Friday, December 24, 1943
CLOUDBUSTER
Page Three
Cioudbuster
Personahttes
John (Bud) Palmer, first string
center, stands six feet, four in
ches tall, weighs 180 pounds, and
hails from Princeton, N. J. He
''^as graduated from Princeton
last year, and while there parti
cipated in soccer, basketball, la
crosse and tennis. All together he
"Won eight varsity letters. He was
leading Ivy League scorer in bas
ketball, made the All-Ivy League
first team at center, and was voted
outstanding athlete in his
class. The tallest man on the
Cioudbuster squad, he uses his
l^eight to advantage. At present
is leading Pre-Flight scorer
^ith a total of 77 points in four
Sames.
•Sfi if. 'if.
Forward Robert (Whitey)
^yers was captain-elect of the
l^artmouth basketball team this
year, but instead of returning to
College he became a V-5 cadet. A
}90-pounder, he is six feet, three
ji^ches tall, and hails from Wyom-
Ohio. In high school, Myers
an all-round athlete winning
three letters in football, basket-
^^11, and baseball, and four in
Solf. A good floor man, he has
^one yeoman work in the games
played thus far.
^ ^ He
way of Rhode Island State
Braintree, Mass., Cadet J. W.
^mith came to Chapel Hill. He
play either at the guard or
forward position depending on the
Calibre of the opposition. He at
tended Dean Academy in Frank-
11^1. Mass., and participated in
football, basketball and baseball.
fairly good shot and excellent
Passer, he has turned in two nice
Performances in the last two
Cioudbuster games. He weighs
pounds, and his height is one
^^ch over six feet.
♦
The most aggressive player on
Cioudbuster squad is Don El-
who weighs 220 pounds, is six
three inches tall, and who
hails from Gary, Indiana. Elser
especially good under the bas
ket and scores most of his points
^hile breaking toward the hoop,
^e attended Notre Dame, winning
three letters in football, one in
basketball, three in track. He
played a bit of professional bas
ketball with Toledo in the Na-
^^onal League.
* 4c *
^hile Don Elser is the most
^Sgressive, Tippy Dye gets the
See PERSONALITIES, page U
fAtJET C'EXe A>EtUO
-Reprinted from Cloudbuster, Dec. 19, 1942
Lieut. R. A. Raese, Cloudbuster
Mentor, Has Made Fine Record
“We try to hold the ball until we
get an almost certain scoring play,
and then we shoot,” says Lieut.
R. A. Raese, USNR, head basket
ball coach of the
Cloudbuster s.
That, in one
sentence, sums
up the style of
play used by the
Pre-Flighters.
and it is one of
the reasons they
have won their
last four starts
in a row.
Coach Raese’s
system of coach
ing is a mixture
of a fast break
and deliberate
set olfense, and
it is based on ex
pert ball hand
ling and tricky
passing. He is a
stickler for de
tails, and spends
hours drilling
basketball fun
damentals into
his players. Two
years ago his
West Virginia University team
won the Madison Square Garden
Invitational Tournament defeating
such formidable opponents as Long
Island University, Toledo, and
Kentucky.
£
Only 34 now. Coach Raese was
graduated from West Virginia
University in 1932. While there he
played football but, as he puts it,
^ was not particu
larly interested
in basketball.
After gradua
tion he returned
to his hometown
of Davis, W. Va.
(population 3,-
500), and be
came head coach
and athletic di
rector at the Da-
. vis high school.
Four years as
head coach and
a record of 140
victories against
only 35 defeats
placed his team
in the finals of
the state basket
ball tournament
for four straight
' years, something
unheard of for a
school with Da
vis’ small enroll
ment.
That wasn’t
all. His football teams also com
piled victory after victory, and
Coach Raese modestly admits that
he thought them better than his
basketballers.
See RAESE, page h
Coach Raese
Mustang Squadron
Holds Top Position
In Sports Program
The Mustangs continued to hold
the top position in the Sports Pro
gram competition as of last Satur
day, but the Wildcats are but four
points out of first place.
The leaders, undefeated in
swimming and only a tie to mar
their record in boxing and soccer,
have a total of 30 points. They
have won three and lost one in
basketball, and have a win and a
loss to their credit in two wrest
ling meets.
The second place Wildcats are
undefeated in both wrestling and
swimming and would be in top
place were it not for their record
of but one win in four starts in
basketball. In soccer and boxing
they have won one and lost one.
Tied for third position are the
Buccaneers and Mariners with 24
points apiece. The Catalinas are
next with 22, the Skyrockets and
Kingfishers have 20, the Coro
nados 18, Devastators 16, Vindi
cators and Helldivers 14, and the
Buffalos 12.
Still undefeated are the Buc
caneers and Mariners in wrestling,
the Coronados in swimming, the
Catalinas in soccer, and Sky
rockets in basketball.
In “B” competition the Cata
linas lead with 32 points, the Buc
caneers have 30, Mariners 28,
Skyrockets and Wildcats 26,
Mustangs 24, Buffalos 18, Coro
nados 14, Vindicators 12, King-i
fishers 10, Devastators 8, and Hell
divers 6.
’Busters Defeat
Coast Guard, 61-36
A goal from under the basket
by Cadet John Smith broke a 14-14
deadlock midway the first period
and gave the U. S. Navy Pre-
Flight Cloudbusters a lead they
never relinquished as they defeat
ed the Charleston Coast Guard, 61
to 36.
The loss was the first of the year
for the visitors, and it also marked
the fourth straight win for th^
Pre-Flighters.
It was John (Bud) Palmer, for
mer Princeton captain, who paced
the winners. The lanky center
connected for 22 points on 11 field
goals, Robert (Whitey) Myeris
had 15 and Tippy Dye 12,
For the Coast Guard Gifford
Roux was high man with 13 points.
His uncanny shooting in the early
See BASKETBALL, page 4