The White Falcon - 03.02.1945, Blaðsíða 7

At left, Brig, Gen. Early E. W. Duncan awards a Certificate of Athletic Merit to Pfc.
Larry Lalaguna. In the center photo below", LAC Roger Pelletier uses a neck and crotch
throw" on LAC Paul Landry, while at right Cpl. Joe Sarvedeo clinches with O/S Jack Bo-
stock (right in photo) of the Royal Navy. LAC Mike “Tiny” Kilroy refereed this bout
which went to Sarvedeo.
GEN, DUNCAN GIVES IBC SPORTSMEN
CERTIFICAT
Brig. Gen. Early E. W.
Duncan, commanding the
IBC, presented Certificates
of Athletic Merit to the out-
standing athletes of 1944 at
the Fieldhouse last Satur-
day night just before the Bo-
stoek-Sarvedeo match got
under way.
As Iceland’s number-one
sports fan, Gen. Duncan
personally signed each
certificate given to the chos-
en athletes. The certificates
were awarded “in recognit-
ion of outstanding athletic
ability and noteworthy
sportsmanship.” The Gen.
stressed the value of sports
competition and active part-
icipation for the Command.
He stated that “a good athl-
ete makes a better soldier
and that athletic competit-
ion makes for bettei’-trained
and more-alert soldiers.”
The winners of the 1944
IBC basketball title, the MP
MUSTANGs, were the first
recipients of the Certificates
of Athletic Merit- The team
members are 1st Sgt. Fred
R. Pusch, Union City, Pa.,
and team coach; Sgt. John
Foley, Worcester, Mass.; Sgt.
Curtis Wilson, Huntington,
W.Va.; Sgt. Howard Boswell,
Kansas City,Mo.; Pfc. Alfred
White, Jr., Andover, Mass.;
Pfc. William Rathman, Cin-
cinnati, Ohio; Pfc- James
Irick, Tongonoxie, Kan.; Pvt.
Severo Gomez, Sinton, Tex.;
Pvt. Willard Lesso, Batavia,
N Y.; Pvt. Gordon Roberts,
Hume, HE; Pfc. Lawrence
Lalaguna, San Francisco,
Calif.; and Pvt. Joe Leyden,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Members of the IBC All-
Star Basketball Team for
1944 chosen for the high
honor certificate included
Sgt. Boswell, Pfc- Irick and
Pvt. Joe Leyden of the MU-
STANG quint; Sgt. William
Wass and Pvt. Robert Corn
of the BEARS (the former is
from Akron, Ohio, and the
latter from Fairmount, Ill.);
Pfc. Michael Homa, Marine
playing for (he NAVY, who
is from Fairfield, Conn; Pvt.
Sanford. “Red” Speicher is
another Akron citizen who
played some fancy tap-off
ball for the PANTHER five.
The FOUR STRIKES AND
A SPARE duck pin group
received the merit awards
next. This group won the
1944 team Duck Pin Champ-
ionship of Iceland. The certi-
ficates went to S/Sgt. Charl-
es Resclikie, Syracuse, N.Y.;
S/Sgt- George Boudreau,
New Orleans, La.; Sgt. J.
Gordon Farrell, Niagara
Falls, N.Y.; S/Sgt. Paul R.
Askins, Hartsville, S.C; Cpl.
Walter B.. Cosb|T, Jr., Union
City, Tenn.; and. Pvt- George
Metsopulos, Newark, N.J.
The latter, as ap individual
player, hung up the high-
three-game-totajl which has
yet to be touched. The New-
ark Flash, known to his
close friends as “The Nose,”
hit the pins for a total of
523 to establish^an IBC rec-
ord.
Pvt. Alex Cmaylo of Lake-
wood, Ohio, was presented
with the athletic certificate
for copping the 1944 Bad-
minton championship and
to Lt. Campbell Gillespie
who merited the presentat-
ion for winning top honors
in the tennis field.
BOWLING REMAINS
SAME
With just two more weeks
of play left in the IBC Bowl-
ing League, the Reykjavik
league teams have cinched
their leads —• mathemati-
cally speaking. Still leading
in A are the EIGHT BALLS.
In B, the ALERTMENTS; C
— YANKS; and NAVY in D
are leading the other
Reykjavik teams.
Sarvedeo Beats Bostock,
“Team Wrestling” Thrills
Crowd At Fld’se Matches
Boxers are again re-
minded that the Andrews
Fieldhouse is available
each day from 1300 to
1630 hours for training.
Pvt. Louis Lucchese, licen-
sed trainer, is on hand to
give expert advice. He may
be reached by phoning
Monmouth 193.
By Lt. D- Zinkoff (Ann.)
Andrews Fieldhouse was
jammed last Saturday night
as 16 boxers and a quartet
of grunt and groaners show-
ed their finest handiwork
(and leg firesse) to the ap-
preciative and enthusiastic
throng which broke into
cheers repeatedly.
The proceedings got und-
erway at 2000 hours when
Fridrik Gudnason and Lud-
vig GuSmundsson were giv-
en their instructions by Re-
feree GuSmundur Arason of
the Armann Sports Club of
Reykjavik. Though FriSrik
gave five pounds away to
his heavier opponent, the
105 pounder came through
with a clean victory and
some fancy left jabbing.
Stefan Magnusson and Jo-
el Jakobsson next climbed
through the ropes and tre-
ated the crowd to a free-
swinging, hard-punchingj
three rounder that was close
and spirited — so close, in
fact, that the judges did not
see eye to eye as they usually
do. Arbiters Petur Wigelund
of the Armann Club and Lt.
Frank Nabors gave the nod
to the winner, while Lt. Dick
Gahori voted for Joel.
Bout three featured the
Gisla Sporting Club with Mr.
Gislasson doing the referr-
ing for the Harold Haldar-
son-Ivarl Gunlaugson vis-a-
vis. Punches heard round
Andrews Fieldhouse came
thick and fast. Winner was-
Haldarson.
The crowd was then tre-
ated to some high quality
wrestling of the team varie-
ty. LAC Bud Orr, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan,and LAC Paul
Landry, Ottowa, Quebec,
were paired against LAC
George Selkirk, Hamilton,
Ontario, and LAC Roger
“Bad Man” Pelletier from
Montreal, Quebec. Known as
team wrestling, only two
men were permitted to
wrestle at one time. Relief
was effected when a wrestl-
er maneuvered himself to
his own corner, touched the
hand of his partner who
then proceeded to take over.
All manners of holds were
indulged in during the 20
minute time-limit match.
Nothing was barred — ex-
cept when LAC George Sel-
kirk became particularly
vicious and paid no heed to
the advice and counsel off-
ered by Referee Mike “Tiny”
Kilroy. As a result, George
was disqualified after 12
minutes of wrestling and
could offer no assistance to
his roughouse mate, Pellet-
ier. As it turned out, the
Roger needed no assistance,
knowing all the tricks and
then some- This match was
declared a draw.
LAC Tom Herlity, County
Cork, Ireland, and 120
pounds of a broth of a lad,
took the measure of LAC
George Sutton, a Cardiff,
Wales, man. This was anoth-
er close-spirited battle from-
the opening bell. The slips
belonging to Judges Nabors
and Gabori were marked
for Herlity and Fl/Lt. Eric
Radford saw Sutton as the
winner. Tom, who outweigh-
ed his opponent by six
pounds had the edge on ring
generalship and a slight
margin on the footwork
merits.
Pvt. Mac McLain from
Columbus, Ohio, must have
failed to note tin1 “light in
the eyes” of LAC Tommy
Lanigan, the Tipperary Ir-
ishman. rile light did not
fail nor did the accurate
rights and lefts. Result: Mac
hit the canvas in one minute
and 36 seconds after the
start of round two to lake
the full count from Referee
Kilroy.
Cpl. Danny Delaney, fight-
ing for the RAF from -York,
England* pleased the Field-
house crowd with his dis;-
hand-handling
play of footwork, fancy}
and ropei
This 147-
pounder knew his business!
and annexed a clean victory}
over Pvt. Red Nichols fron$
Pittsburgh, Pa-
The semi-windup was ^
thundering match with Sgty
Fred Powers of London ancf
Cpl. Jack Daley, Middles-*
boro, (both of the RAF) mix-
ing it freely and throwing
caution to the winds fod
which Iceland is famous.
Jack was on the canvad
three times for the same}
number of rounds. Fred|
scaled in at 174 and Jacky
tipped the beam at 172. Tlitf
latoos which decorated Pow-
ers from stem to stern must
have been instrumental im
helping him attain victory,,
but, truth to tell, the specta-
tors had greater opportuni-
ty to examine the body dec-
orations than did Jack Dal-
ey — who was busy for six}
minutes.
Timekeeper Chaunceyj
“ARC Club 14” Barbour*
clanged the bell to starfl
the windup between Ordin-
ary Seaman Jack BostockJ
and Cpl. Joe Sarvedeo of Ml.
Vernon, N.Y. This was the}
most brilliant bout of the ex-
ceptionally fine card- Thei
sailor from Mansfield, Eng-
land, knew his way around}
the squared circle. The Sig-
nal Corps soldier, too, was!
wise in the ways of ring war-
fare and, after a trio of!
rounds, the unanimous nods!
of the judges Gahori, Nab-
ors and Sqdn. Leader Sal-
mon of the RAF gave thei
laurel wreath to Sarvedeo.
Promoter Pvt. “Lucky51*
Lucchese did a fine job ini
arranging the all-star card.
Other officials who partici-.
pated included Judge Beii
Smith; Capt. L. Scheimaiv
physician in charge, and}}
knockdown timer Capt. Heh-i
er P. Russell. ■■ d 5 y.h H
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