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THE WHITE FALCON
Wednesday, August 14, 1957
By Pic Mickey Rosen
Charlie Gehringer belted a long double into the Yankee Stadium
seats, and Joe DiMaggio hit a pop single and scored the winning run
of the game. Sounds like something out of the past, but it actually
happened just a couple weeks ago as the Yankee heroes of the past
met the Detroit Tiger Oldtimers in the Annual Oldtimers’ Day cele-
bration at Yankee Stadium. Other former greats who bumped waist-
lines in the classic were Mickey Cochrane, Schoolboy Rowe, Tommy
Bridges, Lefty Gomez, Red Rolfe, Charlie Keller and many more.
Ty Cobb coached the Tigers, while Phil (Sgt. Bilko) Silvers umpired
on the bases, until thumbed out of the game after an argument with
head umpire A1 Schacht.
When Yogi Berra was beginning his career with the Yankees he
came to bat in a crucial spot one time and struck out on a high fast
ball that not only missed the plate but also the catcher. When Yogi
regained his balance he asked the umpire: “How can a pitcher that
wild stay up in this league ”
Dick Donovan, Chicago White Sox pitcher recently addressed a
Chicago boys group and was asked, “If you were pitching against
the Yankees, and the bases were loaded, with Mickey Mantle coming
to bat, what would you do ’’ Donovan’s answer: “I’d wonder who A1
Lopez was sending in to relieve me.”
And some people think the lowly Chicago Cubs may get close to a
National League pennant this year. .Milwaukee is only 90 miles away.
Speaking of the Milwaukee Braves, they’ve sure done plenty to
straighten out that National League pennant scramble. They’ve merely
opened up a 5% game lead over the second place team.
Here are the standings at press time (15 August):
k-faife.
National League American League
..W L GB ..W L GB
Milwaukee ... 68 42 — New York ... 72 38 —
St. Louis .. 62 47 5% Chicago ... 66 43 5%
Brooklyn ,.. 62 49 7 Boston ... 60 50 12
Cincinnati ,.. 60 49 8% Detroit ... 54 55 17%
Philadelphia .... ... 59 51 9% Baltimore ... 53 56 18%
New York .. 51 62 19 Cleveland ... 53 58 19J/a
Chicago ,.. 39 68 28 Washington ... ... 42 70 31
Pittsburgh .. 39 71 28% Kansas City .... ... 41 69 31
LONG GALLOP
Eddie Arcaro crossed the U.S. four times in the period of one
week just to ride a meager five miles on horseback. Monday he rode
in Belmont Park, New York, where he booted home three winners.
Tuesday he traveled to Hollywood Park in California where he won
the rich Starlet Race. Wednesday he finished first in the Arlington
Handicap in Chicago, and the following day he finished second in
the Great American, back at Belmont. Friday he was in Hollywood
again for the Sunset, and he finished his whirlwind tour next day
when he returned home to Belmont.
BOXING
In one of the strangest matches the boxing world has ever seen,
heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson will defend his crown against
Pete Rademacher, who will be making the FIRST professional fight
of his carreer. The one night stand is scheduled in September at
Seattle, Washington. Rademacher, who’s chief claim to fame is his
medal as an Olympic champion, has only been a spectator at two
professional fights in his life. A 210 pound, Paul Bunyon built figure,
Rademacher does most of his training with an axe in the Washington
State forests.
In what may be just another publicity angle to build up the gate
for the Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Carmen Basilio middelweight title
fight in September, Basilio lashed out verbally at Sugar Ray after
a recent contract signing session. Robinson kept Basilio waiting more
than two hours while he scrutinized the return match clause in his
contract. Basilio said afterwards, “This is what I’ve been waiting for.
In my book, he’s greedy and arrogant, and I despise him. I can’t wait
to get in the ring with him.”
HOCKEY
Detroit fans are in an uproar over the recent Red Wing trade
which sent all star left winger, Ted Lindsay, and all star goalie,
Glenn Hall to the Chicago Black Hawks in exchange for some lesser
talent and a bundle of cash. They figure Lindsay, who has been with
the Red Wings for 13 years, and has been one of hockey’s highest
scorers, got a raw deal from General Manager Jack Adams. They
also aren’t too happy over the fact that Red Wing owner Jim Norris
also owns the Chicago team. They wonder if he’s not trying to build
up the weak Chicago club by sacrificing the best from the Detroit team.
GOLF
On the local scene we have a real celebrity in the person of
Colonel Ralph Taylor of the Operations Group. Col. Taylor shot a
hole-in-one at the Reykjavik Golf Course, on August 11th. The big
event happened on the number four hole which is 135 yards long. He
hit a five-iron shot to get over the rocky fairway, and when he arrived
on the green he couldn’t find the ball. After searching the area without
success, one of his partners, as a last resort, looked in the cup, and
there it was.
A medium-sized turbo-jet en-
gine in a jet plane burns its own
weight in fuel every 20 minutes.
The fuel carried by a modern
jet bomber weighs more than a
fully loaded WWII B-17 bomber.
Keflavik
Sports Briefs
SUPPLY ’57 CHAMPS
1400th Supply team copped the
base championship last week to
end the softball season.
As the first round of play was
completed in the base softball
tournament FASRON beat Co “B”
2 — 0, AB Sq beat Supply 1 — 0,
Co “D” was defeated by Co “A”
7 — 5, and 86th Btry lost to 57th
FIS 2 — 1.
In the next round of play Co
“B” lost to Supply 2 — 1, 86th
beat Co “D” 7 — 0, Supply beat
AB Sq 7 — 0, 86th lost to Co “A”
2 — 1, and Supply beat Co “A”
4 — 0.
Winners in the final round were
FASRON who won over AB Sq
7_6, 57th FIS over Co “A”
3 — 0, and 57th over FASRON
3 — 2. In the final game of the
losers bracket a base record was
broken when the game between
Supply and FASRON went 16
innings of play with neither team
having an error. Final score
Supply 2, FASRON 1. Winning
pitcher for Supply was Knight
and for FASRON Malinowski
took the loss.
The final two teams to play off
for the base championship were
top ceded Supply, winner of the
National league and 57th FIS
winner of the American. In the
first game Supply blanked 57th
7 — 0 behind the pitching of O.L.
“Pete” Knight and also again in
the second game 57th was beaten
3 — 0 with Knight again taking
honors. Coleman of 57th who also
had a fine record was credited
with the two losses.
At press time the invitational
softball tournament is in pro-
gress and the winner of the tour-
nament will be announced next
issue.
What A Difference A Day Mahes!
One day a fellow can move about his duties without notice. And the
next: Wham! He’s the focus of attention. M/Sgt Loner B Westmorland,
until recently the First Sgt of Charlie Company of the Second BCT,
could vouch for that fact. That’s the way it went for him as he com-
pleted his 20th year in the military last month. Everybody got into the
act. ABOVE, Sp/3 Ludwig C Bilow excitedly examines the Westmorland
hash marks, while, Charlie Company Commander, Capt Louis P Bayard
beams approval. Later, the Battalion Commander offered M/Sgt West-
morland his personal good wishes; then it was just a short while before
the seasoned soldier was on a plane and homeward bound—his 20th
year of service and his one-year Icelandic tour almost simultaneously
finished.
Kin Dental Service Studied
Washington (AFPS)—The Dental Advisory Committee, organized
to study dental care under the Dependents’ Medical Care program,
has established three subcommittees to consider questions on morale,
type and level of care, and costs and methods for providing this serv-
ice to dependents.
Army Lt. Col. Steve G. Davis, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff
for Personnel, is the chairman of the Morale subcommittee; Dr. Ru-
dolph H. Friedrich, chairman of the subcommittee on Extent of Care,
and J. F. Follmann Jr., chairman of Costs and Methods subcommittee.
Twenty-three representatives from the Blue Shield Medical Care
Plans, the Health Insurance Assn., the American Dental Assn., the
U.S. Public Health Service, and the Armed Forces attended the com-
mittee’s first session.
A letter to state dental societies, which will open negotiations for
a proposed fee schedule, was approved by the committee.
BASE TEAM
The base softball team has been
selected and will journey to Har-
mon, AFB, Newfoundland on the
16th of August. Members of the
team and their position are the
following: Richard L. Jahoske IB,
Kenneth A. Felton P, O. L. “Pete”
Knight P, Anderson Baldwin P,
Raul R,Marez P, Norman Letendre
C, Donald R. Ratcliffe C, Raymond
A. Malinowski U, Robert L. Reese,
IB, Guy G. Bailey 2B, Daniel E.
Skutack 3B, James G. Tierney SS,
Jesse E. O’Neal U, Ray Sampson
RF, Robert L. Kissel CF, Robert
O. Sterling LF. Coach of the base
team is Chief Joseph T. Crown-
over.
In the race for the Commanders
Trophy Supply is in 1st place
with 222 points followed by
FASRON 175, 57th FIS 165 and
Co “D” 100.
Winners of the Horseshoe
tournament were Imgarten of 86th
Btry 1st place, Correll Co “C” 2nd
place in the singles, in the doubles
Co “C” 1st place, Co “D” 2nd
place.
New sports to begin soon in-
clude touch football which will
be played in the Seaweed area.
A total of 14 teams make up the
league. On the 20th of September
basketball will start and all
entries are to be in by 1st of Sep-
tember.
The base gym has been remarked
and repainted and will be ready
for practice play on the 16th of
August by reservation only.
S/Sgt A. J. Benton will soon be
saying bless to Keflavik Airport.
He leaves next week for his new
assignment at Reese AFB, Lub-
bock, Texas.
The bowling alley will remain
open for open bowling until 1
October at which time league play
will start.
LOVELIES TO LOOK AT—The five most beautiful girls in the world,
so designated by the judges at the Miss Universe contest, put their
heads together. They are, from left, Maria Rosa Gamino of Cuba, Sonia
Hamilton of England, Gladys Zender of Peru, the winner; Terezinha
Morango of Brazil and Gerti Daub of Germany.
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