Razorback (SS 394) - Naval Cruise Book

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We had our first taste of things to come in the way of athletics at our first stopover in Panama. The first looksee was much better than ever expected 35 men on subs have very little time for practice. H The first game was the age old conflict deCl4 BPQS vs. grease monkeys. This game, regardleSS Of. Wh-Bl type ship it is from, seems to always be la Dfelfl' snappy contested affair. Ours was no exception, win- ner by a score of 5 to 4 was the topside QBVWQ- Fol' lowing the above game was another hard fought battle, officers and chiefs against the white hats. Won bY the crew ll to 2. The officers and chiefs later ' revenged this score by defeating the crew- l3 to 6. PLAQUE No. l MIDWAY ISLAND Razorback's try for her first plaque was against the uss Tilefish at Midway isfand, september 1944. Af which time the boat captured an early lead over its rival and proceeded to hold it all the way. Results: EVENT RAZORBACK TlLEFlSl'l Softball .. ..... 5 l Tennis .... V- 3 O Handball 2 l Basketball . .. 5 l Volleyball .... . l -5 16 8 The plaque was accepted by Acting CHIEF OF THE BOAT HOMER PETTY, at the beer party that was PLAQUE No. 2 CAMP DEALEY, GUAM ln competition against the USS Segundo the rivalry was keen, as the two boats were built at the same time and the opposing players were well known and liked. After getting off to a bad start in softball the team finally started clidking behind the four hit game pitched by Lt. ljgl Pattillo. Mr. Pattillo was credited with i5 strikeouts. ln the following games it was nip and tuck all the way. At the close of all games it was found that the two boats were deadlocked in a 30 to 30 tie, Razorback winning 3 out of 5 in volleyball, and the Segundo winning 3 out of 5 in softball. ln- stead of having some type of playoff, the athletic com- mittee decided to present both ,boats with a plaque. This was approved by both teams. given for the winning team, PLAQUE NO. 3 Mipwfw ISLAND Final competition was again at Midway against the USS Muskallunge, Razorback winning by the very close score of 38 to 37. This was by far the tightest play ,of any. After getting off to a very early lead, which K I 2!35?'1',C .,' K, A 1 ,.. . was slowly overcome by the opposing team, the out- come of the tourney rested on the final game of hand- ball-won by Mr. Bonds and Fearless Hobin-Zl to 7. While enjoying a picnic on Midway lsland, the squared circle was brought into play with the following bout: lNo one was injured-only tiredl. . Mr. Thompson .......... 155 Mr. Adams ..... ..,.,, 1 40 MF. Smith ....... ...... l 90 Mr. Crann ,-,,--- ,,,.,, 1 60 Cobb 1 ............ ...... 1 60 Mehalick .,., ,.,,,. 1 70 Petty ---.... ...... i 45 Gordon ...., ,,,... A 135 Bohreer ...... 185 Ernst ,,,,,,, ,.,,. , 190 Ray ---a----- --... l 75 Crawford ..,. ,,,,, I 25 Langford ...... ...... 1 50 Mast ....... ,,.., 1 70 Atkinson .................. 165 Walker -,------------------,- 140 Kel'lWlCl4 ..,.............,. l AAQOH ---------V------------- .1 Highlight of the leather pushers was the match between Homer Petty and Fluffy Duff Powder Puff Gordon, After a wild start, both men running for pro- tection of the referee, the slugging contest simmered down to several draughts on a bottle of beer, This seemed to bring out the beast in Petty and the bunny in Fluff-a running battle ensued, won by Gordon l00 yards in 392 minutes. n I

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COMMISSIONING PARTY The Officers and Crew of the U. S. S. RAZORBACK Request the Company of at their Commissioning Party V Saturday, April I, 1944 at Casino Del Jamon, Hams. Lafayette Road Buffet Turkey Dinner at 7 Dancing 8:30 to 1:30 Guest of -