USS Cambria (LPA 36) - Naval Cruise Book

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SPORTS D ETWEEN the Navy and Marine basketball, soflball, soccer and track teams, we came home with our share of the victories. In a 32 game schedule the Marine basketball team carried home the bacon 29 times. They were undefeated in the 14 con- tests with European teams and two of the three losses against Navy teams came from the Cambria sailors. The Navy hoopsters claimed nine of their 13 matches. Like the Marine quintet, they too walked off on the high end of all games with European teams. On the softball diamond against other Sixth Fleet teams the Navy sluggers took nine straight, dropped one and then finished their schedule with a win for a 10-1 record. With the exception of a win over the Latimer and one over a Sicilian team, our soccer season wasn ' t up to par. The kickers ended with eight losses. The Leatherneck track team surprised everybody. Sadly out of condition, they took on a track team in Syracuse. Sicily and brought back a big, shiny trophy and a majority of the first place medals. During the Christmas holidays in Naples boxing took the s| otlight. Contenders from the Latimer, Oglethorpe and White Marsh came over to join with our leathersmiths in a 13 bout smoker on the mess deck. With that we rest on our laurels. m «t

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Naples again . . . the fifth time in town we ' Troc ' ed on down.

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