The White Falcon - 18.05.1957, Qupperneq 4

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THE WHITE FALCON
Saturday, May 18, 1957
By T/Sgt Bill Turner
SOCCER PLUS
I see my Ebbets Field is again in the news. This time it was the
scene of a soccer game between the Israel championship team and the
American League All-Stars as a feature of a Salute To Israel pro-
gram. On hand to start the ball rolling was the Big M, and I don’t
mean Mercury — I mean Marilyn. Monroe, who else? According to
our United Press wires, “The bosomy blonde actress made her athletic
debut in a skimpy blue dress with shoulder straps that slipped
dangerously low from time to time.” County court judge Samuel
Liebowitz, famous for his defense of many suspected criminals before
going to work for the City, probably used all the tricks of his trade
while performing the envious task as her official escort for the day.
MM, wearing spikeheeled shoes, kicked, the soccer ball three times
for the fotogs and ended up limping off the field on the arm of
“beaming” Judge Liebowitz.
AUTO RACING
Last year Italy’s famous “Mille Miglia” (thousand miles) race
was almost permanently discontinued because of an accident that
killed 7and injured 21. In its 24 year history this racing classic has
claimed more than 30 dead and 100 injured, thus earning for itself
nickname “The Race of Death.”
On May 12th Spanish nobleman Alfonso Marquis De Portago
kissed his Hollywood sweetheart Linda Christian goodby, then wheeled
his flame red Ferrari racing car down a winding Italian road—to
death. His car blew a tire resulting in a chrash that killed not only
him but his American co-driver Edmund Nelson of New Jersey and
ten spectators including five children.
BASE BALL
Before I give you the latest (at presstime that means 13 May)
standings in the baseball world you gotta promise to get in on this
Payroll Savings Plan that the boys up at Finance and TFK are
doing such a fine job of pushing. I’m only kiddin’ of course about the
promise; but, by golly, can you give me one reason why you shouldn’t
save some dough? But let’s get back to those standings.
National League American League
W L G.B. W L G.B.
Cincinnati .. 16 7 0 Chicago .. 14 7 0
Milwaukee .... .. 16 7 0 New York .. 14 8 %
Brooklyn .. 13 9 3% Cleveland .. 13 9 1%
Philadelphia ... .. 13 10 3 Boston .. 13 10 2
St. Louis .. 11 11 4% Kansas City ... .. 12 13 4..
New York .... .. 10 14 6% Detroit .. 11 13 4 Mi
Chicago 7 16 9 Baltimore .. 9 13 5%
Pittsburgh 6 18 10% Washington ... 6 19 10
No comment.
Now let’s take a look at the big bats. Leading the American
League in home runs (9) and batting average (.420) is none other
than Boston’s Ted Williams. New York’s Mantle is behind somewhat
with only 5 HRs, and a mere .33 BA. Over in the National Milwaukee’s
Aaron’s .379 only puts him in third place for top batting average
honors since Cinci’s Robinson and Hoak are 1 and 2 with .396 and
.382. It’s good to see Stan the Man (Musial) (St. Louis) still getting
his name in print with a lusty .370 average.
HOW TO PLAY “SMART” BALL
Last issue we started a series of articles (when I say we I mean
Mr. Clark Griffith and I) on some helpful hints in playing the game,
and led off with the pitcher. Since the next man to handle the b|all
is usually the catcher let’s take him next:
Catchers! When the ball heads for your mitt keep the fingers of
your throwing hand HALF CLENCHED. This will prevent broken
fingers which prove to be rather annoying if you intend to finish out
the game. Hold your mitt where you and the pitcher have decided
(by signals if you're real classy) you want the ball to be after the
batters faults have been taken into consideration (see The Way I
See It, May 4, 1957 issue). Occasionally you will find that the ball
won’t always end up where you and the pitcher hoped it would. It
may go over the fence or it may be just a simple wide don’t just
stretch your arm out to get it—take a full step in that direction. It
will put you in throwing position and possibly enable you to catch
a runner off base. Should the ball go into the dirt, so should you.
Drop to the ground to prevent a wild pitch that would mean an extra
base or run.
With nobody on base, play as deep as possible and still have time
to get to the bag in time to beat the runner. This deeper position
give sthe first baseman a wider range and plugs up the hole between
him and the second baseman. However, with a man on the first base-
man sticks close to the bag in the hopes of the pitcher being able to
catch the runner taking too much lead. As soon as the first baseman
sees the ball leave the pitcher’s hand for home plate he should move
toward second base fast, again with the idea of plugging the gaping
hole between him and the second baseman.
B ase Cage Squads
Split Doubleheader
The final basketball doubleheader of the season between
two base teams and two Icelandic teams ended with victories
for both sides as we won one game and dropped the other.
The action took place Friday, 3 May at Halogaland Gymn-
asium in Reykjavik.
The schedule paired off Air
Base Squadron against the Ice-
landic team, Gosi, and Transporta-
tion against IR (The Sports Club
of Reykjavik). These games re-
matched the same teams that
battled here a month ago when
the base teams barely edged the
Icelandics.
The first game saw the Air
Base cagers jump off to an early
14-4 lead against Gosi. The lead
was short lived, however, as Gosi
began to connect on their super
fast-break type of offense, and
half way through the opening
period they tied the score, 16-16.
Air Base tired as Gosi kept them
running with court-length passes
and easy layup shots, and by the
end of the first half Gosi led
30-19.
Air Base came back well rested
to start the second half and
scored two buckets in the first
forty seconds. With Scott driving
hard and Deeiy accounting for
most of the rebounds, the base
team managed to close the gap.
With eight minutes left in the
game Herver sunk one to put
Air Base within one point of
Gosi, and 20 seconds later Scott
moved them ahead 40-39.
The meager crowd in the cold
gym began to warm up to the
action and it looked like this game
might be a repeat of the see-saw
battle that occurred the last time
these teams met. However, Air
Base couldn’t keep up the pace in
the remaining few minutes, and
Gosi’s superior height and speed
enabled them to pull away once
more.
Clark scored the last basket for
Air Base to give them 45, but it
wasn’t enough as Gosi finished
with 51. High scorer of the game
was Scott with 18. Gudmundur
scored 12 for Gosi.
Hats Off!
The outcome of the second
game was evident shortly after
the opening whistle sounded.
Transporation and IR were even-
ly matched in height, but that’s
where the similarity ended. The
three times all-Icelandic cham-
pions just didn’t have it, as they
trailed 21-6 before the first time
out was taken. By half time the
lead was narrowed to 29-20 as
Transportation substituted freely.
Both teams started fast after
intermission but Transportation
was more accurate and they soon
led 39-26. IR seemed clumsy and
unable to gather their own re-
bounds. Meanwhile, Transporta-
tion was successfully executing
the fast break and with fine pass-
ing and accurate shooting the con-
test soon developed into a runa-
way.
The game ended with Trans-
portation setting a new gymna-
sium record, scoring 68 points to
IR’s 40.
Sparking Transportation were
two boys who will soon depart
Iceland. Hale and Jarowski should
make any Stateside coach happy.
Hale at forward is a top reboun-
der and hard to stop on drive-
ins. From out court Jarowski has
a deadly set-shot and is an ex-
pert ball handler.
Four Transportation players hit
double figures in the free scoring
contest. Hale paced the team with
20, followed closely by Jarowski
who dumped 19. Davis scored 13
and Sampson 10. For IR Ingi was
high man with 18, and Gunnar
dropped in 10.
T/Sgt Stuart Wins
H-3 Poo! Tourney
T/Sgt John W. Stuart reigned
as pool champion of the 933d
AC&W Squadron as he defeated
A/1C Harold B. Pearson and
A/1C Joseph R. Fleury in the
final three man playoffs. A total
of 38 men entered the round-
robin single elimination tourna-
ment and when the smoke had
cleared after a week of “eight-
ball” shooting, Stuart received
first prize money of $10 and Pear-
son had defeated Fleury for con-
solation prizes of $7.50 and $5
respectively.
The tournament kicked off the
summer sports schedule which in-
cludes other coming tournaments
in pool, ping-pong, and horse-
shoes. A softball league is being
formed pending construction of
the ball diamond and will dove-
tail into the basketball season this
coming fall.
Keflavik
Sports Briefs
The official volleyball season
has ended and the Base champs
have been crowned. The honors go
to the IADF Officers. In a double-
elimination tournament between
the top four teams in each league,
played from 8 to 11 May, IADF
finished on top. Runner-up honors
went to Air Base Squadron.
Other teams participating in
the playoffs were: Fasron 107;
8th Battery; Company C; Head-
quarters Co; Company D; and
IKF (Icelandic Sports Club).
Most sports activities have now
moved out of the gymnasium and
onto the softball diamonds. The
crew from the Base Athletic Of-
fice has been very busy the past
couple weeks getting the diamonds
into the best possible shape for
the softball season on 13 May.
S/Sgt A. J. Benton of the Per-
sonnel Services Office has asked
for everyone’s cooperation in keep-
ing vehicles off the diamonds.
Diamond number 1 is located
between the NCO Club and the
Snack Bar. Diamond number 2 is
located in the Meeks area.
The various Base teams have
been divided into two leagues,
American and National, and when
the regular season is completed in
August, there will be a playoff
between the top two teams in each
league to decide the Base cham-
pions. During the season each
team can expect to play at least
two games a week. Makeup games
will be scheduled on Saturday
night and all day Sunday.’ Only
players competing in scheduled
games will be allowed on the soft-
ball diamonds after 1300 hours,
Monday through Saturday. This
year, five of the umpires are
members of the American Na-
tional Baseball Congress, the high-
est amateur organization in the
States.
Of ficers’ Wives
Club News
By Phyllis Lovlien
Latest arrival to Keflavik Air-
port is Kathleen Layne, wife of
a Navy Warrant Officer whose
last station was Tacoma, Wash-
ington.
Originally from Berkeley, Cal.,
Kay has three children. Virginia
is married and stationed on Guam.
Janet’s an Air Force WAF at
Keesler AFB, Miss., and Jimmie
is at George AFB, Cal.
Congratulations are extended to
Major and Mrs. Davis M. Sweeney
on the birth of their son, David
Kevin, born 11 April at the Base
Hospital.
Put on your thinking caps, girls,
and submit a name for this col-
umn which will appear every two
weeks. Please turn them in to me
by 23 May.
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