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Page Six Camp Adair Friday, February 11, 1944, 91st vs. 96th Div. at Field House Tonight Corking Game Promised All 91st All-Stars Crush I T railblazers, 50-28 It's Up and In as 91 st Downs 70th The 91st Division All-Stars ran their basketball steam -roller over the 70th Division’s Trailblazers Tuesday night, | smashing through with a 50 to 28 victory. 96th Up From Camp White; Old Rivals G At It in Basketball ___ _ ______ —----- —-------------------- ♦ Both teams had established im- | pressive records prior to the game, ; which was the first in a three- game series to determine the divi sional championship. 275th Basketball Tournament Goes Into Final Rounds They ure screwing the roof <>1 Field House down extra tight foi tonight when the all-star teams ol the 9! st a ml the 96th Divisions lock t i uncover who plays the best game of ba-ketball. The seats are free ami the opening whistle blasts at 2000. ('apt. John C. Van Vulpen, 96th Special Service Officer, is bringing 12 of his best cage stars, whom he claims can do the trick. up from Camp White. These men will be the guests of the 91st Division for three days. The 91st team will start its tried-and-true regulars. High scor ing Cpl. Albert Giovannetti, 361st, and Pvt. Earol Cheyne, 363rd, will start as forwards. I-anky Sgt. Jack Mayne of 91st Hq. Co., will' be at center. Sgt. William Teshera of 361st Inf. and MP Ralph Wobo- zal will probably njart at guard. ¡►ark horse for the game will I h - Sgt. J. M. Atkinsoil who played i on last year's 91st Hq. Co.'s champ ionship team and who has just re turned to the division from school. The 96th and 91st Divisions havt always been rivals. They have trained side by side, shared man euvers together and finally swapped camps. Tonight’s game was inevitable and those Field House roof screws w ill he severely tested. 91st Div. Photo HERE'S SOME OF the action under the Trailblazer basket as Cpl. Albert Giovannetti (No. .31) sinks a one-handed shot for the Slat All-Stars—-one of the many that earned a 50 to 28 win oier the 70th. Teammate* Earol Cheyne (No. .3.3) and Jack .Mayne (No. 39) look hopefully on. They're 91st Boxing Champs 363rd Cuthits 362nd For 91st Boxing Title Two Teams Join Ranks To Meet 70th Feb. 23 Pvt. Earol Cheyne of 363rd Inf. sparked the attack of the All-Stars rolling up 16 points to become the evening's high scorer. Sgt. Jack Mayne, center from Div. Hq. Co., ran second with 4 baskets and a free throw. The 275th basketball tourna ment has gone into the final rounds with Co. M meeting the winner of the game between Co. F and B for the regimental championship. In the semi-final matches of this The Trailblazers drew first blood week F defeated G by the score of ! with a basket in the first minute to 14. Brown and Peschman of;of play, but the 91st men came winning team shared scoring back in the next minute to score lors with 10 and 9 points re-[ on a free throw and a basket Thereafter, they did not once lose Lineups: the lead and as the game pro F a gressed, steadily pulled away from •»chinan Huff Wells their opponents. The tally stood 25 4 rown Stephens to 17 at the half. V’oloski True <adune Schneider High scorers for the 70th Divi Ina en Beecham <ciswender Rennie sion were Forward Venutti and frainel . Srhanefelt Guard Mendell, with 7 points Co. M overwhelmed Co. I by a apiece. score of 32 to 7. Carmody and The two teams will meet again Yonkoff shared scoring honors for next Tuesday night at the Field M with ten points apiece. House for their second game. Lineups: Starting lineups: M Murkin Carmody Hughe* Yonkoff Tipring Meals Mei seh I Thnmpbt-n Pidrock Henning Tucker Cantrell 91st Division 70tb Dintim Cheyne ... . RF... Venutti Giovannetti . . LF............. Allen Mayne .........C................... CheMnut k’eilbtock ............RG............. Mendel) Wobozal ........ LG.. Setting Co. M also defeated Anti-Tank in a quarter final game by a score of 30 to 18. Carmody scored 14 points for the winners, and Yon koff played an outstanding game at guard for the same team, Pod pascar was high scorer for the The 91st Division All - Stars Anti-Tank five with 10 points. crushed the Corvallis Air Basers Lineups: Monday night in a one-sided bas M Anti Tank Cai mody ketball game that ended 88 to 14. Clemson Tipping Camini Murkin Pod pascar The game was played at the Air Yonkoff Marsha!] Base. Giles L<.ng Hughes Sparked by 361st*s Cpl. Albert Meals Giovannetti who personally ac counted for 22 points from his for ward position, the 91st men roared to an easy victory. Earol Cheyne of 363rd Inf. was the evening's second highest scorer with 16 points Pvt. Jack Nall has won the ping- while Cpl. Thomas O’Malley of pong championship of the 270th 362nd and Sgt. Jack Mayne of Div. Eng. Bn., plus the honor of repre Hq. Co. shot 6 buckets apiece. senting the battalion in division The victors played a steady game play-offs. and were at no time hard pressed. Nall was pressed to the limit by The score at the half was 49 to 10. Sgt. Leonard Brizzolata. The play Opening lineup: . took place in the dayroom of Hq. 91st Basketballers Trounce Corvallis Air Base by 88-14 Nall Wins 270th Eng. Ping Pong Featuring two technical knock outs and’senie of the most skillful boxing ever turned out in the Field House, the 363rd Inf. Wednesday punched it« way to a 6-2 decision over tbe 362nd Inf. init-throwers to ; Signal Corp* Photo HERE ARE THE boys that did it! Members of the .36.3rd capture the 91 st Division boxing Inf. boxing team that emerged victorious over tie 362nd last Wed championship for the second con- ' nesday night are. bottom row, Hocker, Moreno, Ortez and Ka- secutrve year. chaiper. To* row. S/Sgt. Figuero. manager, Huston, A kina, Lynch and Cpl. Estrada, trainer. »1st IV. Div. ComUls Au >“• Ironically the two knockouts were 1 Co. Brizzolara’s change of pace told Cbeye» ............ RF..._....... O"»- registered by the losing turn from Gio-ann-tti LF _....................... f-r-.m heavily at first, but Nall returned Mayne ,.C .................. Ra'lord 362nd and represented their only j ........... RO ................... H«* DIVISION BOXING TEAMS | “impossibles” with ease, and hia Keilbfaa-k wins for the evening. But those' Woboxel ......... bG....... M.Cls.n 9CHEDILED TO MEET SOON calm control turned the scales in were emphatic decision« a« Sgt. ■his favor. j Lt. Mort Lazar. ex-NYU basket- ItWVne Meyers scored a kayo over Good news to Trailblazer and Co. C. 363rd Inf., won the regi- i Others in the play-offs were Cpl. ( ball captain, is listed as “missing in Pvt. Bob Hutson in the second round mental lut'ketball championship ' Fir Tree boxing fans is the an South and Pvts. Jensen, Shaw and j action” in the Mediterranean The- fcr tbc championship of the )75 Tuesday afternoon by defeating nouncement that teams from the Hincken of Co. A, Cpl. Katzman of pound claaa. Pvt. Pancho Flores, | D •■• —•»«•«>■ ui ater, according to a telegram re- id Bn. Hq Co. 25 to 16. at Field i two divisions will meet in Field . and ( pl. Gottlieb and Pvt.' ceived by his parents from the War also of 362n<i, took the 15S-ponnd w...... .a- wind-up — game in House, in the House ring in about two weeks. | Shtendel of H * 3 Co. championship «« he delivered the Department. 363rd's winter tournament. Champs of the "Oth will meet finishing touches to S Sgt. Nichols Fl Vincent, forward on Co. C quint, the winners of the 91st elimin Akin* in the second round. Both Flor» * and Meyers wen- the champs I scored 10 points and Vaaconcellos ation in a gala evening of fisti in theM*9*apevtive classes last year. another C Co, forward, dropped 9 cuffs. As soon as the definite The pugilists from 363rd chalked points into the basket. Jesperson. day is selected, it will be posted up wilft in every other bracket— i guard on the battalion squad. in company bulletins. winning the 127, 1.35, 115. 165. and I threw 6 points through the basket. Co. K of the 362nd Inf. has found I The game must be played on a heavyweight championship«. De a new way to develop its bodies- wet and muddy field that is 75 parting regimental commander. Lt. Broken Hand Keeps Pfc. Abbott from beautiful. The referee divides the yards by 40 yards ... or it car. be Col. Harry' A. Austin, accepted the trophy on behalf of his team. K men into two sides, reads off a set 35 yards by 160 yards ... or 06 yards by 24 4 yards. The rale’ While opponents in this week's , of rules that combine the lesser seem to be quite flexible. Mayhem, matches, the 362nd and 363rd team« j points of football, soccer, basket- One of - the ■ moat interested spec ring for the 362nd. The 120-pound k“1*, volleyball, hockey and the Ar- however, will earn a 15-yard pen are planning a coalition of forces to meet the "Oth Division team in a tators at ringside for last Wednes Abbott. last year's division champ tides of War. throws them a soccer alty. Pvt. Wade F. Russel, who lived series of bouts billed for Febru day night's boxing matches between team, representing the ,362nd and in that weight, had broken his hand hall and then locks himself in the through two quarters as goalie fcr ary 23 in Field Hca«e. 363rd Infantries was a youngster drilling with the 57-mm. anti-tank orderly room. The game is called one of the sides, was interviewed. Winner* Urd*»e*dav (“Murder.” fl«*«, l*fr i larenee Hi with his hand wound in a pile of gun only a few days before ami It was difficult to understand Pvt. 1st D umb FtgH «»•«Mteu. •'Murder'’ was introduced by Russel’s remarks for the first part rAIG n in < *rill Ad3« bandages and a broken heart in a was released from the Post Hospi 1 Capt. Gordon H. Foote, the com 'tK-JnJ. 145 sling. of the interview because his word’ Henry T'cnim 5dlrd tal only long enough to witness the l»it*rt 5d?nd; IH5 jw pany commander of Co. K, as a were -filtered through a mouthful <■ | He was Pfc. Alonta Abbott who fights Wednesday night. He is not 1 «nob 3*^’4, ev»r 1st .’nd fl*d in th«’ I , had trained diligently for the mo- expected to be in condition to fight J new way to give the men tough, of mud. but we did catch him say > Dnmm Fi v physical conditioning through com ing. “. . . And I'm buying War i ment when he too would enter the again this year. -hkHitra, 3<2ad. petition and physical contact. Bonds besides? ’ Co. C Wins 363rd Basketball Title Murder,' They Call If in Co. K, 362nd; Rough, Tumble Games Makes 'Em Rugged; Helping 362nd Win