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t ItpteMhtg It. IM3 FfoU. Ill Cl ®3 (s ai w Sports Sparks By Sarge BftUelujBhl I W« all know tbftt tte Air Corps U tops sad now we nin have the opportunity to prove Itl lAtest sad nggest oewe of the week Is the «niK>STTve">e«t from the P. T. offices that the field regu* latioD prohibiting athletic competition off the field for Johasonltes dm bees rescinded. Ite withdrawn rule means a heckova lot more than may at first be figured on reading H. This means that otir bis can form their own Pogt boxing, basket- ball, etc. tee me and play different entourages fiom all ever North Carolina. It is fully expected from this comer that BJF basketball fives and fi^t tft”** will be engaging the likes of Camp Davis, Camp Leleune. TVirt Bragg and other service outflta. College teams will prob ably also be booked. The Sarge. for one, will sure nnlf get a kkk out of watching a Seymour Johnson Pl^ hoop team chase some touted Ack Ack Quin tet off the floor at the New Sports Arena this Fall. And fighters! Why. our grand gang cf battlers will make It painful for any so-called ot Paratroopers nho dare to trade leather with our merwl bet~..at Begorrah, It looks as though Lts. Eckman and Rosen- bhnn will have to have the Arena walls rubberised to allow for the crowds that wlU certainly pack It real soon! 793rd Needs Game For Baseball Flag LESSON Was battln’t Inr Instmetor Sammy PoteeekWhei^ sf • sadden, SgL a Of «a the ether side ef «*» IT* pnchliK the heavy bag. 1-^ »t tbat Ud send ’em to!" be saM and walked aver to watch the re« real Interesting watching roek teach Lon VlsoM. sf the WSrd. the proper way to toss a left book. Speiudng softly and MUcntty, be Md the raw youngster bow to snap In the from a 15-inA dlstaDco and had him attcmate this pracSee with holding Ua palm up for a target for t^eone and then letting hku U on the bag KeeU. He wonbi N>re the lad Into tte eerrect poslUoo and ttcw bavo him go Sough the movementa In slow motion, meanwfaUe explalnlog the impertence. of .leverage,, balance, keeping the eyeo on the target. After ironing oat one rough s^ after mother until he bad eallatled hlBselC with the tmprovcment hi the y teremlnated the lenoo remlndlag Vlsoao that prae- tiee itas now tte big thing hi per- fecttag ef Hmt ene partlealar phase H boxing. Thon^ a'greeny m ter M flBhbed fistleufftttg Is eoaeeraed, Vtoooe to very earaost, wffllng, and Intent on feto tralnfaic. True typ- tfleatt m of Sporto Arena elug otu- dcuto. MasteringB PPC. laCHAEL NOBIN, 71«th Tng., ereatfiig a lUUe andleneo m be went through a few sUek scro- baiks on tiM paralle] bare. Re euro miff made oome mJgbty tough tricks leek simple. Oomeo from )tist oatslde Chlesgo where he used team up wltt other gymnastic- minded fellows and entertain faiter- estod epees at town elubt. JIMHT JACKSON, ear see eolerod uiddlcirelght, hM brought a couple of boyv down to the Sporto Arena for the pMt couple of weeks who may develop Into real pride and Joys of thetf 80th AVN. . . . PVT. IRVIN WHITE, a middleweight from Fbiliy. and PVT. AMOOENB COITBTNET, of Waoo, Texas, are tile lads and they aren’t bad. Very bapresoive Indeed are the Cadets doing'^ealtothcnlcs cn ms to tte mt|sie of their band. OFFICER'S CORNER Oolenri O’Brien to the former head of tt Amrlcan Profoolonal Basktball Amoclattim. An Uluatrlons poeftlotL . . . CiQit. John P. Bmier, new Direetor of Fhyoieal Tralninc on the field, to an ex-boring and foetbaO star for North Carolina _ . la. . . . Foot CXiaplaIn Capt Jameo Bd. Taintcr to one of the beet all-arosad aihldtos on ttto field. Chaplain Talnlsr playa a bard game of seftoaOt is an exeelleat swimmer, g^ handball ptoycr and Is adept iU several other operto. Weekly Sports Calendar SUNDAT THCRSDAT TMtti n. Ifedies—OMO TPttti vs. Tttrd—1800 MONDAY Sefttall AvD. Codets vs. 813th Od. Sq.- 174S Post Tourney Flnals~1800 WEDNESDAY Bexing Avn. Cadet Boxing Show—8000 Post Playoffs—1716 Softball Offleer All-Stars vs. Medles 1788 FRIDAY BiirrtmTI Post Playoffs~1715 ffirflbn*! Offl^r Ail-Star vs. 333rd AB— 1700 SATOBDAY I Post Playoffs—1480 Medics Clindi Softball Crown In Officer Lg. Ihe Medical Officer'a swept three p'ayoff contests In a row from Captain Wadsack's ten and tooh the championship of the Of ficer’s Softball Leagw. Boortne definite margins of 6 to 1. 6 to 8 and 8 to 0, In their winning gamee, the Medics thus captured the title whl^ bM .been fought for from March on mto August TTie Medical Officers clinched the award on Monday by taking the necesaary third vlctmy. The following day. in a post-season struggle, the - Officer All Stars ware wblMied, I to 6 by the Med ics. TTiey bad to overcome a 4 to 0 Qrilelt before taking the con- tost TEular Uamp The roster for the champions in- rhides: Captain Clark, pitcher. ^ptalB Rmnbaurit Captain ^lordon. 3b, Captain Ta*‘eeky. ss. U. Brunswick, 3b, Major Banlck, acf. Captain Franks, If, Lt. Rled, tf. Lt Keller, rf. Lt Schofirid, rf. and Lt Cody, catching. • eorttaU Activity will continue for another two months with the OCttoer All Btaia playlu various ttiUstml Men teMgs. These Of- Oe«r-B(- tames have created a lot of inleresi threu^mut the eon and pontfematfoo of them Is good news for. field OIs. • Cadets Box At Arena Ttie first show of It’s Htvi ever shown at BJF will usher tn bi monthly Cadet boxing sbows at the Sports Arena this Wednesday when our Cadets will stage their Initial card. Competition is restricted to Cadet vs. Cadet The show will go on at 8000 and after Cadet spectators have filed in U Is expected that a good number of seats will still be left for nOD-Cadet OIs. A bevy of cleanout strapfdng Cadets are on tap to supply the talent and a full evening of ttrilla Is guaranteed. STU-rrmike Bowling at the Post Alleys reached a new high last Sunday, the 13th, when over 600 lines were played tn one day alone. The reasons for this p^nilarl^ are many, but ftiremoet among them to the excrilenoe of the alleja and tha $3.00 ivlse Otfered to the person wlu> bowls the hottest score every week. With such encouragement and the Natural appeal of the sport, field personnel are flocking to £et ’em up and knock ’em down, Have you tried it. lately? The fight for aecood sprt In^ standings Is still undecided with BoMb^ Uagm plcnr «l Snyoui lohRsun FUM b das to hm roMpIrtiil loaieffuw told ttto 793id Tudnked IrttonI SiHMwbum tookn Uku « tun M tot ttto tfUm As tba lotogt iMolts eottos iiL snly «m goto* aispsratog Utos Iraai th* csto> stod vidokY Captiifa, BiAw*, hcod-UlllBf chib liMi th, 7S3id mmi to And Ibol lol mcmioit tIcIoit my •butra. Wtfaiidqr nlghl lh,r botltod to « rt«1—at, by Am ptaeby JVtA which nhned to Miy dto oad bdd Uw flnl ploca oolfil to ■ X to 2 dMdtoek. TcoMimw Uw 7l3id will itop ool eda Am oi ISn and enoc bole wiAi Am lad poiIAon 7MAii TKI. I. THE noma bott* Medic, end tbe UUi Mtw ThU U THEJHnna. ^ ^ ^ Seoo^ Flsoe ContentfM ftiwi valued depending on the outcome of them. A tie vould be the result of the gaxnae If a look at the present stand tnsa is taken. The Messmen play today and the Docs are set ter the so* grwne effort tomorrow momhig el The 7»4tb and the 7»7tb are slHI at R with the vital fourth place to the loop being decided this werit. Bllmlnation from the Playotte Is in store for the nine which fin trims Wednesday night the Sports Are-.second, but Phelps seemed more na saw another hard-fought card the worse for wear when the final “** of boxing bouts, in tim feature con-' round started. "Abe" circled care- test of three rounds, TOSth’s Stan fully and floored Phelps fwnl^ Robertaon. from Arkansas at 171, plastered a tk.o. on Femuylvanian John Pealer, 785tb. Pealer wm no match for the sUfty Robertson. Robertson’s T.K.O. Tops Boxing Show Kiel BH By 781 This past week's scores were few but Important. On Sunday the 18th - . mess was taken over th hurdler The battle continued and the de- by the almost "In” TSSers, 8 to 8. cislon went to Abraham. Webb was winning flinger for the Carroll Grant, 718tb Tng. Op., T99ri and Herman Kiel loel nut across the quickest win of me.through a combtnaUca of ritotto nl^t when he dumped the sath'sj fielding and solid sticklBg by the who landed wltt bard rights often. Benton Long for nine wltt a solid 788rd. Robertson cut Pealer’s right optic right in the first and thm^pped; Wednesday seemed endemic for end Rrteree Lt. .topP«l U-e SS MmeStof •’'ST contest tn 1:80 of the second ^ ud the bout was stopped. Lo^ later explained that he was hu^ Time; 1:16 of the first. round. Faleoe Beats VtooM The opening bout saw Lou Tfls- one, TOSrd, froin Hartford, Conn., lose a thrilling match to Thmmy Palese, 7Mth and nunoto. It was all Palese f(« the first two frames, as bis staggered his courageous rival repeatMly wltt bard blows. VlflOM came out fighting In tte ti^lrd and, after being floored tor "one,” came took to batter his mf" anil be battered himself. It WM "too Ut^ and too late." Jbmny Jackson’s 80tb Avn. pro-1 jrm Taw In ItThlfM wd-naMl • tvft' , wiiuiBr «T«a Hawto Ptnar, wm ve4ed Fighter Of The Nlfhl, by tte Jedgn aoS received a bock ef War DepA theater ttoketo m an award. This WM the second presentation of this newly Inavatod prise. Al Oavanaagb wan the first award Plttsbu^er John FareUl, 786tb, lost a close duke to BUI Leo of the tege, Irvin White, scored a two 791st. Leo got tn the more worth- beat tk.o. over FYank Almeida, luttUe blows and earned me verdict. 781st, In the third scrap. White iihe crowd loved this one. SItigglhg scored bard and often and wm galore. drubbing his men alihosl at wQl, Iggtb Avn. Hep Wins when Mercy, in the term of Ref.j Courtney. 80tb Avn.. took Ing one against the 79^ In tto momuig and me afore - maationed tie ‘tween the TBIrd and Urn TSTEl coming In the evening. AH teams are In fine shape lov the nearing Poet Playotte. Mey- ate idaylng good, errorlsaa ball wttt'tiSbnuMlng and sharp hUttof featuring every game. Playofte wiU start Thursday and carry through until the ultra nltrn Seymour Johnson Field basebea nine is chosen. The ShsughneMp System win be used In the play offs wim me first snd fourth place totoiw paired ofi In the first round and the second and third poalttoo nlnea also competing tn the first portloAi. ^le two outfits which emerge unseamed from these screps wm tten go agrinst each other to a two out of three competiUcai for the Mue ribbon. Second-guessers may rack a n d Lt Ch^er steppedto and stopped , decision over Xd Four- ®Sti^TSln^riU tryhl to It In 1:60 of the eecond. .ni,, of the TOlet. Oene lended ^ tteMCTra DOnblfrAaiok |tor the flret two roim^ over^^llowtiw np- ■utlmlo Bol^, the to »SBkeehell Leeoue et^Bg*.; structoi, As Of Sept U won his second stral^t came back fMt snd even sat Court- ' Frankie'V(mark from me 71im%g De7 doym for a no-count to thelBAgsBAX^ LSAODE BTANDDfO A left right dropping Frankltolnl and test eeseton. | ter the third time caused the ref. Tlie semL-flnal paired Joe Ram- to band me bout to Solano to 1:80 ano, punching hard and fMt wm of the first. ahead aU me way, but me game ' mm, from Pa. and Purser Just ate iMther and kept ] the Turn Thg.. scored an exciting.on coming in. Be was flnaUy forced wto over TSut’a Bill Phelps, Ak- to the canvas for nine Just at me ; ron. O. Both boys went at it wim final gong. The declsUm went to gusto. Heavy hitting featured the Romano. --JHB. TeasB w. L. TSSrd u t Medlca 17 t lam Mea 16 19 787th 11 18 794m 8 11 Horseshoe Finalists PUay to the Post Eorsesboe tour- namem hM reamed the semifinal and final bracket The nightly eUminatiens behind the Sports Arena for toe past two weeks hsve resulted to tlti’ee men being left for tboee rounds. Filling one slot in the final round u Cpt Paul Boyer of Eq. aZMl Bq. Sqdn. Flghtiu tt out for the to oppoee Boyer to the glory round are Pfo. Ken Bap- klDS, 88th T8, and Cpt Bam Koon- er, iom Acad. Oompetition will be completed oc tills liciDiday ^and the- champ orowned. /A tttalar rspresenfsftve of the Officers is to plteh agatost A 8CBAFPT OUTFIT ... Is the heMheP team from thg 7M4h -T. S. B. Seen above to the first row. Doe Sbnznato, Pfo. Joe Attee. Major Jeune-Malohe, tram left are;- Pic.- Jim Sscsepaaski, Pfo of the Officers is to |wm agatost Lt AUok Mlbttri.. Pfo. Harold Rshfus, Pfo. John Ctonnce the KM 1^ eooe after ttw toarney Ifoetiler and- Opt J. Q, McWhlrtar. Bade roW:^Qti. tarn. Oeorae Karp, Pfo. "Stow” Btoward, Pto. Lee Kaos- koow, Sgt. Joe nrtaiaiL msoijpr' Pto. Al Weber. Pte. Jemee Wged aiM MoTw ■■mimki Beary and
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