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Camp Adair Sentry Friday. October 29. 1943. Taire Six Bomber, Men, 'Ploy'T o 9,000 In Post Showing ♦-------------------------------------------- - (Continued from page one) As the plans for the Field House Former Golden Glover fights reached the last minute stage last evening, and as the Sen From Virqinia Now in try was going to press, the troupe Trailblazer Division had about decided that Sgt. Edgar i and Cpl. Wilson would go it in the | In the ranks of the Trailblazer other exhibition, with Sgt. Robin ; Division is a youthful scrapper son refereeing. whose fighting efforts were, until Seven other fast exhibition bouts recently, confined to the boxing were slated on the card between arena. Post boxers, ranging downward Eighteen-year-old Pvt. Jack C. from the light-heavies, all of whom | Murphy of Btry. A, 883rd FA Bn., boast professional or Golden | has competed in Golden Glove Tour Gloves ring experience. naments at Bristol, Tenn., ar.d At "Bomber Heavier” lanta, Ga., and though never a win The “Brown Bomber” looks ner he can lay claim to never hav slightly heavier in the face than ing been knocked out. On the other 1 he did four years ago; he has hand, his string of victories include I gained 15 pounds in the Army, three via the knockout route. scales 215 now. But he claims to be Born in Georgia. Pvt. Murphy in prime condition. | has lived for some years with his Nicholson, who for 7 years has been Louis' principal sparring ( 1 family in Damascus, Va. He r<- partner and one of the few heavies 1 , ported for active duty last August who can occasionally make “Marsel -and came to Camp Adair via Camp Joe” turn on the heavy artillery, I | Lee, Va. Camp Adair »j // sports r-« Too Excited -n 4 Ä By Pfc. Lionel Kay 70th Touch Football > Starts Poorly in Rain t The Trailblazer touch football schedule got off to a bad start last week end due to the rainy weather. There was some misunderstanding, and scheduled games were not played regardless of the condition of the*; ------- — been forced to kick from deep in field. In spite of the slippery, wet field I their own territory. Snuggs, right last Friday, Btry. A of the 884th i end of the Brains, dashed 30 yards FA flashed some dry-weather pyro . for a score after the ball had lolled technics to defeat Headquarters, free. The A’s took to the air in the 18-6, in the opener of the battal ion touch-football schedule. The . second period and scored on a pass “Brains Company'' scored first but ; from Mitchell to Prieb. Resurrecting the old “Statue of the Gunners soon found themselves and took command of the situation. Liberty play” in the third, Mitch- Headquarters scored late in the . ell to Grossman to Prieb was good first quarter after the A team had for a tally, and at the close of the has also gained 15 pounds and tips f e i period, Mitchell tossed another the balances at 225. He has boxed pass for a touchdown to Grossman. upward of 1,200 rounds with the ÖF: A last period offense by Head Bob Paffrath, former Minnesota champion. quarters, built around short passes is* The boys have been more or less back, was supposed to be civilian i ' i by S/Sgt. Officer, failed to click making it a whirlwind trip from backfield coach of the Ft. Doug I i in time, and the final score was the beginning. They’d been on the | las (Utah) grid team this fall. j 18-6, no after-touchdown attempts train since Sunday in Denver, with But the day before Ft. Douglas Approximately 460 men of Cos. materializing. a stopover Wednesday at Fort played the Salt Lake City Air The 725th FA Bn. opened their BLONDE \GNES BIEN ER. A and B in the PSTU recently Lewis, ami were tired when they Bare he was inducted into the New Castle. Ind.. High School touch-football tournament Friday Army, The next day Paffrath drop-kicking participated in a day of field retrained yesterday. specialist, practices At first blush Louis looked the played in the Ft. Douglas back- after missing on two tries for events, consisting of touch foot with a pair of games that would points after touchdown. The ball, basketball, softball, volley rate top-flight on a dry field, and old dead-pan. He strolled non- field. coach attributed her failures to ball. horseshoe pitching, badminton that were exceptional on the rain- challantly alongside Sugar Robin excitement and stage fright, hut drenched gridiron. son when they left the car, im Back again in the service is says he will use her again in and group games. Btry. C took the decision The all-star softball team of Co. mersed in Sunday's New York SSgt. Earl Cady who won the New Castle’s next game. B won in the 10th inning when they Service Btry., 12-0, with a Daily Mirror comic section, which featherweight title of the Ameri- I broke the tie with a seven-run breaking offense that belied the features none other than that other [ can Expeditionary Force in France rally, Pvt. Moa’s heavy hitting soggy underfooting. Their pass pugilist of Ham Fisher reknown. ' the same night a marine n a m e d | Joe Palooka. and defensive fielding were a fea ing attack, too, ignored adverse | Gene Tunney took the light-heavy Sgt. Barrows Blossoms ture of the game. Final score was weather, and the backfield of Bloys, -weight title. Cady is stationed at Littlejohn, Woods and White did | 15-8. But at a ham-and-egg Service Ft. Bragg, N. C. some plain and fancy stepping. Club lunebeon the Bomber bumped Co. B also won the touch foot A and B Batteries wound up in a into none other than the 14 sol ball game by a decisive score of Champion volleyball team of the Sid Gordon of the New York diers who had "processed" him 36-8. Pvts. Fields and Grundy scoreless tie that will be played off Giants has been inducted into the IV Corps PSTU is the Co. A all buck at Fort Upton, N. Y. From ; starred with their razzle-dazzle soon. The A’s outrushed their op Chinese sextet. They have taken that moment the heavyweight . Coast Guard.—(CNS) on all comers from Cos. A and B plays and kept Co. A in constant ponents but the B defense always stiffened in the vital areas. champion grinned and blossomed in thirty games and have over trouble. The A attack was sparkplugged Don't miss “Humpty Dumpty,” whelmed all of their opponents. He talked with, for Louis, anima Each company divided evenly by Kiraly at right half, who USO show coming next weekend. tion. the remaining events that were The Chinese boys recently met showed real ball-toting ability. In the afternoon the troupe ap It’s free! an all-star combination from Co. played, and the participants left Taylor, at right guard, was the peared at the Station Hospital and the field with the determination of *»vril Al*«, B UI1U and won five VMV out X»* of OIA six games. Sgt. Louis gave brief talks at sev t >ns< vrs to play hosts to the | The Chinese team features team taking everything for their com | outstanding defensive player on I the field and time after time eral of the wards- something he fighter who. no doubt, has won work and aggressive play. They are pany in the next tourney. smeared B plays for losses. S Sgt. does at each Post appeal ance. them much coin of the realm dur experts at setting up the ball and Sanchez is captain of the A’s and Around 4 o’clock they ate again ing the past eight or nine years. spiking it over the net. Haas called signals. ami how! as guests to a heavy Lt. W ilburn L. Whiting was in ! Pfc. On Wong is the captain The razzle-dazzle offense of weight steak dinner, prepared by charge of these festivities. of the team. Wong has been in Btry. B was built around CpI. Mess Sergeant Wilson Jenkins and This was al) of import until 7 this country five years, He has his trusty mess hall assistants of p. m.. when the fights got under 1 he main topic of conversation i ; Price at quarter with Madsen, Coll the 740th Sanitary Company. The way at Field House. Then there had a year of college training in in Post Finance Office is the po- I and Kelly as his backfield mates. China and was a member of a tentially record-breaking basket- I • * • “Mosquito Destroyers” out • did was plenty of impact. home guard unit trained to re ball team being formed under the The Signal Co. and the Recon sist the Japanese. Before enter encouraging patronage of Lt. Col. Troop played a scoreless tie on a ing the Army. Wong worked in Lee R. Woods Jr., Post Finance Of- ' muddy field and will meet again the shipyards as a welder. ficer. to play off. Another star of the team is Gim The team is supervised by I All games postponed last week T. Lee who has been in the United M Sgt Larry Sinnott and coached end will have to be played off by By Pvt. Paul Rosenberg high-scoring victories. States but two years. Lee is also by S Sgt. ‘‘Lush’’ (for luscious, the closing date of the second In a weekend of terrific football Coach Clark Shaughnessy's T- a skillesi basketball player. Other play many surprising upsets were formation proved of no avail members of the team are Sang and not what you think) Haldan. | round, November 1, or games for h rom out of the grey, overcast J feited. The tournament has to go uncovered throughout the land. against Penn State as hir Mary Tom. Ben Lung. On Lae G«r. and Oregon skies, along with the wind along according to schedule, rain Outstanding game was Michigan's land team was trampled. 45-0. Henry Tom. and the rain, have come shoes, like ‘ or shine, and in the future, all swamping of Minnesota. 49 6, to Navy, after being held until the All of these men were born and pennies from Heaven, and 15 uni games will be played off during conquer the Gophers for the first last quarter by a powerful Georgia educated in China. They report the week scheduled.—Pvt. Edmund time in ten years and make up for Tech team, unleashed a vicious that volleyball and basketball are forms in a heavenly (?) green and ' gold, two-tone combination. Arnold. their loss to Notre Dame. Spark- passing attack guided by Hal Ham both popular games in their na plugged by Ellery Hirich and Bill berg. to defeat the Engineers. tive country. The men were sent to Daley, the Wolverines scored at «8-14. the IV Corps PSTU from the 91st will. " ith a team that spelled power, Division to receive schooling in Southern California barely eked the St. Mary's Navy Pre-Flight English. out victory over Alonso Stagg's School charged to a lop-sided. 39-0 — W hen you can buy the College of the Pacific, 6-0, going victory over the University of Cali NEATEST TRICK OF THE WEEK most modern glasses ever in the last few minutes of the fornia. Seattle (CNS) — Preparing to game to score the only touchdown Sticking our editorial neck out. ' fingerprint a recruit sailor, Phar on the market right in a contest witnessed by 75,000. we make the following predictions macist Mate Roy Schaeffer, told here on the post, at a The eleven of the day. Washing on tomorrow's games: | the gob to wash his hands. great saving. ton, proved itself a threat on the Notre Dame over Navy, 20 -1.3; j “Both of them?” the sailor asked. Pacific Coast by walloping March Army to nose out Tenn. 14-13;' Schaeffer thought that one over Field. 27-7. Northwestern to trounce Minne a minute. Open 1600 to 2100 Notre Dame remained undefeated sota. 26-7; Georgia Tech one touch “No," he said. "Just one. I want and untied and still the number one down better than Duke. 13-8; to see how you do it.” team in the nation by pounding IL Southern California to shellac Cal-1 _______________ Optical Shop lmoia, 47-0. With the leaving of An ■forma. 33-6, (and California will f Army ~ Eye Doc: "Can you see gelo Bcrtelh this week, the experts be lucky to get six); Tulsa in a anything without your glasses? are waiting to see if the Fighting landslide over Southwestern Texas, Recruit: "With no glasses, 1 Irish can continue their string of 40-7. can't even hear!” Also Serving Now B Co., PSTU, Wins Most Team Events During Field Day All-Chinese Team Champion PSTU Volleyball Six Post Finance to Have Crack Five Upsets Feature Nation's Weekend Grid Bill; Irish Still No. 1 Team Don't be old fashioned
