Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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The mosl' impressive viciory for The Explorers was over lhe U SS Salem shorfly afier ihey had reiurned l J. Garrify Division O in C Manager S I ' k V , y . . . i - - - ' - I u . . . . . an overfime by 2 poinls in 'rhe finals of 'rhe Norfolk championship. The Columbus won +his game 49 +o 47. 5 F. J J. ' f . ' L. F E. ' T P. ' E li J. T. E , F. J. E y L. T . ' E y , C, ' J. A. F . 3 d l R ' 7+h from The Slales The Salem had won The Cruiser Divisional championship and losl' lo Jrhe U SS Mississippi in The members of The preseni' and pasl' baslcelball Jream are as follows Presenl' Alumm Name Division Name Ens Hall O in C Cl-lSCLK Walsh Johnson Manager Trlmarco G Kander King Carpenler ox Niday are Pumenfal asy Brown Tare Johnson asy Barber Tare Sheefs as Nugenl' are C Smllh as Bissegger Tare Bench Roger Hudson ox J Johns+on r . Rubino J. Shover 3rd J. Zelinslci 7+h D. Heverden S2 4+h W. Seidel l-l. Rafferly 4l'h D. Driver Sl B. Sianfil CR W. Mearns SI L. EveH's Tare E. Lorenc Mike R. Reeves s Fox J. Hayes 5i'h NWS. France HIP'S SOFTBALL TEAM 7he Ship's Sofrball Team, wilh LTJG Durclen acling as soflball officer, and Joe Trimarco, GQMZ, 4l'h Division. manager, came Jrhrough wilh a line record, winning 22 and losing I4 games. The 'reamsuwirh which 'rhe Columbus squad played againsl' included Jrhe besf in Jrhe Sixlh Fleei' and l'he .besl lhal' l'he counlries, which we have VISITS could provide.

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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

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The ship's Team was composed oT men Trom mosT divisions oT The ship. 1hII'hOUqI'I'I'lWG Team did VIOI' PVGC Tice very much. iT sTill did a preTTy 'Fair iob and won iTs share of games. The ship is very proud oT The Team and beTTer luck Tor The coming year. Below is a lisT oT The Team members who are sT1II aboard. LQTZ Calfcher 3fOI LEWIS CaTcher 5-I FRIDAY IsT Base S'l IVIASSEY IST Base IST MEARNS 2nd Base S'l DEATON 3rd Base 3rd SEILLER 3rd Base 6+h WHITE ShorTsTop K BEATTIE Ouhfield EX BARONE OuTTieId FOX MELLO OuTTieId 6+h ARMSTRONG Pusher 'S+ MITCHELL PiTcher l'I SANDBERG OuTTieId FOX REYMAND PiTcher ZHCI DIVISIIINAL IIFTBALL Divisional soTTbalI was The mosT popular recreaTionaI sporT during our cruise. IT also broughT ouT many a sore back Tor some oT The men who are really Too old To play. One oT The mosT noTed divisions To play was The CS and The Nan. They always seemed To play a very close and inTeresTing game. Their besT game was when The CS nosed ouT The Nan Division by a 29 To 27 score. There were many divisions really Too numerous To men- Tion who boasTed sTrong Teams The Third and The Marines, who won TwenTy-Three sTraighT games, were abouT The besT. The aged TirsT class Team and The oTTicers Team always seemed To give each oTher sTiTT compeTiTion. The Fox Division had a fairly good Team and was always a sTrong conTesTanT Tor. any division. All in all The boys were noT good or noT load, buT They all had a loT oT Tun and may we conTinue To repeaT our divisional soTTbaII Teucls.