Randolph (CV 15) - Naval Cruise Book

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if-everyfhing goes! The firsf fournamenf was won by VIH and fhey also won fhe baskefball fourney. Their sfars were Quiz Kid Blume lhe's a chief now so he's losf fhe Quiz Kid sfandingl, Schoolboy Godfrey, Cry- ing Towel Emerson, Ed Gerdes, and Mike The Greek Sobieraisky. The seH'ing was Leyfe and affer garnering whaf 'Ihey were looking for for 'Iwo dolla or 'Iwo pesos, fhey seffled down fo complefing fhe fournamenf. V3c faced V4F and vice versa. V4F emerged fhe winner and new champ 'Ihus VIH losf fwo crowns af fhe same fime. The sfars? Yes, Muscles Layporf, SIC, V4F, Hy Vyver- ber, Amm2c, V4F and for 'rhe losers 'ole parson Judge, RdM3c, of V3c, and really old 'Pop' Gnade, RdM3c of V3c. lncidenfally, as fhaf Brooklyn Boid DeSibio says, foisf give us da winners, den give us da 'sfafisfics', dere whaf really counfs . Well, here fhey are-ninefeen reams enfered, some I80 men involved and games played were besf fhree ouf of Eve for each mafch. Winner V4F. Wha'I', nobody gof hoifed even? asked DeSibio. BOXING In our four boxing shows, fwo of which were infer-ship, our boys showed 'Ihey were able 'Io fake care of fhem- selves in fhe ring. PFC Joe Padalino proved fo be our real champ and a very good fighfer fo go fhrough every one of 'Ihe boufs unscafhed and unbeafen. He foughf in fhe heavyweighf class. ln 'Ihe lighfweighf brackef we had a real rough lilfle hombre in QM3c Gerry Nugenf whose only defeaf was a real close one in fhe Shangri- La smoker. Our ofher sfaunch and sfalwarf leafher slug- gers wifh only one loss are PFC Yosick, Sian Moreland, Sic, Russian Hawrylzak, Slc. ln our infer-ship fourna- menfs we won over 'rhe Big E I USS Enferpriseul five wins fo fhree, and losf 'ro fhe USS Shangri-La six 'Io one. Boxing was popular aboard ship as all eighf of our sfriking bags and fwo heavy bag areas were confinually in use. During The one hour boxing period on fhe hangar deck we were never af a loss for 'Iwo buddies fo sfep forward and pummel each ofher cnly fo walk away wifh fheir friendship more solidly cemenfed. ln our on fhe ship smokers. Joe Harris, Slc, M division, was a sfeady cusfomer and winner as was Bob Driscoll, Slc, F division, who, inci- denfally, is a real all-around afhlefe. Blimp Boofh, Slc of fhe galley hounds, won himself a mafch over PFC Evans in a hard foughf exchange of leafher. For fhe nof-so vigorous afhlefes, checkers, cribbage. bridge, chess and ofher fournamenfs were held. A heavy enrollmenf was realized in each game wifh 'Ihe play com- ing hof and heavy. The winners, were given prizes and fhe righf fo defend fheir championship againsf all Ran- dolph oncomers.

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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

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