Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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BASEBALL TEAM 7T was The TourTh game oT The I95O season againsT The U.S.S. Bronson ThaT The Team hiT iTs sTride againsT The opposing piTcher Tor TourTeen hiTs including Three home runs, To win 8 To 4. CompleTing I3 games wiTh 9 wins and 4 losses in Cuba The Team was challenged by? The Grand Canyon who boasTed 2O wins. Team CapTain Spooner piTched a brillianT game holding The Canyon To 6 hiTs and 4 runs while his TeammaTes collecTed 7 runs and IO hiTs including one home run and 2 Triples. The ouTsTanding game oT The year was played aT GiTmo Bay againsT The Supply DeparTmenT oT The Naval Air Wing, The game lasTed 5lf2 hours and I6 innings. The Columbus won ThaT game wiTh a score OT I6 To 6. The Team played some 26 games wiTh a season's average oT 2I wins 4 losses and one Tie. The lasT game oT The season was guiTe a disappoinTmenT To The Team as well as To The ship, Tor aTTer com- pleTing 2I games wiThouT a loss They were desTirued To mar Their record againsT The Holland Team wiTh a 3-3 deadlock, when according To The rules oT ThaT counTry when you play nine innings Hue ball game is over. They do noT believe in exTra innings and undoubT- edly if The game had conTinued iT would have been The 22nd win Tor The Team. This year 76 men Turned ouT Tor Team TryouTs, wiTh only I5 oT Them To be selecTed To make up The Team. In a Three game pracTice series wiTh The NewporT News a ToTal oT 40 men played each game. The NewporT News won all' Three games. Farm Team mem- bers oT big league clubs plus The sev- eral choices oT new recruiTs placed a beTTer lineup Than any ever seen beTore by This ship. EnTering The nexT porT The Team was challenged by The McCard. ATTer accepTing The bid Tor a game The Team wenT over To win by a score oT 9 To 2. ThroughouT The resT OT The games iT was To be The same sTory, when The runs came They came in bunches or The errors came in The same sequence. IT is well To noTe however ThaT The Team had very Ii++Ie, iT any, sulosTanTial prac- Tice To keep iT in The Top shape ThaT would make iT a winning ball club. STill They had a preTTy impressive record oT 9 wins and 5 losses, which Tor The Med is a preTTy good record. All These games have been played againsT Tellow ships oT The U.S. Navy and Thereufore The Team has had Top compeTiTion Trom some oT The besT Uncle Sam can oTTer. PasT and presenT members of The Team are as Tollows: Miller 2nd div, rT, Dolan, CaTcher, 4Th div, CasTigalia, ce-nTer Tield, 2nd div, Marinek, leTT Tield, 2nd div, Wilson, M. M.. Third baseman, K div, Seals, shorTsTop, S-2 div, Rosinski, Marines, second base, Sequino, M div, Third base, I-larper, S-2 div, TirsT base, Owens, Marines, TirsT base, Bench and Becker, R div, piTchers, Carlson, piTcher, BeTTe, V div, caTcher and' inTielder, Drews, piTcher and Ranney, Team capTain, inTielder and piTcher.

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BA KETBALL TEAIVI 7he Columbus Explorers, who have probably played more Toreign basIceT- ball Teams Than any oTher Navy quinTeT. have rounded ouT anoTher successTuI season. I-Iindered by no pracTice games and on The shorl' side in heighT in all encounTers, The LoopsTers Through dog- W W 1 ged deTerminaTion and sharp shooTing ended wiTh a Team record of 35 wins and I7 losses. A special saIuTe To The Tour members of The quinTeT Thai' have seen The compIeTe campaign should go To AI I-Iudson. Ecl Niclay, Gil Dancler and Joe Brown. WiTh CI-ISCLK Walsh aT The helm, and Joe Trimarco GM2 managing, The Explorers goT oTT To a 3 game winning sTreaIc and never wenT behind average. JusT shorTIy beTore The close oT The season, CI-ISCLK Walsh was Transferred and Trimarco wenT To The managemenT oT The ship's soTTbaII Team. The Tive now wiTh Ensign Jimmy I'IaII aT The helm broughT The season To a close wiTh a hard ToughT overTime win 'againsT a French all-s+ar Team. The final score aTTer an hour oT playing was Columbus 62 -All-STars 60. The games played on The IasT Tour: ToTaIs 35 I7 T Games Won Los PIymouTh. England 3 O BresT, France 5 I AnTwerp, Belgium O 0 RoTTercIam. Holland 2 O 'lump ball BizerTe, Tunisia 2 0 Naples, I+aIy 4 5 TriesTe. ITaIy 5 O Venice-, ITaIy TIE! TIE IsTanbuI, Turkey 6 2 AThens, Greece 0 6 Nice, France 8 I