Saturday, December 12, 1942
CLOUDBUSTER
Page Five
sport Slants
Just what the Cloudbuster Quintet
can be expected to do this season may
be demonstrated by Thursday night
for by then the local five will have
played two games, both against top-
notch competition.
Come Wednesday afternoon and the
Cloudbuster five opens its home season
against Appalachian State Teachers
college, located in the western part of
the state. Always having an outstand
ing five, Appalachian will be a tough
nut to crack. Player-coach Belus Smaw-
ley, who has scored 792 points during
the past two seasons, is the spearhead
of the visiting club. He will be as
sisted ably by Zeke Isaacs, Jimmy Mil
ler, Wiarren Hawkins, and Willard
Kaylor.
On the following night (Thursday),
the Cloudbusters journey to Durham
for a game against Duke, the top heavy
favorite to capture the Southern Con
ference crown this year. Led by Bob
Gantt and the Loftis brothers, the Blue
Devils will probably be as tough as
any club the local Navy outfit will face
this year.
No one denies that the Cloudbusters
have basketball material aplenty.
Those on the squad are already stars
via the college and professional route.
Cadets like Broberg, Masterson, Mc
Williams, and Kraft would be glad ad
ditions to any team. In John Barr is
to be found one of the better basket
ball players in collegiate circles dur
ing the past decade. Then there is Ber
nard Schiffer, Kenneth Hashhagen,
Forest Kendall, Earl Ruth, and Art
Jones, among others.
These players, coupled with the
Raese system, should mean that the
cadets, officers, enlisted men and
civilian personnel will see some of the
best basketball in the nation played
right here in Woollen gym.
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Lieut. Tom Carruthers, assistant di
rector of athletics, spent yesterday and
today in Richmond, Va. attending the
meeting of Southern Conference
coaches and officials. While there he
hopes to complete the basketball sched
ule, and work out other schedules for
swimming, boxing and wrestling. In
these latter sports Lieut. Carruthers
hopes to schedule several contests be
tween the Pre-Flight clubs and Sou
thern Conference members.
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Speaking of other sports we have an
item of interest from the U. S. Naval
Reserve Aviation Base at Lambert
Field, Missouri. In a recent wrestling
program there 24 out of 26 partici
pants from the Chapel Hill Pre-Flight
school won their matches. Which leads
us to believe that Lieut. Charlie Spie-
del’s wrestlers really know how to put
on a good grunt show.
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Recently Henry McLemore, noted
columnist, visited the Georgia Pre-
Flight School and after sampling their
obstacle course had this to say: “I
have just finished the obstacle course
at the Navy Pre-Flight School in
Athens, Ga. I’ll give you the harrow
ing details. The obstacle course which
is used to condition the youngsters
who’ll soon be wearing gold wings is
608 yards long and is laid out over a
terrain that a wart hog would have
trouble travelling over, even with the
use of an alpenstock. There are 30
obstacles or death traps on the course
and each one presents a problem that
would blanch the face of a circus dare
devil. I was onl/ joking when I said I
would like to have a try at the course,
but Lieut. Charley Burton and Lieut.
Buddy Savage took me seriously. . . .
After my last obstacle, they tenderly
lifted me from the rocks and laid me
out on the Georgia soil from whence
I had sprung, while scouting parties
went in search of my blue serge suit.
The vest they found in the bear trap.
One trouser leg still fluttered from the
log pile. My tie whipped from a splin
ter on the wall climb.
“When consciousness returned I ask
ed the timekeeper how I had done. ‘A
new record,’ he announced. ‘You start
ed on Friday and reached here on Sat
urday. You are the only competitor
we have had to use a calendar on.’ You
might be interested to know that the
average time of the Pre-Flight cadets
on the course is under five minutes, and
that the record is three minutes 32
seconds. . . .”
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It happened last week at the
Mustang-Coronado football game. The
coach of the Mustangs, Ensign Arthur
Radvilas, sent in a player to call a
special play when the Mustangs were
deep in Coronado territory. As it was
the play wasn’t run, and the cadet was
immediately taken out of the game.
“Why,” asked Ensign Radvilas, “didn’t
you call the play I told you to?”
“I did, sir,” the cadet replied, “but
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Intramural Football Champs With 8 Wins, 2 Losses
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HERE ARE PICTURED members of the Coronado football squad which won the fall intramural crown with a
record of eight wins against two losses. Reading left to right, first row, are: E. H. Bradbury, W. T. Wadeikis,
A. F. Pawelczyk, C. W. Buck, K. C. Desjardinis, W. C. Carroll. Second row: C. L. Leslie, W. T. Raleigh, Captain
J. C. Begley, W. C. Potts, T. F. White, C, L. Schulten, A. G. Colgin. Third row: Lt. (jg) A. J. Lesko (Coach), R. G.
Perry, T. E. Player, R. W. Doyle, D. R. Smith, E. H. Lathrop, T. L. Lathrop, R. S. Crannell, D. H. Shingler. Back
row: F. L. Johnson, N. V. Barrett, W. E. Bauman, C. Mantell, and D. L. Sims.
someone checked signals and another
play was called.”
“But you were the quarterback,” the
cadet was reminded.
“You wouldn’t believe it, sir, the
way I was treated,” said the cadet as
the coach was walking away.
Cloudbuster Five
Opens Season
Vs. Appalachian
Varsity basketball competition comes
in big doses next week for the Cloud
buster quintet. Appalachian State
Teachers college comes here on Wed
nesday afternoon, and on Thursday
night the local five goes to Durham for
a game with Duke’s Blue Devils.
There will be no charge for the Ap
palachian game, which gets underway
in the afternoon at 1600, and cadets,
officers, enlisted men and station per
sonnel are invited to attend.
Led by player-coach Belus Smaw-
ley, who has scored 792 points during
the past two seasons, the Appalachian
team is one of the top offensive outfits
in this section of the country. Their
basketball teams compare favorably
with Duke, North Carolina and other
Big Five gi’oups, and the Raesemen
can expect a tough afternoon.
Nothing need be said about Duke
for basketball followers know that
Coach Eddie Cameron of the Blue
Devils always comes up with an out
standing five. This year promises to
be no exception, for the Blue Devils, in
pre-season prediction, are slated to
have the best team in the Southern con
ference and one of the top teams in
the nation.
Expected to start for the Cloud
busters are Broberg and Masterson at
the forwards, Barr at center, and
Hashagen and Kendall at the guards.
According to Lt. (jg) Dyke Raese,
the team is shaping up well. Practice
sessions this past week have been de
voted to a deceptive, fast cutting of
fense with tricky passing the key to
the success of the team. On defense a
combination zone and man-to-man will
be used.
Although the aforementioned Bro-
Handball Tournament
Fifty-four officers are entered
in a four-wall handball tourna
ment which got underway this
week under the direction of Lt.
(jg) Milton Singer.
First round matches must be
played by Dec. 19, and the hand
ball courts are available for play
at anytime during the day.
“The success of the tournament
depends on all participants play
ing their matches on time,” said
Lt. Singer, “Check the bulletin
board in Alexander Hall, and find
the name of your opponents. Con
tact them as quickly as possible
and arrange a playing date.”
Seeded favorites are Lt.
Comdr. John Sabo and Lt. Bo
Shepard, Lt. (jg) Alfred Wolff
and Ensign G. F. Furey, Ensign
Frank J. O’Hara and Lt. John V.
Ambrose, and Lt. (jg) H. E. Alt-
house and Lt. (jg) James De-
Angelis.
berg, Masterson, Barr, Hashagen and
Kendall will probably start, others are
certain to see action. Howard McWil
liams, Jr., of Penn State, John Kraft
of St. Joseph’s, Bernard Schiffer of
CCNY, Art Jones of Richmond, and
Earl Ruth of the University of North
Carolina have all alternated with those
on the first team.
Coach Raese is well pleased with the
progress the team has made to date.
“Right now we’re a little rough in
spots,” he said yesterday, “but we have
made fine progress during the past
week.” He pointed out that the first
two teams were very well balanced,
and that either could be counted on to
play some fine basketball.
The game with the McCrary Eagles,
scheduled here on next Saturday, has
been cancelled at their request, Coach
Raese announced. At present there
are no other games on schedule until
Jan. 2 when the Cloudbusters meet
LaSalle College in Philadelphia.
Fall Intramural
Football Crown
Won by Coronadoes
Although losing their final game of
the season to the Mustangs by a score
of 13 to 0, the Coronado football team
won the fall intramural crown with a
record of eight wins and two losses.
Unscored on during their first eight
games, the Coronado eleven played
ball that would compare favorably with
Lt. Lesko
Begley
most small college teams. During the
season they defeated Guilford college
to the tune of a 28 to 0 score.
Captain of the Coronado squadron
for the final two weeks of football was
J. C. Begley who attended Boston col
lege high in Boston and Providence
college. While in school he never par
ticipated in football, but earned his let
ter for four years in baseball and two
years in basketball. He was a member
of the ninth battalion.
Lt. (jg) Albert Lesko, a former
Penn State star football and basket
ball player, coached the Coronado
eleven.
Oddly enough, the Mustangs, who
defeated the Coronado team in the final
game of the season, had won only one
game previously.
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