Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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W HlP'S SOFTBALL TEAM since The Salem soilball Team, popularly known in lhi- i'Vx il. ln-1 T wii- ln-i iiigiiiiimil three years ago, il has compiled an amazing record. During This lime il haf, win of ii-ifnv' nliill lrfifrfi frilly 7. iilfiying in every por? visiled by The ship. ln I95O The leam had a won and losl record ol I8 I, .ind ifiiiia-yvil lliv lillii ill 'fiiilli Tleel Champions . ln l95l il again won The coveled lille, ils record being Q74 and l. So lar in l952 The Wi+ches have won 25 and liifl 5 and :ii-ini well cili llic' way lu again winning The 'rifle ol Champs , The 'ream has mel and delealed almosl every ship in the Sixlh llviil an wi-ll an many loc al Teams, fhese games being arranged Through The cooperalion of The USO or The YMCA, ln many piillfi The games are played on fields which leave much lo be desired, as sollball is nol ii widely played :iporl in The Miedilerranean area. -Due 'ro 'rhe employmenl schedule ol The ship, lhe learn has mfvvr lswieri able lo parlicipale in a 'rournamenf in The Slales, buf The schedule does afford an oppoilnnily lor lho lmnn lil hold il-i i'Spring Training in Cuba each year, a 'racl which may accounl lor The amazing Three year roi card, The Team has had many oulslanding players in il-. linrvnp, lnrl one man liars iornplelely oulshone all olhers. This man is pilcher Alex Dowzyclci, who in lhrec-2 scfavoiix h.ii. won 'TU qiirmw, while losing only one His vicforieS incl d ' u e I2 no-hir, no-run games. The name Dowzyilri i-, well known lo ffvrrry ln.illpl.iyer in The Sixth Fleel. ' 'TUV' l'- 'sKl B'.I, J.: '- ., - Second Rowe- Gormli-p I Ci i RYH- T- l , Ur-nslr-r, R I , Iirirlhiilrn A T 4 nrdierv, J- Third ROW N J j.,- srll Qf'fl, TJ! PW fsmli, l IT, ll,,,,,,j,,,mA 5 I yiuikxhwg ky ,I QVUULV WA L' . anrer, Dow1yc'lri,A,, i!nrrliL.r,,,gi, M 1 K',,,T,,,,, I 1 A Ksliiii-v-NL, R , INS, E, Kellerman

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BASKETB LL TEAM Kneeling, leTT To righT- lnclri, E. L. lmanagerlg Chew, W. E.: Kelly, E. J.Z Bf6dY- P- L-3 5Chu f1-J' STanding-LTJG. R. Lyon: MinoT, H., Hall J.: Schreiber, R. N.: AlberTi, A. G., Nelson, G. A. playing in The slow manner oT The never To be Tor TT B T go en os on CelTics oT old or The anTics oT The presenT Say Harlem Globe TroTTers The Salem WiTches have proven Themselves as one oT The beTTer groups oT basl1eT 6 TalenT aTloaT. On courTs Trom Monaco To Sardinia, nd T V a rom enice To lsTanbul Tacing some oT The sTronQe5l lorelgn com eTiTion in M d'T ' p e I erranean waTers The Team compiled a record oT Ten vicTories againsT one deTeaT. ATEN? same Time The WiTches esTablished a slaTe oT six vicTories againsT Tive losses wiTh uniTs oT The S1xTh FleeT. S only losses suTTered by The Team were To The carriers W d asp an Coral Sea, who have available boTh a lafqef range oT TalenT To selecT Trom and TaciliTies Tor pracTice. The overall record oT sevenTee'n wins and onlY Slx losses esTablishes The WiTches as one oT The beTTer Teams in The ATlanTic FleeT. A ToTal oT one Thousand one hundred and TwenTy Tour poinTs were scored Tor The ship while Their opponenTs regisTered only nine hundred and TorTy one poinTs. The average oT TorTy nine poinTs per game indicaTes The sTrong scoring poTenTial The Team held. Q The number oT men on The squad has varied ThroughouT The cruise wiTh a ToTal oT TwenTy Three men wearlnq The Salem colors aT one Time or anoTher. The Team has revolved around Their cenTer and hiqll SC0fe Schrelber and The OUTSTGMIHQ HOOP worlc oT Brady and Hall, The appoinTed co-capTains. Kelly and SchulTz round OUT The TirsT Tive by giving The Team The added heighT and speed necessary Tor a well balanced squad. The Team has been under The coaching SYS oT LTJG RoberT D. Lyon and has been aided bY The Ser- X vices oT lndri and Cameron, who have acTed as managers Tor all gameii- T W ag ff T or wifi. .A 4 f s X 20