The Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1953 Page: 6 of 8
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After a week's layoff due tojnight Willie Logan 81st Recon
the rain the usual Sunday night met his match when he fought Ro-
boxing matches were again stag- osevelt Smith 702nd AIB in a
ed at the "punch palace" last Sun
day evening. Despite the fact that
decisions were predominate and
only one fight failed to go the
limit the large gathering that wit
nessed the night's bouts cheered
their favorites in hopes of victory.
The usual KOs and TKOs must
have been taking a vacation as
only in a light middleweight
match between David Shields of
the 81st Recon and Alanzo Mecon.
702nd AIB. did a TKO occur. In
this fight Mecon put on a flurry
of punches early in the first round
that put Shields to the canvas
however he got up immediately
and the fight continued.
Mecon then landed with a shock
ing left that stunned his opponent
momentarily. The referee. Maurice
Picard saw that Shields was hurt
and stopped the fight and gave the
decision to Mecon by a TKO in
the time of 1:50 seconds of the
first round.
Another light middleweight go
between Paul Jones. 4th Tank and
John Costello. 81st Recon. proved
to be the top fight of the night.
It seemed that each fighter had
about equal supporters and both
put on a good exhibition for their
followers.
Costello did most of the leading
in the first two rounds while Jones
waited for an opening and counter-
punched. Not too much damage
was done in the first two rounds
as each was looking for. an open
ing.
As the bell started the third
round both fighters knew that
they had to take the round *O
emerge the victor. They both gave
all they had and the audience was
yelling for a knockout. However
both were very tired from the tor
rid pace of the last round that
neither had enough strength to put
an end to the fight. When the bout
ended both were standing toe to
toe and slugging it out in hopes
of landing with the fatal blow. After
the officials cards were collected
it showed that Jones won the
fight on a very close decision. How
ever Costello's efforts weren't in
vain as he was awarded a trophy
for the most popular fighter of
the night.
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from Belton
Nearest Point to Fort Hood
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for Special Buses to St. Louis Memphis
and other points east. Special buses can
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way 190.
Sunday Action Sees Costello
And R. Smith Win Trophies
featherweight challenge match. Up
to this time Logan had won six
of his previous fights.
Smith was the taller of the two
and used his height and reach to
good advantage. There wasn't too
much action in the first round but
in the second round each fighter
worked hard in the in fighting.
The third round saw both men
tiring and many blows went wild.
The reach of Smith was a little
too much for the smaller Logan
and he went down to his second
loss of the year. Smith the victor
earned a trophy for the best fighter
of the evening.
After suffering defeat in his last
fight Billy Anderson of the 73rd
AFA came back into his winning
form and decisioned Leroy John
son of the 4005th ASU in a light-
weltcnveight dual.
Anderson although the smaller
used his left very well and did
most of the leading. In the second
round Johnson came out with a
smashing left that hurt Anderson
but couldn't have had too much
effect as the winner came back
and by the end of the round had
Johnson pretty grogy.
The final round found both men
a little tired and the pace was
slowed down as there was much
hanging on in this round.
In a light heavyweight bout
Albert Blassingame 81st Recon
was too much for Norris Pippins
702nd AIB. Blassingame came out
strong in the first round coasted
through the second and went all
out again in the final stanza. He
got his opponent in a corner and
threw everything he knew how but
couldn't floor Pippins. Blassingame
was the victor by a decision.
The second match of the night
saw Mack Smith of the 73rd AFA
decision Lupe Biscaino 702nd AIB
in a light welterweight match.
Other fights of the night saw
Chester Smith 73rd AFA win by
a decision over George Davis 25th
AIB and Ralph Jones. 4005th ASU
winning over Daniel Solomon of
the 81st Recon in a Middleweight
strugle.
Two exhibition bouts were also
on the nights agenda. In the first
Mike Giantonio 81st Recon spar-
In the first encounter of the red with Albert Broaster also of
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the 81st Recon. There was no de
cision in this bout as Broaster is
a professional. He showed the
crowd just what a pro can do
against an amateur. Time after
time he left himself open but Gi
antonio couldn't get to him. It
was just too much Broaster.
In the last also an exhi
it on a W am a
Thomas Balas two boys that have
A LEFT CONNECTS to the chin of light-midtlleweiffhfc Paul
Jones as he charges John Costello shown against the ropes. Jones
a 151 pounder from 4th Tank Avon the bout from the 152 pounder
Costello of the 81st Recon.
Lt. Lansford Named
Head Football Coach
Division Special Services in com
pleting final arrangements for the
return of a post football team has
revealed that a five man coach
ing staff has been selected to head
the '53 squad.
Capt. Harold Smith Division
Special Service officer stated
that the five man staff has been
given the "green light" by Divi
sion Commander General Farrand
and the newly appointed members
will begin work on their new as
signment by attending a five day
football coaching clinic in Houston
Texas starting August 2nd.
Named as head coach of the
Fort Hood club is Lt. James Lans
ford of the 47th Medical Battalion.
Lansford played his football at the
University of Texas and was nam
ed to the All Southwest Confer
ence team as a tackle in his sen
ior year.
After playing one season of pro
fessional football with the Dallas
Texans Lansford began his coach
ing career at Tillotson College
while working on his Masters De
gree.
Selected as one of the assist
ant coaches is Lt. Gene Bond of
702nd AIB. While playing junior
college ball Lt. Bond was named
to the East Texas All conference
team besides being elected cap
tain for two years.
He then enrolled at Sam Houston
State College to complete his sen
ior college work where he also did
part time coaching before signing
a contract as grid mentor at Liv
ingston High School.
Lieutenant Jewell 701 AIB has
also been named as an assistant
coach and the Ohio University
graduate weighs in with an out
standing record. After being nam
ed to his all conference team for
two years Jewell was given Little
All American honorable mention
honors.
He also played one year of semi-
pro football with the Portsmouth
Spartans before assuming duties
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been doing a lot of fighting here
at Hood stepped into the ring and
put on an exhibition that resulted
in no decision.
This coming week a summer
tournament will be held to deter
mine the top ten boxers in ten
different divisions. The fights will
be held at the boxing arena locat
ed at 42nd St. and Hqs. Ave start
ing at 8 p. m. Admission is free
and everyone is invited.
as head coach in Dayton High
School Dayton Ohio.
Cpl. Dan McLeod also named
as assistant coach played two
years of junior college football
making the all conference club
is on a
transferred to Midwestern Univer
sity where he was given an hon
orable mention All conference
rating.
Last season McLeod acted as
backfield coach of the loop cham
pion Division Troop team here
at Fort Hood.
Named as the officer manager
is Lieutenant Barbee of Division
Special Services. Barbee was an
outstanding lineman at the Univer
sity of Houston and will also serve
as an assistant coach.
Boxers!
Team Points
Svc Btry 73rd AFA 1130
Co 81st Recon 840
Co 4th Tank 330
Co 634 th AIB 250
Co 701st AIB 250
Co 702nd AIB 175
A Co 702nd AIB 165
Btry 73rd AFA 160
H&S Co 4th Tank 125
Btry 73rd AFA 105
4005th ASU 100
A Btry 73rd AFA 95
Co 634th AIB 90
H&S Co 634 th AIB 70
H&S Co 702nd AIB 65
B' Co 1st Tank 55
A Co 701st AIB 45
Co 634th AIB
Co 702nd AIB
Co 1st Tank
Hqs 2nd AAA
A Co 4th Tank
Name Team
Rapert 73rd AFA
Anderson 2nd AAA.
Jones 73rd AFA...
McGuire 123 AOB.
Harvey 4th Tank.
Pownall 501 MP ...
Wenneman Base 51
Steffler 4th Tank 26
Abbott Base 56
McLeod Base 57
AVE.
Tourney Open
To All Boxers
To Be Held
This Saturday and Sunday July
25 26 Division Special Service
will hold their Summer Boxing
tournament at the boxing arena
located at 42nd St. and Hqs Ave.
The opening bouts will start at 8
p. m. Saturday with the finals be
ing staged at the same time Sun
day night.
All amateur boxers are invited
to participate in this single elimi
nation tourney which is designed
to select the Post Champions in
ten different weight divisions. At
the conclusion of this tournament
the sole surviving men in each
division will be crowned post
champs and trophies will be award
ed the winners in each division.
Saturday beginning at 1:30
m. the fighters will report to
Sports Arena No. I and at that
time they will be weighed given
physical examinations and a draw
ing for opponents will be held.
This tournament will be the last
in the series of summer Sunday
night fights as it will be the climax
to the boxing matches of this sum
mer. After the tourney the fights
will be discontinued until some
time in September.
At the matches this weekend the
an in a
trophy will be presented to Svc
Btry 73rd AFA for winning the
team championship.
The official boxing statistics
show that Svc Btry of the 73rd
AFA garnered the most points in
the weekly boxing program dur
ing the past months and thus have
gained the honor of winning the
Commanding General's trophy in
boxing.
In besting all other companies
of this post Svc Btry compiled
1130 points to 840 for Co 81st
Recon its nearest rival. The trophy
will be presented to Svc Btry this
in S
Tournament.
After trailing Co of the 81st
Recon for most of the year Svc
Btry put on a final burst of speed
and overtook the second place
team during the closing weeks of
competition.
Many factors contributed to their
winning but the chief one was that
the fighters have kept in training
and each Sunday night there was
always men of the battery com
ing through with victories.
Lets take a look at some of the
fighters that have contributed to
the winning of the trophy.
In the heavyweight division there
is Thomas Balas a hard hitting 190
pounder who should be one of the
top prospects for the heavyweight
crown of Fort Hood. He has been
in the ring every time that he
could find himself an opponent and
has come a long way since his
first fight. So far there hasn't been
another heavyweight that could
handle him and he has an unbrok
en string of victories.
James Williams a fine light
heavyweight prospect has yet to
taste defeat. In all of his fights
this season Williams has had things
pretty much his way. He started
out as a class 4 fighter (one that
has never fought before) and now
ranks as the top man in his divi
sion and will be throwing a lot of
leather this weekend in hopes of
winning a crown in the tourna
ment.
Another boy who has been car
rying a good share of the load
has been Billy Anderson a welter
weight. He too was a class four
fighter but won himself enough
victories to be put into the top
class. His only loss was to Paul
Jones a light middleweight in
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Action at Red Lindsey Field Sat
urday night found two big game*
providing the fans with both sur
prises and thrills as the 501st MPs
dumped 123rd AOB 7 4 while
"giant killer" 73rd AFA camc
through with their second big up
set of the season by overpowering
Killeen Base 5-2 in the nightcap.
For the MPs it was their 16th
win of the current campaign and
mighty important win it was
keeping them in the thick of the
scramble for the pennant.
Baker went the route for the
winners as the MP hurler allowed
only two hits while striking out
five and walking five. King started
on the mound for 123rd but ran
into trouble in the second and was
relieved by Tomlinson.
In his two inning stint King was
nicked for a total of four runs on
six hits and a pair of walks. Tom
linson held the MPs to three runs
Svc. Btry. 73rd AFA
Wins Boxing Trophy
a fight where Anderson was fight
ing out of his division.
Two other fighters that have
helped the battery to gain top
honors are Mack Smith a light-
welterweight and Chester Smith
a welterweight.
Of course these aren't the only
men that have helped to win the
trophy but they have been the
mainstays throughout the past.
Some fighters have put on some
good showings and just when they
were reaching their peak they
were shipped overseas or else to
some other outfit. Congratula
tions are in store for all fighters
that have helped Svc Btry to win
the most sought after trophy in
the boxing game here at Fort
Hood.
Scotch Tourney
Slated Here For
This Weekend
Play will be in foursomes and at
the conclusion of play cards will
be signed by all members of the
foursomes and turned in for com
putation and posting. The value of
the prizes for first and second
highest in the low gross and low
net will be determined by the num
ber of entries.
Reindeer milk has an unusually
high fat content.
THE ARMORED SENTINEL
73rd AFA Whips Killeen Base
AS Hoiiieriins Supply Margin
The lead was short lived howev
er for the MPs came roaring back
in their half of the frame to tally
twice as they combined three hiis
with a walk and an error to go
out in front to stay.
The winners added a pair in
the second one in the third on
Campbell's home run and capped
off the scoring with two more in
the fourth.
Ordnance pushed across lone
runs in the second third and in
the fourth but Baker managed to
bear down in the clutch and hang
on to his victory margin.
However it was the evenings
second contest that kept the fans
on their feet as the 73rd AFA hung
one on the chin of Killeen Base
by whipping the league leaders
5 2.
MOFFETT NAS Calif. (AFPS)
—Two Navy airmen Dave and
Ron Rhoads composed half of a
four man San Jose Calif. cycling
teani credited with the first win
recorded over a Japanese team
on a goodwill tour of the U. S.
and Canada. Dave scored 19 points
in San Jose's 40 25 victory.
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The Fort Hood Golf Club will
hold a Scotch Twosome Tourna-
ment 25 and 26 of July 1953.
There .will be an extra fee of fifty
cents per player and prizes will
be awarded for low gross and low
net scores.
Twosomes will have a choice of
drives on every tee and then the
partners will play their choice of
ball off the tee alternately through
the green. Eighteen holes will be
played either Saturday or Sunday.
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FORT HOOD TEXAS
Thursday July 23 1953
the rest of the way allowing four The home run was the big wea-
hits and passing two. |P°n f°r the winners as Hill and
The 123rd went into the lead in
the top half of the initial inning as
Quinn reached first on an error
took second on a passed ball mov
ed to third on a sacrifice and
romped home on an infield out.
Rapert each pounded the ball out
of the park to pace a seven hit
attack.
Schmitt suffered the loss for Kil
leen Base as he could not halt the
explosive bats of the 73rd AFA.
Besides allowing seven base raps.
Schmitt walked two men while
his teammates were committing
three costly errors.
For the winners it was all Dan
iels as he limited the usually pow-
efful KB hitters to four safetys
one of which was a fourmaster
blasted out by McLeod.
Daniels picked up 10 strikeouts
in going the route while walking
five and hitting one batsman.
The 73rd AFA opened the scor-i
ing in the third with three big
runs to take a lead that was never-
surrendered. Daniels 73rd's mound
ace opened the frame by work
ing Schmitt for a walk. Crowley
then reached first on a boot by
the shortstop and Hill followed
with a tremendous blast over the
wall to pick up three quick RBIs.
The winners added another lone
run in the fourth and finished with
a final run in the eighth when
Rapert homered with none aboard.
Killeen Base was shut out until
the sixth when they managed to
pick up a single tally on McLeod's
fourmaster. Their only other run
came an inning later on successive
walks to McLerry and Schmitt
and a single by Winneman.
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