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V.-X • '•’ tfy-*;w.- rw*w*y «w.i rn wyqwiWHiws** ■irw^^’.ni*! yf y ■ .-r« ”f*y.y,1 ri|M !* ■!*'/ii jp i m !im yr*'1 1 • .«*«.■ v .■ ^ w / r ^ v. •-*■»» • • *•* -v« »• v■ r ■ « • .• » ■ * - •..••• f .• ••• • .■ *y- :*-v: . : .; ... / .: * v.;.x.Batting with Air-Tight DefenseHere it is — the 99thTs dreamteam, a galaxy of diamond stars th3t we know could • dish out plenty-of trouble to any of Uncle Sam’s Service teams!This All-Star Team packs a terrific wallop at the, plate, with a ccmbined slugging average, well over the .400 mark, first-rate pitching, and an air-tight defense.On the mound we have Wicker, tall, lanky 395th elbower, with a world of stuff and who mixes a tantalizing slow ball with a fine fast one. His record was just a little better than that of 393d*s Keyser, who also enjoyed a great season and whose main stock in trade-was a blazing fast balLGerken, of Signal, got the call over 394thJs Roberts, mainly for his power with the bat. Big -and strong behind the plate,. his arm was responsible for cutting down many an ambitious base runner.There were a number of classy lirst-sackers in the loop, but Harris of 393d won out by a slight margin over Signal’s Partridge, principally because of his superior height and ability to pull in the wider throws. His big bat also spoke-loud in the attack.Second base presented no problem. It was WZs Conway by a .wide margin. He proved himself one of the best hitters and classiest infielders in the league.At third base it was the same way—Monstrola of Headquarters. His heavy hitting, whiplash arm, and spirited play won him the nod, although 395th*s Ankenbrandt came along fast in the closing games of the season.Davies of 394th and Hercha of the Reconnaissance ran a close race at shortstop as far as fielding is concerned, but the Infantryman’s superior power at the plate and • extra*base socking rang *the bell.Natarelli of the 394th was a ballhawk in -xienterfield and despite his abbreviated size was -a power hitter, this winning him a berth in the outfield. \Headquarters’ Sanders, a sure judge of fly and ground balls, and with a /fine wallop at the .plate, also rated selection on the dream team. * '*Ramage, of 395th* showed himself steady and sure on the fielding end and came«.through with some payoff Blows in his team’s late-season surge to win him the nod by a close margin ‘over such high-class outer-gardeners as his teammate, Ogden, Marsiglio of the 394th, and Ruble of the-393d.Softball finalsmm“Lmger t»ugginf Ludwigr*(Tune: Pistol Packin’ Mama”)Slugging Jerry left-and right-Having lots of fun,Till one night we got him right,And now he’s on the run.We Licked him on the beaches,Chased , him through the towns.You’re not safe if we reach you,So lay that Luger down. ✓Lay that Luger -down, kid,You haven’t got a chance.Luger Luggin* Ludwig,You’re all washed up in Prance.—Army Times.Are Gained ByCompany G, 393dThe .softball sluggers of Company C advanced to the $93d final league playoff . and took the 1st League crown last week by defeating the D Co. Ten, two games out of three.' C and D Companies had previously tied for the No. 1 Spot in the first league.The first game was nearly a rout for the Orange Shirts of C Co., the final score being 10 to 3. A neck and neck battle to the -end was the second game, which was dhlled at the end of the 10th inning because of darkness with a score of 5 to 5. ;The last ,game was a hotly contested affair, C *Co. finally conquering by a score of 5 to 4.Pvt. Iron Man” Hemeyerls hurling for C Co. was outstanding in all three games.The C Company team will settle the 2d League winners for the regimental trophy sometime during the coming week. * -_______________ _ _ i * .Almost Did It395th Boxers Pound Second#Win Over Texarkana Team 3-2ALL STAR BASEBALL TEAMFIRST TEAM • SECOND TEAMWicker (395th) ........\.....Pitcher .............. Keyser (393d)Gerken (Signal) ........... . Catcher ............ Roberts (394th)Harris (393d) .............First Base..........Partridge (Signal)Conway (393d) ........... Second Base ........... Miller (394th)Monstrola (HQ) .......... Third Base ....... Ankenbrandt (395th)Davies (394th ............. Shortstop ............. Hercha (Ren.)Natarelli (394th) ........... Outfield ............. Ogden (395th)Sanders (HQ) ............. Outfield ........... Marsiglio (394th)Ramage (395th) ............ Outfield ...............Ruble (393d)Honorable MentionPITCHERS—Barber (394th), Wilkes (Signal), Rogers (394th). CATCHERS—Dougherty (395th), Didier (393d).INFIELDERS—Wilhelm (395th), Rogel (394*’.i), Hohlt (393d), Rubbo (Signal), Martin (Signal), Moore (HQ), Lindenmoyer (HQ), Gerig (QM).OUTFIELDERS—Ross (QM), Eppensteiner (395th), Forstburgh (394th), Klette (393d), Cox (Signal), Brunner (Ren.).vv!.*-”- .... ..-;vvv • A*.-:/ .lt;4**.* . — ■ ■ ■' v-*-* /r.Tv-v'.i ,. JV, . ■'vZ :v; • X** •• ......• * *■**The 99th’s golf champ, PFC Jack Gray, of Headquarters Company, put up a great fight in the Paris Open Tourney, going clear to the finals before finally bowing out to Earl Hooker Monday afternoon. (Staff photo).Baseball Champs(Continued from Page 1)Dougherty came through with a stinging single to center.Matters ran along evenly until the first of the sixth when Conway led off for 393d with a bounder down to third which ran untouched through Ankenbrandt’s legs. Ruble sacrificed him to -second and he scored on Young’s mighty .two-base clout down the rightfield foul line.With the- score at 2-1 against them, the 395th came through in the final half of the seventh to score four runs on four hits and sew up the ball game and the league title.After Wilhelm went down on a grass-cutter to short, the speedy Eppensteiner singled sharply over the third sack, stole 'second base handily, and-came over the plate with the tying run on Knox’s looping single to right.Reese forced Knox at second and Ogden, swinging hard, scratched a bunt single down the third base line to advance Reese to second. Ankenbrandt then came through with his third hit, a sizzling single to right, to score Reese with the tie-breaking third run.Keyser5s infield support then fell apart and successive errors by Hohlt at third and Harris at first permitted Ogden and Ankenbrandt to scamper home with the 395th’s fourth and fifth tallies.Wicker had no difficulty from then on in holding the 393d aggregation. He ran into a little trouble in the eighth when Young and Klette touched him for one-basers, and in the ninth when he issued a pass to Hohlt and Conway found him for a blow to left—but he was able to bear down both times, and the 395th doughboys ran off the field with the baseball championship of the Checkerboard Division.The box score—395th INF. | 393d INF.ab. h. o. a.| ab. h. o. a.Ogden.s 4 2 2 5{Donley,If 5 1103|Hohlt,3 4Anky,3 4 3 1Doughy,c 2 18Wicker,p 4 10Ramage,If 3 0 1Wilhlm,lb 4 0 9Eppy,r 4 11Knox.m 4 11Reese^ 3 1 401Conway,2 5 Ruble,m 311 00 |Young,s 4 2 0 IHarris.lb 3 0 0 IHughes.lb 1 0 0 (Klette,r 3 1 4 IDidier.c 4 01 23 4339102030003|Keyser,p 4 2 14-1' 32 10 27 13136 8 24 16Summary: Runs, Ogden, Ankenbrandt 2, Eppensteiner, Reese, Hohlt, Conway. Errors, Ogden, Ankenbrandt, Wilhelm, Eppensteiner, Hohlt, Harris.♦ In a return match staged last Friday Evening at the Grimm Stadium, Texarkana, the championship boxing squad of the 395th Infantry soundly trounced the Texarkana Ordnance aggregation, 3 bouts to 1. It was the second straight victory by the Mackenzie-men over the Ordnancemen, the Infantrymen having slashed out a 3-2 win over the visitors several weeks ago in a match held at the Gymnasium of the Paris Junior College.In the opening bout of the evening, PFC Arthur Storte, Company B, 395th Infantry, knocked through a decision win over Pvt. Lecil Conn. Crowd of 700 was on its toes in the third semester, when Stone was dropped to the canvas, but the scrappy slugger came back to take the nod. Stone weighed in at 140, with Conn tipping the scales at 138.The second bout of the night was an exhibition clash between Pvt. Richard Gastelum, Company B, 395th Infantry, and Sgt. Charles Harrington, AT Company, 395th Infantry. Bout was staged due to Pvt. Harry Pla, Harrington's scheduled opponent being unable to make his appearance. Boys were evenly matched.Next bout spotlighted PFC Robert Michael, Company K, 395th Infantry, and PFC Sam Ruffo, Michael scaled at 144, with hia opponent weighing in at 138. Ruf-fo won on a close decision that was booed in many sections of the house.In a slow bout, Pvt. John Murphy, Company M, 395th Infantry, won an easy decision over Tec 5 Bryan McNeil, Texarkana. Murphy’s left jabs had McNeil bewildered from the start.In the highlight scrap of the show, PFC Philip DeBerry, 155, Company L, 395th Infantry, decisively trounced Sgt. Lee Foreman, 155, of the Texarkana team. Foreman never got started, with the unanimous nod heading DeBerry’s' direction.To round out the evening, Pvt. Zito fought an exhibition match with a member of the audience* Zito fought in four World Championship Light-Heavyweight bouts, and one of his greatest matches was the one he dropped to king Henry Armstrong on a hairbreadth decision.A vote of thanks has been directed to the Red Cross office for its cooperation in helping with the transportation of the boxers to and from Texarkan^
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