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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.