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By FRANK C
WE AINT THE ONLY ONES
The following is an excerpt fr
by Lt. Commander W. 2M. Bell
Navy Pre-Flight, Athens, Ga.
''As far as giving you inforna
of our team, that. is impossible a
listed men are here for such a
probably will not make any kit
have until about the first of S'
player here at the present t ime
expect to have some good avera
will be much younger than we I
The time is now nearing for 01
scrappy Indians. Althotugh man
porters expect a pishover, +be
kttown power. )ata is lm-kil.g or
that they hatve ciIIlatel l l al
It is known, however. that the 1i
posed mainly of \'-12s sutpplene
hibly in the near fIIlture informa
of the Indians.
(a mecork spurs are sha rpenr
from their sunme er ehe. The I
Have at'thee, Indians!
Coach Frank )e.Nars. when i
i few ineinhers of his :0 'I'es
to make : " Is it lisonled '
In1 a solthall rga1me between I
PIli on Tuesday, August 29, Ph
of 7-2. George Gregory, a P.K.P
Said Charlie Sloan, the man fi
received, upon being asked why
back was halted by 8:00 when tI
o Another gatme will he played I
NOICEh:-.\11 civiliaIn boy..
intralmural Sports on 1te.sts Suc'h aI
01r SocI. (o"ntict (o(ch Frank I
, MacMillan Joins
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COACH MACMILLAN
Coach Joh l aiti .~ llan, ha, dlefi
unitely' been relea,d r om'i Suimler
I-Iigli School anod is now ie hea baket
ball coachl andl ainistant c' ach if Ii,e
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ot a letter to this department
Director of Athletics, U. S.
tion in regard to the personnel
t this time. Our cadets and en
short length of time that we
id of a survey to see what we
ptemnber. There is not a single
vito played for us last fall. We
ge material but I imagine they
ave had inl the past."
tr grid opener with Newberry's
v entiisiastic Ganecock sup
Birds will meet a team of un
l the Redskins atnd] it is obvious
>ottnditng amnottt of puiblicity.
idianis will field ani eleven comn
ited by t'ivilian gridsnen. Pos
t ion will emerge mn tihe statits
d1, Imdian tomahawks brought
ime for the battle draws nigh.
rotlght a glass of gitger ale by
day gymt class had one remark
'hi Kappa -sig and Pi kappa
Kappa Phi Volt with ai score
served as uilipire.
omt whom this information was
his fraternity lost, "Our come
it, V-12 boys had to go in. As a
rlie stated. "\e wIzI robbled
his afttertlooit.
in1(t'te e ted1 in part icip at inlt inl
S I;seba ill. soft hall. b a'-ket ball.
)eMla's ilintunediatel.
Bird Staff
Sac i \ ta \l illa n , a n a ttive f I F itr
gerald. Georgia. Iteft middle ;(- (.-ia
.lunior College and ceinc Io Cardina
as a studen t in 111.38.
Ili.. aleti' expecricnce incindes
participation in foohall. ha.ehail.
basketball, and track. ile i, a ncm
her of the 1;lIck t'. club. Sigma Clii.
anl Kappa i'hi Kappa ( National I'ro
fe,,tional Elducational l raternit%.l
At Carolina he played quarterback
and received his letter during his
sopl more year.
lHe graduated from (Cari'lina Ii 1941
and went t' ldm unds Iigh School
in Sumter, S. C.. N here for the last
hree .%ears lie served as head football.
asketball, and baseball coach. During
his last twso y ears at Sumter lhe lo'st
mly fu'tr gamnes. Tw ofi his team,
siteredl the State bas.ketball finals.
I .ast fall lhe was selected foir hte
i-state, all -star Sharinie gamea in
C harlo t te.
Comamenited C~oaeb1 ~ .\lac.\illan uspon
bejIig asked ahnutt his return to Caio
una. "I'mt very glad to be back at the
Unliversity antd litpe liat we can
work til -'ome goodI teCams."
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One of the newest PT instrnctors
at Carolina is Chief Specialist of
Athletics Ralph I.. \Ielady of
Brooklyn, New York.
During his summer vacation lie
servedl in the Merchant MlarineI
where, according to Chief Melady,
he received his "Ali" (aIle-bodied
seaman) papers.
While in the .\Merchant Marine
Chief Melady made about 50 over
sea voyages ie has been in the
Mediterranean, Russia. North Afri
ca, the Baltics, the British Isles,
France, and Germany. He has
passed through the Panama Canal
tnd has been in the Tropics. The
farthest east he has been is Alexan
dria Egypt.
While in Russia in 190:, he spent
five months at Odessa ott the Black
Sea. When asked how he liked
Odessa, he replied "It's a good
place." lie also shipped aboard the
''President Hiarding."
After relating his sea Voyages
Chief \ claidy laughed, "All that
happened beiore I was married.
Splicing the main brace was my
principal occupation but when I got
married in 193? 1 had to take a
reef in my mainsail."
The chief has bceet here since
July 1. of this year. li. duties here
include acting as 'T instructor,
charge of the fourth V-12 battal
ion ("The best battalion on the
base.") He was in charge of the
recent intramural boxing tourna
ment. 'and for the excellent service
rendered in putting the event
through. he was commended by I,t.
llarry Klocker. officer in charge
oif l'T
He ire Ibcing attachedto ti, sta
titn, Clici .\felads serted at Davis
ville, Rhode Isla.ml, Norfolk. \'a.,
Camp 1'erru. \ a. and the Jackson
ville Receit ing statiol. To date lie
has served ,wo \ear. in the Navy.
lie received his A. h. degree fromn
P'rint"eton in 192:; and is a gradiiate
of Cohnbnia I i'ivcrsitt.
Six feet tall, and n eiiig n:,
pound'. C'hief .Melady has all the
tluaitics of a real nia y ianii-i uggetl,
neat looking plea-ant and altnavs
reads for a heaorty laugh.
Track Events To Be Held
An iitra-hatialion track meet, the
third ittrautiral event of the "e
run-offs on .\Iondav. 'uesdav, and
Thuri'day of next week wtitIi the
finals at p:nn Friday ont Davis Field.
Feat ired in the eit wtill Ie runs
if Iitt, 220. atid 1ti S ard-: a one
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Shown above ore Bill Thrasher INROTC
of Chicago during the seventh 1175 pou
boxing torunoment held September 1 at
The tournament was won by the NRC
1,000 spectators were present. Chief Mele
Swimming Meet H<
Between V-12 Dorn
Oin Friday, Anugu-.t uthe\-l'
at Carolina Started their intramnural
events w ith a swim neet held in
the l 'nit er,ity ,\ataturimnt. 'lhe
mrect. Cull iting of tight main
evcentS, was held among the dii
ferent deck, of the \'-t durinito
ries under the instructions of Lieut.
t..g.) 1-arry Klocker.
The first event w+a, the 51) vard
crawl. J. J. Spurr, repre,enting
.t\axey dornitory. came in firct
trailed I,v R ..\. \\elsh, third deck
of lPre.,ton. a ) 1t) S. Friedtlran.
fir,-t deck o,f irestun
Inl the" "econd e\ t nt. the ";tt ard
breast :truke, J. \\. SIrobel rep
resented the third teck u 'restun;
R. F. C;hapmtan reptresented .\laxt)y
and J. I) :,loise retreented Snow
den du:ortitort. Strl,el played iir-t
w ith Chapmnan, a ehu-e ,ecundl.
Tobias Cops 50 Back
in the 5 ytrtl back I'1r iicited
btrea,t l R. 1. Tuhia,. aiud R. \\ .
.c\\ horter ic, re-eiited ad drek u
IPrestot and C. Q. I.aing-.tafi rep
re-eted .\Ia ._ . 'I uoi, wa- tir-,
all the w%a\ cloely iollotwed i.
Langstaii.
Thei( fourth event w\a, the loo
yard brea,t crawI. R. A. \\ tI-h rep
reented the third deck ut I'retston;
F. G. -nmith. Snutnden; and G. R.
Tindall. .axcy. Thie s innttners gut
it wtith i a gud tIarit tollow'ted by
the cIecring t i tiie t.ru\ d, but
\\'elsh came utit irst Very closeyi
follo wed byv Smiith.
Initerinionui w as theld durting this
timei~ nitt the dit'.ers ua.rinig tip
oin their resp'ectisec di'.es. Frit:
ITiriner camie ont to do somie latv
udives followed by--or so lie thought
--\letier but .\letier landed a n the
u. rung end and fell uor er w.~ith a big
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12 Boxing -
I of California and Russ Bernstein (V-12)
nd class' match of the NROTC - V-12
the University Field House.
TC with a score of 6-2. Approximately
dy was in charge of the event.
ld In USC Pool
iitory Decks
T he next event w%as the 11)0 sard
breast stroke in which P. 1-1. Reid
represented third deck Preston;
.1. D. \toi,e. Sno%%den; and J. W.
Strobel third deck Preston. Reid
and .\loie were first and second
respectively.
The next event, the 100 yard back
stroke, wa, copped by Tobias who
came in with about 50 yards to
spare. Me\\'horter again represented
the second deck of Preston while
\. I. "abe (YH "rien represented
\I axc.
Diving
The divinlg mtatch, wa,4 the next
e nt. In tisl match. I-.. D. .ack:in
repre-ented third deck Preston; Ho
hn. Sii nwden: and D. T. \atier
cc,ind dIctk of Pre'tin. Three dii
ferent dite, w\erc required: sar
1)ise. Frtnt dite and jack knit.
J1a; k'son cp ed the es tI, Botlin,
antd .\latier being ,ecud and third
Ihe !a. t etent wa tile 1:,0 \,/<
relay 't: i l I bla . and \\ elsh
it irt'-c t( d thrd deck Pre-ti -n
I',. L.an- tati. .1. .1. pu r ,+nd R.
t'ht:mntan ut .\laxcV RlU T.: and
J. . ).\li ci- 1-. G. Sith, and N. T
\Ic l.ant ihat represetl dnowden
The Ir. -tti tean again a m11e oul
first w ith the k ', stryt close be
hitind.
The tners of thec events v erc
honored w.ithi mellcl.
Thle eilicial'. for the miee~ t were
ihief (,. J. Necmi. starter; Chiet
R(osme, .\1 r. F:ritz Tuirner and En'i:en
HIarry IKlocker. Judge,: Speciali-1
.. . O'Brien and .\r. Pete F,or
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NROTC Wins Bc
Cops 6 Wins Ii
Six victories in a eight-buut card
gave the Naval RO's a triumph
over the \~- l' in the boxing
tournament held October :.1 in tie
U niversity field house. 1 he event.
under the direction of Chief Spec
ialist Ralph A. Mclady. was roundly
applauded by some 1.000 spectators.
The NROTC, taking full advan
tage of their experience, over
whelmed their opponent:, who
fought valiantly but in vain.
In probably the best match of the
evening "Rocky" Brown, 128 lb.
ROTC, won a hard-fought decision
aver Cliff Grady, 132 lb. V-12 in
the 135 lb. class. Both men dis
I played excellent footwork and form
based on earlier boxing experience.
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who l n e-(xpe(cted t( "ee muchi } actton
thiS tt';r.
.lt ho.u-h ( rl y i: v necv tr, th
Gam cock,-. Ie - ex:periee (1ICn1 tic
gridiron as thi< - i, hi' third 'ear as
a cilege griddir
urly be:tan li tl,,I tareer at
\\~e tern Iigh in hi, ivome tou n.
\\ a hington. 1). C. wicre he made
All-high and the a1-star team' and
incidental.\. starred i ha.,elal and
h)a.ketlball. he nhxt 'ear he cntcri
ctrge \\ ashington LIUn ersity where
hn earted laurci a,.; quarterlack.
lie be~ganii hN sarsity ca reer t he fo!
inuing sea sond at the Unive rsit' n:
\irg inia fromi wnc hei was shiited
t' ( arnlina.
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xing Tournament
8 Bout Card
In tie 11 lb. class Bud Kessing,
14: lb. ROTC, bested Johnny Kil
patrick, 142 lb. V-12. Kilpatrick dis
pla,ed a battling w%illingness, but
- lost the decision.
The southpaw st%le of rangy Pat
Thrash. 1';:: lb. ROTC. befuddled
I.oui. Junes 16- 11. \-12. Jones was
unable to solve the unorthodox stsle
and lost the decision.
The unlimited class brought to
gether heavyweights Buck Isom,
1t4 Ii RUIC and Kid McLanahan,
182 lb. V-12. Sw%ift footwork and
poweriul punches brought the de
cision to Isom.
In a fast and furious battle Jimmy
Morris. 128 lb. ROTC, triumphed
over "Higgie' Hliggenbottom, 128
lb. V-12.
A sharp eye and a good defense
brought ROTC Bill Thrasher a
victory over Russ Bernstein, V-12,
in the 175 lb. class.
V-12 E. F. Herndon copped one
of the tuo V-12 decizions by out
pointing RO Knobby Wash in the
12. lb. clas.
V-12 Kelton added the other win
for hi5 team by winning over RO
Jim Lyle. Kelton showed superior
ring experience in his triumph.
Officials were Doc Crawford,
V-12 physical training instructor,
and Johnnie McMillan, assistant
football coach. Judges were Chief
Specialists G. J. Nienti and M. A.
Jones. Timekeeper was Specialist
First Class M. F. O'Brien. Chief
Specialist R. L. Melady was an
nouncer.
At intermission Lieut. (J. G.)
Harry Klocker presented medals to
the winners of the swimming meet
held the previous week. An added
attraction was a comedy bout staged
by Jim Bloodworth and Les Coker,
both ROTC men.
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