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Show THE HILL Page 4 'KRIS Warming The Bench . TOP TIMES Friday, JanUory 19' 7, CROSS" BUT NOT By Armed Forces Press Service Toss another log on the fire, put your feet up on the stove,, and hear the story of baseball's most fantastic home run, Grover banged by white-haire- d Land, now 62 years old and living in retirement at Phoenix, Arizona. Baseball historians have either overlooked or ignored the feat, but pot-belli- ed anyway four-bas- e clout traveled Land's less than 70 feet. Turn back baseball pages to the Federal League which functioned from 1914 through 1915 in competition with the American ' and National Leagues. The Brooklyn Feds were in Chicago for a series with the Chicago Whales. Umpire Barry McCormick failed to show for his afternoon chore and his partner, Bill Brennan, had to work the game alone. The contest moved nicely for five innings, Brennan calling balls, strikes and action on the bases d without disturbing the , of the players. Then a Brooklyn player walked to the plate and proceeded to foul off pitch after pitch, causing Brennan to run back and fprth for more balls to be put in play. This bit of double-timinplus a muggy, hot afternoon, finally wore Brennan down. So, in disgust, he dumped a load of balls behindHhe pitcher's mound, then stacked them into a neat pile. The foul tip batter was finally retired and the perspiring umpire mopped his brow in relief. Up strolled Land, Brooklyn catcher, and then the fun began. Land banged the first pitch straight into the pile of baseballs and the pellets made like pins after a perfect strike in bowling. In the resulting scramble, each Chicago infielder came up with a ball and was waiting for Land as he raced around the bases. The Brooklyn catcher recalls that he was tagged at least five times, but Brennan ruled there Brennan insisted was no put-ou- t. that no man could figure out which was the fairly batted ball and it would have to stand as a home run. echoed Screams of protest throughout Northside Pajk, now Wrigley Field, and the argument was taken to James A. Gilmore, then president of the Federal Monday, Hillfielders and their friends have the opportunity to see a fast, hard fought basketball and all for free, too. You game see, that's the night that our hard court artists take the floor against Westminster College for the first game of the new year. In as much as the game is being played on the base gymnasium floor, Hillfielders and their friends will be admitted free of charge. If the local five look as good tonight as they have in previous starts, the game Monday will be worth driving quite a few miles to see. To date the Airmen have won three of five starts; one defeat was at the. hands of Westminster on their floor. Monday the Hill aggregation is out to avenge -- ed peace-of-min- that whipping. g, , -- The Finance Office has always been stocked with stuff we like and Evelyn "Kris" Christensen is no exception to the rule. Working in the pay and allowances branch, Kris' smiles have softened the hearts of many an irate Hillfielder who didn't get as much dough as he figured he should. Incidentally, Kris lives at 1422 .South 10th East in Salt Lake City. Record-- - , - F-8- 7's League. Gilmore gave the matter deep and eventually ruled that thought he would not throw out the game unless the subsequent result had a deciding effect on the pennant race. It didn't. So Land takes credit for a home run. Toss another log on the fire, Buddy it's your turn. side-by-si- F-8- 8. ot er F-8- 5, Night and fighting all-weat- for the football (Continued from Page 1) way. So I set out looking for lightning. For one whole summer I lived in a little cabin with an Indian sheep-herdon Baldy Mountain in Colorado. Every day I went out of the cabin and sat on a big boulder. Thunderstorms came and went with bolts of blue-whilightning and had a seat in the Rose has been on hand to see the Tournament of Roses Parade. How lucky can a guy be? te To See Service tearing up trees and shattering Douplnnmpnt dptalls of the U. S. boulders all around me. Air Vnrrp's newest flvine tareet. I was scared plenty scared. remotely-controlle- d But I stuck to it and it paid off. the OQ-19reWhen the lightning struck me it target plane, were revealed cently by Air Materiel Command was so bright I couldn't see. I was standing on the lava ground, and headquarters. has a speed of 220 it was just like some great giant The miles an hour and weighs approxi-mntfl- v stood behind me and shook me 300 nounda. The Diane will fiercely. The pain left my hands then, fly at high speeds for a duration of one hour at sea level wunout re and there has been no pain from any-whthat day to this, and that was nine fueling and can be operated within the line of sieht years ago. The paralysis also left Telescopic aides can be utilized my fingers. fm innronaincr the oneratine ranee. Today, my hands are still knotted Remotely controlled from00-19-either and my fingers almost resemble the ormnnd nr the air. the little mallets, but I can play the of high speed dives, is capable piano. Anything you want from . . overs, anai sieep Bach to Boogie. wing loops, rows, Hanira Tt is designed to simulate And if you don't believe me, meet the operations of a fighter air me at the NCO Club some noon hour and I'll prove my story. craft. tfn w v 5r .sr. v&2 B I r A v ? It r A me cr nrn,! game (Ml . ic tMm ""fluiU and civilian military personnel strintr UK Game time is 8:15 a0 there! ... m I Bowling Leagues Start New Year I By Hugh Stewart fW.i.l Thunderbolts headed bv Al Agee captured the first half! cnampionsnip ot tne white-ho- t Hilll AFB men's league. Captain Agee! was ably aided and ahetieH U Chet Cochran, Jack Millar, Bob! wnitman ana vern Gale. With a total of thirty eight wins and eighteen defeats they promise to be hard to collar in the second tw which commenced Monday, 3 Janu-- j ary. Second and third place honors! were taken over by the Tin Twis l ters and Mustangs respectively. I With the beginning of the second! half some sterling Derforman.! were turned in. Air Installations held first place by virtue of total! pins and four points. Tied with! Captain Jim Hoeree's onrushinc Tn.l stallation quint from a point woi standpoint were Security Five, Jolters, Inventory, Commandos and metal Maulers. Air Installations setl the third best team series of the! current season with a bisr 28ml total. This total was primarily due! to Hal Francom's huge 605 three! game series and a fine 207 single game engineered by Don Windham which incidentally was his first game of the past two seasons. I Highlights of Monday's bowling:l High team series. Air Installa-200 I I tions, 2907. High team single eame. Air? I stallations, 1000. High individual series. Hal Fran-I com, 213, 191, 201, total 605. second high individual series,! I Serge Empey, 545. High individual eame. . Semi In-- I I U. AM eame. Jem I Richard D. Roberts. While the ttedly, not the best, Roberts said "would Armament Shop team anybody, anytime, anywhere." However, he hastened to explafflx the challenge he is offering is being done in a spirit of boasUnf Hp mprolv wants to Stir UP interest on the part of other teaoij at the base in order to get an I Honorfirianfal fAiifnV VOlTlE. M which The Armament shop, 13 men, plays volley ball eacn w ' during the noon hour. Theynei-chow - i up sides" every day ana an teams. I co "By choosing different team g binations each day, every manowe used to playing with every man in the shop," Roberts said- "" tends to create a team spirit we can play a better game, added. t Getting a daily workout n knocking the ball back and - OQ-19- A n A f Armed with a "Lucky 13"; the armament branch of the maintenance division is out to get a volley ball tournament going and then to whip all entrants, according admi- er ... c Th 12 nninto Volley Ball Teams "Rearin To Go" . Lightning- - 10. 'This year marked the fourth has straight year that Frank Bowl per eame and Holmf an avera . -re of sada, 216. 3rd hieh individual Wheelwright, 213. F-8- 9. classic of the year at Pasadena. Frank and his wife left by automobile on December 29 for sunny California and don't expect to be back to the snow covered land of zion until Monday, Janu- New Flying Target Bob Spencer, who is only 5' 10" is the specialty of the newest of The up Northrop's ships, the swept tail of this ship was de signed to avoid the twin blasts of hot exhaust gases from the jet engines and to diminish the effect on the tail surfaces of turbulence caused by the high velocity airflow over the razor-thi- n wing. The pressurized cockpit carries a crew of two, a pilot and a radar Hill-field- er ary . TTolraea and Slavilo. i. au Il&VP Jai played for Junior colleges in tir home states and have since on several service tcmD t.Ii " son tall, averaged 12 points per game last year while playing guard. He gained his experience at South High school in Salt Lake City (where he was chosen "all city" basketball player for two straight 222. years) - and at the University of Empey, 2nd hierh individual eame. Hard Court Experts How lucky can a human beask Frank Vau&e and ing be see! He is probably the only lucky enough to have tickets de two-ma- Lucky! had New Base Exec (Continued from Page 1) Colonel Clareance M. Sartain, Johnson established a new official of the Engineering Divi670.981 miles formerly of record per speed AFB, hour over a three kilometer course sion at Wright-Patterso- n was recently named Base Execu at Muroc Air Force Base, tive at Hill Air Force base. Colonel Sartain spent four years Four-je- t took the experi engines in the Caribbean theater and a was aloft. the This mental and a half with the 15th Air first of the long-rang- e fighters to year utilize this much power. Also in- Force in Italy where he was com of the 41st Air corporated into this plane was the manding officer at Depot Gioia, Italy for Group of the arrangement two seats to permit maximum ef some time. While in Italy and Central and n crew. ficiency for the A penetration fighter capable of South America, the Colonel became interested in archaeology and geoloperating deep into enemy territory ogy, which is now one of his main is the This is a twin turbo-je- t, single-seatplane, 55 feet long. hobbies. The McDonnell Aircraft Corpora 12 Colonel and Mrs. Sartain have a year old daughter, Carolyn. tion that manufactured the also turned out the first models of this trim fighter which started flight tests in October. . 70-fo- And Coach Robertson (Captain Julius D. Robertson) has the club that might well send the Parsons home on the short end of the score. "Robbie" is a popular eastern ref ugee and was the coach of the Hill a team that did Team last year mighty well. With Captain Bob Spencer and Cpl. James Slaydon both on the job again this year and playing an even better game than before, "Robbie" has the makings of a great team. Add to that nucleus such seasoned players as Howard Morgan, Major Gene Ciolek and Sgt. Jackie Holmes and its hard to see how the team can miss. Howard Morgan, who works in Associated Equipment, played for the "A. C." at Logan a few years back and has since sparked such well known teams as the Layton Jaycees. Howard holds down the center spot where his 6' 1" comes in handy. y Major Ciolek has played semi-pr- o ball in Detroit and just last year completed a season with the Whiskered Wizards, a team which Gene says has a reputation for being the world's most colorful team. Utah. The Hill quintet this year has won three out of five starts. The airmen will see plenty of action night when they meet a cagey five from Westminster College.Monday The game will be played at the Hill AFB gym and admission Is free. Game time is 8:15 p. m. Shown above are: (left to right) Lt. Raymond F. King, Howard Captain William Chandler, Cpl. James Slaydon and Ronald Morgan, Purser. across the net are: Jerry JeJ Neslin Bangerter, Douglas BW v quist, Ralph Dalton, Howard v Miller. Deverl Ned len, Kent, Ro"?.1 ert Miller, Ken Pierce, w ter, Richard Roberts, Donald mon and Howard Theriault Games may be arranged by ing extension 8456, Robertsi Tve discovered baldness." "What Is it?" "Too much skin." the secret |