The White Falcon - 16.12.1944, Blaðsíða 7

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PRO GAME ON AIR
"Weather permitting, the
National Pro Football |
League championship
game between the Green
Bay Packers and the N.Y.
Giants will he rebroad-
cast over the local Armed
Forces Radio Station to-
morrow at 1655 hours.
Gundar Hagg Hits
Inside Track—To
Swedish Guardhouse
Gundar, “The Wonder,“
Hagg was sentenced to five
days in the guardhouse by a
Swedish Army court-marti-
al. The famed long-distance
runner was convicted for
reporting a day late for mili-
tary service.
‘EIGHT-BALLS’ TOP
LEAGUE ‘A’ BOWLERS
In a busy week of league
bowling at Club 14, the
“Eight Balls” showed their
heels to their fellow bowl-
ers. S/Sgt. Arthur W. Mary
of Pittsburgh, Pa., took the
single-game honors with a
score of 192. The same gent-
leman from the Smoky City
took the three-game honors
when he toppled 431 pins.
His team is leading A
League, has taken five-man-
high laurels with a total of
643 arid has downed plenty
of lumber to cop the three-
game crown of the week with
a sum total of 1,724 pins.
War Bonds Admission
To Randolph Field—
Second AAF Game Today
Randolph Field’s undefeat-
ed eleven meets the strong
Second Air Force team to-
day in the only sanctioned
service post-season game.
The game is scheduled to be
played in New York City.
Admission fee is the purch-
ase of a war bond.
Sugar Bowl Film
Is Plenty Sweet
GIs of the IBC are singing
the praise of the technicol-
or movie of the New Year’s
Day, 1944 Sugar Bowl class-
ic that is now making the
rounds of the film circuit.
Sent here by the Sugar
Bowl Committee, through
the combined efforts of pub-
licist F. D. “Hap” Reilly and
A. N. Goldberg, this thriller
shows how Georgia Tech
snatched a last-two-minutes
victory from the strong Tul-
sa eleven.
Halfback Hall, Ga. Tech
firebrand, took the pigskin
over the paystripe with two
minutes to play as his team-
mates were trailing Tulsa 18
—14. As a result, Tulsa won
20—18.
Mustangs Win IBC Hoop Pennant
By Edging Out Bears 38-30, 44-41
Left, Bill Waas, Bears guard, races towards the basket in the course of the IBC title
playoffs last week-end. Attempting to impede Waas’ sensational dribbling is Mustang
forward, Larry Lalaguna. At right, Howard Boswell, Mustang center, tries for two points.
Base Special Service
Makes Selections For
All-Star IBC Quintet
As the MUSTANGS copp-
ed the IBC Basketball Title in
the best-two-out-of-three ser-
ies with the Sector BEARS,
the BASE SPEQIAL SER-
VICE ATHLETIC DEPART-
MENT submittet its selecti-
ons for the representative
ALL-STAR IBC five.
At the forward posts, Pfc.
Jimmy Irick, Tonganoxi,
Kans., and Pfc. Micheal E.
Homa, Fairfield, Conn.,
would answer the roll call,
^t. Sanford “Red” Speicher,
Akron, Ohio, gets the tap-
off post by the slightest of
margins from Sgt. Howard
Boswell, Kansas City, Mo.,
and in the back court, the
choices consist of Pvt. Joe
Leyden, Philadelphia and
former La Salle College star;
and Sgt. Bill Waas, Akron,
BOX SCORE FOR THE
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
MUSTANGS
FG F
Lalaguna F 4-2-10
Irick F 6-2-14
Boswell C 4-0—8
Roberts G 0-0—0
Leyden G 5-2-12
Ratman F 0-0—0
Wilson G 0-0—0
Totals BEARS 19-6-44
Pianko F 2-4—8
Corn F 3-2—8
Nelson C 5-0-10
Martin G 4-1—9
Waas G 2-0—4
Wetzel G 0-0—0
Fagan F 0-0—0
Totals 17-7-41
Ohio, who received one vote
more than his teammate Pvt.
Robert Corn, Fairmount,
Ind!
Irick, Leyden and Boswell
are MUSTANG representat-
ives; Waas and Corn are
BEARS; Speicher is the cent-
er for the PANTHER five;
and Homa is the U.S. Marine
who plays for NAVY.
01 COPS 1,500
IN MIAMI GOLF
OPEN TOURNEY
Sgt. Edward “Dutch” Har-
rison of Wright Field, Ohio,
is richer by $2,500. He won
the Miami Open Golf Tour-
nament after besting Henry
Picard of Harrisburg, Pa., by
a single stroke on the final
day of the $10,000 tourna-
ment.
Lined up in “V” formation (symbolic of the victory for
which they were gunning) are the Bears and Mustang
teams just before the first game in the IBC Basketball
Championship Tourney. The Mustangs took the series 38
-30, 44-41. The Bears, reading front to rear of left of “V”
and wearing dark shirts, are Sgt. Williairi G. Waas, Akron,
Ohio; Pvt. George Wetzel, Philadelphia, Pa.; Pfc. Bill
Martin, Norwalk, Ohio; Pvt. Alvin Freidman, Los Angeles,
Calif.; Pvt. Charles Pianko, Philadelphia, Pa.; Cpl. AI
Lodell, Anaconda, Mont.; Pfc. Frank Fagen, Bridgeport,
Conn.; Cpl. Ken Nelson, Belvedere, Ill.; and Pvt. Robert
Corn, Fairmount, Ind. The IBC Champs, the MP Mustangs
(lined up front to rear in light shirts), are Pfc. Alfred A.
White, Andover, Mass.; Pfc. Joseph J. Leyden, Phila-
delphia, Pa.; Pvt. Larry Lalaguna, San Francisco, Calif.;
Sgt. Curtis Wilson, Huntington, W. Va.; Pvt. Bud Lesso,
Batavia, N.Y.; Pvt. Sevro Gomez, Woodsboro, Texas; Pvt.
James Irick, Tonganoxi, Kans.; Pvt. Robert Gordon, Paris,
HI.; Pfc. William Rathman, Cincinnati, Ohio; and Sgt.
Howard Boswell, Kansas City, Mo.
Making exceptionally fine
starts in both games, the
Bears were overcome last
weekend by the closing
strength of the powerhouse
Mustangs who won the IBC
basketball title by the scor-
es of 38—30, 44—41. In game
one, the Bears enjoyed a sev-
en point lead, while game
two saw the Mustangs trail-
ing by nine points at the half.
But in both battles, the Must-
angs came from behind to
cop the Iceland Base Com-
mand Basketball Champion-
ship.
After two sensational right-
! hand twin-pointers by Bob
Corn, the Bears in the first
game amassed a seven point
lead which was gradually
melted down by the hard-
driving Mustangs until the
teams heard the half-time
whistle with 19 points each.
The second half got under
way with Larry Lalaguna
and Jimmy Irick hitting the
basket for two fast twin-po-
inters. From then on, the
Mustangs held their lead,
though the difference was
not more than four points
until the final two minutes.
They came out on top 38
to 30.
Philadelphia’s Joe Leyden
played a better-than-average
floor game for the MP Must-
angs. Teammate center Ho-
ward Boswell did his stint
in fine fashion. Credit must
he given to the Bears’ tap-
off artist, Ken Nelson, who
garnered four double-deck-
ers and played a stellar game
for 40 minutes.
The second game, on Sat-
urday, was almost a repe-
tition of the previous day’s
scoring. Centerman Ken Nel-
son, forward Boh Corn and
guard Bill Martin contribut-
ed brilliant basket-work to
put the Bears into a 25 to
16 lead.
However, a half-time talk
from Mustang coach 1st Sgt.
Fred R. Pusch of Union City,
Pa., must have had a magic-
al effect. The result: the
Mustangs scored 28 points as
tapper Howard Boswell, the
former U. of Nebraska star,
and his co-workers stopped
the stellar defense of the
Bears to hold them to a scant
16 points.
The final score of this see-
saw game read 44 to 41.
Crowds at the Andrews
Fieldhouse were electrified
both nights by the thrilling
one-hand stabs of Bob Com
of Fairmont, Ind., and the
exceptional guarding efforts
put forth by Bill "Waas of
Akron, Ohio. The Bears
were coached by Lt. Edward
G. Phelps who formed a
strong team.