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->AGE TWELVE

THE FLYER

52nd Finishes Second To 97th In Cage Race

Without drawing much more than three or
four deep breaths all season, the Howard’s
Hotshots of the 97th wom the CAAF basket-—
bet] championship race, which was complet—
ed this week. They took 18 straight.

Their closest competitors were the Brown
Bombers of the 52nd, who were five and one
half games to the rear with 11 won and six
lost. They nosed out the tottering Q.M. five,
which lost its last two contests to finish a
poor third.

Only a few percentage points behind the
Quartrmaster outfit was the rejuvenated
Weather team. In that order behind them
were the Tenth, 78th and 79th.

Several factors contributed to the position
of the latter two teams, among which was

' winter training at Victorville, which broke

up a very promising 78th five. Before the
trip south, Pvt Wilson’s boys had won four
straight and looked like a real threat.

The training trip also broke up the officers
league, which had gotten off to a nice start.
At the time of the trip south, the Musangs
were leading with five straight victories.

Teamwork was the big item in the smooth
ranning victory race of the Hotshots. Al-
though Cpl VanGundy was the high for the
97th, a terrific set of defensive guards in
Lee and Lindner, and some tall forwards
like Shanks and Mike Timko held the op—
posing scores down.

_ And the 97th had plenty of reserves, too,
and good ones they were. At no point in the
race was there any doubt that the Hotshots
would win the title. At least not in their
own minds.

The 52nd and Quartermaster started out
strong, and at one time about midway
through the race, a Q.M. victory would have

_ brought the high flying leaders within a

game of the pack. But the Robbers couldn’t
cut it, and Major Howard’s men were never
seriously challenged after that.

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Neurotics to Get Pre-draft Test

New York (CNS)—The New York Selective
Service System has instituted a program of
weeding out 17-year old psycho-nenrotics in
the schools here before they reach the induc-
tion age of 18. The purpose is to detect un-
stable students not suited for military ser-
vice.

CPL VAN GUNDY HEADS
CAGE SCORING LIST

Speedy little Bob Van Gundy, forward for
the championship Howard’s Hotshots of the
97th, not only captained his team to the title,
but s the leading scorer of the CAAF
Basketball League.

In 16 games he was good for 132 points,
Or an average of 8.2 per contest. In second
place was Cpl Ed Macauley, Finance man
who played with Weather. He had 121 mark—
ers in 14 games, with an average of 8.6. In
third place was Cp] Cleon Henry of the 52nd

with 109 in 12 tilts to make his average 9.1.

Fourth, but with the highest average per
eontest was Sgt Bill Bertino of the 10th,
with 104 markers in 11 games. His average
was 9.4 points a game,

Other leaders were Pvt Mike Darnell of
the 52nd, with 98 points in 16 games, S/Sgt
Johnny Murry of Q.M., 82 in 11 games, and
Sgt Meltzer of Weather with 71 in ten con—
tests.

Four Tears Will Play
Post Season Games

Although regular play in the CAAF basket-
ball league is over, four teams are taking on
two post season rounds just for the kick the
game gives them,

The four teams include the championship
97th Hotshots, the second place 52nd, the
Quartermaster and Tenth. It is likely that
the last two fives will pick up several stars
from disbanded teams, and the resulting
competition should be something.

The firSt games were played Thursday
night, and will continue through March 14
with each five playing six contests.

BASKETBALL STANDINGS

(Final standings)

 

 

Team. Won Lost Pet.
97th Hotshots.............. 18 0 1.000
Brown Bombers........ 11 6 647
Quartermaster ............ 9 8 529
Weather 03s 4 10 9 526
Pens 27> er 8 9 ATA
We te he PSS 11 312 —
Pet ee eee, 3 13 .138