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Page Six
Friday Night's
Slugfest Holds
Shot At Crown
NEW YORK—Ernie (The Rock)
Durando and Paddy Young a pair
of all-offense no defense fighters
battle it out tomorrow night in the
semi-final of the American middle
weight elimination tournament. The
fight is rated an even money af
fair.
The two sluggers will clash for
the fifth time but this Madison
Square Garden scrap will be over
the 12-round route. The winner is
supposed to meet Carl (Bobo) Ol
son of San Francisco in the final
round of the tourney set up by the
joint board of the NBA and the
New York Athletic Commission.
Olson the No. 1 U. S. middle
weight has said however that he
will not participate in the tourney.
The transplanted Hawaiian is hop
ing to fight England's Randy Tur-
pin in London this June.
The 10 p.m. (EST) bout will be
ad as A a a
(NBC) nationally.
Ike Williams the former light
weight champion from Trenton N.
J. continues his comeback as a
welterweight on Saturday night
when he faces sharp-shooting Vic
Cardell of Hartford Conn. at the
Philadelphia Met. Ike is a 17 to 10
favorite to win the ten rounder.
The bout will start at 9 p.m. EST
and will be telecast coast-to-coast
by ABC.
Lightweights Wallace (Bud)
Smith of Cincinnati and Orlando
Zulueta of Cuba meet in the Mon
day night TV bout out of Brook
lyn's Eastern Parkway Arena.
Smith who held undefeated John
ny Saxton to a draw recently is a
17 to 10 choice to win the ten round
er. Starting time is 10 p.m. EST
with DuMont telecasting.
Company Softball
Sets Off A Clamor
At North Ft. Hood
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ring" is the motto for most of the
athletic minded soldiers at North
Fort Hood.
The dust never has a chance to
settle on North Fort's two Softball
diamonds. All of the companies of
Reserve Command have teams en
tered in the Special Services lea
gues and when the rigorous train
ing schedule permits they have no
difficulty fielding a team.
Most of the play however is
done on an intra-mural scale. The
platoons pair off within the com
pany and go at it with bat and
glove at a fast pace.
As long as sunny skies prevail
Special Services expects the cla
mor for softball the nations num
ber one participator sport to con
tinue. As one tournament finishes
they expect to replace it with an
other.
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SLIDE MAN SLIDE! yell the the fans Emil Zeni of the 18th
Training Co. as he barely makes it to third on the NFH softball
field. From the same company is the baseman James Rhodes. The
game is intra company. Umpire James Pisoni of Reserve Com
mand Special Services. (NFH—PIO) (Photo By Hansen.)
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Many men of the 1st Armored Division will soon change from
khaki to civilian clothes with the Stouthearted Men of Fort Hood losing
several outstanding athletes.
Ralph Bolton outstanding football player for two post champion
ship teams will be leaving soon. Bolton played with the undefeated
Infantry Doughs of 1951 and then kept his winning streak going by
winning eight straight with Division Troops. The 215-pound guard
will return to the college ranks and wear the colors of the Mississippi
State Maroons.
KNOWN AS "HORSE"
One of the hardest hitters ever to play on Prichard Field Ralph
or "Horse" as he is affectionately called by his friends was an all-star
selection this year.
Also leaving the ranks will be Pat Donovan Fourth Army short-
distance swimming champion who has ruled the Hood water lanes for
two years Carmen Anzivino two letterman on the gridiron and dia
mond Jimmy Quawrells Fourth boxing champion in 1951 and runner-
up in the all-Army featherweight division and Myron Hoffman star
right-hander for the 702nd AIB who was the best pitcher on this post
for the past two years.
Swishers are ballplayers or in the vernacular baseball players
and at Fort Hood we have had. several who have clouted them out of
the park for two years. Bill Maley Memphis flash Jim Pisoni St.
Louis slugger and Vic Fassero hard-hitting outfielder are among the
many that leave for late spring practice and then the 1953 baseball
season.
JOINED FORCES
Maley played on the 702nd AIB team that took second place
honors in '51 while Fassero was with the championship 501st MP
team. Pisoni was a 634th AIB centerfielder. In 1952 all three joined
the forces of the 501st MP's through the winter months. The policemen
defeated the 702nd AIB squad in the J52 World. Series at Fort Hood
in four straight games with the "big 3" leading the way.
Now they are leaving Hood to try for bigger honors and glory
in the major leagues. Pisoni and Fassero will be team-mates with the
San Antonio Missions while catcher Maley goes to spring practice with
Waterloo Sox.
Bergstrom AF Base
Hosting Auto Races
Bergstrom Air Force Base the America a strictly amateur or-
home of the 12th and 27th Strategic
Fighter Wings will become the
temporary headquarters for ap
proximately 100 low sleek high-
priced foreign-made cars which will
compete in the Lone Star National
Sports Car Races April 12.
These races the newest and fan
ciest sport in America are being
staged to provide funds to improve
living conditions for Bergstrom's
airmen. The Sports Car Club of
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to provide thrills in this national
event. Club officials predict speeds
in excess of 150 miles per hour on
the four and one-half mile closed
track. The track will be laid out
on the runways of Bergstrom Air
Force Base.
The schedule includes: at 9
a.m. a 75-mile race for ail classes
production model sports cars at
10:45 a.m. a 75-mile race all class
es modified sports cars 12:15 p.
m. 150-mile race under 1500 cc.
displacement modified and pro
duction sports cars 3:15 p.m. 200-
mile rarfl over 1500cc. displace
ment modified and production
sports cars. The races will be run
regardless of weather.
These costly cars are causing
great excitement among sports car
devotees in the Southwest. Al
though this type of racing is new
to this part of the country it is
rapidly becoming one of the great
est spectator sports in the nation.
Bergstrom Air Force Base officials
are making arrangements to take
care of some 100000 fans at the
all-day event.
Among famous sports enthusiasts
and drivers to be present are:
Fred G. Wacker of Chicago Pres
ident of the SCCA driving a Cad
illac-Allard Briggs Cunningham
of Palm Beach Ha. driving a
Frazer-Nash Johnny Fitch of
Stamford Conn. leading driver of
the SCCA and consistent first-place
winner driving a Cunningham
Art Cheatham Lakeland Fla.
driving a Jaguar Bill Spear Palm
Beach driving a Ferrari Arthur
Feuerbacher Jr. St. Louis driv
ing a Jaguar and many others.
Advance sale tickets are now
available at $2.00 each. Checks
should be made payable to Lone
Star National Sports Car Races
and mailed to The Lone Star Na
tional Sports Car Races Bergstrom
Air Force Base Austin Texas.
Children under 12 years of age will
be admitted free when accompani
ed by parents.
The outdoor track and field sea
son always an exciting part of
Fort Hood's sports program of
ficially makes its debut May 8-9
when the Post championships
featuring 17 events takes place.
As an added attraction for the
'cinder set' the Fourth Army meet
will also be held at Prichard Field
—for the second consecutive year.
In prepartion for the two meets
Prichard Field will be available
to all interested personnel from
5:30 p. m. 'til 8 p. m. beginning
April 1.
TRACK GEAR AVAILABLE
It will not be necessary for par
ticipants to have their own equip
ment—the finest track gear avail
able will be issued to anyone re
questing it. Coaches will be select
ed by Special Services to supervise
the practice sessions.
Trophies and awards will be pre
sented to winners and runners-up
in each event of the Post tourna
Significantly according to the
Chief Clerk the present reports in
clude the killing of only one per
son when mistaken for wild game.
And this happened before the legal
season opened.
The Chief Clerk said principal
causes of fatalities last fall were
the old mistakes. One man died
when he pulled his shotgun muz
zle first through a barbed wire
fence. Another died when he pulled
his shotgun muzzle first toward
him in a duck boat. Another killed
himself while using a gun to dis
patch a crippled duck. Another
was fatally shot by his own rifle
when he stumbled and fell while
chasing a wounded deer. One man
killed himself while hunting rabbits
when the trigger of his cocked gun
caught in some brush. A dove hunt
er suffered the same fate.
One hunter killed his companion
when brush caused his gun to dis
charge. A fourteen year old boy
was killed when he tried to help
another boy clear a jammed shot
gun. One man was killed while
seated in a hunting camp when a
comrade's gun was discharged as
he tried to eject shells from it.
Wrestled Bears
But Now He's In
Co. C 634th AIB
(CCB-PIO)—When it comes to
close-in hand to hand combat the
instructors of CC "B" may turn to
Pvt. J. W. Sample for a few point
ers in throwing your opponent re
gardless of size or ferocity.
For eighteen months prior to en
tering the Army Sample worked
with Daily Brothers Circus tour
ing the country as a bear wrestler.
Weighing some 225 pounds less
than his furry opponent he nor
mally had Bruin down for the full
count in less than five minutes.
"The secret for successful bear
wrestling is to convince the bear
that you are just as big and rough
as he is" so says Sample.
Sample has a very convincing
way about him for he has never
lost a tussle with his gargantuan
opponent though he was resound
ingly slapped to the canvas two or
three times.
ment. Eighteen top performers will
be selected to represent the Post
in the Fourth Army meet that will
be held here May 22-24. Men chosen
for this team will be placed on
temporary duty beginning May 11
for the purpose of full time train
ing.
Events in both the Post and the
Fourth Army meets will include
100 220 and 440 yard dashes half
one and two mile runs 120 high
and 220 low hurdles broad jump
pole vault shot put discus high
jump and javelin 440 880 and one
mile relays.
A MONTH TO TRAIN
With Prichard Field being read
ied so that it will be in the finest
posisble shape for the meet and
with more than a month in which
to train this year's outdoor track
season promises to be one of the
best ever held at Fort Hood.
Last year the 25th AIB repre
senting CC "B" and sparked by C.
The Fort Hood Classic Bowling league completed league com
petition March 18 with the US Hospital CC'B" and Reserve Com
mand deadlocked in a tie for first place honors.
At three-game roll-off series was held between the three teams
and when it ended it saw Reserve Command copping top honors CC
"B" taking second place and the US Hospital finishing third. The re
sults were:
Team— 1st Game 2nd Game 3rd Game Series
Reserve Command 799 918 832 2549
CC "B" 782 813 776 2371
US Hospital 796 691 870 2357
Death Toll Down
Among Hunters
At Last Report
HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES WERE:
Thomas CC "B"' 133 206 199
Jeziorski Res. Com 152 189 193
Comeau Res. Com 152 174 201
Spatidol. U. S. Hospital 167 162 192
HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAMES WERE:
Thomas CC "B" 206
Walsmith US Hospital 204
Comeau Res. Com 201
AUSTIN March 25—The Chief
Clerk of the Game and Fish Com
mission said that- an incomplete
tabulation of accident reports from
the last hunting season indicates
a sharp di'op in casualties.
He emphasized that this occured
in the face of a record number of
hunting licenses issued and sug
gested safety measures might be
responsible.
The Chief Clerk said tabulations
to date show only 15 deaths from
gunfire compared to thirty for the
previous year. He explained that
this total doubtless will be increas
ed by belated statistics from the
state's 254 counties.
Fun For All
The CC "B" rifle teams open the
spring season with a "bang" on
April* Fool's at the indoor rifle
range across from the Main Post
Exchange.
King baseball makes its 1953 de
but at Fort Hood with the opening
ing game slated for? Red Lindsey
Field on May 2. Teams participat
ing in the season's opener1 are yet
to be revealed.
Fans may be assured of the tra?
ditional pre-game opening of the
season ceremonies with the Divis
ion band on hand and- the tossing of
the first ball by a notable yet to
be selected.
Containing eleven teams from the
major battalion size units of the
1st Armored Post and Killeen
Base league play will continue
until play-off time August 15-21.
Winner of these play-offs will
carry Fort Hood's colors to the
Fourth Army Tourney at Fort Sam
Houston September 8-13.
Softball a rising competitor to
baseball as the most popular sum
mer game also opens play on May
2.
COMPANY LEVEL
Organized on company level 37
teams will be entered in competi
tion divided among three leagues
with the winners and runner-up of
each league battling in play-offs
August 6-10 for the Fort Hood
championship.
Softball fans at Fort Hood' are
assured some top flight play dur
ing the regular season with strong
teams entered in both leagues. For
further enjoyment the 1st Armored
Div. and Fort Hood are hosts for
the Fourth Army Softball Tourna
ment August 18-23.
Swimming ranked near first
place in popularity as an outdoor
pastime will make its splash with
the opening of the Post pools May
1 or earlier if the weatherman
permits. No open competition for
Post Army Track And Field
Meets Slated For Hood In May
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534
527
521
B. Shepperd ran away with team
honors by amassing 8IV2 points.
Artillery was second with 62 and
Reserve Command was third with
18.
Runners representing the 25th
AIB took eight of nine firsts garner
ed by CC "B" in the 17 event finals.
Shepperd personally accounted
for three firsts. He claimed the 400
800 and 1500 meter runs in :52.3
2:05 and 4:36.5 respectively.
Last year being an Olympic year
metric distances were used rather
than yards. Reason being that men
competing in Army events were
eligible to compete in the Olympics
if they qualified. One Fourth Army
man did this and went on to win a
world title.
Fort Bliss' Jerome Biffle advanc
ed to an Olympic berth after run
ning here and eventually gained
the top position among the world's
running broad jumpers.
BAMC TOP TEAM
Brooke Army Medical Center ran
away with the Fourth Army meet
by virtue of nine wins in the seven
teen event tournament.
Hood's Shepperd again shone in
this one winning the 1500 meter
event though hampered by two
spike wounds incurred in the race
The spiking incident prevented
him from running in the 800 meter
race his favorite event.
Shepperd's fine showing in the
finals won him a position on the
team that competed in the All-
Army finals at Berkeley Calif.
last May 29 and 30.
An example of the fine track that
can be 'witnessed in the Army:
In the '52 Fourth Army meet the
200 meter race was won by BAMC's
Alex Litman in the time of :20.8.
This was three tenths of a second
better than the time Mel Patton
set in winning the same race in the
1948 Olympics.
There's a possibility that world's
records may be shattered this year
at both the Post and the Fourth
Army' tournaments—so don't for
get to be on hand.
Many Summer Sports
In Which To Choose
(CCB-PIO)—In Spring an Army
man's fancy may be diverted by
a well turned ankle but with the
athletically inclined men of CC
'"B" it's turned to the baseball
diamonds golf courses softball
fields and'swimming pools.
In anticipation of these urges in
spired by the green grass of fair
ways and baseball diamonds the
1st Armored Div. and CC "B" Spe
cial Service Officers disclosed that
a full-packed schedule awaits the
spring and summer athletes.
swimmers has been revealed thus
far.
Special Services has stated the
definite need for qualified life
guards and those qualified or in
terested in qualifying should con
tact their Special Services officer
immediately.
Golfing enthusiasts with two
courses available for play will
have an opportunity to display their
prowess on the long green with
numerous tournaments presently in
the planning stage.
Appropriate matches are plan
ned to determine Fort Hood's rep
resentatives in the Fourth Army
Tournament at the Brooke Army
Medical Center links. July 7-11.
Sports Subjects
To Be Discussed
At Fort Harrison
Competition with civilian and
professional teams and the use of
"name" athletes will be included
in the subjects to be discussed at
the four-day conference of All
Army sports officers at Fort Ben
jamin Harrison Ind. starting May
11.
The 1954 sports program meth
ods of conducting intra-mural and
inter-organizational programs and
setting of dates sites and levels of
competition also will be discussed
by the sports officers who will
come from all major commands
throughout the world.
Special training dealing with ad
ministrative techniques how to
handle records how to conduct the
various types of tournaments and
the making of schedules will re
ceive attention during the confer-
erence.
Depending upon the interna
tional situation plans are laid now
for the staging of seven major All-
Army tournaments which will in
clude boxing baseball softball
basketball tennis golf and track
and field. This is the first time
in several years that All-Army
tournaments have been held in all
seven sports.
Gyle Fielder of the St. Louis
Flyers in the American Hockey
League is one of the few profes
sional hockey players to be born
in the U. S. He comes from Pol-
tach Idaho.
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With the track and field season rolling around. I like to recall
one of the most memorable occasions I remember at Fort Hood in the
field of sports.
During last year's Post track tournament most of the attention
was centered around the dashes low and high hurdles broad jumps
and other events that are completed in a short time.
When the gun sounded starting the 10000 meter race most of
the spectators paid attention to the start of it and then continued to
observe the more exciting events.
Of the ten or twelve men entered in the 10000 meter one stood
out like a sore thumb. He was a well built fellow who was just con
tent to take up the rear and plod along. The thing that was most
noticable about him was the way he was dressed.
He wore a tee shirt a pair of Army athletic shorts and a pair of
issued tennis "sneakers." Ordinarily this would not have been out
of place that is to say if he were going through a physical training
drill but in a track event where all the other participants were garbed
in standard track clothes he did look odd.
ODD OUTFIT
The race required the men to circle the quarter mile track 25
times—a total of six and one quarter miles. Before it was half ended
the field diminished to half its original size—and still hanging on to
the last place position was the boy in the outlandish outfit. People in
the stands started to notice this and I think that most thought that
he was going to drop out. I know I did. In fact it was hard for me
to see how anyone could run more than six miles without something
happening to him.
With about eight laps to go and this being the last event' of the
day all the fans started to take interest in the race. You could hear
people saying "He'll never last." "It'll be too much for him."
With four laps left the tone changed to "Come on kid you can
finish!" At this point he started to move up. He passed one man and
then another until only one man was in front of him.
TENSION MOUNTS
With only one more time around to go the tension was tremendous.
People were hollering as loud as they could. Although the crowd wasn't
as large as some seen here at football or baseball games they were
just as enthusiastic.
A distance of' about 200 yards was left to go when the crowds*
new-found favorite made what seemed to be the last burst of speed
he could possibly muster. He caught the leader and together they sped—
as though one was a man and the other his shadow—to the finish line.
A few feet from the wire they separated slightly. The crowd let out a
deafening roar—the boy in khaki shorts had won!
The crowd mulled around him and when he was questioned it was
learned that this had been the first race that he had ever run in. Not
only that but the day before he had received four innoculations!
His name was Edgar Cantrell and he was stationed with the 47th
Medical Battalion. Shortly after the race he was reassigned in Europe
somewhere.
If you saw him when he crossed that wire you would have thought
that he was the happiest person in the world.
I know that that was a day I'won't forget for a long while.
SETON HALL Ail-American Walt Dukes (20) teammate Harry
Brooks (8) and St. John's Frank Giancontieri (12) fight for the
ball during the final game of the NIT in Madison Sq. Garden.
Dukes was tapped as the most valuable player of the tournament
as Seton Hall easily downed St. John's 58-46 to clinch the title.
PIRATE ROOKIE DISCHARGED
PITTSBURGH March 23—UP—
Ron Necciai Pittsburgh Pirate
rookie righthander who registered
a no-hitter by striking out 27 bat
ters in a minor league game last
year has been given a medical
discharge from the Army.
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