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PAGE 6 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, NOV. 17, 1945

PRE-COM CHALKS
UP NINTH WIN; BEATS Sex-Sational Water Carnival Thrills Thousands

NAVIGATION, 54-47
Led by the sharp shooting of Curtis and Co. Sparkle
Cummings and Hutchinson, Pre- In Two Night Show;
Com chalkea up their ninth win
of the season over Matson Navi- Models Charm Sailors
gation, 54-47, last Monday.
The end of the first half found You would have stood a bP.tter
Pre-Com on the losing side of a chance of getting into Treasure
30-28 score,. In the second half _Island's swim extravaganza, "An-
Pre-Com rallied with fancy shoot- ·kles Aweigh" had you been a
ing and fine defensive work and water minnow or a sardine, but
went on to win. as it was hundreds who weren't
It was the ninth victory of the so lucky were turned away from
season for Pre-Com against two the Welfare Division production
losses; one to Alameda and the vyednesday and Thursday night.
other to the California Bears. Words of welcome by MC Ernie
High scorers of the ~vent were 3mith greeted enthusiastic sailors
Cummings of Pre-Com with 15 3.S they squeezed and pushed their
points,i.eslie of Matson also with way through Gym No. 2's pool
15 points, and Hutchinson of Pre- doors.
C,!>.m ,~il:h 12 points.
Many who witnessed the open-
ing night of the sensational water
Armed Guard Drops 4-2 epic were again on hand Thurs-
day night to see the concluding
Tilt to Camp Parks performance. It was a tribute to
T. I.'s Armed Guard baseball the performers as well as the
team was defeated by the hard- 3tage hands, officials, sign paint-
hitting Seabees from Camp Parkr ers and electricians who played
last week. The Seabees banged their part so well.
out nine hits which were good for Al Rebstock's Radio Materiel
four runs while the Armed Guard swimmers were a highlight with
collected four hits for two· runs. their fluorescently lighted boards
Pitcher Harmon of the SeabeeE drifting silently down the pool
weakened only in the fifth when with the word "Welcome" spelled
Armed Guard scored two runs. out in color. Rebstock and the
The Seabees scored once in the RMS swimmers did all their re-
SPLASH PARTY- Had there been another night That's Marion Pontaq, churning 50 meters in her
second and three times in the in the week it would have meant "overtime" for backstroke specialty. Funny man Norman Hanley hearsing in their spare time.
fourth which was enough to sew
the lads and lassies that performed in Wednesday is performing what he calls a graceful swan. Individual performances by the
up the game. and Thursday nights "Ankles Aweigh" water (Inset) Getting a little spring on the 10 met.er cream of the swimming crop were
Summary- R. H. E. pageant. The five l•ovely mermaids pictured on the diving board is J,ohn McCormick. A grand finale segregated between numbers. Miss
Camp Parks 010 300 000-4 9 2 left, all capable of inspiring men to sea duty are: by the entire cast is shown in the bottom photo. Pat Sinclair broke the stillness of
(left to right) Marilyn Sahner, Pat Sinclair, Ann If you look closely enoug_h in the lower left hand
Armed G. 000 020 000- 2 4 2
Curtis, Marion P,ontaq and Sue Curtis. ( Upp-er corner you can see Clarience W,eigelt, who had the water by churning the 50
Batteries_: Harmon and Weaver; right). The picture isn't upside down, sailors. just completed his fire dive. meter breaststroke followed by
Smith and Ray. Marilyn "Sugar" Sahner in the
free style swim. Marion Falconer
Pontaq showed the form that won
Bay Meadows Jockeys Run Second Best to Armed Guard Qualifies OTS Tops Pin League, her the 1500 meter-championship
by sprinting through two laps.
Pre-Com Softballers; Movies Shown in Theatre 13 for District Semi's; Edges Out Armed Grd. Ann Curtis literally streaked
You couldn't have lost if you ed for a pair of hits in the first Ray Williams Upset Sparkling pin work has swung through the water, flashing the
had put your money on the Bay inning. Polk, Congressional Medal OTS into the top position of grace and speed that carried he·r
Meadows Jockey's club to place. of Honor winner, scored the sec- Armed Guard and Treasure Is- Treasure Island's bowling tour- to 23 national and two world's
The tiny mites found the going ond and final run for the jockeys land mustered their best fighting ney, with Armed Guard No. 1 titles. They all figured in a med-
a little rougher than they antici- in the third inning. forces and threw them into the closely tagging behind, as the ley relay later in the evening.
pated when they came out second Alteri, chucker for the jockeys, fray Friday night when boxers feminine league rolls into its sev- The 12th Naval District swim-
best in a 3-2 softball contest with was hit in the first, third and representing the different activi- enth week of play. ming champions, Chuck Coniglio,
Pre-Commissioning Sunday. fourth innings for one run tallies. ties in the 12th Naval District Garnering a total of 11.627 Willard Hanley, Vincent Ghessi,
Brightly garbed in red and In these innings Kisselburg, Cum- went at each other in the opening points thus far in the series, OTf" Ted Fotis, Ollie Kirgin, Chuck
white uniforms, the jockeys made mings and Rudea scored. round of the fistic tournament just barely spurted past the Foley and Al Rebstock, honored
colorful spectacles as they scam- The two Bay Meadows teams, held at Camp Parks. Armed Guard bowlers with a guests of the carnival committee,
pered around the bases on runs the girls' championship squad, Preliminary round matches score of 11,607. Armed Guard'f were introduced and launched
and base hits before a capacity and the jockeys finished up and were completely dominated by the second entry is in third place, an into what they hoped another
crowd. went scoreless in the final five Armed Guard fighters who won unstable nine pins behind its successful year.
Neither team was at a distinct frames. Willie Turner hurled the six of the eleven bouts they par- sister team. The right and wrong way of
advantage at any time. Both shut-out for the girls' team. ticipated in. Seven other Gunners High game honors went to L. diving was shown in contrast by
scored early. Prior to the softball game, reached the second round on byes. Hoching, of Disbursing, and she righteous Zoe Ann Olsen, Vickie
Browning gave up the first Bay movies on racing and breeding At least a half a dozen of the .duplicated this with a 496 high Taylor, John McCormick and
Meadows run when he was touch- were shown in Theatre No. 3. above mentioned look like sure- se·ries tally. Frank McGuigan who made their
fire winners. Other standings resulting from diving debuts a splashless one.
the tourney's sixth week of plaJ Norman Hanley and Clyde Diaz,
Treasure Island was a little
T. I. P~ays Host to lay Meadows Joclteys worse off than expected as two of are Personnel, Commissary, Dis- a pair of noisy thuds, created
her favorite sons suffered first pensary, MAA, RMS, Disbursing, laughs as well as a high water
round defeats while two others, and Hospital, lined up in that wake with their slap-happy tank
order.
who weren't expected to be antics. They were definitely not
around when the silverware was of championship caliber.
presented, reached the next round ATTENTION House of Charm models, well
on upsets. BASKETBALLERS proportioned and well trained pu-
Acting guest referee was the Another basketball season pils of the fashion parade, strutted
former middleweight champion of has rolled around and with it before the clamoring throng in
the world, Freddie Apostoli. has come the customary cry up-to-date creations. One was
for experienced players. particularly well garbed in a
A costly Armed Guard upset
was the Art Robinson-Ray Wil- Coach Art Whitmer, new polka dot play suit.
liams shindig won by Robinson. Gym No. 2 mentor, has been Six lovely ladies from the Fair-
running his "s tr i p p 1 i n g s"
The boys travel to Albany for mont Hotel thrilled the capacity
through practise sessions for
the semi-finals this week. crowd with a water ballet that
the past two weeks and al- sparkled with grace, precision and
Other bouts of prominence : though .the squad is long in
H . Gibson (T.I.) def. B. McQuarle numbers it is definitely short in beauty.
(A) , 135 lbs. Clarence Weigelt climaxed the
H. Bond (T.I.) def. G. Pebbles (A), experience.
135 lbs. All hands are welcome to evening's performance with a
J . Jordan (F.C.) def. J . Loudenslager spectacular fire dive.
(T.I.) , 160 lbs. tryouts that are being con-
D. Scrimger (AG) def. J. Rench (T.I .),
160 lbs. ducted in Gym No. 2 daily.
J. McBeth (AG) def. R. Levine (C.P.),
147 lbs. "What are .,thics? Well, I shall
T. Maragliotta (S.B.) def. D. Ellite show you. Suppose a lady c0mei,
(AG) , 147 lbs.
A. Rogge (AG) def. J . Pratter (S.B.), D. Jenkins (AG) def. J . Bryant (A), into the store, buys a lot of goods
IN AN AFTERNOON-LC\NG SHINDIG, including a dinner, a show 147 lbs. 176 lbs. and pays me 10 dollars too much.
D. Dontlum (CP) def. S. Muranyi C. Newport (AG) def. Bob Stezer (A) ,
at Theatre 3 and later a softball game, Bay Meadows jockeys and (AG),1 60 lbs. 175 lbs. Then, there is the question of
officials entertained their T. I. hosts last Sunday. Above, Bert Thomp- L . Kruse (AG) def. J . 0. Lane (FC), Definitions: AG--Armed Guard; CP-
son, West Coast Rep. of Jockeys' Guild, introduces to a Theatre 3 160 lbs. Camp Parks; A- Albany; FC- Floot ethics. Should I or should I not
audience some of Bay Meado"'!s hayburn-er pilots. H . Rhan (A) def. D. Norris (AG), City; T.I.- Treasure Island; SB- San tell my partner?"
176 lbs. Bruno.