Floyd Parks (DD 884) - Naval Cruise Book

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Sports By J. M. Lewis, EMFN Flashes and Highlights of Parks 1950 base- ball team. Manager: Ensign Shea Team Captain: Jose Marquez The Parks Ramblers opened up the season with a 10-0 shellacking from the U.S.S. Pied- mont, at Subic Bay Stadium. After losing to J. R. Craig and Orleck, and finally got into the win column by defeating the Bass, Orleck, and Craig in succession. One of the most thrilling games took place in Singapore, in which an All-Star team selected from the Craig and Parks played host to the QBoxerj CV21. Players selected from the Parks were: Jose Marquez . .......... Infielder J. D. Cooper. . . . . .Pitcher E. G. Wood. . . Outfielder R. Gutierrez. . . Iniielder A. Robison ..... Outiielder F. J. K. Gilmore Outiielder T. E. Capshaw. . . . . . .Infielder W. L. Tipps ............ Pitcher The game was a thriller all the way, and the fans were on their toes the full nine innings. Played in the beautiful Padang Field before a near capacity crowd, the tin cans' boys went down in a 6-5 defeat. Players of 1950's team were: Batting Average Jose Marquez ..... . .296 . F. J. K. G1lmore.... . .321 T. E. Capshaw. . . , .313 . J. M. LCW1S.... , ,265 . R. Gutierrez , ,286 1 X f J. R. Palmer. . . , ,306 , 1 A. Robison. . . , ,369 ,W ,,,,. A ,... , t, t ,, E. Prxckett . . . 281 W 1 M- Cole - - - - - - . .406 f c A g r E- G- W00d- . . . .295 ZW 11 ,f .I 0 ,'-.- ' , .rgfgi x B N. .- , .. .1 ,f K Q . .ywgj -f 5. .5 .- .Q -, f.r.' ,- . ' 1et0-- - - - - - .316 h 1 R . , V. H 1 C S . W L .- ' ' - ' .' 1 '7 ..,. ie ' ' 0 ef 1. Q 2 'rj J' ' - - - . . - W- L- T1ppS- - -- . 3 1 M 1 ' f P I 'W W flfzf.-G2 ' ' . . . , ,

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I he me Festivities began on the 25th when the Polly- wog sea monster and iceberg watch was posted on the forecastle. At 0700 on the 26th, the Royal Court convened and from then until 1030 salt water was liberally applied to the slimy backs of the miserable pollywogs, much to the glee especially of the newly-made shellbacks. We all received engraved diplomas proclaim- ing this important event and designating us shell- backs over King Neptune's signature and the seal of our good ship.

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Football Too? Shea and Cohen Opposing Managers The rough, tough deck technicians took on a favored operations outfit on Berkey Field in Yokosuka for one of the outstanding touch football games of the 1949 season. Ensign Shea's brilliantly coached eleven played good ball the entire afternoon and crashed through with an 18-6 victory over Ensign Cohen's fighting crew who played hard but not quite hard enough. HISTORY OF THE CRUISES CContinued from page 141 repair but is used chiefly as the southern anchor- age and fueling base for Occupation naval activities. The ship's company, for the most part, enjoyed the area around Yokosuka best because of the excellent recreational facilities both on the Naval Base, including several enlisted and oflicer's clubs, a theater featuring films flown direct from the states, and athletic facilities, and ashore where were located many souvenir stores. Also, Yokosuka is only about an hour's ride by japanese electric railway from the Tokyo-Yokohama area where there were many places of entertainment and sight seeing value. Most of our time spent in the Philippines area on this cruise was at Subic Bay on the island of Luzon, north of Manila. Not too much can be said of this areag it was frankly a letdown from the interesting things of Japan. However, many interesting and leisurely hours were spent off duty at the naval activities clubs and athletic facilities. Mostly everyone was interested in a cool drink and a place to relax, the heat at first being almost unbearable after a winter in the Japanese area. Perhaps the highlight of our entire cruise was the visit to Singapore where we were the guests of the British. Truly we were given a royal welcome which took many of us days to recover from. Indeed many of us had quite a lot to recover from as the Parks and its company had its initiation into the mysteries of the realm of King Neptune when she crossed the Equator enroute to Singapore. We cannot forget to mention our short visit to Hong Kong, China just prior to returning to the United States. There also we were the guests of the British and once more we all had a very good time. The Parks made the headlines back in the States while in Hong Kong by making a rendevous with the British freighter Hunan to pick up the Americans, Chief Electrician's Mate Smith and Marine Sergeant Bender who had been in captivity of the Chinese Communist authorities at Tsingtao for about eighteen months. The ship's company gave them a rousing welcome as they came aboard from our whaleboat which had transferred them from the Hunan. It was a tired but happy ship that finally set its bow in the direction of 'Diego on May the 20th in the company of the Seventh Fleet. The cruise had been highly successful from every standpoint, both operational and recreational.