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WITH THE CLOSE DOWN of Gym No. 1, all recreatio-n and personnel have been two remaining areas. Space will be a little more limited but there will be a double
transferred to Gym No. 2 and the Athletic Field for further· duty. The three "island amount of instructors on hand to help you. In case you are in doubt as to the new
buddies" have gone through a lot -of shore duty together but now must come a parting locations, the athletic field site is located next to the embarkation barracks on the
of th,e ways. Gym No. 1 is scheduled for a more secluded shore life while boxing, east side and Gym No. 2 is directly behind Theatre N-o. 3. Don't fail to take advan-
swimming, tennis, judo, basketball, baseball and body-building will flourish in the tage of the activities pictured above.
are J. V. Stone, George Eyrich, H.
TREASURE ISLAND TAKES 12TH NAVAL NET TITLE Harrison, Ralph Romero, Frank '45 Editions Available
Howton and Tommy Smith. Ey-
kept them in continual hot water rich and Stone were regular New Softball Guide and Rule
Perez-Abrams Gang Up with his tricky net play. workers while Harrison and How- books are now available in the
Perez followed through with a ton were relegated to relief Welfare Office of the new Rec-
To Win Doubles Crown; service win and then teamed with roles. Stone has pitched with al- reation building.
The booklet contains all
An All T. I. Final Abrams to break Grenfell's serv- most every ball club in the softball regulations and photos
smaller circuits, his last hitch
ice at 4-2. Abrams held as Perez
being with the Cincinnati Reds. of year's best women's and
Treasure Island's unbeaten ten- cut the base line with two center
nis duo, Bob Perez and Lt. Joey court volleys. Eyrich is the property of the men's softball teams in the ,.___
Abrams, marched beyond another From here they exchanged Baseball is over. Anyway as far Philadelphia Phillies and is a nation.
barrier Sunday, when they elim- serves until the final game when a as the Armed Guard is concerned, right-handed fireball artist.
inated their island buddies, Lt. pair of backhand placements down they have had their last crack at The gap between second and at 22, Johnny has played with
John Foreman and Dick Grenfell the alley netted Perez and Abrams the little leather pill until another third base, commonly called Salt Lake City and the powerful
in the finals of the 12th Naval the Di.strict tennis title. season rolls around. short-stop, is capably filled by San Francisco Seals. His last
District doubles net-f.est, 6-4, 6-3. And it wasn't a bad season at Joe Mooney. Mooney has been season with Salt Lake he hit .383.
Foreman and Grenfell made it all for the Gunners who were around the bat and ball depart- Rounding out the infield is
an all Treasure Island finals when Pre-Com Triumphs in counted out of the running early ment for a decade. Joe played "Corky" Correll, hard hitting
they upset the dope bucket in de- in the year because of their miser- double A ball for Toronto in the first-baseman of the Gunners.
feating the second seeded team of Horeshoe Tourney able showing against just medi- International League. Mooney is A speedy trio patrols the out-
Robert Kamrath and Charley Sut- ocre competition. Coach Jimmy surrounded by good fielding ball field for Coach Johnson, and al-
ton in the quarter-final round. Pre-Commissioning climbed an- Johnson's charges failed to win a players. On the second sack is though none are classed as heavy
other step in its quest up the game in the first half but came scat Hugh Luby, and on third is
A series of last minute place- victory ladder when they• tri- hitters, they all get their share
ments by the winning team netted umphed over the T.I. Hospital in down the home stretch in such a Johnny Larrieu. Larrieu fills in at of bingles. Lee Schulte is the
them a semi-final round, 4-6, 6-1, the finals of the Horseshoe tour- blaze of winning games that they the clean up spot in the batting most impressive of the bunch. Lee
9-7 triumph over Lt. Apgar and nament. It was an Intra-Mural were installed even-money favor- order and leads the Armed Guard
Jack Lynch and kept the issue in ites in the Commandant's Trophy in home runs. Although just a lad Continued on Next Page-
contest. tournament.
doubt until the last point was
scored. At one time Lynch and The singles and doubles crowns Fleet City knows well what we GIJNNER IASEBAllERS lOG OIJT
Apgar held a 6-5 and 40-5 lead were won jointly by Pre-Com and are talking about, having run
in the final set but fell completely added valuable points towards into the path of the Armed
apart on a bad call and submitted their Commodore· Trophy cam- Guard cyclone in the district
to Perez and Abrams in the three paign. Pre-Com went all the way tourney and was just able to get
to the finals without playing a
games that followed. out of the joust on the long end
match.
Heated net play featured Sun- of a 6-5 score.
Leading the tin can men against
day's final match at the Califor- Considering· their hard luck in
the hospital were Danielson and
nia Tennis Club in San Francisco. the early part of the season their
Becvar in the singles and Tropey
Both teams showed the strains of and Popilek in the doubles. 38 wins against 34 defeats wasn't
the preceding day's six-match such a bad record after all.
grind held in conjunction with the Big names don't clutter the
Singles tourney the week previ- Armed Guard line-up but experi-
ous. Armed Guard Paces 11 ence and aggressiveness play a ·
Sunday's win gave Treasure Is- large roll in the Gunner roster. '.
land possession of the Comman- Week Bowling Tourney; In the case of Hugh Luby, it's a I
dant's Trophy and their first sec- different story. Hugh has had ,
tion title. Donham Twirls 184. plenty of diamond dust in his
Foreman and Grenfell started eyes from seasons with the Oak- I
Red played an impo·rtant part
out by smashing their way in the opening round of the land Acorns and the New York
through the first two games. A Waves bowling tournament Tues- Giants and was voted the most
rally of six straight points and valuable man on the Oakland
day night when the fair-haired
a pair of overhead placements maidens were forced to pay a squad. It's no wonder his presence
netted Perez and Abrams the fol- in the Gunner line-up is a shot in
five-cent penalty fol'. leaving the T. I. CHAMPS-Defeating the Treasure Island team in the third
lowing three games. Here, Fore- the arm.
circled (red) pin standing. game of a two out of three series -enabled the Armed Guard squad
man weakened and lost his serve Working behind the plate are
Nine of the ten pins used are t-o win its first local pennant. Members from left to right are:
which paved the way for their colored white while the one re- Mike Boyko and Cy Abbey. Both (kneeling) N. Connolly and J. Watson, Mgrs. (front row) L. John-
opening set loss, 6-4. are efficient at the back-stop de- son, L. Rose, J. Mooney, G. Eyrich, B. Callagy, F. May; L. Lewis
maining is painted red. When this
It was apparent that the jig pin is missed with the first ball tail with little to choose between (coach), Lt. (jg) W. Keller, Welfare and Recreation Officer. (Second
was up as Abrams plastered their them. row) M. Boyko, J. Stone, T. Smith, C. Correll, L. Schulte, J. Larrieu,
H. Luby. (Back row) R. Carlascio, J. McNulty, H. Harrison, R.
best serves for placements and Continued on Next Page - Serving them up on the mound Romero, F. Howton