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About Abbot engineer. (Camp Abbot, Or.) 1943-1944 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1944)
MP Unit Takes — S P O R T S — Casuals to Win 52nd Bn. Fighter Takes Volleyball Loop Post Heavyweight Title Brown of Company C, 52nd B attalion won a technical knock out over B ryant of Co. C, 53rd Bn., in the first round last week to take the heavyw eight cham pionship of Cam p Abbot and wind up the Post spring boxing tournam ent between units of th e 11th Group. O ther bouts on th e Post Recreation H all card i n c l u d e d one championship m atch in which M artinez of C-52 decisioned Gelmini of B-54 and a series of nine exhibition tiffs. Champions in the v a r i o u s w eight classes, four of whom gained their titles the preceding week, include: 127 pounds— Kitchenakow, B-54, and Andrico, C-51; 135 pounds—Nelson, A-53; 145 pounds — Hernandez, C-54; 155 p o u n d s — M artinez: 165 pounds — Tolmasoff, C-52; 175 pounds—Lopey, B-53; unlim ited weight Brown. Hernandez, who w as scheduled to m eet Beebe of C-51 Friday night, won when the la tte r defaulted because of a hand injury. Kitchenakow and Andrico tied for top honors in th e ir class when both defaulted because of injuries. Team scores a t the close of th e tourney w ere: 52nd Bn., 18 points; 53rd Bn., 16; 54th Bn., 12, Top Kick Sports Nine Hash Marks; Joined in 1907 Camp Abbot, Ore., May 13, 1944 ABBOT ENGINEER Page Four and 51st Bn., 7. In the shortest bout of the ex hibition variety, “W hirlwind” Joslin of A-57 knocked out M ar row of C-57 in 50 seconds of the first round. In other exhibition bouts: Ames of A-57 won a TKO over Plutarco, A-57, in the first round. Montez, C-52, decisioned Welch of the 53rd Battalion. Welch, ju st out of the hospital, w as not in top form . Montez, who lost a num ber of points in an earlier bout because of rough tactics, fought an unusually clean fight. H ernandez, C-54, and Berios, C-52, fought to a draw. O’H agan, Casual Co., deci sioned Scalph, C-52. Unable to land a glove on his opponent in the first round, O’H agan got his range in the second and began to accum ulate points. Jungle, A-57, fought Salas, C-52, to a draw. Cabuto, C-57, decisioned Bat- tialigia, A-57. Vaiz, C-57, won a slow fight over McCaslin, C-57. Lopey, w i n n e r in th e 175- pound class two weeks ago, fought to a draw w ith “W hirl wind” Joslin, in a two-round ex hibition. The Post cham pionship volley ball crown w ent to a""dark horse W ednesday night w h e n MP Com pany w rested two straig h t gam es from Casual Co. in the to urnam ent finals. Scores in both contests w ere 15 to 6. In the semi-finals, the MPs took th e 55th Battalion Officers 15 to 8 and 15 to 13, and Casual Com pany won its shot a t the title by defeating the 53rd Of ficers, 13 to 15, 15 to 8, and 15 to 6. Elimination* of the two of ficer team s cam e as a su rp rise to sp o rts fans; both had show n pow er earlier in the season. Casual Co. w as handicapped by the absence of its s ta r player, Sgt. Casebeer. Originally scheduled as a dou ble elim ination tournam ent, the playoff w as changed to single elim ination by agreem ent be tw een com peting teams. Service Com pany has chal lenged th e cham pionship MP squad to a contest at the Post Recreation Hall a t 7 p.m. Mon day. L oser will buy fo u r cases of beverage. Clarinet Player Wants Fish Club Rec Hall Ramblings O N TOUR C O R P O R A L R O B IC H A U X Cpl. Mildred Robichaux, check ing h er w rist w atch in front of the road sign in H eadquarters Circle, isn’t contem plating a journey to the capital city of either of our enemies — yet. Right now she is in o r near Memphis, Tennessee, having left her desk in the Special Services branch a t Camp Abbot to join the contingent of WACS accom panying an A rm y Service Forces exhibit through the F o u rth Serv ice Command. Corporal R o b ic h a u x , who comes from Chauvin, Louisiana, is, as h er nam e suggests, of F rench descent. Slender, with dark, curly hair, laughing eyes, and an unusually placid disposi tion, she finds ser social engage ment calendar unusually crowd ed. She will re tu rn to Camp Ab bot about Ju ly 15. Pvt. R alph M. Kenton, clari netist in the 362nd A rm y Serv ice Forces band, who claims th at as a basic here he knew nothing In the softball gam e between about fishing until “a few tro u t B-54 and Casual Company, the com m itted suicide on my line,” first four men from B-54 to is w illing to spread the gospel | 15 New Classical Music reach the plate scored home , of his la ter e n l i g h t e n m e n t Albums Available at Club runs. B-54 won 27 to 2. Casual am ong aspiring anglers. T rain F ifteen new album s of re Com pany has since announced ees interested in form ing a fish cordings—all opera and classical it w ill w ithdraw rrom the to u rn ing club, to exchange pointers —w ere received this week by am ent. on outw itting th e inhabitants of the Service Club, it has been the Deschutes and swap ac announced. The disks are played None of the th ree 58th Bat counts of th eir exploits, can con in a reg u lar scheduled concert talion team s entered in the Post tact P riv ate K enton at band at the G uest House every Sun softball tourney have been de headquarters. day evening beginning a t 7:30. feated to date. Coach for the In general, fishing this week In addition, interested persons squad is L ieutenant Baird. has been good. Lt. Jam es R. may draw out any desired selec Rodgers probably snared the tion at an y tim e and the record The boxing bout between E n prize catch. I t w as a 15-inch will be played for them. riquez, Post cham p in th e 165- silver fish w ith a few black Recorded dance m usic and pound class and O’H agan, run- spots on each side and m eat the popular num bers may be played nerup, is off tem porarily. E n ri ' color of salm on. It was des at the Service Club. quez, on bivouac when O’H agan patched a t the Rodgers table be issued his challenge, now is on fore identification. FORUM RESCHEDULED furlough. T he open forum on “T he W ar T he com bination of P rivate I Kenton and Cpl. Jess Castio —Brought Up to D ate,” post If fights last week a re any in poned because of unforeseen cir dication, Camp Abbot is due for have had notable catches of Ger cum stances th is week, will be som e bang-up boxing cards in m an Browns and Loch Levens held at the G uest House Monday ranging in size from 18 to 24 the n ear future. inches. They find the river above evening at 8 o’clock. Pvt. Samuel F o u r ta rg e ts now a re avail the ponton area the m ost pro Finifter, form er WMCA new s caster, will lead the discussion. able to the potential “Robin lific. Lt. George W. Ealey is report- ' Hoods' of the Post. T he equip m ent has been installed in the ed to have caught 22 German The Wolf drill field northw est of the ob Browns last week-end. add fishing story stacle course. Lt. H. L. H ansen of the Spe Leading exponent of th e “back cial Services branch is try in g to to n atu re" cult at Cam p Abbot secure a num ber of fly rods and is Pfc. F red C herry of Service reels. If he is successful, the Company, form er sta ff w riter rods will be m ade available to for the EN GIN EER. Low tem enlisted personnel through the p eratures are no obstacle to the Rec Hall. i n t r e p i d journ alist when it comes to sleeping under the stars. T Sgt. Robert Meador, as signed this week as a first ser geant in the 12th Group, is the object of reverential glances from post trainee's. Sources of in terest are the nine service stripes extending the length of his forearm , and a gold clasp over his good conduct ribbon a t testing to his having qualified fo r th a t recognition m ore than once. Sergeant Meador, who came here from the U niversity of Idaho, w here he was an adm in istrative assistant and tau g h t in th e ROTC for seven years, en listed in the A rm y at F ort Moul trie, S. C., in 1907. A fter two hitches, he left the service. Be cause of his " e s s e n t i a l w ar w ork” w ith the H ercules Powder Com pany during the first World W ar, he was unable to get into th a t fight, but in 1919 he took th e first opportunity to reenlist. H e has been in alm ost continu ously since, his total num ber of years in the service being 28 years. From 1925 to 1927 Sergeant Meador served in Manila, P. I. R eturning to the “S tates,” he passed through Japan. Asked how the Japanese im pressed him a t that tim e, he says, “I never did like the Japanese." Of the WACs at Cam p Abbot, he had this to say : “I think they an- doing a fine thing, and be lieve they are m orale builders ju s t by being around." Cam p Abbot men from Brook lyn will be interested to know All “C” com panies on th e post th a t Sergeant Meador w as sta a re in process of becoming spe tioned at F ort H am ilton in 1912, cialist companies, Capt. W illiam probably before most of them S. Roberts Jr., personnel assign w ere born. m ent officer, has announced. T rainees destined for specialist Teaneck, N. J. (C N St—A pa schools on the post will be tran s tient in a hospital here found ferred during th eir first five th e bed too short for his six foot weeks. Selection of tentative special fo u r inch fram e so he bought one to fit him. W hen he was dis ists is made by interview on the charged he left the bed behind— basis of education o r training, for the use of futu re oversized civilian occupation, hobbies, and patients. other factors. Specialists to Form 'C* Units Dogs Available A t Post Kennels T hree dogs will be given to any individual o r organization interested in picking them up. the Post veterin arian announced early this week. Dogs were de scribed as: (1) Black and w hite long-haired m ale te rrie r (m ixed); (2) black and white, smooth-haired m ale te rrie r; (3) d ark brindle m ale bull (m ixed). New owners m u st have dogs vaccinated for rabies before ta k ing them from th e P ost dog pound if the anim als are to re m ain on the Post. Persons in ter ested are urged to call th e vet erinarian, 'phone 111. Softball League Anybody's Race, Standings Show T hree team s w ere tied in the N ational League and five in the A merican League th is w eek as Camp Abbot’s softball to u rn a m ent got under way. Tied for top spot in the N ational w ere Supply Company, C-54 and B-55 w ith two w ins and no losses each, and in the Am erican C-51, A-57, A-58 and B-58, each w ith one win and no losses. Two units, C asual Com pany and 11th G r o u p Cadre, an nounce they would drop out of th e running, S /S g t. Leo Frizzo, coach fo r th e Special Service Office, said. Scores fo r th e w eek In th e A m erican L eague w ere: C-58, 15, Medical D etachm ent, 0; B-58, 5, A-56, 2; A-58, 12, B-56, 4; C-57, 5, C-56, 4; A-57, 10, C-56, 4 and A-56, 10, B-56, 6. In th e N ational: B-54, 27, Casual Co., 2; C-54, 10, MP Co., O; A-55, 5, Supply Co., 13; B-55, 12, 11th G roup Cadre, 9; C-55, 9, H eadquarters Offi cers, 8; A-54, 18, Casual Co., 14; Supply Co., 23, B-54, 10; B 55, 13, C-55, 7, and A-54, 2, C-54, 12. Standings am ong team s not tied for lead positions: N ational League Team Won L ost C-55 .................... ...... 1 1 A-54 .................... ...... 1 1 B-54 .................... ...... 1 1 A-55 .................... ...... 0 1 Hq. O fficers .... ...... 0 1 MP Co................. ...... 0 1 Med. D et............. ...... 0 1 Service Co................. 0 0 Am erican L eague Team Won Lost A-56 .................... ...... 1 1 2 B-56 ........................... 0 2 C-56 ........................... 0 B-57 ........................... 0 0 Officers' Club Calendar Lists Concert by Band Selections from th e program to be presented by th e 362nd A rm y Service Fores band, under th e direction of W a rra n t Officer C harles S. Spalding, at the Vic to ry C enter in P o rtlan d Monday, will be heard in a concert to be given by th e band at the Cam p Abbot officers’ club from 7:30 to 8:30 T hursday evening. O ther events scheduled for th e club a re the form al dance to night; inform al dance, May 20; “P a rty fo r Guys and Gals Who Live on the Post," May 23, and form al an n iversary dance, May 27. P ass The EN G IN EER To An oth er Abbotm an—He'll A ppreci ate It. by Sansone
