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CREDIT ED (Lefty) WISSMAN (above) FOR PUTTING OUR PROF “CINDERELLA”
nine right on top of the TIS heap. The former Rochester (N. Y.) Redbird hurier has
heen averaging seven strike-outs per game for the Academics, with a wide variety of fancy
slants. Lefty really begins to turn on the heat for the batters when the enemy gets its
first footholds on the cushions. But he gives the baserunner just as much careful atten
tion. Lefty tempts the guy on first sack to venture off the hassock ready for a steal, and
then it’s a swift sudden pickoff. Prof fans <who groaned when Wissman starred for the
Spirits last year) are confident that he will once again make the all-post diamond all
stars. (Official U. S. Army Photo—The Infantry School.)
DIAMOND PROFS FACE FOUR
GAMES IN WEEK'S SCHEDULE
The “rags-to-riches” Profs
have a grueling four-game card
in the next seven days, featuring
such worthy opponents as TPS
Sunday, 3rd Infantry Monday,
Ist STR Wolves Wednesday, and
a rescheduled game with the
4th Infantry Raiders next Thurs
day night. All games start at
7:30 p. m. under the floodlights
of Gowdy Field.
Shanty Hogan, TPS manager,
might unveil ex-Academic Pete
Bardin, a fastball’righthander,
against his Academic buddies
Sunday or he might rely on Bil
ly Keinnedy, Chattanooga (S. A.)
southpaw, who lost his debut, a
tough 10 verdict, to Ewell
Blackwell, Rifle star. The Chu
tists have been going of late like
Pensive, Derby-Preakness win
ner. They rocked the league-
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leading Ist STR Wolves in the
season’s biggest upset and the
reverberation started the Wolves
on a four-game losing slide down
to a third place slot.
Monday night’s opponents,
Herb Moore’s Old Guards, had
rather “take” the Profs than get
a furlough. Resting in the cel
lar, they remember fondly the
season opener when Old Guard
Lefty Wilkins nearly pitched
them to a win over the Profs,
who emerged victor by a measly
1-0.
Wednesday the Ist STR Wolv
es, always tough and a good hit
ting team, will take a vengeful
shot at the Profs in an effort to
regain some of their lost pres
tige. Either Prendergast or De-
Volter will pitch.
REGIMENTAL MIRROR
TIS STANDINGS
W L Pctg
PROFS 7 2 .778
3rd S^R 7 2 .778
Ist STR 8 3 .727
TPS 5 6 .454
4th Inf 2 6 .250
3rd Inf 0 10 .000
(Standings through Tuesday
night.)
WAC SOFTBALL
In their second encounter of
the season the Main Post WACs
returned from the Harmony
Church diamond with a 13-7
win over the HC WACs Thurs
day night. Chris Mensing, man
ager of the winners, was cred
ited with two home runs off
the pitching of Wanda Horosko,
former softball star of Topeka,
Kans. Miller caught the pitches
of Trueblood for WAC Two with
Preston behind the mitt and
mask for the losers.
Profs Enjoy First Place
After Defeat Os Wolves
Pitchers and sluggers of the
Academic Profs and the Ist STR
Wolves fought a tense diamond
battle at Gowdy Field last Fri
day night that ended with the
Profs a 4-2 winner and tied with
the 3rd STR Rifles for first place
in the TIS League. Both sides ap
parently came to the plate with
intentions of knocking the cover
off the ball, with a drop to third
place as the price of defeat.
The Profs built up for the fray
by defeating the TPS, 3rd In
fantry and 3rd STR the preced
ing week, crawling out of their
third place slot, which had them
2'A games behind the top-rung
Wolves and 1 % games behind
the Rifles on May 4th.
Up to the fourth inning the
opposing pitchers, Prof Wissman
and Wolf Prendergast, held their
own with Niebler’s two base hit
and steal to third in the opening
the only chance for a score. The
Profs faced minor crises as the
pitching count frequently went
to 3-2. Opening the sluggers’
battle in the fourth frame, with
two out, Lawing beat out a nice
fielding play by Bartley. Wolves
short stop, who leaped high to
snag a counted single. Prasse
drew a walk, bringing up Bre
mer. who drove a single inches
inside third base as Lawing
came home. For the second score
of the ball game Newt Cox’ one
bagger to left field scored
Prasse.
The Wolves pushed one across
in their half after Gallivan had
gained third and Montag was on
second. Gallivan crossed on Bart
ley’s single. Montag, moving
from second to third, interfered
with the fielding of the ball and
was ruled out thereby returning
Gallivan to third. Bamberger
brought the run home with a
single. In the last of the fifth,
Milt Ticco tied up the ball
game by virtue of his own single,
McCluskey’s sacrifice and Galli
van’s one bagger.
Moving on through the inn
ings the batters retired quickly
as both teams were swinging
hard and off, necessitating a
tenth frame. Zientara collected
his second hit of the night and
Niebler grounded to right field,
Gallivan lost the ball as speedy
Zientara went all the way in
for the tally and was closely fol
lowed by Niebler to give the
Profs the two run advantage.
The costly three base error
PIRRELLO STARS AS PROFS
CONQUER RAIDERS 15 TO 1
Lambasting three pitchers for
17 hits, one of which was a
three-run homer by Tony Pir
rello, the Profs massacred a hap
less Fourth Infantry nine 15 to
1 at Gowdy Field Sunday after
noon.
Pirrello’s homer over the left
field wall climaxed the second
inning and gave the Profs a 6-0
lead which they never relin
quished. The lanky, right-hand-
The "Big Ten" Sluggers
Os The Infantry School Loop
G AB R H O A E Avg.
BREMER, PROFS .... 6 17 9 10 19 0 0 .587
Carlson, Wolves 5 16 17 3 10 1 .437
Cutchin, Raiders 7 21 2 9 8 3 0 .428
NIEBLER, PROFS .... 9 40 11 17 27 ' 0 1 .425
Wolf, Troopers 5 19 3 8 71 0 .421
Hazzard, Cockades ... 10 38 3 15 61 6 8 .394
Scheldt. Troopers 10 33 7 13 100 4 3 .393
Elsie, Rifles 9 37 9 14 8 23 4 .374
LAWING, PROFS .... 9 35 9 13 14 0 0 .371
Keiffner, Raiders 8 19 4 7 11 0 0 .368
(5 games or more including those of May 14.)
Thursday, May 18, 1944
proved to be the winning break
Coming up for the losing
Wolves Bartley, after two outs,
batted a two base swat but was
left to walk off the field as Bam
berger, swinging like a tired
man. fanned the air around the
first three pitched balls and
ended the third defeat in the last
four starts for the Wolves.
Stacking up the runs, hits and
errors:—Prendergast fanned 13,
gave up 11 hits that counted for
four runs. Wissman was taken
for two runs from nine hits. In
the field the Profs made three
errors against two by the Wolves.
The box score:
Prof-Wolves
Box Score
PROFS AB R H PO A
Russo, ss 5 0 0 3 2
Zientara, 2b 5 1 2 3 6
Niebler, cf 5 13 4 0
Lawing, If 4 112 0
Prasse, rs 4 10 10
Bremer, c . .3 0 3 9 0
Cox, lb 5 0 16 0
Pirrello, 3b 4 0 0 1 0
Wissman, p 4 0 10 1
Totals 39 4 11 29x 9
x—Montag out for interference
in 4th
Wolves AB R H P O A
Nesmith. If 4 0 110
Ticco. lb 5 12 71
McCluskey, 3b 3 0 0 0 1
Taylor, c 5 0 0 13 0
Gallivan. rs 5 11 2 0
Montag, cf . . 5 0 2 1 0
Bartley, ss . . 4 0 2 5 4
Bamberger, 2b. 4 0 11 1
Prendergast, p 4 0 0 1 0
Totals 39 2 9 31 7
Score bv innings: R
Acad. Regt. 000 200 000 2—4
Ist Stud.Tng. 000 110 000 0 -2
Errors: Gallivan, Bartley, Zi
entara, Prasse, Cox. Runs bat
ted in: Niebler 2, Bremer, Cox,
Gallivan, Bamberger. Two base
hits: Niebler, Zientara, Bartley.
Double play: Bamberger to
Bartley to Ticco to Bartley. Ba
ses on balls: off Wissman 3, off
Prendergast 3. Hit by pitcher:
by Wissman (Nesmith), by Pren
dergast (Lawing.) Wild pitch:
Prendergast. Sacrifice hit: Rus
so. Struck out: by Wissman 8,
by Prendergast 13. Winning pit
cher: Wissman. Losing pitcher:
Prendergast Umpires: Luxem
ber g, Harris and Lee.
er Rudy Rundus limited the
Fourth to seven hits as he gain
ed his second victory of the
season. Taking the rap for the
loss was Bender.
By winning the Profs were
able to keep their tie for first
place with the First STR Wolves.
For the Fourth Infantry it was
their sixth loss in eight outings.
—B. L.
(See box score on page 5)