Friday, May 26, 1944. Page Six ; 'ÏS'-* 884th FA Softball Crown to Biry. B Softball Play-offs Final Game Won 12-6; With the battalion championships decided the 275th will move into regimental play-off games this week-end. Battai- Btry. B Out-Slugged I ion champions to meet are D Co., of 1st Bn., E Co., 2nd Bn. Softball championship of 884th and I Co., 3rd Bn. Special units* FA Bn. went to "B" Battery, which ended in a three-way tie for Medic», BATTING SPRFE ENDS 16-12, triumphed over “A” Battery last Service Co. and Anti-Tank Co. In ¡ANTI-TANK OVER HQ. CO. Thursday in a fast and furious play-off, Medics defeated Service i In a softball game played under game. Company 17 to 4, due to loose field­ perfect conditions the 275th Anti- Neither team showed much fire ing on the part of the Service Com­ iTank team defeated Regimental until the fourth inning, although pany outfield and the superb pitch­ Headquarters Co. 16 to 12. Anti- runs were scored by both teams in ing of Gustafson for Medics. Tank collected 22 hits with First Homers went to Esposito and the first, by Trejo of “B” and Sgt. Randolph getting five for five Hill of the losers and Niel and Gros!.»man of “A." by and Sgt. Roger Frye four for five. Score The second and third innings Shumate of the winners, I Loser’s star Jolliff, got two base proved to be a stalemate with both innings: hits and a timely homer in the sixth I R H E pitchers doing all the work. In the I with two on: 201 noi o 4 5 6 fourth “B" Battery’s Brucker lined I Serv. Co. R H E 14 Medics 905 120 X 17 1 to Porter who errored and Rivera 281 113 0 16 22 2 Anti-Tank Batteries: Serv; Krueger. Dimas came flying home. Lindsay's long Regt’l Hq. Co. 023 043 0 12 13 1 high fly to center field sent Rus- and Hill; M edics: Gustafson and Batteries; Anti-Tank. Smith 4 i Mente. sell and Trejo to the plate. Hess; Regt’l Hq. Co.. Heidenson & Knode made the first and only Knox. 11-3 WIN FOR I) co. heme run of the game. The 274th Infantry softball championship hung in the In the fifth B Battery made five I! WINS 1st BN. TITLE balance as Regimental Hq. Co. and K Co. split two out of runs, scored by Kirkpatrick, Lt. II D Co. moved into the 1st Bn. Burkamp, Rivera and Wanie- 1 championship by defeating B Co. their three-game series. The final contest, scheduled for Boyd, lista. At this point “A” replaced I 11-3. Co. D iced the game in the early this week, was postponed be­ Poi ter in the pitchers box with'third, sending 11 men to the plate cause of threatening weather and The softball championship of the Rzepka. In the sixth inning “A” to collect 7 runs on 8 hits, includ­ will be played at a later date. ¡started a comaback with Grossma”. ing homers by Koy and Krameh. 370th Medical Battalion was salted Both games were knock-down By P. R. ¡Li. Steinman, Porter and Ray each Harbaugh got a homer in the first down by Co. I) of the Battalion last and drag-out affairs with the spec­ inning and Duncan added another week as they defeated Co. A in the I making a run. tators- sharing the thrills that Fourteen service camps are final game of their series by a But that was as far as it got for in the seventh : might be provided by any big lea­ scheduled to defend their state R H E score of 6-2, behind pitching of B Battery came back slugging to gue nines. The first game last semi-pro baseball championships B Co. 100 000 2 3 5 2 Sgt. Luckett. Hitting and fielding Thursday was won by Reg. Hq. Co.. this summer, the National Base­ make 3 more runs in the seventh. D Co. 117 200 X 11 17 1 honors were well distributed, but 5 to 4 while the tally of the second ball congress Stated. The MPs of The lineups: Batteries; B Co.. Triplett and Pfe. John Kane was outstanding. POSe- "A” BTRV contest showed K Co. On top, 6 to 4. SClT hold the Oregon State Champ­ i“B” BTRY Co. D team will represent the Martin. Turner; D Co., Long and I Sgt. Lindsay . C CpI. Grey In the initial game, Reg. Hq. ionship. Medics in the Division softball Borst. P S/Sgt. Porter Co. took an early lead as the first Here it is another year and an-1 Pvt. Trejo playoffs. batter, Dreher, walked with Mayer other softball campaign is under-1 Pvt. Rothgangel I lb Sgt. Ray following up with a single. Both way. Although the MPs have lost CpI. Kirkpatrick : 2b Sgt. Potter 1 BN. HQ. DROPS scored on Wilford’s double. K Co. I I their ace pitcher of last year, the . Pvt. Wanielista 3b Pfc. Rzepka DOUBl. EHEADER 1 Bn. Hq. Co. lost a double header ss tied the Score in the last half of mad Basque, Jean N’alda, and the I Lt. Boyd Pfc. Knode the same frame as Richardson and services of stars Arnerich and Pvt. Rivera sf Sgt. Grossman and dropped to third in team stand- and to A Shahan scored on Meyer’s hit. Both L . uniright, they have come up with I Pvt. Burkamp If Lt. Steinman teams put on a display of good the team to beat. To date they are | Sgt. Russell cf Pvt. Jones R H B fielding until Marcott of K Co. hit on their way to the SCU softball S/Sgt. Brucker rf Pfc. Appalucci Bn. Hq. Co. 103 20 fi 10 4 a three-bagger and stole home on title. Going on from there with a Rodney C. Beaver. 2d l.t. FA. A Co. 321 3X 9 14 2 brilliant record of not having a de­ a wild pitch in the fourth inning. S.S.O. Batteries: A—Chamberlain and feat this season they are setting Pitcher Blows Cassady; Bn. Hq. Co., Speace and In the fifth, Reg. Hq. Co.’s speed ! their guns for the forthcoming Cor-' Weinstein. vallis League Championship. Then I ball pitching blew up and walked H B to the state trophy? , the first three men. He was re­ € Co. Good softball seems to run in 10 4 = lieved by Selix, who struck out the »it. Hq. T . 3 next two batters but K Co. man­ the MP family. Losing as niany I Butteries; C Co.. Mereev and S = aged to score when Ramsey stole ' players as any team on the post the Swinging into the hot summer Gratz; Bn. Hq.. Kehl and Wein­ home on a pop-up fly. The Hq. I cops have come up with another stein. combination buckled down to a late 'potent outfit. Danni at first; new- months (or am I kidding) athletics I comers Munoz, second; Courtney may have taken a slight nose dive drive and scored Valendy and Engl­ WIN 18-4 SLUGFEST, AND s ert in the sixth and Dreher in the •nd Pansies, outfielders, are add­ but not at the Field House, where TAKE 3rd BN. TITLE ing power and punch at the plate. a full schedule of sports is flow seventh to win 5-4. Selix held K I Co. defeated M Co. 18-4 and 1 The old reliable Manager and Cap- going on. Co. hitless. s — — — _ I moved into third Bn. Championship. 1 tain. Trosper at shortstop. Jordan --- ,------ ...r. Open from 0800 to at least 2100. r K Co. opened the second game on third, and "Pope" Larkin filling -«—• ------ ~ ‘*”v’ I Co. iced the game in the fourth I by scoring four runs in the first. j in the catching berth. With the CpI. Edward Heden. physical «»-'with n runs on n hits and one er. Castleberry’s fly to right field took I ‘ fast pitching of Ed Lindsey they ness instructor, announces that ror. 1 Home runs by , ~ Doyle and there is available to GIs every­ him to tin* keystone sack, scoring! ! have the prospective materia) to _ thing from a body-building class to Skeen, triples by Ravenhorst t _ and Richardson, Shahan ami Rytting. 1 finish on top of the State ladder equipment for golf, tennis, badmin­ Rothkamp. featured. Yonkoff and Reg. Hq. came back with two run« I again. ton, boxing, ping pong. Whether Richard were the big hitters for as Sission’s home run in the second : • • « = you are an expert or amateur the M Co. Yonkoff had a perfect day inning scored Valendy. and Long- I i Sports ps ... Jim Tobin is the program at the Field House is de- at the plate with a triple, double field’s bingle in the third scored I , only major league pitcher who ever signed to fit into your sporting en- and a single, Richard got two LL Schneider. K Co. scored two j turned in a no-hitter and socked a joyment. triples as he went to the plate three in the fifth and held their oppon- ( I home run in the same game . . . ¡times. Bod» Building Class ents down to one run in the sixth, Joe Kulwicki, Cleveland, won jun­ To dale tentative plans are be­ R H winning 6-4. ior National AAV singles handball ing made to have a class in bod» M Co 20 2 000 0 4 7 title . . . Fred Sharaga retained building. This «ill feature bar 1 Co. 4011 300 X 19 19 IS.OOO-meter National AAU walk­ work, «eight lifting, boxing, and AND WIPE YOUR FEET also aesne in-ide on dynamic (“I’ll MF.DICS rise in morn Pensacola. Fla. (CNSl- R. L.| ing title at Staten Island . . . make a man out of you in 10 TO TROUNCE SERVICE CO. 10-1 Kendrick, who is running for sher­ Seems there ia a champ for every­ days") tension. iff. has a sure-fire campaign slo­ thing. 1 forget who leads the way Medic« defeated Service Co. in This «porting program is strictly an early morning softball game 10- gan. "If I’m elected.” he promises, in the marble field . . "So far as the records show, there has never for the individual Formerly the I, with Gustafson holding the 26 i "the front door of the jail will •i been a professional shot-putter or gym had been reserved for cither ' Service Co. men who faced him to way» be wale open." discus thrower in all history. Peo­ a division or the SCU but now you I pop flies or easy rollers to the in- ple seem willing to do the-• . >-ved. seventh: Sheffield deposited 426 in a local down on a desert island with a Also to further stir up the GIs’ R H bank in 1844. He never deposited1 lovely blonde." sporting blood civilians will be giv­ Medic- 142 2 14 16 “What did you do for food?" I en a chance to share the equipment Serv tee another rent but today his heirs, if, 2 they so desire, can come and cart I asked. in conjunction with soldiers.—Pvt Batterie«; Medics—(.wtaf— 32.5M.5t> away. 1 "Darned if I can remember." . . . Paul Rosenberg. Meat«; Service—Dima« & Hill. Split Puts 274th Title in Balance Co. D Takes 370th Medics Ball Title .s. remember father's ; Sports Supplies for 61s at Field House JUNE 18 ★ ★ 'em at your neighborhood p* =