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Page Four CLOUDBUSTER — SPORTS Friday, January 5, 1945 Cagers Face State; Boxers Open Monday if -Ar Emory And Henry Quint Seeks Fifth Decision In A Row Tonight At Raleigh With four straight victories behind them and five wins in seven contests in all, the Cloud- busters tonight will tackle a col lege quint for the second con secutive week when they jour ney to Raleigh to play North Carolina State. Game time is scheduled for 2000. Duke’s Blue Devils, beaten by a 58-to-43 score in a thriller last Friday, were the first collegians to test the Pre-Flighters and the largest crowd of the season came away with the impression that the ’Busters’ best play still is ahead of them. Leakey, Tobias Return It was one of the finest games the Cloudbusters have played all season and in victory the cagers found a “new” ace. With 11 field goals and five free throws for 27 points, Otto Graham picked up where he left off on the gridiron, where he was an All-America for two straight seasons. Rapidly rounding into shape, Graham has been piling up points so rapidly that he now ranks third in scor ing and, with a 16-point average, stands first in this respect. For tonight’s game the ’Bust ers will be strengthened by the return of D. E. Leakey and J. R. Tobias, who have missed the last three contests. During the first 15 minutes of play, neither Pre-Flight nor Duke held more than a three- point lead but shortly before the half Graham and Dean Meador scored rapidly to earn a 29-22 lead. In the second half play continued furiously and Pre- Flight was only four points ahead with three minutes re maining. Then, while attempt ing to freeze the ball, the ’Bust ers cracked Duke’s defense wide open and Graham bucketed thrice and Meador and Bob Mehl once each to ice the game. Dye Stork Consistent But Likewise Obliging At 9:33 a. m. on Dec. 30, 1943, a baby girl was born to Lt. (jg) and Mrs. William H. H. Dye at Duke Hospital. A year later almost to the hour—6:30 a. m., Dec. 30, 1944—child No. 2 arrived. Though consistent in time, the Stork obligingly showed sufficient variation to bring a boy the second trip, William H. H. Dye, III. The new heir weighed in at seven pounds, three ounces. Cadet Squiteirri Graham Is Gaining But Mehl^ Meador Still Top Scorers Bob Mehl, with a grand total of 93 points tallied in seven con tests, still holds top billing with the Cloudbuster quintet. Follow ing the Duke contest, Mehl showed a record of 47 fielders and 11 charity chances. In sec ond place, with 82 points, is Dean Meador, who in seven perform ances has racked up 35 goals and 12 free throws. Coming up fast and showing a 16 point-per-game average is Otto Graham. Graham leads the field in game average, and in five games played shows 27 field goals, 24 free throws to total 78 points. In the Duke court battle last week, Graham sank swish- ers to the tune of 27 points alone. With seven games recorded, including the Duke contest, the leaders in total points registered are as follows; GP. G. FT. TP. Ave. Mehl 7 41 11 93 13 Meador 7 35 12 82 12 Graham 5 27 24 78 16 Leakey 4 16 5 37 9 Gleasner 7 16 3 35 5 -Save Fuel—Save Paper- Mehl Used Lard Bucket^ Volley Ball To Get That Scoring Eye It was an ordinary lard bucket that started Cadet Bob Mehl on the road to becoming a regular with the Cloudbuster basket ball team. An older brother brought home this lard bucket one day and, securing it to a tree, gave Bob a volleyball and told him to “start practicing.” Mehl grew up in Indianapolis, Ind., where he attended Arsenal Technical High School. Tech High is one of the three largest high schools in the United States, boasting around 8,000 students. It continuously has turned out high ranking basket ball teams for the North Central Confer ence and the city of Indianapolis. Graduating from a church team, where he played his first real basketball, to the freshman squad of Arsenal Tech, Bob played three years of varsity ball. Also Instructs In Swimming He was captain of the team in his senior year, when 20 of 23 games played were won. This same year he was chosen All- City, All-Sectional, and All-Con ference forward, and he scored —Save Fuel—Save Paper- highest score he was able to make in high school. Bob is an Eagle Scout and, during the summer months prior to his enlistment in the Navy, he taught swimming at a scout camp near Indianapolis. Upon graduation from high school in ’43 he was awarded the Barton Bradley Award as one of the four outstanding stu dents in the class. Bob is 19, more pomts m any one game i weighs 163 pounds, and stands Playing with more than six feet, the Cloudbusters against Sey- In addition to basket ball, he mour-Johnson he tallied 20 participated in baseball prior to points one point more than the | becoming a cadet. Gets Handicap In 120-Pound Class When the Cloudbusters open their boxing season next Mon day, Jan. 8, against Emory & Henry College in Woollen Gym they will start with a one-bout deficit because of failure to pro duce a 120-pounder. Despite this handicap Lieut. J. A. Young, head ring coach, expects his ringmen to give a good account of themselves in the opening test. The first bout will begin at 1930 and, to round out the card, an exhibition, welt er or middleweight, will be added to create eight contests. Two Weights Undecided Because there are no cadets light enough to fight at 120 pounds, Coach Young also ex pects that against Virginia, Maryland, and Cherry Point he will be forced to forfeit the fly weight bouts. In two weights, 127 pounds and heavyweight. Coach Young still is undecided. Either Jini^ Calvey or Jerry Kasparian will fight at 127 pounds. A1 Salkowskii 135; Connie Squiteirri, 145; Jim MacConnachie; A. D. Byrd, 165, and J. J. Packo, 175, are all set in their respective divisions. For his heavyweight Coach Young will choose between William Moore and Ralph Huneycutt. Following Monday’s engage ment, the Cloudbuster ririgmen will idle until Jan. 20, when they box Virginia at Charlottes ville. On Jan. 27 Cherry Point will invade here and on Feb. 2 the ’Busters will play host to Maryland, returning the visit to College Park, ]VM., on Feb. 10. OPERATIONAL REPORT ADVANCEMENT Maurice E. Wright Sp(W)3c SV-6 to Sp(W)2c.SV-6. ARRIVALS Lt. Comdr. ■ Allen T. Lockwcx)d, DC, USNR; Lieut. Ross B. Hamsher, (A) L- USNR; Lieut. Kari O. W. Drexel, (A) L- USNR; Lieut. Francis R. Hoffman, S (A)> USNR; Lt. (jg) David J. Livingstone, S (A), USNR; Ensign Frances E. Engstrom, (NC), USN; D. E. Roark, SK2c. DEPARTURES Lt. Comdr. Horace B. Atwood, S (A)> USNR to NATTC, Corpus Christi; Lieut- Frederick R. Furlong, S (A), USNR, to Commander, Air Force, Atlantic Fleet Nor folk, Va.; Lt. (jg) Theodore W. Arnold. (A) L, USNR, to NATTC, Corpus Christi; It. (jg) Richard F. Fromhart, (A) L. USNR, to NATTC, Memphis; To ReC' Sta., Norfolk: H. D. Selfon, Ylc; E F- Brady, BMlc; S. Fuller, Sic; C. A. Koeh ler, Sic; Z. M. Majewski, Sic; R. L. Car der, Rm2c; A. E. Childs, Y2c; H. L- Daughtry, SK3c; E. W. Drinkgren, SK3c'- J. M. Farkasovsky, RM3c; J. N. Hall- Y2c; I. V. Hughes, SK2c; H. H. Hughs- S"' J2c; M. F. Johnson, Ylc; R. C- Kendall, SK2c; J. W. Kunkel, Smlc; D. "T- McMahon, Y2c; J. C. Moore, Ylc; E. F- Morelli, Y2c; A. K. Nelson, SK2c; T. Z- Nemec, SK3c; K. S. E. Pond, RM3c; K- C. Roper, SM2c; O. O. Scott, Jr., SkK'- J Stern, Y2c; R. H. Ward, MaM2c. to Naval Hospital, Great Lakes: L. H, Blujn- PhM3c; C. Brown, PhM2c; F. P. Izzo. PmMlc; R. W. Peters, PhM2c; C. K- Odom, PhMlc; J. A. Senesi, PhM2c;
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