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CLOUDBUSTER—SPORTS
Friday, July 13, 1945
NICE SLEEPER—Here’s one figure we don’t mind looking at when
income tax time rolls around. It belongs to lovely Martha Vickers,
promising new find currently seen on the Warner Bros. lot. She
will soon be seen in the New picture, “The Big Sleep.”
ivo ^ears
Lt. (jg) George Grewenow,
took over the duties of Chaplain
last week. He replaces Lt.
Comdr. Eric H. Arendt who is
detached for duty afloat.
Celestial navigation entered
the academic curriculum here as
it replaced mathematics in the
classroom program for cadets of
the 29th battalion.
* 4c I):
The Norfolk Naval Training
station nine meets the Cloudbus-
ters here this week. Former
teammates, Cadet John Pesky,
Dominic DiMaggio and Cadet
Ted Williams all of the Boston
Red Sox club will meet in this
contest. Pesky and Williams
play for the Cloudubsters.
* * *
Lt. Francis H. Kimbrough, a
former coach at Baylor Univer
sity, has been named head foot
ball coach at this station for the
ensuing season. Games have
been scheduled this year with
the Naval Academy at Annapo
lis, Duke University, and the
Pre-Flight school at Athens, Ga.,
among others.
* *
Lt. (jg) John A. Hassett and
cadets John Pesky and Ted Wil
liams lead in batting for the
’Buster nine. With a .472 aver
age, Lt. Hassett has collected 35
hits in 72 trips and has five home
runs, three triples and three dou
bles to his credit.
* * *
The first outdoor dance for the
cadet regiment was scheduled for
July 17th on the paved basket
ball courts, it was announced
this week.
Cinderella Man
Camp Newspaper Service
The resignation of Freddy
Fitzsimmons, the old stylish
stout, as manager of Philadel
phia’s forlorn Phillies has made
Ben Chapman, the ancient Ala
bama Arrow, the Cinderella
Man of the year.
Chapman, who succeeds Fitz
as the Phillies pilot, was run
ning the Piedmont Club in a
coffee-and-crumb bun league
just a year ago today, a lower
depth to which he had descend
ed after 11 stormy years in the
majors. Then the erudite Branch
Rickey, who was trying to think
our Bums out of the second di
vision, bought Ben’s contract and
installed the former outfielder
and base-stealing specialist in
Flatbush as a pitcher.
There Ben remained until
June of this year when Rickey
traded him to the Phillies for a
bag of meal and a catcher. Chap
man didn’t exactly throw his hat
into the air and clap his feet to
gether at this deal, which re
moved him from the roster of a
first-place club and placed him
on that of a hopelessly mired
cellar-dwelling outfit, but he did
turn up at Shibe Park and ask
for a uniform, which turned out
to be one of the smartest moves
of his life. For within a week he
was the manager.
There are better spots in base
ball, of course, than manager of
the Phillies. But manager of the
Piedmont Club in the Cracker
Barrel League isn’t one of them.
You’re a lucky fellow, Mr. Ben.
Dainty Bather
Cloudbusters Beat
Camp Butner^ 10-7,
For The 3rd Time
The Cloudbusters conitnued
their dominance over the Camp
Butner nine when they defeated
the soldiers at Butner last Wed
nesday, 10 to 7. It was the third
meeting of the season between
th etwo teams, and the third win
for Pre-Flight.
Charlie Hayne was the win
ning pitcher for the ’Busters,
while Shortstop Hughes led the
attack with a double and a pair
of singles, the two-bagger com
ing in the eighth when the locals
pushed over four runs to clinch
the game.
Last week-end the Cloudbust
ers split in a two-game series
with Camp Lejeune on Emerson
Field, to keep the teams on even
terms for the season with three
wing each in six games played.
An eight-run cluster in the
fourth and six more in the fifth
gave Pre-Flight an easy 14-2 tri
umph over the Marines on Sat
urday. The game was called at
the end of seven innings by
agreement. Hayne was the win
ning hurler.
The Marines came back on
Sunday to gain a close 4-3 de
cision by squeezing home the
winning marker in top of the
ninth on a walk, error, and two
bunts. Lowe held the Cloud
busters to six hits and fanned
seven, while Ken Olson yielded
nine safeties and struck out five
for the losers.
Wives May Join Men
When Practical
Washington (CNS).—The WD
will permit wives and families
of servicemen to join their guys
in the occupied countries “when
conditions permit” according to
John W. Martyn, administrative
assistant to Secretary Stimson.
There are a lot of difficulties,
though, says Martyn: shipping
requirements for redeployment,
shortage of food and housing in
Europe, “and unrest in occupied
areas.”
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Miles City, Mont. (CNS).—
Mrs. Gladys Wilson stepped
daintily into the bath tub, and
hopped right out again, not so
daintily. Her son had put an
18-inch catfish in first.
Regimental Title
Won by 70th Batt
With 300 Points
Taking firsts in Academics and
Class Athletics, the 70th Bat
talion of Lieut. C, A. Robinson
rolled up a total of 300 points to
win the regimental title in the
battalion competition ending last
week.
The 67th Battalion, under
Lieut. A. C. Bauer, took honors
in Military, while Lieut. C. F.
Carpenter’s 68th finished ahead
in the Sports Program.
The 68th tallied a total of 147
points in the 27th Sports Pro
gram finals held last Friday eve
ning at Fetzer Field and Kessing
Pool. Teams representing that
battalion won the volley ball
event, took a 38-30 decision in
wrestling, copped the swimming
meet, 51-27, but lost by a 5-4
margin in boxing and a 3-0 ver
dict in soccer.
Final results of the. competi
tion are shown below:
67th
68th
70th
71st
Military
75
10
50
25
Academics
25
50
75
10
Cl. Athletics
25
50
75
10
Sports Program..
77
147
100
116
Totals
202
257
300
161
Breakdown of points scored in
the Sports
Program follows
67th
68th
70th
71st
Boxing
... 30
20
10
5
Soccer "A”
4
17
8
26
Soccer "B”
3
2
1
4
Swimming
5
30
20
10
Wrestling
5
30
20
10
Track
20
5
10
30
Volley ball "A’
4
26
8
17
Volley ball "B’
1
2
3
4
Varsity Comp.
5
15
20
10
Totals
77
147
100
116
iust Couldn’t Wait
For His First Kiss
Boston .(CNS).—When Wacs
aboard a welcoming tug shouted
to an incoming transport, “Come
on over and get a kiss,” S/Sgt.
Tommy Carpenter lost no time.
He slid down a hawser, swam
through the churning waters,
and reached the arms of Pvt.
Mary Delage. Mary made good,
and so did all the other girls.
The papers did not report the
official Army reaction to all
this.
Beats Hara-Kiri
Darien, Conn., (CNS).—A
woman phoned her minister, told
him she was going to commit
suicide, then drank what the
medical examiner called
“enough whiskey for six peo
ple.” It killed her all right, but
what a way to die!
Things Are Tough
Newark, N. J. (CNS)—Things
are tough in Newark. Police
raided an opium den here and
discovered that all the patrons
had been required to bring their
own dope.
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