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CLOUDBUSTER
Saturday, November 7, 1942
Carolina Seeks Return
To Winning Ways
By Westy Fenhagen
DTH Sports Editor
North Carolina’s Tar Heels attempt
to hit the comeback trail today when
they battle Davidson’s scrappy Wild
cats in Memorial stadium, Charlotte,
N, C. Kickoff is slated for 1430.
Although pointing for the major en
gagement with Duke next week in
Chapel Hill before the Pre-Flight ca
dets, the Tar Heels are not taking the
Wildcats lightly. After losing their
first five games of the season, the Wild
cats came back last week to trounce
the strong VMI cadets, 24-6, in one of
the upsets of the week. Davidson has
at last hit its stride and holds high
hopes of giving the Tar Heels a whale
of a battle today.
Carolina, beaten in two consecutive
weeks by Tulane and N. C. State, is
anxious for revenge and a capacity
crowd of 10,000 today will witness a
keen duel between the old rivals.
An aerial battle is in prospect for
the customers with both clubs boast
ing strong passing attacks. Davidson
scored three of its touchdowns against
VMI via the air lanes and the Tar
Heels made all of its points against
State via the same medium. Shot Cox,
Billy Myers, and Walt Pupa are all
ready to fill the air with passes for
Carolina while Johnny Frederick will
cari'y most of the burden for the Wild
cats.
The Tar Heels will start much the
same lineup that started against State
last week except in the backfield where
Co-captain Joe Austin who still has
not fully recovered from injuries sus
tained in the Tulane game may see
limited service.
All past records will be forgotten
next Saturday when the Tar Heels re
new their bitter rivalry with the Duke
Blue Devils before an expected 40,000
in Kenan stadium. Cadets will occupy
two end sections next to the student
Cruising With Covey
A Salute to the Marines
(Continued from page two)
head of the Haitian Republic. He spent
1^V2 years in this position, being the
head of police, trainer of troops, and a
general handy man. The Haitian pow
ers then decided to send the Sarg to
the island of La-Gonave, and there he
went, to be the only white man on the
island for 4% years, with over 12,000
natives, all negroes. Sarg learned the
native tongue with ease, and the na
tives thought so much of him they made
him their King. They also had a
Queen, and several lesser Queens, but
none of them were his, Wirkus explains.
No vehicle was able to run on the isle,
and travel via horseback was impera
tive. The Sarg made around 500 miles
a month, in his capacity as collector
of revenue, high judge, receiver, chief
of police, practically being a monarch.
While on the isle, “King” swam, fished,
hunted, and collected items, many of
the latter now being in museums, some
of the choice pieces resting in the
Smithsonian Institute in Washington.
During his travels, Wirkus has visit
ed every Central American country,
toured large parts of South America,
been on the Virgin Islands, and cov
ered the West Indies. He made valu
able motion pictures on his tours, and
has sold them to March of Time, and
until war started received regular
royalties from the French operators
for the privilege of showing them.
During his years in the Reserve,
Sarg Wirkus lectured all over Ameri
ca, and is a member of the New York
Explorers Club. He took a rifle team
directly out of the Haitian bush in
1924 to the Olympics, and came out
second, and was in the Haitian upris-
sections but will be charged the regu
lar service men’s charge of 50c for
admittance.
PICK THEATRE
MONDAY
SUNDAY
LON CHANEY
More Ferocious than in
"WOIF MAN”
More Fearful than in
fRANKENSTEIN
starring
RICHARD DIX
with
WENDY BARRIE DON PORTER
BILLY LEE LLOYD CORRIGAN
and
LON CHANEY
Also
POPULAR SCIENCE
COMEDY
—Tuesday—
‘CHAMPS-ELYSEES’
in
FRENCH
—Wednesday—
GEORGE RAFT
in
“BROADWAY”
—Thursday—
JACK BENNY
in
‘THIS WAY PLEASE’
—Friday—
BOB HOPE
in
‘MY FAVORITE BLONDE”
—Late Show Friday 13th—
Doors Open 11:15 P.M.
The Nightmare of the Month!
“THE LIVING GHOST”
with
JAMES DUNN—JOAN WOODBURY
—Saturday—
THE EAST SIDE KIDS
in
“SMART ALECKS”
ings of 1915 and 1919. Facts and fig
ures about Sarg Wirkus could go on and
on, but space is limited here, so we’ll
recommend a mighty fine book now in
the U. N. C. library, “The White King
of La-Gonave.” It tells a great deal
about our gunnery sergeant and was
written by one who knows, yes, Faus-
tin E. Wirkus.
Platoon Sergeant Walter L.
“Andy” Devine is another of the local
wearers of the rainbow colored uni
form, and a handy man to have around
in a battle. He has spent 7 years in
the Corps, and is a native North Caro
linian. He has been a participant in
the National Rifle Matches at Camp
Perry many times and is the holder of
many medals for both rifle and pistol
marksmanship.
Platoon Sergeant Philip M. Bond
has 5 years service in the Marines.
After doing one hitch he returned to
civil life* as a bank guard, but came
back when danger threatened. A
“Sooner” from Oklahoma, Boyd has
done a little bit of everything, and is
the only “Leatherneck” here that was
trained on the West Coast. As a raw
recruit he made a cruise to Pearl Har
bor, and his ability to shoot straight
earned him the chance to get east to
the Marine and National Rifle Matches.
Easy going, mild mannered, he doesn’t
look like a killer, but as a Marine, can
be tough as the occasion demands.
Sergeant George S. Wanamaker,
recently married to a Chapel Hillian,
is a native of Florida, and entered the
Marine Corps, as soon as he was grad
uated from high school. He received
his boot training at Parris Island, S.
C., and has seen duty on the USS
Arkansas, USS Barnette, in Cuba,
Porto Rico, Haiti, the Virgin Isles, and
all up and down the east coast of the
states. His ambition, is first to get this
war over with, and then become a
rancher.
Sergeant J. R. Cruz, Michigan born,
was at one time an accountant, having
attended Temple University in Phila
delphia. He is an accomplished speaker
of Spanish, He has attended two
schools in the Marines, both of them
teaching about infantry weapons.
Cruz was one of the head instructors
of the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes of
Marine officers at Quantico, Va., and
in the class of the 5th, the highest score
ever made on a rifle range was com
piled.
Sergeant Both, the man with the
cookie duster on his upper lip, entered
the Corps in 1940, coming from a job
with a construction company. He has
been with Sergeant Cruz all the way,
and says that his life in the service has
been dull thus far.
There you have the Marine Aviation
^ade born fruit.
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BOTTLED UNDER LICENSE FROM TRU-ADE INC BY
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Detachment at this Pre-Flight School.
A favorite story going the rounds
might well conclude this tribute to the
Leathernecks. It seems that a Marine
corporal had been imbibing a few alco
holics, and had been refused another
drink at the bar; so shining like a
Xmas tree he started home. While
waiting on a corner for the traffic light
to change, he encountered an Army
captain, and a Navy lieutenant com
mander. He immediately launched in
to a confab on the greatness of the U.
S. Marines, and as you may be sure,
it was really a one-sided story. Finally
the captain became fed up, and said,
“We’ll admit the Marines are great
fighters, but you must remember, when
a Marine goes into battle, there are 10
soldiers on one side of him, and 10
sailors on the other.” The corporal
drew himself up to his height of 6 feet,
2 inches, and standing at attention,
said, “Sir, that is the right proportion.”
Happy birthday. Marines!
WASHINGTON
(Continued from first page)
G. R. Lemire, C. F. Flock, H. Shearer,
J. E. Fleming, C. D. Blomen, E. L.
Hunt, and P. V. Corning.
Members of the drill platoon are:
H. J. Beu, R. O. Blaisdell, W. A.
Caskey, W. E. Gagner, R. M. lobst,
A. L. Krum, Jr., H. S. Maxfield, R. M.
Monbleau, R. G. Perry, J. Shapiro, S.
Lux, D. J. Cawley, W. Peterson, G. N.
McNeal, W. Fletcher, R. Lebo, G.
Templeton, Minkel, W. D. Maya, E.
H. Moyer, J. A. Lilly, N. Lucas, A. L.
McMorris, G; Roelofs, W. J. Clark, N.
R. Berree, M. M. Gunter, P. J. Nor
ton, H. Kessler, G. Santon, Davis, S.
Zimeroski, W. H. Mills, M. C. Cun
ningham, L. A. Hoock, W. T. Councill,
A. G. Young, T. T. Mosby, R. F. Ham
ilton, J. Temme, B. J. Saymon, T. W.
Kessler, W. F. Schrotz, W. G. Brooks,
L. D. Burden, F. R. Ignaszewski, R.
C. Waldron, and W. Beatty.
BUND DATING
(Continued from first page)
the dance and they’re engulfed by
civilian boys anyway.
By now you are about the only ca
det who hasn’t given up what appears
to be a hopeless cause. The girl run
ning the affair does her best for you,
however. “There are two possibili
ties,” she says, and disappears to look
them up.
You are now left alone with most
of the boys and girls sitting around
casting glances in your direction.
You ignore them, however, by picking
up a magazine in a nonchalant man
ner and settling yourself in a chair
where you read something about some
thing in whatever magazine it is till
the girl comes back. Her news is bad,
of course—one girl is at the sorority
party and the second isn’t going out.
No, she can’t think of anyone else.
So you go to the dance stag, as
usual, and it’s probably just as well.
After all, now you can take your pick
of girls instead of accepting one by
chance.
Of course, “Kitty” is a nice name.
SQUADRON SPORTS
SCHEDULE
NOV. 9
Soccer
Wildcat vs. Helldiver
Buffalo vs. Buccaneer
Devastator vs. Coronado
•
NOV 10
Soccer
Vindicator vs. Skyrocket
Catalina vs. Mustang
Kingfisher vs. Mariner
Football
Vindicator vs. Helldiver
Kingfisher vs. Buffalo
•
NOV. 12
Soccer
Devastator vs. Mustang
Wildcat vs. Skyrocket
Buffalo vs. Mariner
Football
Catalina vs. Mariner
Wildcat vs. Devastator
Wrestling
Buccaneer vs. Mustang
Skyrocket vs. Coronado
Wildcat vs. Devastator
•
NOV. 13
Soccer
Vindicator vs. Buccaneer
Catalina vs. Helldiver
Kingfisher vs. Coronado
Football
Skyrocket vs. Coronado
Buccaneer vs. Mustang
Wrestling
Catalina vs. Mariner
Kingfisher vs. Buffalo
Vindicator vs. Helldiver
Gehrig Favored, But
Hitler Gets Vote
For Influence on Sports
While Hitler is not entirely neg
lected, the majority of Pre-Flight ca
dets now at this station are of the
opinion that Lou Gehrig and Joe Louis
have “contributed the most to sports
in the past decade.”
In studying the response of the
members of the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th,
and 11th Battalions to such a query
in a Public Relations Office question
naire, it is found that 55% give the
nod to the former Yankee first sack-
er, 29% nominate the Brown Bomber,
while the remaining 16% select a va
riety of lesser sports figures.
In casting a vote for Hitler, Cadet
Robert R. Lane (7th Battalion), of
Princeton, N. J., laconically suggests:
Take a look at us.”
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