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PAGE 6 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, DEJC. 29, 1945
TREASURE ISlllND SPORTING SCENE - 1945 VERSION. • •
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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
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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
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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.