Franklin D Roosevelt (CV 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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•I SOCCER soccer (sak ' er) n. a game played with a round ball by two teams on a field with a goal at either end: the ball is moved chiefly by kicking or using any part of the body except hands and arms.

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Straining for a sure basket, Ed Gill (10) lays up one of the winning shots in the final game, as Jackie Smith (15) and John Burton stand by for a possible rebound. That game, ROOSEVELT ' S Roadrunners topped USS BARRY, 92 to 72, winning the tournament. COMFAIRMED TOURNAMENT. WE ' RE A WINNER! Enthusiastically holding up the COMFAIRMED Trophy, ROOSE- VELT ' S Roadrunners give a shout of joy. Top row: Ed Gill and Mark Davis hold trophies for most valuable player, next to them; Gearld Davis, James Wilson, Jackie Smith and Ike Tiggs. Bottom: Bob Quick, Herb Coun- cil, Larry Elmore (team coach), John Robinson and John Burton. OOSEVELT ' S Roadrunners arrived in Naples, mid February, to participate in the 3MFAIRMED Basketball Tournament. Even though Rosie Roadrunners ' ' lost the irst game to NAS Rota, much experience was aquired. Moving methodically rough their bracket, they downed Naples 80 to 65. In the final rounds, the Road- inners was more experienced and topped Rota, 97 to 90. In the finals, USS RRY was unbeaten, but quickly fell by 82 to 71. In the final game, later that ciy, Rosie again met the challenge and beat USS BARRY 92 to 72.

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FDR FOOTBALL TEAM On liberty in Naples, FDR ' s Football Team went to Carney Park to play USS McCandles, but the Mc- Candles team did not show, so the football team played Naples Area, Girl ' s De- pendants Softball team and won the game, 100-19. i I FDR Football Team poses for a photograph. Top row: Rip Jones, Tree Sanders, John Gallegos, Tiny Tim Thompson and Opie Del Pilar. Middle row: Ducky Givins, Goose Neilson, Swanie Swan son and Team Coach, Heavy Traffic Howe. Bottom row: P. T. Williams, Archy Moore, Mongoose Tackitt, Two Pence, Frog Graves and to the far right photograph, Assistant Coach, T-Bone Barnes. In the three games played in November, 1974, FDR ' s football team came out unbeaten. First Mayport game trounced USS Suribach, 36-60. Second game found USS Grand Canyon on the bottom, by a score of 21-12. By the time the third game came around, FDR ' s football team was in great shape and beat USS Sims, 48-20. On deployment, our football team stomped all the teams played while in Naples. These include USS McCandles (by forfiet), USS Neosho, 21-6, USS Bary (by forfiet) and USS Luce by a close margin, 18-16.