Saturday, May 20, 1944
CLOUDBU STER
Page Three
Cloudbasters
Meet Tech-Hawk
Here Tomorrow
The Tech-Hawk baseball nine
from BTC 10, Greensboro, will
come to Chapel Hill tomorrow for
a game with the Cloudbusters
starting at 1500 on Emerson
Field.
Possessing one of the finest ser
vice teams in the state—perhaps
the entire south—the visitors
have won eight out of nine con
tests and have defeated, among
others, the strong Naval Air Sta
tion nine from Norfolk.
Among the former Major
League stars on the visiting club
will be Sgt. Taft Wright, for
many years one of the leading hit
ters in the American League, and
Pvt. Lee Gamble, who used to
Wear a Cincinnati uniform. Both
men are hitting over .400 at this
Writing.
Naval Academy
Wins in Track
The U. S. Naval Academy
proved too much for a combined
University of North Carolina-Pre-
Flight track team last Saturday
afternoon at Annapolis, and the
Matter went down in defeat, 78 to
48.
Jim Pettit, holder of the Aca
demy record of 9.6 seconds for the
100-yard dash, ran the century in
^.7 seconds in addition to taking
the 220-yard dash in 22 seconds
flat.
Charlie Beetham, foi'mer Big
Ten, National AAU and national
Collegiate half-mile titleholder at
Ohio State, easily paced the field
the 880-yard run with a time
of 1:59.4.
Navy’s Walt Barry spurted
shead in the final lap of the mile
to beat out Julian McKenzie,
Southern Conference champion, by
^0 yards in one of the best races
of the day.
Welcome
The Cloudbuster extends wel
come to the group of men from the
USS Card who reported aboard
yesterday.
Contests in baseball and basket
ball were held yesterday, and this
afternoon at 1330 in Kenan Sta
dium a football contest will be
^^ayed between a Card team and
one from the Sports Program. A
detailed account of the results will
printed in next week’s Cloud-
^USTER.
Cadet Regimental Staff
NEW MEMBERS of the cadet Regimental Staff chosen from mem
bers of the 47th Battalion are pictured above, left to right: W. C.
Sieck, regimental commander; D. McGee, regimental sub-commander;
C. B. Dowds, regimental commissary officers, and B. R. Egan, regi
mental adjutant.
46th Battalion Tops in Academics;
47th Leads Military Competition
The 46th Battalion leads the way in academics, and the 47th is on
top at present in military competition, it was announced yesterday
by the heads of the two departments.
An average of 97.88 is credited to the 46th for their academic efforts,
while the 47th ranks first in military with 3.822. Second place honors
in academics go to the 48th with a mark of 92.77, and the 51st ranks
second in military with 3.804.
The complete standings are listed below:
Academics Military
46th 97.88 47th 3.822
48th 92.77 51st 3.804
47th 91.97 48th 3.767
49th 89.94 49th 3.736
50th 88.75 50th 3.641
51st 77.70
Personnel Changes
Seven officers were detached
from this station during the past
two weeks, and three officers have
reported aboard for duty.
Those detached were Lieut. A.
0. Scarbrough, USNR, dental of
ficer, to Fleet Marine Force Train
ing Center, Camp Lejeune, N.,C.;
Lieut. John W. Morris, USNR, in
structor, aerology, to NAS, Ana-
costia, D. C.; Lieut. Alexander B.
Cloud, USNR, head, aerology &
military arts, to Coml2, San Fran
cisco; Lt. (jg) Thomas V. Mur
ray, USNR, medical officer, to
ETS, Newport, R. I.; Lt. (jg)
John L. Hickey, USNR, dental of
ficer, to NavReceiving Sta, Boston,
Mass.; Lt. (jg) John Kuzman,
USNR, platoon officer, and Lt.
(jg) Thomas T. Rogers, USNR,
Detached
Detached during the past week
were Thomas G. Harper, SKlc,
and Charles F. Welz, SK3c, both
to Falmouth, Mass., and Jack
Klawans, HAlc, to MarBaks, Par
ris Island, S. C. John T. Valentin-
sen, Sm2c, and Edward F. Brady,
BM2c, have reported here from
USNAS, Ottumwa, Iowa, for duty
on this station.
assistant coach, football, who were
both ordered to report to NavAir-
TransportServ, West Coast.
Those reporting here for duty
are Lt. (jg) R. R. Renfrow,
USNR, from inactive duty; Lieut.
Dan M. Patterson, USNR, from
AirForce, Atl. Fleet; and Lieut.
Cecil D. Miller, USNR, from
USNAS, Pensacola, Fla.
Camp Butner
Here Today
The Cloudbusters, fresh from a
7 to 5 victory over Camp Butrier
there on Wednesday afternoon,
will meet the same team here this
afternoon at 1500 on Emerson
Field.
The contest will mark the third
meeting between the two clubs,
the soldiers having won the first
game, 8 to 5, here three weeks ago.
Wednesday’s game saw the
Cloudbusters score two runs in
the first half of the eighth to break
a four to four deadlock. The
soldiers led, 3 to 1, in the third
inning only to be tied in the be
ginning of the fourth when Pre-
Flight sent two runs home. The
Cloudbusters scored again in the
fifth, but Butner came back in the
sixth to tie the count. After that
the future fliers were never head
ed again.
Again it was “Dusty” Cooke
who paced the Pre-Flighters at the
plate. He connected for a double
and single in four trips.
The winning hurler was Paugh
while Morgan was credited with
the reverse.
Score by innings:
Pre-Flight 010 210 021—7
Camp Butner 102 001 001—5
47th Battalion
To Dance in Pine
Room Tonight
The Senior Battalion Dance for
members of the 47th Battalion
will be held in the Pine Room of
Lenoir Hall this evening from 2100
to 2400. Liberty for the 47th will
be extended to 0030, with taps
coming at 0045.
Uniform will be service dress
blue, with blue garrison caps.
The swing orchestra of the Pre-
Flight band will furnish the music,
and refreshments will be served
throughout the evening.
ANNIVERSARY
(Continued from page one)
evening, a Sports Carnival will be
held on Fetzer Field. Competition
in swimming in the outdoor pool,
soccer, boxing, wrestling and track
will be held simultaneously be
tween the two outstanding teams
in each of these sports. Cadets not
participating, officers, enlisted per
sonnel, university students and
townspeople are invited to be pres
ent as spectators, and the U. S.
Navy Pre-Flight band will be on
hand to furnish music for the gala
occasion.