The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Ed. 1 Monday, July 4, 1938 Page: 4 of 4
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USS Texas—7-2-38—1500.
THE TEXAS STEER
Page 4
ACROSS THE MESS TABLE
years ago
LE HAVRE GIVES US
KEEN COMPETITION
IN ALL OUR SPORTS
In the days of the old “Nyvee”,
the skipper of a destroyer decided
to determine the speed of his ship
by the old-fashioned Dutchman’s
log. A Boatswain’s mate was order-
ed to the forecastle to drop the box.
When the box hit the water, the
boats’n took the time and raced aft,
supposedly to time it as it passed
the stern.
However three times someone in
the crew got in the way and he
returned to the forecastle to begin
again.
The skipper, noting his trouble,
resolved to help the poor fellow.
He said to the boats’n, “I’ll run aft
yelling ‘Look out for Smith’ and
clear the way for you.” So the box
was dropped for the fourth time.
The captain, followed by the
boats’n, went racing aft. All went
well until the cook aroused by the
cries of “Look out for Smith”, saw
his beloved captain being chased
by a red-faced boats’n. Grabbing
his cleaver, he clipped the boats’n
neatly across the ears as he passed.
The speed remained undetermined.
Although the matches and races
that were arranged in Le Havre
were seen only by a very few be-
sides those participating, the teams
of the Training Squadron gave a
fine performance and brought us
a number of honors. And we can
be doubly proud of those team
members of the TEXAS because
it proved the outstanding unit of
the trio of ships.
GOLF
count from fifteen matches gave
them the long end of a 13-2 score.
This was not indicative of the play
as many of the matches were very
close and might have been turned
had our team had ample opportun-
ity to practice. Max Berns, 1/c,
and Blair, Kirk, Seedlock, and
O’Malley, 3/c, of the TEXAS were
entered with Laney, Bill, Lhamon,
and Rogers of the other ships.
SAILING
Starboat racing, which is becom-
ing increasingly popular, showed
the squadron’s entrants quite skill-
ed. In the first series of races a
starboat from each ship competed
with three similar boats from the
Rouen Yacht Club. It looked as
though we were slightly outclassed
as the best Skipper Bill Holt and
Crewman Bill McGuirk could do in
the first two races was to give the
TEXAS’ entrant 2 thirds, which
incidentally was the best of the
American boats. The third race
finally brought better results as
this boat won with the NEY YORK
boat second and the WYOMING’S
boat third. This netted us enough
points to win the series.
In the second series, Jim Dare
and Mike Davey took over the con-
trols and looked to continue winn-
ing the laurels as they crossed the
line victor in the first race with
the Paris Yacht Club. However,
the second and third races found
all the squadron boats well back.
But, it must be added, two of the
French boats have been Olympic
victors, with one a two-time world’s
championship to its credit. There-
fore, it is quite distinctive that
our. boat showed up so remarkably.
Sufficient interest was aroused
among the lovers of sailing to ar-
range a group of races between
the whaleboats of the battleships.
And again the TEXAS showed well
above the rest. Its no. 2 boat which
was the lone entry in each of the
first four races garnered first
places in the first and fourth races
and second in the other two. In the
fifth match each ship was allowed
Four years ago the MINNE-
APOLIS arrived in Le Havre on
its shakedown cruise and began an
unusual association with the Le
Havre Golf Club. The officers of
that ship donated a cup which was
to be engraved with the name of
the winning team of each match
played between the Le Havre Golf
Club and a team from an American
warship visiting this port, the cup
to remain at the club. That first
match was won by the French and
they were not met again until our
recent visit. However, this year the
cup will be engraved differently,
for a combination of players in-
cluding both officers and midship-
men from each of the three ships
were able to beat the French very
decisively 15-9. The TEXAS was
represented by Lt-Comdr. Tallman,
Midshipmen Pye, Schumann and
Bell, 1/c, and Klingaman and
Steidley, 3/c. Low scores for the
match were turned in by Helfrich
and Geis, both 1/c, now aboard the
NEW YORK.
TENNIS
The tennis squad did not prove
so successful but at the same time
started a relationship which may
be continued in the same manner
as that with the Golf Club. The
very exclusive Havre Athletic Club,
which boasts the highest priced
membership fee of any club in
France, supplied the competition
and offered a cup but their com-
petition was too stiff. The final
two entries and our no. 1 boat
glided home the victor with no. 2
taking third place. These outstand-
ing performances were awarded
with a cup from the Le Havre
Yacht Club. Much credit is due
Loustenau, Perley, and O’Kelly.
ROWING
Although the pulling cutter boat
met with no competition while in
France, practices were held daily
and coach Lieut. Dahlgren is about
ready to pick his crew. Goss, Sea.
1/c., has been assisting in the prac-
tices by stroking the boat. He was
formerly a member of the fleet
champion crew. At the present, the
crew will have to wait until Copen-
hagen for another workout but will
work hard there as the Lysistrata
Cup Race is now only about two
weeks away.
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