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1O220-yard
RUNNING NECK AND NECK as they clear the second hurdle in
the 220 yard low hurdle race are R. Whitehead of Fort Sill and
Charles Jones of Fort Hood in Saturday's track meet. Wilkinson
of Sill is running third. Whitehead went on to nose out Jones in
a very close finish. (Photo by Kuritzky)
Fort Sill walked off with the team
championship while Alex Litman
of Brooke Army Medical Center
won the award as the outstanding
athlete at the Fourth Army track
and field finals staged at Prichard
Stadium last Saturday.
Placing in every event the team
from Sill amassed a total of 90
In spite of a stiff breeze three
Two mile run—Chavira (Hood). Sch
nackel (Sill) Bishop (S-ill) and Marcel
(Sam Houston) 11:8.6. New record old
^Javelin*—^Huntsman (Bliss) Pa\rcicr
(Sill). White (BAMC) and Shaw (BAMC)
191' 7". New record old record loo o.
Mile run Schnackel (Sill) Chavira
(Hood) Marcel (Sam Houston) and Bis-
h°Higifil]ump-^Severns
(Hood) and Dre-
bus (BAMC) tied for first Ramelsburger
(Sill) Wilkinson (Sill) and Wright (BA
MO tied for fourth 6 feet.
440-vard dash—Robinson (siin. Olson
(BAMC). Tucker (Sill) and Commodore
^ioo'-yard6dash—Litman (BAMC) Smith
(BAMC Samuels (BAMC) and Tucker
fOjll 1 99
Shotput Edminston (Sill). Miller
(Hood) Drebus (BAMC) and Wilkinson
S120-yard "high hurdles—Whitehead (Sill)
Wilkinson (Sill) Brooks (Sill) and Se
verns (Hood). 16.2. v. 11
880-yard run—Olson (BAMC). Schnackel
(Sill) Welchli (Bliss) and Chavira (Hood)
2*9.9.
220-vard dash—Litinan (BAMC) Smith
(BAMC) Robinson (Sill) and Agee (Hood)
21.2. New record old record 21.6.
Discus—Shaw (BAMC). Bierman (Sill)
Wilkinson (Sill) and Edminston (Sill)
low hurdles—Whitehead (Sill)
Jones (Hood) Wilkinson (Sill) and Storey
(Sam Houston). 24.9.
440-yard relay—BAMC (Riggs. Smith.
Samuels Litman) Sill Sam Houston and
Hood.
880-yard relav—BAMC (Riggs. Samuels
Smith Litman). Sill Hood and Red River.
Mile relay—Sill (Brooks Tucker Cut
ler Schnackel) Hood and BAMC.
Broad jump Smith (BAMC) Drebus
(BAMC) Wilson (Sill) and Wilkinson
(Sill) 21' 5'/2".
Pole vault—Peslal (Sill) Storey (Sam
Houston) Johnston (Bliss) and Howard
(Bliss). 11* 6".
new marks were set as Alex Lit
man of BAMC set a new record
of 21.2 in the 220 yard dash. The
other two records were set by Man
uel Chavira Fort Hood who cover
ed the two-mile distance in 11:8.6
and Jim Huntsman Fort Bliss
who threw the javelin 191 feet 7
inches.
In winning the award as out
standing athlete of the meet Alex
Litman won the 100-yard dash as
well as he 220-yard dash. He also
ran the last leg with the winning
440 and 880 yard relay teams.
Women Athletes
Urged To Enter
Track Tourney
Army feminine track and field
stars are being encouraged to enter
the National A.A.U. Women's Out
door Track and Field Meet to be
held in Alamo Stadium San Anto
nio Tex. July 24 and 25 accord
ing to Maj. J. A. Coulter sports
officer Special Services Fourth
Army headquarters.
"The United States is looking for
ward to the next Olympics and of
course we want our feminine ath
letes to make a better showing
than they did last time when Rus
sia ran away with honors in this
phase of competition" he declar
ed.
The fact that the competition in
the A. A. U. meet will see national
women stars performing should not
cause any Army ahletes to shy
away from entering he pointed out.
Competition will be divided into
junior and senior events. The for
mer are limited to competitors who
have never won a major champ
ionship title. Senior events are for
competitors who have won district
or national titles.
Army feminine ahletes desiring
more information about the nation
al meet should write to the com
manding General Fourth Army
headquarters Fort Sam Houston
Tex. ATTN: Sports Officer Spe
cial Services.
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J. Wilkinson of Fort Sill was
another great competitor during the
day as he participated in six
events and placed in each of them.
He ran on two relay teams but
his total points were just shy of
those of Litman.
Fort Hood can be proud of its
Va
points to easily win the champion
ship. Brooke Army Medical Center
the former title-holders came in
second with 72y2 points followed
by the host Fort Hood team with
33.
At
ALEX LITMAN OF BAMC receives a trophy for the best athlete
of the day from Rev. Robert E. Richards. At the age of 34 Lit
man set a new record in the 220 yard dash and also placed first
in the 100 yard dash. (Photo by Kuritzky)
FOOTBALL (AFPS)— Although
the grid season is still many months
away the Quantico Marines have
already listed candidates for this
year' squad. The lineup is dotted
with former pros and college per
formers and promises to give Quan
tico another strong eleven. Counted
on to see plenty of action this
season are: John Petitbon (Notre
Dame) John Amberg (NY Giants)
Bob Gantt (N. Carolina) John Fry
(Baylor) George Kinek (L. A.
Rams) Bill Owens (Colgate) and
Ken MacAfee (N. Y. Giants). Also
Roscoe Hansen (Phila. Eagles)
Tom Payne (S. F. 49'ers) John
Naylor (Texas) Roy Colquitt
(Chicago Cards) and Tom Seeman
(Notre Dame).
BASEBALL (AFPS) The 60th
Inf. Regt. ''Go Devils" of Ft. Dix
N. J. recently defeated the Olean
on a 2 1 A on
soldier pitchers was Dick Brodow-
ski former Red Sox fire-baller...
Ken Lee who worked out with the
N. Y. Yanks at spring training re
cently pitched Parks AFB* (Calif)
to a 10-1 victory over Stead AFB.
He gave up only one hit and struck
out 13...Leading Camp Breckinridge
(Ky.) slugger is outfielder Gerry
Thomas who has been signed by
the St. Louis Cardinals...Bob Ross
former Senator hurler now play
ing and managing the 6th Inf. Div.
team at Ft. Ord (Calif)...Included
on the roster of the strong Ft.
Jackson (S.C.) team is Faye Thro-
neberry recently of the Boston Red
Sox and Ted Tappe of the Cincin
nati Reds...Sparked by Babe Das-
kalakis' two-run homer Camp Le-
jeune (N.C.) won its 11th straight
game recently by downing Camp
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Fourth Army Track Title Goes
To Sill Hood Captures Third
participants with some of them per
forming very well.
CHAVIRA SETS RECORD
Little Manuel Chavira was the
top point getter for Hood setting
a new mark in the two-mile run
and coming in second in the mile.
He also ran a leg on the mile relay
Pickett (Va.) 6-3...San Diego NAS
hurler Peter Vucurevich recently
tossed a no-hitter against Fuller-
ton Junior College (Calif) as the
Sailors won handily 15-0. Property
of the N.Y. Yankees Petestruck
out ten batters.
New York (AFPS)—Two Army
fives led the way in the Northeast
ern Inter-Service Bowling Cham
pionships recently completed at
Sampson AFB N. Y. Ft. Monmouth
N. J. took the team title with 2706
pts. Ft. Dix N. J. was runner-up
with 2651 points while Boiling AFB
Wash was third with a score of
2560.
Standings
Team W. L. Pet.
501st MP 4 0 1.000
Killeen Base .... 3 0 1.000
2nd AAA 2 0 1.000
123rd AOMB .... 2 1 .667
1st Tank 1 1 .500
634th AIB 1 2 .333
702nd AIB 1 2 .333
73rd AFA 1 2 .333
Post Hospital ... 1 2 .333
16th AEB 1 3 .250
4th Tank 0 4 .000
MCCARTHY RELEASED
BUFFALO N. Y. May 26—UP
Joe McCarthy former major
league baseball manager was re
leased Tuesday from St. Francis
Hospital where he had been con
fined for the past seven weeks
with a virus infection. The former
manager of the Chicago Cubs New
York Yankees and Boston Red Sox
went directly to his farm in the
town of Amherst outside buffalo.
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THE "MELODY MAIDS" from Beaumont Texas present the
awards to the winners in the two mile race during the Fourth
Army track finals. Winner of the race was Manuel Chavira from
Fort Hood as he broke the meet record. Pictured from left to
Tight are: Miss Connie Reinstra D. Schnackel of Sill Chavira R.
Bishop also of Sill and Miss Glenda Wilters. Schnackel placed
second while Bishop was third. (Photo by Kuritzky)
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in which Hood placed second. Cha
vira was the 3000 meter champion
of Europe in 1951.
The high light of the meet was
he or an a
Robert E. Richards as he showed
the spectators how he has risen to
athletic fame.
Richard started vaulting at a
height of 12 feet and didn't miss
until he reached 15 feet 4 inches.
Everyone in the stadium had their
eys glued to "the flying parson"
as he tried 15 feet 4 inches and all
were hoping that he would make
it. Possibly he could have had -t
not been for such a strong wind
that was blowing all afternoon.
After finishing his vaulting Rich
ards took further part in the meet
by participating with the other ath
letes in various events.
MELODY MAIDS
The Melody Maids from Beau
mont Tex. presented the awards to
the individual winners in each event
All first place winners receivd a
AN'S
IEWPOINTS
Team W. L.
Wps Comm CC"B" .. 3 0
Co 634th AIB .. 1 0
A Co 1st Tank .. 2 1
141st Sign .. 2 1
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Some of the finest competitors in this country were at this meet
and most of them have participated in college events and now are fol
lowing their athletic ambitions while they are in the service.
Many new records were set and if one saw the Rev. Robert Richards
put on his exhibition of pole vaulting he would have been more than
satisfied.
"The Jumping Padre" as Richards is sometimes called came out
with intentions of showing the audience how high he could vault and
that is just what he did. He cleared the bar at 15 feet and tried for
15' 4" but failed in his attempt as he had stiff competition from the
strong wind that blew across the field throughout the afternoon.
The standards that were used to hold the bar in the pole vaulting
exhibition would only go to a height of 14 feet and so coke cases
uere used to bring the bar up to 15'.
Richards Great
One could see why Richards is such a great athlete as he arrived
at the stadium about ten minutes before he was scheduled to perform
and without any warm-ups or setting any ^markers he put on a great
performance that pleased everyone at the track meet.
For his first attempt at vaulting Richards set the bar at 12 feet and
the fans were surprised at the ease that he made this height. None
of the other competitors during the afternoon had cleared this height.
Btry 73rd AFA ... .. 1 1
12rd AOMB .. 1 1
501st Rep .. 1 1
H&S 16th AEB .. 1 2
A Co 702nd AIB .. 0 2
Richards wasn't contented with just vaulting as immediately after
he finished this he went over to the discus circle and threw the discus.
After this he tried broad jumping and even put the shot put. For such
a little man he is one of America's great athletes.
Litman Top Athlete
Another great figure at the meet was Alex Litman a veteran of
many track seasons. At the age of 34 when most track men have
hung up their shoes Alex was out there showing his best as he set a
new record in the 220 yard dash and placed first in the 100 yard
dash as well as running a leg on the winning 440 yard relay.
Litman has talked about retiring from the track scene but with the
performance that he put on last Saturday he should be around for a
few more years. He is a good example of what a person can do if
he keeps his body in good physical shape.
There were many other great athletes on the field as James Hunts
man of Fort Bliss set a new mark in the javelin as he heaved it for
a distance of 191' 7 inches. Hood's little Manuel Chavira set a new
record in the two mile as he covered the distance in 11:8.6 that gives
him a chance to run in the All-Army meet.
This year the All-Army meet is going to be held at Fort Jackson
S.C. June 2-13 and the top men from the army will be matching
their talent against each other.
As the thrills of this year's meet die away one can't but help think
ing about the way the meet was run off. All the personnel that parti
cipated in any way deserve a great hand for the fine work that they
did.
Standings And Results
EASTERN LEAGUE
WESTERN LEAGUE
Team W. L.
Co 702nd AIB 2 0
1st QM .. 2 1
Co 1st Tank .. 2 1
Co 16th AEB 1
MM&Pl
In between the events the fans
were entertained by the singing of
the Melody Maids and by music
from th 1st Armored Division band
Brig. Gen. Edward G. Farrand
assistant Division commander wel
comed all the guests on behalf of
Maj. Gen. L. L. Doan command
ing general of the 1st AD and Fort
Hood who could not be present.
The weather was ideal for a
track meet and had it not been
for the stiff wind more records
might have been broken.
Fort Sam Houston finished in
fourth place with 11 points Fort
Bliss was next with nine and Red
River Arsenal scored two.
By Don Van
Last Saturday the Fourth Army track and field finals were staged
at Prichard Stadium. The crowd that watched the meet wasn't too
large but everyone that witnessed it will have to say that it was a
great sporting event.
Svc Btry 73rd AFA ..
Pct.B Co 102nd AIB ...
1.000 Hqs 1st AD
1.0004th Tank
.667C Btry 73rd AFA ...
.667A Btry 73rd AFA
.500 SOUTHERN LEAGUE
.500 Team W. L.
.500Gray Base 2 0
.333D Co 1st Tank 2 0
.000D Co 634th AIB 2 1
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CLEARING THE BAR at a height of 6 foot is Virgil Severns of
Fort Hood. Severns missed in his attempt at 6' 2" and had to
settle for a tie for 1st with Donald Derebus of BASIC. Severns
will represent Hood in the All*Army meet which will be held at
Fort Jackson S.C. in June. (Photo by Kuritzky)
pen and pencil set second won a
trophy and the third place finishers
won a silver identification brace
let.
To each member of the Fort
Sill team went a leather suitcase
and the team won a large Silver
Cup for winning the team champ
ionship.
NFH-PIO —The almost ghostly
quiet that phasing out companies
have left Reserve Command was
abruptly disturbed here last Fri
day night when 14 pairs of hard
fighting trainees from remaining
units put on one of the finest shows
yet seen by local boxing fans.
Trophies were awarded to a pair
of new faces. Everton Jones the
lone representative of the 100th
Tank Battalion scored a first-
round TKO over the 13th com
pany's George Lewis in a middle
weight scrap and for his feat was
selected best boxer of the night.
Louie Younger of the 23rd
knocked out Elmer Shipman of
the 13th in a light heavyweight
contest capturing the support of
the fans and winning the award for
most popular boxer.
Both Jones and Younger used
wading in tactics overwhelming
their opponents before they could
even land a punch.
TEMPLETON KO'd
A light weight go saw Don Ree-
cer waste little time sending Claude
Templeton to the canvas. Reecer
who trains with the 23rd hit his
foe so hard and so often in the
first round that he went to the
canvas for keeps after going down
and getting up twice.
Perhaps the most outstanding
knockout of the night was scored
by Jesse Williams well known
around Reserve Command. Wil
liams pounded the 23rd company's
Rex Rogers to the canvas in the
first round. Lightning left jabs
kept Rogers off balance and set
him up for the kill which was a
vicious right cross. The bout was
fought in the light heavyweight
division.
Other winners in that division
were James Miller who knocked
out Gerald Jeffcoat and Kenneth
Cordell and Rogerio Franz who
decisioned James Lancaster and
Boros Beats All
Local Golfers On
National Golf Day
.500
.500
.333
.333
.333
.000
Co 702nd AIB 1 1
Pet. 2nd AAA 1
1.000H&S 634th AIB 1 1
.667B Co 1st Tank 1 2
.667A Co 16th AEB 0 2
500Hqs Co 702nd AIB .... 0 2
Not a single golfer that played
on the courses at Hood Saturday
was able to beat the U. S. Open
champion Julius Boros.
Boros shot a brilliant two under
par 70 at the Oakmont Country
Club last Saturday in his national
golf day round.
Thousands of golfers from all
over the nation paid one dollar
each for the chance to beat Boros.
Receipts go to the USO and Nation
al Golf Fund. Boros donated his
$1000 purse to the organization.
In racking up his two under par
Boros pared the front nine and col
lected three birdies on the back
side. He canned his first birdies
with a 2Vt. foot putt on the short
142-yard No. 13 hole. The other two
came on the 12th and 17th.
Local golfers couldn't seem to
beat the score of 70 posted by the
champ and will have to wait until
next year to match their skills
against the pros.
Best In Boxing
Pet.
1.000
1.000
.667
.500
.500
.500
.333
.000
.000
Team Points
D. Co 4 Tank 285
Co 81st Recon 260
Sv Btry 73rd AFA 245
A Co 702nd AIB 165
Btry 73rd AFA 160
Co 702nd AIB 120
Co 701st AIB 100
A Btry 73rd AFA 95
Co 634th AIB 90
Co 1st Tank 55
A Co 701st AIB 45
A Co 4th Tank 35
Hqs Co 702nd AIB 35
A LOOK OF FRIGHT appears on the face of J. Wilksinson of Fort
Sill as he knocks down the last hurdle in the 120 yard high hurdle
race. Clearing the hurdle is R. Whitehead the eventual winner.
In the background is Hood's Virgil Severns who finished fourth in
this race. (Photo by Kuritzky)
THE ARMORED SENTINEL
Page Six Thursday May 21 1953
Boxing Continues At North Fort
Depites Loss Of Many Fighters
Joe Elley respectfully
In other middleweight matches
L. C.. James and Laurise Carroll
proved too much for Dallas Kinard
and W. J. Little winning by TKO's.
Bobby Horton had trouble with
Buddy Newport but was awarded
the bout by the referee after New
port committed several fouls.
Robert Halliness and Billy Thorn
ton two other middleweights pro
vided a real slugfest for the fans.
Halliness edged Thornton in a split
decision.
Monday night at Red Lindsey
field the 501st MP's knocked the
123rd AOMB baseball team from
the ranks of the unbeaten as they
trounced them by the score of 14
to 4.
What started out to be a close
game ended in a onesided affair
women stars performing should no
door Track and Fiedl Meet to be
as the MP's found the range after
the fourth inning and coasted to
their fourth victory of the year.
After Tschannen got on in the
first inning Joe Bertling sent a
smashing line drive over the right
field fence that put the MP's in the
lead for the rest of the evening.
In the botom half of he first
the 123rd came back with one run
arid it looked like it might be a
a am
didn't do much scoring after that
except in the third and sevenh
innings.
Pownall Winner
Pownall pitched all the way for
the winners and never did get into
much trouble. He struck out 14 bat
ters to remain in the lead in that
cord of four wins for the season.
Although Bertling connected with
a homer and a double he had to
take a back seat in the hitting de
partment from Verbanek who hit
three doubles and a Single to lead
all batters for the night.
Escalera hit a homer in the se
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It was the same old story in the
lone heavyweight bout as power
ful Lorenzo Richardson pride of
the 13th stopped L. J. Lewis of
the 22nd by way of TKO early in
the first round. In his three bouts
so far Richardson has knocked out
all of his opponents in scarcely
over a minute.
Ellis Cortes the stock welter
weight from the 13th also had an
easy time with his foe but took
his time to win by a decision over
James Mitchell of the 24th.
MP's Defeat 123rd In
Dual For League Lead
venth inning for the 123rd to lead
his team in batting.
The outstanding player for the
123rd was their catcher McGuire.
Time after time he made some
spectacular plays that seems to
give him an edge on all other catch
ers in the league.
Killeen Base Wins
In another baseball thriller the
Killeen Base team managed to stay
in the last innig by the score of
they nosed out the 16th AEB crew
in he last inning by the score of
2 to 1.
This game proved to be a pitch
ers dual as only seven hits were
mustered out by both teams.
Up until the last inning K.B. was
trailing and with two outs it looked
like they were to suffer their first
defeat. Brown bunted safely and
stole second. When the throw was
wild he went to third.
The next batter Schmitt walked
and that put Murray at bat. Mur
ray was safe on an error and dur
ing the play Schmitt went to second
and Brown scored the tying run.
This put Grote the next batter
in a tough situation. He didn't let
his team down however as he came
through with a single to send across
the winning run.
It was the most closely matched
game of the year and it left the
K. B. team with three wins and
no losses to maintain its chances
for the crown.
UP AND OVER goes Rev. Robert .E. Richards as he clears 15
feet in a pole vaulting exhibition at Prichard Stadium. Richards
gave the spectators a great show as fce showed them why he was
the National A:A.U. pole vault and iecathlon champion of 1951.
(Photo by Kuritzky)
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