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
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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