to the early for choice seats.
Tuesday, February 20, 1900'- players of the week. Receiving the Receiving Ship Presses Treasure Island Twins
TAD~~N vs. NSD there; . USNH, ;iwards from Commander Flaherty
Tr-easure Island vs. Moffett Field are Bob Anet, "player of the week/' Fleet City Cagers Fall
and his two running mates, Art RMS For Top Honors Top 12th Naval District
here. Burris and Hermari Fischer. Before Treasure Island,
Tuesday, February 27, 1900- In. T. I •. Hoop League. .Basketball Circuit
TADCEN vs. Moffett Field there; 30-29, In league Tilt
Now locked in first place for the
USNH, Treasure Island vs. NSD Presently -holding down the num- 12th Naval District basketball title
there. Armed Guard Tops It took Dan Ducich to settle mat- ber one spot in the Treasure Island
ters after all others failed. (red division) are Treasure Island
Moffett Field, 40-3S, ·Trailing 29-28; with two short basketball league· are the high fly- and Alameda Naval Air Station,
Marinship Fa-11s minutes yet to go, Treasure Island's ing Radio Materiel "backboard with five wins and one· loss apiece.
In. Exhibition Tilt casaba men turned certain def-eat busters." But virtue of their 34-24 win over
Before Island into victory with a one-handed, set- St. Mary's Pre-Flight, the Armed
Armed Guard scored its ninth up shot by Ducich that spelled de- Due mostly to the all out efforts Guard from Treasure Island has
Punch Crew straight basketball triumph, thump- feat for the Fleet City Bluejack-ets, of Lt. (jg) W. Jessup ; Coach taken over the initial spot in the
ing the Moffett_ Field Flyers, 40-35, 30-29, · at Kezar Pavilion. "Stew" Cooper, Sp(A)lc, and the ''green .division" of the league.
Treasure Island batted a i,000 fine RMS squad, the Radiomen have 12th Naval Dist rict League
on the losers' court. Moran of Fleet City ran off with
this we,ek as its. ringwise battle.rs been riding a crest of 16 victories Standing
scored a narrow boxing victory over · The Flyers displayed a rather scoring honors at 11, while "Jump- against two defeats that has car- "A" League (Red)
ing" Jack Phillips of Treasure Is-
Mar.inship, Sausalito. flashy attack, leading throughout ried them to the initial spot in loop Won Lost
Pat Prine started the Treasure the entire game, but wilting in the land talli,ed nine. standings. This has been accom- Treasure Island . .. . .. .... . 5 1
Island men out right on the punch final three minutes to the steady plished despite the _odds of an al- Alameda N.A,~ . .. . ... ..... 5 1
TEKS TRIP HUNTER'p POINT ,
trail by gaining a decision over shooting of Fisclier, Twohig and Winning their second game in as .most continual change in team per- USCG Rec. Sta. . ...... . ... 3 2
Johnny Smith. Henry Anderson sonnel caused by school work and Shoemaker ............... 2 3
Burris. many starts, the pill-minded TEKS
kayoed Norman Yeatch; Church ChapIT).an of the Air Field was from the dispensary gained a ·one- graduation. ;Livermore NAS . ........ .. 1 4
Pinzone, Treasure Island, drew high scorer with 13 markers, while point victory over Hunter's Point, Not satisfied with just league ·usMC Dept. of S1,1pplies . : .0 5
with p,enver Robinson, and Rufus
Armed Guard's Fischer, "player of 43-42, in a league basketball game. competition, the •Materiel nien had "A" League (Green)
Knighton scored a surprise win
the wtek," captured honors.for the It was nip and tuck throughout to go out and engage in seven out- .. Won Lost
over the veteran Doug Sheridan.
Barracks D men with nine. the whole encounter with neither side tilts, coming _ out on the long Armed Guard, T.I. . ..... • . 5 1
The win can be attributed to their 2
fine conditioning received from the The cz:ack Armed Guard team team holding more than a four- end of the score in every encounter.· St. Mary's Pre-Flight .... • • 4
t
d ·
instructors in gymnasium ·one. will encounter the highly touted point advantage at any ime urmg Among- their· victims were ·San USCG Training Sta . ... • • • .3 2
Coast · Guard- Sell Lions here on the melee·. Francisco Junior College, Hamilton Mare Island ......... . .. . • • 2 3
January 23 i11 a regular league I "Ike" Isachson walked off with Air Base and· Armed Guard "B" San Bruno . . . ......... • • • .1 4
Send The Masthead Home game. scoring honors, at an even 20.digits. squad. Camp Parks . : ......... : .. 1 4