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T. I. SPLITS EVEN
IN STANDINGS ..• Alameda Drops T. I. From League Lead, 3-2

Coast Guard's roaring Sea Lions Five Double Plays
dtopped the boom on T.I. Sunday,
knocking the Pirates into second Produced by T. I.; lewis
place of the 12th Naval District
pennant chase for the first time Fans 12 For Sea lions
this year.
The 3-2 victory Alameda scored In what may be classed as a mild
over the Pirates was understand- upset,_ the bellowing Sea Lions
able, due to the six errors charged from Alameda upset the dope
against Terasure Island. bucket Sunday with their stunning
AMERICAN LEAGl:JE 3-2 victory over Treasure Island.
Standings w. L. Pct. Until their encounter with the
Alameda Coast Guard 8 1 .889 Coa!jt Guard, T.I. was perched at
Treasure Island ..... 8 2 .800 the top of the 12th Naval District
Camp Parks ... . ... . 8 2 .800 baseball heap, but the sabbath day
Fleet City ......... 8 3 .727 defeat sent the Pirates tumbling
Coast Guard ....... 6 4 .600 into second place.
Alameda Naval Air .. 6 4 .600 Although five errors were racked
St. Mary's ...... . .. 6 5 .545 up against the local bellbottoms,
Coast Guard Pilots . . 3 8 .273 the Bartell chargers got some
Albany Land. Force. 2 9 .222 consolation in the five double plays
Armed Guard .... .. 2 9 .222 WHAM-Uoyd Lowe, Treasure Island third-sacker, on the short end of a 17-5 score. Dunham starts t he they produced. Had it not been for
Y erba Buena 0 10 .000 c,onnects with a fast -one that sent two men scurryin g second leg -of a double play in t he Sea U on- Pirate the heads-up ball on the part of
h,ome ahead of him. T his blow in the eighth frame game Sunday. Lewis of the Sea Li ons struck out 12 the infield, Alameda might have
was one -of the many that sent Oakland Supply home baUers as his team won, 3-2.
Softba ll gone home With an even more ·con-
P ACIF IC LEAGUE vincing win.
Armed Guard dominates play in Armed Guard Scores 'Chumps' Clout 'Champs' Alameda scored first in their half
the Pacific league of the softball of the second on a single by
championship while the Pre-Com- 7-6 Win Over Albany In Armed Guard Softball; Westlake, Richardson's error of
Schulte's fly, and Belanger's double
missioning nine moved up two
Armed Guard's so far winless, that scored both runners ..
spots in the standings as a result Capt. Flaherty Hurls
of their wins o•ver Mare Island and baseball nine spotted Albany Land- Tauby produced the initial T.I.
the Coast Guard. ing Force six runs in the first two It was a seven-inning pitching run on a double, advanced on the
Standings- W. L. Pct. innings and came from behind to duel betwe·en Captain Flaherty and third baseman's error and scored
Armed Guard . . . . . . 7 1 .875 win, 7-6. Lt. Commander "Buck" Grayson on Dunham's long fly ball.
Shoemaker, TAD . .. 6 2 .750 It was the second win in the 12th that developed when· the "Chumps" Lewis, the Coast Guard's ace
V Camp Parks . . . . . . . 6 2 .750 Naval District for the Gunners coached by Lt. Commander Gray- chucker, helped his own cause by
who moved up a notch in the -son dumped the "Champs", 18-12. singling in the third frame. The
Albany Land. Force. 5 2 .714
Coast Guard . . . . . . . . 4 4 .500 standings. Eyrich, Gunners' fire- The Officers softball tilt proved next batter up advanced him to
Pre-Commissioning : 4 4 .500 ball artist, pitched three-hit ball rather healthy in the scoring de- second base on a fielder's choice,
Coast Guard Pi1ots . . 2 5 .286 for the innings he toiled and got partment and only after Lt. Baird and Anido's double scored him.
Mare Island Builders . 2 6 .250 credit for the victory. had homered in the second frame Treasure Island came to life in
Mare Island . . . . . . . . 2 6 .250 with the bases loaded did either the sixth when Lowe doubled down
LT. COMMANDER GRAYSO N and team look to advantage .
N. Supply, Oakland. :I, 7 . 125 Captain Flaherty (ri ght) square off the third base line, and Tauby sin-
gled to score him. Tauby was re-
WESTERN LEAGUE Smoker to Feature for officers soft ball ti It. sponsible for all of T.I.'s runs.
Buried in the scramble for the Bender suffered his first league
Western softball loop are the T.I. Oakland Supply-Frontier Willie Clemmons, of Oakland Sup- Oakland, of PCL, Halts defeat and was relieved for a
Marines: Losers. in the first-half ply, and Hal Fortner, senior run- pinch-hitter. Lewis delivered them
play-offs, the Marines have already Base Boxers Tuesday ner-up for the heavyweight crown. T. I. Win Streak, 6-S; over the plate for Alameda and
dropped an opening contest to the Oakland Supply Depot brings her Both lads can belt with either hand whiffed out 12 batters in the
Naval Barracks, Vallejo. prize punch pupils here June 26, to and the bout isn't expected to go Richardson Homers process.
Second Round Standings battle a combined T.I.-Frontier the iimit. Score by innings :
Standings- w. L. Pct. Base sock aggregation Tuesday, in A top-notch floor show fur- Silvanic's ninth-inning home run RH E
Vallejo N. Barracks . 1 0 1000 one-half of the double bill on the nished by th.e Armed Forces En- -ended Thursday's Oakland-Treas- Ala. S.L.. . 021 000 000- 3 10 1
Coast Guard ...... . 1 0 1000 tri-weekly smoker. tertainment committee and brought ure Island classic in story book T.I. . . . . . . 010 001 000- 2 8 5
Hunters Point ...... 0 0 .000 Scheduled for heavy duty in the to T .I. by Paige and Wise will un- fashion, as the rampaging Oaks Batteries- T.I. : Bender, Condon_
Port Chicago Marines 0 ·o .000 boxing main event is the Pacific ravel their fun prior to the boxing from Emeryville ended T.I.'s reign and Sheely; Alameda: Lewis and
Port Chicag,o . ... . .. 0 0 .000 C_oast novice heavyweight champ, show. of terror on Pacific Coast league Hart.
Tr. Island Marines . . 0 1 . 000 baseball teams, 6-5 .
12th N : Dist Hdqtrs .. 0 1 .000 Treasure Island had tied up the
ball game in the last half of the
H OSP li A L LEAG UE -eighth inning when big Bob Wil- Softball Tourney looms
Losers of three consecutive con-
liams doubled to center field. Dun-
tests, the T. I. Dispensary and the ham let two strikes go by and then As Biggest Ever; Entries
T.I. Hospital "Docs" only have to
smashed into what was presumably
play each other to determine the a third one, knocking it just a Close July 13
rightful cellar-dweller.
Standings- W. L. Pct. little too far for the pitcher and Plans for a gigantic softball
Oak Knoll . . . . . . . . . 3 0 1000 not far enough for the second tournament that will terminate
San Leandro Hosp. . . 3 0 1000 baseman. A play was made at first, with an extravaganza of entertain-
USN Receiving . . . . . 2 1 . 667 allowing Williams to score. A .
Raimondi retired the side before ment have been completed for the
Shoemaker TAD . . . 1 2 .333 week starting July i3.
T.I. Disp . . .. . . ..... 0 3 . 000 further damage was done . Acti_vities have been divided into
T.I. Hosp . . ....... . . O 3 .000 Here is where outfielder Silvanic three divisions, mainly: A, B, and
became a distasteful word in the
C. Winners of each class will be
T.I. dugout. Two men had flied
awarded gold baseballs plus a per-
Oakland Supply Depot out when the big pasture patroler petual trophy. The winner of the
did his dirty work. One ball was all
"A" division will be chosen to rep-
Is 17-S Victim of T. I~ that got by him as he plastered resent T.I. in the California State
Wilson's next offering completely
Overcoming a four-r1;111 lead piled,, past leftfielder Richardson's out- play-offs.
Activities interested in entering
up by the Oakland Supply Depot stretched arm, for a home run. And a team can do so by contacting Lt.
in the first two innings, the T.I. BIR DS OF A FEATH ER-Just some ,of the rugged ringsters developed there went your ball game. Patrick, Ex-685, or Chief Spaulding
Pirates bombarded Sierko in the in the Gym No. 1 emporium of punch. Left to right, front: Instructor Oakland collected four runs in at EX-682.
following five frames for 16 hits Eddie Irvin, Hank Watkins, Ernie Woods, Andrew Chapman, Henry their half of the third stanza on
in scoring a lopsided 17-5 win, Sat- Pfifer; back row: Lou Fioila, Mickey Young, Acey Rogey, Phil Pales- singles by Raimondi, Zidich, Hafey
t ina, Bi ll Rousseau and chief instructor Chuck Pinz,one.
urday. and a long double by Picetti. They Bay Area .Boys' Team
Lloyd Lowe collected three hits had previously hung one marker
in four official trips to the plate, Instructors Voice The combine their skills and knowledge on the score· board when Hafey Drops 6-S Contest
one being a homer in the eighth in giving you the spirit and fight walked, advanced on a fielder's
stanza with two mates aboard. Necessity of Boxing; that makes our Navy the toughest choice and scored on Caufield's To Treasure Island
Grantham handled the pitching afloat. single.
chores for T.I. in the_ nonJJeague Pinzone New Edition Bill Rousseau, Martin Smith, Richardson blasted a homer in Treasure Island scored a 6-5 vic-
contest. Jackie Burke and Phil Palestina act the third frame while doubles by tory over the Esquire Boys' ball
as second fathers to you punch en-
Getting results and using them to Williams and Bartell and a single club Friday, but not until the East
V advantage are two problems that thusiasts who want to learn the by Tauby in the fourth, accounted Bay All-Stars had given a good
SPORTS SC HEDU L E F OR patten-leather trade.
T HIS WE EK are being tackled by the new crop for the four markers in the early account of what the younger gen-
Talent is plentiful but the in-
Baseba ll · .. . of boxing instructors who have set .structors are always looking for going. eration has to offer . .
Treasure Island vs. Hamilton up shop in·Gym No. 1. Oakland used 15 men and two The Esquire team will represent
Field, June 23, at Hamilton new performers who want to box pitchers in the process of trimming the East Bay area in the Legion
Endowed with the managerial on smokers, bond shows, and hos-
Field. T. I., while the local bat-toters play-offs, and should have no
reins of the "sock 'em and rock pital benefit shows. There is no
Treasure Island vs. Coast were content with their original trouble in reaching the round of
'em" trade that is rapidly becoming fear of being over-matched.
Guard Surf Riders, Sunday, June line-up except for the pinch-hitting eight with such a well-rounded
one of the more attended sports in Some of the lads pictured above
24, at Coast Guard. of Marshall in the ·ninth. Score by squad.
·the country is Charley Pinzone, had never donned a pair of gloves
Treasure Island vs. Los An- Sp(A)2c. Charley, a versatile per- until they had entered the punch innings: Shortstop Arenrich wa.s a fielding
geles of PCL, Thursday, June R H E standout as well as a batting
former if there ever was one,' fil!.s school as elementary pupils. Now,
28, here at 1430. the gap left by popular chief Max most of them can handle their Oakland 014 000 001- 6 8 3 menace.
Smoker .. . Marek. dukes with the best of them. T.I. . . . . . . 001 300 010- 5 9 1
T.I.-Frontier Base vs. Oakland Don't be _afraid to ask for help. Batteries-T.I.: Sheely. and Wil- A girl who slaps her sweetheart
A capable squad of "right hand
Supply, plus Floor Show, Gym men" who not only teach but who It is. there for your benefit. Take son; Oaks: A. Raimondi, Lotz, B. may not want to hurt his feelings
No. 1, Tuesday, June 26, at 1915. Raimondi, French. as much as she wants to stop them.
actually gel: in there and show you advantage of it.