Show Norfolk Naval Trainees Win of 24 Tilts NORFOLK Va May 19 A R-A record which many a minor league club and even some of their contemporaries contemporaries con con- temporaries in the majors would envy has been established by the Norfolk naval training station baseball team The club which began playing early in April has won 23 of 24 games played played 20 20 consecutively consecutively- including a 9 4 decision over the St. St Louis Browns of the American league Its It's an impressive record in any league this early in the season I and the accomplishment is not in any way mitigated by the fact that thata a majority of the opposing teams are service aggregations The service teams these days days days- navy army or marine corps have corps have some pretty good talent on their rosters and N T Ss S's victories have I been earned the hard way Warrant Bosn Gary R. R Bodie Bodle coach and manager of ot the club has had to work hard to bring his squad to the peak of perfection perfection tion it now v possesses possesse His boys are no professional athletes whose fame and future in organized baseball baseball baseball base base- ball was assured before they donned the uniform of their coun coun- try They're just an average bunch of youngsters who like Ike to play ball In p peacetime you'd find them on myriad diamonds diamonds sand lots high school college and minor league league but but v no now they're in the navy and it is natural for them to I pool their talents and play for the naval ship they are serving the serving training station Baseball with them is secondary They're sailors first and baseball players when they arc are off watch And do their shipmates love it Most ost games are played in the af afternoon afternoon aft aft- t just about but hundreds of ot sailors the sailors the attendance attendance attendance attend attend- ance runs from two to ten thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand at a game gam haye y sa a through ough ball games and missed their meals so so great is their appreciation of the team S S |