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wm VOL. IV No. 7

/ V \ A R I N E C O R P S A I R S T A T I O N - C H E R R Y P O I N T . NJ. C

PUBLISHED BI-WEEKLY 4 April 1947

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Ian. Editor Writes "30" To WiNDSOCK Career

By Ccrp. H a r r y Crasser . Succeeding Managing Edi tor Tbi» is.-ue of the WIXDSOCK is

he fifteenth under the guidance of managing editor. Pfc. Michael

Sould: and with this paper. Mike >ould writes " th i r ty" to his Cherry •oint WIXDSOCK caree r : be left

April 1947 to take up his duties 5 a staff wr i ter with the LEATH-ERXECK magazine at Washington.

. C. Joining the WIXDSOCK as a re-

orter early in May of last year. l ike lias seen the station paper tirough i ts last throes of publica-lon when it folded in Ju ly of the ast year and later, in October. irougli its pangs of rebir th. Chiefly through his and former

•utive editor, Lt. Robert Zini ler's. (now discharged) efforts, the IXI>SOCK resumed publication ith the October four th issue. UM6:

first as managing editor—the •ungest managing editor of any mrice newspaper in the United

tes at the time. Upon his discharge in December

s year. Pfc. Gould intends to the magazine ield as a pro-

ional writer, cashing in on his Ine Corp6 t raining. Previously

Mitchell Park Point Marines' Mecca Opens Summer Season

PFC. MICHAEL GOULD, JR . Former Managing Edi tor

a columnist with a Greenville. Mis sissippi newspaj>er. Mike enlisted in the Corps at Cleveland. Ohio.

So long. Mike: good luck and Godspeed your success in the coming years.

few Rate Quotas Coming • Promotion quotas will soon be is-jbed by the major commands here fevering Pfcs. and Corporals. The potns will be based on the differ-

b e t w e e n the authorized •ength (per pay grade and spec,

jnmberi and the actual "on hand" •ength. Under present instructions, a

must have nine months in •ade to be eligible for Corpoial .

Corporal must have nine tenths in grade to be eligible for

Sergeant. However, if the study at Headquar ters reveals that there a re not enough Pfcs. and Corporals qualified for promotions under the Letter of Instruction 1352, then for the first promotion only, these quali-fications will be lowered.

If these qualifications a re low-ered. the changes will be of the following n a t u r e : qua><fled Pfcs. may be promoted to Corporal re-gardless of t ime in grade, and quali-

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fEWS Copy Ed. Responsible ?or Star Shows Visits Point

Mustangs Give Banquet Honor

Gen. Merritt By Frank Misiewicz

Ret i rement f rom mil i tary service a f t e r 30 years of f a i th fu l service brings about an assemblage of loyal men. The Cherry Point Mustangs on March 21 | « id honor to a great man . who, a f t e r 30 years of devo-tion to duty, r e tu rns to a l i fe of quiet and rest. This man is Briga-dier General I^ewie G. Merri t t .

Meeting in au ivy decorated din-ing room at the Commissioned Of-ficers Mess, th is group whose mem-bers at one t ime or another served under General Merri t t expressed thei r admirat ion and feeling through the medium of speeches. Quoting the Master of Ceremonies. Major K. F. Bub ie r :

"Gathered tonight a r e all the Mus-tangs to honor General Merri t t . We have had great confidence always in the General. The spirit of the C o n « is not tangible, but it will live forever. General Merritt has the best wishes of all the Marines |-j his venture In civilian life. This is an expression deep f rom the heart ." Then the Master of Ceremonies called upon Major H. L. Blackwell.

"We a re honoring a splendid gen-t leman." said the A&R Inspection Officer. The Latin wordage on the sjiecial menus printed for this oc-casion was translated and elaborat-ed by Major Robert E. A. Lillie.

"Animis Opibusgue Para t i . the mot to of the Sta te of South Caro-lina, the General 's home state. ( In mind and resources we a re pre-pared) . F ia t Ju s t i t i a . Ruat Caelum (If the heavens fal l , let us have jus t ice) . Ecce Signum, (Behold the evidence).

"When we deal with General Merri t t . we a re deal ing with ;JII honest man. An honest man is deil nite. thorough and continuous in his methods." That was how the Commanding Officer of Headquar-t e r s Squadron expressed his feel-ings for the pioneer Xaval av ia tor

The speech to the Marines honor-ing him was expressed with deep emotion by the General. In a force-fu l yet easy Southern drawl . "I would ra the r have you gentlemen

Mitchell Pa rk Carpenter J im Hor-vath shows author par t of the re-conditioned Condor Class fleet.

MAG 11 Men Give Blood

On Monday evening, March 17. the Group duty officer of MAG 11 received an appeal f rom the Red Cross Chapter at Tarboro. X. C., fo r blood donors to be flown to Raleigh as aid in an emergency operation on a local citizen, Mr. Levy Harre l l .

The duty officer, Lt . Rogal. con-tacted the Marines at their bar-racks, explaining the case to them. Within an hour sixty-eight volun leers had responded.

Of the sixty-eight who answered the first call, only ten had the r ight tyjie of blood. All ten were flown to the Raleigh-Durham airport where they were met by the Dur-ham Red Cross and driven to the Duke University Hospital. Each man donated one pint of blood to Mr. Harrel l .

Those men who made the t r ip were : Pfcs. B. L. Rue ha n ruin and G. K. Baroody, of Hq. Sq. MAC 11: Pfc. W. A. Thibodiaux of S e n l c e Squadron MAG 11; Pvts. J . D. Bro gan M. E. Marriott , D. C. Lee, an ' J . E. Bart let t , all f rom VMF 225; and Pfcs. H. J . Cury, J . Wright . T. Lampone f r o m VMF 46.

Two Year Men Get GI Bill

All men requesting discharge un-der AlMar 29 are enti t led to ful l benefits of the GI Bill of Rights. Mustering-out pay will be $200, ex-cept for m m with foreign service who will receive $300. Men on recent maneuvers who received SS&FD pay for a period of seven

do me th is honor than have all the days or longer will receive the $300. i \ T a r i 7 1 P money io the world. This is real loy- F u l l r M d j u s t n l e D t , l l o w a n c e of ^ a S U a l U e S

Fun For All Picnics, Ball

And Sailing Classic Race In May

By George Kuekes Mitchell Park , closed since last

November, will open for the coming season on 2 April. Since the park closed last Fall, the men have been working like beavers , both a t Com-bat Pool No. 1 and at the shops in Mitchell Pa rk readying the boats and building new equipment for the season which got underway officially on April 2nd. These facili-t ies will be avai lable to the men here dur ing the hours which the pa rk is open: f r o m Wednesday th rough Sundays , 1200 to sunset , or 2000.

The park will offer a wide variety of recreational facili t ies to all. The present program will include sail-ing. canoeing, rowboatlng; and to those more dar ing ones, there will be available a t least one aquaplane. I*icnic areas and a ball diamond are available to the landlubbers.

All sailboats in the Lightning and Comet Class have been com-pletely overhanled f rom bow to stern. Others to be available later in the season Include ten Lightning Class boats formerly used a t Eagle Mountain I^ke , Texas ; and twen-ty new boats of the Seagull Class. The lat ter r r a f t has been tested by the skippers a t the P a r k and proven a s turdy vessel in a "heavy sea."

The tenta t ive plans Include check-outs and instructions each day ex-cept Sunday. I l a n s also include a racing classic about the middle of May with prizes to the victors.

Sailing isn't the only form of water-recreation a t Mitchell Park . For those who a r e not adept with sail and rudder , there a re sixty-six canoes, forty-six 8ponson type and twenty a luminum canoes which ar-rived at the close of last season. Mitchell Pa rk will offer sixty-five row boats to those who prefer fish-ing or jus t plain heal thful rowing.

W'hen the water warms up, aqua-planing and swimming together with other summer sports will pre-vail . Why not pack ap the 'ole pic-nic basket and bring the whole family to the P a r k often this sum mer?

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Carver a t Hostess House ^ f t « r visiting here for five days past tw

* n t ! y . Mr. aad Mn>. Bill Carver • I r e s s e d their gra t i tude at being fltk with the Marines once more. • L Carver. Copy E l i tor of the New | S k DAILY NEWS, has been re-Wcs ib lv for bringing Broadway • name shows to the Point i s the

years. Among the many headHr?™ to enter ta in here through his effort* were Carol Bruce, Ole Johnson. Margie Har t . Celeste Holme, and Gypsy Rose l*?e. Mr. Carver came here to a r range with Special Services to bring more Broadway S t a r Shows to this sta-tion a t a f u t u r e date.

I loy-a l ty and fr iendship. Neve: in 30 years have I intentionally done any man an injustice, even if it ap-peared that way.

"Someone had to t ra in the 100,000 men that entered Marine Aviation in 1W2. You gentlemen did it. You. the Mustangs here, helped train an outfit thai doesn't huve to apologize to anybody The Marine Corpn owes you a lot of credit. This is an eve ning. gentlemen, that I thal l never f o r g e t "

The enu of his v h brought wave* of applause from the 7n Mil-tangs present. A scroll was pre sented to the General signed by eve y man preseut. The General in re turn graciously mate ~ipbed the specially prepared menus for all the Mustangs p resen t

fifty-two weeks applies only to those who have served at least ten months. For each month less than ten. a man is entit led to four weeks' less pay— that is, n ine months service is en-titled to forty-eight weeks' p a y ; eight months, for ty-four weeks' pay. etc.

Under the GI Bill of Rights any person -\o served over ninety days la eligible for a period of one year of education or t ra ining plue one additional month for each month of service. Far exampie, a person who baa served one year of his cur-rent enlistment would be entitled to tw-ntv four months or schooling. In other words, be would be entit led to a p p n n ilely $1333 In books, tuition, aiul expense fees plus sub-sistence for twenty- four months.

Marines suffered 19,033 killed In action or died of wounds. 496 miss-ing in action, and 59.697 wounded in action dur ing the war.

Easter Services At Sta. Chapel

Easter Communion will be held in the Protestant wing of the new Station Chapel at 0S00. Special music will be provided for this service; an Easter Choir will participate in the 1000 wor-ship service a*, the s ta t ion Cha-pel. Catholic MA.-HCS will be held a t 0645, 0845, and 1200 in the Station Chapel.

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Win</^SOck\ Spring Fashions Modeled at JOQ Gen. Campbell T H E W I N D S O C K is p u b l i s h e d bi-

w e e k l y b y a n d f o r p e r s o n n e l of Ma-r i n e C o r p * A i r B a a e a . , n r u r C o r p s A i r S t a t i o n , a n d t h e A I R F M r -L A N T , C h e r r y P o i n t . N . C .

M A J . GEN. RALPH J . MITCHELL C.G. A I R F M F L A N T

BRIG. GEN. IVAN W. MILLER Ccmdr. Air Bases A C.G. USMCAS LT.-COL. J O H N T. L. D. GABBERT

• • Spec. Serv. Office r. MAJOR T H O M A S H. MANN, J R .

Execut ive Edi tor

STAFF—Corp. Har ry L. Grasaer, Managing Ed i to r ; Pfc. Francis R. Miaiewlcz, News Edi to r : I f c . J im-my Crum. S|<ort« Ed i to r : Pfc. ( i rorge C. Kuekes. Feature Ed i to r : Pvt. Ralph J . Scbubriemen. Report-e r : Pfc . J o h n Anderson. Jr . , Circu-lation Manager ; Pfc. Anthony E. Crlscione. Photographer : Pfc. Rob-ert W. Fa gin and Pfc. Robert White. Artista.

Contributors for thin Issue— Frances Howell and Pfc . Willard Mac Neer .

N o . ltOO. d a t e d 14 A u g . 1S4.".. It Is p r i n t e d b y th® C o m m e r c i a l P r i n t i n g C o m p a n y . R a l e i g h . N . C . . a n d is fi-n a n c e d b y t h e S t a t i o n S p e c i a l S e r v i c e s D e p a r t m e n t f r o m u n a p p r o p r i a t e d W e l -f a r e a n d K e c r e a t l o n f u n d s a t Hie d i -r e c t i o n of t h e A i r S t a t i o n R e c r e a t i o n C o u n c i l . C i r c u l a t i o n is 8.000 c o p i e s p e r i s sue .

T H E W I N D S O C K a c c e p t s n o a d v e r -t i s i n g . All p i c t u r e s u s e d a r e A i r S t a -t i o n p h o t o s u n l e s s o t h e r w i s e c r e d i t e d .

T H E W I N D S O C K r e c e i v e s C a m p N e w s p a p e r S e r v i c e M a t e r i a l . R e p r o -d u c t i o n of c r e d i t e d m a t t e r p r o h i b i t e d w i t h o u t p e r m i s s i o n of C N S . 641 W a s h -i n g t o n S t r e e t . N . Y. C . 14.

T H E W I N D S O C K r e c e i v e s S h i p s E d i -t o r i a l A s s o c i a t i o n m a t e r i a l . R e p r o d u c -t i o n of c r e d i t e d m a t t e r p r o h i b i t e d w i t h -ou t p e r m i s s i o n of S E A .

Now Maj. Gen.

~ PHOTOGRAPHER

The World's Largest Marine Air Station may even be dubbed the Fashion Center of Marine Wi re s from the looks of this picture. Members of Cherry Point ha rden Club modelled the latest spring fashions at their March meeting. Lef t to r i gh t : Mrs. Robert F. Flaher ty . Mrs. H. B. Calahati. Mrs. F rank Williams, Mrs. Sbelton Ingle, Mrs. Sherman Smith. Mrs. John Cauuey. Mrs. H. W. bowman. Mrs. Q. R. Johns. Mrs. George I)aupliine. Mrs. R. R. Davis, Mrs. V. J . McCaul. Mrs. C. J . Cbappell. and Mrs. E. Mueller.

Spr ing is here and Easter is right around I he corner. My fair lady's mind at this t ime of the season is on a new spring outfit. To give the wives of the Cherry Point officers an idea of what the latest in fashion is. two members of the Cher ry Point Garden f l u b . Mrs. It. C. Berkerly and Mrs. J a m e s Gird wood. arranged a "Fashion Show" as a special fea ture of the IS March gather ing a t the Officers Club. JOQ.

The two hostesses selected to make the flower decoration and choose a sui table menu for the next meet ing went out of thei r way to a r range a "Fashion Show" a s an addition to the regular program.

Their ideas materialized with the cooperation of the Parson P re s s Shop of New Bern, which loaued the latest in fashion to ' h e group. The wives solved the model problem by modelling the clothes themselves.

A representat ive of the Parson Shop commented on the latest in fash-ions at the meeting. Enter ta inment was supplied by the piano playing of Mrs. Virginia Warr ington of New Bern.

Present at this meeting was Mrs. Thomas E. Watson, wife of the commanding general of Camp I.ejeune. She was the house guest of Mrs. II. 1». Boy den.

Captain Dogan. Station Photo Officer, Retires After Thirty Years Service

Enter ing the Corps as an enlisted man and re t i r ing an officer a f t e r 30 years service, tha t ' s Capt. H. 11. Dogan.

Capt. Dogan entered the Marines at Cleveland. Ohio on the 21st of April 1917. After taking a month of t ra in ing a t Philadelphia. Pennsyl-vania. he left for France. He served with the 5th Marines overseas until his r e tu rn to the States two years later. August 1919.

Since 1919, Capt . Dogan has served with various organiza t ions a t several bases. He served with the Eas t Coast Expedi t ionary Force immediately on his r e tu rn f rom

France . La te r Capt . Dogan served a t Quantico; in the Nor th Is lands with VMD I. and a t Camp Carver with V M F 154.

During the second World War. the Captain went overseas with VMF 254. and upon returning, was sent to Santa Barbara . Calif., where he served as Photo Officer and Pro vost Marshal . l i e came aboard thi* stat ion to serve as Plioto Officer on 27 March 1946.

Capt . Dtigau left the stat ion at the early j a r t of the m o u t h : here 's wishing him the best of everything In " the outside world."

S ta .

Pro tec tant 0945—Sunday School

Point School. 1000—Divine Worship

Chapel. 1100—Divine Worship a t Communi ty

Church. 1S15—Young People's Meeting at

Cherry Point School. 1930—Evening Divine Worship at

Community Church.

Catholic Cherry 0645. 0845. 1200 Mass a t S ta .

Chapel. Confessions Sa turday 1600-1900. and

1930-2100. <000—Mass a t Communi ty Church Daily Mass at 0645 at Catholic

Wing of Sta . Chapel. Perpetual Novena Devotions Tues-

day a t 1S00.

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Ferved At Point In a rect-nt ceremony. Brig- Gen.

Harold Denny Campbell, at one time commander of the Second ami Ninth MAW's here at Cherry Point, was sworn in as a Maj. Gen. by his brother. Homer P. Campbell, a t Waterburv . Vt. With an outstand-ing record In both wars. Gen. Camp-bell. now Maj. Gen. Campbell CSMC l Ret. I. was advanced in rank f o r his achievements in the aerial war against the Japanese.

At almost the same time that pre-liminary work on construction plant for Cherry Point was s tar ted by Naval Engineers at New Bern, a camp for Merine aviators to t r a in and part ic ipate in coastal maneuvers was oiieued at New Bern Airport, under the command of Lt. Col. Har-old Denny Campbell.

Early in 1942 Gen. Campbell —as sent to the European thea te r as American advisor to I » r d Louis Mountbatten. For one year he re-mained in England, serving with such famous commanders as Gen-eral Ike Elsenhower. Admiral Stark , and the colorful General Pat ton. For th is duty he was awarded the Legion of Merit.

Gen. Campbell came to Cherry Point as a Brig. Gen. in April 1945. to assume command of the Ninth Air Wing. When Brig. Gen. Merrlt went overseas the next month. Gen. Campbell also became commanding General of the a i r bases command until the arr ival of Maj. Gen. Ralph J . Mitchell in August.

"We got her f r o m l .ejeune. for two reporters , an a r t i s t and a news editor ."

Beer, Hot Dogs At Squadron Picnic

Eastern North Carolina 's first sunny Sa turday in three weeks. March 22. brought for th the thrice postponed Headquar te rs Squadron Par ty a t Mitchell Park . Over 50:> members of the Squadron ate. drank, and played at an event jointly spon-sored by the S|ieciai Services De-par tment and the contr ibut ions of Squadron officers and men.

Beer and hot dogs were the pre-fer red i tems on the menu with 4.GS0 bottles of beer and 2.000 hot dogs downed. With the beer and hot dogs went 2.000 rolls. 20 cases of coke. 150 pounds of potato salad. 300 pounds of baked beans. 150 pounds of cold cuts. 3ll0 pounds of cheese. 16 gallons of olives and pickles, two and a half cases of oranges, two bushels of apples, and two gallons of mus ta rd .

The party s tar ted at 1330 and fin-ished at lv*». Cherry Point 's Swing Orchestra played requests all af ter-noon Athletic events rolled along ful l blast at the Mitchell P a r k fields.

Later . Headquar ters Squadron Commanding «»fficer. Major Robert E. A. I.illie. s h aking about the be havior of his men at the p a r t y : • Situv J a n u a r y 1. the sleddiug was pret ty tough. They were expected to be Marines with little or no warn ing. Now that the rough spots a re ironed out. it showed that Marines know how to plav as well as work. The men conducted themselves very well and I hope in the fu ture , they will work as hard as they played." Major Lillie assumed command of the Squadron J a n u a r y 1. 1947. re-lieving Major It. E. Wallace.

Original plans for the par ty called for March s as the date . However, foul weather for th ree su«*cessive Sa tu rdays cancelled all plans till the first nice week-end. Good weather was obtained by inviting the Stat ion Aerological Officer. 1st Lt. C. Overstreet .

Another s imi la r par ty will be held for the watch s t anders who were unable to a t tend the first one. It will be held within a mouth or quoting the Squadron 's first Sergeant. M Sgt. Frederick C. Martin, " the first nice Saturday that comes along."

ABORIGINAL I D E A S W O R T H NOTING

I CNS • —In our s tudy of the Eskimo's cul ture, we discover that :<e never invented a weapon to kill his fellow man. and t h a t he has no "ord for war.

Renegade Japs Run Amuck

On Peleliu l 'elellu—The renegade Japanese

reign of terror designed to re-estab-lish the prest ige of fugi t ive Japa-nese with the Caroline Is land na-tives is being successfully combated by 77 enlisted Marines and three officers.

A Jai>anese l ieutenant command-er who has hidden many months is reportedly directly approximately 30 Japanese who want to save face with the natives.

W a r r a n t Officer Jack Goodall. Provost Marshal , said about 20 Japanese who have been here since the Marines took the island in Sep-tember 1944. a r e now hiding some-where in the 500 or more caves honeycombing "Bloody Nose Ridge.' ' Another ten a re reported h id ing in the swamps where the creeper vines with elephant size leaves reported-ly grow nearly a foot an hour.

Road Maps Now Readv at Red Cross

The American Red Cross office uow has copies of the "Pathf inder" ma;«s designed for the pur|>ose of as-sisting touris ts in preparing suit-able routes for automobile travel . The maps a re avai lable to mil i tary personnel and dependents who a re planning vacation t r ips by au to or a re t ravel ing th rough the country on t r ans f e r to a new stat ion.

Due to the numerous requests for a u t o travel information, the Red Cross obtained several copies of the "Pathf inder" booklet of m a p s through the courtesy of the Pure Oil Company. Distr ict Headquar-ters in Charlotte. N. C.

g . WHAT ARE YOUR REASONS FOR R E Q U E S T I N G A DIS. CHARGE?

P f c. Claud« Vaugfff. M A G 22 : Cleveland, Ohio have a chance to s t a r t my ca-reer sooner than I expected and I feel rbat I will be gviting j u m p on the re< of the fellows now in service. 1 am going to

work with my fa ther , who is in the t rucking business, unt i l the s t a r t of the school term. Then I am plan-ning on going to Kenyon College for Physical Education."

P v t. Joseph H a n n a n. AES 46; H o 11 idays I Cove, West VI r- I ginia :—"I th ink I there will be too I many NCO's and [ there would be I so few Pvts tha t I all we would be I doing the rest [ of our t ime is being used for ' working details only. I have a job wai t ing for me & a mechanic in a garage and a f t e r i while I am planuing on going t> college for Diesel Engineering Forest ry ."

Corp. Franci-Ramenda. For e s t r y : S o u t t Bend. Ind :— have aboui tvr. years in the Ml r ine Corps al ready and I no* have the oppor tuni ty of getting out and by tal ing advantage. ! can go b a c k and finish hig!

school and s tar t college before I ge too old. I am planning to s tar t m; own business as an Insula t ion Ei giueer."

Pfc. A l b e r t B o n n e r . J r . , Hdq. Sqd. S ta t . ; Meridian. Miss.: —"So that I can I enter the first session of the | National Aqua-tic School. Then 1 am going to enter the Uni- i versi ty of Ala-bama for physi-cal education and s tar t my care* as a coach."

Pfc. P e t * Sauricki , At 41 : Youngsto*t Oh io : — "I *'• going back -my old job as cook in a h»t?

j After I h a t saved some iao" money. I am f

i ing to college ft Advanced R® n e s s Traiiiis After I h a t

completed college. I am goins ' go into a business of my own."

iVeir Navy Blues? The opinion survey being conduct-

ed by the Navy I>epartment Uni form Board among the sai lors in the D. C. area lately indicates thei r approval of the new blue dress uni-form. That is the one with flv-front trousers, slash pockets, belt, watch pocket, and bell-bottoms: the tight sleeves of the present jumper a re replaced by coat-type cuffs. The khaki subst i tute for the white sum-mer uniform isn't meeting with the same success as that of the blues however. Anchors and 13 but tons aweigh lads—more power to you!

PROMOTIONS (Continued f r o m P a g e 1, Col. -

tied Corporals may be promoted Sergeant provided tha t they iw' six months in grade first.

This promotion modification r

hold only for promotions auth* ized about 31 March 1947 and *"• not affect the quar ter ly prom ti« by its special provision.

ANYTHING BIGGER THAN BIG B L U E W H A L E ?

• CNS)—If anyone ever heard anyth ing bigger than a 125 t ' blue whale, they should notify 5

Bronx Zoo in New York. Tb* the answer zoo officials are rent ly offering to the much ever lived.

4 April 1947

(;L\I>S FA.Mb

Believe it. w ynne Stanley is earing "glass" lace pants. bra and loves. Uh-huh. the hat ' s glass, too.

W I N D S O C K Page Tkre«

B y FRANCES HOWELL Suppose your name is Andrea,

we day you a re found unconscious i the floor of your lover's studio. Iiere is a gun in your hand, and >ur lover, Louis, is dead on tne •uch beside you. Yet you can re-lember nothing—absolutely notii-ig—about the murder . What in the orld would you doV In The Li'ty 'orgot Margaret S. Marble does tell ou what Andrea did about those uremembered hours which she had

remember. Moral : If you a r e lanning to commit a murder , be re to <tav a w a k e !

It all began with an accidental xplosion in an atomic plant down lississippi way. Incidentally a large i r t of tha t fa i r s ta te was wiped ut. but the most imi>ortant result

with the discovery that pro-esses of human reproduction had

halted throughout the ent i re rorld! Then Homer Adam turned >. He had been at the bottom of lead mine in Colorado at the mo-

lent of the explosion and was the nly male unaffected by the atomic ys. f a n you imagine what hap-ned to poor unsuspecting HomerV

'repare for a mighty good laugh •hen you find out in Pat Frank ' s r. Adam.

Commander Edward Ellsberg has >ne it aga in : His was the almost npossible task of n-storing the nashed I tal ian n a i a l base of Mas-wa on the Afr ican shore of the fd Sea. Time was at a premium

1th Rommel racing across the Lib-desert in the west . Nor was

•ther Nature too helpful, for that r t icular spot turned out to be erally the hottest place on ea r th , hat these men did under such raordinary pressure makes a fas-

Inating adventure in Commander lsberg's Under the Red Kea SKH. Remember how you chuckled iur way through "The Egg and • Well, you can prepare yourself

r another hi lar ious treat , because 'ink. Mary and i f e . by Chick f>r-

n. is coming right u p ! Af t e r i n g everything f rom boxing to tography. Chick took to the Ca-

dlan Northwest for fu r trapping, ight on his heels came Mary, his l e—the first white woman to brave

northern wilds. There was also t i e Rill, probably the only two-

f o l d who ever camped outdoors Ith his parents at around 30 be-

zero! This is merely a sample the adventures in s tore for you. uld you decide to go North with

ick. Mary, and lil* Rill. P. S. •ase d ; .

• F o r his "extractor and inserter p push rod union" suggestion. F Graf ton Wo«*lard. auto mech in F " Shop 1S3.1, received an addi-P n a ' award in March 1947. He p originally awardvd $50 in Au-fct of '46 for hi* !d«a: beneficial Kgest ions pay off.

G.I. BILL Personal Affairs

HOME LIFE

Coming Attractions S T A T I O N T H E A T R E

4-5 F R A M E D , U l r n n K u r d . J a n i s C a r t e r .

4-6 I M P E R F E C T L A D Y . R a y Mil -l and , T e r e s a W r i g h t . 130u S p e c i a l — Y O L A N D A A N D T H E T H I E F . F r . -d As ta i r . - , L u c i l l e B r e m e r .

4-7. 8 H I G H B A R B A R E E . V a n J o h n -son . L u c i l l e B r e m e r .

4-9 K I N G O F W I L D H O R S E S . P r e s -t o n F o s t e r . G a i l P a t r i c k .

4-10. 11 S T A L L I O N R O A D . Z a c h -a r y S c o t t . A l e x i s S m i t h .

4-12 P R I V A T E A F F A I R S O F B E L A M I . G e o r g e S a n d e r s . A n g e l a L a n s -b u r v .

4-13 B A C K L A S H . R i c h a r d T r a v i s . J e a n R o g e r s .

4-14. 13 S M A S H C P . S u s a n H a v w a r d . L e v B r o w n a u .

C H E R R Y T H E A T R E S h o w s : M o n d a y t h r o u g h F r i d a y

1T30. 1930 a n d 2130. S a t u r d a V a n d S u n d a y — 1 3 0 0 . 1300. 1900. C1C0."

4-1 C R O S S M Y H E A R T ; N e w s . 4-3 S A N T E F E U P R I S I N G ; S E C -

R E T O F T H E W H I S T L E R . 4-6 B L O N D I E ' S B I G M O M E N T ; T h r e e c o l o r c a r t o o n s ; S c i e n c e s h o r t .

4-T. S E A S Y C O M E E A S Y G O ; N e w s ; C a r t o o n C o m e d y .

4-9 B A R E F O O T B O Y ; T h r e e c o l o r

4-10. i i M A R G I E ; N e w s . C a r t o o n . 4-12 S I N G I N G I N T H E C O R N ;

S O U T H O F T H E f ' H I S H O L M T R A I L . 4-13 C I G A R E T T E G I R L ; T h r e e

c o l o r c a r t o o n s : M a r c h of T i m e . 4-14. 13 P U R S U E D : N e w s . 4-16 S O D A R K T H E N I G H T : C a r -

t o o n ; M a r c h of T i m e : M u s i c a l .

lCNS»—It lias been est imated that the t empera tu re of the fingers drops 5 to 20 degrees Fahrenhei t when the brain is subjected to ex-t reme mental tension.

M U S I C W O R L D

By F R A N C I S R. MISIEWICZ J U S T N E W S : : :YOU THINK

Y O r HAVE I T BAD H E R E : S tu t tgar t . Germany—There ' s a

t imber tax on pie house admissions here. Thea t re managers have upped admissions to the price of a ducat and two pieces of wood. They hope, by heating the show, to stave off shut t ing due to the fuel shortage . . .

Proctor and Gamble giving Don Ameche a id the Drene show a pass-ing up and ready to launch comic Danny Thomas on a show of his own . . . Roy Rogers is the next one to be dropped by his sponsor, Alka Sel tzer . . . .

Johnny Long's Signature discing of "Last Night on the Rack Porch" was banned from all networks due to the t u n e s alleged wordage . . . "Richard o|>ens England's door" . . .

Be on the look out for a J a n e Russei (of Outlaw f ame) recording of "As Long As I Love" with Kay Kyser and his band. Discing on Columbia due out at the end of this month . . .

Dick Haymes has been offered a flat 35 g's fo r a one week s tand at Atlant ic City's Steel Pier. Tha t ' s a lot of hay to sneeze on . . . Columbia Recording picked u p Claude Thorn-hill 's option . . . Ilora<-e Heidt will re t i re f rom re t i rement soon and come back as an orc~ leader . . .

Plans on building a band around a 10 year old d r u m m e r no go. Man-ager couldn't find a loophole on not ke-ping the kid working a f t e r 10 PM . . . Stop in and see Dean Hud-son a t the n a g l e r s ' Garden, Miami, if you get around the re in the next month . . .

The proposed merger between Musicraf t and Apollo will not mate-rialize . . . Hoagy Carmlchael 's autobiography entitled. "The Star-dust Road," now on sale a t your favorii_» book store . . .

CLASSIFIED By Wiilard Mac N e e r

In a short t ime hundreds of Marines will be discharged and arv going o u t . i n t o civilian life. Already they -have begun to visualise fine a r t s buildings instead of hangars, f r a t houses instead of barracks, spacious lawns f ree of "Please do not walk on the grass" signs. Each t ime a green uniform is seen, these "civilians to be" see a tux, each pair of dungarves repn-sent a sweater . More people a re planning to enter college than have ever done so before. Thanks to the G. I. Rill of Rights.

Men who have served in the a rmed forces for a period of ninety days have a year of college expenses paid und t r the G. ». Rill plus a month for every mou 'h of si .-vice he ha - h-.d. 2 man who h». ..ad ten months in the Marine Corps can m v l v e educatioual benefits for twenty two months. He will receive tive hundred dollars fc r each ordinary school vear for l o t i o n , books and the like. Nine months a re usually considered a school year. Thus he would receive approximately $122."i dollars for the twentv-two months. He will also receive $65 per month if single. $!»0 if married, for each month in school. This al lowance for l iving ex-pense cannot be obtained dur ing summe;- vacations. The person must be in school to be eligible for this.

All of this may seem to the fellow, who has not had experience with the expenses of college life, l ike a rosy path. He will find, however, tha t the will have to cover everything f r o m his room rent and board to the coke dates a t the co-op between classes and the flowers for his best girl for the f reshman prom. If be plans to obtain membetsh ip In a f ra-ternity. he will have added expense. Membership in these range f rom dve to twenty-flve dollars.

Colleges still have regulations. You will not have a liberty card that you can have at only intervals but If you fal l to m m the s tandards and regulat ions that have been set up. you can expect your liberties to be limited. A vet in school must pass all subjects to i»n t iuue drawing payments under th is G. I. Bill. This you feel assured is easy. You didn't fai l any subjects in high school. Wait until you hit English Lit and your assignment for the first lesson period covers »1) The preface. (21 The introduction to the period. |3> The introduction to Wordsworth. <4* Ten of Wordsworth 's poems and (5) a section on meter, foot, and ryme. Then your thought is tha t you can do It if everyone else can. Don't forget that the colleges a r e full of older veterans who realize that this Is thei r last chance a t education, men who burn the midnight oil in t rai ler cami*. who spend the evening in the l ibrary instead of wearing his shoes away on the dance floor or s t ak ing claim on a campus bench. These a r e the people with whom you will be competing. If you don't watch your s tep, you will find yourself in the war t ime club tha t is going ful l swing now—the four F club.

Don't let these f ac t s bother you if you a r e interested in obta ining a n education, if you a re interested in t ak ing advantage of the most valuable opportunity ever offered In education.^Don't let the fact tha t $05 is not enough to live on. for many decades men have worn the cap and gown, received the sheepskin, and they did not have the G. I . Bill. They were men like you. They were willing to work. College is not a loafer 's para-dise. It is there to help you i»ave the way to a happier life.

FCR S A L E EPIAPHONE GUITAR. Spanish

plectrum. Pre-war. Contact M/Sgt . Gibson. 591-A MEMQ 71S9.

ARGUS 03. 35 mill, camera . Having a F 3 :5 coated lens with coupled rangefittdcr and case. $50 cash. Contact Lt. Holton at Rogue Field.

1940 NASH "8." four door sedan with radio and heater. Good con-dition. Phone Capt. Dole at 5107.

LUGGAGE tra i ler complete with trailer" hitch and electric tail-l ight. Excellent condition. Contact Major Crosley at TMQ 900-R a f t e r 1030.

A CEDAR T i N E D wardrobe with built In shelves and a fel l length plate glass mirror . Also a baby huggy for sale. Contact W / O Flll-inglm a t 511-A MEMQ or phone 7131.

*30 PONTIAC "8," two door sedan. Contact T / S g t . F. Jones at TMQ !H)2-R or phone 5187 dur ing work-ing hours.

'40 PLYMOUTH, two door sedan with radio and heater . Has only 10.000 miles on It. Contact L. A. Wat t s of VMF 222 or at BOQ-4. room 11—Oak Grove.

1940 BUICK, club o.)upe with radio nnd heater. Good condition and good tires. Price $1000. Contact Lt. F lynn a t 557-A MEMQ or phone 5298 a f t e r working hours .

1941 CHRYSLER Windsor. Very clean and priced for quick sal*. Owner has new car . Call Capt. Grlswold a t 8294.

1940 GREEN studebaker President . A four door sedan with overdrive and radio. Contact Lt. Skinner at 52!K\ MEMQ.

HOUSE HOLD furn i sh ings for a two bet] room unit . Contact Major Ofs t . ad at 13 Neuse Rd.. Have-lock.

LOST BROWN leather wallet containing

I. I>. card, chow card, liberty card and pictures. Contact Pvt. Bill DeMor*- of V H P 351. bar racks 212.

F O U N D I. D. BRACELET bearing the name

of J ames W. Harmon (00404.'ti. Contact Pfc. Ronald A. Martin in bar racks 211 VMF 532 a f t e r nan.

A PACKAGE left in a car by a Pfc h ' t ch hiking to Newburgh, N. Y. on the 14th of March. Rider got off at Portsmouth. Va. Loser please contact WINDSOCK Office.

I . D. BRACELET bearing the name of J e r ry Metcalf. Has the name

From the look on her face, Mary Smith of Havelock «5eems to be en-joying the rugcut t ing of Rob Dan-iels SK 3/c , Navy Disbursing. All thl« took place at the St. Pa t ty ' s I>ay Dance a t the Station's Im-mense Drill Hall. Note the way the Marine In the background is holding on to his gal.

of Mary Jane on the back. Owner please contact WINDSOCK Office.

NOTICE DO YOU NEED a baby s i t ter? Con-

tact Pfc. Roland Horowitz, AES-41, Bks. 210: phone 3179 any eve-n ing ; 40c per hour.

A RELIABLE and capable baby sit-ter. Contact Miss Unvicker at 4 F Sea Level Drive In Havelock or phone 3200 dur ing working hours.

MRS. J IMMY ROSA will watch your children anyt ime. Phone her at 7280.

ROOM FOR R E N T IDEAL FOR a "couple." Located

at I F Arapahoe Drive. Havelock. Contact Margaret White, Station Telephoue Office, 2101.

Officers Mess Gets New C. O.

The Commissioned Officers Mess located a t JOQ Is now under the guidance of Lt. Col. J ames C. Lind-say. former ly of G-l Bases.

Arriving here In May 1915 a f t e r completion of the Eighth Command and Staff School, Quantico, Va., Lt . Col. Lindsay was assigned as as-sistant to Col. Crof t , G-l Bases. Ills tour of overseas duty amounted to 23 months in the South Pacific tak-ing in Bouganville and Munda.

When interviewed a t his new of-fice concerning his fu tu re plans and activit ies for the clnb, he repl ied; "I have ideas but as yet I do not want them publicized. However, I want all officers to know that I will appreciate any suggestions or criti-cisms. Send all let ters to me via yard mail or stop in and see me person-ally."

"TOMORROW" A N D " Y E S T E R D A Y "

Here, at a glance, is traced the evolution of Miss Pinup. Rita Hayworth (r ight > is classed as "Yesterday" stuff. Miss Dale Evans is destined to be the outs tanding Miss Pinup of "Tomorrow." That ' s only one man's opin-ion, but he happens to be Irving Klaw, s^lf-styled "King of the Pinups." However, he callg this pose of Rita "thv greatest pinup of all time"—well, a t least i t ' s his f avor i t e .

i'ag. r o u t W I N H S O C K — — 1 Apri l 194? 1

"bpiafuiiiq ofbfxytltv By J i m m y Cruni

.KENTUCKY U P f E T IK INVITATIONAL; MAJOR LEAGUE BASE-BALL SEA80N OPENS A P R I L 14; C U F F S T U F F .

Utah Universi ty 's rampaging "Redskins" a re the new National Invita-tional basketbah champ* . . . Coach Vada: Peterson's lads, who came Into the toorney without the prestige of a seeding, wun the ti t le by

" turning bac* the lilghly fa rored defending champs f rom Kentucky . . . "Rig Time" baseball—the Major Leagues—get* the go-ahead signal

for the coming season the second week in April . . . As usual , the New Tor Tanks and the Washington Senators will open up a day ahead of •be rest of the teams . . The 'Yanks- will square ofT against Ossie B l u e s e s Top-HeUers a t Griffith Stadinsii April VI . . opening-day easnc* in the American league h a t e l>etroit at St. Louis, Chicago a ; Cleveland. Philadelphia at New York and Washington at Boston . . . In the senior lo^p, Bo««tm <s at Brooklyn. New York at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Cin-cinnati . and Pi t tsburgh at Chicago . . .

C U F F STI F F . . . One year ago. J immy Ifciyle was in a hospital with a brain concussion . . . Middleweight Artie I r v i n e had kayoed the aggressive little fellow, and when J im 's head s t ruck one of the r ing iiosts. he sustained the concussion . . . But now J immy Doyle, who many thought would re t i re f rom the ring, is on the come back trai l . . . A clean-cut decision over Brooklyn's hard hi t t ing Danny Kapilow has earned J immy a •hot at Ray "Suga r " Robinson's welterweight t i t le at the Cleveland (Ohlol Arena on May 26 . . .

A-l G O L F E R ! Pfc . Billy Collins. Hdq. Sqdn., is the newest member of the Cherry Point

golf team . . . BUI will t ake over the instructor ' s dut ies when the new driving range is opened . . . I t ' s an impressive record that the smooth-swinging clubber bringB with him . . . Last year In the Balt imore district I ' ro-Amateur tourney. Bill posted scores of 68. 09 and 72 . . . All of which **alnt nothin ' to sneeze at , bro ther" . . .

DISSA 'n' DATA: Says g a g m a n Bob Hope: "Baseball is a wonderful game, but I like the movies bet ter . In Hollywood, a hit a year keeps you in the l ineup" . . .

GOOD MAN. T H A T RATTER MAN! George Ra t te rman , Notre Dame handyman, has copped nine varsity

let ters and he's only a junior . . . He's earned three letters in football, three in basketball , one in baseball and two in tennis . . .

Speaking of tennis, the Cherry Point tennis team is being organized, and all men interested in t ry ing out fo r the team are requested to contact Pfc. Tom Bart let t at 8146 . . . Tom. one of the s tandouts on last year 's cage quintet , was Tennessee Sta te Tennis champ in 1945, and doubles champ in '46 and '40 . . .

Holy Cross wrapped up the NCAA basketball championship with a well deserved 58-47 decision over Oklahoma . . . The "Crusaders." a slick bunch of ball handlers who a re completely at home on a basketball court, mounted the throne occupied the two previous years by Oklahoma A. & M. . . . This Is the first t ime since the East-West playoffs were Inaugurated in 1939 that an Eastern team has held the t i t le . . .

RECORD FALLS Harr i son Diliard. sleek-striding hurdler f rom Baldwin Wallace Col-

lege (Ohio) shaved a ten th of a second f rom the accepted American indoor t rack mark for the 60 yard low hurdles . Carrying the colors of RW. he was clocked at :06.8 recently in the Pu rdue Relays

INTRAMURALS VOLLEYBALL, once again, holds

the biggest share of the Sports Spot-light. in the stat ion in t ramura l pro gram.

Pfc. Joe Curv. MAG 11. VMF 461. winner ' the s ta t ion intra-mura l pool championship, eyes the s i tuat ion a s Pfc. Tom Bar t le t t (r ight i . Special Services. Athletics, runner -up for the title, looks on.

"Cunningham Field her*' at Cher-ry Point was named in memory of Lt. Col. Alfred A. Cunningham. I 'SMC. the Marine Corps first pilot and first to fly by Catapult f rom a warship underway, and who in addi-tion. organized, t ra ined and led the Nor thern Bombing Group in France in »1S for which he was awarded t h " Navy Cross."

Booze B u m : "1 wish 1 had my wife back."

F r i e n d : "Where is she?" Booze Bum : "I swapped her for

a bottle of whiskey." "And now I suppose you realize

how much you loved her?*" "Nope. I 'm thirsty again."

—Artnv and .Vara Juurnal.

Seven rrPointers99 To Make Next Trip To Boston For National A.A.IJ. Boxing Show The 7th

By Gus Gevis and J i m m y Crum Boston bound are sere a of Cherry

Point's classicst leather pushers. These punchers—Xick Xovak, Jr.; Charles Toney. Richard Dix. Elmer Lakatos, Walter Dean. Lilbert Ald-erson and Kinnig "Watson—trill de-letut the Sationa' A 4 U iitle WOR last yrar by Cherry Point ard Ha-va i i . jointly.

I t ' s going to be tough—plenty tough—for t h a t three day Boston session. And. if it takes a tough bunch of boxers to s tand up under the s t ra in , you can bet your last dollar, tha t the Cherry I 'olut lads will be among the top boxers in the nat ion when the tourney is brought to a standsti l l .

Hal Anspach and Joe Discepoli were the big guns for the Pointers in last year 's t i t le fight, and the boys making the Boston t r ip will have them in mind when they begin slugging the i r way towards the top April 7.

Cherry Point will vie for honors under the colors of the U. S. M. C. Practically all other en t r an t s in the tournament emerged victorious in s ta te AAU elimination matches, and will, therefore, fight under the name of thei r respective states.

During the past three months, the l e a t h e r n e c k boxers have taken par t in several golden gloves and service-team fight shows. In only one of those—the Carol ina 's Gold-en Gloves Championships - w e r e the hard h i t t ing "Flyers" defeated. The 82nd Airborne Division "kayoed" the Marines in the Charlot te matches, but that defeat was par-tially avenged when the Pointers tied the S2nd for team honors in the Piedmont Golden Gloves champion-ships

Novak was the lone survivor in the Carol ina 's Golden Gloves cham-pionships. and his victory gave him

the chance to represent the Caro-lines in the Tournament of Cham-pions. which was held the early part of last month in New York's Madison Square Garden. Nick lost out on a split decision in the quar-

weight divisions in the Piedmoi t Golden Gloves, with Alderson con,-ing through as runne r -up : and ia the same tournament . Toney wis at Mi acclaimed the "Best. All-Arounc Fighter ."

Pictured above a re six of the seven Cherry Point Leather Tossers who will be out to defend the National AAU boxing crown, which was won in 1940 by the Leathernecks and Hawaii .

(L. to R.t Chuck Toney. ban tamweigh t : Nick Novak, featherweight : Itichard Dix. l ightweight ; Elmer Lakatos. wel terweight ; Wal te r Dean. | wel terweight : and Lil Alderson, light heavyweight. Kinnig Watson, mid dleweigbt. was not present when the picture was taken.

ter finals to Enr ique Escudero of the famed I*uerto Rican squad, the defending champions. Because of h is fine showing in all of the matches. Novak will be a big head-ache for the fea therweight contend-e r s in Boston.

Toney. Novak. Dix and Alderson were victorious in the Raleigh Gold-en Gloves; Dix and Alderson took top honors in the Wilmington Gold-en Gloves: Dix brought home the runner-up ti t le in the Carolina 's Golden Gloves: Dix, and Toney copped the t i t le in thei r respective

All of which adds up to ju s t ow th ing : Cherry Point ' s opponents wiU have to be on the job every minute if they expect to stop the "Flyers" f rom captur ing the National AAC t i t le f o r the second consecutive year.

Gal 's P o p : "Did I hear the clock s t r ike th ree when you left here last night?**

Mar ine : "Yes. sir . It was going to s t r ike e!even. but I stopped it sc-i It wouldn' t wake you up."

Flyer Nine Entertains Elon College Ball Club

ROQ officers still a re In the driv-er ' s seat with seven victories and no losses. Special Services, with a 5-2 record, has given the league leaders a rough way to go. but the BOO aggregat ion has proved a tougli nut to crack.

Following the two pace set ters a re Magazine (4-3) . MACG-1 (4-2) , A I R F M F L A N T (2-4) and MAC-GIS-5 (2-5) .

FENCING is a sport tha t seems to a t t r ac t few part icipants . Yet. it should be an a t t rac t ive sports dish for all spor ts minded persons, lt requires speed, skill and above all quick thinking.

All men interested iu t rying out for the s ta t ion fencing team a r e requested to report to the drill hall at 1030. Monday through Friday.

BOXING is continuing on its orig-inal schedule. Evening classes a r e held in the drill hall Tuesday and Thursday evenings f rom liW-2000. Day classes a re held Monday through Friday f rom 1000-1100 and 1300-1400.

4 Apri l—The old fami l i a r cry of " P L A Y B A L L " will sound a t Cush-man Field th is a f t e rnoon a t 1600 a s the " F l y e r s " square off aga in s t Elon College in the i r second home contes t of the 1947 season. The two t e a m s will meet tomorrow a t t h e same t ime in the second of the two g a m e series.

At press time, there was still

quite a bit of uncer ta in ty surround-ing the team. The squad was in the process of being cut down, but it was still too early for the coaches. Capta ins Rose and Hayes, to name any definite s ta r t ing combination. Sergeant Fred "Shor ty" Fenn will undoubtedly toe the rubber for the home club in th is a f te rnoon ' s t i l t . In the past four years, "Shor ty" has

Needed: One Fighter In Top Notch Condition For Champ

All baseball enthusias ts a t tending the home games dur ing the week may wear working uniforms, but on Saturday and Sunday, the un i fo rm of the day will be the price of ad-mission to the local contests.

Scarlet and Gold a re the official colors of the I". S. Marine Corps.

Old Lady "What rank did yor. hold in the Marines' :"

M a r i n e : "Stat ion 's Optician. Ma'am."

Old f .ady: "I didn't know t h e r e was such a rank. What did you do?"

Mar ine : "Scraped the eyes out of notatoes."

Joe Louis ' proposed heavyweight t i t le defense against the winner of the Bruce Woodcock-Joe Baksi bout has s t ruck ano the r snag. All that is needed now to e l iminate any f u r t h e r discussion of the match is a couple more "snags."

When it was announced that Louis would meet the winner of the match, it was stiimlated that the so-called el iminat ion must t ake place on or before April 15 to allow for the proper build-up of the t i t le match J u n e 26.

The Woodcock-Baksi meet ing is scheduled for April 25.

That ' s cut t ing it r a the r close. If the boys make a bad showing, there won't be much t ime left fo r desig-na t ing a subst i tu te .

Meantime, the 20th Century Sport-ing club must toy with the announce-ment f rom Woodcock that he isn't yet sure he wants to meet Louis in June .

The f u r t h e r th is th ing goes the more definite it becomes that th» winner of the London bout will noi be in there against Louis in June .

Tom Hurs t . Woodcock's manager , says a quest ionable decision or a bad fight will mean that "Wood-cock definitely will not meet Louis." Hurst adds that if Wood-cock scores a knockout or an easy v'.-tory. it is likely that a challenge to Louis will follow immediately.

It develops now that Woodcock

when he outpointed some obscure Frenchman a few nights ago. it was his first s tar t since he became bed-ridden.

Now then- seems t«» be some won-derment as to whether tha t bout helped the ai l ing W«iodcock or took a lot of steam out of him for the for thcoming Baksi encounter.

T h e n still is ta lk of a possible shot between Melio Bett ina and I.ouis. Bett ina has two things go-ing for him—a southpaw stauce and the possibility that he will be the only man resembling a prizefighter by mid summer .

These two factors, though, a re not regarded as sufficient recommenda-tion in mi^t boxing circles.

That ' s i t—take your pick. Wood-cock—a green, young boxer of the English stand-up style, which means that you stand up s t ra igh te r than most boxers, but very often not a s long. Baksi—Old "Joe Awkward" himself. the kind who may scuffle to a win over a pret ty fa i r fighter, only to lose to a bum when least expected. Bett ina- .» big. game, hustl ing puncher with a style ihat might confuse the champ.

It looks as though fr iend Joe will just have to sit back and wait for someone—someone who possesses the qualities of Woodcock. Baksi and Bettina and a few others put together. We might see a pret ty

done his hur l ing for overseas clube and last year worked on the mound for a West Coast Marine team.

Pfcs. Stone and Hanes, bod \ southpaws, have looked good, and can be counted on for some fin? twirl ing.

Pfc. Carol Cox has been backinf up the pitching staff, and sboulc s t a r t behind the plate this after noon.

Wednesday a f t e rnoon the "Point-e r s " were to have played host At l an t i c Chr is t ian College, bu t tht g a m e was called off due to foni weather. Consequently, the first bal of the new season will be pitchec th is a f t e rnoon a t 1530.

The coming season schedult though not yet complete, l ists 3' g a m e s as this issue goes to press. The week day games will be start-ing a t 1530 and week-end ganifr (Sat . & Sun.) at 1400 on Cushmt: Field.

Scribe Picks Tiger; And Cards As Topi

Oscar Fraley. United Press sp rt--wri ter , is picking the Detroit Titer? | in the American League, f o l l o w i j by the "Red Sox." "Yankees" -11* "Indians ." National league te.iieiS will bow to the St . Louis "Caris. -savs Fearless Fraley. The "Dodgers. * "Braves" and "Cubs" will compldV the top four.

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