Page Four Post Basket Tourney Will Start Monday The Special Sei-vice Office, which has been champing at the biti lately to get a first class bas ketball tournament under way, attained its objective this week and announced a Post tourna ment in which 20 teams will compete is scheduled to begin Monday. Entered in the competition, which will determine the 1943 champions, are Company B, 57th Battalion; Co. C, 56th Bn.; Serv ice Company; Co. B, 54th Bn.; Military Police Company; Co. B, 52nd Bn.; Civilian personnel; Co. B, 51st Bn.; Medical Detach ment; Co. A, 53rd Bn.; Casual Company; Co. B, 53rd Bn.; Spe cial Training Company, Co. A, 51st Bn.; Headquarters 12th En gineer Training Croup roving cadre; Co. C, 53rd Bn.; Co. A, 57th Bn.; Co. A, 52nd Bn.; Co. C, 51st Bn.; and Co. C, 52nd Bn. The schedule: Monday night Co. B, 57th Bn., vs. Co. C, 56th Bn.; Service Company vs. Co. B, 54th Bn.; Military Police Company vs. Co. B, 52nd Bn. Tuesday night Co. B, 51st Bn., vs. Civilian personnel; Medi cal Detachment vs. Co. A, 53rd Bn.; Casual Company vs. Co. B, 53rd Bn. Thursday night Special Training Company vs. Co. A, 51st Bn.; Headquarters 12th Gp. and roving cadre vs. Co. C, 53rd Bn.; Co. A, 57th Bn., vs. Co. A, 52nd Bn. Friday night Co. C, 51st Bn., vs. Co. C, 52nd Bn.; Co. B, 57th Bn., vs. Service Company;,Co. C, 56th Bn., vs. Co. B, 54th Bn. Saturday night Military Po- 'ice Company vs. Medical De tachment; Co. B, 52nd Bn., vs. Co. B, 51st Bn.; Civilian person nel vs. Co. A, 53rd Bn. Playoff will lie directed by Lt. Henry L. Hansen, Post athletic and Recreation officer, and Pvt. Leo Frizzo, his assistannt. Teams which have won the most games by the latter part of December will enter the cham pionship brackets. Saturday, Oct. 9, 1943 ABBOT ENGINEER ABBOT ENGINfcfcK j a i u r u a y , v i - i . l u , I <- t J Teams Sought for NCO Directors Bowling League p|aCe Order to Pick the W i n n e r s Games for Oct. ‘13, 1943 GUESS THE RIGHT SCORE OF THIS GAME □ Team □ □ □ □ □ □ 1 □ □ ; □ □ □ □ □ □ □ D l CHECK THE WINNER! Do Not Indicate Scores Team B u c k n e ll C a lifo n ia C o r n e ll H o ly C r o s s In d ia n a M ic h ig a n M is s o u ri N avy N o tre D a m e O h io S ta te T exas Y a le W a s h in g to n A r iz o n a K a n s a s S ta te T u la n e D e l M o n te N a v ia to r s S o u th C a r o lin a V M I T e m p le St. M a r y s N a v y S yra cu se VS. □ C o lg a te VS. □ W is c o n s in v s. □ M in n e so ta vs. □ G r e a t L a k e s v s. □ G e o r g ia T e c h vs. □ Illin o is v s. □ N o r th w e s te r n v s. □ R ic e v s. □ A r m y v s. □ M a rc h F ie ld T e x a s M in es vs. v s. □ O k la h o m a S o u th e r n M e th o d ist v s. v s. □ U. o f S a n F r a n c is c o C le m s o n v s. W a k e F o re s t v s. VS. SPORT SLANTS (B y C am p N ew sp a p er S ervice) Drafting of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers, which is scheduled to start soon, is going to give Big League baseball an awful boot in the bunion. Not recognized as a ground for occupational deferment, base ball is in a No Man’s Land be tween the list of essential indus tries and the non-deferable oc cupations. First pre-Pearl Harbor father facing the draft is A1 Zarilla, St. Louis Browns outfielder recent ly classified 1A by his Los An geles draft board. If Zarilla, the father of a 3-year-old daughter, appeals his reclassification it will be up to the appeal board to determine whether he is an “es sential" man in an "essential” industry. Professional football will be less disturbed by the fathers’ draft. Most pro football play ers are either 4F or have war jobs when they’re not playing with the pigskin. Bill McCoy, star catcher on Princeton's 1942 baseball team and the best ball player turned out at Nassau Hall since Moe Berg, was killed recently when (Continued From rage One) his Army training plane crash prize of one. And if a G. I. picks ed in Texas. all games right,including all ties, Johnny M i z e had a terrific he gets a free long distance tele year with the Great Lakes Blue phone call to his home town. Every week there will bo one jackets. The old Giant and special football game featured, Cardinal first baseman batted lliis week it’s Nebraska versus .418 and punched more than 100 Kansas. The s o l d i e r who runs across t h e plate in 63 comes closest to predicting the games. The Bluejackets, inci correct score of the game will dentally, won 52 and lost only get three cartons of cigarettes. 11 Second and third place winners will share as above in the regu Maurice Van Robays,' Pitts burgh Pirate outfielder, played lar contest. The main thing is to fill out his last game for the duration your predictions and get them September 27. Afterward he left down to the USO club in Bend for Detroit where he faces Army liefore noon Friday, the deadline induction next week. of each contest. You will have a week to ponder on the possible Chubby Hugh Casey, ex-Brook lyn Dodger relief pitcher, won results. Here are the rules of the con three games for Norfolk Naval Air Station in its series with test: 1. Contest open to all enlisted the Naval Training Station at Norfolk. men at Camp Abbot. 2. Deadline for entries is 9 p. R E JE C T E E S E R V E S B R IT ISH m., Friday afternoons. London (CNS) — Rejected by 3. Each man is allowed only the U. S. Navy as too old, E. M. one entry. 4 Winners w ill be announced Ferris of Boston, 33, now is a in The Engineer the following Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. Ferris sign week. ed up in Canada, was later com Milwaukee (CNS) Only 20 of missioned and already has seen the boys in blue answered the action in the North Atlantic. roll call here when the 78th annual convention of the Grand Watch for war community Army of the Republic opened. chest drive. Attention! . □ VS. □ VS. □ D ro p o r M a il to I 1. s. MORE ABOUT K an sas VS. N eb rask a Tie □ □ □ □ □ □ u □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ A call for Camp Abbot units interested in joining a post-wide bowling league was issued by the Special Service Office this week. Tentative plans call for organ ization of a six-team league, and it is hoped the 11th Engineer Training Group, the 12th Group, Headquarters p e r s o n n el, the Quartermaster Branch, the Sup ply and Service Division and the Medical Detachment will be rep resented. Contests will be sched uled at the Bend Bowling alley Wednesday or Friday nights. Units interested are requested to contact Pvt. Leo Frizzo at the All-P u r p o s e Recreation Hall, ’phone 64, or the Special Service Office, ’phone 60. n □ □ O. C o n te s t Box Bend Former WAACs le-eiii! Honorably discharged former members of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps may reenlist in the Women’s Army Corps and rejoin their original units pro viding enlistment is effected within 90 days after discharge from the WAAC and the com manding officer approves the assignment. That announcement waS made this week from the headquarters of Col. P. R. Davison, command ing officer of the Ninth Service Command, at Fort Douglas, Utah, following receipt of the ruling from the War Depart ment. Applicants may apply in person at their last posts of duty or at any Army recruiting sta tion. If qualified, such appli cants may be accepted for gen eral assignment if they do not desire duty at their former sta tions. Continued assignment to the station depends upon the re quirements of the military sit uation. The commanding officer may waive the requirement of a mental aptitude test. Assignment to original sta tions does not include those out side the continental United States. Individuals discharged from the WAAC who apply for enlist ment in the WAC more than 90 days after discharge will be en listed for general assignment if qualified and will be dispatched to WAC training centers. There they will be processed and re ported available for assignment. They need not be required to take the regular course in basic training but may, pending as signment and at the discretion of the commandant of the train ing center, be given brief re fresher training. Camp's Barefoot Cagers To Get 20 Pair of Shoes Camp Abbot cage aces, who for the past few weeks have done their dribbling either in their stocking feet or barefooted, soon will have 20 pairs of bas ketball shoes at their disposal, the Special Service Office has announced. Shoes will be fumigated after each wearing. Almost any man who can't walk on water can be fitted. GI footgear was barred for much the same reason that bulls are kept out of china shops. ASTP Trainees May Get Credit All soldiers who complete their prescribed work in the Army Specialized Training Pro gram at colleges and universi ties will be rewarded with cer tificates, and there is a possi bility college credits may be granted, the War Department announced this week. The certificate, eight by 10 inches in size, will list the curri culum number in which the sol dier performed his work, the number of terms completed and the date of training. It will be signed by t h e appropriate authority at the college attended and by the commandant of the ASTP unit at the institution. In the opinion of the ASTP Advisory Committee, all ASTP academic work is at the college level. The committee antici pates, therefore, that appropri ate college credits will be given, enabling the soldier to complete his work for a degree if he re turns to college after obtaining his discharge. PX Special Orders Limited To Only Necessary Items Although the Post Exchange maintains a Special Order de partment where members of the armed forces may order many necessities, it does not offer service to obtain fur coats, dia mond rings and other similar materials. Neither is it possible to obtain fountain pens, watches. Only articles of military neces sity and convenience, not sup plied by the government may be ordered, according to officials of the Post Exchange. Furnish Club In order to make the NCO club a bit more home like the board of directors have placed orders for S300 in new furniture for the club rooms. It will include three davenports, chairs to match and occasional chairs. The new fur niture is expected to arrive with in a week and will be put in place for the comfort of all mem bers. Officers and members of the flub are preparing to welcome into their fold of membership, the corporals and technicians fifth grade. A directive issued this week authorized any man of the first five grades to be a member of the club is he so de sires. Sgt. John Coquille has been named secretary of the club re placing Sgt. Morrie Guss, re cently discharged. Sgt. Harlan L. Weeks was named stewai d of the club by the directors at the same meeting this week. Playing cards and several new tables are now available for any of the members who care to in dulge in a bit of that indoor re creation. Also two ping pong tables are ready for use at any time as well as writing desks. Every effort is being made to make the NCO club of this post one of the finest and any eligible mar. on the post is invited to come around and make it his headquarters. New Sub-Machine Gun Found Highly Effective It can now be discussed that American soldiers are being equipped with a new subma chine gun which is scheduled to supplant all other weapons of this type. The new gun, known as the M-3 credited by the Ord nance Department with meeting so-called impossible require ments, was first developed more than a year ago and has gone through extensive tests with all branches of the service. The In fantry reported that compared with standard weapons it was more accurate, easier to control, had less recoil and a slower rate of fire which made each shot more accurate, parachutg. troops liked its light weight and collap sible stock. Amphibious troops found that even complete im mersion in sea water had little effect on the weapon. The Arm ored Force reported that it could be depended upon to deliver ac curate, deadly fire. The Tank Destroyer Command found that it stood all the battering that the high speed motorized gun mount would give it. It can be produced without complicated machine tools and most of the parts are made by the metal stamping pro cess, thus releasing many ma chine facilities for other war work. PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN Mrs. William S. Roberts, Jr., wife of Capt. Roberts of the en listed personnel branch, served as Deschutes county publicity chairman for the third war loan drive recently completed, in which the county topped its quota by nearly §100,000. Mrs. Roberts, now serving as county publicity chairman for the na tional war fund drive which gets underway Monday, is a news re Watch for war community porter for The Bend Bulletin. chest drive. SEND THE ENGINEER H O M E (Fold paper, fasten it together, place IV4c stamp in corner, mat!) From C«mp Abbot, Oregon