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Page Four CLOUDBUSTER—SPORTS Friday, August, 10, 1945 Grid Squad Opens Fall Practice Monday Coach Bryant Will Use Alabama Styli 69th Battalion W ins Regimental Title With Strong Finish in Sports Program A group of- 5ome 50 cadets is expected to be on hand next Monday when the 1945 edition of the Navy Pre-Flight Cloud- busters begins fall football prac tice under Head Coach Paul Bryant, in preparation for the opening tilt against the Geor gia Pre-Flight Skycrackers at Athens, Ga., on Sept. 23. Prac tice drills are slated to be held at 1615 daily on the athletic fields located in back of Fetzer Field. During the first week em phasis will be on fundamentals, with work, work, and more work on the elements that go to make good football—block ing, tackling, passing, running, and kicking. The Cloudbuster eleven will operate this year from the Ala bama type offense, using a bal anced line and box. Coach Bry ant stated today. Variations will be used, he said, to adapt the attack to the player ma terial on hand,' something he’ll know more about next week. Knows System Well Lt. Comdr. Bryant is well pre pared to institute the Alabama style of play here, having him self been a star end on the Crim son Tide’s Rose Bowl team of 1934 and having served later as assistant coach at his alma mater. From the information on | hand, the squad will be short; on experience with only a hand- i ful of players with any college i grid experience. Some of the j disadvantages of inexperience, I however, may be overcome by | the excellent physical condition ; of the cadets, their keen com- | petitive spirit, and good coach- | ing. i Among a quartet of candidates ; with previous college football | experience will be a trio of j backs and one lineman. | The backs are Bob Warren, | freshman back with the Uni- i versity of North Carolina last fall; Ed McMillan, of the Uni- j versity of South Carolina and a j substitute back with Duke a j year ago; C. E. Holt, substitute I back at Dartmouth. The line- j man is a center, R. E. Stewart, ' who played freshman football at the University of Missouri. High School Prospects ! Other promising prospects for ! bacikfield assignments are exr j pected to be: Jimmy Allen, from | Hillsboro high school, Nashville, | Tenn.; Harry Bonk, from Port; Jefferson high school, Coram,' N. Y.; W. D. Poling, from Ohio; Vic Turyn, Logan high school, Holden, W. Va.; D. E. Swen son, Tacoma, Wash., and J. B. Gregg, Monroe, La. Expected to make good bids Trailing by 38 points in the I overall competition as it entered the Sports Program finals, the 69th Battalion, led by Lieut. Walter R. Holmer, last Friday staged an all-out blitz to edge out the favored 68th and win the regimental honors for the 29th period of competition. The victory was by the nar rowest of margins, just three and a half points, as the 69th rolled up a total of 272 V2 points com pared with 269 compiled by Lieut. Clyde F. Carpenter’s run ner-up 68th. The fighting 69th did it the hard way, with four of their five entries in the Sports cham pionships battling through to win. Teams of the 69th came to grips with those of the 68th in four of the finals and defeated their rivals in three of them— wrestling, track, and volleyball, only in boxing did the 68th come out on top. for line jobs are D. M. Wilkins, Little Rock, Ark.; E. J. Schwarz, Strong high school, Erie, Pa.; R. N. Chase, Hamilton, Mo.; Fran cis Evans, Springfield technical high school, Springfield, Mass.; Ed Jackson, Augusta, Ga.; E. P. Kinney, Xavier high school, Louisville, Ky.; and B. A. Wink ler, Temple high school, Temple, Tex. In soccer, the only event in which a 69th entry did not meet the 68th, the winning battalion team nosed out the 72nd, 1 to 0. On the mat, 69th wrestlers overcame the 68th 39-33. The track event saw the 69th outpoint the 68th, 45-34, while volley ball went to the 69th by a 2-0 score. The 68th ring team outfought the 69th battlers, 6 to 3. Tankmen of the 72nd won a 43-36 decision over the 68th, while the 71st basketball team won a close one over the 72nd, 34 to 32. A summary of point-making in the regimental competition follows: 68th 69th 71st 72nd Military 75 371/2 371/2 10 Academics 10 75 50 25 Cl. Athletics 75 10 25 50 Sp. Program 109 150 79 100 Totals 269 2721/2 19II/2 185 French Officers Leave The thirty French naval offi cers who reported here for a four-week course last month have completed the Pre-Flight phase of their training and de parted last Monday for primary flight instruction at the Naval' Air Station, Memphis, Tenn. In cluded in the group is Lt. (jg) Philippe H. X. de Gaulle, 23- year-old son of Gen. Charles de Gaulle. ’Buster Baseballers Cop 17, Lose 24 During Season The Cloudbuster varsity base ball nine completed its 1945 sea son last week showing 17 wins and 24 losses for a win average of .414. After a slow start which saw them drop 13 of their first 17 games, Coach Wes Schulmer- ich’s squad went on to play bet ter than .500 ball after May 15, winning 13 and losing 11 the re mainder of the season. Nine of the early losses were in the Ration League play against Carolina, Duke and North Carolina State. The ’Bus ters finished last in the standing with three wins, against their nine setbacks. The ’Busters played on even terms with other service teams in this area, winning 13 and losing a like number. The locals enjoyed a perfect record of four wins against Camp Butner, but showed re verse form against the strong ORD Hawks from Greensboro to whom they dropped a quartet of tilts without a victory. The most frequently played team was Camp Lejeune. The Pre- Flighters and Marines met six times, each taking three. -Buy More War Bonds— THE COACP HAS MIS IINKiiNG COACW HAS A SUAVE CONFIDENCE.- oaof ME PINICH 5TAe BATT '~U\TS FOe. HIS WITH DUBIOUS eESULT^ C/\TC\-\t9 A FLV-BAUl_ 'WHAT'S TWE IZULING ON THAT/ UMP?" NOW GLtEFULLY liETOC-NS TO SOCdEXi-
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