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CONVAlRlETy
Jan. 5, 194$
Champions All But Each in Different Field — Here are SD's Outstanding Athletes for '48
TOPS IN SPORTS—Here are Convair SD's defending champions for major 1949
sports events. They won their laurels during 1948. No. I: Martin Mendez (Production
Control, Dept. 22-3), badminton; No. 2: Bill Scott and Ray Kendall (Inspection, Dept.
27), unofficial rubber horseshoe champs; No. 3: Bill Ravenscroft (Engineering, Dept.
6), tennis; No. 4: O. C. Banke (Experimental, Dept. 31), pistol shooting; No. 5:
Review of 1948 Sports Reveals
Newest Activity Most Popular
The year 1948 saw not only en-
thusiastic pursuit of all the usual
sporting events at Convair SD
but the birth of a new sport as
well. That is rubber horseshoe
pitching which within a few
months after its introduction has
more players than any other
single activity.
More than 350 pairs of shoes
are now in use by nearly 2,000
players over 175 different courts
in various parts of the plant. Al-
though no official tournament
has been held to determine the
outstanding players, unofficial
singles champion is Ray Kendall
of Dept. 27, who teams with Bill
Scott in doubles to take on all
comers. Kendall is also outstand-
ing with conventional horseshoes
and holds several sectional titles.
His favorite trick is ringing the
four legs of a chair placed at
regulation pitching distance.
Kendall and Scott have an en-
viable record in doubles of having
played more than 60 games, all
victories except five. During the
first 38 games, the pair scored
794 points as compared with 364
against them. Only two of the
first 38 games were lost and
these teams were beaten in re-
turn matches.
At least two Convair SD ath-
letes who won honors during
the year are of national im-
portance. They are Roy Dill
(Dept. 210), national archery
champion, and Martin Mendez
(Dept. 22-3), ranked number
two in national badminton
standings. Dill, who won his
national title at Two Rivers,
Wisconsin in July, had little
difficulty in defending his SD
title in December. Mendez, who
is topped in amateur badmin-
ton circles only by national
champion Dave Freeman, will
play in the number two spot
when the U.S* team goes to
England in February for inter-
national matches.
Mendez encountered little dif-
ficulty in retaining his plant bad-
minton championship last sum-
mer, defeating Claude Henninger
(Dept. 9) 21 to 3 in the finals.
Mendez teamed with Ken Saum
(Dept. 10) to win the doubles.
Basketball during 1948 wound
up with a ding dong finish. Tool-
Gerald Nuss (Dept. 24-1), captain of Tooling Dept, team that won plant champion-
ship; No. 6: Bud Leesch (normally in Dept. 250, Electric Bench, but now on military
leave), voted most valuable softball player in plant; No. 7: Russ Strayer (Dept. 6,
Engineering), golf; No. 8: Al Reiter (Dept. 115, Machine Shop), bowling; No. 9:
Roy Dill (Dept. 210, Transport Control Surface), archery.
12-Point Deer Now Leads FW Contest
ing, captained by Gerald Nuss,
came through to victory but only
by thrillingly close margins. The
champions, in the deciding
games, turned back the Appren-
tices and the Engineers by only
single points and beat Experi-
mental by but three points.
The 1948 softball season at
Convair brought citywide recog-
nition when our all-star nine, cap-
tained by Gil Crosthwaite and
managed by Tony Berardini, cap-
tured the San Diego AA league
title. In plant championship play,
Sheet Metal walked off with the
title, dominating 20 rival teams.
Bud Leesch, who played on both
the plant championship nine and
the triumphant AA league team
as well, was voted “most valu-
able player” for the year.
During August, Convair SD
tennis contenders fought it out
in weekend matches which
reached a climax when ambi-
dextrous Bill Ravenscroft
(Dept. 6) turned back C. J.
Marshall to win the singles
title. Dick Hopkins and H. E.
Brooke took the doubles crown.
O. C. Banke (Dept. 31) was the
standout among members of the
SD Pistol Club. He led all marks-
men for the third and fourth
quarters of the year.
In golf, Russ Strayer (Dept.
31) upset some of the dopesters
by moving through the champion-
ship flight with ease, beating the
defending champion, Russ Os-
good, in the semi-finals.
Top bowler for 1948 was Al
Reiter (Dept. 115) who was the
all-events champion, having a
better average standing than
anyone else in five-man play,
doubles and singles competition.
The singles champ was Paul Di-
Giulio. Doubles champs were
Mike Brooks and James Hayman,
while Tool Loft won the team
championship.
SKATING SUSPENDED
Sessions for Convair SD ice
skaters, usually held on Thurs-
days, have been suspended tem-
porarily because of conflict with
ice hockey games on that night.
Commissioner Mike Brooks said
efforts are being directed toward
establishing Tuesday night at
Glacier Gardens for the sport.
A 12-point deer was leading
over five other entrants in the
Convair FW deer hunting con-
test, as of Dec. 29. The 120-
pound deer was killed near Jacks-
boro, Tex. by Dale Jones, Sub-
Assembly (73).
A probable second place win-
ner was F. H. Jones, Material
(4-1), with an 11-point buck
weighing 125 pounds. Other en-
trants included C. B. Cummings,
Material (4-2), 10 points; Maj.
Stephen P. Dillon, AF represen-
tative, 8 points; J. R. Mills, Bomb
Bay (43), 8 points, and W. A.
Lipp, Nose and Tail (44), 5
points.
The contest, which closed offi-
cially Dec. 31, was judged by
Brad Calhoun, Nose and Tail
(44), chairman, K. F. Leaman,
works manager, and Dick Lilly,
Outer Wing and Engines (47). A
trophy was presented to the first
place winner by E. G. Crosier,
Employee Services supervisor.
SD Bowling
MIXED LEAGUE
TEAM
W.
L.
Alley Rats ...................
............. 38
18
Muddlers .......................
............. 35
21
Three & Two .............
............. 31
25
Bowl Dubs ...................
............. 29
27
Lumberjacks ...............
............. 26
30
Stink Bombs .............
............. 25
31
Woodpeckers ...............
............. 20
36
Quin-Pins .....................
............. 20
36
HANDICAP
TEAM
LEAGUE
W.
L.
Flight Test ...................
............. 45
19
Experimental ...............
............. 42
22
Misfit Jrs....................
............. 38
26
Furnishings .................
............. 37
27
Engineering .................
............. 35
29
Topplers .......................
............. 34
30
Plaster Term..............
............. 32
32
Sad Sacks ...................
............. 30
34
Contracts .....................
............. 30
34
Hot Shots .....................
............. 30
34
Railbirds .......................
............. 30
34
Five Aces .....................
............. 27
37
Accounting ...................
............. 26
38
Primary Assembly ...
............. 26
38
Convair Lines .............
............. 26
38
Trouble Shooters .......
............. 24
40
Intra-Plant Casaba
Teams Jockey For
Standings at FW
With two games each on the
tally sheet, Convair FW intra-
plant basketball teams are shap-
ing their standings for the cur-
rent tournament now under way.
On Thursday, Dec. 16, the
“Tooling Termites” (24-1) out
tallied Material (4-5), by a 30
to 23 score. The same evening
Outer Wing and Engines (47),
defeated Machine Shop (30) by a
score of 29 to 21. Last night’s
games which matched Dept. 47
vs. Dept. 50 and Dept. 30 vs.
Dept. 4-5 will be reported in the
next issue of CONVAIRIETY.
Coming games, all to be played
at Polytechnic High School, in-
clude :
Jan. 6, 7 p.m.—Dept. 24-1 vs.
Dept. 43; 8:15 p.m.—Dept. 6 vs.
Dept. 73; Jan. 11, 7 p.m.—Dept.
4-5 vs. Dept. 43; 8:15 p.m.—Dept.
47 vs. Dept. 73.
Following are standings as of
Jan. 3:
TEAM
W.
L.
Dept. 24-1 ...............
2
0
Dept. 47 ...................
2
0
Dept. 43 ................
2
0
Dept. 4-5 ...................
............. I
1
Dept. 50 ....................
................ i
1
Dept. 30 ...................
................ 0
2
Dept. 6 ......................
................ 0
2
Dept. 73 ....................
................ 0
2
Coming Events at SD
Jan. 6—Municipal gym, start of
Experimental League basket-
ball play, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Jan. 8 and 22 — Monthly pistol
shoot, SD Police range.
Jan. 9—Baseball, SD County Na-
tional League, Solar vs. Con-
vair, Linda Vista.
BOWLING
Every Tues. — Mixed League,
Hillcrest Bowl, 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Every Wed. — Handicap League,
Pacific Recreation, 6:30 to
9 p.m.
Every Wed. — Convair - Liner
League, Pacific Recreation,
12 noon to 2:30 p.m.
Every Fri.—800, 825, 850 Scratch
Leagues, Tower Bowl, 6:30
to 9 p.m.
ROLLER SKATING
Every Thurs. eve.—Palisade Gar-
dens.
WINNERS REWARDED—Because he felt winners should receive
some reward, William Keller (Dept. 403 SD) some weeks ago started
organizing rubber horseshoe pitching in his department. An ama-
teur photographer, he makes prints of favorite negatives and offers
them as prizes. Keller, left, is pictured making awards to L. W.
Massey, D. W. McDade, T. Pritchard and Don Grimes, all of
Dept. 403.
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