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CLOUDBUSTER — SPORTS
Friday, May 4, 1945
Newcomer Fouts
Is Silver Lining
To Diamond Cloud
Occupying the Ration League
cellar following five consecutive
defeats by North Carolina State
and the University of North
Carolina, a desperate Cloudbus-
ter team will try tomorrow to
rid the jinx when they entertain
the only entry they haven’t met
so far—Duke. The game is
scheduled to start at 1500 in
Emerson Stadium.
Two bitter, one-run defeats—
one lasting 11 innings and the
other coming after the ’Busters
were eight runs to the good—
marked Ration League play for
Pre-Flight last week but, withal,
Coach Wes Schulmerich is not
without a silver lining.
Also Hits Homer
The lining was provided by
young Jack Fouts, a newcomer
to the Cloudbuster mound staff.
It was Fouts who dropped a 5-
to-4 decision to State on Wednes
day, April 25, but who emerged
as the game’s star. First ’Buster
pitcher to go the route this year,
Fouts hurled the entire 11 in
nings, held State to nine scat
tered hits, fanned five, hit a
home run and drove across half
of his team’s scores. Missed op
portunities by his teammates de
prived him of a victory in regu
lation innings.
Equally heart-breaking was a
lO-to-9 decision won by UNC
last Saturday after the ’Busters
had built up a 9-to-l lead in
their half of the fifth inning.
UNC kept plugging away, scor
ing three in the last of the fifth
and five in the sixth to knot the
count. Then, leading off the
ninth, Colones tripled and, after
intentionally filling the bases,
Pre-Flight went down when
Brassington hit Relief Pitcher
Lawrence’s first pitch for a sin-
gle. _
Catawba Is Beaten
But Hawks’ Early
Lead Nips ’Busters
Following up his sparkling but
losing 11-inning pitching exhibi
tion against North Carolina
State, Jack Fouts hurled a two-
hitter against Catawba last Tues
day to give the Cloudbusters an
even break for the week in non-
Ration League competition.
Catawba, which previously had
won over Pre-Flight, 8 to 2, was
helpless before Fouts, while the
’Buster hitters pounded Taylor
for nine blows, including homers
by Gilreath, Anthony and Beck
er. The score was 5 to 1.
The next day, however, the
Cloudbusters bumped into the
strong ORD Tech-Hawks and
went down, 9 to 4, after ORD
had scored seven runs in the first
two innings. Errors, a base-
clearing triple by Castiglia and a
homer by Hatton hurt Pre-Flight.
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SPORTS PANORAMA—A large turnout of all
station personnel marked the first outdoor sports
carnival of the year last week, when the 65th
Batt won its fifth regimental title at Fetzer Field.
At the top is shown part of the finalists in action.
which included boxing, wrestling, swimming)
soccer and track. Just below is part of the crowd
and (inset), the finish of a heated hurdles race.
At the bottom competitors stand at attention by
battalions before the curtain rises.
’Buster Netmen Book
Four More Matches
Four more tennis matches
with nearby college teams
have been scheduled for the
newly organized Pre-Flight
squad. Three will be played
here and the other at Dur
ham, with all home matches
starting at 1430.
In their first match this sea
son the ’Busters dropped a 2-
to-7 decision to the strong
Naval Academy team.
The schedule:
May 16—Duke, at Durham,
1500; 19—William and Mary,
here; 23—University of North
Carolina, here; 30 — Duke,
here.
Naval Academy Offers Track Team
Most Rugged Competition Tomorrow
With three victories in four
dual meets so far this outdoor
track season, the Cloudbuster
trackmen tomorrow will face
their most rugged competition
when they meet the Naval
Academy’s crack squad at An
napolis.
Although Pre-Flight twice has
beaten Duke by handy, margins
and also has downed Virginia,
the Naval Academy will reign a
favorite. The Midshipmen are
rated one of the strongest and
most well-balanced teams in the
East.
Last Saturday, in conquering
the Blue Devils at Durham, 80-
46, Coach Charles Beetham’S
squad made its best showing out'
side running events as McCoY
and Young finished one-two
the broad jump, Neal, Swenson
and Barrows swept the hig^^
jump, Nowers won the pol®
vault, and McLeary captured the
javelin.
In running events John Dau^^
of the 64th Batt again led
scoring as he triumphed in th®
low hurdles and was second
the high. Bacik took the 440-
yard dash, Goode the 880, and
the two-mile run Buckworth
Francis tied.