The White Falcon - 26.03.1960, Side 4

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THE WHITE FALCON
Saturday, March 26, 1960
Major Paul O. Gaughenbaugh, Commander of the 1400th Air Base
Squadron, and Captain E. H. Rowland, Jr., Base Athletic Officer, dis-
play the coveted Commander’s Trophy presently held by Air Base
Squadron. Supply Squadron is presently leading the race for the
trophy for the period of October, 1959 to May of this year. (Official
USAF Photo by A/2C Richard Shoenhofen.)
lip For Grabs:
The Commander’s Trophy
By A/ 1C Bill Tucker
Next month the Commander’s Trophy will again be up
for grabs as the semi-annual period of athletic competition
draws to a close.
Field Maintenance Hands
Supply 1st Volleyball Loss
Field Maintenance Squadron, a surprise finisher in
the Base Intramural Basketball tournament recently, turned
“giant killers” last week as they blasted Supply’s volley-
bailers from the undefeated ranks of the Intramural league.
22 AF Cagers
Are Selected
For AAU Meet
Stewart AFB, N. Y. — Three
cagers from Mitchell AFB, N.Y.,
repeat World-Wide Air Force
basketball champions and 19 oth-
er players were named to the All-
AF squad which competed March
21-26 in the AAU classic in Den-
ver, Colo.
Heading the list for the vic-
torious Vols was Jerry Vayda,
voted Most Valuable Player in the
tournament. Teammates Billy
Mitchell and Bud Hamilton were
also selected.
Other Air Force players chosen
to attend the AAU tourney in-
clude Ray Pericola, Dave Mow-
bray and Virgil Riley from this
base; Ned Hagg, Gerald Avant,
B. A. Janicki and Stephan Red-
shaw, Pease AFB, N. Y.
Also: Harry L. Cole, Billy G.
Wilson, Robert Willis and James
C. Webber, Wiesbaden AFB, Ger-
many; Norman Maggee, Hill AFB,
Utah; David Davis, Jr., and James
Fields, Lowery AFB, Colo.; Bob
Hodges, Ken Pichette, Douglas
Williams and Vincent Albanese,
Andrews AFB, Md.
Clair Bee coached the USAF
AAU entrant team. Bee, currently
head mentor of the Military Aca-
demy, coached Long Island Uni-
versity’s cage teams for 22 years.
Honorary coach of the squad
was Ed Kogan, coach of the Mit-
chel Vols.
Teams from the Army, Navy
and Marine Corps also competed
in the Denver event with an All-
Star Interservice team to be sel-
ected from all four teams. Play-
ers named to the squad will com-
pete in the Olympic Trials April
1-2, also in Denver.
Reorganization ....
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The Chief of Staff supervises
and coordinates all elements of
the staff and in addition acts as
advisor and assistant to the Com-
mander and Deputy Commanders
and acts as Protocol Officer for
the command.
Also included in the reorgani-
zation plan is the moving of all
Air Police, Food Service activities
to the 1400th Air Base Squadron.
This means discontinuance of the
1400th Food Service Squadron
and the 1400th Air Police Squad-
ron. The 1400th Operations
Squadron will also be discontinu-
ed and its activities transferred
to the Deputy Commander for
Operations.
The first phase of the plan be-
gan March 18 with the assign-
ment of the 1400th Operations
Group and 1400th Operations
Squadron functions to the newly
created position of Deputy Com-
mander for Operations. It also
combined the Inspection and Safe-
ty functions into one staff agency.
Phase two will begin April 1
when the functions of the 1400th
Maintenance and Supply Group
are assigned to the Deputy Com-
mander for Support. However,
the maintenance control function
will be assigned to newly design-
ated Consolidated Aircraft Main-
tenance Squadron.
Phase three will be initiated on
April 8 with the assignment of
Personnel Services and Consolid-
ated Non-appropriated Welfare
Fund activities from the 1400th
Air Base Squadron and 1400th
Air Base Group to Personnel, Air
Forces, Iceland. The Base Ex-
change office will be reassigned
At present the 1400th Supply
Squadron has a commanding lead
in the race for the coveted award,
which goes to the organization
winning the largest number of
points in a complex system which
involves both participation and
achievement in base athletics.
Air Forces Iceland occupies
second place, but will probably
relinquish this position to the
1400th Field Maintenance Squad-
ron. AF Iceland is not fielding
a team in the volleyball competi-
tion, while FMS is currently lead-
ing the pack in that category.
TROPHY’S DESCRIPTION
Probably there are quite a few
of you who don’t even know what
the Commander’s Trophy is. Per-
haps it could best be explained
by the phrase “Symbolic of Ath-
letic Achievement.” It offers vis-
ual proof of an organization’s
domination of sports for a parti-
cular period. The proof is quite
visual, too. No one could fail to
be impressed with the sight of
the beautiful trophy, which stands
approximately three feet high and
has a metal trim and ornaments
around a polished wood base.
Around the base are metal figures
depicting athletes in action poses
of all major sports.
MINOR SPORTS
Not only the major sports such
as basketball, volleyball, bowling,
etc., are considered in the award,
but also included are such minor
sports as table tennis, billiards,
badminton, and others.
The list above should make ob-
vious the real reason behind the
Trophy. It encourages participa-
tion in athletics at a time when
physical conditioning is of great
importance, and at the same time
provides occupation for restless
hands.
Air Base Squadron is the pres-
ent owner of the Trophy, which
to the Deputy Commander for
Support; Laundry and Dry Clean-
ing activities will be the responsi-
bility of the 1400th Supply Squad-
ron and the Photo Lab and Film
Library will be under the juris-
diction of the Information Office,
Air Forces, Iceland. t
Phase four will be kicked off
April 18 when Food Services func-
tions are moved into the Air Base
Squadron and Phase five takes
place May 8 when the Air Police
come under the 1400th Air Base
Squadron.
must be won by the same organi-
zation three times before they earn
the right to retire it permanently.
Normally, the trophy is award-
ed at a banquet honoring those
individuals who helped to win it.
Benefit Dance
Assists RC
Three Keflavik Airport Open
Messes will join the parade this
weekend as the American Red
Cross Fund Drive climbs into high
gear at this important NATO
Base.
According to Major Edgar J.
Becker, Project Officer for this
Fund Drive, the NCO Club, Ci-
vilian Club and the Officers Club
will sell tickets for individual
dances. The male members will
purchase the tickets and present
them (one for each dance) to
his favorite dancing partner. The
lady owning the largest number
of tickets at the end of the even-
ing will be awarded a handsome
prize.
Supply, generally the favored
team, squeaked past the stubborn
Field Maintenance netters, 17-15
in the first tilt, but then it was
curtains for Supply as they were
turned back in the next two by
scores of 15-10 and 15-0.
PERFECT RECORD
Field Maintenance now claims
a perfect mark of 10-0, while
Supply occupies second place with
an 8-1 record.
Two teams dropped from the
Intramural league last week—
Weather and Transportation. The
league now contains a total of
eight teams.
The cellar-dwelling Hospital vol-
leyballers opened last Monday’s
slate with a forfeit win over
Weather; the high-flying Field
Maintenance men dropped Rock-
ville by 15-6 and 15-4 counts; and
the 57th Fighter Interceptor
Squadron whipped FASRON, 15-
12, 15-7.
Tuesday night’s schedule saw
the 57th, turning back Rockville
by scores of 15-3 and 15-6; Rock-
ville downed Air Base Squadron,
15-3, 15-1; and Supply won from
Weather by forfeit.
The 57th, moving up from
fourth to third place over the
week’s action, received the nod over
Weather by way of forfeit; Rock-
ville edged the Hospital by close
15-10 and 15-7 games; FASRON
beat AACS in the first, 15-4,
dropped the second, 15-13, but
grabbed their second wind to win,
15-11; and Field Maintenance won
over the Hospital, 15-0 and 15-0.
Rockville began Thursday’s
action by beating Transportation
Squadron, 15-0 and 15-0; Field
Maintenance pulled their biggest
win of the season from the bag;
and Air Base Squadron took the
Hospital by 15-0, 15-0 scores.
The final week’s action saw
Rockville win by forfeit from the
Hospital; Field Maintenance won
their 10th by downing AACS, 15-
0 and 15-0; and the 57th grabbed
their eighth win, beating the Hos-
pital, 15-10 and 15-8.
The Standings up to Monday,
March 21:
Team W L
Field Maint....... 10 0
oupply ............ 8 1
oithFISq........... 8 2
Rockville ......... 7 3
FASRON ............ 5 5
ABSq............... 4 5
AACS .............. 3 7
Hospital .......... 2 8
Teachers ....
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land. Marie McCard, Barbara
Garber, Ted Upton, Janet Rosing,
L. Lowell, Gladys Alberdine, Hect-
or Garcia, Mary Norton, Elizabeth
Johnson and Curtis Hilyer.
The trip was arranged by Mr.
Baldwin and transportation for
the tour was set up by Senior
Master Sergeant Jim Daniels,
Transportation Supervisor for the
1400th Transportation Squadron.
Sports
Quiz
(AFPS Weekly Feature)
1. What player in the National
League has the best alltime slug-
ging percentage for 500 games or
more?
2. Who was the leading pitcher
in the N. L. last year?
3. Name the “winningest” left-
handed pitcher in N. L. history.
4. Who holds the alltime “grand-
slam” record in the N. L.?
5. What active player in the
N. L. holds the lifetime batting
records?
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Reykjavik Officials Visit Airport
Major Frank K. Seely, Base Personnel Services Officer and MSgt Dick McHarg, Base Athletic NCO ex-
plain the Nissen Trampoline to a group of Icelandic officials who inspected the new Field House at
Keflavik Airport. These men are part of a committee that will be in charge of building a new Athletic
and Exhibition Hall soon to be erected in Reykjavik. Excavation for this large project has already been
started and the plans almost completed. Standing, left to right, are: Mr. Gudmundur Halldorsson, master
builder; Sergeant McHarg; Mr. Bjorgvin Frederiksen, manager Engineering Firm; Mr. Paul Lindal;
Bodvar Petursson, manager, print shop; Major Seely; Mr. Gisli Halldorsson, architect; Mr. Sveinn Gud-
mundsson, manager Hedinn Engineering Works; Mr. Sigurdur Magnusson, merchant and Mr. Jonas B.
Jonsson, Director of Eduacation for Reykjavik.