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Show Bommn Win Two SaltfSake City aBititles JL 2JL JUL Booker Smith, Bill Cook Are New S. L. Champions From HF Win Bliddleweight and Ughtheavy Crowns As Green Forced Oat Due to Injury f In a Aces to Start Outdoor Workouts Soon Frazer Schedules Tentative gym and Indoor workouts for a romp on a real diamond Thursday at 6:15 p. m. in Monroe Park, 29th and Monroe in Ogden. With a tentative schedule for practice games already lined up, Bill Frazer, energetic director of recreation in whose hands Hill Field's baseball, destinies lie, hopes that additional ball hawks will up Thursday evening. Experience has been plenty in evidence oh the squad in indoor workouts so far, enough to bring out plenty of optimism in coaches and players over prospects for the coming season in the Ogden Service League. There are seven pitchers already on hand, two of whom have twirling records in professional loops. All the top hands from last year's outfit are loosening up and a fast showing is expected of the club as a whole when it rounds into shape. The Ogden Service League won't begin actual loop play until the first of June, but practice tussles will be staged that should have fans and players alike well aware of the possibilities for the pennant show race. Dodi Harrop High In Women's Weekly Bowling In an evening of just average bowling and canceled games, Doris Harrop banged out an actual 176 to the women's intramural league. Right on her heels were Kitty Zito with a 160 single and Sandy Liotta, whose 148 gave her third honors for the night No records were even touched m the only game rolled found Branch Three copping three games from Branch Five. All other games were canceled, then postponed to uus weeic Current standings In the loop are as follows: , Won. Loat. S3 27 . 44 32 Breach 3. ln Fldra. Branch Branch - Breach Branch .LOST 5 27 34 33 4 IS ... 35 42 43 65 At .643 .57 .814 .442 .434 .198 Stiver Identification brace-J- jt with wtnga on front and inscription: Olander, C. A. P., Date . Soloed." "turn to K. OUnder, employKxten-o-relations branch, e Milan a personnel. K. 8315. Reward. A AU Pacers Cling To Soldier Bowling Leads Champs "r ) 175-pou- nd 135-pou- nd fast-hitti- jack-in-the-b- ng ox an . r'" ' were again as Frost, Practices are under way for the opening season. Both can cut plenty caper mu local base paths and are expected to be cogs in the current Hill Field squad. left, I $&tf 1 - (0 Sir. v W mil imririnnTTmTTnrrTiriiTsBBnsissji t&sf' C S In Both Leagues 5 f issiii mni inntlHT " " ' - J liniiliillinr mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmommeiasmmtmms Salt JUST AS TOUGH AS THEY LOOK . . . Are Lake A. A. U. boxing champions Pvt. Bill Cook, left, and Cpl. Booker T. Smith, Hill Field GIs and members of the famed "Brown Bomber" squad. Cook was crowned middleweight senior winner and Big Booker won the lightheavy title without tossing any leather when his opponent in the finals had to default. Quent McConnell, Hill Field civilian, was the man Cook decisioned to win tbe crown in a tough scrap. newly-crown- ed 160-pou- nd HF Fans Missed The Boat and Utes Went on to U. S. Titles By Sgt Tom Boright Early in the 1943-4- 4 basketball season, a gangly, unheralded, teenage band of University of Utah cagers came to Hill Field and with regulars playing less than a half of the game, drubbed the soldier Bombers here by a better than margin before a paltry audience of perhaps 25 persons. Last week, after one of the most hectic, Cinderella finishes in modern collegiate basketball annals, d those same, slim, Utes, more polished, by nowto a little e total crowd a played of 32,000 as they treated metropolitan court addicts to the thrill games of the year, beating Dartin an overtime N. C. mouth, A. A. title tilt and St Johns of for the mythical Brooklyn, national championship. So Hill Field basketball fans who couldn't read the cage season's crystal ball, stayed away in droves last December while the future national champs performed right on the field admission free. The nights of the big Madison Square Garden attractions in New York last week Utah's Governor Maw would have, had a rough time laying his hands on to tickets. So go the fortunes of sport The Utes' march to the title is a pretty well mulled and hashed-ove- r story by now. Horatio Alger moved at a snail's pace compared to these kids who wouldn't say their way quit through a season marked by a startling lack of competition in their own Rocky Mountain region, they voted to accept a lucrative invitation to the annual Madison Square Garden invitational meet, down on a bid to turning thumbs the western N. C. A. A. sectional meet at Kansas City. kids For the victory-consciothat proved an unwise choice. They bounced out of the Garden, d favorites of the the Gotham fans, on a tough loss to Kentucky. That's when Lady Luck took the stage. An unfortunate and most untimely accident crippled two Arkansas stars on a Razorback team slated to fill the Utes bill in the previously rejected K. C. offer. Again the berth was open, again Utah was invited and this time accepted. They made sports headlines the country over by dumping first Missouri, then Iowa State to walk away with the western 40-po- int - red-cla- two-gam- 42-4- 0, 43-J1- 6, - ... Of last year's Hill Field girls softball aggregations who are on hand Bmtnmett, and Dorian WARS s . semi-final- vn if P;Vi Is rsj Kosof Cracks 'Em For Top Marks 160-pou- nd HF Diamond Darlings ""a They9 re Bomber Wednesday, April 5, 1944 left-jabbi- ng Hill Field Aces' baseball aspirants are forsaking Weber college pace Hill Held, Utah 160-pou- nd Practice Tilts keg 1944 Salt Lake City A. A. U. boxing tournament marked by for feits and injuries, a surprisingly scrap-happ- y squad of Hill Field soldier Brown Bombers won two individual crowns and left Salt Lake fans convinced that the Keep 'Em Flying field can really turn out crack leatherpushers. It was Hill Field vs. Hill Field in the finals at Salt Lake's Elk club when Blasting Bill Cook, colored artist, took the senior title from Quen-ti- n McConnell. McConnell, who was fighting for the welfare and recreation unit here, made the mistake of waiting until the third round to make his bid and by that time Cook had stabbod him rets peatedly with left jabs and upper-cuwhich sent the civilian reeling several times. It was a unanimous decision and popular with the crowd. Temperament played a big part in Cook's march to the title, however, as two of his Bomber teammates, Joe Dunbar and Jim Harris, also entered in the division, refused to go into the ring against each other in the s. Cook, consequently, nudged ahead into the finalsWed-on Tuesday night rather than nesday when the title bouts were scheduled. The lightheavy class was almost a Hill Field affair as three Bombers, Booker T. Smith, Barney Weatherspoon and Wells inadvertently came up with what Coach Cpl. Paul Rusnik called "some neat teamwork," to bring the championship home. Rugged obstacle in the Hill Fielders' path to the crown was an experienced-lookin- g soldier swatter, Ted Cerwin of Salt Lake, fighting for the Gemmell club. Wells was Cerwin's first Brown Bomber opposition Monday night and although losing a lopsided decision, took enough out of Cerwin to make his battle the next night with Weatherspoon anything Wilbut a lie shindig. Cerwin won the bout and lost the title in the ring with Weatherspoon, however, as he came out of the scrap with a broken thumb. So big Booker T. Smith, who carries an imposing K. O. record on his belt in this territory, is Salt Lake's 1944 lightheavy titleholder without lifting a glove, thanks to fellow Bombers, Wells and Weatherspoon. The injury jinx backfired on the Brown Bombers in the class when Ralph Green, who was given a fair chance to lift Japanese-AmericTominago's 1943 crown, developed a cyst on his wrist and had to default. That automatically made Tomlnago a repeat winner and again this year the fighter named by rlngsiders as the class of the tourney. Handling the Bombers for the tournament was Cpl. Rusnik, veteran boxer and coach, whose smooth tactics were evident as he brought the colored soldiers into the ring in top shape. Ball-hawki- ng us baby-face- - crown and qualify to meet Dartmouth, the eventual winner of the New- York tourney. The Garden again and the tenacious Utes, out in the first round and back in on a fluke, some luck and a dose of poise unexpected in players their age, climbed to the section - national pinnacle as Dartmouth's Green couldn't match them in that last, long overtime stride. x, a charity game The with St. John's, winners of the Garden invitation event, usually the unofficial championship decider, proved no tartar for the Utes. They reached the pinnacle Big anti-clima- With lust three weeks to so be of the officers' fore the wind-u- p bowling league. Station Hospital took a firmer grip on first place as they tossed the wood at Training and Operations for a three-gam- e win and 2601 to 2565 total pins margin. in quite an upset, Signal Section took a r four-poivictory from the Aircraft Shops to climb into second place. The Shops were handicapped by rolling with onlv four men. however, as Malor Gene Wilson led them with his 512. Capt. Kahl was high Signal ace with a 518 total. The Officers C!lnh finnllv fminrt a ladder out of the cellar depths in the persons of the 3rd Report-Ine- r five. Thev took n 2Rfn tn 2482 total pins margin and four points irom tne uetachment. Rolling for the Club as a substitute was Max Kosof and hp tmvo tho SSgt tonm the impetus it has been lacking all the second half of the loop with a fine 558, followed by CWO Sullint van's 527. 482nd Cops in EM Loop e The 482nd ouint nf keglers erased another menace to ineir top spot in tne EM league Fridav nicht on the A An when they plastered the Hospital live wnn a rour-poiwhich knocked the Medicslicking, down into fourth place. Again it Was SSstt. Knant nrhn his team's drive. He spearheaded 11 MA ooz ronea ana teammate Charlie Mice Doasted a neat 505 for second hieh honors. Bill Waterman couldn't steam the tide alone as ne topped the Hospital with 499. Those aptly named Zebras continued tn tnlrm MSgt. uliniitain of a fat handicap and improving camfa tn hniw on f onnn ..T- although losing . .to a hot 9 crew wnica xouna inspiration in the jockeying tactics of their adjutant, Lt. Luke "Hot Tornt" Bob Smith led the assault SSgt witn ooo wniie Bead man for the Zebes were Evans Ray with 461 and Bob Neafie with 447. Busting out of a tie for last place, Unit Personnel took Medical Steam-rollin- nt ... E-1- utin their meteoric rise as the Brooklynites fell, 43 to 36. deNowadays, that early-seasfeat doesn't seem' very embarrassing to the Hill Field Bombers, who had little reason to believe at the time Just as fans out here Btrtthat they were squaring off with SuDDlv into ramn Cox the the country's coming dazzling alleys for a 523 collegiate a Utah hats are off to the ioiai inree-gam-e series. kings. CJte cagers a bunch of kids who went to town and made more than of on Tl.. a. Team Standings good! Bowling Rifle Club Starts Ball Rolling OFFICERS W. Hospital Signal Section Aircraft Shops Officers dub L. Avk. 38 25 23 20 23 25 .773 .738 .786 .8 .784 9A 9 Enthusiasm is running rampant 3rd Reporting SO 18 among old Hill Field Rifle Club ENLISTED MEN Members and new converts to the W. L. organization as the first meeting 482nd 15 25 was held last week Friday. Zebras 18 22 The necessary papers have been 9 20 20 received from, the National Rifle 19 21 Association and all that remains Hospital 18 22 Unit Persl to have the club in p running Med. Supply 16 24 order Is election of capable officers and collection of the N. R. A. initiation fees. .741 In First Meeting Trnr. Ml Odim. 10 va Avk. .782 .714 .725 E-1- JMW M tip-to- The cost of becoming a fully accredited N. R. A. class A member is $3 and members will be assessed small monthly club dues for running expenses. Next meeting to be held will be recreaFriday at 2 p. m. in the tion unit in civilian ' personnel ' With over 65 persons building. expressing a desire to be actively associated with the club, it seems a veritable cinch to be sucessful. ... In Sl.KF.FINa ROOM FOR RENT Two Rlrli (L. D. S. preferred ). Living-roocharacter reference. privileges, bath. Board It deal red. Apply Thursday or Sunday, one to nine p. m. Mr. Irving E. Anderson. Skyline Subdivision, 109 Air eraft Art., Layton, Utah. new home. m .678 Bowling Big 5 OFFICERS G. T. 29 431 .33 5613 Su'Hvan Wilson Free 3 S3 Malfory 6088 5.901 Pearson ......24 3905 ENLISTED MFN O. Kosof ' ... SO Waterman ....SO Trak Archackt Rice 24 21 27 T. 5110 S174 4046 ZT.S 4187 - Avg. 170.5 170 169.0 168 166 J Avg. 182.0 172 188 167.0 166.0 1 |