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TREASURE ISLAND ROLLS ALONG WITH
T. I. FACES ARMED GUARD PACIFIC FIVE TONIGHT
30-27 WIN OVER FULLER PAINT'S .

throughout the first half with
Ducich Proves Hero neither team enjoying the lead for
any length of time. Treasure .Islan¢!
Against All-Stars With led at half time 14-10, mainly on
five field goals, while Fuller Paint,
last Minute Basket colder than a polar bear's nose,
could only accumulate two baskets
and six free throws.
Treasure Island's vaunted bas-
The .Fuller's finally got the range
ketballers turned the undefeated in the second stanza with Dornsife
dre/l,ms of Fuller Paint into a night-
and Lippert contributing a pair of
mare ):>y upsetting the L. A. cagers goals, to draw the Painters even at
on January 27, 30-27.
i6-16. Dornsife continued to keep
Ducich and Co. provided the fire them even with the determined
works in the closing minutes of the sailors but he was yanked when
game when Danny sunk a free "Jumping" Jack Phillips got
throw with the score tied at 27 all, around him for a field goal.
and followed this with a shot under This may have been the turning
the basket to ice the game. point, although Lippert and Oram
The All-Stars, loaded with former of the Fuller's kept it nose and TOPS-Treasure Island's aggregation of basketball- ball are (left to right) Jack Haines, Sp (A)2c; Dan
ers and present leaders of the All-Navy teams with Ducich, S2c; Ken Clark, S1c; Hilliard Crum, S1c;
All Americans and fresh from vic- nose at 27 all. a season's record of 14 wins against one defeat will Jack Phillips, Sp(A)3c; Al Alston, Cox; and Lt. (jg)
tories over Southern California and It looked for awhile like Treas- pit these seven hardwood terrors against the hopeful Matt Zunic. This cagey quint is primed f,or its hottest
other top Los Angeles teams, came ure Island would blow the game efforts of the Armed Guard. Lads with plenty ,on the tilt of the season.
north with the intentions of adding through its inability at the free
a few more victims to their already throw line, but at this point Ducich
over loaded victory wagon. But came through with the "clincher",
they were side tracked by the bril- sinking a gift throw to pull T. I. TITLE AT STAKE
liant defensive play of Treasure in front, 28-27.
Island. From here it looked as if Tr-eas- The Treasure Island championship along with the
Neither team was heavy on the ure Island would stall for a minute initial spot in the NCBA basketball tournament will
scoring department, both squads and fifteen seconds to protect the be at stake tonight, when the Armed Guard tangles
distributing their points pretty one point lead but it was only a with T. I. at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium.
· evenly among the members. ruse and it worked. Both teams will field a snappy, well-balanced ball
With all the earmarks of a The Angelenos, expecting a stall club that has toppled all bay area competition. Play
scoring duel between Oram, Lip- charged out to mid-court after the will start at 1930.
pert and Stofen of the Fuller ball, neglecting their basket. Their
Paint's against the combined ef- only intent was to get the melon
forts of T. I., the 3000 spectators and score, but they failed to ac-
were treated to a terrific defensive count for Durdan who took a shovel
game by Zunic and Durdan,. who pass from Lt. (jg) Zunic, who in
held the highly regarded Oram and turn rifled it to Danny Ducich who
Stofen to 13 points between them. had sneaked in under the bucket,
At no time were the high scoring to sink the basket and Fuller Paint.
duo in a position to shoot freely. It was a thriller for both sides,
Durdan, Zunic and Crum stuck to putting the T. I. sailors in shape
them like flies to flypaper. for their coming tussle with the
Both teams kept a steady pace Armed Guard tonight .

.. SPORTS .. The snappy combination pictured above are (top,
SLIGHT UNDERDOGS-In an effort to halt the sen-
sational play of the Treasure Islanders, the Armed
Mathewson; Lt. (jg) Herman Fischer; Art Burris,
Guard will field a twice-beaten five that has defeated left) Hal DeJuli,o, S1c; (left to right) Lt. (jg)
such top n,otchers as Coast Guard Sea Uons, Ala- GM3c; Paul Merchant, GM3c; and (upper right) Lt.
meda Naval Air Station and St. Mary's Pre-Flight. (jg) Bob Anet.
Armed Guard Topples Skating Beauty
From Top With S6-33 T. I. Gallops Over Dispensary Keglers See 0. T. S. Suffers
Cal. Rugby-Footballers, Seventh Week of Action; First Loss to Ship
Rout To Sea Lions
11-S; Fassler Shines Cornsqueezers Lead Repair, 66-43
Accurate shooting by the Ala- A strong Ship Repair basketball
meda Coast Guard sped the d6wn- Treasure Island's rugged The Inter - Dispensary Bowling team coasted to an unexpected vic-
fall of Armed Guard's once mighty rugby - footballers don't be- league is now in its seventh week tory over the Operational Training
basketball team, drowning them in lieve in being the under-dog. of action. School quint, 66-43, in what was
a rain of leather pellets, 56-33, They proved this W ednes- Continuing to lead the league are expected to be an airtight contest.
January 24. day, January 24, at the Berke- the Cornsqueezers with 24 wins It was the first loss absorbed by
· It was disastrous in more than ley Stadium, when they tied against one loss. They also have a the school boys since the starting
one way, it having been agreed that one onto the powerful Univer- headlock in the scoring department, of the second half championship,
the single contest would count in sity of California's rugby- leading in the high average, high January 19.
both the 12th Naval District tour- football team to the tune of series and high game. Dr. Larson M?,re Island had suffered a defeat
ney and the NCBA hoop fest. The 11-5. Prior to the game, they is their top pinman for the week, to the Treasure Island lads in the
Armed Guard had been leading were the under-dog. with a working average of 183. first half, but were well on their
both leagues previously. The Tars jumped into an early The league has been running full game besides having the advantage
The Sea Lions started out in lead in the first half when Bill blast with officers, enlisted men and of their own court.
hostile style, tanking a field goal by Fassler, stellar Navy back, fought Waves gunning for team and in- Their accuracy at the hoop was
Al Conti and furthering their cause and scratched the ball over Cal's dividual honors. phenomenal.
goal and downed it for the try Full responsibilities of the league
with a free throw. Armed Gu~rd
neve'r overcame the lead established (touchdown). The conversion was· from the very beginning have been C. K. Youngkin and Commander
given the green flag when the edu- on the sturdy shoulders of Captain V. A. LeClare.
so early by the Coast Guard, drop-
cated toe of "Red-Dog" Stephens
ping even further behind as the
placed the ball squarely between
game progressed. Late in the first
the uprights, making the score 5-0.
period the Sea Lions had stretched
the lead to nine points but some Led by Easter, Bryan, Davis,
and Pinzone, Treasure Island beat
desperate shooting by Merchant
WHO WANTS TO SKATE? Bar- its way to the Bear's 30 yard line.
and Mathewsqn whittled it down to bara de Juno, talented y,oung
25-20, at intermission time. skater, is a sample of the 100 or Stephens took a look, remarked it
The final stanza was only a pro- more eye-filling beauties who will was a cinch, and booted the ball
over the up-rights, bringing the
longer of the agony, with the Ala- vi,e for titles during the California
score to 8-0.
medans' Conti, Napolitano and Figure 'Skating Championships
The second half wasn't dry be-
Dropo sinking them from all angles scheduled · for Berkeley Iceland,
hind the ears when Mel Zimmer,
to make it a runaway affair. Only February 10. Navy ace scrum man, scored a field
the defensive genius of Paul Mer- goal. The play was set up as a re-
chant kept the score from becoming Dropo, c .. . .......... 6 0 12
7 suit of a smashing drive, launched
ridiculous. O'Shea, g ............ 3 1
Baker, g . . ......... . 0 2 2 by Treasure Island players, Ver-
Armed Guard (33) 2 ducci, player-coach, and D. Mc-
Merchant, f ...... . ... 5 2 12 Balinger, g ....... . .. 1 0 Carthy, fullback, whose play spark-
DeJulio, f ........... 1 0 2 56 plugged the team.
Anet, f .............. 2 1 5 Totals .. ...... . . . . 24 8 Toward the dying moments of
Burris, C ............ 1 0 2 the game and as the shadows crept
Twohig, C ............ 1 0 2 across the field, California showed
Mathewson, g .. .. .. . 3 2 8 a spark of life and threatened sev-
Rhine, g . .... ........ 1 0 2 eral times. Their threats netted
Fischer, g ........ . .. 0 0 0 them one try (touchdown) and a
conversion. The game ended shortly
Totals ......... . .. 14 5 33 afterwards, with the final score,
Sea Lions (56) Treasure Island 11, California 5.
Napolitano, f ........ 5 1 11 Winning the game put Treasure
Ball'ca, f ...... . .... :1 0 2 Island's team back into the run- SHOULDER TO SHOULDER are the two contenders for individual
honors. Valliere, PH M3c, on the left is leading the enlisted men with a
Conti, f ...... . ...... 8 3 19 ning for the_ championship. Bob 140 average, while Commander V. A. LeClare, mainstay of the Corn-
Coglan, f ... .. ...... . 0 1 1 Pickett was game captain. squeezers is well above the 170 mark.