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WHITE FALCON
Saturday, September 24, 1960
McCullough Wins
MATS Golf Meet
Warrington McCullough fired a six over par 290 on the Scott AFB golf course to
win the 1960 MATS Golf Championship tourney this week. This gives McCullough two
open golf tourney championships in a row; last year he won the Air Defense Command
championship.
McCullough will move into the
Air Force Wide tourney to be
held at Sewart AFB, Tenn.
The MATS champion played
consistent golf to come out of
a tie for second place in the
first two rounds. He and Allen
Bealio of Scott had each carded
145 to trail Robert Walsh, also
of Scott, who had 142 in the first
36 holes.
At the end of the second round
Richard Leferink was leading the
high scorers from Keflavik in the
open play. He had 155; Joseph
Wierney and Philip Hale had
160s; Clifton Anderson carded a
164.
Elbridge Holland, playing in
the Senior Division for Keflavik
Airport, golfed 205 in the second
round. That put him in second
Mayo Seeks
lop Passing
Magic Mark
Air Force Academy Quarter-
back Rich Mayo, 21, 6'1", 177
pounds, of Eureka, Calif., needs
92 completions, less than his aver-
age each of the past two seasons,
to join a select group of six major
college passers. The passers have
completed 300 aerials during their
career.
Adding interest to the Mayo and
Rich Norman duel in the Air
Force Academy versus Stanford
game on Oct. 1, is the fact that
Norman is 72 passes from the 300
completions mark.
Present members of the 300
club are Kosterman of Loyola of
Los Angeles with 368; Zeke Brat-
koski, Georgia, 360; Don Hein-
rich, Washington, 335; Babe Par-
illi, Kentucky, 331; Ken Ford, Har-
din-Simmons, 315, and Chuck
Maloy, Holy Cross, 304.
The Mayo-Norman meeting
could be college football’s aerial
circus of the year. Mayo has been
Number 4 nationally in comple-
tions each of past two years and
Norman led the nation last year
with 152 strikes.
The Indian ace has college foot-
ball’s all-time single-game record
for bullseyes, 34 against California
in 1959. Mayo’s high for a contest
was 28 in 1958 at Oklahoma State.
With Stanford Coach Jack Cur-
tice, a pilot who never misses an
opportunity to contribute to a rec-
ord shattering afternoon, the air
over Denver University stadium
could be filled with footballs.
Theaters Get Alaska Show
“Exercise Little Bear,” a short
subject on military operations in
Alaska, will be shown at Theater
No. 2 today along with the fea-
ture, “Four Desperate Men.”
Show times this afternoon and
evening are 1, 2:45, 4:30, 6:15,
and 8 p.m.
place behind Lee Tucker of Char-
leston. Tucker had 187 for 36
holes.
The final scores received have
Leferink finishing the tourney
with 316, Wierney, 328; Anderson,
329 and Hale 330.
Close Tilt
Starts Play
The 1971st Air and Airways
Communication Service Squadron
(AACS) and Headquarters, Air
Forces Iceland (AFI) opened the
1960 Intramural Basketball with
a thriller.
Perhaps one of the best games
to be played in the season, neither
team was ever more than three
points behind in the 36J34 game
which AFI won.
An overtime was forced when
William R. Russnick Jr. of AFI
shot from the center of the line.
The ball swished in to tie the
game at 34-34 while the buzzer
was sounding.
In the overtime, Gene Mahoney
scored two points in the overtime
period to give AFI victory.
Russnick sank 15 points to lead
AFI scorers and Carl Salyers had
11 for the AACS top scoring hon-
ors.
The first game of the opening
night was played by Civil Engin-
eers and the Keflavik IFKs. Civil
Engineers won 32-20.
New Year Noted
The following message to Jewish
personnel at Keflavik Airport was
received this week from Lt. Gen.
Joe W. Kelly, MATS commander:
“On the occasion of the cele-
bration of the Jewish New Year,
Rosh Hashana, I wish to extend
greetings to all Jewish members
of the MATS family around the
world.
“Traditionally, this is a time of
earnest resolution and spiritual
stock-taking for you and the Jew-
ish community. It is a summons
to man to probe deeply within him-
self to the end that he may be a
better person and a better member
of his community to lead a life of
dignity and serve the cause of
justice and peace.
“May the coming year be one
of growth, fulfillment and blessing
to you all, coupled with a solemn
resolve to continue your lives of
dedicated service to the interests
of world justice and enduring
peace with freedom.”
Welcome Aboard
Recent arrivals at Keflavik Air-
port, with previous duty stations and
APSC, are:
Capt. George R. Tuck, 7324, Orlando
APB, Fla.
Capt. Joseph Vanerka, 7024, Lowry
APB, Colo.
1st Lt. James W. Waddell, 3044B,
Selfridge AFB, Mich.
SMSgt. Edward C. Faria, 90690, Gun-
ter APB, Ala.
SMSgt. William L. Whitacre, 68390,
Barksdale AFB, La.
SMSgt. Hobert K. Pedersen, C60190,
Sheppard APB, Tex.
MSgt. Carl D. Roberts, 29375A, West-
over APB, Mass.
TECHNICAL SERGEANTS
Robert N. Cox, 64770, Sewart APB,
Tenn.
Handren-Wolfe Wins Game
SSgt. Neil Handren and A1C
Orville Wolfe outlasted 15 teams
to win the pinochle tournament
last week at the Viking Service
Club.
They beat A1C Jesse Gabel and
Ronald Grenda in a gruelling
game that last through twelve
hands.
Mahoney Calls
Meet Champ
Gene Mahoney scores 100 per
cent on his prediction on the Flag
Football tourney results last week.
Before the finals were played, he
predicted the two contenders; and
he was right all the way when he
said Supply would win.
Supply did it by scoring 7 in
the first quarter, 13 in the second
and 13 in the fourth quarter
against the Naval Security Group
(NSGp) who ended up with 20
points.
Leroy Morris ran from 15
yards out for the first touchdown
and Supply added a safety to the
six points .
Then NSGp dug in and scored
seven points in the second quarter.
In the third quarter, Supply’s
Morris went for three yards and
McDonald took a kickoff across
the goal line. NSGp was still in
the game after they scored 13
points. But they were lost when
Supply scored two more touch-
downs in the fourth quarter.
H-2 Has Purple Golf Course
Where You Bank Ball in Hole
By TSgt. Wylie Mason
When they lay into a “good”
one, the ball may very well end
up a hundred yards behind them.
Another hazard they “face” is
a certain kind of bird called the
Chi Chi which persists in dive-
bombing the “duffers.”
Then during the season when
the greens should be green, they
are actually purple. And if that
isn’t enough, the greens them-
selves are chopped out of crumb-
ling lava and consist of ragged
hummocks sticking up out of the
sand.
Add heavy ground fog, frequent
rain, frigid cold, and you have
a composite picture of the golf
course at Langanes Air Station
just 12 miles below the Arctic
Circle.
The men assigned to the 667th
Aircraft Warning Squadron there
literally hacked the nine-hole, par
70, 2,700-yard course out of the
ever-present lava and tundra.
“Grand-pappy” of the treacher-
ous, meandering layout is Lt. War-
rington B. McCullough, III.,
Champion at the 1960 MATS tour-
ney, and he was assisted by other
avid golfers who could see no rea-
son for missing their regular Sat-
urday morning session on the
links.
And though the course is not
particularly long, Site men swear
by its “exactness.” A small error
in judgement of a club, or a half-
missed swing, and—trouble!
Rambling up and down a moun-
atin slope with the Atlantic Ocean
on one side, and rocky, jagged
boondocks on the other, the course
is split right across the middle
by a river. When the tide is in,
the river runs high—when the
tide ebbs, the small, muddy trickle
offers the perfect “target” for a
golfer to aim for.
The part about the wind' is no
exaggeration. When its really
blowing and a golfer gets the ball
too high into the air, it frequently
ends up behind the tee.
Dive-bombing by the birds is
another actuality. A small sea
bird, the Arctic Tern, seems to
take fiendish delight in winging
down sharply across the face of
the exasperated golfer.
As to the purple greens—dur-
ing the “warmer” months when
almost anyone could expect a little
grass to peek out, the sand-based
greens are covered profusely by
wild purple flowers which gives
a rosy, purple glow to the top-
side.
Fog can roll in so fast off the
Atlantic a golfer may swing and
watch his ball disappear into a
heavy, grey cloud. And did you
ever try to take a good, hefty
clout while wearing a Parka?
But the men who inhabit the
radar station high atop a moun-
tain in far-a-away northeast Ice-
land, aren’t asking anyone to be-
lieve the tales told about their
golf course. They have extended
an invitation, Air Force-wide, for
golfers to “come on up and try
it out.”
Albert A. Davis Jr., 42172, Kinche-
loe AFB, Mich.
Claude G. Freeman, 43171C, Griffiss
APB, N. Y.
Clyde W. Hadveck, 30372, Madera,
Calif.
Joseph Kowalchuk, 75170. Keesler
AFB, Miss.
Leroy Foreman, 62270, Dover APB,
Del.
Regis B. Zachrel, 30472, Westford,
Mass.
STAFF SERGEANTS
Cecil Manley, 43171B, McClellan AFB
Calif.
Clarence H. Picard, 29150, Harling-
en AFB, Tex.
Clifton W. Quinby, 43171B, McGuire
AFB, N. J.
Anslem P. Walters, 29131, Lackland
AFB, Tex.
Jack L. Wimmer, 30452, Wright-
Patterson AFB, Ohio.
A1C Bobby L. Powell, 43151C, Lang-
ley AFB, Va.
AIRMEN SECOND CLASS
Arthur D. Burns, 56731, Palermo
AFS, N. J.
Hugh P. Cheatham, 27350A, Fort
Knox, Ky.
James T. Cooper Jr., 46250, Tyndall
AFB, Fla.
Peter L. Johns, 46250, Glasgow AFB,
Mont
John J. McAllister, 30430A, Keesler
AFB, Miss.
Ronald M. McIntosh, 56731, Almad-
en AFS, Calif.
John H. Roy, 30331, Keesler AFB,
Miss.
Joseph R. McIntyre, 46250, Tyndall
AFB, Fla.
AIRMEN THIRD CLASS
Marcus E. Bailey, 77150, Dobbins
AFB, Ga.
Vincent F. Burke, 43151C, Webb AFB
Tex.
Todd A. Fromm,
Ron Gord,
Charles R. Holmberg, and
Richard B. Hower, 62230s, Fort Lee,
Va.
Ralph S. Johnson, 27350A, Highlands
AFS, N. J.
Ervin Madore ,and
Harry R. Ochs, 62230s, Fort Lee, Va.
Kenneth L. Parsons, 77150, Pope
AFB, N. C.
Richard J. Perry,
Thomas A. Struck,
Bernard G. Stutes, and
Roger F. Thornhill, 62230s, Fort Lee,
Va.
Ralph W. Tuck, 22230, Fort Belvoir,
Va.
NAVY
TM2 G. C. Brown, Key West, Fla.
CT1 C. M. Clampitt, USNCTC, San
Diego, Calif.
CT3 M. V. Coffey, Washington, D.C.
MN1 J. J. Digiacomo, USS Alber-
marle (AV-5).
SKI T. J. Reuwer, Las Vegas, Nev.
TM1 R A. Rieckenburg, Key West,
Fla.
FIRST JUMP CENTER—Col. Myron F. Barlow, chief of staff for Air
Forces Iceland, throws up the first jump center ball for the 1960
Intramural Basketball league. The first game was unique this year
because for the first time Icelanders have entered a team. In the
circle are D. D. Mishler of Civil Engineers, on the right and Helgason
of the Keflavik team, center. The Civil Engineers eekd out a two point
victory in the 32-20 game.