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Abrams · Drops District Net Title to Likas
Bartell Captures Pirate Batting Honors -
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Fielding, Phillips Figure In . Team Collapse Perez-Abrams Head 12th
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About the only flavor left from because of his explosive bat. In Naval Doubles Play At
the baseball season is the hot dogs ·the clinches, Dick could be
and pop- and even they don't be- counted on for one of his well- Calif. U. Courts Today
long to baseball alone. The World's placed bingles.
Series still hav.e a finale in Octo- The flawless fielding of Bill Unheralded Harry Likas from
beT, but after that it's taps fqr Dunham was another stand-out Camp Shoemaker grabbed a vice
the boys in _ the diamond togs. of this year's squad. A carbon grip on the District tennis crown
Treasure Island ran into some copy of St. Louis' Marty Marion, when he defeated Lt. Joey Abrams
tough luck in the latter part of Dunham was next to impossible of Treasure Island, in the finals /"\'
the season after· c<;>mpiling an en- to get by. The second sack was of the 12th Naval District, Sun-
viable record over Service and Pa- never a worry with ~ illiam day, 6-1, 6-2.
Playing a sound, aggressive
cific Coast league teams earlier in around.
game, Likas 'hit both corners of
the year. Some of tlieir misfortune In the outfield it was Barney
can be credited to the early loss Olsen and Fred Tau by who, .pro- the Calif. University courts, re-
peatedly with sound placement
of three key men: Jack Phillips, vided the bleacher crowds .with
shots in easing to a straight set
rangy first-baseman ; Don Durdon, their most exciting thrills. Olsen
triumph over Abrams. Lt. Abrams
speedy outfielder; and pitcher "Si" was capable of reaching anything
showed· an uncanny retrieving de-
Calvert. within 30 yards of his territory _
Some feel that Phillips' depar- while Tauby's accuracy had I fense but crumbled when . Likas
passed him continually at the net.
ture was partially responsible for reached such pin-point precision In other matches Bob Perez,
the Pirate nose-dive. Others are that he could catch a ball in either seeded two entries from Treasure
of the opinion that the pitching hip pocket. Island, was upset in the quarter-
wasn't up to par. Anyway, T.I. A summary of this season's bat- finals by Henry Pfister of Port
failed to maintain the torrid pace ting and pitching records will give
a 4-all and 40-5 point lead but "'
it set in the initial stage of the you an idea how they fared. CH ART YOUR OWN COU RSE-You puzzl-ed sailors who have had Chicago, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. P erez ha<l
trouble l,ocating the two Gymnasiums on Treasure Island, or keeping
-season and dropped just enough Player G. AB. R. H. B.Pct. track of the sporting events that take place during the week, can do failed to follow up his advantage
games toward the end to eliminate Bartell .......... 70 234 67 92 .393 so by the colorful new posters distribut ed th roughout the island.
Tauby ·········- 53 191 49 74 .388 J ust look ,ov,er your shoulder at chow ti me i,n galley !< or while you by dropping the next three points
them from any title contention. Williarrs --···· 67 268 70 9 7 .362
Most of the hurling burden lay Lowe ···-·-··-··- 69 290 81 95 .324 are enjoying a game of ping-pong or pool in the new Welfal'e Bldg. and the following game to the
Olsen ··-·-·-····- 56 23 7 65 75 .3 17 st eady stroking Port Chicago
on the shoulders of Frankie Wil- S heely .......... 46 150 26 45 .300
Marshall -···--·- 22 51 9 15 .294 player.
son and Sol Bender. Half of the Dunham ........ 70 296 55 79 .26 7 Navy Relaxes Athletic Armed Guard Officers Lt. Johnny Foreman eased his ·
Pirates' winnings were collected Richardson .... 45 173 29 43 .248
Vallero --·-··-··· 31 105 17 25 .238 way past three rounds of play but
by these two. Wilson depended on Maggio --····--·· 12 21 1 5 .238 Policy-Top Heads Dis- Triumph Over Staff, 6-2
Donnely ........ 30 79 23 17 .21 6 ran into stubborn H. Likas in the
an assortment of curves and Ryback .......... 7 13 3 2 .154 Armed Guard's powerful officer quarter-finals in losing a 6-2, 6-3
plenty of control. Bender com- E.R. courage Financial Gains squad ended its softball season in decision to the Fleet City rac-
bined his "slideT" with a hook to Pitcher w. L. Avg. P ct. winning style Thursday, when queteer. Dick Grenfell, other T.I.
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overcome a good majority of the Odom ···--·········-- 4 0 1.000 Regulations gov:erning Navy
Condon ---··-····· 9 2 4.24 .818 they clubbed out a 6-2 win ever entry, ran into some unexpected
'batters he faced. B ender ------------ 13 3 3.18 .813 athletic teams and individual ath-
T er ranova ........ 5 1 4.4 .833 the Staff Officers, on the Athletic trouble in his second round match
Bartell was definitely the men- Wilson-···--······-- 12 6 3.4 .666 letes were relaxed by Secretary
Gran tham ........ 1 1 4.5 .500 of the Navy James Forrestal, Field. and submitted to Lt. E. Pratt of
ace at the plate. Aside from his Collins .............. 3 4 3.19 .429 On the mound for the victo,rs Hunter's Point, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4.
sensational fielding, Dick was the Calvert 3 1 5.5 .750 whose' new dir.ective· now makes
Gilson .............. 2 1 2.8 .666 it possible for naval service teams was Commander Flaherty who Although Treasure Island failed ~
most feared player in the league Riden ----········-· 2 0 1.8 1.000 labored the full nine· innings and to capture the District title in the
to travel outside the team's dis-
trict and participate in certain aided his own cause with a double singles event, they placed enough
Radio Materiel Champ RMS Nabs Intra-Mural benefit contests. that chased in three runs ahead men in the qualifying rounds to
Included in the benefit con_tests of him. give them a strangle hold on the
Trophy; Specialists Can are those sponsored by the Red Although outhit, the winning Commandant's Trophy, which
officer combination took advan- counts most for the team points.
Cross, a Community War Fund,
Compete In New Set-up Army or Navy Relief, and the tage of the breaks at the crucial Today the favorite team of
time and turned singles and Abrams and Perez will take the
National Infantile Paralysis
Good news is in the wind for doubles into winning runs. courts in quest of the doubles
Foundation, as part of their an-
, Specialists "A" and officers. Fu- nual fund-raising drives. crown along with Lt. Foreman
· lure competition in the Commo- Games or contests staged as Revelation- Bathing suits re- and Lt. T. Gruhler, seeded three
1 dore's Trophy program will be part of government bond drives veal the figure, but sweaters point entry, who will attempt to make
also are authorized. out the facts. it an all T.I. finals.
I open to specialists and officers in ~--------------,.;..,.-------~-----
I Under the old system, naval
I all activities. Their _ addition is
service teams were not allowed to -a.,. "'•m DAW IJ._A l'lb..AtntlJ~
. expected to create a boom in the flv lh•~ 1,11 .. , r" • • •
travel outside the bounds of their f"'• ,._ .. 1,11,
' Intra-Mural play. particular area. Teams are per-
The initial three-month period mitted to be absent from their
winds up in the latter part of stations for 48 hours, traveling
September with basketball being anywhere within the time limit.
the lone survivor. Radio Mat eriel Travel by air is authorized by the
new directive.
has already accumulated enough
Navy squads and individuals
points in the other events to romp
Heavyweight Champ Davis may _participate in any amateur
off with its first Commodore event, conducted by the Amateur I'"\"'\
trophy and.needs only to 'win the Athletic Union or any other rec-
Mabry Sparks Radio casaba event to make it a land- ognized amateur organization.
slide victory.
Star athletes formerly were not
Materiel to 37-25 Win Pressing the school boys in the permitted to compete in outside
diget department is Pre-Commis- competition, particularly in ex-
A well balanced Radio Materiel sioning. Their recent triump_h in
basketball quintet advanced to the the bowling division has elevated hibition matches.
quarter_:-final round of the Intra- them to a spot above Tadcen and When sailors ·are on leave, the ~
Mural hoop tournament Friday, only their r-emaining game with 48 hour restriction does not apply
at the expense of the T.I Medics, Armed Guard in the basketball and participation is allowed any-
37-25. semi-finals is necessary to assure where in the country. Command-
ing officers, however, have been
Sharp-shooting forward, Jack them of a second place berth.
instructed that no special consid-
Mabry paced the school boys with Radio Materiel gained a final
eration is to be given leave re- ,
an 18 point backboard barrage. spot in the hoop play with its quests on that basis.
rt was Mabry who pulleq them 37-25 win over the Naval Hos-
out of a first perio<l slump wh_en pital while Pre-Com must hurdle Naval personnel are not per-
mitted to compete in games, con- ,,-,'\.
he scored two quick baskets that· Armed Guard before arousing its tests, or exhibitions conducted by INTRA-M U RAL KING-P INS-Keglers who responded t.o the Pre-
started the RMS hoopmen roll- rooting section. Commissi,oning victory cry are, (left to right): A. Lewis (Pre-Com.) ,
promoters, or group operators for Lt. Gilcl"ease, Intra-Mural officer ; A. Faust (kneeling); R. Schwab,
ing. From then on they poured a Handball elimination went as purposes of personal financial Rozak, L. Constintini, L. Musal (second row); A. Joh nson, S. Danals,
continual stream of goals through expected when the strong Tadcen gains. B. Blankman and F. Plautz (back row).
the loop that saw every regular delegation emerged victorious
score· at least four digets. over a scrappy RMS outfit. Tony seven runs to win the Treasure Igles and a wild pitch accounted
Armed Guard Cops Island softball championship, 7-0. for the Gunner uprising in the
Spearheading the RMS attack Pontuti, Joe Perez, Ed Dankert
along with Mabry is R. H. Mallot, and A. Parker were the winning The win climaxed a brilliant fourth. In the seventh frame it
a former Kansas University star, team members. that sparked the Softball Championship; season for Armed Guard, who was just a matter of how many
at the other forward post. At cen- Gym No. 1 forces to the triumph. were credited with 15 wins out of tallies they were going to score as
ter is rangy Bob• Martin, ex- D. Bonnstedt of RMS is an al- Pre-Com Is Victim 20 trips to the diamond. Deter, Carascio, and Schneider all
Southern Californian. Rounding most certain winner of the indi- crossed the plate.
out the first squad is Leo Voyles, vidual point scoring award and Finley, Armed Guard softball A run in the opening inning
versatile athlete from Arizona will probably head the awarding chucker, limited the Pre-Com!Ilis- started Finley on his way to the Both Armed Guard squads, soft-
State -:feachers, and H. S. Robin- ceremony some time next month. sioning ten tq fiv.e· scattered hits easy victory ai:id from there on ball and baseball, were honored
son, a scrappy, aggressive floor- as his Gunner' mates pounded the Armed Guard was never headed. at a banquet in San Francisco
hawk from Illinois. For Team Points 'see Next Page offerings of Brown for 10 hits and Two more runs on a pair of sin- last week.
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