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Camp Adair Sentry
Thursday, January 7, 1943.
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20 Teams Start Basketball Tourney
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Timber Wolves Post Complement and :
IXth Corps Open Fire
Back in Fight
t
Camp Adair
I
Meet O.C.E. Cage
Squad at Monmouth
Tomorrow; To Meet
OSC Saturday Night
Due to the ravages of one thing
and another there have been some
changes made and might be more;
nonetheless the Timber Wolf bas­
ketball team ia set to resume its
schedule tomorrow night, at Mon­
mouth.
The Timber Wolves will play
Oregon College of Education, whom
they defeated 39-37 in the first,
bruising game of what has proved
to be a tough schedule.
In their own league the OCE has .
been faring well, arc in good mid­
season form. Prospect* arc good
for a hot battle. It starts at 8 p.m.
Altered line-up to go into action I
brings Pvt, David Waxman, a |
speedy, sharp-shooting forward,
into the starting five. The con­
sistent Lt. Gene Badgley will take
the other spearhead post. Rangy
Lt. Herbert Brown remains,
Gibraltar, at center position,
Duffy wil (handle one guard posi-
tion while either Lt. Jos. Quin or
Sgt. ( lark Brown will start at the
other.
POOR PORTLAND WOMEN!
Portland women need exercise
and the best way to get it is via
ice skating and routine exercise,
declare* Emmy Anderson, profes­
sional women's figure skating
champion, of Denmark, visiting
Portland.
Batty Stuff
In 1942 there were
73 left-hander*, 164 right-hander*
batting in the American league.
Getting off to a roaring start TABLE TENNIS CHAMPS IN
EXHIBITION TOMORROW
Monday night with three sizzling
games, the championship basket­
Those who have been chasing
ball league for 13 teams in the Post ping-pong balls over all the day
Complement and IX Corps, 2nd Hdq. rooms of Camp Adair will have
troops, was launched at Field a chance to gee some big-time
House.
play tomorrow evening, start­
From now on out, if you like ing at 9:30 p.m. at Service Club
basketball, it looks like a Roman No. 1.
holiday until April.
A special exhibition match in
The PC-IXth corps teams will table tennis (that's ping-pong’s
play a total of 152 games — round grown-up name) has been sched­
robin fashion, each quintet meet­ uled between Cpl. Albert Nach-
ing the other twice. Games will sich, Hdq. Co. of the 96th Div.
be played at night. There were ar.d Cpl. Sam Farkis, Qm., SCU
four more tilts Tuesday night, four 1911. Cpl. Nachsich was former
last night, and there will be four Pennsylvania Slate senior sin­
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tomorrow night.
gles champion. Cpl. Farki* for­
Games next week will be played merly held the Junior National
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
championship.
The match will come as a
Where Wa* lldq.?
In opening round action one game welcome prelude to the Post
was a default, as SCU hdq. boys championships in table tennis,
went out singing in the rain and which are on the agenda for
SCU Q.M. showed up. The MPs, the spring.
touted last week in the Sentry,
must have hail the sign put on ’em YOUNG — BUT DON’T CALL
thereby, for they dropped a close
HIM JUNIOR
one to SCU Medic*, 23-20. In an-1
other equally close battle, 332 QM
Lieut. Col. Peterson of Santa
stopped 336 QM, 20-17.
quin, Utah, is lielieved to be the
The 337 QM, which Lt. Miller has youngest officer of hi* rank in the
had organized for quite some time,
U. S. Army. Now stationed in Eng­
showed benefit of the practice by
land
with the AAF, Colonel Peter­
Htepping on the 555-Railheads, 26-
son is all of 24 years old.
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.
of Corvallis
Former Big League Pitcher, Acting
Sgl. Knoll Bals for Timber Wolves
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MAN WRICKiHI
Snoopers Gain on Hdq. Team, as
Redleg Loss Dims Their Threat
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Handball Tournament
Monday and All Week
Match Play to Start
On Fine Lorenz Court
Apache Trail'
Manila Calling'
BAPTIST
CHURCHES
CORVALLIS
M ed.. Thur»., Fri., Sat.
WITHERS
•gain
•nd
It will take a lot of stopping now
to halt Oregon State college and
Camp Adair’s Timber Wolf team
will have the first chance, at Cor­
vallis Saturday night. It’s the first
of four practice games slated by
the Beavers, scheduled return last
night from their road tour, which
netted four wins in five starts. Then
Slats Gill’s boys launch defense
of their conference crown.
Opening at Madison Square Gar-
. den the rampaging Orangemen first
whipped City College in a 45-34 up-
| set, before 18,000. Christmas night.
' Then they went on to take Wayne
University at Detroit, 41-29 and
‘settled for a 33-29 decision over
Michigan State.
Powerful Bradley Tech stopped
them by a slender 42-41 overtime
at Peoria, after the regular game
had wound up 35-36; this, coinci­
dentally, was comparable to the 47-
46 loss last year against the same
team.
They dropped Washington Uni­
versity at St. Louis, Saturday night,
40-32, then started the home jour­
ney.
LET S DANCE
at
TUMBLE INN
Al Benning's
Welcome =
Elks in Service
ELKS LODGE
No. 359
The champion is -lated to receive
the trophy personally posted by
Captain Frank C. Wimer and will
Invites You to Attend
be determined from the winner
All Fraternal Meetings
among six players from each of
the divisions, one from IXth corp*
3
and two from the Post Comple­
LODGE MEETS EACH
ment.
THURSDAY
Nominations are to be turned in
to the Athletic Officers and in
ELKS TEMPLE
|
turn to Field House, not later than :
Monday night. Pairings for first I
ALBANY, DRE.
round play will begin immediately
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thereafter.
ALBANY
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The favorite ciga­
rette with men in the
Army, Navy, Ma­
rine*. and Coast
Guard is Camel.
♦
muU
( Based on actual tales
records ia Post Ex­
changes and Can*
Worship With Us
WHCOIOM
IlMAIIIf
"Canal Zone
with
CHESTER MORRIS
JOHN HUBBARD
SKATEWAY
Roller Rink
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they ^y:
ROLLER
SKATING
Triumphant OSC Home-
In First Clash With
Timber Wolf Quintet
Twenty basketball teams, divided
into two leagues, will on Tuesday
night at Field House launch the
championship tournament of the
96th division, Athletic Officer Lt.
John C. Van Vulpen, announced
yesterday.
The tourney will be conducted
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as a round-robin affair and the
Sharpshooting in the three Tim­ leagues will be named in honor of
ber Wolf division basketball leagues two generals—Brigadier General
continued during the week, with Claudius M. Easley, assistant divi­
four games played and this week, sion commander, and Brigadier
although schedule had not been de­
General Paul V. Kane, artillery
tailed last night, they’ll roll to­
commander.
ward the home stretch with several
Play arrangement will be de­
games at Field House,
Timber Wolf-OSC Game
Probably top battle of the week termined by drawing. Every bat­
was played Tuesday night, when talion will have a team in the in­ Broadcast Over KOAC
Redlegs of the Artillery league lost, fantry and artillery with the engi­
With Burton Hutton, veteran an­
31-24 to the leading Boneheads and neers and medics also represented.
nouncer, at the mike the Timber
In Post Tourney
also lost, possibly for good and all,
their one chance to tie-up the
Considerable practice has already Wolf-Oregon State College basket­
series.
gone under the bridge and as mat­ ball game at the OSC gym in Cor­
But it was a rousing finish. At ters stand for dope-bucket preview, vallis, Saturday night, will be
half-time the Boneheads led 14-8. a couple of teams that are already’ broadcast over State Station KOAC
The Redlegs, superheaded by their primed to do some heavy pitching in Corvallis (550 kilocycles).
Station will go on the air at 7:50
new player, Frazier, who scored are the 921st F.A. and the 96th
8 points, tied it up 24-24, with two Div. MPs.
p. m. Game is called at 8 p. m.
minutes to go.
KOAC will also follow other
Since the round-robin will carry
Then Cpl. Kuklin broke the tie j on into April, it will not be com­ OSC games, broadcasting the series
and the Boneheads were thereafter pleted by time the Camp Adair with University of Washington,
championship tourney is started, January 19, 20, 22 and 23.
never seriously threatened.
Bees toppled the Generals 24-6 March 23. The 96th will, however,
in a lop-sided match Friday night, be represented by its three leading
Mere 215 Pounds — Sgt. Joe
with Sgt. Craven garnering 12 of teams.
Louis, home for a while, now weighs
Tournament play in the round­ 215 pounds: “Just enough to work
the winning team's points.
In the one Infantry league game robin series will be conducted each off to get in fighting shape.”
the Gull* strengthened their claim Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
to second place behind the Moun­ night.
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taineers (idle), putting the Pill
Rollers into deeper last-place dis­ Beau Jack to Battle
comfort by the biggest score rolled
up in the leagues to date, 70-32. Lil Hank Armstrong
Polivacheck, with 22 points and
Beau Jack, recognized in two of
Touccinardi, with 20, had a scoring
field day. Zarvas, 10 points, headed the 48 states as world’s lightweight
champion (New York and New Jer­
the losers.
Best first place battle now looms sey), will meet Henry Armstrong
2 Mi. N. of Albany on Hwy. 99
in the Special Troops league, fol­ at Madison Square Garden January
EVERY SATURDAY
lowing another victory for Recon­ 29 in a 10-round, non-title bout, thus
NIGHT
naissance, who defeated Sig. Co. killing hopes of a few for an Arm­
Enjoy the Smooth. Modern
strong-Jackie
Robinson
tussle.
For
27-24, in a sparkler. Pvt. Moore of
Stylings of
the losers topped scoring with 10 a while qnyhow.
points. As the situation rests the
Artillery League
Snoopers are yet behind Hdq. Co.,
10-Piece ORCHESTRA
which has 4 wins and 0 losses. But Boneheads ..........................
featuring
the Snoopers have now snared 5 Red legs ..............................
DOROTHY EVANS
wins to 1 loss. The League Stand- Bees ...................................
ings:
Generals..............................
Infantry League
Falcons ...
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Special Troops League
Team
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Mountaineers ...................... 5
2 | Snoopers ..........
Gulls......................... . .......... 4
2 Storekeepers
Geysers ................................ 3
4 I Balls o’ Fire ..
Engineers .
1
0
5 Sigs (Signal)
Pill Rollers, (Medics)
Hidden Hand'
Man in the
T runk'
Two Leagues, Named
For Generals Kane,
Easley, to Compete
If It's Smoke, Don't Holler 'Fire!
Checker Men Smoking Up for Tourney
GRANADA
( ORVALLIS
Sat.-Sun.-Mon.-Tues.
Timber Wolf Cogers in
FourMore LeagueTilts
Half of the players in the first
j bracket of Camp Adair’s first open
singles handball tournament will
launch their play Monday night, on
, the Lorenz Court, Fire Chief A. L.
. Sherk, the 58-year-young handball
veteran and himself an entry in
the play, announced.
Entry of the first bracket com­
pleted, the pairings were made yes­
terday.
Another Bracket
Due to requests, however, pro­
vision is made that if other hand­
ball enthusiasts in the divisions and
post complement want to compete,
another 16-player bracket will be
formed and play-off begun as soon
as the present tourney closes.
Champions and runners-up in the
two brackets will then meet in
finals play-offs.
Sgt. Clink Brown, formerly Iowa
U. basketbull star, will probably
Players not entered in the pres­
Sturt ut forward in the two week­
When Washington’s monment year*. Now 21, and a veteran, his ent tourney and anxious to get
end game* of the Timber Wolf *tart* walking toward you smil­ contract was sold to the San Fran­ into the second bracket, may con­
quintet. They resume winter serie* ing, and with hand outstretched, cisco team who were in turn tact athletic officers as follows:
•gainst Oregon College of Educa­ it’s time either to stop drinking “properly” induced to relinquish 96th Div. — Lt. Van Vulpen, phone
tion tomorrow night at Monmouth. 3.2 beer or see your oculist. Our him to the St. Louis Browns. Our 2406; Timber Wolf Div., Lt. Bob
Saturday they tangle with the first act wa* a careful examina­ boy did yeoman’s work with the Duffy, phone 3406; Post Comple-
potent, just-returned Oregon State tion of our hand, to see if all the Browns, and after five and a half ment and 2nd Hq. IXth Corps, call
College "champs” at the Corvallis digits were where they belonged.
year* was traded to the Chicago Field House, phone 2897. State
college gym. Both games will be
Whereupon we glanced up to be­ White Sox with whom he served name, rating, attachment, previous
lulled ut 8 p. in.
hold u* magnificent a hunk uf for two years.
handball experience.
Among .Mack-men
soldier as our old eyes have seen.
Some top-flight competition will
■v That, friend, wa* our first impres­
He was traded then to the Phila­ go into next week’s action. Pre­
sion of Acting-Sergeant Jack delphia Athletics where he played liminary games will be played be­
Knott, HQ Co., Timberwolf Divi- until he received an invitation to tween 6 and 10 p. m. Monday and
ALBANY
trade uniforms, this time GI.
sion.
Tuesday night. Quarter-finals,
Now Playing
Jack’s popularity is no accident.
Born in Dallas, but reared in
Brownwood, Texan, Jack pitched his His slow Texas drawl, and smiling, Wednesday and Thursday; semi­
way through Byron St. high school, gentle eye.*, testify to his ability finals, Friday. The championship
then
to Southern Methodist U.
to make friends. His mild manner and consolation play-off, for third
MARLENE DIETRICH
RANDOLPH SCOTT
His pitching form began to accen­ and sage judgment have justified place, is slated Monday evening,
tuate
itself at the tender age of his superiors’ confidence in him. January 18.
Start* Sunday
Top Player* Perform
four, when, according to Jack, he Baseball and the world of sports
Not
the least of the talent
began
tossing
a
few
curve*
at
hi*
may
well
be
proud
of
him.
-V At
entered
is the veteran, Chief Sherk,
To
quote
Jack:
"You
know,
I
nurse, who, he vaguely recalls,
soundly applauded the seat of his found out that being a good soldier who will match skill, speed and en­
britches.
and a good athlete require the durance against Lt. Robert Rosen.
* "Biinjls" lot Britain'
Before lie could complete the same formula. Team work, enthus­ 104th QM, three years a West Point
curriculum at S M.U., he wa* per­ iasm. and the will to keep pitching player, among first round battles.
Chief Sherk has been playing and
suaded (?) to join the Dallas team, when the going is rough.”
where he pitched for two and a half
By Pfc. David G. Optner. officiating big A.A.U. matches for
ALBANY
30 years, and with or without his
58 year*, rates as a definite tour­
but
a
number
of
talented
fighter*
N um PlnyiiiR
To Begin Regimental
have already been unmasked in ney threat.
If you spot a bluish haze over
Boxing Eliminations
There is Toby Wallace, "power the day rooms about the post dur­
work-out* and in the l>out.* at Field
house" of the fire department. Lt. ing these blithe evenings, don't be
House.
Of 96th on Jan. 29
< It \K. STI V ENS
It was indicated the 96th will Philip E. Horan, 414 Inf., Timber alarmed. The place isn’t on fire
JUI.IE KISIIOP
Regimental elimination boxing be able to turn out a prime candi-1 Wolf Div., is an experienced play­ maybe.
also
bout* of the 96t|> Division, to be date for each title from bantam­ er. A dark-horse candidate is Pvt.
Champion “draughts-men" are
hehl regularly at Field House on weight on into the heavy ranks, | Toribio Bocanegra, formerly r»f now being picked from the Timber
W m LI ndk ; \ n
Friday nights, will begin on Janu­ when the Camp Adair boxing tour. | Mexico and now of the Timber Wolf and 96th Divisions, Post
Wolf division, who wa* former Complements and the IXth corps
ary
29.
nament i* hold in the spring.
Start* Munday
champion of the Monterey. Max., second headquarter* for the Camp
The "whose who of whopper-
Athletic Club. Pvt. Bocanegra in Adair checker tournament, which
doin’’ around the 96th ha* not been
For Grid Notebooks;
the first round will meet Pvt. Bob will l>c held in the two service
figured
out
yet
the
tournament
LI OY D NOLAN
Ruskauff. Hq. Co., SUU 1911, who clubs, lieginning Monday evening,
will pretty much tell the story
<’ MIDI I I. VNDIS
Bowl Games Recapped
previously
played with the YMCA January 18.
also
/•
and Pacific Coast Club at Long
Invincible Georgia has gone home Beach, Calif.
1 from Pasadena Rose Howl; Frankie
The pairings follow (these
Sinkwich won’t let his wife enter be posted at Lorcnx court
l the movie* unless he get* a con- mimeographed copies of play and
LYNN ROHER I S
. tract first, and he’s going in the conditions can be obtained by r cn-
R W \l III IlN
J marine* soon anyhow; and besides, tries from Field House. Fire Sta-
CORVALLIS and ALBANY
the I’CLANS. defeated 9-0. thought tion I or Sport* Desk of the Sen-
Corner of
Corner of
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Ninth A Monroe Fifth A Lyon
Charlie Trippi was the Bulldogs' try. Public Relations Office I:
Minister
Minister
best man on the field that Jay. any­
First Round Play
F.dw. It. Hart Edgar B Luther how.
hav
Fire Chief
Wallace
IM. Morfin Waldon
That's ■ left-handed football
WE HVVE SEEN YOU —
NOW W E WOULD LIKE TO
highlight of the bowl games. For
BECOME ACQUAINTED!
i your files, in event you had your
" JUGHEAD
Anny
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two-bit* on the right team, the
When on leave—
I other score*:
M.OO
Keiar Stadium. San Francisco —
•CHICKENS"
I East 13, West 12 in the annual
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Bible School Sunday 9 45 A M
^1« inaigma ol •
classic.
Morning Worship 11:00 A M
Orange
How
l
at
Miami
-
Alabama
Young People’» Hour 6 30 P M
37, Boston College 21
Evening W orship
Sugar Howl at New Orleans -•
Mondar
Albani ,
7:45
Tennessee 14. Tulsa 7.
M ,-dnr-d»»
Corvallis
7:30
Sun Bowl at El Paso- 2nd Air
Friday
Ready to hear from friend*,
Saturday
Force Bomber* 13, Hardin-Sim- and all. is Jame* P. Ijiyton.
I mon* T.
mer head of the Post Field Office,
In our fellowship club room*
Cotton Bowl at Dalia*
Tr\ae American Red Cross, who recently
in our churvhe* OPEN
Tech 14, Georgia Tech 7.
departed on orders for overseas
COSTLIER
Fish Bowl at Harvard empty. duty
Sunday................... 12:00-10:30
Porridge Bowl at Mea* Hall —
Saturday
. . 2.30-10:30
7th <& Montgomery
Achires* Kim: Jame* P. Layton,
Corvallis. Wednesday. 6 30-10 I scoop it up men.
Albany, Oregon
APO 3321. care of Postmaster. New
Albany. Thursday, 6:30-10:30
I
York City
Ride sharing groups have been
SOLDIERS — Do* holilat* to
Mid W lllsmetle talle»-
rail. W • are read» tn serve yon!
Top Flight Roller Rink
or can i ted in all of Connecticut^
Rinkwich Set — Mr». S. won't
169 war plant*.
make any movie»; I *i||
,f *ny.
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'PITTSBURGH'
PEPSICOLA i< suJ. «1, by
P«*d-C«l* Cmguiy, L m * Idaad City, R. T.
letW iwtllt by:
I’vt. Bob Kuskauff, Editor
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VENETIAN
BIG DRINK
TO GO BUY!
SPORTS
Round-Robin League Under Way; 3
Games Held Monday, Field House
Cage Wolf
Play tö Start
u\ Tuesday Night
I
Rest and Relax
Camel
I LL TAKE
CAMELS ANY TIME’
THEY'RE THE REAL
THING — PLENTY
FLAVORFUL AND
AAlkO!