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Show Page HILL TOP TIMES G i! Will Slug it Out for Honors Hill AFB Boxers . In Top Shape; Vie For Area Honors '53 Squadron Basketball Champs 13,195; m a ; Every day at 3 p. m. finds the Hill AFB boxing team at the .base gym training for the coming conference area boxing championships, March lf to 20. Under the expert guidance of TSgt. John Hunter, manager and assistant coach from area maintenance, who has been in the fight game for many years, the Hill leather pushers are rounding out their training and getting into shape for a crack at the top honors. One of Hill's top contenders is AB Charles Storey, 147 pound pugilist from area maintenance. Storey is considered one of the cleanest and most popular boxers in the Intermountain area with a large following of local fans. He was last vear's conference winner and is expected to retain his area title again this year in the coming battle. Another fighter who will defend Hill's prestige is heavyweight slugTwo of the top pugilists who will battle in the coming Northwest ger Dexter Johnson of the 29th ammunition squadron at Pueblo, onierence area ooxing lournamenv, iuarcn lb to 20, are shown Irs tssai above. Airman John Blair, left, 165 pound slugger from 7th CoColorado. Johnson is a former new to the is Golden Gloves in mmunications, though Denver champion fight game, spirited and promises ItBUStl to be one of the top contenders. AB Charles Storey, right 14J f3i the heavyweight division. Other Hill boxers who promise td pounds, was last year's conference winner and is expected to retain lut his title again this year. give the other eight area teams a lam run for their money are : Jessie Iota Kates, 112 pound toughie from the he 2,"th ammunition squadron at Ready Tl Tooele; Jessie Williams, 125 pound speedster from the 30th ammunito tion squadron at Tooele; Richard Mountain conference in feather, Force Home Air contender block-bustBase, 132 Hockett, pound from area maintenance; and John Idaho, will bring six boxers to Hill weight (125 pound class) A2CJoi y Chandler. Joe went to the semi par Blair, 16u pound slugger from 7th AFB for the Northwest sports con- finals of the communications. tournament. From ference boxing 1D52. lor "Whether or not our boys bring advance notices, the Idaho sluggers Other . team members include: home all the bacon is yet to be seen, will be plenty tough to handle. A1C Harvey, Merridith. heaw but Hill enthusiasts can count on one thing. Our fighters are in exLeading the Mountain Home weight: SSgt. Dick Kaeck, m cellent shape and will give a good pugilists will be A2C Jackie An- pound class; A2C Weldon Flood! account of themselves, sergeant derson, 15G pound class. Jackie was 139 pound class; AaC Grandj runner-u- p in the Air Force world- Daniel, 132 pound class; A1C Jac'J Hunter said. wide boxing tourney at Lackland Bertorn, 118 pound class; and Coacl tion in the recent educational sur AFB last year and will definitely SSgt. Chuck Merriot, Jr. Coacl vey conducted by the I & E office. add color and talent with his south- Merriot has spent a lot of time Negotiations are now under way paw style. Along with Anderson, with the boxmg game and was with local educational institutions Mountain Home boaste'another top top amateur fighter himself. for classes to be conducted here on the station," Sgt. Stouffer said. "A minimum of 15 students interested in one subject is necessary before classes and instructors can be brought to the base." FUN FOR -- DADS TOO! Classes which are expected to beMarch include school 23, gin high Just in Time for Outdoor Springtime Fun. subjects of: mechanics of engineering, algebra, political history and basic math. College subjects will be French, algebra, trigonometry, Spanish, English, accounting, German and speech, Sergeant Stouffer said. "If all the airmen who expressed the desire for the courses attend) this will be the largest school yet conducted," he said. f Mountain Home Boxers are For Big Leather Battle Monday The 4th Materiel Recovery team displays the trophy they won after a bitter battle with Depot Training team No. 1 in the playoffs of the 1953 intra-mursquadron basketball league. Members of the team are (top row. left to right) A3C Terry Hill, A1C John Leslie, Theodore Paladino (coach) A1C Donald McGrary and A2C TSgt. Horace Scott. (Bottom row) A 2C Joe Wertz, A1C Matthew Holza-pfe- l and A2C Robert Jimerson. er al pre-Olymp- 4th Mat 1953 Basketball Champs Win 56-5- 1 Over Depot Training After a long and bitter struggle between the 11 teams of the Hill AFB intra-mursquadron basketball league, the battle reached its climax March 4. The 4th Materiel five managed to get the upper hand a m tv XT. x. xoover jepuu xo. win .naming the championship 56 to51. The 4th materiel won the first and third to snare the games of, the play-of- f victors cup. Though depot training undefeatal J.- until the play-off- s swept to, an early lead over 4th materiel, the game was very close all the way, with the decision hanging in the balance until the final gun. Max Fold, John Reid and Lawrence Smith of depot training maintained their early lead until midway in the third quarter when sharpshooters Joe Wertz "and Terry Hill of the 4th Mat five regained the lead through a flash of successive baskets. They held the lead with their brilliant playing against tough opposition until the final gun and walked off with the championship honors to the roaring applause of 1,000 spectators. ed Classes for Hill AFB Airmen to March 23 Begin The of school bells will ringing soon be heard at Hill Air Force Base, according to information re ceived from MSgt. Warren A. Stouffer, base I & E office. Classes ranging from high school to college courses are scheduled to begin in the near future for the many Hill airmen who expressed the desire to iurther their educa ( on-ba- se Oq GASOLINE ENGINE POWERED Signal Cafe FLYING MODEL ALREADY ASSEMBLED LINES COMPLETE WITH in Constructed of Tough Flexible Plastic Bright Blue, Red, or Black Guaranteed Against Defective Materials and Workmanship CONTROLLED LAYTON, UTAH FAMOUS Elva G. Vaughn A'O'C'SYSreM Manager For o o 6 A. M. to 9 P. M. Featuring Breakfasts Luncheons Dinners Guaranteed Fast Service Only 5 Minutes Drive from Davis County Defense Plants. 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