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Show Admiral Nimitz Wins Horseshoe Contest The Admiral wins again. In a double match at a recent picnic held for the fleet, the team headed by Admiral C. W. Nimitz, commander in chief, U. S. Pacific fleet and the Pacific ocean areas, won the horseshoe match. While Admiral Nimitz gets set for one of his ringers, Earl R. Lavender, BM 1-c, U. S. navy, of Los Angeles, Calif., awaits his turn. In addition to the horseshoe contest, ball games, swimming, races, boxing, wrestling and other sporting events were included during the picnic. These events are provided whenever possible, but under present fighting conditions In the Pacific it is seldom possible for the sailors to land and enjoy themselves. Most of their entertainment is carried on aboard ship. |