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WaiM riM. N. C AnM>-IBCR Fog* 11 ti—ly IS. IIW Maxton Airborne Quint Plays Post ‘5’ Tuesday It will be one branch of the Air Force against another this Tuesday night at Sports Arena No. 2, as our Post Baslcetboll team plays host to the SSOth Airborne Battalion from the Mozton. N. C.» AAB in another big-time hooping show for SJF fans. The Moxion quint boasts one of the most impressWe^ court slates that our varsity hos yet gone against. Their totol of 247 points scored while winr'*'a five out of five con tests from the best at Maxton L^lds the promise for our team of a hard, hard evening of point-matching. Hie asiod Sousdron ot Maxton#- tf t of JannetU (1). aiuxnnl ot tne Mlnhig Mechanical Inst and team high scorer; Larson Q llurmerly of the 60. Dakota AdKXd of Mines; and Bailey (6), with much exp^- ence in the N. Y. Inter-State League. FITE mTE this week will be bock on the usuol Wednes- doy night dote. Lt. Lester Rosenblum and his staff ore working out o first rote eight or nine cord show. Hallway Mark.. Final Summary Of Leagues Reveals Tightness of Play was stc^iped cold by the SSOtb m tbe opening game « the season for the 55(W by a 47 to n tally. Pouring In 50 points against the 837U) Squnciron, the SSOth bad tOO much on the melon for them and tlietr 37 points. For^ seven to 3S was the score by which the oSOth trotmced the 470th In tneir third game of the year. The Maxton AAB Base Item next bit the oust to a torrid 49 to S7 hardwood strug gle for the fourth straight vlcto^ for the hlgh-rldin' SSOth Iho has- keteers from the Maxton Base Medical Detachment were the last onas to take it on the chin from the 560th. 64 to 33 was the teDy on this rout. '* mben roundup of the completed first half of the Post Basket-; n’lSllball Tourney .how. that a deal of red-hot, tight com- ] and their Jersey numbers arerlpeting took place before final compilation of the standings “‘“I couldbemade. • MCOBC hj.h scorer lor .warded to the Melca i light of the firs round play. Eight games were won in clear style by the Academic five and only me contest was dropped. Ihe TMth Technical School Oroup tied with the 716th Trminlns Oroup lor see- ood-place honors in that league, each nwrthig a seven and two slate at the final curtain. In third and fourth place were the 797th T. S. 8. and the SSSrd AB Bq., iTsspeetively. GOOD BECOBl>8 Hie other hardftghtlng league maktog up the tournaxbent person- zi^ the Pursuit League was bead ed by the undefeated 711th Train ing Oroup basketballers who had a ten and nothing record lor the oonrse of competition. ^nst sQueesed out of the fbamplonship M a last week crisis battle with tbs Tn ABOY* drawing shows SSa the medal glvas for meritorious wTfnrManfMi tnr niiitmiinr John- fron had a film hoid On Bhird spot son PUd boxers agel^st the at the ^552.®* Ckmm Point Air Station Marines ' H^s. TTiey had an ri#ht and two awd^ Sw flgbSg recort for the league. Fourth place after tbs meet of played ten games each and Bomb- ganses went to the hardwood wars nine times. » Five-Minute Break ... By Sarge ... Our Post “6” really has been 'swishing’' the New Year in these past few days as, at thte wrlt^, two decisive basketball wins arc already written hith the record books over visiting' eervlce quints. Major Kane’s School Group bask etball team eerved notice upon the members of the Officer’s Basket ball League that they were to be reckoned with in future com- petlri) by die manner in which The Initial two bookings for 1944 made by Lt. Rosenblum wHh the they, thisibed s oowe^ Head- Wake Pteeet Altar Finance Brheol end Camp Markall teame a. us (and The Barge ums tlm term W just In the memer es this is! ”, M ^ wHh w IXOT playtag to O.W) raccMrfnlg-wfi ^ SSfiSJK winning scores of 48 to 81 over the Monday guests, Wake Forest, and the Wednesday vlsttors, Camp Mackall, 68 to 45. SdioolC^.and Cadet Officer Quiniets Win The rcault of last ni^’s Fort Bragg oontest is not availaMe for this issue of the AIR-O-MXCH, but should our men make it three m a row for the year, it appears that the vaunted Cherry Point Marines, men aitcr um «uccb v. ^ a row lor ine year, n appears toac toe vsuniea unerry s'omi marmes, month. Btanllar tokens ore to be wber^ t^y sewed the servlcu^ Oanq} Davis, etc., are in for more trouble than th^ may anticipate ghrcB to men who earn the Fi^t- of a 4F kiltisj sacker. Be is smooth- they ristt bm In tte future, er Of The Night honors on f»- tflehllng Babe Dahlgren, rejected, Outside Sports ture cards. The me^ is made of for service because ol sterling silver. condition. Beet en-srooDd sthlete now sts- Uoned St Camr Btewsrt, Oa.. Is Pvt. Joe DotIco, a four-letter man from MelroM Park, HI. A higta ^ school football, baseball, basxet- f Aaeksr, New Yrt *nil boxing star, Derrico hh “ ~t a .f«w bsDc ^ jjj Wiscooshi State semi- ball stories to OI nsttet-ts st Fin- Bsy Oeneral Hospital In TTmudsb- vllie, Ga., when one of nle Bteyrsri he batted .8W last tsrfield bleachers at w «io streak Ormmds In New York. ’Reaily?”, saM Rockcar. **1. thsoi^i I recog- 8. -to. U-. a„to eompieted a 15-month tom of noe? pro baseball league and twice made the All-State scbolaetie basketbsl! team before be was drafted. At *TawW the best shot in these Let’s sll get out to -all of the Post games and root our men In. That eU diestDUt about the Importance of moral suraort to a team reMly has a lot to It. So, don’t miss these big leagxw MskebaB games nor the cuipoatuDlty to cheer for your own representstlve team. Suty at the headquarters ot Lt Oanl Barten K. ToudI’s AAF Train Mg M Texas end hss been given a new tralnuir nsblgo- ment. BavMg lost First Bsseroon Eloie *‘My busbsnd.” WAC: Why girlie, the boys run after my kisses. Wsve: Listen, desrie. sitsr mine they Ump. EITg Bowling Standings "A'* LEAGUE Team W. L. 868th 088 30 7 798th T88 30 7 88tb T8B 30 7 7B8rd TB8 30 7 IBiul Fighters 17 10 Wist TBS 17 10 SMst Fighters 15 13 797th IBB 18 14 79401 TS8 U 16 936th FighleiS 16 17 38tb AAF Bond 9 16 rth AAF Band 9 31 WACb *V LEAGUE • 33 Hq. and Bq. SB 3 9th Acad. 38 4 838rd AB 8q. 33 6 715th Tng. Op. 16 11 40th Mess 15 13 Flnanee 14 U Mth Mem U 16 734th Tng. 10th Aesd. 718th Tng. Medics 718th Tnf. aoch Avn. Tilth Tng. Gp. The stsamngs sbove are com plete for the first half of the ^wUng League for EM’s. Tim league has bem in progress for nine weeks with 37 games be ing played by almost every team. CoTTBction.. In tbs anew SIS to last week’s ipseti Quis, the answer to ques- tton 3 ”Bew many games did the Met World Beriee between the Yankees and the Cardinals Instr' was given as "six." The Bronx Bombers from the Yankee Stadium actually wen In F Op. Op. OJK 11 15 16 17 10 IT 9 18 a 18 • 18 5 33 ia P. T. Dent, stalwart S4at. Bicb- ard Rttdkie has earned the plaudits of bis friends and this c^umn for a qui^thlnking, act which meant the difference between Me and death for one of bis buddies. For fuller details see the writer anytime, anywhere. . . . Jimmy Pewus, sweet-looking ISbpouDd eol- dier-boxei from AMlene, Texas, is s recent arrival at this station. Be*s had a good amount of experlmiice both In pre-induction amateur scraps and M a doaen or so contests vrtiUe In the AAF.... Bgl J^n **n ■e’* Kesafy* blond adonis of the Officers P. T. program, also had a band In another sport aside frtun the football that be played for the Gaels of 8t. Mary’s College in CallfMnia. Be Is up on the correct usage of his dukes and tau^t boxing for a while at ^ Presktto Anigy camp at San Francisco. The teams that crossed the finish line hist in the Farsatt and Bember leagues were the guests st s victory chicken dinner set up by th P. T. Dept Tuesday nl^t st the Service Club cafeteria. The triumph^ ba^eteers ate heartily and had a real, good old fashioned gmbfeet during the evening. Members of the wtamlng teams, the Tilth in the Pursuit a«s the 4& Ac^. in the Bomber, also each received sterling silver medals emblematic of their victory. Banners will be hung in Sports Arens No. 3 to commemorate the champlonrhips won by the two quints. Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and the 798lh T.B.8. were in nrrwid positions at the close of the Pursuit and Bomber loops, respecUvely, sod the players on those fives each got a bocdclt of War Departmetn theater titets as a reward for their efforts. Bam Fwlane, diminutive boxing instructor at the Arena, is now a dead pigeen. Announcement was recently made of the engage ment of Hap to his hometown sweetUe Helen. Mamaroneck, N. Y., Is their home. . . . Here's a sniqipy sports salute to Pvt. Geneva "Aiay” Martin, WAC, for her brilliant 180 game rolled at the Bowling Alleys several days ago. The little lady killer from Santa Rosa, Cal., is a deftaiKe ^antess on the alleys. . . . Capt. Miller, of the Bq. Scrubs, set a new hl^ for individual seeing In the Officer’s Basketball League the other day against the QM when he looped in 38 points. JB Arttnir Shapiro, with seven poiots each. High scoma tor the loeers was Ma|or Ral|h OUm. 8, sad Li. ISden Eckman, 7. T7>e loBowing day, Thuraday. the Cadet officers nosed out a strong P. O. X. outfit, 81 to 38. Paring the scorMg fer the victors was Lt. Smith, whose 17 points Is the highest individual score yet made in the new knp. Outstanding tot the losers was Li. Steeber. 13 Oanma lor next week: TUESDAY, JANUARY UTIl P. O. X. vs. QM WEDNESDAY. JANURY 19TH Medics vs. O. R. D. TTBUBODY, JANUARY aOTH Headquarters^ Vs. Cadet Off. FRIDAY, JANUARY 316T ... Hq. Berube vs. School CNoup AU. GAMES ARB AT 1715 IN SPORTS ARENA NO. 3. ANSWERS TO SPORTS OUB IQbcs. on Pg. 18) 1. (a) 888 feet. a. Track—long needleUke ^tkes on sole. Banrhsll—a three-pronged meta. semi-circular, low s^e. One at toe and one on hecL Football^ usually hard robber cleat at toe and beeL 8. James J. (Jim) Jeffries, hesvy- Wright champion of the world from 1895 to 1906. 4. False. They are hurdle mm. 5. Bone Raring. 6. a. Alsincer 8. Left Jah b. Cef 4. Right ubpet^ e. Jim Jeffries 8. Left hook d. G. CarpenUer 8. Bight cross 7. Ttue. 8 S^rmie It Is s term used wlun s ban is Id a poritton whitfi makes ■hftftiing for the bole dlffkmlt Am to bloeking of ball’s path of travcL The ethers are varietlis af boM sticks. i. CMarterbaek. 1# Toss BaysTs. Be was a lB«*
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