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Camp Abbot, Ore., May 20, 1944 ABBOT ENGINEER Page Four WAC Ball Team Being Organized SPORTS C-54th, C-58th 57th Boxers Lay On Top Spots in Claim to Record Softball League Abbot’s softball tournament breezed into hot and heavy going this week with four games in the American League and six in the National League. C-54 bat ted out a win over C-55, 11 to 10, to make it four victories in a row which hoisted ’em to the top National spot. In the American League C-58 crawled up to the elevated seat by slugging in 4 runs while A-58 Stood around and watched, get ting none. In other American League contests, Service Co. beat C-57, 13 to 5. A-56 swamped C-56, 9 to 0, while the Medics took C-56 for the same figure. National League games saw A-54 win from MPs, 13 to 7. Sup ply Co. lost to A-54 by the skin of their proverbial teeth, 9 to 10. B-55 taught their neighbors, A-55 a lesson with a score of 23 to 14. E-54 got one tally which they nursed while C-54 was get ting 21. C-54 got an easy win over A-54 with a score of 12 to 2. Here are the standings: A m erican League W on C -5 8 ......... 11-57 . I: • ........ ......................................... 1 S e r v i c e C o. .....................................1 A -r .« ..... ......................................... 1 C -5 7 ____ M e t ! ics . . . ......................................... 1 A -58 ____ B -5 6 . ......................................... 0 C -5 6 ......... N a tio n a l L eagu e C -5 4 ......... B -5 5 ......................................... 3 A -5 4 ......................................... 3 2 11-51 ......... C -5 5 ......... O ffic e r s . ......................................... 0 A --. , M P C o . . . .........................................0 Lost 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 Rec Hall Ramblings The guys on B-55 softball team deserve genuine praise for good sportsmanship. When the A-55 team didn’t show up until after the deadline set for the game, rather than see ’em miss the boat, the B-55 gang gave them a chance to win. That kind of stuff pays off. obviously, as B-55 won 23 to 14. A real pat on the back to Cpl. Bilyeu of C-58! Stepping out of bed Tuesday after being in the hospital, the corporal pitched the first no-hitter of the current softball season In a tilt between C-58 and A-58. Score: 4 to 0. Bilyeu, it will be recalled by bas ketball fans, was high-score man o f the A 56 hoop champs. Pvt. Meredith. B57, 135 lb w restler, has a yen for a grunt nnd groan go. An excellent add ed attraction to one of Camp Abbot’s popular boxing shows eh what? Companies needing 14-ounce gloves for GI sluggers can se cure them by contacting Sgt. Leo Fritz at the Rec hall. Limit: one set to a company. Measles Halt Abbot W A C Tour of Service Command A case of measles last week temporarily halted the tour of Cpl. Mildred Robichaux of the Special Service Branch, who re cently joined a contingent of WACs accompanying an Army Service Forces exhibit through the Fourth Service Command. According to word received here. Corporal Robichaux is confined in the Kennedy General Hospital in Memphis. Tenn. The 57th Battalion set some sort of record when members of the unit appeared in a series of preliminary bouts on the Post’s spring boxing tournament card at the recreation hall recently, battalion officials point out. A few hours after Lt. Philip Kulbes, athletic officer, an nounced in battalion mess halls he was seeking boxers to par ticipate in Post boxing programs, four trainees approached him and announced they’d like to fight “ tonight, if possible.” A series of bouts was ar ranged for the regular Friday night program later in the week, and fighters from the 57th, with out benefit of training, appeared in six of the nine preliminary bouts on the card. This start has given us the right to claim the title, “ The Fighting 57th,” Lieutenant Kul bes said: “ Beginning next week the men are going to report for training and conditioning, and we’re going to keep that title. No one can better us at it.” Camp Abbot WACs are in the process of organizaing a softball team, according to a statement by Lt. H. L. Hansen, Athletic Officer. The girls have been working out for the past week, in the modest expectation of taking a game or so away from practically anybody. "What is needed now,” said Lt. Hansen, “ is a team made up from the girls in Civilian Per sonnel.” A recent ASF memo randum urges all athletic equip ment be made available to civil ian personnel. “ We have been doing that all the time,” he said, “and we are not only willing, but anxious to furnish softball equipment to civilians.” Plans for such a team, how ever, are obscure at the mo- meni. It is hoped they will ma terialize soon enough to provide a team of civilian girls early in the season. House Passes, ' Returns GI Bill êî Æ WOT CHA M EAN—PU T MV NICKEL IN N O W !” 'Khaki Kapers’ All-WAC Show Sing and Train, Slogan for GIs Following several days of de bate, the house passed the “ GI In connection with the desire bill of rights” by a roll-call vote of 367 to 0 last Thursday after expressed by Col. Frank S. Bes striking out an amendment that son, commanding officer, that would have prohibited unions A unique edition of the Khaki Camp Abbot become what has from requiring veterans to hold Kapers show was presented at been described as a “ singing a union card to work in a the Service Club Thursday night command,” Lt. Helen Martin of “closed shop.” when an all-WAC performance T h e maximum government made its appearance in observ the Special Services branch was guaranteed loan to veterans was ance of the second anniversary interviewed this week to ascer raised by the house from $1500 of the Woman's Arm y Corps. tain what is on hand in the to $2500, but the period of un- Emceed by Sgt. Buddy Hyde, way of singing “materiel.” employment compensation The Sad Sacks came through and moving at a snappy pace, According to Lieutenant Mar coverage was not increased from with three straight wins over the show included several songs tin, each battalion is equipped 26 to 52 weeks, as was generally the Neophytes Wednesday night by Pvt. Emma Hudak, and a with the Arm y Song Book, and] expected. The house rejected to lengthen their lead in the tap routine by Sgt. Ruth Smith. each trainee coming to the post | amendments to reduce loan in Post spring bowling league.. In Sgt. Christine Conder floated is handed a word edition of it. j test rates from 6 to 4 per cent. other contests, Headquarters softly into “ I ’ll Get By,” and a The collection consists mainly Rejected also was the amend Hotshots won three games over W AC trio comprised »o f Cpl. of old favorites. ment to ban payment of unem the Medics, the Wildcats defeat- Bernice Stephens, Pfc. Anna Me Another source of song sup ployment benefits to veterans ed the Strikers in three games Cloud and Pfc. Lois Bonkoski, ply is the monthly edition of the who engage in strikes. and the Quartermasters won delivered a ditty entitled, “ Ser- Hit Kit, which includes current j The bill has now been return two from Wahee Courts. Cap- geant and the Wacky.” numbers adjudged by a commit ] ed to the senate with a score tain Wilson, Wahee Courts, took The highlight of the evening tee to be the most popular of of amendments, the house com the evening’s high game honors was reached with a fashion the moment. One copy of the mittee having virtually re-writ with a 234. show in which 20 articles of score is delivered to each bat ten the measure, and conferences Standings: W AC uniform were displayed. talion, the Service Club and are expected to be necessary to Team Points WACs from the motor pool other possessors of pianos, ac compromise differences b e- Sad Sacks ........... ......... 20 sang the Motor Corps song. companied by 50 copies of the tween the two branches. Wahee C ou rts..... ......... 15 iThere was also a military drill lyrics. Special Services is try Wildcats .............. ......... 15 by W AC members of that ing to have the number of word Knoxville, T e n n . (C N S )— Strikers .............. ......... 12 branch. editions increased. Charged with riding a mule Medics 10 Sgt. Agho Tiemann’s orches What with the tunes carried down West Fifth avenue while Headquarters Hotshots . 10 tra provided the music. into camp in the vicinity of every drunk, Ralph Lomax explained Neophystes ................... 7 trainee’s larynx, lt is expected to the court that he wasn't real Quartermasters ............. 7 j that our days “ shall be filled ly intoxicated. “ I was merely In Tuesday night contests the with music.” suffering from indigestion,” he Wood Choppers took two out of said. three from Personnel to main When You’ve Read it— Please tain their lead in the Tuesday The second stage of the post Pass The ENGINEER AROUND. Buy National W ar Bonds Now ! night league, while the Pin Split- i spring boxing tournament will tors won two over Palmers Pups materialize next Friday night at and the Screw Balls defeated the 7 bells, when teams from 55th 1 * 4 by U w 8-Balls in two contests. Cox, and 56th battalions launch into Quartermaster regular, scored a preliminary bouts at the Rec 203 for high game while tem hall, Sgt. Leo Frizzo, athletic porarily filling in on the Person coach, said today. nel team. Fighters in all weight classes Standings: have been whipping themselves Team Points into shape for the coming slug- Wood Choppers fests for several days, Sgt. Frizzo ...... 14 Pin S p litters.......... ....... 11 declared, and according to a Personnel ........... ....... 9 sneak preview r e p o r t e d by Screw Balls ........... ....... 8 grapevine agents, the g o i n g S Balls should prove well worth observ ____ 4 ing. Palmers Pups . . .... .. 2 Sad Sacks, Wood Choppers Still Lead Alley Loop Boxing Show to Continue Friday The W olf Officer Goes East to Study Lt. Jesse N. Bailey. Post Orientation Officer, left Thurs day for Lexington, Va., where he will attend an orientation ed ucational course given by the army at Washington-Lee Univer sity, it has been announced. Immediately upon completion of the special course, which will extend from May 24 to June 21, Lt. Bailey will return to this sta tion. by Sansone Contributing Cartoonist Is Muralist for Mess Hall This week's cartoon showing a bewildered GI using a 'phone in the field was contributed by Pvt. Anton Heisler Jr., former San Antonio, Tex., architect. In addition to doing a little on-the- side cartooning. Private Heisler is finding time to do murals in pastels -for the company's mess hall. Another of his hobbies is building flying model airplanes powered by small gasoline mo tors. r-sAHÿ ro ^ . . , ¿ I)})/■’!- i I PVT. « A 3 \ iY \V, B £ i> * i " ' ‘ W e ll— w haddya expect fer two-bit *??1