Saturday, May 22, 1943
CLOUDBUSTER
Page Seven
Cloudbusters Meet Camp Butner Nines
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FORMER MAJOR LEAGUERS who now represesent the Cloudbuster nine, most of whom will
probably see action this afternoon and tomorrow against teams from Camp Butner are pictured above.
Kneeling, left to right, with bats in hand are five cadets: John Pesky, Louis Gremp, Joseph Coleman,
John Sain and Theodore Williams, Back row, left to right, are Lt. (jg) John A. Hassett, USNR,
Lt. (jg) Robert Williams, USNR, Pharmacist Mate 3c Allen Cooke, Lt. Alexander Sabo, USNR, Lt.
(jg) Peter Appleton, USNR, Ensign Joseph Cusick, USNR, and Lt. Donald Kepler, USNR, who is head
baseball coach.
Track Team Beats
N. C. State, 71-55
In their final dual meet sched
uled for this season, Cloudbuster
trackmen last Saturday triumphed
for the second time over North
Carolina State, turning back the
Red Terrors on Fetzer Field by
Score of 71-55. The victory
t>rought the season’s record for
the Pre-Flight track and field men
to four wins, against a single
loss.
State captured first place in
eight of the 14 events, but Navy
men won all the points in the
mile, two-mile, pole vault and dis
cus to build up its margin of vic
tory.
Three weeks ago the Cloud
busters defeated State at Raleigh,
82-44.
The summary;
One-mile: Freeman (N), Jen-
Hison (N), Tierney (N), 4:52.1. ,
440-yard dash: J. H. Jones (S),
I^otter (N), Hendrich (N), 53.8.
100-yard dash: Phillips (S),
Holloman (S), Martinez (N), 10.2.
Shot put: Trentham (S), Mc-
See TRACK, page 8
Athletic Teams Here Have
Winning Percentage of .768
Varsity athletic teams at the
U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School
here won 53 contests, lost 16 and
tied one for a winning percentage
of .768 during the past year, ac
cording to figures released today
by the athletic department.
Three of the eight teams were
undefeated, and none fell below
the .500 mark in wins and losses.
Soccer, boxing and wrestling
went through their respective-sea
sons undefeated. Winning four
contests in as many tries the soc
cer team defeated Duke twice,
Davidson and High Point College.
The wrestlers won six bouts, and
with the exception of a 16 to 14
victory over N. C. State, none of
the matches was close. Appala
chian was defeated, 25 to 10, Duke
twice, 28 to 10 and 31 to 7, VPI,
28 to 8, and N. C. State in a re
turn bout, 24 to 8.
The boxers defeated the 65th
Division, General Hospital, Ft.
Bragg twice, 5 to 3 and 5l^ to 2%.
VPI lost to the Cloudbusters 7 to
1, and The Citadel went under,
AVz to 2%.
From the standpoint of compe
tition, the football team perhaps
made the best record. Boasting
one of the finest service teams in
the country, the Cloudbusters, un
der the watchful eye of Lt. Comdr.
James A. Crowley, USNR, won
eight, lost two and tied one. The
tie was with the Georgia Pre-
Flight School, and losses were to
Boston College and Fordham. De
feated were Catawba, Harvard,
N. C. State, Temple, Syracuse,
Georgetown, Manhattan, and Wil
liam and Mary.
Last year’s baseball nine won
14 and lost five. The cadet basket
ball team won seven and lost seven
for the lowest percentage of any
of the teams. Its schedule, though,
was unusually tough, and those
stars present when the season
opened completed their Pre-Flight
training midway in the season.
Cadet Gus Broberg, former Dart
mouth captain, was the individual
star. He led the team in scoring
although here but half the season,
and in his final game scored 31
See SPORTS RECORD, page 8
* Line-up Sparkles
With Former
Big Leaguers
Two baseball nines from Camp
Butner will furnish opposition for
the rejuvenated Cloudbusters this
week end.
This afternoon at 1600 a con
test is scheduled with the 311th
Infantry, and tomorrow at the
same time the Pre-Flighters and
the 309th Infantry will clash.
Cadets Joseph Coleman and John
Sain will get the pitching assign
ments.
Two of the finest service teams
in the country played games with
the Cloudbusters last week at
Norfolk. Saturday afternoon the
Pre-Flighters dropped a tough 3
to 0 decision to the Naval Train
ing Station, but the team came
back on Sunday to defeat the
Naval Air Station, 3 to 2. Both
contests saw vast improvement on
the part of the locals.
The Saturday affair should
have been a victory for Cadet John
Sain, who pitched last year for
the Boston Braves. He struck out
12 opposing batsmen, and showed
the former major leaguers on the
Norfolk nine an assortment of
pitching second to none.
During the encounter he struck
out Don Padgett, outfielder for the
Brooklyn Dodgers, three times,
Phil Rizutto, Yankee shortstop,
and Dominic DiMaggio, Red Sox
outfielder, twice each. He gave up
but six hits, only one of which was
for extra bases.
While Sain was hurling six hit
ball. Early, on the mound for the
winners, came through with a
three hit masterpiece. Lt. (jg)
John A. Hassett, USNR, former
Yankee first baseman, connected
for two of the blows, and Lieut.
Alexander Sabo, USNR, Wash
ington Senator catcher, collected
the other. All went for naught.
The game with the Air Station
was another close one with Cadet
Coleman receiving credit for the
win, thanks to some fine relief
hurling on the part of Lt, (jg)
Peter W, Appleton, USNR,
Coleman hurled nice ball the
seven and one third innings he was
on the mound although he was in
constant danger. On four oc
casions the losers had two or more
men stranded on the bases, and
the Cloudbusters pulled four fast
double plays to aid the cause.