Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1957 Page: 9 of 12
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Thursday March 28 1957
Fort Monmouth N. J. Mar 25—
First Army's Fort Dix basket
ball team won the All Army cham
pionship in defeating the Presidio
of San Francisco squad out of Six
th Army. 72 to 57 in the tourna
ment finals here.
The new All Army cage champs
swept the six-day playoffs :n
winning four straight including a
previous victory over the Presidio
outfit in a semi-final round.
The title game attracted the
tournament's fourth capacity
crowd and the 3000 spectators saw
the Fort Dix team give First Army
its initial All Army basketball
crown since the playoffs started
eight years ago.
The title contest was a close
battle going into the final five
Women's Golf Club
Plans Invitational
The hostesses for the Ladies Golf
Club luncheon held Thursday
March 21st were Mrs. Faiks and
Mrs. Irma Davis.
Prizes were awarded for win
ners of the tournaments during the
month to Mesdames: Stephanie
Guild Jerry Fleming Elsie Hawks-
worth Inez Dowdy Edith Carlile
Theda Woodring Lillian Ferber
Sylvia Weisel and Dottie Koch.
Plans are being made for the big
l3ay April 25th when the Invitat
ional Ladies Tournament will be
held at the club. Other golf clubs
in this area have been notified and
a large turnout of the ladies at
Hood and Killeen is hoped for.
There will be prizes awarded to
winners of each flight following
the tournament at the dinner party.
All those wishing to participate
call Mrs. Floring Stulberg 6342-K
2682-K.
)Cage Title Goes toDix
minutes as the West Coast team
was only eight points behind. The
pattern was similar to the previous
meeting between the two clubs as
they were tied again at halftime
34-all just as the 37-alI deadlock
in the semi-final game. The Dix-
men then repeated again with a
late rally to insure victory.
Leading the Fort Dir scoring
attack was Si Green the for
mer Duquesne All American
who had 23 points.
Tom Gola the three-time All
American from La Salle got the
First Army team off to an early
lead by scoring the first seven
points. It was 15-5 for the winners
with Gola and Green doing all the
scoring in the first seven minutes.
However Gola one of two players
added to the Dix squad according
to the tournament rules was
charged with his third personal
foul at this point and was rested
until the second half.
Ed Catino from George Washing
ton U was next to Green in scor
ing with 15 points. Gola who play
ed all but the last three minutes
Ed Reynoir of New Orleans
had 14.
had 14 points which was high for
the losers. Carl Williams had 13
while Jerry Bird from Kentucky
U was held scoreless. The latter
was averaging almost 15 points per
contest in four previous games.
Jimmy Cummings the former
Vanderbilt player had only nine
points.
The two straight tournament loss
es for Presidio was more than they
lost all season as they came into
the tournament with a 36-1 mark.
Fort Dix finished with a 39-1 record
—and the all army title.
Fort Dix trimmed Fort Sill the
Fourth Army champs 76-72 in a
At Connell's you also get-
second round contest after the
Cannoneers had taken a 90-73 vic
tory over the Far East All-Stars
in the opening round of play.
Soccer Race
Tightens As
Tourney Nears
A 4-1 victory scored by Div
Troops over the strong 25th Recom
team last week upset plans of
Special Services for winding up the
competition in the Fourth Armored
soccer league races. The upset win
came in the battle for the Eastern
League crown.
The Western League is even fur
ther behind with the 510th AIB the
only team unbeaten. The 37th Tank
Bn. upset the 22nd AFA last week
after the 22nd had defeated the
35th Tank Bn. and the 195th AAA.
The league play may be wound
up with two more games in the
Western League and one in the
Eastern. The 25th Recon. will once
again meet the Division Troops and
try to hold on to the Championship
of the Eastern League. The 37th
Tank will meet the 94th AFA to
decide who will play the 510th AIB
for the Western League crown.
The 25th Recon Division Troops
the 510th AIB and the winner in
the 37th and 94th contest will then
vie for the division championship
in a double elimination tournament.
Results of last week games are:
510th AIB 4 94th AFA2 22d AFA
2 35th Tank 1 Div Trps 4 25th
Rec 1 22d AFA 1 195th AAA 0
37th Tank 5 22d AFA 0.
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THE ARMORED SENTINEL FORT HOOD TEXAS
Fourth Armored Division volley
ball league play was wound up this
week with the 35th Tank Battalion
ending up on top of the Western
League and the 24th Armored En
gineer Battalion walking away with
the top spot in the Eastern.
The 35th had a one game lead
over their nearest opponent the
195th AAA with an 8-1 record to
their 7-2.
The 24th walked away with first
place on an 8-0 record with three
teams holding a 6-2 record mak
ing a three-way tie for second spot.
The 512th Armored Infantry Battal
ion defeated the 553rd Armored In
fantry Battalion and then went on
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SHOWN HERE is the MP. Company basketball team which won the Killeen Base Intramural
Basketball League championship after a sensational late-season finish. Richard Brubaker (second
row third from left) playing for the Base team in the Field Command tournament in San Antonio
was voted the tournament's most valuable player. Members of the MP Co. team were (left to
right front row) John Brennan John Thompson Frank Popovich Joe Wood Joe Farrell Robert
Kubler (second row) Alfred Budner Jim Travis Richard Brunbaker Ben Horth Ralph Tschury
Charles Johannsen Johnny Rice. At the far right second row is Captain Othello P. Comprini Com
manding Officer of MP Co. B. (Army-KB Photo)
Division Volleyball Nears Finish
to knock over the 25th Recon Bn.
to hold second spot in Monday's
play-off for second and third place
in the eastern league.
Following their defeat at the
hands of the 512th the 25th
came back to take the 553rd
AFB and hold on to the third
place slot.
There was a tie for third place
in the western league between the
37th Tank Battalion and the 22nd
AFA. The 37th Tank took the play
off game with ease to drop the
22nd AFA. The 37th Tank took the
play off game with ease to drop the
The final league standings are:
22nd back to fourth place.
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Eastern —24th AEB 8-0 512th
AIB 8-2 25th Recon 7-3 553rd AIB
6-4 51st AIB 4-4 4th AQM Bn.
2-6 Div Trps 1-7 46th AMB 1-7
126th AOB 0-8.
Western —35th Tank 8-1 195th
AFA 8-2 37th Tank 7-3 22nd AFA
6-4 510th AIB 5-4 704th Tank 4-5
197th AFA 3-6 508th Tank 3-6
94th AFA 2-7 66th AFA 1-8.
The division volleyball tourna
ment started last Tuesday when
the 24th AEB met the 195th AFA
and the 35th Tank took on the
512th AIB in the first round of
play. Full results of the tourna
ment will be given next week.
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DIVISION HANDICAP LEAGUE
The 46th Armored Medical Bat
talion keglers on top of the league
most of the way this season tucked
away the title last Friday with a
2-1 win over the 510th AIB
POST HANDICAP LEAGUE
With only four weeks to go the
race for First place in the Fort
Hood Handicap Bowling League is
still nip and tuck. Killeen Base
maintained their slim lead of one
half game by downing the 4005th
Enl Detachment team by a score
of 4 to 0. Gray Air Force Base
will play their crucial series
Saturday against the 94th AFA
team.
Dental Service Nr 1 while gain
ing four points by forfeit rolled a
respectable 2956 series with games
of 893-965-1098. Stuberg had high
scratch series with games of
190-188-246 for a series of 624 while
the following fifteen bowlers rolled
500 and higher series: Hendricks
595 Ruhl 573 De Lee 567 Darden
552 Genuit 528 Garrett 526 Can-
treil 525 Shannon 522 Dunford
522 Piekarski 519 Graham 517
Storey 508 McElheney 504 Hobbs
500 and La Prairie 500.
The winners of the weekly prizes
will be posted on the bowling alley
bulletin board after Saturdays
match between Gray Air Force
Base and the 94th AFA teams.
Team— W. L. Pts.
Killen Base 42 24 49
Dental Service Nr 1 42 24 5814
*Hq-Hq Co II Corps 39 26% 55 Ms
•Gray Air Force Base 40 23 55
483rd QM 37 29 48
Co 553rd AIB 36% 29% 47%
61st Engr Bn Nr 1 33% 32% 47%
35th Engr Gp 36 30 46%
Food Service School 31 35 42
Dental Service Nr 2 31 35 41
'94th AFA 29% 31% 40%
4005th Enl Det 28 38 36
87th Ord Company 24% 41% 32%
Dental Service Nr 3 21 25 25
*This match to be rolled at Bowling Alley
Nr 1 Saturday.
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Page Nine
while the battle still rages for sec
ond and third place.
The five teams presently topping
the league behind the Medics are
now contending for the second and
third positions with each team hav
ing a chance for the honors
row night match the 512th AIB with
the Div Trains team at 6:15 35th
Tank meets the 144th Signalmen at
8:15 and the 25th Recon tangles
with the 51st AIB at the same
hour.
A dozen keglers topped the
500 mark in rolling last week
led by a 580 turned in by Hess.
Others were Siska 575 Griegel
534 Darden 532 Pratt 523
Warren 516 Wescott Wicklow
and Ryan 513 Nolin 512 Jen
kins 511 and Charron 504.
In addition to the Medics' win
over the Infantrymen last week
other results were: 51st AIB won
over Div Troops 2-1 Div Trains
took a 2-1 decision over the 94th
AFA Div Troops turned back the
22nd AFA 2-1 and the 144th Signal
defeated the 197th AFA 3-0. The
508th Tank team rolled out a 3-0
verdict over the 24th AEF the 195
the AAA won over the 25th Recon
by the same score the 512th AIB
took a 2-1 series from the 35th
Tank and the 37th Tank bested the
51st AIB 2-1.
Standing as of March 22:
W. L. Series Pts.
46TH AMB 39 9 14 53
25TH RECON 30 18 11 41
DIV TRNS 31 14 10 41
512TH AIB 30 18 9 39
51ST AIB 27 21 11 38
144TH SIG .. 26 19 10 36
126TH AOB 25 23 7 32
37TH TK 23 25 9 32
94TH AFA 23 22 8 31
24TH AEB 22 23 8 30
195TH AAA 22 26 7 29
DIV TRPS 22 23 5 27
4TH QM 19 29 7 26
22ND AFA 17" 25 7 24
510TH AIB 17 28 6 23
508TH TK 17 28 4 21
197TH AFA 14 31 4 18
35TH TK 9 33 2 11
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Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1957, newspaper, March 28, 1957; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254475/m1/9/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Casey Memorial Library.