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Saturday, April 22, 1944 CLOUDBUSTER Page Three The Cream of the Crop in the Sports Program OUTSTANDING IN SPORTS PROGRAM competition during the past few weeks are the cadets pictured above. Top row, left to right: Cadets Vezzi and Bessey, soccer aces; Wriston, Nelson, and Anderson, basketball; and Cryster and McKeever, wrestling. Bot-. tom row, left to right: Cadets Graney and Green, boxing; the Skyrocket wrestling team; and Cadets Tidd and Ames, gym and tumbling. In the Skyrocket wrestling picture, first row, left to right: Cadets J. E. Bernard, J. A. Richardson, Don Crooks, B. F. Carr, Camerspp, Davis, captain of the team. Coach Langston, H. J. O’Neill, W, H. Hensley, E. H. Eastwood, and H. M. Mau. Second ro>v, left to right:, R. S. Ludwig, O. A. Phillips, J. K. O’Hara, R. T. Hughes, H. I. Liberman, R. G. Cummings, Ben Siesina, and H. G. Bailey. Coach Langston, says that the cadets deserve all the credit for their fine victory. “Their spirit of teamwork and cooperation has been unsurpassed^” he tol<l; the Cloudbuster. “They will make fine Naval aviators and carry on until Tokyo is pinned to the mat.” , Cadets Continue to Set New Marks m Sports Program Competition A couple of weeks ago the Sky rocket wrestling team, present leaders in the Sports Program, Were scheduled to meet the Coro- ^^ado team, coached by Lieut. Ed. Don George, USNR, former World’s heavyweight wrestling champion. Lt. (jg) Lonnie Langston, USNR, the Skyrocket coach, want ed his boys to win. They had work ed hard, and a victory would put them in undisputed possession of first place. “Do you know,” he told the Cadets just before the meet, “that this afternoon you’re going against one of the greatest names in ’'Wrestling? A fellow by the name Ed Don George, former world champion. Now, don’t get scared Or let it worry you. He’s not go- to wrestle. He’s just coach of the opposition.” That was all the Skyrockets *ieeded. The tension was off. They '''■on hands down. A visit to Sports Program com petition will find 1,700 cadets tak- active part in six different sports. This week the Cloud- ^Uster selected two outstanding in each competitive sport, are pictured above. 9 i|k m M Outstanding in wrestling are Cadets Hobart McKeever, and B. F. Cryster. The former, a member of the Kingfisher squadron, is a graduate of the University of North Caro lina. While in college he was cap tain of the wrestling team, and in 136-pound division his last two years in high school. While serv ing in the regular Navy as an en listed man, he competed against some of the best wrestlers in the fleet. Both Cryster scored victories busters when wrestling team and McKeever for the Cloud- the Pre-Flight met the Naval Cadet Getchell, on the right, and Rothrock, on the left, are the swimming standouts in the Sports Program. 1942 and ’43 he was Southern Con ference champion in the 128-pound class. At present he is Cadet Regi mental Commissary Officer. Cryster enlisted in V-5 after serving three years with the fleet. He hails from DuBois, Pennsyl vania, and was state champ in the Academy at Annapolis recently. Cadet Sherman Ames recently did 26 hip pullovers in succession in gym and tumbling. This mark broke all existing records in this event in the four Pre-Flight Schools. The previous record of 22 pullovers was held by Cadet Calvetti at Iowa. Ames had lit tle experience in gymnastics be fore coming into the program. He was never on a gym team, and says that most of his ability comes from climbing walls and jumping fences while a youngster. The best-all-round performer in gym and tumbling is Cadet R. F. Tidd. A holdover from the 44th, he picked up most of his training while traveling with a semi-pro gym team in Pennsylvania. The big three in basketball are See SPORTS PROGRAM, page U
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