Saturday, June 3, 1944
CLOUDBUSTER
Page Three
Set New Mile Relay Mark
THE FOUR CADETS in the above photo recently set a new record
in the Mile Relay in the Sports Program with a new time of 3:56.
The old record was 3:58. Reading, left to right, they are H. F. Stan-
fill, William H. Strickland, Stephen Bacskay, and E. Gryziee, all of
the 50th Battalion.
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Cross Country
And Mile Relay
Records Broken
Three cadets with previous ex
perience and another who never
participated in track before re
porting here compose the foursome
who recently set a new record in
the Mile Relay in the Sports Pro
gram.
Cadets H. Stanfill, William H.
Strickland, and Stephen Bacskay
all participated in track while in
high or prep school, but Cadet
Edmund Gryziee never seemed to
find time to run the cinders.
The foursome set a new mark
of 3:56 to better the old time of
3:58 by two seconds.
Stanfill attended high school at
Montebello, California where he
Was a two year letterman in cross
country and track. He received a
scholarship to the University of
Southern California, and was a
letterman in track there for two
years. The urge to join the service
Was responsible for his' leaving
school and joining the Marine
Corps. After 22 months with the
Marines he transferred to V-5.
Two years of varsity track at
Woodmere, New York gave Strick
land an opportunity to run prior
to becoming a cadet. In high school
l"^e ran anchor leg on the 880 yard
championship relay team that won
Long Island (New York) cham
pionship. He also won individual
honors in 220-yard dash in the
Same meet.
Bacskay’s track career started
^t Fort Union Military Academy
- Virginia. There he ran the half
^ile and participated in the broad
jump. Upon graduation he enter
ed Lehigh University where he
.^an the 220 and broad jumped on
the varsity team.
See TRACK, page h
Cross Country Ace
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CADET Manuel F. Caetano, 50-
D-1, pictured above, recently set
a new record in the cross coun
try. His mark of 9:55 bettered
the old record of 10:28 by 33
seconds.
RATION LEAGUE STANDINGS
Team Won Lost Pet.
Pre-Flight 9 2 .816
Duke 7 2 .778
Carolina 5 5 .500
State 0 12 .000
Cloudbusters Defeat UNC, 6 to 5;
Lead League by One Full Game
Coming from behind to score three runs in the eighth, the Cloud
busters increased their margin in the Ration League standings with
a 6 to 5 victory over the University of North Carolina on Wednesday
afternoon. *
Inasmuch as only three games remain to be played over the rest of
the Ration League season, the win was all the more important as it
<S>gave the Pre-Flighters a full game
lead over the second place Duke
—Coming Up—
Today at 1600:
University of North Carolina
vs. Duke University in baseball
on Emerson Field.
Sunday at 1500:
Cherry Point Marines vs.
Pre-Flight in baseball on Em
erson Field.
Wednesday at 1600:
Duke University vs. Pre-
Flight in baseball on Emerson
Field.
Cloudbusters
Break Even With
Two Service Clubs
Over the past week end the
Cloudbuster baseball team broke
even in two games with service
teams.
Last Saturday afternoon the
397th Infantry from Fort Bragg
collected four runs on four hits to
defeat the Cloudbusters, 4 to 3,
while on Sunday at Charlotte,
Morris Field was defeated, 14 to 5.
Cadet Curt Falk paced the
Cloudbuster hitting against Mor
ris Field with two home runs. Mc
Donald also hit for the circuit.
For the Pre-Flighters, Eresh
started on the mound. O’Neill fol
lowed him, and Lieut. Comdr.
Glenn Killinger pitched the last
inning.
The Saturday game saw Short
stop Wray hit the winning blow
for the soldiers in the fourth inn
ing when his -drive to left center
field rolled to the fence for a home
run. Driscoll and Thoma scored
ahead of him.
Surratt hurled all the way for
Fort Bragg, holding the Cloud
busters to eight scattered hits.
Merrell, the losing pitcher, who
yielded only three hits before giv
ing way to a pinch hitter in the
fifth, was followed on the mound
by Seigner and Somerville.
Buy Bonds
Until You Drop Bombs—
Blue Devils.
With the exception of Larkin’s
home run to left center at the start
of the second, the Pre-Flighters
v/ere held in* check until the
seventh inning when two runs
crossed the plate. In the meantime
the Tar Heels had scored five runs,
and were well on their way to their
first victory over the Cloudbusters
in Ration League play.
Successive singles by Warren,
Gilliam, Lee, and Walters, along
with Hoey’s double, gave Carolina
four runs in the third. Another
was added in the fifth when Wal
ters received a base on balls, and
scored on Hoey’s second double of
the afternoon.
Two Cloudbuster runs crossed
the plate in the seventh. The rally
started when Gaither went in to
pinch hit for pitcher Merrell and
connected for a clean single. Gau-
lin, who followed, flied out to
Wideman at third, but Barnes,
next up, worked Carolina’s King
for a base on balls. Then Falk’s
single sent Gaither home with the
first run, and Thompson followed
with a like blow to score Barnes.
Larkin was out on a high fly to
third to retire the side.
In the eighth the Cloudbusters
made but one hit, but three bases
on balls and a two run error pro
duced three runs and victory. It
happened like this:
Pearson, first up, hit a long line
drive to left field which was caught
on the run. Mills was walked, and
Newman, who was sent in by
Coach Killinger to hit for Seigner,
came through with a single. Gau-
lin worked King for a base on balls
and Barnes struck out for the sec
ond out. Then Falk received a
free trip to first, Mills being
forced home.
Next came Crampsey who hit a
hard grounder to short. The ball
was fielded perfectly and short
stop Branch started to throw to
second to force Falk and retire the
side. However, Warren, the Caro
lina second baseman, failed to
cover and the throw went into
right field allowing Newman and
Gaulin to score the tying and win
ning runs.
See BASEBALL, page U