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         THE  SPOTLl·GHT  THIS  WEEK  falls  on  the  sporting  activities  of  the  past  year.   as  well  as  putting  a  skilled  baseball  nine  on  the  diamond.  The  Pirate's  bask,etball   G
         D-uring  1945  thousands -of  Treasure  Island  bluejackets  participat,ed  in  and  witnessed   team  can  now  be  seen  in  action.  Intra-mural  sports  have  given  men  and  women  of
         a  galaxy of athletic events.  Organized teams brought many  honors to T.  I.  as well  as   all  Island  activities  a  chance  to  participate  in  th-eir  favorite  sport.  Treasure  Island
         hours  of  entertainment  to  enthusiastic  audiences.  Two  well-equipped  gyms,  an  ex-  personnel  can  look  forward  to  another  year  of  full  time  sporting  activity,  for  al-
         pansive athletic field,  and  two  luxuri-ous  swimming  pools  pr,ovide  hours  of  recreation   though  demobilization  has  curtailed  many  organizations,  the  ne-ed  for  physical  de-
         for  athletic-minded  men  and  women.  Bowling  aHeys,  tennis  courts,  and  pool  rooms   v,elopment  is  great  and  even  though  the spotlight  fades  on  last  year's events,  a  new
         are  also  available  to  Islanders.  T.  I.  held  its ,own  ,G,olden  Glove  Tournament  in  1945   one  is  showing  the  way  toward  a  new  year  jam-packed  with  sporting  thrills.

         Fleet City All-Americans Trim T. I. Cagers  51-45  PUBLIC  WORKS  CHAMPS  INT. I.
          .                                              ·            ·  -       '                    MEN'S  HANDICAP  BOWLING  LEAGUE
         Pirates  Thrown              T.  I.  Tale  o_f  w_ e     been a  magician for all the tricky
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                                       The  begmmng  of  the  second  maneuvers  he  made  with  the  old   Overwhelming  seven  other pin-
         By  Maneuvers  Of           half  began  a  tale_ of  :"oe  for  ~he  pellet.         toppling teams, Public Works No.  enth  spot  were  the  Optical  Shop
               .                 •   T. I. basketeers. F1ghtmg fire with   With  but  four  minutes  behind   1  came  away  with  the  Enlisted  boys  who  could  not  seem  to  find
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         H  am I ton'  McG u I re  fire,  the  Fleet  City  five  launched  them  in  the  half,  Fleet  City  led   Man's  Ha~dicap  Bowling  Cham- their  eye.
                                     upon  a  fast  break  brand  of  play  _the  Islanders,  36-33.   pionship.  Playing  a  round  robin   J. · Stasek captained the winning
          Sparked  by  the  brilliant  play                                                    series,  the  PW  team  won  16  and   team  composed  of  J .  Henry,  P.
         of  its  two  All-Americans,  the                        Last  Try                                                 Sobcyzak,  R.  Lance  and  L.  Hart.   I'\
        Fleet  City  floor  quintet  defeated                       Robbins  and  Dodd  excelled  in I lost  only  five  matches .
                                                                                                 Finishing up with an average of  Henry split  pins  right  and left to
         the T.  I.  basketball squad 51-45.                      rebound  play  but  their  efforts   . 808, the Public Works team nosed  give  him  the  high individual hon-
          Until  the  second  portion of  the                     were to no avail.  Cummins, trying   out  Ship's  Service  with  an  aver-
        first  half  it  looked  as  if  it  were                 vainly  to  put his  team  ahead,  at-  age of .788. Barracks J  and Intake   ors  with  247.  High  individual
                                                                                                                            three  game  series  was  won  by
        going to  be  a  game  of  basket for                     tempted  many  a  long  shot.  None
                                                                  were  good.                  Center  finished  third  and  fourth,   Burstrom  with  591.
        basket.  T.  I.,  unable  to  break
        · through the tight defense of F. C.,                     Fleet  City  Triumphs        respectively.  While the  Baker five   Ironically  enough,  though  the
                                                                                               won  the  honors  for  high  team
        overcame the difficulty and began                           With  but  two  minutes  left  to   single  game with 943,  they ended   Public  Works  No.  1  team  cap-
        sinking  the  pill  from  far  out  in                    go  Fleet  City was leading  by five                      tured  the  initial  spot,  their  num-  I'\
        the  court.  Capt.  Lyle  Dodd  was                       points. When the game ended they   up tying in fifth position with the  ber  two  squad  wound  up  deep  in
        plenty  hot  on  the  corner  shots                       had  lengthened  their lead  by one   Tadcen  bowlers.  Filling  the  sev- the  cellar  in  eighth  spot.
        and  little  Al  Cummins  was  his                        point  and  the  score stood  51-45.
        usual  self from  the  three-quarter                                                  I STR/Nt'$ /IND SP/IRES • • P.  W.  W/NS
                                                                  High  Pointer
        mark.                                                       High point men for the evening
        Al I-Americans  Hot                                       were Robbins of T. I. and Radigar
          FI e e t  City's  All - Americans,                      of  F.  C.,  each with 15  points.
        "Scotty"  Hamilton from  the  Uni-                                                                                                                "
        versity  of  W e s· t  Virginia  and
        "Mickey"  M c G u i r e  from  St.                              I  I  B'  ''  T .   h
                                                                    .
        John's  Co 11 e g e  in  New  York                        T  I  .    s     nurnp  ;
        launched upon a  network of fancy:
        ball  handling  and  penetrated  the                      Reserves Yield
        Pirate's defense to get consistent-                         Preceding  the  Fleet  City-T.  I.
        ly  beneath  the basket.  The  game                       game,  the  Island  "B"  squad  met
        was  in  a  \!Onstant  tie.                               the  S.  F.  Cargo-Handling basket-                                                     .r"\
        T.  I.  Pulls  Away                                       ball  team.  It  was  a  high  scoring
          Finally,  midway  into  the  first                      evening for  the Pirate juniors for
        half  +·  I.  began  to  surge  ahead                     they  literally  •:waxed"  their  op-
        and  with  six  minutes  left  to  go                     ponents,  76-19.  Stozich  was  high
                                         HIGH  POINT  ROBBINS
        the  score  was• 25-11  in  favor  of                     point man of the evening, garner-
        T.  I.  As  the  whistle  blew  ending   which  threw  the  Pirates  back  on  ing 22  points.
        the  first  period,  the  score  board   their  haunches.   The  "B"  reserves  didn't  do  as
        indicated that  the  Islanders were  "Fat  Boy"           well  when  they  were  defeated  by
                                                                                                                                                          I\
        leading 34-23.                 Hamilton,  named  the  "fat  boy  the  Treasure  Island  Hospital
        Robbins  Top  Man            who  played for  the people"  when  quintet  by  a  score  of  49  to  25.
          Probably the  most  colorful  fig- he  appeared  in  Madison  Square
        ure on the floor was Bob Robbins,  Garden,  dropped the ball into  the
        T.  I.  center  whose  sterling  back- bucket from anywhere outside the  · "In  the  Navy,  what  is  the  dif-
        board  play  was  a  magnificent  usual  realm  of  basket - making  ference  between  'good shape'  and   THE  ENLISTED  MEN'S  HANDICAP  BOWLING  LEAGUE  was
        sight  to  witness.  At  half time  he  with  but  a  slight  flick  of  the  'shipshape?' "   won  this week  by  Public Works  No.  1.  Pictured  above  is  the  winning
        was  high  point  man  with  nine  wrist.  McGuire,  the  Metropolitan   "The difference between a Wave   quintet.  From  left to  right:  Henry,  Hart, Capt.  Stasek,  Sobcyzak, and
                                                                                               Lance.  Aside  from  their  winning  the  league  play,  the  P. W.  squ-1d
        points.                      area  All - American,  could  have  and  a  cruiser."                                                                ~
                                                                                               captured  honors  for the  high  team, three  game series with  2631.
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