The White Falcon - 22.04.1961, Blaðsíða 4
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WHITE FALCON
Saturday, April 22, 1961
Keflavik Kids
Compete In
Bowling Match
Here are the final results of
the MATS Junior Sports-Fitness
Bowling tournament held recently
on the base lanes.
Singles - Male - Senior
Total
1. Kevin Kearns ........... 472
2. Dennis Kearns .......... 444
3. Arthur Wiesemann .... 343
Singles - Male - Teen
1. Kenneth Whitt .......... 381
2. James Zartman .......... 364
3. Brendan Kearns.......... 301
4. Michael Whittington ... 296
6. Leroy Pickel ............ 251
Singles - Male - Sub-Teen
1. W. Hunter Trimble .... 239
2. Greg Thompson .......... 222
3. Timothy Adams .......... 147
Singles - Female - Sub-Teen
1. Terry Finkelstein ...... 248
2. Jo Ann Haveland ........ 210
8. Kathy Zartman ........... 131
Singles - Male - Junior
1. Lancelot Lillibridge .... 168
Doubles - Male - Senior
1. Kenin Dearns & Dennis
Kearns ............. 928
Doubles - Male - Teen
1. Kenneth Whitt & James
Zartman ................. 700
2. Leroy Pickel & Michael
Whittington ............. 661
Doubles - Male - Sub Teen
1. W. Hunter Trimble &
Edward Parry ............ 516
2. Alan Minskoff & Roger
Thompson ................ 355
Doubles - Female - Sub Teen
1. Terry Finkelstein & Celia
Haverty ................ 353
Mixed Doubles - Senior
1. Kevin Kearns & Susan
Tuhoy ................... 691
2. Dennis Kearns & Nina
Markusson ............... 603
Mixed Doubles - Sub Teens
1. James Zartman & Sara
B. Steely ............... 546
2. Kenneth Whitt & Lucia
' Whitaker ............... 505
Mixed Doubles - Sub Teens
1. Ingolf Noto & Jo Ann
Haveland ................ 493
2. W. Hunter Trimble &
Terry Finkelstein ....... 438
3. Ronald Gonzales & Celia
Haverty ................. 344
4. William Zuk & Kathy
Zartman ................. 313
Mixed Doubles - Junior
1. Steven Thaxton & Susan
Zartman ................ 347
MATS OJT Plan Gets
Big Boost In Past Year
To raise the skill and profici-
ency of MATS airmen, the on-
the-job training program in all
MATS units got a big boost dur-
ing the past 12 months.
According to a MATS Person-
nel training official, 21,771 air-
men were in OJT status last Feb-
ruary 28 against 13,811 during
February 1960.
The OJT input during the past
12 months saw 28,161 start the
program, with 10,881 airmen
being upgraded after completing
their OJT course.
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* By AFPS *
ALL-PACIFIC Coast tackle for Washington State University last
season, Nelson Ekstran is now at Ft. Ord, Calif. Ekstran has inked
a contract to play with the Saskachewan Roughriders of the Canadian
Football League upon release from military service .... One of the
top four pole vaulters in the country is now at MCS Quantico, Va.
Aubrey Dooley, former Oklahoma State track ace, has scaled the bar
at 15’4”.... If and when Milwaukee’s Warren Spahn wins 12 games
this season, it will mark his 300th major league victory. Only five
other hurlers have reached the 300th win mark since the turn of the
century—Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Grover Cleveland Alex-
ander, Eddie Plank and Lefty Grove.
BASEBALL CHATTER—Pitcher Cy Young of Boston won 32
games in both the 1901 and ’02 American League seasons .... San
Francisco Giants pitchers hurled a total of 16 shutouts during the
1960 National League baseball season, to lead all clubs .... National
Leaguers hit a total of 25 grand-slam home-runs in 1960, an increase
of two over the 1959 season ... Andy Pafko, who ended a 17-year
playing career in the National League last season, will be around
again this year. He’s a member of the Milwaukee coaching staff ....
The Cleveland Indians club record for the highest lifetime batting
average belongs to Tris Speaker, who set a mark of .344 .... The
oldest active player in the American League, in terms of service, is
Early Wynn of the Chicago White Sox. Next Sept. 2, Wynn will
celebrate his 20th year in the majors .... Umpire Ed Runge of the
AL served with the Canadian Navy on North Atlantic convoy duty
during WWII .... In the first AL baseball game, played April 24,
1901, Chicago defeaed Cleveland, 8-2.
ATHLETIC LINES—Sixeen years ago, Frank Aschenbrenner and
Marion Motley led the Great Lakes Navy eleven to a stunning 39-7
upset over highly rated Notre Dame. After losing the tilt on Dec. 1,
1945, the Fighting Irish went 39 games before being downed again ..
West Point has appointed Barry Thomas to captain the Academy’s
swimming team .... Gene Staclup of the U.S. Army Advanced
Marksmanship Unit, Ft. Benning, Ga., has exceeded the world mark
for the Individual Skeet Match by one point. The dead-eye shooter
recorded a perfect score by knocking off 200 clay targets in the First
Annual Armed Forces International Shooting Competition at Benning.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK—Roy Campanella, former Dodger catch-
er who was crippled in an accident three years ago, made this observa-
tion of his successor behind the batter’s box, John Roseboro. Said Cam-
panella, “Roseboro has halent in him. His job is to get that talent out
of himself and then he’ll be a great ballplayer.”
Scientists Say
Vanguard I Is
Still Signaling
Washington (AFPS)—Vanguard
I, placed in orbit March 17, 1958,
was still transmitting radio sign-
als on its third anniversary and
according to experts could pos-
sibly continue transmission for
hundreds of years.
The satellite’s transmitter is
powered by the sun, drawing en-
ergy through six square windows
to the Vanguard’s banks of solar
batteries.
From Vangutrd I’s information
scientists have made radio-fixes
which proved that the earth is
slightly pear-shaped instead of
round as previously believed.
Vanguard I has provided data
on the variations of atmospheric
density with respect to the sun’s
rotation. It has demonstrated the
effectiveness of solar cells as
sources of space power usable
over long periods of time and
shown that the gravitational
fields of the moon and sun modify
the orbits of earth satellites.
The satellite has demonstrated
that the radiation pressure of
light from the sun modifies the
movement of a satellite in its or-
bit and revealed the effect of
magnetic drag in slowing the ro-
tational motion of metallic sa-
tellites.
(Answers to Quiz)
1. At Yankee Stadium May 28,
1946, between the Yankees and
the Washington Senators.
2. Chicago’s Sherman Lollar
made only three errors while
handling 612 total chances.
3. Kentucky, four times.
4. In 1958.
5. Enos Slaughter.
Sports
Quiz
By AFPS
1. When was the first major
league night game held?
2. What American League cat-
cher made the fewest errors dur-
ing the 1960 season?
3. What school has won the
NCAA cage title the most times?
4. In what year did the Air
Force Academy grid team go un-
defeated during the regular sea-
son?
5. Name the only active base-
ball player to complete 20 years
in the majors.
PACAF Wins Playoff;
MATS Loses In Semi
After a year in exile, PACAF recovered the AF Volley-
ball Championship they held in 1958-59 by edging the de-
fending ADC team 14-16, 15-11 and 15-8 in the final game
of the 1961 tournament at Travis^-
AFB, California.
ADC had earned the right to
meet PACAF, the winner’s brack-
et representative, by thumping
MATS in the semi-final 15-9 and
15-6.
In the first game ADC jumped
into a commanding 9-0 lead be-
fore the icy PACAF team could
manage to score, but once they
did ADC was soon overhauled at
14-13 and just barely regrouped
their forces to edge their way to
Model Plane Meet
Open To KA Fans
More than 100 MATS Model
Airplane enthusiasts will gather
at Scott AFB, Ill. from June 29-
July 3, for the annual MATS
Model Airplane Tournament.
Keflavik Airport model air-
plane fans who are interested in
entering the competition may ob-
tain details from personnel ser-
vices, Bldg. T-231, extension 4254.
The tournament is gauged to
encourage participation in the
sport of model aviation, and also
to afford model buffs the oppor-
tunity to take part in command
and Air Force level competition.
Winners will represent MATS at
the USAF-wide championships at
Langley AFB, Va., July 11-15.
Official Academy of Model
Aeronautics “Model Aircraft Reg-
ulations” will govern the activi-
ties. Additional bonus points will
be awarded for combined and un-
combined events.
MATSmen who have served on
active duty for over 90 days, and
are presently on active duty stat-
us are eligible to participate.
Army, Navy and Marine person-
nel assigned to MATS bases may
also enter the tournament.
First and second place team
winners will be presented trop-
hies; first place event winners
will receive plaques. Individual
desk sets will be awarded first
place team members and the out-
standing participant in the meet
will receive a book plaque.
The tournament will include 20
free flight and control line flying
events.
NEW AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT
This is an artist’s conception of the new Lockheed C-141 jet-powered
aircraft to be built for the United States Air Force. Slated to enter
Military Air Transport Service global operations in mid 1964, it will
be capable of airliftng 50,000 pounds of cargo 4,600 statute miles, or
20,000 pounds of cargo non-stop from California to Japan, a distance of
6,325 statute miles.
their first and only win of the
match. The remaining two games
were see-saw affairs until the
nimble-fingered PACAF team
turned ball control into an ADC
disaster.
For both teams it was their
second meeting of the day. Play-
ing to determine the representa-
tive from the winner’s division,
the two perennial “toughies”
clashed in an early afternoon
duel with PACAF sweeping the
meet in two, 15-13 and 15-11.
Earlier in the day MATS eli-
minated TAC 15-11 and 15-6 to
gain the honor of playing ADC
in the semi-final night game.
Of the seven-member All-Air
Force team, announced at the con-
clusion of the final game, Davis,
Kahalehau and Teruya were nam-
ed from PACAF; Acma and
Highland from ADC; Eliason
from ARDC and Manzano from
TAC. On the second team were
Meyer and Mendes, PACAF
Grubbs and Seymour, MATS
Ball, AjDC; Shim, ARDC; Reyn-
olds, SAC, and Pochmara, ATC.
Receiving honorable mention were
Fisher and Reese, PACAF; San-
ders, ADC; Westerfield, TAC;
Lee, ADC; West, AMC; Shimizu,
SAC, and Schick.
Captain Despres
Honored With
Cheney Award
Captain Alfred S. Despres, Jr.,
Strategic Air Command pilot, has
been selected by General Thomas
D. White, Air Force Chief of
Staff, to receive the 1960 Cheney
Award.
The Cheney Award is made an-
nually for an act of valor, extreme
fortitude or self-sacrifice of a
humanitarian nature. While the
act must be associated with avia-
tion, it need not have been of a
military nature. The award com-
memorates Lieutenant William H.
Cheney, Army Air Service, who
was killed in a crash at Foggia,
Italy, January 20, 1918.
Captain Despres was cited for
heroism on January 14, 1960,
when a B-47 Stratojet bomber in
which he was flying as copilot
crashed shortly after takeoff at
Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.
Although Despres had success-
fully escaped the crashed aircraft,
he re-entered the flaming wreck-
age and rescued the aircraft com-
mander, who was injured and
trapped inside. Then Despres en-
tered the wreckage a second time
to rescue two other crew members
but both had been killed in the
crash.
While Despres was engaged in
his rescue attempt, the entire
crew compartment was blazing
and ammunition was exploding in
the flames of a hundred thousand
pounds of ignited fuel.
Captain Despres, now stationed
at Forbes Air Force Base, Top-
eka, Kansas, will be awarded a
bronze plaque, a certificate of
heroic achievement, and five
hundred dollars. The presenta-
tion will be made in the near
future.