Camp Adair Sentry Page Five Thursday. March 25, 1943. Timber Wolves Tangle in 10-Bout Card | New Pole Vault Mark 47-45 Triumph Makes Post Fighters 'Fight' I And Salem Re-Invites By Warmerdam Flying Dutchman' Clears 15 Ft. 8’/2 In CHICAGO — Ensign Cornelius Warmerdam shattered all existing pole vault records by clearing 15 feet 8% inches at Chicago indoor relays; Frank Dixon, New York university freshman, who reports for active duty with U. S. army Thursday, finished third to Gill Dodds in 4:08.5 mile; Herb Thompson equalled world 40-yard dash mark of :04.4 and Greg Rice won 63rd straight race by taking two-mile. Hdq. Co. 96th Champs 921st F. A. Cogers Go Down in Shifting Field House Contest The long debated question about what happens when two like objects of the same size and weight but moving in opposite directions come in contact with cacti other was answered when the 96th Division basketball championship was settled Wednesday night at, the Field House as the 921st F. A. Bn. went down fighting before the 96th Div. Hq. Co. by the narrow margin of 45-47. 'Butcher Boy1 I.uby of Sea Gulls Scrambled Sports Lt. Emerson W. (Spike) Nelson, former Yale head football coach, was appointed recently to the top gridiron post at the St. Mary Naval Pre-Flight School. Bill (Wild Bill) Hallahnn, who pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals in several world series games, re­ ceived an honorable discharge from the army last week. Cadet Johnny Doolittle, son of Maj. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, is on the U. S. Military Academy box­ ing team. He’s a middleweight and is undefeated in three dual meets this season. Leo Durocher, Brooklyn Godg- ers’ manager who was rejected by the army recently because of a perforated ear drum, is going to start the season at shortstop. “In don’t know how long I’ll last,” Durocher declared, “but I’m hop­ ing my starting infield will be Vaughan at third, Herman as sec­ ond, Camilli at first and myself at short. That won’t be hard to Although he dropped a highly- disputed decision to Ernie Roster­ take.” man in his first fight. Bud Luby, 157 and former St. Paul butcher, is A single Britain night raid of a top fighter of the Sea Gull stable. 1,000 bombers over the Rhineland He’ll take on “KO” Smith of the cost close to 14 million dollars, the Mountaineer* as the prime Timber regimental teams battle each largest single item being the cost Wolf other April 2 in Salem Armory. of the planes that were lost. — Signal Corps Photo. i Thanks fo Her, Timber Wolf Ball Club ; Will Have Plenty Zoots for the Spring r i r - - i - t i - - If there is such a thing as a fairy godmother, the Timber Wolf ball club has one. She is Mrs. George E. Waters, owner of the Salem ball team — silver-haired and unassuming woman who has just given the “wolves” another big boost in their spring training campaign, viz.: The complete set of uniforms “for a song” of the Balem nine, plus right to use throughout the season, three dozen practice uni­ forms. It all comes under the head of a grand and welcome boost to the spring crusade, AO Lt. Bob Duffy and Business Mgr. Sgt. Long John Wulf were united in declaring yes­ terday. In fact, unless the brothers on the south side and elsewhere about the Post are making a few under­ cover plans on the very q.t., the Timber Wolves have at least got­ ten themselves a hop-step-and- jump ahead of their competition for spring baseball. Try Out April 5 First workout« will be called for April 5. Sgt. Wulf said. There will be plenty of talent Plan is to give every team hopeful a full and fair break and after the try-outs It will be up to Manager Sgt. Jack Knott, the former St. Louis Brown« pitch­ er, to whittle ’em down to squad size. « While the lead changed hands frequently throughout the game, the 921st headed away at the end of each quarter. When the fourth round started they had a five point edge which the Hq. five started to whittle down slowly but surely. Dark Horse Three minutes before the whis­ tle. a dark horse came into (he picture in the shoes of Pvt. Bobbie Ludwig. Unheralded and practically unknown. Ludwig had warmed the headquarters bench during most of the playoff and his substitution at guard seemed a matter of last minute routine. Then the Hdq. men began cook­ ing With gas. Ludwig cut loose with a terrific offensive that re­ minded some of the fans of Chicago vintage of the kid’s ability around the Windy City that made him an all prep cageman. He followed be­ hind swell blocking and sank the two successive field goals which gave headquarters the winning points. Staff Sgt. Clarence Bolte put another feather in his already well plumed cap when he scored 15 points for Hq. Company and thus assumed the vaunted individual high scoring honors of the entire championship playoff. Bolte's dead­ eye accuracy Tuesday night against the 1st Bn. of the 382nd lof. made him top man also on that night. 96th Finals Boz Score Hq. Co. 96th Div. Player Fouls FG TP W. Weiner 9 2 4 R. Ludwig 2 8 4 2 H. Berge 3 6 L Bonano 0 0 0 C. Bolte . 1 7 15 B Owen ..... 2 0 4 2 N. F tied ... 1 5 Several games will be played in the Salem Park, which Sgt. Wulf describes as “one of the finest Class B ball parks I’ve ever seen; well set up and with a particularly good J. infield.” D. T. L. E. J. Strong Duck Baseball Team Being Readied 10 20 2 3 2 o 3 0 4 2 0 5 3 4 47 921st F.A. Bn. Horner Van Devort Goad ......... Fusselman Thompson Spiller Mountaineers and Sea Gulls Battle April 2 The kind of punching that Camp Adair's fighting men dish out ap­ parently is exactly the kind that fight fans who pack Salem’s Arm­ ory in the Legion-sponsored by­ weekly fight cards like to see. At least the third series matches at 8:15 p.m. April 2 will see two outfits of the Timber Wolf divi­ sion tangling. Proceeds will help the day room fund and EM are invited at the cordial admission of 25 cents. Two main events are billed and a pair of semi-windups by Coach Cpl. Siscoe’s Mountaineers outfit and Pvt. Oscar Liuzza’s Sea Gulls, who make their second appearance. The gos: Sea Gull* vs. Mountaineers. Main Events Louie Beni—170—Willie Epinettv Eddie (.litterbug) Collins — 115 .Johnny Seriuino. Semi Windups Bobby M om »* 1 16 Bill McDaniels Johnny Cruickschank -15.H • i*rter "l.iml. Other bouts: Gracia vs. Morris 12•<. Surface vs. Judd. 13G; Borrego vs. Krich en. 158: Easley \s. Martino. 130; Harsh man vs. Ellis, 1 |H. Sour Puss Outlook in Beaver Track Future, Says Gloomy Doc Swan Coach Grant “Doc” Swan is gloomier than usual about track prospects at Oregon State this year. Even in good years Swan is pessi­ mistic. This spring he has good reason to be gloomy. Only six let­ termen are back. Returning lettermen are Don Findlay, defending Northern divi­ sion champion in the broad jump and also a good high jumper and sprinter; John Kilbuck, javelin thrower; Jack Dudrey, pole vaulter; Bill Waterman, two-year letterman in the 880 and mile; Bill Shinn, an outstanding 880 man as a sopho­ more last spring; and Len Moyer, sprinter. League Softball Series Begin Tuesday Evening With eight potent teams in the firing line, the league softball ser­ ies of Dt. Darby’s Field Artillery Bn. of the Timber Wolf division will get underway Tuesday night at 1630. Two games scheduled will see the -Pill Rillers vs. the Doodits and the Wildcats vs. Hurricanes. Other teams in league play will be the Cats, Sluggers, Beavers and the Yardbirds (which happens by some betwixture of nomenclature, to be composed of officers). in for the 20-team league. The top are the p^-tourney favorites, results: who were placed down toward the The •ff.cers defeated the Medics cellar and are fighting each other detachment 8-2; Co. L downed Co. for right to a clear track. M, 12-2 and Co. A defeated Co. B, It became apparent with 18-16 in what Cpl. Clarence Obitz matches this week that the first insists on calling a pitchers duel. place battle is Mely to become THE.................... UNPRIVATE.... CORNER............ By l*fc. Bob Ruskauff Sports Editor In the barracks latrine the other evening I picked up somebody s home town paper from New Jer­ sey, to note with a little surprise that Ed (Strangler) Lewis is trooping again. , Wrestling? I shouldn’t think so. Today’s grunt and groan policy is tar from the wrestling of two de­ cades back, when this greatest of mat champions was pinning them all—and on the up and up. Lewis is 51 and for one I am a little sorry to see him come out of retirement and back to a game that at best is a sorry successor to the wrestling of yesterday. Evidently Ed’s classy little beanery and drink parlor down by the sea, Long Beach, Calif., didn’t do so well. ij X X X X My las( m e m o r y of the Strangler w as a swim we had in the ocean two summers ago. Out through the surf and a few hun­ dred vards seaward, toward the spot where, just a few years be­ fore, the grand old Lexington rode at anchor. We raced back through the breakers. Lewis, blowing and spouting like a benign whale, flopped unto the warm sand. Ut­ terly content, he patted his fat belly. The famous Lewis grin flooded his broad, ruddy face: "This is great stuff for an old man to retire to,” the Strangler said. x x x x It may be about time to dedicate this colunm. We can declare no fixed policy. We'll attempt a round­ up of the things left out of our sports pages and treatment of mat­ ters in our world of sport on which we feel somewhat qualified to make comment. That might not be much, or often. The sports editor who is happiest is he with more stuff than can be crowded into the columns at his disposal. Judging from the way that the sports program is bur­ geoning throughout this post that is about to be our exact situation. X X X X * The thing I like is that the will to participate is becoming so much greater than the will to watch. Even the civilian gal workers on the Post, bless their restless hearts, evidence this. They are starting their own ssft- l.all league and the enthusiasm is great. Sports participation and a fighting spirit in sport is a grand thing. You go into a game to have fun; but you go into * game to win it. \nd when you go out to win the demand is for all that you have to offer. Every­ thing. And that is good. X X X X Any num who plays at a sport, no matter how badly or how well, knows that it can be his gn »test of all morale builders. When th« body is perturbed” a nd the spirit is low—in other words, when moral« has dropped out of formation and into a nose dive—he can go out a duel lietween Pvt. Al Richen of and play his favorite game and the 96th lldq. Co. and former lose himself. Take it out on the Multnomah A.C. star and Pfc. opposition. Competition chars the air, keen* Bob Ru-kauff. Hdq. Co. 8CU 1911 and »inner of the recent the mind and re-arranges the vis­ ion better than 10 liottle* of PX open tourney. brew. Richen haa gone from 15th to Much, much, better. II th on the ladder by challenging and defeating Sgt. Sidney Feig in straight games, 21-9 and 21-11, "Fot" learns From Stonewall then staving off the strong first- Q. I»id Nori General Rommel game threat of Bill Ritz. ARC, to aver visit the U. 8.? win 21-16, 21-5 from his tired A. Yea. He visited the U. 8. rival. once and studied the militak-y Though still in 16th, Ruskauff tactics of Confederate General got over two tough opponents, beat­ “Stonewall" Jackson on the ac­ ing Pfc. Charles Sonne, SCU 1911, tual battlegrounds of the CKil 21-18 and 21-16 and T 5 Eddie War. Jacobson of the 96th, 21-11, 21-17. Going Gets Tougher as ¡Handballers Near End — — —— . r A!. „ .ali