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Montgomery Takes T. I. "B" Handball Crown Plrt1tes Down PIiots In Pennt1nt Scrt1m,1e

Ivan-lynch Duo Drop .
Doubles Final to McGuire Dupensary Corpsman Tadcen Edges RMS in

MacAteer, 21-10, 21-14 , Gains Batting Record Opener of Softball PJay
With Three Homer Stint Second half play in three soft-
Handball champions were crown- ball leagues got underway this
ed Thursday when eight of the Home runs are usually a custom- week as twenty teams started play
original fifty starters annexed titles ary occurance in a baseball game, for the blational, American and In-
in both the singles and doubles of but when a lad smacks not one but ternational league championships.
class •:A" and "B" divisions of the three in one contest, then it no A single round-robin has been
Treasure Island Handball tourney. longer becomes just an ordinary planned with an O'Shaughnessy
A bitter but cleanly fought con- feat. F. E . Burwell, HAlc, is the play-off scheduled for the teams
test describes the efforts put forth sailor with the Babe Ruth charac- finishing in the top four spots.
by the two finalists in the class teristics. Since the International league is
"B" singles. Frank Montgomery, In a recent softball game played a new division and did not operate
former V.P.I. University student, between the Dispensary ten and during the first half, •the winner of
staged a brilliant rally in over- Receiving Ship, Burwell performed the play-offs will be declared the
coming Lt. F. Patrick for the "B" his rather remarkable ditty making champion.
crown in winning, 18-21, 21-14, it even more impressive by driving American League
21-11. Montgomery showed the in seven of the nine runs made by All the favorites came through
strains of his semi-final round the dispensary team. The following in their first round of play as
match with Jack Lynch who he day Burwell blasted out another Armed Guard nosed out the T.I.
edged in a three set contest. Lt. home run against the T. I. Hos- Officers, 3-2. Pre-Commissioning,
Patrick is a former All-American pital and gained the rightful title after trailing by two runs, came to
from Pittsburgh University. of "swat king" of Treasure Island. life in •the fourth inning and scored
Stan ·Ivan found the going rough six runs to win over Frontier Base,
in the class "A" doubles, when he 6-2. Tadcen edged RMS, 6-5, and
suffered a lacerated toe while going Frontier Base gave in to RMS, 3-0.
afteu a high ball near the wall. Nati.onal League
Ivan is one half of the doubles com- S. W. Pointex, chucker for the
bination of Lynch and Ivan who VR-2 ten, turned in his second· no-
were defeated in the finals by Bob hitter of the season as his team
McGuire and Lt. MacAteer. Mc- beat Pre-Embarkation, 6-0. OTS
Guire was his usual sensational self Gunnery was trimmed by the Yo-
while Lynch showed a rather re- Ho men, 7-4, and the Fire Fighters
markable cat-like agility in getting overwhelmed the D.D. Pool, 8-2.
the seemingly impossible shots off International League
the backboards. T .I. Dispensary won its opening
In the class "A" finals Bob Mc- game from their rivals, the Medics,
Guire made short work of Vic Ma- one of the newer squads, 5-0.
rino, 21-1, 21-2. Printing and Publication won 16-10 YOU'RE OUT!!! ... Lloyd Lowe, T.I. third-sack,er failed to beat the
Year around magazine subscrip- at the expense of the D.P.'s, but shortstop's peg to first base in S<\turday's game with the Coast Guard.
tions went to winners and runners- lost their second tilt to the Med- T.I. won handily, 6-2. A shining example of T.I. spirit is shown in lower
up. ics, 8-4. photo by the huge turnout that greeted the Bartell men in their game
with the Hollywood Stars last week.
Summary:-
Slngles, Class "A": Bob McGuire def.
Vic Marino, 21-1, 21-2.
Singles, Class "B": Frank Mont- Twin Tennis Win Registered By T. I. - Whip Treasure Island Checks
gomery def. Lt. Patrick, 18-21, 21-14,
21-11. His uncle, Bill Burwell, former
Doubles, Mixed: McGuire-MacAteer Mare Island, Fleet City in League Tilts Coast Guard Win Streak
def. Lynch-Ivan, 21-10, 21-14. pitcher of the Pittsburgh Pirates,
must have been the influential force An upward surge on the 12th Burns. Other matches went as ex- With 6-2 League Loss
Alameda Takes 12th behind his diamond cavortings be- Naval District tennis ladder has pected.
cause at his tender age Burwell elevated Treasure Island's racquet Bob Perez took the measure of Tr,easure Island's second place
Naval Title; Williams has seen mound action with the clan to the number one spot by Bill Lutz, Mare Island, and then Pirates navigated safely through
American Legion and Ban Johnson routed Fleet City's initial man, 6-0, the Coast Guard baseball lair Sat-
teams in the Western League. virtue -of its triumphs over Fleet
Scores Kayo for T. I. City and Mare Island this week. 6-0. Don McNeil registered a 6-0, urday, when they humbled the
6-1 victory over Chuck MacKinney Pilots on their own diamond, 6-2.
Boxers from Alameda Naval Air T.I.'s six wind-sw ept courts were and plaster,ed Ray Kirt from Mare
It was a 12th Naval baseball tilt
Station carried off top honors in a They told him it couldn't be done subject to a rubbe·r-soled abuse as Island, 6-3, 6-2. Lt. J,oey Abrams and kept T. I. in the running for
12th Naval District boxing tourna- All the· greybeards, the men of ex- the lads from Tadcen poured it on ro•uted ·· Commander Al. K,ohlhas, the District title that has still an-
ment by garnering a lion's share perience, in routing Fleet City, 5-0 Tuesday 6-0, 6-1, and foll-owed with a other week to go. "Rip" Collins, a
of the first places in a nine-bout Shoot their heads. The job was im- and Mare Island Navy, 6-1, the straight set triumph over Lieut. new righthander with an assort-
program held at Alameda Friday. possible. following day. O'Meara. Lieut. Booth took an easy ment ,of curves and straight balls,
Pressing the Air Station rather But he was young, clear eyed and
unafraid. Only casualty sustained by T.I. 6-0, 6-1 win over Lieut. Allio in hurled the win for the Navy. The
closely was Treasure Island with the fourth singles match. best the Coast Guard could get off
one first and four runner-up places. He took on this job that couldn't was in the Mare Island contest
be done. when Ken Burrows was upset in Abrams and Perez matc hed their Collins was six hits, three of them
Four service bases participated in the fourth singles spot by Lieut. steadiness and speed against the coming from the over-worked bat
the bouts, Monterey and San Bruno Guess what! It couldn't.
making up the other half of the blistering serves of Kohlhas and of Cosby. ' fared well in the
quartet. fiOI.DEN fil.OVES WEIGH-IN Lutz, and gained a 6-2, 6-2 triumph N either team
Bill Begnan was the first of over the Mare Island aggregation. error department, both committing
Dick Grenfell and Lieut. Don Mc- two. Treasure Island used one to
Treasure Island's campaigners to
Neil playing in the number two advantage when Bartell singled in
enter the ring. Begnan fought an
slot, breezed to a 6-3, 6-2 win over the second inning and advanced to
aggressive battle with Rocky
Burns and Kirt while playing coach second on a bad throw. Sheely's
Meade of San Bruno but got no
Rex Rankin, and Ken Burrows won liner over the shortstop's head
better than a draw for his efforts.
over Spencer and Baker, 5-7, 6-0 scored Bartell.
Both lads weighed in at 132 pounds.
Dick Lee of Monterey jumped on and 6-2. T.I. made it 2-0 on D·unham's
his bicycle from the opening bell Treasure Island faces Camp fi,elders choice, Bart,ell's base-on-
and never allowed the powerful Parks in their next encounter and balls and Sheely's single. Bartell
punching Floyd Hagen to get in from all indications Camp Parks had a perfect day at the plate with
his best licks. Hagen pursued his should be ju~t another stepping two hits and two walks on four
elusive opponent in every round stone on the championship trail. trips to the mound.
Coast Guard closed the gap when
but failed to catch the back ped- Summary:-
. .dling Lee who sheltered himself T.I. vs. Fleet City Lowe juggled French' grounder, al-
Singles : B. Perez def. G. Oremlancl, lowing him an unearned jaunt to
hebind a screen of left hands. Lee 6-0, 6-0 ; D. McNeil def. C. MacKinney,
was awarded the decision in the 6-1, 6-0; J. Abrams clef. D. O'Meara, first base. Sama daroff walked, and
6-2, 6-2; D. Booth def. S. Allio, 6-0, Langbridges' double drove French
145-pound division. 6-1. Doubles: Perez-Abrams def. Orem-
In the 150-pound bracket, Larry land-O'Meara, 6-2, 6-0; McNeil-Booth home.
clef. MacKinney-Allio, 6-0, 6-1. The Pirates made two more in
Williams scored T.I.'s only victory
T.I. vs. Mare Islaml
when he kayoed Jimmy DeWolfe Singles: B. Perez def. B. Lutz, 6-3, the sixth on successiv!:l hits by ·
6-1 ; D. McNeil def. R. Kirt, 6-3, 6-2 ; Bartell, Coilins and Lowe. Olsen
of San Bruno. Williams, who fights Abrams def. A. Kohl has, 6-0, 6-1 ; C.
from a south-paw stance, decked Burns(MI) def. K. Burrows, 3-6, 6-2 and Williams also hit safely in this
7-5. Doubles: Perez-Abrams def. Kohl:
DeWolfe with a left hand smash has-Lutz, 6-2, 6-2 ; McNeil-Grenfell def. inning but died on the bases when
Burns-Kirt, 6-3, 6-2 ; Burrows-Rankin Tauby popped out.
and finished the job with a bone- def. Spencer-Baker, 5-7, 6-0, 6-2.
crushing right to the jaw. Ted Coast Guard made their last
Allen of.San Bruno scored a three- score on Purcell's walk and Bar-
round decision over Earl Woods of tollo•ti's double.
T.I., in the 167-pound class. Armed Guard Scores Score by innings:
R.H. E.
Other results:
180 Pounds - Chuck Cureton, Ala- 9-5 Win Over Letterman T.I .... .. .. 010 102 002- 6 9 2
meda, ko'd Nobel Johnson, San Bruno. C.G. . . .... 000 010 100- 2 6 2
182 Pounds- Rocky Meade, San Bru-
no, drew with Bill Begnan, Treasure At Presidio last Wednesday, Batteries; T.I., Collins, Bender
Island. Armed Guard plastered the offer- and Sheely; C.G., Gorman and
135 Poun<ls- Willie Williams, Ala-
meda, dee. Cliff Merriam, Monterey. ings of Bill BrenzeI for 14 hits and Gibb.
145 Pounds-Johnny Smith, Alameda,
dee. George Krockma, San Bruno; Ted was credited with a 9-5 practice
Ellis, Monterey Air, tko's Joe Costa, win over the Letterman Hospital
Alameda ; Dick Lee, Monterey, dee.
Floyd Hagen, Treasure Island. nine. and Abbey. Then they really pour-
150 Pounds- Larry Williams, Treas-
ure Island, ko'd Jimmy DeWolfe, San HOW MUCH DO YOU WEIGH, SAILOR? ? ? ... Jackie Burke, one Scoring in every inning but the ed it on.
Bruno. of the boxing instruct,ors in Gym N,o. 1, takes .down the height and fifth and seventh, the Gunners Abbey hit four for six and was
167 Pounds-Ted Allen, San Bruno, weight of boxers participating in the Golden Gloves boxing tourney that
dee. Earl Woods, Treasure Island. takes place this week. Looking on is Bill Roussea-u, an,other boxing opened their run assault in the first personally responsible for three of
180 Pounds-Dave Green, San Bruno,
drew with George Force, Alameda. teacher. on suc,cessive doubles by Mooney Armed Guard's runs .