Page Four
CLOUDBUSTER—SPORTS
Friday, September 14, 1945
Good Record
Made by Grid
Elevens Here
With the final act over in the
1945 gridiron play that began
in August and ended in Septem
ber, “finis” has been written to
one of the great service football
teams of the war.
Since the fall of 1942, Cloud-
buster elevens have played a to
tal of 27 tilts against leading
college and service teams in this
section of the country, and have
marked up 16 wins against eight
losses, with three games ending
in ties. In the point making de
partment, the Pre-Flighters held
a 390-342 over their opponents.
Eight Wins in ’42
Their first season, 1942, was
one of their best, when they
won eight, dropped two by close
scores, and tied one. Playing
under the tutelage of Lt. Comdr.
James Crowley, former head
football coach at Fordham, the
1942 Cloudbusters outscored
their opponents by nearly a 4-1
margin, rolling up a total of 162
points while holding other
elevens to 43.
Victories were registered over
Catawba, Harvard, North Caro
lina State, Temple, Syracuse,
Georgetown, Manhattan, and
William and Mary. Both of the
setbacks were by narrow mar
gins, the first being a 6-7 deci
sion won by Boston College and
the other loss being an 0-6 ver
dict won by Fordham. An all
Pre-Flight tussle that year be
tween the Cloudbusters and
Georgia Skycrackers ended in a
14-14 deadlock.
Tough Going in ’43
The Cloudbusters, under Lt.
Frank Kimbrough, former head
coach at Baylor University,
found it tough going in 1943
when they won two, lost four
and tied one. Outscored 77-153
by their seven opponents, the
Pre-Flighters beat Camp IDavis
and North Carolina State, while
losing to Navy, Duke, Georgia
Pre-Flight, and Wake Forest.
They had another 14-14 tie, this
time with Camp Lejeune.
Strong in ’44
The ’Busters bounced back
strong in ’44 to win six, while
losing two and tieing another.
Playing under Lt. Comdr. Glenn
Killinger, former head grid
coach at West Chester (Pa.)
State Teachers College, the lo-
Dinner for Gridsters
Aside from the unseasonal
angle of having a football ban
quet in September, the steak
dinner given by the Cloudbuster
Athletic Association for the grid
squad in the Pine Room of Le
noir Hall last Sunday evening
was unique in another respect:
it marked the school’s first un
defeated, unscored on—and un
played—grid season.
DEFINITELY AGROUND—While ‘Tall in the Saddle” is the name
of one of her recent movies. Cowgirl Ella Raines belies that title
here where she is definitely grounded.
New Swimming Record
A new swimming record of
1:36.7 for the 200-meter free
style relay event has been set
by six cadets of the 73rd Bat
talion. The old mark of 1:38.3
was held by members of the
53rd. The new record making
team includes L. S. Gift, H.
Meny, J. W. Hornbecker, J. H.
Gardner, J. S. Perry, and E. C.
Rutherford.
OPERATIONAL REPORT
DEPARTURES;
Lt. Flint Brayton; W. T. Rylee, SKlc
H. O. Smith. RM2c; D. A. Ebel, CCS(T)
C. R. Chambers, SK3c; E. A. Solberg, S2c
C. Webber, Y2c; W. J. Bergman, EM3c
S. L. Krieger, RMlc; C. W. Keenan, Ylc
ARRIVALS:
Lt. (jg) L J. Mayer; Lt. (jg) C. M.
Reeves; J. C. Fidler, Sic; D. V. Delaney,
PhMlc; R. J. Robertson, CSp(A); R. C.
Rogers, RM2c.
cals outscored their nine op
ponents 151-146.
High spot of the year was a
stunning 21-14 upset handed the
powerful Naval Academy eleven.
Led by All-America Otto Gra
ham, from Northwestern Uni
versity, the ’Busters also trim
med Duke, Jacksonville Naval
Air Station, Cherry Point Ma
rines, and Georgia Pre-Flight
twice.
The losses were to powerful
grid machines from the Bain-
bridge Naval Training Station
and Camp Peary. The tie was
a 13-13 deadlock with the Uni
versity of Virginia.
tYu/o ^ears
Sports writers from newspa
pers and periodicals located in
the first, third, fourth and fifth
Naval districts have been here
the past week inspecting first
hand the U. S. Navy’s Pre-Flight
training program.
The third in a series of band
concerts by the Pre-Flight band
will be presented tomorrow aft
ernoon in the Forest Theatre. A
guest on the program will be
Charles Everett, New York dra
matic tenor of the concert stage.
Ensigns John and Frank
Craighead, took some 600 cadets
and a group of visiting news
men five miles out from Chapel
Hill and gave them first hand
instruction in the newest wrin
kle in Pre-Flight training—
“Self-Preservation
It was announced this week
that the Cloudbuster eleven will
open this season’s competition
with the Naval Academy at An
napolis. Ensign William C. Jar-
nagin and Lt. (jg) Glenn F.
Presnell are assisting Coach
Kimbrough.
^ ^ ^
A total of 192 cadets will par
ticipate in the annual fall regi
mental wrestling meet.
Cloudbusters Trim
Blue Devils Again
In Final Workout
The Cloudbusters made it two
in a row over Duke last Satur
day when they defeated the Blue
Devils in a five-period informal
practice tilt, 35-31. A week
earlier the Pre-Flighters turned
the trick by a 12-0 score.
Coach Paul Bryant’s ’Busters
showed plenty of scoring punch
in their final workout of the
season. After Duke had slipped
out in front with a 7-0 lead in
the opening period, the locals
went to work and rolled up a
29-7 advantage before the col
legians could score again.
Pre-Flight led at the end of
the regulation four quarters by
a 35-13 count. Duke then tallied
three times in the extra period
to make the final tabulation
do^p
Potent Offense
The well-balanced and potent
Navy eleven registered its first
touchdown in the second period
on a 50-yard pass play going
from Halfback Jimmy Allen to
End Nelson Harris. A few plays
later, Pre-Flight blocked a Duke
punt, and recovered the ball in
the end zone for two more
points.
Scores came in rapid order
for the Cloudbusters in the third
and fourth periods. Quarterback
Vic Turyn passed to End Dale
Gentry for 12 yards and a score.
Then after Bill Poling scam
pered 11 yards for the next
touchdown, Allen exploded
through tackle and galloped 90
yards to paydirt for the longest
run of the day. Pre-Flight had
intercepted a Duke pass on its
own 10 to set the stage for Al
len’s run.
Jed Pepper notched the final
’Buster touchdown with a nine-
yard drive late in the fourth pe
riod.
Fullback Harry Bonk success
fully booted for the extra point
after three of the touchdowns.
Two sailors lost their way.
Said one: “We must be in a cem
etery, there’s a gravestone.” The
other lit a match and replied:
“Yeah, he lived to the ripe old
age of 128.”
“What’s his name?”
“Some guy named Miles from
Los Angeles.”
STALEMATE
By Nick Pouletsos Sp(X)lc
Galley Slave