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Camp Abbot, Ore., Feb. 19, 1944 ABBOT ENGINEER Page Four TRIUMPHANT POST C A G E TEAM The talented Camp Abbot En gineers traveled to Redmond Tuesday night and humbled the Pow ell Butte Outlaws 61-34. The convincing victory was No. 9 in a row fo r the Post team and follow ed up a 45-22 shellacking hand ed the Central Oregon Outlaws, at the Recreation hall last week. How easily the men o f Abbot rolled over the All-Stars is evi denced by the fact that four o f the red-clad Engineers broke into double figures in the scor ing column. Sgt. Don Tucker, who has yet to be held under ten points, again paced the sharpshooters, this time with 13. Lt. James Murphy, 6’7” center, chalked up 11. Lt. Robert Demgen, round ing into the form that made him a star at Bradley Tech, had 10 as did Pet. Fred Higgenbothem. The box score: Camp Abbot (61) fg ft tp Tucker, f ................. 6 l 13 Lipe, f ........................ 2 Higgenbothem, f ........ 5 1 0 5 10 Albright, f .............. 2 Kenelly, c 3 0 0 4 6 Murphy, c ................... 5 Demgen, g ................. 5 Laughridge, g ............0 Hanson, g ...................1 1 0 0 0 11 10 0 2 r j j j j w á * £ Y Ufd’/ / '35® á Ê i W ¿kM .'*■ » Post S ignal Photo Lab. ship during the "year. He won the title from the veteran Fritzie Zj Vi <u !°5t ,‘ 7 ° Bob Montgomery o f Philadelphia, and won it back from Montgom ery in a return fight. Sammy Angott is recog- nized as champion by the Na- tional Boxing Association. ______ _______________ Totals .............. Pow ell Butte (34) Cronin, f ...........'. Mayfield, f ........ R ief, c ............... Stoffel, g .......... Kewis, g ............ Supply Company dropped from the ranks o f the unbeaten Wednesday night, losing one o f the thriller-dillers o f Rec H all history to Co. B, 56 Bn., in tw o overtim e periods, 28-27. The game was nip and tuck all the way, and Klinkowitz o f Supply converted a free throw with one second to go to tie the count at 24-24. The first three minute over time was scoreless, neither team getting a decent shot at the bucket. B-56’s Basset potted a long in the second overtim e but the league’s top scorer, Lipe o f Supply, knotted the count once again with a layin. W ith 30 sec onds left, Pizzi of B-56 sank the winning basket. However, Sup p ly’s roly-poly Klinkow itz had another chance to tie it up as he was fouled in the act o f shoot ing just before the last whistle. Klinkowitz made the first one but the second hit the front rim and kicked away. Service chalked up No. 5 to pull within one game o f league leading Casual. The Service boys were also hard put having to pull aw ay from MP., 34-23, a fter lead ing by only only one point with three minutes to go. Other recent scores include: 12th Group O fficers, 33, A-59, 10; B-57, 59, C-55, 26; A-56, 31, _C-56, 29 (o vertim e); B-57, 41, b -59, 27; C-57, 30, C-55, 24; A-56, 46 l l t h G officers, 24; M P, ’ * ’ ’ ’ A C-ob, U, c iv . Per., 40, A-51, 30. S T t v n iN T S _ _ Team W on Lost Seven Fast Bouts Open Tournament :J The sound o f flyin g fists re- Civilian Personnel .............5 sounded to all corners o f the Re- B-56 .................................. 5 creation Hall Thursday night as 4 A -RR 3 the post boxing tournament _ ” ................................... , 0 P£nod. (C N S Sporta Correspondent) ASK ME A N O TH E R During 1943, new champions UNDERSTAND? A N S W E R S TO ASK ME ANO TH ER QUIZ 1. Rudy York, o f Detroit, top ped both m ajor leagues in home runs, runs batted in and total bases last year. He hit fo r the circuit 34 times, knocked in 118 runs and made 149 assists in the field ,a new record fo r first basemen. 2. Amos Alonzo Stagg, 81-year- old coach o f the College o f the Pacific team, was voted foot ball's “ coach o f the year.” His club lost tw o games in nine. 3.Count Fleet, Mrs. John D. Hertz' matchless colt, was the top all-around horse o f the year. Camp Abbot headquarters The Count won six races in six starts and compiled winnings of units were commended on $170,000 in the process. their “cooperative attitude and 4. Miss Patty Berg, now a lieu dtlllgence" by Col. Frank S. tenant in the Marine Corps, won Besson, ERTC Commander, the Tam o' Shanter in Chicago and was voted the outstanding last week. Pointing out that woman athlete o f the year fo r it's impossible to have superior doing it. training without superior ad 5 The Chicago Bears won the ministration. Col. Besson re National Professional football championship by defeating the vealed that recent reports of Washington Redskins in a play inspections show that t amp o ff at Chicago. 41 to 21. Abbot's administration is on a 6. Stan Musial. St. Louis Car dinals' outfielder, led the N a par «1th the Center's "super tional League in batting, hits, ior" training program. doubes. triples and total bases. His .357 batting average was the best in either league. Pass The E N G IN E E R T o An 7. Beau Jack, the Georgia shoe- other Abbotman— H e'll Appreci shine boy, won. lost and regain ed the N ew York version o f the ate It. 1 1 2 9 ** l ............................ * The regulation boxing ring !r ....................... t set up on the gymnasium floor J } UP' u .................................^ was the scene o f seven fast ’ ® ....................................£ fights, three o f which w ere ^ knockouts, two decisions and ^ tw o draws. S-T®, ................. ^ In the fastest go o f the eve- s ................................. ^ ning, 124 lb. Paul Fim frock o f t .':? ................................. .. C-58 knocked out Maurice Bar-1 GP- 0 ......................... 1 ton, 121, C-59, in the second ................................... .. round. Gigantic L a rry Kerns, ’’ ® ...............................— 278 lbs. o f protoplasm from ‘j? ....................................® Commander Lauds Headquarters Men If the young lady is too « e ll rlolhod to suit your fancy, please don't Ihink we're becoming llays-offlcc-lsh— it's Just that she has a winsome smile, the picture has good composition and we're par ttcularly fond of the lower portion of the- photograph. The gal is Connie Haines of N B t '* Abbot and Costello program, if that makes any difference. r ^ » ! , ^ ^ ® ® _ ® ® 4 • ® J N E W USO D IRECTO R During the absence o f Robert Weis, director o f the USO club in Bend, who was called to Port land fo r his pre-induction physi cal examination, Bill Frey, o f the Olympia, Washington USO will be in charge o f the local service men’s club. Pass The E N G IN E E R To A n other Abbotman— H e'll Appreci ate It. LIFERS AVFRS WHERE you have been or where you might be going is your business, no one else's The oceans are deep, wide and rough—you can't swim back, you know' T E L L the girls nothing except how pretty they are. That's all they should be interested in anyway One might be. a blonde from Berlin.