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Saturday, March 4, 1944 CLOUDBUSTER Page Three Wildcats Best in Wrestling, Mustangs Pace Gym and Tumbling Competition The cream of the crop in gym and tumbling and wrestling in the Winter Sports Program are pictured in the two photos above. On the left in the Mustang gym and tumbling team, coached by Lt. (jg) R. L. Barrick, USNR, and on the right is the Wildcat wrestling team coached by Lt. (jg) E. D. Forker, USNR. Pictured in the gym and tumbling photo, left to right, first row: Coach Barrick, Cadets P. W. (Gleason and J. K. Gorman, and Ensign C. A. Miller, USNR, Mustang squadron director. Center row: Cadets J. A. Romano, R. H. Nelson, G. E. Paulman, S. Q. Boyd, E. Adkins and J. K. Brokus. Back row: Cadets L. Stafford, R. W. Lawrie, V. T. Sullivan, L. W. Battle, E. C. Vago, M. D. Sheets, and A. J. Jenson. Absent when the picture was taken were Cadets C. H. Sawyer, R. B. Pace, R. H. Mason, and J. R. Edwards. The picture of the Wildcat wrestlers on the right shows first row, left to right: G. A. Neilson, Coach Forker, and S. D. Campbell. Center row: W. R. Chandler, E. A. Heckman, C. . Hutchison, H. E. Mongovan, and J. J. Moylan. Back row: C. Bell, J. J. Ward, J. F. Cook, E. H. Miller, and G. T. Gash. Cadets B. H. Pitt, C. G. Shoemaker, C. Thomson, and D. Y. Gilmore, all members of the 40th Battalion, are ttot in the picture, but their performances at the start of the season played a big part in the Wildcats winning the crown. The New Champs Mustangs Capture Winter Sports Program Crown With 205 Points Staying in first place most of the way, the Mustang Squadron 'von the Winter Sports Program, JUst completed, with a total of 205 points. In second place were the Wild cats with 189 points, while the Buccaneers were next in line with 184. Ensign C. A. Miller, USNR, Served as squadron director of the Mustangs with Lt. (jg) C. C. Kelley, USNR, as first assistant. Coaches of the individual sports ^ere Lieut. Joe Jones, USNR, boxing coach; Lt. (jg) R. W. Paugh, USNR, swimming coach; Lt. (jg) R. L. Barrick, USNR, and tumbling; Ensign C. M. Bowden, USNR, basketball; En sign R, B. McLeary, USNR, soc- and Ensign W. M. Givens, ^SNR, wrestling. The Mustangs won individual crowns in gym and tumbling and ^winiming; the Buccaneers were best in boxing, the Wildcats in Wrestling, the Mustangs in swim- the Buccaneers in basketball the Vindicators in soccer. Play offs were held to decide the Soccer and basketball crowns. In the former the Vindicators defeat- the Skyrockets, 2 to 1. Both teams ended the season with rec- oi'ds of eight wins, one loss and three ties. The basketball season was di vided into two halves with the win ner of the first playing the winner of the second for the champion ship. The Buccaneers, with a sec ond half record of 10 wins against a single loss, defeated the Sky rockets, who had won 10 and lost 3 during the first half, by a 31 to 19 score in the finals. Coach of the Buccaneer basket ball team was Ensign W. H. Muir, USNR, while Ensign R. F. Kel logg, USNR, had charge of the losing Skyrocket squad. In the soccer playoff the winning Vindi cators were coached by Lt. (jg) V. S. Mare, USNR, and Lt. (jg) R. L. Clark, USNR. Lt. (jg) F. E. Wiand, USNR, and Lt. (jg) L. B. Jensen, USNR, coached the losing team during the last two Buccaneers Win Boxing Crown THE BOXING CHAMPIONS in the Winter Sports Program, left to right: Ensign C. E. Wilkinson, USNR, coach of the team; Cadets W. F. Henderson, S. C. Stefanski and G. T. Costes, and Lt. (jg) Tom Rogers, USNR, squadron director. Back row, left to right, Cadets B. J. Faherty, F. W. Schnider, C. J. Bolin, A. Greco, E. W. Mack, T. J. Elliott, and J. W. Mendick. During the season the team won eight, lost one to the Coronado boxing team, and tied three. weeks of play, and Ensign C. G. Purvis, USNR, served as coach at the start of the season. Other than the Mustangs, the Buccaneers were the only squad ron to win two individual crowns. Besides winning the basketball playoff, they were also best in box ing with a record of eight wins, one loss and three ties. Coach of the boxing team was Ensign C. E. Wilkinson, USNR. “Most of our better men have completed their training here,” Coach Wilkinson told a Cloud- BUSTER reporter. “At one time we had one of the best balanced box ing teams ever assembled in the sports program. They liked to box, and their ambition to win pro duced for them the championship.” Lt. (jg) E. D. Forker, USNR, was coach of the winning Wildcat wrestling team whose season rec ord was 10 wins against two losses. The Mustang gym team, coach ed by Lt. (jg) R. L. Barrick, USNR, won nine and lost one, and the Mustang swimming team, coached by Lt. (jg) R. H. Paugh, USNR, won 11 contests against a single loss. In charge of the Sports Program Is Lieut. Charles Bream, USNR. War bonds can prevent bombs. Do your share.
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