Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.

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RECREATIO CQHVINIITTEE 7he mosf ouJrs+anding aFFairs presenfed by 'rhe Re-crea'Hon CommiH'ee were Hwe Jrwo ship's dances held in Villefranche dur- ing '50 and '5I. Below are shofs faken ai' Hwe dance on fhe 6 and 7 July I95l. The dance was a grea'r success as Hwe phofos indicafe. V if J! 1 'W X