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s*rM> Wwim ruu. W: Ci
®3 ® ai w
pie terce peered ttirou^ the ropes of the boxing ring during lest
week'^ show end wondered If the bojrs up there knew whet e gnnd
show they were putting on. There was no half-hearted feeing from
the ooxere who participate—and certainly not from the crow^
Headlines that read ‘hand-to-hand fighting taking triace,'* brings
about the very thing that Lt. BIU Marcus is instructing at the Sports
ArMia during certain period of the day.
Jehaay Oraat leSs Ole Serge aboat tim thrUUng ImrrlrnW
mas the WAC have, lie said IhM are the most nimMe gfrie he
has ever Been. The ether digr, iriilkB pMying ban. one of ^
te hairy te the haeew ImM of aUdScfA^Urwhat^nLl
• ran te the reeene enly
U sUp ta the moi themaelvea. The reealt was time fairs t white
■hMie meeeed ap at a very dlsre^eetshte spM. Ahcn!
Lt. Bckniu has explained the reason why the boxing programs are
not permitted more tnan three rounds: "Because the shows are of
im amateur nature, the rules and regulations call for three rounds.
The reason for not hsvtaiE a draw, Is to give the winner clear eaUlng,
without havlitf to fight a return bout. However, on several- ■
the decisions have been ao close that return bouts will be made.
Roeenblum that be . intends to have the hardballcrs play
double headers on msny of the forthcoming evenings in order to catch
up on lost time brought about by tIM almost nfirTnittir^
^ large boxing classes are ettracting attention these days from
spectators wim notice the unity of purpose behind eads swing of aspir
ing pugilists. There is something about the movements in boxing which
e ef ss many nnfavonble remarks by the effteers whe
aggieerei In a pfotare ef the Sports Page last week. Ole Sarge
would like te put lomethlac straight. BIBS, altbongb Ole Sargo
rrnie the caption to the resnoctlve ^oture, the caption was eorreet.
However, beoaoee of the shortage of skilled labor (there to a war),
a typograpUeal error was made beyond the Alr-O-Me^’e eontrel.
Per this reaoou and that ream akme. we forward our apotoglM
Action PromiiKd
In Boxing Card
Zing! Sing! Zing! That’s Juito
about the tUM that the vengeful
leather will stag this Wednesday
at ye side Sperte Arena when
ow miHaiT Maalers frem Sey*
menr Johnaen PleM eelUde over
the standard three-round tout#.
Shew tIaM to MM.
Many *paet performers wIS
appear In attempta te eonUnne
fictocy skebie wadi In other
enooe, te ooore their first win
at ths field. An old favorite of
the patrons, Pfe. Sammy Tsoi.
wSl meet wMi Harry Weiastetn,
ef the Onacd Sgnadron. Ivan
Bmry, John fterrolU. Horbte
Bldguway, Pete Madmlk, Stanley
BeherteMi, ete.. are some of the
ether naaeee elated te be seen.
Oeme early and dent miss
any ef the night’s actMtlee as
kyu^^ lenther flying,
salliag and 1
idteg.
OmCERSMEET
913TH TUESDAY
to remarkably akin to those required of a. smooth operating bayoMt
fighter. That this fact has been recognized ty offimrs of the upper
bracket of the Army Air Forces is appsrent through their consistent
backing of the boxing program.
The Ole SarM never thought that be would see the day when he
could imagine that the clenched left fists of boxers would be the eteer-
Ing bani behind a bayonet hinge which might bring quit* death to the
enemy.
Corree pendente
than yonro truly have been
kowned
■ tA te
World rhaope are oven new besiag , ^
world. We ware wondering whidi of the men here on Ifao field
'venid to fartheot la the pro game. Natarally. the mbm of y
Jackson, popntor colored alar, comet te the mlad hnmedlately. Jimmy
to a hard puncher and aeeme te be able te take ' a pimdi very wcIL
Of eewse he to very green, but H seems te as that he hae ucAnHe
poeribilMlee. The big factor to etomlna, and as long ac be to called
upaa te fight » awre three reunde every two  weeks, teere to ao way
of telllnt now well be would do In later rounds of a locifer bout.
Another wboec name waa menUoned was Herb BMgyway. One
sergeant we know oaU he would like te manage and toaln Btorb, and
guaranteed te make him a wikuier In pro eircico. But 'elnee thto was
B. S. (Befere Sbope) H may be discarded. What that name eergeant’s
optnloD to now, we dm’t knew. Tommy Menaeelli. whm oeeenkrte
ring style hao genuinely pumled hto opponcate, seems to have what
It takes, tee. A strong puncher, and a quick ene, he nevertheleet
can box woU. Tommies main taidt, at we oee It, to a tendeney to
telegraph hto punehee. Ivan Berry, who dipped Chat oft-dtovuted
decision te MonarelM, tost week hM ene fit: quality, hto abDHy te
take a punch. Be, tee, hits hard and to fairly fart a^ with goad
coaching might ooneeivaUy make the top notch for money. Perhaps
seme day. Johnoea Field own wttl bo able to eay about one ef eur
lentber pnehera, "I knew hha iriiea Stranger thJngs have ha|p
Buddy's Plane Thrills Capital Crowd
Buddy ]
Lt. Buddy Lewis, former Wash-
ingUm third baseman and now one
of- Uncle Barn's flyers, gave Cap
ital City faiw an unmatched thrill
June 7> — by air. Buddy had vlait-
ed bis old teammates before the
games, and told them be would be
back at 4:90 p. m.. via plane, to
give them a salute after be took
off for his return to Fort Benning,
Oa. Right on the dot, a two-mo
tored transport plane swooped low
over the center field fence st Grif
fith Stcdlum and roared etrai^t
down the center of the field across
home plate —so low that many
fans held onto their seats.
The winged monster really stole
the show.. The players on the field,
the-umpires, the fans in the stands
—aU bad their eyes fixed on the
plane. George Case, Senstor out
fielder. wite was ready to bat,
threw the resin bag high in the air
as Buddy roared over overhead.
AU the Washington players came
out of the dugout and waved.
But not another soul in the eta-
(Hum knew whit was going on —
that this was Lewis saying good
bye to his old teammates. It was
the f-rst time in history, perhaps,
that a ball plaver electrified a
crowd by pereAeliy clearing a
fence.
That flight over Griffith Stadtum
may be the last the fane will bm
of Lewie for quite awhile, aa he
will soon leave for overseas duty.
Lewie served with the Senators
for six full tea3008 prior to hto
Indttctioa, November lA. IMl, gr^>
Hating from Chattanooga ot the
•outlMm Association during the
*'tag and of the HM seasoft •
Planning to rescind a set of or
ders they were forced to acoepC on
the fourth of July, the Pilth Guard
Squadron pute their softball team
on the field against their recent
conquerers, the Officer All Stare
thto Tuesday at 1790.
TTie MPs suffered an 8 to 9 de
feat during the tort tussle, but were
not playing at full stren^.
tkelr star pitcher was away. How
ever, with their tosser back and
90 straight wins tucked safely un
der their belt, the Guard boys are
confident of beatli« the Officers.
The game will feature a
duel betwemi Major B. Murr a^
Pvt. Raymond Bobber. The totter
was greatly missed during the tost
engagement. Major Murr Is expect
ed to repeat the fine pitching in
Tuesday’s game. *■
-The game wlB be-*old-
Officer's diamond.
PHTb««/Aii DfSTBUCTOB—Barvoy Anton attadied to the P. T.
Dept, to shown watching Sgt. Frank Fltt, 706 T^. Op. (top) aimly
a Jlu Julteu hold on Pfe. Dan Mateckl. TMth T.8H., durtng a trairag
aeaalon at the ^>orte Armui.
Sports Slants
From
Other Camps
The Dodgers’ Fete Belser, the
Cardinals’ Jehnny Beasley. Wash
ington’s Ceofl T^vto' and other
former big league atars now gom
OI will probably take part In tbi
national semi-pro baseball toxir
nament to be played In Wichita.
Kan. in August Reiser is now
playing for Ft Blley, Kan.. Beas-
is pitching for the Smyrmt
(Tenn.) Air Base and Travis Is
manager and shortstop of the
Camp Wheeler (Ga.) nine.
Up and down Jacobs Beach In
New York they are talking about
the posslbUlUes of a summer match
betwemi Eanunerlzu Henry Arm-
streag and CpL Bay BoMnaea,
“uncrowned welterweight king of
the world.” Robinson is stationed
at MHcbel PleM, N. T.
latest big leaners to be re-
Well-Known
Pro Boxer Is
Popular Ref
The sharp-eyed, tanned Adonis
with the gorjuss curly balr who
refs at our S^rmour Johnson Field
boxing shows and does it in such
a polished manner Is known to
his buddies for bis barteground aa
a professional boxer. Do tb«^
know what else be has tried bis
band att Most of them don’t. &i-
rtructhm in other fields ot sport,
fUngs at the movies, theater work,
stc. — all figured in fals career
prior to making the U. fi. Army
nla work.
Backed By M. Berle
He to SBgt.Vincent J. Cutrtme,
fighting name J. J. Cutrettet and
at present he is with Qik 918tb
Guard Squadron and keeping the
men lg*>H to *>twi m finest
shape. Cntrone foo^t out ot New
York for the two year span of his
Amer. Leaguer»
Take Annual
Classic, 5-3
The annuel Major League All-, ... .......
Star BasebaU game came off on my WasdeU. veraatUe inflelder •
time this year, despite war con- outfielder of the rallies ami Dick
auons, and saw the American,Wakefield star freshmen outfield-
Leaguers finish ahead of the 8en-[er ot Detroit
ior Loop stars. S to 8,' Thesday
nl^t at Sblbe Park. Philadelphia.| Ligbthorse Barry WUsen, All
Winning pitcher was Dutch Leon-;American star at Wert Point and
ard of the Washington Senators I Pena State Is now a Colonel In
and the loss was tagged on Mor-'charge of a squadron of medium
ton Cooper. St. Louis Cardinals. bombeiW in the Suthwert Paclflo.
Jchimy Vender Meer, of double no- And Chaek Gctotea, of the New
. - ... York Football Otonte. who is also
with the AAF in Ute Pacific, re
cently was promoted to Captain.
BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDING
As or July IS
Team W. L.
lath Mess 6 1
BOlSt 4 2
'mth 5 9
799rd 9 3
TMth 8
802nd 8 4
Medics 3 5
80th
hit fame, performed ■ superbly for
the National Leaguers, b hto al
lotted three inning time on the
bill be struck out six men.
Bobby Doerr, Boston Red Sox,
hit an Important 8 run homer into
the upper left field tier, which
served as the decider in the c(m-
test. Dom DlMaggto of Pittsburgh
slanted one into the stands
the losers.
NATIONAL
St. Louis
Bro(*lyn .
Plttsbiugb
Cincinnati
PhUadelp^
Chicago
Boston
New York
AMBBICAN
New York
Detroit
Washlhgtoii
Chkago
Bk Louis
LEAGUE
W. Z.
48 2S
47 94
98 95
LEAGUE
W. L.
48 90
40
96
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All
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SOFTBALL STANDINOS
OUth
38th
793rd
790th
nth Aa
lOtb Aa
Hq-A
802nd Nips
7IM13-2
Those clouds up in the sky
washed out two of the three srimo*
uled bssebaB contests at the Med*
ics IMamood this- paat Sunday.
Prior to the Hoimpouring. the
802Dd rallied tn the tote
to squeese out an exciting 8 to I
upset over the runner • up 790th.
J^y Depriest Pitched for the
799th and kwt tab third gaiM Id
eight starts. Bla catcher. Paul
Chervenko, onetime Brookiyn Dodg
er, had three hits in the losing
cause.
The fluting got t&e win-'
nlBg run In the seventh of the close
ly waged game and buiM on to It.
Guards Continue
Lead In SottbaU
The 918th Guard Squadron con
tinues to lead the pack in the
Port Softball league with an even
score of 30 victories and nary a
lose. They are champing at the bH
in their anxiety to ctoA witti tbb.
Officers again.
Because of failure to appear for
acbedtded games some at the .
teams have been {muI
the Post Softball League and the
teams now tn ttie eoznpetitlan ara
the following: 79lrd T88, 88 T88.
794th TBS. 799th 88, 839 AB, 9llth
Guard. Medics. 11th Academic.
lOtb Academic, 13th Mess, B q.
and Bd. sq. and the 94th students.
Jwe Pluviue has been the cause
of plenty trouble for the achedule-
makers at the P. T. O^rtment.
professional career. He was man
aged by well-known ‘‘Ooodtime’’
Charlie Friedman and at one time
was backed by MUton Berle. com
edy star of stage, screen and ra
dio. Near the outset of hto fluting
days he bad a win streak at eleven
straight victories, ten of these be
ing via the K.«0. route.
Met Abe fimba
'Dte apex of hto pugUistic life was
bis meeting with Abe Simon, giant
Hebrew from Richmond Bill, N.
Y., in California In August of IT.
Simon Is over the 350 pound-mark
and also stands higher than 6' 4”.
Having thto CoUosus before him
who vras later to tangle twice with
Joe Louis, supreme ringster o f
the decade, loomed aa a well n
unsurmountable hurdle for
young Easterner. Outrooe. Clipping
on the bout show that the nod of
the officials went to Simon but al
so told the tale of a valiant try for
victory made by S-Sgt. “Jimmy”
who lost out because of a tost
round splurge by Simon.
LlebennaM Teu^ Kgg
Gutrone says titot the foulest
battle be ever figured In was
with Marty Llrt>erman, who
dumped hfm on hto nice allk
pannee nine timet in. the
first round and made him call on
every trick in hte fighttai* kit to
stay the distance. Bto dauntf . ..
oourase and heaTy flat* made for
him a tfcly Uttle reeoid and a fot
loirias of-lfaoaMiMto ot fane. Late
ki the 1M7. Optrooe lost three eob-
.kvy four world bottm
ehampkms. They are Featbenrigfal
Pep, Welterweight Freddy (Bed)
Caehraae, Mlddlewel^t Teey
Zale and Light Beavywrtgbl Gna
l^nuvteh. The Army, however.
Bull have the Number One tighter.
^ Jee Leuto and the
have the Number One Mating
fighter. Sgt. Barney Bees.
elded to quit the ranks of the sala
ried leather rtlngere.
Versatile Indltldeal
Cutrone went tpto the theatre
management business after hto re
tirement from the hempen square. -
Then came ptoylng of bit para in
Universal-made movie pictured
along with doubling for Noah
Beery Jr. Back in New York, be
was boxing inatructor at the Fhiah-
fog. L. L, Y. M. C. A. Be. too,
waa assistant Une coach for the
Flushing Vikings, a semi-pro foot
ball aggregation. AH In all, it was
a highly interesting and variegated
career that Cutrone eiqperieneed.
Physieal Inrtmotor
Cntrone te doing a Ereat Job aa
physical trainer te our aoldlera and
is well fitting them for foe stroi-
uous days foat may toy ahead.
Be serves in an all around capacity
rtvlnglbe regularly acheduled ealto-
thoUcs to the men and also rtlMds
a' bit of time at the gyfo Imparting
hto leamlnga in self defowo to
all wlUInc stodanta ef foa art This
« up” prncMi la pcfw
bMM- tha- moat tanporiaat phaas ef
A aoMler’a training And HJgtVlD*
eODt J. OBtroae.la one of foe Embf
who aerva wtD and maknttli pite
gram asauocaaa.