Skating Popular, But Snow Plays Devil With Pond Ice skating at Camp Abbot is about as popular as a blond with an apartment, a check with the sports department of the Special Service Office revealed this week. The announcement that a lagoon in the floating bridge area had been set aside for skat ing had hardly reached the pub lic before the department’s sup ply of skates, about 40 pair to bo inexact, was exhausted. First snag in the program was hit after the week-end when al ternate freezes and thaws made the ice too rough for skating and a heavy snowfall covered the pond. The lagoon will have to be cleared of snow, scraped and re- flooded before skating can be re sumed, but no details are avail able for the work. I f a sufficient number of men volunteer their services, efforts will be made to put the pond back in condition, Lt. Henry Hansen, athletic officer, said. Volunteers are requested to call the All-Purpose Recreation Hall, ’phone 64. Bowling Notes Medics Lt. O’Brien ... 148 150 Maj. Drischei 136 164 Capt. Dell ..... 119 99 Lt. Vest 115 128 Lt. S nyder.... 150 225 133 -431 158-458 132 -350 112 -355 128 503 Totals 701 819 769 2289 Quartermasters Capt. Fulk’son 140 186 164 -490 Mr. Cox ........ 129 186 193 -508 Lt. Pulver ... 116 111 109 -336 Capt. Burges’n 142 174 122 438 Mr. Hennings 174 162 181 -517 Totals ........ 701 819 769 2289 WaheiB Courts Maj. Land’b'g’r 137 178 Capt. Smith 154 139 Capt. Huber ... 121 132 Lt. Griffon ... 170 143 150 172 Capt. Wilson 190 505 137 -430 123 -376 132 372 195 -517 648 1851 ; 1 m i -3 ! Totals ........ 669 764 767 2200 Ildqs. Hotshots Maj. Caudra ... 97 82 114--293 Lt. Shick ....... 171 169 156--496 Lt. Pennington 91 105 110 306 Capt. Ward .... 135 91 137 -363 Capt. Hoh'h'st 112 150 131 -339 Totals ........ Lt. Lt. Lt. Lt. Lt. C^mp Abbot, Ore,, Jan. 8, 1944 ABBOT ENGINEER Page Four Wildcats Dodgers .. 134 154 Oxford 107 175 Ju\i 132 143 Brown ... 183 201 Burgess 140 160 Totals ...... 696 833 Sad Sacks Lt. Sammarco 111 115 Lt. Kruzic ..... 122 135 Maj. Diediker . 101 123 Lt. McRae ... 138 120 Capt. Strong 135 139 133 -421 163 MS 157 -432 151 535 207 507 811 2340 133 348 133 390 168 -392 116- 374 156 -430 Totals ........ 607 632 695 1934 strikers Capt. Hammer 131 121 I.t. Kobe] 151 166 Lt. MaeKnight 140 108 Capt. Coo ver 169 132 Lt. Yancey . 125 119 Totals ........ 716 646 Neophytes Lt. Wallace . 121 108 Lt. Derr . 1&5 173 Lt. Ribbeck 94 83 Mr Fleischm'n 194 125 Lt. Edgren 138 151 141 393 130 -447 171 -422 1 2 a -421 145 389 710 2072 109 168 89 133 194 338 sot 3M 452 183 Totals ... .... 712 640 693 2045 Pass The ENGINEER To An other Abbotman—He'll Appreci ate It. Orientation Topic 19 Teams Sign On KBND Show For Cage Loop Opening Monday The purpose of the Arm y’s Orientation program is to mold not just the best trained soldier in the world, nqt just the best equipped soldier in” the world, Nineteen units have entered but the best informed soldier in ! teams in the Post basketball the world, Lt. Elbert Phelps, told a radio audience on the regular I tournament for the 1944 season, Camp Abbot weekly radio pro and playoffs will begin Monday, gram over station KBND last the Special Service Office an night. Lt. Phelps participated in a nounced this week. Entries include Service Com discussion of the Orientation pro pany; Civilian Personnel; Med gram with Lt. V. G.- Henderson, ics; Casual Company; Supply director of the Public Relations Company; 12th Group Officers; Branch, on the “ Camp Abbot on 11th Group Officers; Company Parade” program, written and B, 55th Battalion; Co. A, 56th produced by Staff Sgt. George S. Bn.; Co. B, 56th; Co, A, 59th; Co. Fly. B, 59th; Co. B, 58th; Co. C, 58th; Co. B, 57th; Co. C, 57th; Co. C, pandemonium reigned in the 56th, Co. A, 55th, and the MPs. j heart of the T/4. Suddenly the Co. A, 57th Bn., champion in mess sergeant appeared. Good the 1943 portion of the tourna | old sarge, he would find a way. ment, apparently was content to i But alack, even he was stumped. rest on its laurels and remain Period plans were thumbed, hut out of the running. | there was nothing even in them Contests are scheduled nightly to cover the subject. The mess Mondays through Fridays. The ' sergeant leaned against a crate gym is open to cage teams not in I o f eggs and thought, when sud- the tournament Saturdays and i denly-it came to him. He sprang Sundays. into life like a Section Eight There still is a shortage of ref- i with discharge papers in his I erees for tournament contests, fist. His face relaxed. He had the sports department said. 1 solved it. He looked at the cook, Those interested in officiating threw out his good arm and are urged to register at the All- i cried triumphantly— “ Make cof- ( Purpose building, ’phone 64. ' fee!” Some of IJncle Sam’s luckier service men will 1 m * able to have ' Contests scheduled next week Georgia Carroll, the young lady above, do nice little things for include: Monday — Service Co. As every good supply sergeant them such as sit on their laps and er(M>u them a love song—if they vs. Co. A, 55th; Co. A, 56th, vs. j knows, there must be a “ basis” win Kay Kyser’s weekly quiz show, according to NBC’s sharp- Co. B, 56th, and Medics vs. Co. on every requisitiop. S/Sgt. Mc- eyed publicity experts. “ From now on winners will In* granted any wish they make— such as having the ni«*ss sergeant serve them C, 57th. Tuesday—The Post team ' Ginnis of Co. B, 59th, is a good breakfast' in lM*d,’ they say. They think we’d rather eat breakfast! \ and a WAC unit vie against un supply sergeant, so when he dis named opponents. Wednesday— covered a family of mice had Co. A, 54th, vs. Co. C, 54th; C moved into his supply room and and Civilian Personnel vs. Co. C, were using for a mess hall what (By Camp Newspaper Service) 56th. Thursday—11th Group Of- he considered his domain, S/Sgt. Forty-three major league play I ficers vs. Co. B, 55th; 12th Group McGinnis got sore. Out came a ers have been inducted into the ( Officers vs. Co. B, 58th, and Cas blank requisition, down went ual Co. vs. Co. B, 57th. Friday— McGinnis into his chair and the armed forces since the close of Supply Co. vs. Co. C, 58th and water jacket on the typewriter the baseball season last October. the Post team plays an unknown started to boil. In no time he Hardest hit in the draft were opponent. typed out a requisition for four the St. Louis Cardinals, National | mouse traps. It was complete League champions, who lost Col. Frank S. Besson, ERTC except for the “ basis.” He jump Walker Cooper, their great commander, will award a plaque ed up from the smoking type writer, knocked over two count catcher; Outfielder Harry Walk to cagers of Company A, 57th ers and a case of rifles M-l 1928, er, Second Baseman Lou Klien Battalion, champions in the 1943 spilling two shakers, salt, and and Johnny Hopp, versatile util portion of the Post tournament, one shaker, pepper, and broke ity player. as a highlight of tonight's sports one saw, butcher (22’’ blade), in The world champion New his hurry to look up the correct program at the All-Purpose Rec York Yankees lost Spud Chand basis. He looked through all reation Hall, the Special Service ler, their most valuable player, available pamphlets and A R ’s Office, anounced. and Charley Keller, veteran out but could not find it. Suddenly a Headlining the basketball bill By Cpi. Milton Beck fielder, who was frozen to his smile lit his face (that triumph tonight is a contest between the Which mess sergeant pulled defense job in Baltimore. In ad Post team and a squad from the ant smile which appears on any dition, two other stars, Bill Department of Military Science this one on what troop train? supply sergeant's face when he Dickey and Joe Gordon, have in and Tactics at the University of W ill his fez he red when he reads watches you sign a statement of dicated that they may not play Oregon. The contest will be the this. The troop train was rush charges) and he finished his next year. Post team’s fifth, the unit hav ing down hill, headin’ for the requisition. It looked like this: Among the other players in Article No. Required Basis ing won over two all-Indian depot ( Personnel Replacement ducted were Luke Appling of the Mousetrap 4 No cat teams from the Warm Springs Chicago W hite Sox; Dick Wake Indian Reservation, Bend High Depot), and the boys in the rear P. S. He got the mouse traps. field and Tommy Bridges of De School and the 57th Battalion's car were whoopin’ it up. Excite troit; Mickey Witek of the New championship team in earlier en ment was in the air, bacon on York Giants; Kirby Higbe of the stove and cocoa on the menu. gagements. Brooklyn, and Hi Bithorn of the In a preliminary contest a Suddenly an excited cook started Chicago Cubs. W AC Medics team will vie with dashing hither and yon looking a W AC Administrative unit. for his mess sergeant. There was Maj. Zac S. Breiser has been Pvt. Mike De Cosmo, the for not enough water to make the named Post Engineer at Camp Game time is 7:30 o'clock. mer lightweight fighter, has the beverage. Cocoa, cocoa every Abbot to succeed Maj. Charles biggest pair of feet of any man where, but not a drop to drink. C. Hull, who was ordered to duty his size at Camp Stewart, Ga. The train commander was con with a station complement at MORE ABOUT He’s only five feet five but he sulted, the conductor was called, the Pittsburgh, Cal., Replace wears size 12 kicks. but the train was not in conveni ment Depot. ent territory to take on water. Lt. Bob Saggau, fleet - footed Cocoa relaxed in the can and Buy National War Bonds Now! back on one of Elmer Layden’s (Continued from ra g e One) W W W teams at Notre Dame, has re ceived the Air Medal for heroism USO council. A trained social SEND THE ENGINEER H OM E in a dive-bombing mission ¿n the service worker, she was assign ed here by NCCS from the USO (Fold paper, fasten together, place lH c stamp in South Pacific area. club at Bremerton, Wash. Under corner, mail) Connie Mack, Jr., 31 year-old her supervision as women’s ac From son of the 81-year-old owner and tivities director, large junior and manager of the Philadelphia senior hostess units functioned lVi Athletics, passed his physical the smoothly and a number of wom Cent en's services were included in Stamp other day at the New Cumber the club's program. She will Here land, Pa., reception center. take up residence somewhere in the desert states, on the advice The University of Iowa will of her physician, to check a ser Camp Abbot, Oregon perpetuate the memory of Ens. ious bronchial condition. Nile Kinnick. All American quar- back, who d i e d last June when his navy fighter plane crashed New City. N. Y. (C N S )—Three at sea, with the annual award men were arrested here for hunt of a gold medallion to the stu ing with bows, arrows and klieg dent judged most like him. lights. SPORT SLANTS Cage Champs to Receive Award At Game Tonight Notes From C-59 Post Engineer Vacancy Filled Bend USO