ABE LABOR DAY TOURNEY
BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS
A large crowd was on hand m the
Naval Station Village Gym to witness ■
the Medical-Dental team victory in the
Labor Day Basketball Tournament by
defeating the'Administration Depart
ment entry 42 to 37 in the final game.
Twelve‘hopeful .teams, entered the round
robin tournament held on the 4th and
5th of September.
The tournament opened with the Med
Dent team *. drawing a first found for
feit victory when the USCGC CLOVER team
failed to show. Admin defeated MCB-9
57-23 in the first round with HOGUE
• and LINDQUIST leading the way with 20
avnd 18 points apiece.• ,
In the second round .OSTMAN’s dead
eye' shooting' led Med-Dent to a 54-43'
victory over Weather Service.. OSTMAN
hit for 22 points,. SCMALE of Wea!ther
Service was high for the game with 23
points. Also in the second round Admin
battled past the Marine Barracks entry
... 46 to 31.
• Medical Dental breezed by Army 57
36 in the third round. YOUNG led the
way fox Mecl-Dent with 18 points ..and
BECKUM scored 23 points, for Army;
''Probably-the hardest fought game of
the' tournament' Was ..between Admin and
Public Works in the third, round. Admin
.edged Public Works 48'-42, The turning
point of.* the game came early: : in the
third quarter when BRANCH, the . P.W,
big gun, committed his fifth-personal
foul. BURLOCK of P.W. led all scorers’
in.the game with 17 points’.
- Don HOGUE was the only Admin player
able- to find the basket in Admin’s-',
fourth game in two days. H3GUE pers.on
nally accounted for 23 b.f Admin's;37
points .in the final game.,. Medical
Dental was never behind in the game,
leading 13-6 in the first quarter and
23-19- at' half time. Med-Dent opened
the if.'-Lead to 12 points at >the end of
the._-third quarter. But in the fourth
quarter .-. Admin came roaring back to
close the lead to only three points.
PETERSON, Medical’s leading scorer
with• 17: poiaitsj clinched the game with
a lay-in m the closing seconds,
HOGUE of Admin led all scorers in
the tournament with 72 points for an
average of 18 points per, game, for 4
games. -v<
TWELVE TOP SCORERS
Name Team Games Total Pt.Aver
HOGUE ■ (Admin) 4 72 18.0
PETERSON (Med-Dent) 3 45 15.0
OSTMAN (Mod-Dent) 3 42 14.0
BRANCH (Pub Wrks) 2 40 20.0
SCHMALE (Wea Serv) 2 39- 19.5
LINDQUIST (Admin) 4 39 • 9.7
YOUNG ' (Med-Dent) 3 36 12.0
BENNETT (Wea Serv) 2 32. 16.0
BURLOCK (Pub, Wrks) 2 30 15.0
LLOREA (Mar Brks) 2 27 13,5
ROBERTSON (Admin) -4 24 6.0
BECKUM*'' - (Army) 1 23 23.0
COLO WAR G. I. BILL???
Washington (AFPS) - A bill to pro
vide war-time benefits to members of
the Armed Forces, or their survivors,
who have been disabled or killed as a
result of hostile acts in the cold war
has been introduced in Congress by Rep.
Alvin M. Bentley.
The bill provides for compensation,
pension and vocational rehabilitation
rights to disabled veterans. Tt will
also exempt them from federal dual
compensation laws. :
According to the provisions of the
bill, if-a serviceman died, his survi
vors would be entitled to compensation
payments' and his children would be
entitled to war orphans educational
assistance.
The bill has been referred to the
House . committee on Veterans Affairs
and is expected' to be among the com
mittee’s first considerations when the
87th session of Congress convenes next
year.
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