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CLOUDBUSTER
Saturday, February 20, 1943
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194 V-5’ers Arrive at Station
For Eighth Indoctrination School
No, no, that’s not what it’s for.
Officers Defeat Ft. Bragg, 38-36
Two foul shots by Lieut. Ed.^
Green with 20 seconds remaining
gave the U. S. Navy Pre-Flight
officers a 38-36 victory over Ft.
Bragg in an overtime basketball
game played there on Monday
night. Last night the soldiers
played the officers here in a return
contest.
Tied 32-32 at the end of regular
play, field goals by Ensign John
Barr and Lt. (jg) Kenneth
Hashagen, and Green’s foul shots
produced the winning margin.
The officers led at half time, 14-11.
Hashagen with 13 points and
Barr with 10 sparked the winners
to victory while Hampton led the
losers with 13 points. It was the
third win for the officers in four
starts.
WRESTLERS
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135-pound class—Dorn (Pre-
Flight) pinned Corbit.
145-pound class—Sachel (Pre-
Flight) pinned Liningood.
165-pound class—Dillman (Pre-
Flight) decisioned Fitzimmons.
165-pound class — Landsberg
(Pre-Flight) pinned Howard.
175-pound class—Abram (Pre-
Flight) pinned Hill.
Unlimited—Mascus (VPI) de
cisioned McKeeby.
MW OFFICERS
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nell; Lieut. Wade E. Marlette
(who has not reported yet due to
illness, but is expected); Lt. (jg)
William P. Orrick; Lt. (jg) Ed
ward N. Parnell; Ensign Welcome
H. Shearer; Lt. (jg) Frederick E.
Steeves; Ensign Raymond T.
Stoviak; Ensign James E. Two-
hig; Ensign John H. Walker; and
Lt. (jg) Albert H. Werner.
The Week in Sports
Boxing
Today—
The Citadel, here, 1430
Next Saturday Night—
Ft. Bragg, there
Basketball
Tuesday—
Officers vs. N. C. State, here,
2000
Saturday—
Cadets vs. N. C. State, there,
2000
Track
Invitational Track Meet spon
sored jointly by the Pre-Flight
School and the University.
Trails will be held on Saturday
afternoon, and the finals on
Saturday night.
BOXERS
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in 1 minute, 25 seconds of the first.
A newcomer to the Pre-Flight
team — Cadet Esposito — made
quick work of McWherter, VPI’s
heavyweight, winning by a tech
nical knockout end of first round.
Boxing summary:
120-pound class—Reilly (VPI)
decisioned Sholl.
130-pound class — Breithaupt
(Pre-Flight) won forfeit.
135-pound class — Ankeney
(Pre-Flight) won forfeit.
145-pound class—Ruzula
Flight won forfeit.
150-pound class—Jones
Flight) decisioned Vassare.
155-pound class—Maroot
Flight) defeated Spital, technical
knockout 1:45 of third round.
175-pound class —Bogue (Pre-
Flight) defeated Gallagher, tech
nical knockout 1:25 of first round.
Unlimited — Esposito (Pre-
Flight) defeated McWherter, tech
nical knockout end of first round.
Referee—Lt. (jg) B. R. Voor
hees (West Virginia).
(Pre-
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Arriving from all parts of the
country, 194 new V-5 officers are
undergoing indoctrination in the
eighth V-5 course to be held here.
Commissioned in the naval avia
tion physical fitness program, the
various coaches and athletes will
go through academic, military and
physical conditioning paces for
thirty days—then become instruc
tors helping to turn out future
Navy flyers.
Ensigns Parker Hall, All-
American at University of Miss
issippi and Cleveland Ram pro
star; Bob Kellog, Tulane All-
American; and Marvin Hutson,
captain of Mississippi’s Orange
Bowl team, head the list of foot
ball playing names, while Lieut.
Denny Myers, Boston College
mentor and Lieut. Comdr. John
Meagher, Auburn pigskin coach
lead the luminaries from the bench
bossing world.
Professional football adds to the
ranks with Lieut. Dale Burnett,
New York Giant star for many
years, along with Ensign James
McDonald, Detroit Lions football
er from 1938 to 1939.
Coaches galore are turning from
sports strategy to military
strategy, customs, traditions, and
conditioning. From all parts of
the country they’ve come.
Out of the west—Lt. (jg) Cletus
Clinker, football coach at the Uni
versity of South Dakota; Lt. (jg)
DeWitt A, Portal, boxing mentor
at San Jose State College and na->
tional boxing authority; Lt. (jg)
George Stromgren, basketball
mastermind of the California Ag
gies; Ensign Jack Baer, baseball
boss at Oklahoma University, and
Lieut. Arthur Bailey, baseball
coach at State College in Wash
ington.
Disproving that “ne’er shall the
twain meet” there comes from the
east Lieut. Albert Humphreys,
head football coach at Bucknell
College, and his pigskin assistant
Lt. (jg) Sylvester J. Blum. In ad
dition there’s Ensign Andrew
Palau, Fordham’s backfield coach,
and Lieut. Lyal Clark, Harvard’s
line mentor.
From the south comes Lieut.
Cecil Ross, athletic director at
Morris Harvey College; Lt. (jg)
Bernard Green, head mastermind
of Mississippi Southern College;
Lt. (jg) Cecil Crowley, sports
head at Louisiana Tech; Lt. (jg)
Gordon Clark, athletic director of
Sewanee; and Ensign Jim Nesbit,
captain of Alabama’s 1935 Rose
Bowl team.
OFFICIALS
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onds, gave a demonstration for
the visitors. Lt. John Miller, for
mer swimming coach at Princeton
and Mercersburg Academy and
now in charge of swimming here,
directed an exhibition of Naval
safety techniques.
“I’ve watched the way Germany
and Italy train their Navy men,”
Lieut. Miller explained. “Their
principal thought is in salvaging
the plane or the ship. Our first
thought is to teach our men to
save themselves. We want them
to come back regardless of what
happens to their planes or ships.”
Among State officials attending
were Thad Eure, secretary of
state; W. Kerr Scott, commis
sioner of agriculture; and Wil
liam P. Hodges, insurance com
missioner. Also on hand was
Josephus Daniels of Raleigh, Sec
retary of the Navy during the last
war. Mrs. Broughton accompanied
the governor.
Lt. (jg) Kidd Brewer, public
relations officer, had charge of the
program, and Lt. Comdr. Harvey
Harman, athletic director, ar
ranged the sport events.
Just as soon as the legislators
arrived in Chapel Hill they were
divided into 10 platoons with of
ficers of the school serving as
leaders.
SPORTS
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five and tied four in boxing, and
won 13 and lost 6 in basketball.
The standings* as of Feb. 13:
Squadron
Coronado 36
Vindicator 32
Devastator 29
Kingfisher 27
Wildcat 25
Mariner 23
Buffalo 23
Catalina 23
Skyrocket 20
Buccaneer 23
Helldiver 18
Mustang 16
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14
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49
32
14
4
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29
20
3
42 V2
27
19
6
42
25
24
3
41
23
26
3
37 Vs
23
26
3
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23
28
1
34
20
32
1
32
23
27
2
31
18
31
3
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16
35
1
22
* Carry-over points in football
should be credited as follows:
Coronado 12, Vindicator 15>
Devastator 12, Kingfisher 12>
Wildcat 14%, Mariner 1.3, Buffalo
13, Catalina 10%, Skyrocket 11^)
Buccaneer 7, Helldiver 10, and
Mustang 5%.