Saturday, January 8, 1944
CLOUDBUSTER
Page Three
Skyrockets to Tackle Clottdbuster Junior Varsity on Wednesday Afternoon
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I^ICTURED ABOVE are the five cadets expected to start for the Skyrockets against the Cloudbuster junior varsity on Wednesday after
noon at 1545. The contest will be a preliminary to the Catawba College-Cloudbuster game which will follow. Present leaders of
basketball competition in the Winter Sports Program, the Skyrockets won eight straight before losing to the Mustangs, 28 to 27,
on Tuesday afternoon. The cadets, left to right, are C. R. Lentz, W. J. Beck and W. E. Boughman, all of 38-C-3, and E. S. Fox and J. T.
Burger of 42-K-3. Coach of the Skyrockets at present is Ensign Robert Kellogg, USNR, while Lieut. John A. Hassett, USNR, was in charge
at the start of the season.
Myers, Palmer Set Scoring Pace
As Cloudbusters Win Two More
Without any trouble at all the Cloudbusters registered their eighth
and ninth victories here this week.
On Monday night the Ft. Bragg Fourth Field Artilleiy was de
feated, 66 to 36, while on Wednesday the Pre-Flighters won over the
Maxton Air Base, 67 to 39.
It was Cadets Whitey Myers and Bud Palmer who did most of the
Cloudbuster scoring, but the en-f"
tire first team turned
They Dood It
in com-
inendable performances in both
contests.
The passing of Tippy Dye, Stan
Skaug, and Don Elser was an im
portant factor in the Myers-Pal-
mer combination.
The Ft. Bragg quintet arrived
late, and when action got under
lay the Pre-Flighters took the
lead from the start and held it all
the way. At half-time the Navy
lads led, 25 to 17.
To start the second half Palmer
connected on two of his famous
“hesitation" shots, and Myers con
tributed six points from the pivot.
That moved the score to 35-17, and
the winners coasted over the rest
of the route.
Only George Cheverko, former
l^ordham ace, proved to be an of
fensive threat for the losers. He
Scored 21 points, 17 of which were
^ade in the last period.
The Maxton Air Base game was
all Cloudbuster. At no time did
the visitors threaten to take the
l^ad, and the starting Pre-Flight
Quintet played but half the game.
As usual the fine passing of
Skaug, Dye and Elser was out
standing, while Myers and Palmer
did the scoring. A total of 44
points was made by the latter two.
In both games Coach Raese used
a total of 15 men.
Mustangs Hand
Skyrockets First
Basketball Setback
More determined than ever to
take over first place in the Sports
Program standings, the Mustangs,
on Tuesday, pulled the biggest up
set of the season as they defeated
the hitherto undefeated Sky
rockets, 28 to 27, in basketball.
The Skyrockets, with eight
straight wins to their credit, ex
pected little trouble from the
Mustangs, who had won but five of
eight basketball games, but the
winners put on a late scoring spree
for a victory.
Present standings show the
Wildcats in first place with 77
points, while the second place
Mustangs have 75Follow the
Buccaneers with 71, the Sky
rockets 65 Vz, Kingfishers 61V2,
Mariners 59%, Catalinas 54,
Coronados 53%, Buffalos 46, Vin
dicators 39, Devastators 33%, and
the Helldivers 30.
Undefeated are the Wildcats in
wrestling and gym-tumbling, the
Mustangs in swimming, the Buc
caneers in wrestling, the Sky
rockets in gym-tumbling, the
Catalinas in gym-tumbling, and
the Coronados in swimming.
Listed below are Cloudbuster
point makers through the first 10
games. The Raesemen have scored
531 points, while the opposition has
made 348. Since dropping the
opening contest to the Cherry
Point Marines, 44 to 43, the team
has won nine straight.
G F TP
Palmer 63 14 140
Myers 59 15 133
Dye 27 17 71
Skaug 32 6 70
Elser 13 9 35
Simpson* 10 4 24
Smith* 9 1 19
Laird 4 0 8
Crowley 4 0 8
Peckerman 3 0 6
Forsberg 3 0 6
King* 2 15
Conrad 10 2
Nason 10 2
Russell 10 2
Totals 232 67 531
* Denotes no longer with team.
Varsity Boxing Practice
Starts Monday in Gym
Cadets interested in varsity
boxing are asked to report to Lieut.
Alfred Wolff, USNR, head boxing
coach, in the boxing room in
Woollen Gymnasium at 1530 on
Monday afternoon. The first
match is scheduled for two weeks
from today at the University of
Virginia.
Coach Wolff reports that most
of the weights are still open, and
that all cadets have an opportunity
to make the varsity squad.
Other Tlian Basketball
Wrestlers Open
Season Vs Duke
Two basketball games, plus a
v/restling meet with Duke, com
pose the varsity schedule of Pre-
Flight athletic teams for the week
of January 9th.
On Wednesday afternoon at
1700 Catawba College will play
the basketball team, and on
Thursday afternoon the Duke
wrestlers will come to Chapel Hill
for a meet with Lieut. Charles
Speidel’s, USNR, wrestling crew.
Next Saturday the Cloudbusters
joui’ney to Annapolis for a basket
ball game with the U. S. Naval
Academy. This rounds out the
week’s schedule.
Two weeks from today the box
ers will swing into action against
the University of Virginia there.
Two other boxing bouts have been
scheduled, both with the Fourth
Field Artillery from Ft. Bragg.
The soldiers will come here on Fri
day, February 4, and the Cloud
busters go there for a return match
on February 12.
Other than the Duke wrestling
meet next week, the Speidelmen
have three other contests sched
uled. On January 28th, the Cherry
Point Marines come here, and on
February 4th Duke will be met in
a return match at Durham. The
final meet is scheduled for Febru
ary 26th against the Naval Aca
demy at Annapolis.
Cadets Invited
Cadets are invited to be guests
of the University at the wrestling
meet between Duke and Carolina
tonight at 1900 in Woollen Gym.