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Saturday, October 31, 1942 CLOUDBUSTER Page Five New Barriers Make Tough Pre-Flight Obstacle Run Tougher “The cargo net climb and under cover run will prove of great value to the cadets in actual battle,” Lieut. Wil liam Neufeld, head military track coach, declared yesterday in discussing the new barriers recently added to the obstacle course. The purpose of the two new obsta cles, first of their kind to be built at any of the Pre-Flight Schools, is to teach the cadets how to climb up and down the side of their ships, and also how to cover ground in a crouched position. Most readers of the Cloudbuster should by now be well acquainted with both obstacles. Just for the record, though, here are the facts: The cargo net climb towers 18 feet off the ground. The net used is exact ly the same to be found on board ship for dropping over the side into a smaller boat. The undercover run, which is 60 feet long, is four and one half feet high at the entrance. It tapers off to four feet in the center, and then goes back to four and one half feet in the end. “It’s true that flying is the primary purpose of a cadet, but he’ll be on land part of the time, and he should know how to run low, hide himself from the enemy, and take cover,” Lieut. Neufeld pointed out. The cargo net climb was placed near the end of the course to give the cadet a “difficult assignment under diffi cult conditions.” “Chances are a cadet will be tired when he is climbing up or down the side of a ship,” Lieut. Neufeld added. “Though he feels tired when he climbs the net here, the practice will make him all the more prepared when he is faced with the real thing.” Cadets who are anxious to take to the air should definitely be interested in the cargo net climb. Its height of 18 feet makes it the highest a cadet can get up in the air while he is aboard here. The two new additions bring to a total of 27, the number of obstacles that are now on the more than 600- yard course. Also, quite a change has been noticed in the time. Over the old course J. S. Gilman, of the 2nd Battalion, held the record at 2.36. The new time of 3.17, a differ ence of 41 seconds, is held by Deonicy Samuel Eed, a member of the 6th Bat talion, from Harrisburg, Pa. —Buy War Bonds— Pre-Flight Stationery at Ledbetter-Pickard New Obstacles The undercover run, pictured above, and the cargo net line, at the right, are two new ad ditions to the obstacle course. These two ob stacles bring the total number on the 600 yard course to 27, and have been responsible for an increase of 41 seconds in the record for the course. Present champ is Deonicy S. Red of the 6th Battalion with the record time of 3.17. Camp Davis Defeats Beebusters 2 to 0 The vocal support provided by the regiment of cadets and the encourag ing music of the band failed to help the Cloudbuster “B” football team last Saturday and the strong Camp Davis team from Jacksonville, N. C., took home a 2 to 0 victory. The junior ’Busters failed to get their offensive machine in working or der and failed to penetrate the visitors’ 40 yard line during the clash played at Kenan stadium. The anti-aircraft ex perts from Camp Davis capitalized on a bad pass from center to score a safe ty four minutes before the end of the third period. Lem Fitzgei’ald, ace Army back, put the Navy in a hole by kicking out of bounds on the ’Buster 13. On the first play the ball wobbled crazily in the end zone, Fullback Franks recovered but was tackled before he could move the pigskin into the field of play. Unifoms: Khaki, Blue & White Van Heusen WHITE SHIRTS AND COLLARS Regulation NAVY SHOES AND SOCKS Hickok Cuff Links, Braces and Belts khaki uniform buttons Carolina 167 E. Franklin St. Oct. 31, 1942—One Day Nearer Victory CADET TOMMIE WHITE, Manager Helldivers Retain Top Position In Squadron Sports By Cadet H. Wesley Bogle The Helldiver squadron scored four and a half points in squadron compe tition last week to retain its grip on first place and gain the liberty award for Saturday, Oct. 24. The Helldivers with 23% points hold a three and a half point margin over the runner-up Coronados. The Cata- linas are in third place with 18% points. The undefeated Coronado military track team continued to lead its divi sion with a record of six victories in as many meets. Boxing competition was discontinued last week with the Buffaloes and Hell divers sharing top position with iden tical records of five victories and a tie. The Devastator soccer team con tinued to hold the spotlight in its divi sion as it rolled to its seventh and eighth consecutive triumphs. Its sea son record is ten wins and two losses. In football the Coronados still hold first place with four victories in four games played. However, the Mariner and Skyrocket teams are right behind with three triumphs and a tie apiece. The standings as of Oct. 24: Squadron W L T Pts. Helldiver 22 7 3 23 Va Coronado 18 10 4 20 Catalina 18 13 1 18 Vz Buffalo 16 12 4 18 Buccaneer 16 14 2 17 Mariner 15 14 3 16% Skyrocket 15 14 3 16% Devastator 12 18 2 13 Kingfisher 12 18 2 13 Vindicator 13 19 0 13 Wildcat 12 19 1 12% Mustang 9 20 3 10% Soccer Team Wins Following their earlier 3 to 0 win over Duke, the Pre-Flight soccer team continued their winning ways with a 2 to 0 shutout over High Point col lege last Saturday. Lieut. E. C. Waters, head coach of soccer, appears to be keeping the same record that he made over a period of 15 years at West Chester State. There, his teams went un defeated for seven years and lost only seven games in eleven seasons ’Busters Threaten Unbeaten, Untied Record of Syracuse SYRACUSE, N. Y., Oct. 30—To morrow, for the third time this season, the Cloudbusters of the U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C., meet an undefeated, untied football team—this time the Big Orange squad of Syracuse University. The game, expected to draw a crowd of some 20,000 fans, is one of the top clashes in the East and will play a large part in determining whether Coach Ossie Solem’s team is worthy of its high na tional rating. The Navy Cloudbusters, tutored by Lieut. Comdr. Jim Crowley, first met an unbeaten squad in the Georgia Navy Pre-Flight School’s Skycrackers at Athens, Ga. In that game the ’Bust ers held a 14 to 0 lead going into the last quarter when Frankie Filchock passed for two Georgia touchdowns and the game ended in a 14-14 dead lock. Two weeks later Lieut. Comdr. Crowley took his squad to Boston—and dropped a 7 to 6 decision to Boston Col lege, still unbeaten, untied and ranked as the top team in the East. Syracuse has two aerial artists in Tommy Maines and Dick Whitesell, both of whom have played a large part in their team’s victories this season er Clarkson, Boston University, Western Reserve, Holy Cross and Cor nell. Two heaves by Whitesell and one by Maines accounted for the three scores against Holy Cross and in last Saturday’s triumph over Cornell, Maines tossed a pass to Whitesell for one of the Big Orange team’s two touchdowns. While Syracuse was continuing on the victory trail last week the Cloud busters were doing a little scoring of their own in running over a big Tem ple university squad at Philadelphia, 34 to 0. An impressed crowd of 20,000 fans watched Len Eshmont score twice and saw Mort Landsberg, Art Jones and Walter Zwiezynski each con tribute a touchdown as the Navy lads hit a new high for the season. Zwie zynski, the team’s, leading scorer for the season with 30 points, kicked three conversions from placement and End Hayward Sanford added another point in the same manner. Runner-up to Zwiezynski on the scoring list is Eshmont with 24 points and in third place, with 18, is End John Witkowski. Co-captains for the game tomorrow will be Landsberg and Lou Bufalino, both of whom performed for Cornell during their college days. Lands- berg’s touchdown against Temple was his first score of the season and Bufa lino hasn’t tallied as yet. Both are hard runners and have gained much ground against Navy opponents. Landsberg gets the call as the starting right halfback and Bufalino will start at fullback and will share time with another Cornellian, Joe Martin. Gene Goodreault and Sanford will start at the ends; Steve Hudacek and Joe Frank at tackles; Charles Pierce and Joe Boyd at guards; Joe Kovach, center; Gene Davis, quarterback; and Eshmont, left halfback. The Cloudbusters worked long and hard this week on pass defense and are ready for anything Syracuse has to of fer in the way of an overhead game. Temple’s backs netted only two yards running against the Navy linemen during the game but completed 8 of 25 passes for 82 yards. 8 Basketball Tilts Scheduled Thus Far for Cloudbusters By Cadet Joseph Shapiro ^ A partial basketball schedule that includes games with several leading ( eastern and southern quintets was dis closed this week by Lieut. Tom Car- ruthers, assistant director of athletics. Already eight games are definitely scheduled for the Cloudbusters, and others will be added during the next few weeks, Lieut. Carruthers stated. Head coach of the Cloudbuster Five is Lt. (jg) Richard A. Raese. Basket ball fans will remember him for his outstanding West Virginia teams. Last year his team at West Virginia was in vited to the Invitational Tournament at Madison Square Garden. They were seeded eight, but ended up winning the tournament. As far as the present schedule is con cerned it appears as a break to the cadets who like to watch the court game. Five of the eight scheduled games are to be played in Woollen Gym. 1 The present schedule: Jan. 2—La Salle College, Philadel phia, Pa. Jan. 6—Duke University, here. Jan. 9—Long Island University, New York City. Jan. 13—George Washington Uni versity, here. Jan. 23—Duke University, here. Feb. 5—Penn State University, here. Feb. 11—Duquesne University, here. Feb. 17—University of Virginia, here. Invitations, on a “home and home” basis, have been extended to other schools in the Southern Conference, in cluding N. C. State, Wake Forest and Davidson College. Orville Campbell, former editor of the University of North Carolina Tar Heel, has reported for duty as Y3c and has been assigned to the Practice is now being held in Woollen Public Relations OflSce. • White Shirts • Cuff Links • Black Ties * Suspenders These and many more of your needs can be bought at the CAROLINA MEN’S SHOP Cadet Robert Varley, Proprietor Welcome Navy Wives — SHIELDS’ HOME-OWNED FOOD STORE Meats — Groceries — Produce YOUR BUSINESS APPRECIATED
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