Leyte (CVA 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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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INTRAMURALS l IST LT J. H. MacLEAN, USMC Inframural Officer The branch oT Special Services acTiviTies which Tills The need oT The crew Tor exercise while aT sea is The ship's inTramural program, supervised by ISTLT J, l-l. MacLean, USMC, AlThough many oT us parTicipaTe Through The vasT number oT'var- siTy Teams, There is sfill a larger number whose inTeresTs musT be meT by a sysT,em based on inTra- ship compeTiTion. This is where The inTramural program Tills The bill so well. BaskeTball and volleyball have been The main aTTracTions ThroughouT This cruise, buT we have also enioyed soTTball and Touch TooTball ashore in The various porTs visiTed by The ship while in The Med. ln addiTion, badminTon was oTTen played on The hang.er deck and won many new Tans. CompeTiTion, oT course, accounTs Tor much oT The Tun in a+hle+ics, and There was plenTy oT iT when The volleyball and baslceTball leagues were seT up, The inTeresT was Top noTch and so was Th.e qualiTy oT play all The way Through The league sea- sons, climaxed by a big playoTT in Marseilles and GolTe Juan over The ChrisTmas holidays. The en- Tire crew owes many Thanlcs To LT MacLean and The men in The aThleTic gear locker Tor making The inTramural program on The sixTh Med Cruise a rousing success. I06