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_________ _.._...._......,__,...._ ________________________ THE MASTHEAD,  SATURDAY,  AUGUST 4,  1945
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                     EX             TREIISIJRE Ill/IND 111/lORS STIJD1 l2S,fJfJIJ REllEF MAP                                  S.F.  Seals  Trounced  By
                      POTENTIA
                                                                                                                              Pirates, 10-3; Terranova
                                                                                                                              Hurls  T. I.  Triumph
                                                                                                                                The  jinx  still  prevails.
                                                                                                                                San  Francisco's  dry-land  seals
                                                                                                                              took  it on the chin again Thursday
                                                                                                                              as  the  speedy  Treasure  Island  Pi-
                                                                                                                              rates  pounded  Seals'  chucker,  Mil-
                            \                                                                                                 ler,  for  12  hits  in  scoring  a  10-3
      RADIO  MATERIEL  SCHOOL                                                                                                 victory at T.  I.
                                                                                                                                Treasure  Island has white-wash-
      Voting                                                                                                                  ed the Seals on two other occasions
        Postcards are  available  and  fur-
                                                                                                                              and has also scored wins o·ver ev-ery
      nished  at  any  time  to  servicemen                                                                                   Pacific  Coast  league  ball  club  ex:.
      makin'g req:uests  to vote.  RMS  stu-                                                                                  cept Po,rtland.
      dents  may  obtain voting postcards
      by  visiting  the  Voting  Officer  in                                                                                    Richardson  started  San  Fran-
                                                                                                                              cisco  on  the  road  to  ruin  in  the
      Bldg.  28,  Room  107.  Information
                                                                                                                              first  inning  when  he  doubled
      will  be  furnished  upon request and                                                                                   sharply  to  left  field.  Lloyd  Lowe
      questions  answered.  The  latest                                                                                       connected  for  his  first  blow of  the.
      available  information  on  elections                                                                                   day  with  another  single,  scoring
      at  whiph  servicemen  will  be  per-
      mitted  to  vote  by  state  absentee                                                                                   Richardson.  Williams  rapped  a.
                                                                                                                              sharp single to right field and then
      ballot is a follows:  Georgia, Illinois,
                                                                                                                              F;ed  Tauby  lined  one  over  the
      Michigan,  Ohio,  Pennsylvania  and
                                                                                                                              shortstop's  head  to  score  Lowe.
      Virginia.                                                                                                                 T. I.  added  two more  runs  to  its
      RMS  Ha•ndball -
        An  RMS  handball  tol\rnament                                                                                        mounting  score  when  Lowe  and
                                                                                                                              Olsen  both singled and then scored
      will  be  held  sho•rtly  to  determine                                                                                 on  a  stolen·  ba!ie  and  an  error.
      the  RMS  entries  in  the  Commo-                                                                                      Richardson  ran  the  count  to  5-2
      dore's  Trophy competition.  Notices  TERRA  COTTA  Relief  Map,  left  here  fr.om  the  ln-  tion  at the "upper circle"  patio a.t  the intersection of
      are posted in all barracks on which  ternati.onal  Expositi-on,  is  now  the  center  of  attrac-  Avenue  C  and  9th  Str-eet.   when  he  singled  and  was  then
      those  men  interested may  sign up.                                                                                    forced  across  the  plate  by  three
                                    so far as softball is concerned.  Our  Commander  Thomas
      Athletic gear, handballs and gloves   Commodore's  Trophy  tournament                     Relief  Map  Is  Hub  of      consecutive  base-on-balls.  T. I.  got
      may oo  checked out frOJ::!l  the_ RMS                                                                                  another  score  in  the  sixth  on  two
                                                                                                                              hits.
      gym  with  which  to  practice.  For   team has done weU  considering the   Macklin,  Armed  Guard  Attraction  at  "Upper
                                                                                                                                The  customary  seventh  inning
      further   information  see  Chief   difficulty  in  getting  together  and                                              stretch  was  dispensed  with  as  the
      Thorne.                       the  fact  that very  little  .practicing   Exec.,  Retired  Aug.  1   Circle"  Recreation  Patio   Pirates  all  but  annihilated  the
      Detached                      could  be  done.  There  will  be  more                                                   Seals in a  flurry of runs ..  Williams
        RMS  is  sorry to say "Adieu"  to   softball  on the  isiand and a  call  is   Another  chapter  in  the  colorful   Have  you  ever  looked  at  the
      Joseph  W.  Leahy,  CRE,  who  left   out for  good  players.  Those ·inter-  action-packed career  of a seafaring  terra  cotta  relief  map  which  is   homered and,  luckily for the Seals,
                                                                                                                              it  was  at  a  time  when  the  bases
      this past week for sea duty.  Leahy   ested  may contact  Sp (A)  Barnett,   man  who  battled  his  way  from  a  located in the center of the "Upper   were  empty.  Tauby  reached  first
      reported  at RMS  on  February  18,   Bks.  18  or Sp(A)  Matsik,  Bks.  21.   humble  beginning  to  a  position  of  Circle"  at the  intersection of Ave-  safely,  Bartell  singled,  Sheely  sin-
      1944  and  has  been  on  the  5th   Boxing                 vast importance in his chosen pro- nue C and 9th Street?    gled,  and  Terranova  batted  two
      Month Staff.                    RMS was well represented in the   fession,  closes  on  August  1  when   You  should.  It will  give you  an
                                    tri-monthly  smoker  held  in  Gym                                                        more  men  home  with  his  "Texas
      Welcome  Aboard                                             Comrriander  Thomas  Macklin  re- excellent  opportunity  to  study  the   leaguer."  Lowe  ended  the  scoring
        RMS  is  pleased  to  put  out  the   No.  1  last week with Bob Jungles,   tires from active duty as executive  Pacific  Ocean,  geographically,  for   with  a  single  that  scored  Sheely.
      "Welcome"  mat  fo-r  Myrven  D.   Co.  74,  fast  punching  middle-  officer,  Armed Guard  (Pacific) , and  it is  a  $25,000  map, with every  In-  Terranova  gave  up  another  run
      Fike, CRE, who comes aboard from   weight, pounding out an unanimous   becomes  Mr.  Thomas  Macklin-  tricate  part  made  to  exact  scale.   in the ninth when Peterson doubled
      USNTC,  Great  Lakes.  Fike  re-  decision  over  Lou  Hughes  of  Ala-  civilian.        It is laid out as an ellipse with the   and  Sprinz  singled  him  across  the
      ported here on  July 25  and will  be   meda.  "Jungles  had  the  cement-  However,  the  story of  the  grey- major  axis  being the  equator  line,   platter.
      assigned to the Instruction Staff.   jawed  Hughes  on  the  run  with  a   ing, stocky Irishman who first saw  and the minor axis representing the
                                    two-fisted   attack   that  almost
      Softball                                                    the light of  day  "on  Cherry Hill-  North South-Pole axis.   place  for  sailors  during  their  off-
        In the  semi-finals of the softball  stretched  the  willing  Alamedan  in   that  was  the  tough  part  of  New   It  was  built  in  1939  for  the  duty hours.
      tournament,  RMS was out-hit by a   the third round.  Referee  Hal Rick-  York's  lower  East  side",  in  1878,  Golden  Gate  International  Exposi-  The  map  shows  Russia,  China,
      strong  PreCom  team  by  the  score   ard had no trouble in rendering the   will go  on.  Possessor· of one of the  tion and was located  in the "House  the  South  Asia  Continent,  India,
      of  7-2.  This  eliminated  us  for  a   verdict"  to  quote  from  The  Mast-  oldest,  active  master's  licenses  on  of  Pacifica."  In  1942  when  Lt.  W.  Australia,  North  and  South Amer-
      chance  to  gain  first  place  in  the   head.  Nice going,  Jungles!   the  West -coast,  Commander  Mac- L.  Davies  was  landscaping  Treas- ican Continents, and all the islands
                                                                  klin  has  revealed  he  will  go  back  ure Island, he moved it to the inter- of  the  Pacific.  It will  give  you  a
      Cross-Word  Answers            BASEBALL-                     to sea- in the  Merchant Marine.   section.  When  grass  was  planted,  disillusioning  exactness  as  to  the
                                                                    "I'll take the first ship . they offer  benches  put  in,  a  concrete  border  magnitude  of  the  global  war.  In
                                       Big Six of T. I. in Batting  me,"  he  asserted.          built,  and  cut-in  steps  leading  the  center  of  the  map  is  a  foun-
                                                                                                 down  into  the  patio  were  built,  it  tain  of  three  small  whales,  from
                                      Fred Tauby took over the initial
                                                        I                                        became one of the main centers of  which spout the water which is,  of
                                    position  after  yielding  it  to  Dick
                                                                                                 attractions.  Later  bushes,  flowers,  course,  the  great  Pacific!  It  all
                                     Bartell for four consecutive weeks.
                                                                                                 and  concrete  life-sized  animals  adds up to be a  beautiful miniature
                                    Williams  also  had a  hefty week at
                                     the·plate  and ran his  batting aver-                           added.  Now  it  is  a  popular  park.
                                     ag.e  up  12  points.
                                      As  they stand-                                                Seaports Dot South China  Coast
                                                   G.  AB.
                                     Fred Tau by,  of .. 35  126
                                    D.  Bartell,  ss . ..  52  188  72
                                    B.  Williams,  of . . 49  199  74
       RA .NG E.                    L. Lowe,  3b . ... . 51  214  75
       ENG  IN                      B.  Olsen,  of .. .. . 41  184  59
                                    B.  Sheely,  C • • ••• 31   93  26

      Dutch Ship and IJ. s. Sailors Win  Trophy


                                                                        Today  a  Commander
                                                                        Tomorrow  a  Civilipn   .-..
                                                                         /.St  <l,~,tc(cA,-,vr•
                                                                        is  one  -of  the  longest  naval
                                                                   careers  of  any  officer  to  have
                                                                   served  on  Treasure  Island.  At  the
                                                                   time  of  his  initial  retirement  on
                                                                   April  1,  1935,  he  counted  37  years
                                                                   of  active  duty,  during  which  he
                                                                   served  with  distinction  in  the
                                                                   Spanish-American war and the first
                                                                                                                                            · "-     .
                                                                   World  War.                                                              .  '     ·  un
                                                                                                                                          ',._c..'t~   [Keelung)
                                                                    Recalled to active duty in March
                                                                                                                                         .,"'  Shi
                                                                   of  1942  after  the  fury  of  World                                 0
                                                                                                                                        ~
                                                                   War  No.  2  broke  over  the  nation,                             '<.oc..
                                                                   Commander  Macklin  was  assigned                                    ;~.           ,
                                                                   to  Treasure  Islatld  with  naval                             Pescadores.
                                                                   patrnl forces and the following Au-                                  Taina
                                                                   gust  to  the  Armed  Guard  Center.                                Ok.a.yam
                                                                    It is  his proud boast that he h~s
                                                                                                                                                    ~.Kotos-ho
                                                                   never  taken  a  day  off  for  illness
                                                                   or  other  reasons  during  this  last   -50   100   150                   Bashi'Channel
                                                                   tour  .of  active  duty,  a  record  few   Miles,   D,slrobu led  by (amp Newspaper Service  © National Geographic Society
                                                                   younger officers can match.
       A  DUTCH  MERCHANT  SHIP  and  its  Armed  Guard  crew  won  the   Commander  Macklin  enlisted  in  ALONG  THE  1000  miles  sweep  of  coast  which  extends  fr-om  Ca.nton
       Twelfth  Naval  District  a,ward  of  the  Port  Direct.or's  Chartered  Trans-           northward to Shanghai are several ports of world importance, now under
       port ·Trophy,  not  for  the  first  but  for  the  second  time  since  the  award   the Navy, May 3,  1898,  after a ,trip   enemy  control.  But .Japanese  pen,etration  is  only  skin  deep,  extending
       was  authorized.  It  is  given  in  recogniti,on  of ·,overall  excellence of con-  as  a  merchant  seaman  aboard  a   no farther inland than the waning  power of the  Nippo,nese  Navy.  A  few
       ditions  aboard  the  ship.  Left  t,o  right  are  Commande,r  Evers,  Nether- vessel  which  evacuated  refugees  miles fr,om  the  port garrisons the Chinese  retain control.  Some sizeable
       la,nds  ,officer;  Dr.  F.  A.  Van  Woerden,  Netherlands  consul;  Capt.  C.   from  Cuba and brought out a  mil- reaches of  the  coast  between  ports  are  free ,of  the  invader.  The  coast,
       Camp,  who  pf'lesented  the tr,ophy;  Lt.  Comdr.  John  J. ·Holwerda,  CO  of           however,  is  broken  up  by  thousands of  islands.  Typhoons  often  range
       the  Armed  Guard  Unit;  Capt.  F.  C.  Fluegel,  Asst.  P,ort  Director,  and   lion  do.Jlars  in  gold  under the nose   and  monsoons blow all  year.  Hong  Kong  lies about the same  latitude as
       Capt.  A,  Verhoef of  the  Netherlands  Marine service.    of the  Spanish fleet.       , Havana,  and  Shanghai  is  no· further  north than  Savannah,  Ga.
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