Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 21, 1958 Page: 6 of 10
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Youth Activities
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SPORTS
TEAM TROPHY Melba Carroll daughter of Lt. Col. and
Mrs. J. J. Carroll a member of the Fort Hood Youth Activities
Swimming and Diving Team holds the team trophy Fort Hood
won in the 3d annual Swimming and Diving Meet. Fort Hood
took second place with a score of 208The Killeen Dolphin
Club took first with 274'/2 and Belton took third with 84. (Photo
Burch).
Fort Hood Takes 2d Place
In Killeen Aquatic Meet
A game Fort Hood Youth Acti
vities Swimming team easily took
second place honors at the second
annual Killeen Swimming and Div
ing Meet trailing winner Killeen
Dolphin Club by 66 points.
Final tallies of the competition
held at Killeen Pool were Killeen
Missilemen Trim
CCA By Slim 2-0
A run in the seventh inning and
another in the eighth proved
enough for the 2d U.S. Army Mis
sile Command as they shut out
Combat Command A 2-C last
night at Red Lindsay Field.
In last night's second game of
the Fort Hood Baseball tourna
ment pitcher Bob Spier was
credited with the shutout allow
ing his opponents only three hits.
CCA pitcher Bill Hopkins was
the loser allowing two runs on
six hits. His team played error
less ball. The Missilemen made
only one error.
The Missilemen made their
first run in the seventh when
short stop Hank Taylor scored
from third base on a passed
ball. Taylor had singled to
star the inning and was ad
vanced to third when CCA
pitcher Hopkins walked two
addional men to laod the
bases.
The Missilemen's other run
"came on a double followed by a
single in the eighth inning. Lead-
off batter and center fielder Rob
ert Wilkins doubled to start the
inning. With one out first base-
jrnan Howard Williams singled
driving in the insurance run and
final run of the game.
The winner of the Fort Hood
Baseball Tournament will repre
sent Fort Hood in Fourth Army
Baseball Tournament which will
•be held here beginning September
9.
Teams which are entered in the
tournament are Brooke Army
Medical Center William Beau
mont Hospital Sandia Base Fort
Polk Fort Sill Fort Bliss Fort
Chaffee Fort Sam Houston Kil
leen Base White Sands Proving
Ground and Fort Hood.
2741/2 Fort Hood 208% and Bel-
ton 84.
Highlight of the meet was
the 35-yard free style which
boasted the closest times
among the first five places.
Winner was Bruce Carlile of
3 4 3 on it
Schulein Killeen 24.7 third
Frank Patrick of Fort Hood
24.8 and tied for fourth were
Jack Gloriod and Mike Arnold
both of Fort Hood with 24.9.
Another close race was the 105-
yard back stroke for High school
girls won by Joan Berry of Fort
Hood with a time of 1.44:1 and
closely followed by Nancy Gui-
bault of Killeen with 2.44:5 and
Hope Hampton of Fort Hood 1.-
49:2.
Team Award Trophies were ac
cepted by Eugene Watson of Kil
leen Melba Carroll of Fort Hood
and Kay Fiedler of Belton.
Fort Hood's team will compete
in the Heart 0' Texas Council
meet in Waco Aug. 14.
Coaches for the Fort Hood team
are Privates First Class Norman
Brand Sam "Steamboat" Moku-
ahi and Leslie Ishiro Specialist
Four Louis Kannegiser and Miss
Nancy Wilson.
Steve Haiko Still
Holds High Game
The Pick-ups of Headquarters
Company 2d U.S. Army Missile
Command lead the Command en
listed men's bowling league this
week with a won-lost record of
4iy2 and 1SV2.
In second place and in position
to overtake the Pick-ups in the
team of Company A 52d nfantry.
The Knights also of Headquarters
Company hold down the third spot
in the league. The two teams' rec
ords stand at 38-18 and 36-24 re
spectively.
In individual competition
William Meyer of the Knights
took the honors in the high
series competition with a total
of 5 4 6 S a of
Pick-ups still holds the high
game lead with a 225 bowled
earlier in league competition.
GOLFING TROPHY Lt. Colonel Bill A. Evans Executive Officer of Killeen Base presented
the Killeen Base Golfing Championship Trophy t) Headquarters and Headquarters Company last
week. Pictured with Colonel Evans (far left) are: Front Row: 1st. Lt. Alfred Downs M-Sgt.
Howard Blesso M-Sgt. James Williams. Back Rnv: Major George Carlson Company Command
er of Hq and Hq Co. Capt. Robert Hankie PFD Fredrick Jones Sp3 James Boatman and PFC
Robert McAllister all members of the Hq & Hj Company team which won the Inter-Company
Championship by defeating all the other companies.
Tankers Name
Coach For '58
This year's Fort Hood Tankers
Football team will be under the
able direction of Francis Pajacz-
kowski head coach.
Pajaczkowski started his foot
ball career in South River New
Jersey playing four years with
the local high school team. Upon
graduating from high school he
spent his next four years playing
end with the University of Rich
mond. In his senior year there he
was team co-captain and was
nominated for All-American end.
In the same year 1956 he
signed with the San Francisco
49's and played with the col
lege all-stars in the college-
pro game against Cleveland
Browns at Soldier's Field in
Chicago
Pajaczkowski played all the ex
hibition games with the 49's and
also played two league games be
fore seriously injuring his shoulder
which put a sudden stop to his
professional football career.
He entered the Army last year
and to the good fortune of Fort
Hood was stationed here and has
now taken over the reins of this
year's Tankers.
Head coach Pajaczkowski
has been conducting the Tan
kers' practices since last Fri
day and says that it is too
early to predict any outcome
for the coming season. "But"
he said "with a few more ex
perienced players like those
who played ball last year we
would be a very strong con
tender for another Fourth Ar
my Championship
DAVE LE
Dave Lee a defensive end with
last year's Championship Tankers
and also last season's end coach
is the only returnee on this year's
Tankers coaching staff.
Lee played his college ball
in the Atlantic Coast Confer
ence with Wake Forrest. In
his senior college year Lee
was made a team co-captain
to end a four year college
football career.
Aside from playing with the
Tankers Lee is well known for
his coaching of Little League
Baseball here at Fort Hood. He
coached the championship little
league club the Pirates.
He started his football career
with Albany High School in Al
bany New York whre he played
for three years. This is his second
year with the Tankers.
JOHN OBERG
Another newcomer to this year's
Tanker coaching staff and team
is full back and backfield coach
John Oberg of Chester Pennsy
lvania.
A 180-pounder Oberg play
ed fullback for four years
'53 to '56 with the Univer
sity of Delaware one year of
freshmen ball and three years
varsity He was assistant end
coach for the pre-season prac
tices in his senior year.
He played high school football
for three years at Upper Chi High
School in Chester. After leaving
high school he attended Valley
Forge Prep School in Derwyn
Pennsylvania and played half
back for a year.
Oberg is a member of Company
A 2d Armored Rifle Battalion
58th Infantry. This will be his first
year of service ball as a player
and a full-time coach.
A new set of proposals for in
crease of membership dues has
been submitted to several mem
bers of the Rod & Gun Club for
comment.
The memo contains projected
activities and long as well as
short range projects to improve
both hunting and fishing and the
club house facilities as well.
Some of the projects are:
Purchase of a building to be
used for a meeting hall for mem
bers.
Purchase and stocking of
Barbery sheep wild hogs
Korean partridge and other
game birds not native to this
area.
Rehabilitation of certain springs
located on the post. Construction
of dam sand stocking the resul
tant spring-fed lakes with fish.
Improvements in clubhouse fa
cilities purchase of loading sup
plies and- equipment a TV set
Time Trials Held
On Ranch Road
Last Sunday the Fort Hood
Sports Car Club sponsored a road
race type time trials using as a
course two miles of old ranch road
184 on the Fort Hood Reservation.
There were twenty five cars en
tered including drivers from
Bryan Austin and San Antonio
Sports Car Clubs. The cars includ
ed numerous types from the small
German Opel through the large
American Chevrolet Corvett.
The first place winners by class
were as follows:
First Lieutenant Thomas
Polsley of Btry 16th Arty
2d AD pushed his small Opel
to a first place in the small
touring car class.
Second Lieutenant .Harold Witter
threw his Austin Healy Sprite over
the course at a rapid rate and
beat out other cars potentially
faster than his for a first place in
the up to 1300 CC event.
First Place in the MGA event
and second place overall went to
SP3 Burr Betts of the 4th US
Army Service School.
Captain Calvin Cooley of Hq
16th Artillery 2d AD was driving
the fastest Porsche of the day.
The Triumphs were lead by Ken
Barhier of the San Antonio Sports
Car Club.
The fastest Austin Healy of
the day was driven by
Buddy McGowen of the Bryan
Sports Car Club.
In the modified class Jack
Guyer of the Austin Sports Car
Club drove his Austin healy with
Corvett engine to a first place
(as usual).
An additional larger trophy
was presented to Jack Colley
for his fastest time of the day
with an average speed of 72.5
miles per hour for the course.
The Fort Hood Sports Car Club
invites all contestants and spec
tators to return for our next
monthly event which is to be held
in September date to be announc
ed in the Armored Sentinel.
CCA Gets Div
Baseball Trophy
Major General W. Paul John
son 2d Armored Division Com
mander presented Combat Com
mand A with the 2d Armored Di
vision baseball trophy Tuesday at
CCA headquarters.
On hand to receive the
trophy for the team was Ser
geant Arnold Hughes coach
Captain Felix H. Reyes-Del-
gado team manager and
Lieutenant Colonel Charles C.
Underwood CCA executive of
ficer.
This year's Division champion
ship is the second in a row for
CCA. In 2d Armored Division
baseball CCA won 10-games and
lost two to wind up the season in
first place in the five team Di
vision league.
In post competition CCA had a
15-7 won-lost record for the sea
son and ended up in third place
in the final standings.
"What brought me here?"
asked the rosebud.
The stalk" answered the rose.
THE ARMORED SENTINEL FORT HOOD TEXAS
TANKER'S HEAD COACH Brigadier General John A. Berry football commissioner of Fort
Hood (left) congratulated Second Lieutenant Francis Pajaczkowski after announcing Lieuten
ant Pajaczkowski as head coach of the 1958 Fort Hood Tanker football team last Friday at the
Special Service Building. On hand for the apppointment are Captain Matt O. Delmas Post
Special Services Officer and Mr. Ed F. Hickman Post Special Services Athletic Consultant.
(Photo: Howard).
Rod & Gun Club News
and other items for group use
by club embers.
Five alternatives have been
prposed for the increase in
annual dues. Those who have
received the memo will have
the following to consider:
A. Officers and civilians....$12.00
Enlisted men $ 6.00
B. Field Grade Officers $ 6.00
Co Grade Officers & WO.$ 4.00
Enlisted men $ 2.50
Civilians (G-s5 or com
parable Wb rate and
above) $ 6.00
(G-s 4 and WB
comparable & below)..$ 2.50
C. Field Grade $ 7.50
Co Grade & WO $ 5.00
Civilians (G-s-5 & WB
rate equivalent up)....$ 7.50
(G-s-4 & WB rate
equivalent down $ 3.50
D. All personal $ 1.50
E. Your recommendation
Before answering all officers
civilians and enlisted men should
consider that other club dues en
title them only to membership
and any other use of the clubs
must be paid for separately. Con
sider the cost of a deer lease or
the local availability of ducks
geese quail wild hogs Barbary
sheep and doves not to mention
fishing. I'm sure that you will feel
as this reporter does that an in
crease of dues is justified. Make
your feelings known by contacting
Enlished Men $ 3.50 the Rod Gun Club.
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Two sacrifice bunts and an
error won the first game of the
Fort Hood Baseball Tournament
in the bottom of the ninth for the
35th Engineer Eager Beavers by
a score of 10-9 over Post and III
Corps Volunteers at Red Lindsay
Field Monday night.
In the bottom half of the ninth
the score was 9-8 in favor of the
Volunteers. There was one out
and men on second and third.
John Hnath of the Beavers laid
down a bunt to Volunteer third
baseman Dick Berger.
Berger fielded the ball. He held
the runner at third until the last
possible moment trying to pre
vent the tying run then threw to
first. Hnath beat the throw
Benard Riley on third scored for
the Beavers tying the game at
9-9.
The next batter pitcher
Charlie Feltman also bunted
USA Garrison
Has Wide Lead
For Post Trophy
U. S. Army Garrison has a
wide lead for this year's Com
mander's Trophy with a total of
3674 points. Their closest com
petition is the 53d Signal Batallion
some 539 points behind them.
The 53d has collected 3135
points. Points are awarded
for participation in 24 sports
activitys. Some of the major
sports are boxing bowling
baseball flag football basket
ball swimming tennis and
golf.
The U. S. Army Hospital which
combines with the 319th Military
Intelligence Battalion has com
piled 1745 points to take third
place in the trophy race.
Here are the standings in the
Commander's Trophy race:
U. S. Army Garrison 3674
53d Signal Battalion 3135
U. S. Army Hospital and
319th MI Battalion 1745
35th Engineer Battalion 757
Headquarters III Corps Y20
46th Engineer Battalion S65
720th Military Police Detach
ment 510
6th Automatic Weapons Bat
talion 2d Artillery 209
61st Engineer Battalion 141
Combined Ordance Com
panies 125
Any unit which does not agree
with these standings is urged to
contact Sergeant Berry at Post
Special Services Building 211 or
phone 32265.
35th Engrs Take Post Tourney Opener
to third and Bobby Salmons
advanced to third on the pre
vious play made it home for
the winning run. Feltman was
thrown out at first base for
the second out but was
credited with the game-win-
ning sacrifice.
Salmons the Beaver left field
er hit a first inning grand slam
homer to open the scoring in what
looked to be an easy victory for
the Engineers. But the Volunteers
came back with six big runs in
the top half of the second inning
to go ahead of the Beavers -4.
Volunteer second baseman
James Coughtry accounted
for three of the six by hitting
a triple with bases loaded.
The other three runs came on
four errors two walks and a
hit batter.
Beaver pitcher Larry Hay took
the shower route after the six
runs were scored in the second
inning. He was replaced by Char
lie Feltman who allowed three
more runs in the fourth inning.
The Volunteers scored their
three fourth inning runs on two
Beaver errors after two men
walked and Jim Coughtry got on
base after being hit by a wild
pitch.
TheBeavers scored one run
in the fourth on a walk and an
error two in the fifth on four
walks and one error and
three in the ninth to account
for their 10-9 victory.
In the first touranment game
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Friday August 22 1958
the Engineers scored 10 runs on
seven hits and committed three
errors. Post and III Corps had
nine runs on one hit and com
mitted three errors. The 35th left
18 men on base and the Volun
teers left 10.
The winning pitcher for the 35th
Engineers was Charlie Feltman
and the loser for he Volunteers
was Joe Gerba who relieved Jack
Vick in the ninth inning.
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Can Enjoy
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Fort Hood Sales
Representative
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