The White Falcon - 12.03.1965, Blaðsíða 4

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WHITE FALCON
Friday, March 12, 1965
Now that basketball has run its course and volleyball is
just getting started, the only thing left to talk about this
week is bowling.
As far as bowlers are concerned, this month is one of
the most important. This month will decide the six men
who will represent the Naval ®
Station at the NavAirLant Tour-
nament to be held in Norfolk, Va.
Bowlers who carry a 170 or bet-
ter average are qualified to get
in the roll off for the six spots
open. Competition should be real
sharp. Several league bowlers are
carrying a 180 or better. Believe
me, a 180 is no average to sneeze
at. It takes a lot of pins to beat
it.
The festivities will start at 1
p.m. on the 17th of March. Then
for the next five days, the-would-
be Carters and Bluths will throw
six lines a day. When the smoke
clears and the plastic from all
those broken pins settles back in-
to the pit area, six tired, happy
people will have that “passport
to Norfolk.!”
The upcoming months should
be interesting as far as the sports
scene is concerned. Volleyball will
be followed again this year by
the organized mayhem game,
Flagball. After the end of flag-
ball, all the survivors, er, I mean
people, will start getting ready
for softball. Throughout the pe-
riod, boxers will get a change to
prove their powers every now and
then.
We do know one thing. The
start of volleyball will be greatly
appreciated. It’s tough to write
sports with none happening.
International Track Meet Set;
Norfolk Site Of Slated Games
The North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization entered the interna-
tional track picture at Norfolk,
Va. on March 1 with the announce-
ment that the Tidewater Relays
will be renamed the “NATO
Games.”
May 1, 1965, has been set as
the date, and Foreman Field the
site, to house the games.
Announcement of the NATO
Games came from Adm H.P.
Smith, U.S. Navy, NATO’s Su-
preme Allied Commander Atlantic,
during a meeting at his Norfolk
headquarters.
In making the announcement,
Adm Smith said: “It gives me
great pleasure to extend NATO’s
blessing to the Old Dominion Col-
lege Intercollegiate Foundation in
its sponsorship of the first NATO
Games to be held in the United
States.
“The Secretary-General of
NATO, the Honorable Manlio
Brosio of Italy, has given his en-
dorsement to this .Program,” Adm
Smith continued.
“It is my understanding that
these games will provide an op-
portunity for amateur athletes
from the NATO countries to par-
ticipate in numerous track and
field events. I can think of no
finer way to build character, de-
termination and physical fitness
in our youth.
“These games will have the sec-
ondary benefit of reminding our
sports fans and the general public
that NATO is vital to all our se-
curity,” he concluded.
Although the NATO Games will
be run in the same way as its
predecessors, the Tidewater Re-
lays and the Virginia Pilot Re-
lays, with the majority of track
and field talent coming from East-
ern Virginia District High
Schools, there are also plans for
international events featuring top
military stars from the NATO
countries.
The international events will
center around the long and mid-
dle distance runs and the pole
vault.
The Games Committee intends to
bring several Olympic Champions
to the NATO Games. One of
these stars mentioned to repre-
sent the United States was Ma-
rine Lt. Billy Mills, surprise win-
ner of the 10,000 meter run at
last year’s Olympics in Tokyo.
Another Olympic winner and
possible NATO Games entry is
Bob Schul, who gave the United
States its first 5,000 meter Olym-
pic champion.
At a press conference held after
the announcement, Mr. Wilkins,
Foundation President, talked
about plans for promotion of the
NATO Games.
“We’re going after this project
on a big-time basis,” he said, “and
plan to put it on a national level
in publicity.”
A Norfolk sports writer said in
his column that network television
is a possibility for this year, but
not too likely. An Amateur Ath-
letic Union spokesman said he
thinks one of the major networks
will buy the idea.
On scoring the meet, Mr. Wil-
kins said the NATO Games will
be scored on an individual rather
than team point system. This is
the idea used by the Olympic
Games to bring out the idea of
individual rather than national
achievement.
At the same press conference,
Captain Frank Manson, Chief of
Public Information at the Norfolk
NATO headquarters said, “I can
think of no better way to increase
public interest in NATO than this
inter-national track meet.”
Further impetus has been given
the NATO games by the U.S.
State Department and the Depart-
ment of Defense, both in Wash-
ington, D.C. Both have pledged
the support of military athletes
through CISM, the International
Military Sports Council.
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Two Teams
Tie For First
In Kef League
Keflavik Civilian League
With the reopening of the Arc-
tic Bowl the Civilian League
standings have Team Two and
Team Six tied for first place with
20 wins each. Team One fills sec-
ond with 18 wins.
Pete Gietman took high series
for the week and high game with
a 566 and 212 respectively. High
average is tied up with Dick
Kehoe and Dave Case holding 165
averages.
WATCH THE BIRDIE—is not only a cameraman’s cue, but also a good
idea in this case. This is the final game in the Badminton Doubles
Tourney. In this instance everyone was watching the ‘birdie’... .as it
sailed out-of-bounds. This point however was not enough to prevent
Captain Sparks and Colonel House from defeat at the hands of Colonel
Fearson and Major Fite.
Army Team Of Fite-Fearson
Cop ‘Birdie’ Tourney Honors
The badminton tourney has drawn to a close. Out of
eleven teams consisting of Navy, Marines and Air Force,
plus one team of the Army, the Army won.
It seems the Army not only sent the best they have, but
also, the only two men they have in Keflavik.
Major R. Fite and Lt. Col. G. Fearson of IDF captured
the first place honors after some'*’"
hard fought matches. Tough com-
Looking over the women’s de-
partment, Lu Alverson copped
high series of 472 and high game
of 172. The lead average of 145
is held by Annette Babneau.
Youth Center Bowling
The Friday Strike Outs stand-
ings for this week have Team
Three in first place with 3614
wins and Team Six holds the sec-
ond spot with 29 victories.
This week’s highs for the girls
went to Helen Harned who rolled
a high series of 200 and high
game of 115. Betty Devaney still
holds high average with 86.
For the boys, high game series
went to Freddie Myers with a
238. Keith Terry took high game
and by rolling a 145 and holds
the high average of 108.
petition was provided by the team
of Capt R. R. Sparks commanding
officer of the Naval Station and
Lt. Col. A. E. House, commanding
officer of the marine barracks,
who took home the runner-up
trophies.
The tournament was a two
loss elimination. Any team could
win it all, until they lost their
second match, then they were
out of the competition.
The team of Major Fite and
Colonel Fearson didn’t lose a
match, while both of Captain
Sparks and Colonel House’s losses
came at the hands of the Army
team.
Third place went to the team
of RAdm Ralph Weymouth and
LCdr Raymound T. Smith. They
were followed by Major William
E. Searboro and Charles Welch.
YN2, in fourth place.
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On Sports
by Tim Vincent
Since the beginning of this season’s (1964-65) NBA tour
the biggest noisemakers have been the boys from Beantown,
better known as the Boston Celtics. They’ve put their jinx
on the rest of the league and it has stayed throughout. From
the way they’re rolling along it looks as if they’ve turned
into sorcerers instead of the great-1^
est array of basketball players
ever assembled.
The Celt’s have compiled an
almost unbelievable record in the
win column thus far. As of the
time of this writing they have
won the amazing total of 58 games
while losing only 12. They need 2
more victories in their remaining
six games to tie their own existing
record for the most victories in a
single season set in the 1960-61.
campaign.
Why does Boston keep coming
up with the big teams? Well, to
start with they have one of the
brainest coaches, speaking of
course of Red Auerbach. Keep
watching for Red to light that
cigar!
As for personnel, you can take
your pick. Led by the greatest
of them all, Big Bill Russell, Bos-
ton can do no wrong. Mr. Russell
is the perfect all-around ballplay-
er. He is Mr. Perfection! At the
forwards, there comes Tom (Shot-
gun) Heinsohn. Tom was once
quoted as saying, “If I am hot 1
shoot, if I’m cold I’ll shoot until
I get hot.“ Satch Sanders should
have been an Olympic high jump-
er the way he clears the boards.
In the backcourt, the Jones boys
take up where the immortal Bob
Cousy and Bill Sharmann left off.
Sad Sam is the big scorer whereas
K.C. is the defensive specialist.
On the bench the Celtics are
power packed. Havlichek, big Mel
Counts, Willie Naulls and the rest
of the gang leave little to be de-
sired as far as talent goes.
Boston more than likely will
piay Los Angeles for the World
Championship (forseeing that
Boston beats Philadelphia and
Cincinatti and Los Angeles out-
play Baltimore or St. Louis, in
the post season playoffs.) From
what I’ve seen thus far I’d come
right out and predict Boston in
five no matter who they play.
They have just too much strength
and balance for any opponent,
especially in the big ones I know
one person who’ll go with me
here. Ask Father Ricard at the
Station Chapel if you have any
arguments.
1. Zoilo Versalles of the Minne-
sota Twins led the American
League in what category in 1963?
2. In 1957 which Washington
Senator pitcher set an American
League record by chucking how
many “gopher balls?”
3. What 1963 National League
team allowed only 95 home runs;
the fewest in the majors that
year?
Answers to Quiz
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NAVY CHOW—First in the Navy chow line is Capt Robert R. Sparks,
Commanding Officer of the Naval Station. Captain Sparks conducted
the opening ceremonies for Galley 758 March 1. The galley had been
closed for two years pending renovations.