Randolph (CV 15) - Naval Cruise Book

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ff my WM X027 ,yy I! 'X pil... plished ifs purpose of working off a liffle s'ream. The only casually was L+. Humphries lcafapulf olificerl, who was hil in fhe head wilh fhe ball while loolcing fhe ofher way. All hurl was healed wilh a grin. BASKETBALL The firsf fournamenf was held while we were cruising in and around +he gem of fhe Soufh Pacific-Ulifhi. Twenfy-eighf feams and some ihree hundred men were involved and when The dusf and grease on fhe hangar declz seffled and fhe ozone cleared, VIH emerged +he winner overcoming a smooih and s+ubborn 4+h division. The real sfars of l'he fournamenf were Phil Godfrey, Slc, Milne Sobieraislri, ABM3cg Ed Kir+ly, Sic. P.S.-On game No. I, Joe Emerson, manager, coach, +rainer-owner, um- pire haier and i'eam's proverbial swea+er-ou+er, also .a.Ei3....'..T -s.. 1 ,,, ' I 'Q Y 'J' ' J, ,,. . .4 -. 5... . -...,. 'iq 1 gs , w , . r qv--.-, - ' --f V- , M g5 'fgvr 'l1f ., ., , 1 N. ,ETA fi, ... ,M . ,,.s.e , 's.? '0.,qk. 4, -QA - ,br ,- .-,-i'-' 'W .-4 'E 11:93 Ff- 'NQ' . sd' 1 v ....-rv.,-P--.I '-... I. ' . . 'Tl 'Q AMM3c-losi' a solid head of hair on +he players bench during 'rhe fournamenf. J! ', ffrf M Q ,,.f'n- ' -AW' 3 ,j -ffl A kr' GJ

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aggressive work of Driscoll. The laH'er 'rwo inciderifally wen? 'ro differeni' schools iogelher. Hold every+hing- Flash! . . . Granma, we did ii' foo! We had room fo uniie. AG I6, ihe air-crewmen, are fhe new champs! They defeaied F Division in a bifferly foughi and very close game 25 io 23. Schniizer, ART3c and Harmon, ART2c, were fhe sfars for fhe winners while Swede Bach- man and Bob Driscoll played all fhe way for ihe losers. The ship's baskeiball feam, suffering from lack of prac- fice and space +o play, overcame +he suffering wifh a keen love for and eagerness fo play fhe game. ln a spasmodically played schedule and somewhai erraciic playing, 'lhey came 'through wifh eighf vicfories fo four losses againsi ofher ships and sfaiions. Our siars were Bachman, Menegheifi, forwards: Markham, Wansack and D'Zamba guards, wiih Trulson and Hockenberry dividing fhe foils of fhe cenfer posf. Teams represenied on 'rhe ship, challenged fhe ship's feam from 'rime io lime, buf wiihouf success. The ship's feam looked like officer maferial l7l as fhey frounced ihe ship's officers and various air group officers from fime fo fime. Lis. Kerr, Whisiler and S+. Lawrence of +he Ship's Company officers 'ream presenfed an array of +alen+ +ha'r would be difficulf for any feam fo overcome-buf fhe boys always managed 'ro do if. VOLLEYBALL Aside from fhe officer's volleyball on No. I elevafor, ihe enlisfed men were always enfangled in fournameni' Play on fhe hangar deck. We compleied l'wo fourna- menfs which ran simulfaneously wifh baskefball. As if wasn r as popular as baskeiball, which in no way deferred from fhe ferociiy of 'rhe play-especially as we played