304th Has Post Active PT Card at Sheppard Field
An on-site look at the 304th Training Group at Sheppard Field reveals a comprehensive Army physical fitness program led by Lt. R. A. Mortenson and noncommissioned officers Golding and Hendricks. The plan covers every muscle and morale-building activity from badminton to boxing, with inter barracks competition and a full boxing program featuring weekly shows and bi monthly cards. The boxing team will be chosen from final eliminations with trophies awarded. Bill Roulette, a 210 pound six foot four San Francisco native and former Pacific Coast heavyweight champion, coaches the program alongside experienced boxing instructors.
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Ira Scere
Texas
Sheppard Field
304Th
R. A. Mortenson
Golding
Hendricks
Army
Air Forces
Bill
Flash
307th Holds Track Meet Mess Team Swamped 23-6
The 307th TG and the 11th and 12th Mess Squadrons clashed in a 23 to 6 track and baseball fracas after an initial nn ball game. Wohldmann hit consecutive homers in the first two innings and Strelsky earned the win over Coombs. multiple players set BTC loop records amid a shellacking by the Mess squad with key hits from Visser Dowd Embry Mangan Booth and Kewik.
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Mess
Mets
Husky
Gardener Wohldmann
Minawitz
Kearns
Coombe
Oatencio
Vissers
Davis
Kempner
Simmons
Booth
Reese
Dowd
Marsalis
Mangan
Tealm
Kewik
Dean
Mullen
Christ’sons
Strelski
Walling
Hoaglind
Embry
Skolny
Kirkwold
Birbam
Coombs
Erstine
Nordahl
Sumiky
Wohldmann
Visser
Hoagland
Strelsky
Blernbaum
Post Nine Mechs Plan First Baseball Practice Next Week
The Sheppard Field Mechs announced practice starts next Tuesday under Lt Dan Stavely head of TSS physical training. Eighteen players have reported with tryouts open to all. uniforms may be checked out Tuesday June 3 in Building 1102. The team will play only home games but will face several service and industrial teams this season.
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Sheppard Field Mechs
Dan Stavely
TSS
Mechs
Stavely
S-3
Meech
South Plains Army Flying School
Lubbock
Texas
AAF Advanced Flying School
Altus
Okla
Waco
Raymond L. Murray
Harold G. Phillips
Haq
BTC
Walter F. Smith
Huegh W. McNown
William F. Stipp
Tot M. Brown
William E. Gray
Luther D. Day
Jack A. Hynes
William A. Morgan Jr
Pete G. Hughes
Johnny Stammer
Harry J. Ziemba
Mess Sq
George Darrow
Raymond H. Poole
TS Grp
Arthur W. Larson
Acad
Three-Way Tie Forms After First Week In TSS Softball
After week one the 62d Air Base 311th TSS and 2d Academic Group lead the Technical School softball league with two wins each. Notable games include Joe Pee’s no-hit 15-0 win for the 313th against Dental Clinic and several shutouts by 311th TSS 319th TSS and 3d Mess Group.
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TSS
Technical School
3D Mess
Carlsgaard
Powell
Rankin
Diamond
Jones
927Th Guard
Ordnance
Sloan
Deurr
Fritscher
E. L. Campbell
Second Academic
Academic
Boyster
62D Air Base
Les Ewing
Dental Clinic
2D Academic
Reider
Koether
Schmidt
Mess Group
Slonsky
Ordnance Crew
Tomazin
USO Stages Table Tennis Tourneys at Sheppard Field
A ping pong tournament for Sheppard Field men is set for 7 p m Wednesday with a prize of a long distance call to any US point. S Sgt Lawrence Piepmeier, 419th TSS, won the USC ping pong tournament Tuesday night for the second consecutive week and soldiers are urged to enter at the two clubs.
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Sheppard Field
United States
USO
Lawrence Piepmeier
TSS
USC
Babe Young Stars at First Base for Coast Guard Nine
Babe Young, ex Giants first baseman, holds first base for the Coast Guard Academy team at New London. Teammates include Mel Heiman, ex Dodgers farmhand at Reading, Pa, Henry Majeski, IL batting champion at Newark last year, and Norm Jaeger, former star with the Jersey City Giants.
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Babe Young
Giant
Coast Guard Academy
New London
Mel Heiman
Dodgers
Reading
Henry Majeski
Newark
Norm Jaeger
Jersey City Giants
308th Takes Fourth Loss as 304th Wins First
The 308th suffered its fourth straight defeat while the 304th earned its first infant season win by a 5 to 2 score after seven innings. Francis pitched steadily for 304 while Arrambide went six innings, with errors and baserunning errors costing 308. Johnny Scolinos starred at first base in the loss.
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Francis
Mike Arrambide
Johnny Scolinos
Johnny
Bitsy Grant Reenters Texas Open as No 1 Seed
Pfo Bitsy Grant, twice national clay courts champion and Kelly Field private first class, now enters the Texas open tennis tourney as top seed after previously saying he would retire. He previously told Tex acts reporters that he had given top tennis for the duration.
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Bryant M
Bitsy) Grant
Sheppard Field
Kelly Field
Texas
Grant
Bitsy
Texacts
Take More Pains Syracuse Star Missing Lt Wilmeth Sidat-Singh
Syracuse University athlete Wilmeth Sidat Sidat Sing reportedly missing after a single seat pursuit plane crashed in Lake Huron last week. He had played football and basketball for Syracuse and was stationed at Selfridge Field Michigan.
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Wilmeth Sidat-Singh
Syracuse NI
Lake Huron
Selfridge Field
Mich
Frisco Boxer Apostoli Backed by 40-Minute Gun in South Pacific
Frisco bellhop and world junior middleweight champ Fred Apostoli, age 30, is currently fighting from behind a 40-minute gun in the South Pacific. He has served in the Navy for two years.
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Frisco
South Pacific
Fred Apostoli
San Francisco
Apostoli
Softball and Baseball Meeting for T5355 League Managers
All softball managers are asked to meet in Room 844 at the Special Services Office at 9 a.m. Monday. Squadrons wishing to enter teams in a TSS baseball league should also send representatives to the same meeting.
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Special Services Office
WW A
TSS
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Clifford E. Gilland
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Joe Golding
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J. D. Clark
Josth
She
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Abaoh
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Lip*nevich
Evans
Renk'wicz
Stynes
Scolinos
Babcock
Hartman
Burtis
Briscoe
Menze
Winslow
Travaglio
Arrambide
Cufer
Styles
Francs
Justus
Set Smith
Pfo
Syracuse U. Star
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