The White Falcon - 04.05.1957, Side 4

Pace 4
THE WHITE FALCON
Saturday, May 4, 1957
By T/Sgt Bill Turner
SHARPSHOOTIN’
Any ex-gyrenes in the crowd? If so, then take a bow for one
of the United States Marines recently shattered the national pistol
record out San Diego, California way. First Lieutenant William W.
McMillan, Jr., tore enough holes in his target to come up with an
official grand aggregate score of 2645 out of a possible 2700. The
previous record was held by the Army’s crack pistol shot, Master
Sergeant H. L. (Joe) Benner, with a score of 2644.
The competition was tough and plentiful. Over two hundred of
the nation’s top military, civilian and police marksmen fired at the
San Diego Police range and an indication of the ruggedness of the
competition can be seen by the three other scores that topped the
2600 mark.
Lieutenant McMillan was commissioned in 1953 from the rank of
technical sergeant and has been a Marine for eight years. He is now
serving as coach and captain of the Marksmanship Training Unit at
the Marine Corps Camp Matthews rifle ranges.
BAZE-A-BALL
To a guy that loves baseball, is there any game more important
than a major league contest? The answer is a most emphatic YES.
The game that means just as much to the enthusiast as any that the
Big Boys play is the one that he himself is playing in-whether it
is played on a real sharp diamond for intramural honors or whether
it is just one pick-up team against another at a picnic with the third
baseman and the keg holding down the “hot corner”.
It is with this in mind, and with the opening of the softball
season hard upon us that “The Way I See It” is prompted to run a
series of articles on the fine art of playing smart baseball. Even if
your fallen chest prevents you from donning spikes (Chiefs and M/Sgts
excluded because after watching Bilko we have found how powerful
they can be) we’re sure you will gain something from reading the
articles—it will enable you to get more out of watching a game, a
very fine art in itself.
Now we have attended big league games from the time of Bill
Dickey and Mel Ott and we have spent many a Sunday afternoon at
dear old Dexter Park in the Woodhaven section of Brooklyn watch-
ing the one-time greats like Waite Hoyt help the Bushwicks do
battle with some great semi-pro teams like the Black Yankees (with
young Satch Paige) or the House of David (distinctive for their
long natural beards). But we know our limits and so turn to some-
one more versed in the arts of the horsehide circuit—none other than
the great Mr. Clark C. Griffith, one of the games outstanding pitchers,
winning 237 games in 19 major league seasons and a worthy occu-
pant of Cooperstown’s Hall of Fame, to give out with some of the
tricks of the trade. Summarizing Griffith’s advice:
THE ART OF PITCHING
Any fan will tell you that the most important man on any team
is the pitcher. Many will say that he is responsible for 75% of the
final result of the game. Mr. Griffith points out that the greatest
asset any pitcher can have is control and a hard and fast rule for
99% of the time is to use that control to make the first pitch a
strike. MAKE THE FIRST PITCH A STRIKE and make every
pitch count. Never give any away unless the situation calls for an
intentional walk.
When you throw, throw at some particular part of the catcher,
rather than to the batter. If your catcher is a sharp boy he will
have that big mitt up there to serve as a target for you to aim at.
However, before you do let fly the pellet, make sure you turn around
to check your fielders. See that they are playing correct position for
the particular batter (a good coach comes in handy at this point) and
see to it that you don’t serve up the kind of ball that can easily be
hit to the unprotected sections.
Batters have faults.
A smart pitcher should be able to recognize a fault in a batter’s
stance when he sees it. Here are some faults and how to capitalize
on them:
1) If a right handed batter pulls his front foot toward left field
as he swings, pitch low and to the outside. This puts the ball at the
very end of the bat making a forcible drive almost impossible.
2) If, as the batter swings, his rear shoulder drops, give him a
high one. When the shoulder drops the bat automatically goes up
arjd a high ball, thus hit, will either be a pop-up or an easy fly ball
for your outfielders.
3) If the batter takes a big step forward the high ball is again
called for. While the batter is upright and first sees the ball coming
he will see a strike. As he takes his long step forward he will have
to hit up at the ball ending in a mighty fly ball to the shortstop or
second baseman.
4) If the batter takes too short a stride, pitch low. He will be
swinging down at the ball and what is easier for your infielders than
a high bouncer.
5) If the batter appears anxious—take your time. I don’t expect
to see them enforcing the 20 second rule at Keflavik.
If you have a man on base in scoring position your opponents
strategy will probably be to have the batter hit a long fly, thus scor-
ing the runner by a sacrifice. Pitch a low curve ball as they are
hardest to loft into the air for a long fly.
Vary your time between deliveries. This may annoy the batter
but remember, you’re not there to please him. It will also serve to
keep the base runners confused and keep stolen bases at a minimum.
FARR OUT WEST —This pretty
lass, Felicia Farr, is currently
brightening the West Coast en-
virons. She plays the feminine
lead in two Columbia productions,
“Jubal” and “Reprisal 1”
Keflavik
Sports Briefs
In an attempt to cop top honors
in the North East Overseas Com-
mand volleyball tournament the
Keflavik team advanced to the
semi-finals before losing to the
Goose Bay, Labrador men at that
base.
Two of Keflavik’s team mem-
bers were picked as all stars and
went with the other NEOC mem-
bers to participate in the all Air
Force Tournament held in Amar-
illo; Texas. The two all stars were
Lt. James K. Caldwell and Pvt.
Allan C. Durham both of Hq Serv-
ice Company. Base volleyball play-
offs will begin May 8th with the
top four teams of each league
participating in the double elimina-
tion.
Softball season is slated to com-
mence on 13 May at diamond
number 1 located between NCO
club and Snack Bar. Diamond
number 2 is located in the Meeks
area. Three games will be played
at each diamond Monday thru Fri-
day and three on Saturday. No
teams will be allowed to practice
on diamonds 1 or 2 after 1300
Monday thru Friday or after 1000
on Saturday. All teams desiring
to reserve the fields may do so
by calling 5191 and making re-
servations.
The Personnel Services Office
has organized a sports council
which will consist of one officer
and EM from every organization.
The group will act as coordinator
for all sports. A protest board is
also being set up with one man
from the Army, Navy and Air
Force who will review any pro-
test that arises.
The base softball team will be
picked from the all stars who are
selected from the teams entered
in the league. The tournament will
be at Harmon AFB, Newfoundland
26 thru 30 August.
A Shaughnessy play-off between
the Army, Navy and Air Force
all-stars on the 4th July in the
form of double elimination.
Base Education Program
Tops In North Atlantic
Keflavik Airport can well be proud of its University of
Maryland higher education program. According to Mr. Roy
Hamilton, University of Maryland representative, the pre-
sent term’s enrollment of 180 compares very favorably with
the largest bases in any of the divisions of the University’s
extensive overseas program comprising the North Atlantic,
Europe and the Far East.
Programwise, Iceland is tops in'
the North Atlantic division, offer-
ing a greater variety of courses
with more qualified instructors
than any of the Canadian-—Green-
land bases.
On April 1, the University an-
nounced that four Students at
Keflavik Airport qualified for the
Dean’s Honor Roll. Pepperell Air
Force Base, St. Johns, Newfound-
land, which in the past has usually
run off with top honors, placed
only three students on the Honor
Roll.
The following students at Kefla-
vik Airport qualified with an over-
all grade average of B plus:
Major Howard B. Bentz
M/Sgt. Bill E. Davenport
A/2C William M. Phillips
Major Raymond J. Provost
Six months from now, if all goes
well, Iceland will witness a uni-
que ceremony. Lt. Col Carl W.
Bradford, Chief of Personnel,
IADF, will become the first over-
seas student to receive the Uni-
versity’s Bachelor of Science de-
gree at Keflavik Airport. Col
Bradford, like many other military
students. Has put in much of his
spare time taking courses where-
ever available, and his efforts are
paying off.
The University of Maryland’s
Iceland program will again be the
largest in the North Atlantic, be-
ginning with its May 27th term.
Courses to be offered include:
Business Law, American History,
Elementary Spanish, Elementary
German, English Composition, Ec-
onomic Geography, American Go-
vernment, and Comparative For-
eign Governments.
Schedules have been prepared
and are available, along with
counselling, at the Education Of-
fice located in Bldg. SP-626 (rec
hall). All members of the Armed
Forces, as well as qualified civi-
lians, are urged to come to the
Education Office and talk over
their college plans.
Answer to Puzile
Behind the
Camera
By T/Sgt Shelly Blunt
Choice pickin’s on Channel 8 in
the next two weeks include THE
CHEVY SHOW Tuesday, May 7).
The program presents some pretty
thrilling shots of danger-courting
cowboys and an exciting range
event originating from the annual
Stock Show and Rodeo in Hous-
ton, Texas. Headliners are Roy
Rogers, Dale Evans and, natur-
ally, Trigger ... A memorable
event and another show biz tri-
umph is chalked up on the Ed
Sullivan Show (Sunday, May 12)
when he brings a “rrilly, rrilly
great” pair of personalities to-
gether for eighteen full minutes
of swinging joy: Ella Fitzgerald
and Louis Armstrong. The popular
West Point Glee Club is also
featured.
New shows this period: TEN-
NESSEE ERNIE FORD SHOW,
NAVY LOG, SPORTS REEL,
SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE and a
really special kind of special,
MAURICE CHEVALIER’S
PARIS.
MEET THE STAFF
A/1C Victor P. Filosa, member
of the production staff was born
in Milford, Massachusetts, a su-
burb of Boston. After high school
he joined the Air Force in 1953,
took his basic at Sampson AFB,
received jet and transport mech-
anic training at Amarillo and
Shepherd in Texas followed with
assignment at Travis in Califor-
nia. In his spare time at Travis,
Vic squeezed in a number of acti-
vities. He emceed service club
shows, was projectionist for the
base theater and operated camera
at KBET-TV in Sacramento. Up-
on discharge in September, Vic
will enter the New York Tele-
vision Workshop for studio train-
ing in TV production. A sort of
amateur globetrotter, Vic just re-
turned from a tour of Europe.
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CHANNEL CHATTER
A package deal of six shows
each by Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis
and two by Dean Martin is up
for sponsorship. Cost: $4,000,000.
Any takers? . . . There’s a strong
and sensible move afoot to have
next year’s Emmy awards held in
June or July with the awards to
cover a full season (i.e., October
to June) rather than the two split
seasons of a calendar year.
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