LAKELAND, Fla. - Know what Major League team’s farm clubs had the best record
in 1952? General Manager Jim Cambell of the Detroit Tigers was more than hap
py to relate that the Tigers were the biggest winners in the Minors last year.
• Elevated to G-M this year after serving as farm director last season,
Cambell was very pleased with the composite record of the Tiger’s Farm teams
which showed the six teams finished a total of 95 games over the 500 mark,
’’And do you know,” said Jim, ’’the nearest team to us in the Minors was
Chicago, and they finished 39 games behind us!”
Some checking revealed that the Yankees finished dead last, even behind the
Mets, in the Minor League composite standings.
Cambell was quick to add, "This doesn't mean too much unless we can got a
winner with the 'big* club at Detroit.
"Two of our six teams won pennants," added the Detroit fron-office boss,
"and two finished second in their respective leagues. >We think some of the
boys on those teams can make the Tigers this year."
And then with a smile, bordering on the serious, the Detroit chief said,
"Lot's not be naive, it only really counts when you win in the Major Leagues!"
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AF Rally Wins »63 Intorservice Volleyball Title Alameda MAS - After dropping
a first round match to All-Navy, the All-Air Force Volleyball team battled its
way through the losers bracket to win the Intorsrvice Volleyball Championship# *
In the first round All-Navy defeated All-Marine, 3-0, and All-Air Force de
feated All-Army, 3-0# In the second round matches All-Navy beat All-Air Force,
3-2, and All-Army won from All-Marino, 3-1, thus eliminating the Marine team
from the double elimination tourney# i
All-Air Force then eliminated All-Army, 3-0, and took the measure of All- “
Navy twice, 3-2 and 3-2, to win the championship#
At the conclusion of play an All Armed Forces team was selected that in
cluded E.D. Bordwell and A.W. Smyth (Army); J.J. Hauk and R.A# Wiseman (Navy);
J.P# Ball, D# Eliason, J.A# Highland, B. Acma, C.P, David, S. Terya and P#
Palmer (Air Force); and R#D. Jones (Marines).
Army Lt# Col# R.D# Jones was named Officer in Charge and Coach of the 1963
Armed Forces Team#
Quantico Quintet Best In Marine Corps Play San Diego - paced by 5-ft#
9-in# Brian Sheehan's 22 points, the Quantico Marine basketball team won
the All-Marine championship for the third consecutive year#
The East Coast Leathernecks upset the highly-regarded Hawaii Islanders,
7C-52.
Earlier in the double elimination tourney the Islanders had beaten the
new champions, 77-70#