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THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, MAR CH 24, 1945 PAGE 3
Hoop Title Mat Champs to Softball Results

Tangle in Local Yo-Ho-Men Clouters .. SPORTS .•
Armed Guard Cagers
Arena March 28
Scalp Fleet City, 49-40 Nab League Lead
Two gigantic bone crushers of
Climaxing Shoemaker Field's in- equal repute will climb through t he Getting off to a flying start in
vitational basket ball tournament in the Dungaree Softball League is
a spirited finale, the cagey_ Armed ropes of Gym No. 1 squared arena the Yo-Ho-Men, hard-hitting out-
Guard hardwood aces of Treasure Wednesday night, March 28, at fit who edged the AR-GD sluggers,
Island copped first place laurels by 1900, to headline· one of the most 4-3, in the opening tilt.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
trouncing a stubborn F leet City colorful boxing smokers ever pre-
quint, 49-40, before a capacity W. L . T.
sented here.
crowd of hoop spectators. Yo-Ho-Men .. .. ...... 1 0 0
The stellar attraction will find DD "A" . . . .. ...... .0 0 1
Spearheading t he assault wave
for the Armed Guard quint, out- "F lash" Gordon, junior light-heavy- USS "R" . . . . . . . ... .0 0 1
weight titleholder, facing Babe USS "G" . . . . . . . . .. .0 0 1
standing contenders in the receni::y
Rodriguez, Southern heavyweight USS "T" . . . .. . .... .0 0 1
concluded NCBA casaba tournry, 1 0
was Treasure Island's most prol(fic champ, in a highly-touted mat AR-GD . . . . . . . .. .. 0
scrapple. USS ''L'' . . . . . . .. .0 0 0
hoop artist, Art Burris, who Jan . . . . . .. .0 0 0
his season's total up to 248 tall/es Opening the floorshow entertain- USS "K" 0 0
when he annexed 18 digits in \he ment with favorite jump t unes will USS "O" . . . . . .. .. 0
heated hardwood fray. be the popular Treasure Island Soft ba ll Results
swing band. Entertainers with an USS "R" 11, DD"A" 11 (tie).
The flashy Armed Guarders
roughshodded their way to a 24215 accent on t heir "gam-ingly" beauty USS "T" 7, USS "G" 7 (tie).
will swing and sway their lovely Yo-Ho-Men 4, AR-GD 3.
ha}ftime lead and was never threat-
torsos to your heart's delight.
ened by the bluejackets of F leet
City, who won the consolation f a- A galaxy of athletic specialists Last Day to Register
1
cas of the NCBA hoop confab. I will demonstrate plenty of dexte-r-
ity in a judo exhibition, on the fly-
Scores were made in nip-and- For T. I. T ournies
ing rings, trampoline and in weight-
tuck fashion for the first ten min- Today at 1200 is the deadline for
utes of the contest. But after that, lifting. Among the experts will be registering to play in either the
\.._.,, Sam Loprinzi, Sp(A)lc, whose
"eagle-eye" Art Burris and lanky chess or table tennis tournaments
Hal DeJulio started hitting the net photo is in the April issue of H ealth scheduled to commence on March
to establish the halftime advantage and St rength magazine, and George 26.
the Fleet City cagers were never P avlich, Sp (A) le, titleholder in the Call Extension 32 to place your
military press.
able to overcome. Following high- entry or register yourself by sign-
point man Burris, DeJulio pocketed A new feature of the show which ing up on the bulletin board in the
MAT CHAMPS-When " Flash" Gordo,n, holder of the junior light-
13 markers. will interest every enlisted man is lobby of the Recreation Center. heavyweight w r-estling title, meets Babe Rodriguez, Southern heavy--
Fleet City's point makers were the new policy of offering the ring- For those who have entered, be weight mat champ, in the squared arena at Treasure Island's Gym No. 1
scrappy Jim Moran, who tallied side seats to t hem- first come, first sure to watch the pairings which next Wed nesday night, there will be plenty -of acti-on. Both matmen have
10 digits, and Stanford Kramer, served. A portion will be saved for will be posted at 1300 on the bulle- w restled such greats as Jim Londos and Don George.
who racked up 12. those who bring their wives and tin board. You must be available for
Individual and team awards for guests. your match at the time shown~
the first annual Commodore F orster All passes for visitors must be otherwise you will lose by default. McGuire, Clark Frontier Base Boxers
tournament were expensive and obtained the day before the show For all table tennis players it is Clash in Handball Entertain Servicemen
elaborate. Armed Guard, the con- from the Pass Office, located in the recommended that you wear your
querors, received 10 $25 war bonds. Administration building. gymnasium shoes to play your Finale at Gym. No. 1 At Seven Bases
match, as the floor on which you
'-.../ The ace boxing team of the F ron-
will play is rather slippery. All Gathering m·omentum as the
Bag Punching Champion Headlines '.)ther equipment will be furnished. handball tourney progresses, Bob tier Base has in recent weeks taken
part in seven different Ar my-Navy
Boxing Smoker in Treasure Isle Gym. to get the referee's nod. McGuire, Treasure Is-land handball smokers at H amilton Air F i-eld,
Unleashing a barrage of haymak- titleholder, continued to blast his F airfield Army Air Base, the Coa st
ers in a spirited attack, Alton Mc- way through a stiff field of con- Guard Base of San Francisco, and
Bag P unching Champ, Sam Slavich
Anderson, KO Artist, Beth was awarded a TKO win ov-er tenders to the final stanza of the other military sta tions in this vicin-
rattled the bags in every direction ity.
Chalks Up His 42nd with different parts of his anatomy game Pat Gates, who put up· a stiff Island handball conclave. Licking his weight in glove-wield-
and even played a rhythmic tune fight until the second round. The cagey handball artist won
Consecutive Ring Win with them. Although newcomer Tex Parker ing wildcats in t hese bouts was
couldn't be cornered in the round the semi-finals go of the singles J ames Alexapder, MM3c, who is
Six couples of well-primed leath- ring, Ted Lewis of the DD Pool was event by turning on all of his hand- called "another Henry Armstrong"
able to engage him enough to cop ball prowess to romp over Marino, by Chief Boatswain's Mate "Ski"
er tossers, a bag punching expert
another triumph for the DD Pool 21-11; 21-9, in a heated contest. Dynkowski, the team's mentor.
and a starlit troupe of entertainers
J.ght fans. While t he crack camera-clicking Alexander holds the 1943 and 1944
added up to one of the season's
Chalking up his 42nd ring win handball king was battling it out Golden Gloves senior welterweight
best sm okers, recently held in the championship, and is a San Fran-
\...,, in as many starts, "KO Artist" with the stubborn Marino, Clark,
sneaker-scarred Gym No. 1 before
Henry Anderson, NY A welter- cisco Diamond Belt and American
a record crowd of Navy and civilian "dark horse" of the tournament Athletic Union star.
weight titleholder of Buffalo, N. Y.,
spectators. fray, was busy on the adjoining
and welter-weight champ of T. I., Other F rontier Base men who ex-
The crack 18-piece Alameda outboxed Clarence Smith of the court plastering a duo of defeats changed jabs for the entertainment
Coast Guard swing band, fronted Marinship to nab t he decision. on Chief Bender, 21-8; 21-6. of fellow-servicemen were John
by Chief Hickson, opened the lid Rugged and tough, belting Smith By virtue of their victories, Mc- Burns, EM2c, Twelfth Naval Dis-
of_ entertainment with some torrid caused the canny Island ring king Guire and Clark will vie in the trict featherweight champ; Scott
down beats, while the cha rming Chapman, MM2c, Olympic Club
to call upon all the ring prowess final frame of the court · scrapple
song stylist Edith Kammler vocal- and knowledge that enabled him to £or championship honors. ligl).t " heavyweight king; George
ized a trio of popular song hits. paste eight consecutive KO blows Teague, F l c; and Bob E vans, F2c.
Alice Hewlett, lovely ballet-tap on recent ring foes in order to stave Attracting widespread interest is
a rtist, won hearty ovations from off defeat and garner the decision talk of the heated tussle which
. the appreciative crowd. J ohnny from judges Chi-ef Ray Fee and looms as Clark and Moylan, doubles Wante d
Frederick, emcee and star of the Dave Stevenson and referee E ddie team, get set to encounter McGuire
Gay 90's, spiced the program with James. and Lt. McGill in the doubles finale. Armed Guard Skipper
comedy tunes. Other sterling per- In the final stanza of the ring The doubles event of the court
formers were the popular Cleveland " KO" Anderson warfare, two leather-slinging fistic confab will bring two teams of Pages Softball Players
Sisters, who sang their way into Mitten clashing got off to an ex- hopefuls, representing the Marines stellar handballers together as a
Softball pilot Dave Medigovich of
the hearts of the spectators, and citing start when the cagey Paul and Marinship, brought the spec- result of their semi-finals victories.
the Anned Guard Center, who was
curvaceous Irene Dorsett, sensa- Kautt decisioned Matthew Nash in tators to their feet as they slugged
Clark and Moylan showed cham-
tional acrobatic tap artist. The tal- the first ring go on tab. and walloped each other all over pionship form while ousting Marino the big gun behind the pennant-
ented troupe made their appearance The second ring scrapple cat- the arena. Ray Burns of the Ma- and Bender, 2-1-14; 21-9, in the winning Island sluggers last year,
here through t he courtesy of the apulted Acey Rogge into the wicked rines, tossing a hard right against announces that positions a re open
semi-finals scrap of t he doubles
Armed F orces Entertainment Com- left jabs of ha rd-hitting J immy Lloyd Ward's midriff, fractur-ed his to all comers on the yet-to-be-or-
event. ganized soft ball team.
mittee. Rhodes. Using -his right to an ad- hand and was forced to forfeit the
McGuire and Lt. McGill had The able softball mentor, whose
Adequately labelled the World's vantage, Rogge outjabbed Rhodes bout.
plenty of competition on hand when team lost only four tilts out of a
they met Lt. Hunt and Lt. P helan. 45-game schedule, said to the press
The results of the contest read today, "Two in a row would be
19-21; 21-12; 21-10, with McGuire- sweet, but I need experienced ball
1VIcGill emerging victoriously. players to repeat."
Semi-finalists and finalists will League play makes its debut on
invade the handball courts as •·rep- April 15 and the Armed Guard
resentatives of Treasure Island in skipper is hopeful of putting an-
the Twelfth Naval District title other team on the warpath that will
meet, beginning Monday, March 26, bring championship laurels to the
tournament officials announced. activity as they did last year.
D I SPENSARY BOWLING LEAGUE TEAM
STANDINGS FOR WEEK ENDI N G MA RCH 16 -
Pct. Total High High
G W L W -on .Pins Avg. Gms. Series
Bear Cats· ..... 48 38 10 79 32735 684 802 2341
SMOKER EXTRAVAGANZA - Bluejackets of participate -on the smoker card. Among them were, Cornsqueezers .45 35 10 78 32451 711 936 2471
Treasure Island were feted with an-other carl,oad of center-left to right-ac robatic ·dancer Irene Dor- Hula Bears .... 48 32 16 67 30856 643 789 2208
sports a nd entertainment at a recent boxing smoker sett ; emcee Johnny F red rick, who is flanked by the Mud Hens ..... 48 27 21 56 30926 644 859 2078
in Gym No. 1. The versatile Sam Slavish, left, who is charming Cleveland sisters ; ballet tap artist Alice Groaners ... ... 48 25 23 52 28654 597 764 2024
rightfully a claimant to the world's bag punching Hewlett, and vocalist Edit h Ka mmler. Referee Eddie Sadie Hawkins 48 21 27 44 28331 590 788 2127
title, captivated the capacity crowd with his skillful James, right, steps over to give Pat Gates a helping High Average- Larson, 179; Thyberg, 164.
bag rattling feats. The Armed Forces Entertain- hand aft.er awarding a TKO win to Alton McBeth, High Game-Le Clair, 244; Overholt, 239 .
. rnent Committee sent a gr-oup of talented artists to who carried the fight to his foe. High Series- LeClair, 611; Thyberg, 593.