Leyte (CVA 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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BASKETBALL 2 FronT Row, LeTT To RighT: Lowe, D. L. Smlfh, Back Row: ENS Kohanski, ENS Moore, Wenfworfh, Dickinson, R H T' q asmussen, a OT all The sporTs parTicipaTed in by LeyTe Teams, baslceTball is easily The mosT successTul. No one presenT could doubT This when our Tine squad de- TeaT.ed The represenTaTives OT The l3.D.R. by The score oT 87 To 66 in Naples Tor The SixTh FleeT Championship, AlThough The diTTerence in score was Tairly large, The game was very close and hard ToughT, as indicaTed by The TacT ThaT The l:.D.R. Team led by as much as six poinTs in The Third quarTer, and was only one poinT behind when The Tinal period began, LeyTe scoring was led by Phil Young and Ted Moore, who scored 27 and 22 poinTs respecTively, buT much crediT Tor The vic- Tory could be aTTribuT.ed To The scrappy Tloor play oT Bob Eng, lvan Townes, and Charlie Dickinson. The l952 Med +i+Ie, incidenTly, was The second consecuTive one Tor The l.eyTe. The SixTh l3leeT Championship was buT The cli- max To an undeTeaTed and oTTen exciTing season. Our basl4eTeers raced Through a ThirTy-Three game schedule undeTeaTed againsT The besT Navy and civilian opposiTion To be Tound in The Med, Some oT The mosT inTeresTing games were played againsT Teams represenTing The porTs visiTed by The ship. The besT oT These games was played in lsTanbul, Turkey, wiTh a Team sponsored by The Shell Oil Company. ln conTrasT To The maioriTy oT our SID S. games, The ouTcome was in doubT up To The Tinal whis+le. The final score was 57 To 53, one oT The closesT oT The ThirTy-Three games. BUT each one was well played, and every one oT us is exTremely proud oT The undeTeaTed l952 SixTh FleeT cham- pions.

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Boxing, Tor many years, has been a maior sporT in all oT The arm.ed Torces and on mosT oT The ships in The Navy. The U.S.S, LEYTE is no excep- Tion. RaTher iT is one oT The leaders in The huge box-program which The Navy encourages. Crewmembers oT The l.eyT.e boasT proudly oT iTs boxing Team, and This is well warranTed, be- BOXING cause Their record and excepTional sporTsman- ship in The Tield oT boxing has been ouTsTanding. During The sixTh Mediterranean cruise oT The l.eyTe, bouTs were To be seen oTTen, A Tew oT The programs included bouTs sTricTly beTween TighTers oT The l.eyTe, buT Th.ere were also bouTs wiTh Teams Trom oTher ships. T The boxing schedule included numerous bouTs wiTh TighTers oT counTries visiTed by The ship, ce- menTing good-will beTween The UniTed STaT.es and These parTicular counTries. The largesT program in which The LeyTe Team parTicipaTed while on iTs Med cruise was a I5- bouT smoker aT Th.e Rock oT GibralTar. AT This smoker, Three oT The LeyTe's Tour TighTers were vicTorious. AnoTher smoker Took place aT Salon- ika, Greece on board The I.eyTe, The opposiTion represenTing The Salonika YMCA boxing Team. OT The Tour bouTs The l.eyTe was vicTorious in Two. Obvious and well appreciaTed, buT cerTainly noT incidenTal, was The appearance oT many specTa- Tors aT These bouTs. They cheered our TighTers and showed Their appreciaTion oT a good bouT by loud, vigorous and TreguenT applause. FronT Row, Leff To RighT: Fries, Diaz, Bilyeu, Lay, SouThern, Jorgensen, Back Row: Albohn, Brown, Disbrow, Chief KeTTIe lCoachJ, ENS WaTTs lCoachj, Breininger, Rowe, Gassen. . sw, --A---f-, --x .-,-'.a::.-la., - - - .- . .'--' -- ' .-'.

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Leyle Leyle Leyle Leyle Leyle Levle Leyle 82' . . . .IOO . . . .IOO . . . .IOO 97- 78- 45: THE SCORE BUARD SCORES OF IMPORTANT GAMES I Worcesler Quincy . Lind . . Benner . Shell Oil . LaSpezia All Slars Islanbul Univ. Leyle. . . 96: Salonilca Univ, . . .35 Leyle .... IOOIV Salonilca YMCA . . .66 Leyle . . . 663 Adirondack .... .64 Leyle . . 65: Borie . . .3I Leyle . . 87: F.D.R. V. ..66 Nolez In a game prior 'ro The sIar+ ofII1e Sixflw Fleef season Ilwe Leyle was defealed by Ilwe Coral Sea, 88 Io 57. TED MOORE CHARLIE DICKINSON PHIL YOUNG ' DENNY RASMUSSEN BOB ENG HANK LOWE