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THE MASTHE AD, sATURDA~. SEP-:'. 21. 1045 Alameda
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Whips T. I. Baseball Semi's
Moffet Field Loses Net Tre3,sure Island took a b3.ck
Encounter to T. I. -12th seat in the 12th Naval District
baseball tourney Saturday, when
Naval Meet Starts Today they bumped heads with the Ala- '-../
meda Air St ation nine. Alameda
Only the 12th Naval District won 13-3, and put the Pirates on
tennis tournament remains, on The mightiest blast -m ight rock the outside, looking in.
this season's swat slate after the sturdiest mountain but it The outcome was never in
Treasure Island's unmerciful 9-0 doubt. Alameda pumped two runs
t akes an atomic explosion and a
drubbing of Moffet Field, Thurs- across in the third, two more in
war's end to dislodge Chief Ath-
day. letic Specialist Bill Eagan, from the fifth and nine in t he final two
A guarantee of no worse than his essential swimming post at frames to ice the game before
second place in the District stand- the head of the aquatic warfare Treasure Island could scratch.
ings, provided they win Thurs- and non-swimmers program on And so goes the T.I. baseball
day's excursi-on on the T. I. cou rts, season.
T. I.
put the Pirate stalwarts in the A base-on-balls to Friberge·r, a
Eagan is no "rocking chair"
r ight frame -of mind and by m id- pair of singles by Welker and
executive who imparts his swim-
afternoon they had the Flyer's Evart, and Barker's two-run dou-
ming curriculum from the com-
we ll grounded beh ind a 5-0 score. ble, sta.rted T.I. on the road to
forts of his four-wa!J.ed recluse in
Lt. Johnny Foreman came Gym No. 2, but from the brinks ruin. Three more singles in the
through with Treasure Island's in- AN ALAMEDA SCORE-This s ingl e by an Ala meda man scored fifth inning gave the Alameda -..J
of the two large pools that sup- two runs and paved t he way for the 13-3 victory. She,ely wa its for
itial win by turning back Sleator, baseballers a four run lead and
port his 200 daily, swimming the ball t hat never came.
6-0, 6-1, and t hen doubled up with .sent T.I.'s Rip Collins to the
pupils. Now and t hen Bill will
Lt. Ted Gruhle,r to take the showers.
venture away from his "first
second doubles match from Emer- love" but his trek will prove a Fleet City Advances in Treasure Island Ends Condon ran into the same trou-
son and Neil, 6-3, 6-3. Bobby ble, being nicked for five blows in
failure because his commanding
Perez waxed off Jim Emerson, officer has a habit of saying "no" 12th Naval Tourny - Season With 5-4 Win the eighth and four more tallies
Fly,er first man, 6-2, 6-3 and then to questions like, "Gee, I sure in the ninth. Barker and McCon-
t urned the trick with Lt. J oey would like to teach the boys over Armed Guard is Victim Darkness ended the Treasur.e nell got their third hit each w hen
Abrams in the doubles over Jones there" or "I could be of more Island-Camp Parks Girls' softball the entire Hellcat team batted
and Stratford, 6-0, 6-0. It took Fleet City eleven in- t ussle Monday, after four innings around in the wild eighth. Bender
service to the lads on New
Abrams suffered a tor rid first nings to turn the tables on the of play. T.I. won the contest replaced Condon at this stage.
Guine1 or maybe the Philippines."
set but finished strong in w inning Armed Guard Saturday, but when played at Camp Parks, 5-4. Treasure Island got out of its
ov-e r Ted Jones, 6-2, 6-0. Dick they did they eliminated any hope This was the third victory batting slump on Tauby'.s single
Grenfell continued his remarkable the Gunners had in the 12th Naval scored by the damsels from to leftfield. Dunham singled, send-
winning st rea k in st opping school District baseball championship. A Treasure Island, ending their ing Tauby to third base. Bartell
t eacher, Stratford, a nd Don Mc- three run avalanche in the elev- league campaign in a blaze of filled the bags on a walk and then
Neil defeated Ed. Spreiter, 6-0, enth frame did the trick for the glory. Sheely slammed a hot grounder
6-3. Bluejackets, 6-3. Camp Parks almost turned the to the first baseman that was too
Summar y: Singles- B . Perez def. E m- It was by far the closest and tide in the last inning but heavy hot to handle. It went for two
erson, 6-2, 6-3; J . Abrams def. J ones,
6-2, 6-0; T. Gruhler def. Neil, 6-4, 6-0; best game of the tourney. f-:::g and darkness prevented any bases, scoring Tauby and Dun-
Grenfell def. Str atfor d, 6-1, 6-2; J. F ore· Armed Guard drew first blood further damage. T.I. scored in ham. Marshall's long; fly ball
man def. Sleator, 6-0, 6-1; D. McNeil
def. Spreitor, 6-0, 6-3. Doubles-Perez- in the second inning when Larrieu every inning. scored Bartell.
Abrams def. · J ones-Stratford, 6-0, 6-0;
Gruhler-Foremau def. Emerson-Neil, 6-3, doubled to center and .scored -----·1---- This sixteen-hit tragedy suf-
6-3; Grenfell-McNeil and Sleator -Sprei- minutes later on Moore's single. fered by T.I., ended their baseball
ter match unfinished.
The lead went back and forth Burke Transfered to season and put their playing togs
after the third inning when Fleet away for another hardball sum-
Girl Softball Champs are City tied up the ball game on a Alameda Air Station mer.
pair of errors. A single in the Alameda was brought to her
Humbled by T. I. Bats - sixth by Harvey store:v put Fleet The familiar face of Jackie knees by the st)3,r-studded Fleet
City in scoring position. A wild Burke, former boxing instructor City in the final round by the
Spaulding Hurl,s Win "Swimme r Eagan" pitch advanced him to second of Gym No. 1, has been missed by identical score. Lt. Commander
where he scored on a hit by many the past week and for good Kimball presented Fleet City with
A pair of singles in the ninth A long athletic history lies be- Andres. reason. For the benefit of you the Commandant's Trophy.
hind Bill. He has been a two-time
_ , Boyko, Burlrn followers, Jackie has been
inning spelled defeat to Willie With the score 2 1 Summary- R. H. E .
Turner and her Bay Meadows winner of the Golden Gate swim- transferred to the Alameda Air Alameda 002 020 054- 13 16 2
Armed Guard catcher, singled. A
Girls softball team Sunday, as the ming classic while under the Station where he is expected to TI 000 000 003 3 9 4
colors of the San Francisco sacrifice by Stone moved Boyko · · · · · · -
'cuties in knickers, were edged by to second base. A long single to- carrv on his instruction. B tt · c 11· C d B
a en-es: o ms, on on, en-
the T. I. All-Stars, 3-2. Olympic Club. Sectional titles in centerfield by Fred May, drove While teaching boxing here on der and Sheely·, Houge and Mc-
the longer swims are customary
One of the largest crowds to the Gunner catcher across the Treasure Island, Jackie competed Connell.
to him. Relegated to the role of
pack the athletic field stands all plate with the tying run. in a number of tournaments and
instructor while serving in the
year witnessed a tight, extra- was triumphant in the 12th Naval
Navy, Bill participated as well as After a scoreless ninth inning,
inning pitching duel between "fire- District championship two years Oakland Hospital Ousted
ball" Ben Spaulding and the high- coached, in a number of 12th Fleet City scratched on a pair of running.
Naval District and outside swim singles and a fielders choice.
ly publicized Willie Turner. Al- By Pirates, 18-4; 12th
meets. His teams have captured Armed Guard again tied it up in
though not as effective as the Send THE MASTHEAD Home
one district swimming champion- their half of the tenth on Moore's
brainy Spaulding, Turner turned Naval Tourney Tilt
ship and one second place ribbon walk, a sacrifice and Stone's
in a brilliant fiv,e hit perfo·rmance
while competing under his tute- single. ensuing inning ended any further
and fanned eight w hile going Coasting behind the effective
lage in the past two years. Even A three run outburst in the Armed Guard threat.
through the motions. pitching of Sol Bender and a com-
the Coast Guard felt the sting of
The longest hit of the day off fortable 10-0 lead, Treasure Is-
T. L's "busy bee" on two oc-
Miss Turner was a t wo base clout Camp Parks· Garners 12th Naval Title land's tournament hunting P irates
casions.
by catcher Shirley. Shirley was He leaves Treasure Island with ousted Oakland H ospital from the
also involved in a few hidden no regrets because he knows t hat With 1-0 Win Over Armed Guard 12th Naval District baseball
ball tricks with Spaulding. tourney Thursday, 18-4.
out of the two hundred thousand
The· World's Champs scored In a seven inning "heartbreak- The score of the Seals' Stadium
or so sailors he has taught aquatic
their only two tallies in the third er," the Armed Guard softballers fracas indicat es the wildness of
warfare, some have lived because
and sixth frames while T. I. lost the 12th Naval District soft - the game and although Oakland
they listened.
bunched two runs in the second Goodbye Blues ... ball title to Camp Parks Monday, scored four runs, they might not
and one in the ninth . Some mi- 1-0. This was the third game have made any if Treasure Island
A letter from
raculous shoe-top catches by Bay Max Marek, of a two out of three series. had played a lot tighter ball in a
somewhere in the P hilippines, in-
Meadows saved them from at number of innings. The win
dicat es that the· boxing professor Both teams went scoreless for
least two more runs. moved T. I. into the selected
will be donning a civilian suit the entire seven innings and then circle of four and leaves only two
within a month or so. things happened. Weaver, Sea- encounters in doubt before the
Bill Rousseau , Armed Guard bee catcher, slammed a long hit semifinal play-off.
Pre-Com Drops Opening boxer, also left T . I. on the "Dis- ball to centerfield that looked Dick Bartell's combine regis-
char ge Limited" along with good for at 1east two bases. With tered sixteen hits, six of these ..._,.
Game of Play-off to "Sandy" Sanford, swimming in- the tension high and both teams coming off the bats of Billy Mar-
structor. Rousseau will make his playing ti g ht ball, outfielder shall and Bob Williams. Both lads
Armed Guard home in New Orleans where he Brown, decided to gamble on a slammed five runs across the plate
expects to continue his punch shoestring catch but failed when
Armed Guard trounced P re- while Bartell scored three runs in
trade. Sanford is a local resident the ball grazed his shoe-laces and
Commissioning, 7-0 in the first leg only two official trips to the rub-
and will remain within the rolled into rightfield. The throw
of a two out of three series for ber.
shadows of San F rancisco. to the plate was too late to trap Sheley ( AG ) Clo uts One
the championship of Treasure 'Oh, woe is me, w hen are they Weaver. All games at the Seals'
Island, Monday. It was a distinct going to lower the standards to 30 Stadium, whether night or day, ..,,.
reversal of the· first game which Armed Guard salvaged some kept the base paths clear of all are free. I
Pre-Com won, 4-0. points? prestige in out-hitting the new but six of the Seabees.
Pre-Commissioning suffered its Gunners scored two more in the District champs but fell miser- Sum ma ry: .......... R. H . E 1945 definition of Japan: "A
first blow in the opening frame fourth and four more in the sev- ably short in the error department Armed Guard ........... 0 4 3 rather unimportant group of Pa-
when Levy singled to leftfield, enth inning. with three miscues. T ubby hurled Camp Parks . .. . . . ... .. . 1 3 1 cific islands completely sur-
stole second and scored on Shel- Ten hits were reco-rded by th e the victory for Camp Parks while Batteries: Maddy: and'Stryhart; rounded by the United St ates
ey's .single. From h ere on. the Armed Guard batsmen. Maddy, ; Armed Guard pitcher, Tubby and Weave'r. Navy."
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