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UP IN THE AIR TO MAKE THE “KILL” LEAPS GAR
land Lawing, Prof outfielder, who has five years of colorful
professional hall credited to his records. Garland started off
with Mooresville, N. C. (N. C. State League), went to Dur
ham, N. C. (Piedmont League), and then to Columbia, S. C.
(Sally League), before he landed with the Birmingham Bar
ons of the Southern Association. Lawing’s long clouts may
make him the “Babe” Ruth of The Infantry School League.
(Official U. S. Army Photo—The Signal Corps.)
Profs Set For Tough
Diamond "Diggings"
If there’s pennant gold for
the Profs in them thar TIS
hills, Academics will find the
first traces in the next three
diggings. Sunday the Profs
meet Arthur W. Shively’s
3rd STR Rifles at Stroup
Field, 1:30; Monday at 7:30
Gowdy Field, they’ll strike an
even harder foe in George
Simmons' howling pack of Ist
STR Wolves; and Wednesday
evening, they’ll tackle TPS.
What pans out this week might
well decide Prof stakings for all
of 1944.
In pre-season games, the Profs
have taken the Rifles once but
were hard pressed to get a tie
in their second skirmish. So
when tall Ewell Blackwell, Syra
cuse International League and
Cincinnati Red property or
Thomas Clyde, Philly Athletic
hurler, goes to the mound for
the Rifles Sunday the “odds”
will be “even” and the “breaks"
might decide the winner.
Monday thar’s tough diggings!
The Wolves, heavily doped to
take the TIS gonfalon, are arm
ed to their teeth with such stars
as Eden DeVolder, a southpaw
ace with Pacific Coast experi
ence and an All-Post All-Star
last season; Milt Ticco of bas
ketball fame playing at the first
sack; Boyd Bartley, an ex Dodg-
Probable Hurlers
Ed (Lefty) Wissman will
probably do the Prof hurling
against the 3rd STR Rifles
Sunday; Joe Dickinson against
the Ist STR Wolves Monday;
and Pete Bardin will make his
debut as a Prof Wednesday
against his former teammates,
The Parachute Scnool, accord
ing to Prof coach Erwin T.
Prasse.
er right-hand hurler; Jim Pren
dergast who wowed Southern
Association fans at Little Rock,
Ark. and post fans last year
with his left hand slants; Fred
Kemether, a heavy hitting out
fielder with professional experi
ence; and others with pro, semi
pro or collegiate play under their
belts. It will be a “dog eat dog”
game with the winner the prob
able champ.
Wednesday the Profs, with a
7-0 Chutist victory already in the
win column, will tackle “Shan
ty” Hogan’s TPS nine. The par
atroopers have been improving
rapidly and would be delighted
to score some revenge for the
Profs’ four homers in the opener.
SUPPORT THE PROFS!
REGIMENTAL MIRROR
Profs Edge Out Old
To Share TIS First
Econojnical Joe Dickinson,
chunky Prof righthander,
doled out three measly hits
to the Old puar.d behind flaw
-1 less support on the part of
his mates to best Dewey
(Lefty) Wilkins in a pitchers’
battle 1-0 Sunday at Gowdy
before approximately 5,000
fans. The Profs’ win—their
second straight shutout—shot
them up into a first place tie
i with the Ist STR Wolves for
: TIS League supremecy.
They'd probably still be play
i ing if firstsacker Herb Moore of
the Old Guard hadn't dropped a
peg from third baseman Ander
son in the third stanza with Prof
Johnny Russo on second base.
But he did drop the pellet and
Niebler was safe on first and
Russo was safe at third! Then
Garland Lawing delivered the
coup de maitre with a smashing
single over second base that saw
Russo come scampering home
with the one and only score of
the ball game. Johnny had walk
ed with one out and Zientara had
gone out second to first with
Russo going to second before our
former Prrtf manager, Herb
Moore, made the bobble that lost
the ball game.
Throughout the contest Lefty
Wilkins and big Joe Dickinson I
hooked up in an old-time pitch- I
ers’ duel. Usually they’d pitch
to only three men per inning— i
and set them down! Lefty lim- i
ited the slugging Profs to six
scattered singles, and deserved
a better fate. Joe, on the other
hand, pitched to only 29 men
during the contest and the Old
Guards could never get a runner
any further than second base
Lefty got four strikeouts: Joe. ’
three.
Benny Zientara, as usual,
handled all his six fielding
chances without a miscue and
missed being the long distance
clouter only by inches. Benny’s
smash that he sent down the
right field line curved at the
last moment to go foul. The way
Benny fielded Finnerty’s slow
roller in the ninth with a dash,
a scoop and a throw to retire
Softball Results
Regimental Field, April 19—
Evanovitch’s home run with the
bases loaded highlighted and
cinched a C Company victory
over B Company. The score was
10-7.
R HE
Co C 001 140 4—lo 13 3
Co. B 000 007 0— 7 8 3
Winning pitcher, Zuraw; Losing
pitcher, DeCicco.
Regimental Field, April 21—
Hqs. Co. —A Co. game post
poned, wet grounds.
Regimental Field —April, 23—
Hqs. Co.-C Co. game postponed,
wet grounds.
Prof Hitting Parade
By S. Sgt. Frank Marcoux.
Prof statistician.
AB H GP Pctg
Bremer 4 3 1 .750
N. Cox 9 3 2 .333
Russo 8 2 2 .250
Lawing 8 2 2 .250
Irsfeld 4 11 .250
Pirrello 9 2 2 .222
Prasse 5 11 .200
Wissman 5 11 .200
Niebler 8 1 2 .125
Zientara 8 1 2 .125
the hitter was simply masterful.
The other half of the keystone
pair—Russo---was also up to par.
Not only did he have the best
Prof batting record for the day—
one hit in three appearances—
he robbed Moore of what should
have been a clean single by hust-
JOE DICKINSON
ling over second base way to
make a hard stop and then
throwing to Cox for the put-out.
Elmer Niebler was the victim of
a beautiful spear by fleet left
fielder Finnerty of the Old
Guards. The blow had all the
earmarks of a double
Highlights of the game were
Garland Lawing’s screeching
single through the Old Guard's
REGIMENT ANNOUNCES OWN
INFANTRYMAN DAY CONTEST
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plastic arts expression on the
theme of the American Infan
tryman. The regimental judges
will award a SSO bond in an ab
solutely open field
The last post-wide competition
of this kind, held by the Bayonet
last fall, offered eight prizes,
five of which were won by mem
bers of this regiment.
There is ino compulsion on
the part of any contestant to
enter both contests. Academics
so desiring may submit a work
to either contest and ignore the
other, or may submit different
works to each contest. Neither
is there any restriction on the
number or forms of entries by
the same contestant.
POSSIBLE FORMS
The judges, in emphasizing
the open character of the reg
imental contest, have released a
Intro-Regimental
Loop Standings
W L Pctg
Company C 2 0 1.000
Company D 11 .500
Company B 11 ,500
Hqs. Co. 0 0 .000
Company AOl .000
Company E 0 1 .000
Thursday. April 27, 1944
Guard
Place
defense at the critical time; Joe
Dickinson's mid-season hurling;
and perfect fielding on the part
of the whole Prof team
Wilkins shone for the losers.
His back-breaking curves had
the Profs befuddled and to lose
a game by an unearned run was
indeed unfortunate.
The Profs’ murderers' row,
who all turned in homers in the
initial game, weren’t in action
for this contest. Prasse was
coaching; Bremer out with an
ailing arm; but Niebler played
his customary position.
The boxscore:
Prof-Old Guard
Box Score
Academic Profs AB R H PO A
Russo, ss 3 11 1 4
Zientara, 2b 4 0 11 5
Niebler, cf 4 0 0 3 0
Lawing. If 4 0 1 2 0
Irsfeld, rs 40110
N. Cox,lb 401150
Pierrello, 3b . 4 0 1 0 2
Fenno,c . . 4 0 0 3 1
Dickinson, p 4 0 0 1 4
Totals 35 1 6 27 16
3rd Infantry
Old Guards AB R H PO A
Ford. 2b . 4 0 0 4 3
Ryan, cf 3 0 0 1 0
Ray, If 4 0 0 10;
Donabedian, ss 3 0 1 2 '1
Moore, lb 3 0 0 12 11
Finnerty, rs 3 0 0 2 0
Hazzard, c . 3 0 13 1
Anderson. 3b 3 0 0 12
Wilkins, p 3 0 11 2
Totals 29 0 3 27 13
Score by innings: R
Profs 001 000 000—1
Old Gds. 000 000 000—0
Errors: Donabedian, Moori;,
Hazzard. Run batted in: Law
ing. Stolen base: Donabedian.
Ryan. Left on bases: Profs. 7:
Old Guards 3. Bases on balls: off
Dickinson 1. off Wilkins 1.
Struckout: by Dickinson 3, by
Wilkins 4. Winning pitcher:
Dickinson. Losing pitcher: Wil
kins. Umpires: Hill, Futch and
Meadville. Time of game— 1 40.
list of suggestions of the possible
forms of expression that can be
submitted:
LITERARY: Poetry; fiction;
essays; one-act or full plays; ra
dio plays; original letters or
“news articles” or editorials, etc.
MUSICAL: Songs; marches;
symphonic pieces, chamber mus
ic, etc.
ARTS: Sculpture; murals; oil
or water paintings; drawings;
sketches; original photography,
photomontage or photoreportage
(this field is subject to certain
regulations governing camera
permits on the post), etc.
Anyone with any questions re
garding the regimental contest
cam direct them to the Mirror
(3646), Lt. Hoyt (2891) or Lt.
Van Nice (3408).
The Infantry School contest
judgeswill consider any literary
or plastic arts form, including
cartoons, with the condition that
any humor be in consonance
with the theme of Infantry Day.
The regimemtal contest is not
open to members of the Mirror
staff or members of Lt. Hoyt’s
public relations staff. Subject to
possible modification by The In
fantry School, the TIS contest
is open to enlisted members of
all military units stationed at
Fort Benning
