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BAY MEADOW JOCKEYS CLASH WITH PRE-COM, SUNDAY
Vets Bolster Armed Island Bowling
·Guard Basketballers Championship Heated Congressional Medal of
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Armed Guard has put out some Three teams are racing neck Honor Winner Heads
mighty good basketball teams in and neck for the island bowling Riders; P. T. 1430
the past but this year's casaba championship, and of the three,
aggregation looks capable of sur- Public Works looks like the logi- It's better than an even money
passing them all. cal choice to capture the hard- bet!!!
Although the Barracks D men ware. Handicappers will get a chance
finished in the second division last Ship's Service and Tadcen are to see 'their favorite jockeys per-
year they scored enough victories making it a three team race all
form Sunday, but they'.ll have to
over superior opponents to estab- the w~y down to the 'finish wire.
look a lot harder than usual as
lish them as dangerous customers None of the three mentioned have
the little tykes who ride the thor-
for anybody to handle. And dan- yet· to taste defeat. oughbreds will be minus their
gerous ·they were, knocking over The Bakers have compiled two colorful riding uniforms and
the T. I. Pirates and the Coast records that haven't been equalled.
fleet-hoofed ponies.
Guard Sea Lions on successive Their high team average of 2532
week-ends. and high team single of 871 are Bay Meadows officials, headed
This year they will have the unsurpassed. by Jack Smith and ''Hap" O'Con-
entire 1944 squad returning in High individual game honors ner, have graciously consented
addition to a host of new hands. go to Valley with a 227 pin dis- to a softball contest between their
Beef and height will play an arraignment. diminutive jockey nine and _a
important role in the Gunner at- . How they stand in the League: handpicked squad from the Pre-
Commissioning Training center.
tack. Returning veterans are Art The game will be held on T. I..'s
Burris, Hal DeJulio, Paul Mer- W. L. Pcb.
chant, Bobby Anet and Bill Public Works No. 1 . . 3 O 1.000 athletic field Sunday, November
Ships Service ..... .. 3 U 1.000 11.
Mathewson. To back these regu-
lars, coach Marsh has giant J. Tadcen . .. . . . ..... . 3 O 1.000 And what a game it promises
Kuhrts, 6'8" center, J. Dawson, Bakers .. . .. .... ... .. 2 1 .667 to be.
Barracks J . . . . . . . . . 1 2 .333 "Hap" O'Conner, famed umpire
6'5", Doty, 6'2" and Ball, 6'1". of early days and an old Navy
Lt. Anet, who has been counted Intake Station .. . ... O 3
on as one of the team's mainstays, Public Works No. 2 .. 0 3 man, will field a fast, scrappy
outfit.
has been lost to the squad due to Optical Shop ........ 0 3
Just look at the names that
a foot injury. He has been work- cluster the jockey roster. On the
ing out but he finds that the old Nov. 28-Jan. 9-St. Mary's Pre- mound will be either Tony Skoro-
flipper needs repairing. Flight.
ski, Johnny Longden or Allan
Tentative dates have been ar- Dec. 13-Jan. 29- Treasure Is-
ranged with some of the Pacific land. Gray. In the infield it's Les Bala-
Coast Conference colleges. These Dec. 20-Feb. 6-Naval Air, Ala- ski at first, Bill Bailey on second,
are some of the standout dates on meda. pepperpot Ralph Neves at third
their schedule. Jan. 2-Feb. 14-Fleet City. and Herbie Keigle at short. Catch-
ing will be Frankie Chojnacki.
Patrolling the outfield pasture
Swimming dueens Here Wednesday are Mel Peterson, Basil James,
Charley Corbett, Hubert Trent
SUNDAY'S SOFTBALL CLASSIC, schedul-ed for 1430 on the athletic and possibly Ed Shellhamer,
field, will bring together the Bay Meadows Jockey club and the Pre-
Commissioning "sluggers" from the D.D. Pool. Pictured above is the Billy Swigart and Billy Brite,
entire jockey softball squad whose roster is chock full of diamond two of America's greatest young
as well as turf talent. Coach "Hap" O'Conner (bottom photo), is not jockeys, will appear in the line-
threatening "P•op" Pellerin and jockey Bob Ranum with that baseball
bat but giving the D.D. P.ool coordinator a fair idea of what's going up.
to happen to his tin-can men when they cross bats November 11. Vincent Polk, Congressional
That's Pre-Com coach, Melton, to the right of O'Conner. In the back- Medal of Honor winner for brav-
gr,ound is jockey Les Balaski. ery in Luzon, will also get in a
little mound duty.
District Fisticuffs the first evening's maul matinee Heading the Pre-Commission-
which included personnel from the
ing contingent will be coach Bob
Now Under-way; Camp Navy, Marine, Seabee, Naval Melton, who will be backed by
prisoners and trainees attac,hed the same able supporters that
Parks Scene of Opener to the 12th Naval District. And larruped the Bay Meadows Girls'
what a show this conglomeration softball champions earlier in the
The annual 12th Naval District of men made it. Fists flew faster year.
glove shindig got under way last than sailors flocking to a local
Theatre No. 3 will be host to a
night, and in no small fashion. tap room. series of horse breeding and horse
Camp Parks' ..two giant rings Treasure Island's punch repre-
drew down the opening night's as- sentatives came through with racing pictures prior to the game,
and will show the complete life
signment and eliminated some- their expected victories.
of a horse from the time it is
thing in the neighborhood of 100 Besides a number of Diamond born to its first turf triumph.
contestants. , Belt and Golden Glove champions
Show time will be 1300. Game
Following the Camp Parks' the star-studded ·list of competi-
time, 1430.
show the tournament will con- tors included a number of box-
tinue at the Naval Landing Force ers who recently arrived from
Depot November 13. The Naval overseas.
LORRAINE FISHER AND ANN CURTIS, two of America's fastest
water merchants, are poised on the brink's edge but just let a starting Advance Base, San Bruno, gets A few of the prominent boxers Armed Guard Upset!
gun bark and yo·u'l:I see the two aquatic belles spri·ng into action. the third round and Camp Shoe- are Floyd Hagen, Henry Ande·r-
Both were featured in the Water Follies Wednesday and Thursday maker gets the finals site on No- son, Phil Palestina, Willie Clem- Hosp. Bowlers Register
night that was highlighted by some beautiful costume designing and vember 20. mons, Rudolph Salazar, Ray Wil-
modeling by the "House of Charm" girls. Coach Al Rebstock should Pin Triumph
be commended for his excellent handling of the RMS swimming team A total of 60 bouts were held in liams and Doug Sheridan.
that gave up all its time for the two night stand specialty numbers.
The beautiful stage setting and lighting displays were handled by The recent storm that cut T.
the brushmen and theatre lads of the Welfare department. Ernie L's electrical power short Tues-
Smih did the announcing job and our T. I. Band "gav-e" with the day night, registered a decided
sweet .music. It was the most sensational show to date. Congrats to advantage for the Hospital Wave
Welfare, Rec. and Athletic departments.
bowlers. Play was cut to two
series and enabled the new team
Pre-Com Drops Initial Armed Guard Wins entry to score its initial victory
and the second over an Armed
Practice Tilt, 36-31 League Opener, 2-1 Guard squad.
Hospital's fem keglers engi-
Alameda Air Station thought Armed Guard defeated Ala-
neered an early pin margin and
better of its opening statement, meda Naval Air Station, 2-1,
then just coasted with some av-
"When does your first string ar- Monday, at Alameda, in the open- erage bowling in compiling a
rive?" after narrowly escaping ing game of the 12th Naval Dis- 1423 score. Armed Guard notched
defeat to T. L's Pre-Commission- trict winter baseball league. 1398 digits for second place.
ing basketballers, 36-31. Rocky Stone granted five hits
Mary Saltsman captured her
This was Pre-Com's first trek and fanned seven Alameda bats- third high game title with a one
into the big leagues and although men. McConnell, Alameda catch- game, 197 stint.
they succumbed to superior num- er, touched Stone in the seventh ,- Armed Guard contributed Helen
bers, their defeat was by no for a home run. McBride in the high series total
means a disgrace. First Four League Games: with a 348 pin scrambling.
With less than two minutes to Nov. 8-Camp Parks. The Hospital five replaces Sup-
go, Pre-Com tied up the ball Nov. 12-Bye. YOU'LL SEE THEM in action Sunday, when they square off in the ply as the eleventh team entry.
game, 31-31. But here the "Hell- Nov.15- Camp Shoemaker. preliminary bouts of the 12th Naval District boxing championship at
cats took over as Backlund and Nov. 19-Port Chicago. Camp Parks. The Gunners will be well represented in the punch circle A Cultured Woman: One who
Nagle sunk two successive bas- with about 11 entrants. Finals will be. held at Treasure Island. Pic- by the mere shrug of her shoul-
kets, plus a free throw, to give A Termite's Nightmare: "I tured above are: (standing, left to right) P. Kleper, trainer; Ray ders can adjust her shoulder
Williams, K. Williams, J. McBeth, Bob Pease, D. Elite and Lt. (jg) A.
them the five point victory. dreamt I dwelt in marble halls." Guhin. ( Kneeling) L. Kruse, G. Peck, R. Norris and C. McRennolds. straps.