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PAGE  6         THE  MASTHEAD,  SATURDAY,  NOV.  10,  19~5
                                                                 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.
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