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MANSFIELD, OHIOCharlie was one of the more versatile athletes

of our class, being a member of the football andwrestling squads for two years and the lacrossesquad for three. While on leave in his belovedChicago, "Punchy's" forays against the fair sexraised a smoke pall that would hang over the cityfor weeks. Never a savoir, "Stoop's" academicthrashings were a continual source of amusement,although occasionally his unorthodox methodsproduced the right answers. When the going getstough, Charlie is a good man to have aroundbecause he never gives up.

Bob

MASSENA, NEW YORKAlmost everyone thought that Massena was in Sicily until Bob had the chance to

prove that it really is in New York State. Only the strong call of submarines couldhave taken this pugilistic Irishman from the banks of the Saint Lawrence. Bob neverfailed to take an interest in what went on about him and what happened to others,especially the gentler sex. A notorious sleeper, a diligent reader, spasmodic but unre-liable Red Mike, and indefatigable conversationalist, whoever keeps company withBob in future years will gain a real shipmate.

Charlie

ApeyPlulo.MOULTRIE, GEORGIA

Just call him Apey—Ape for short. He s an unreconstructed Ramb\\Georgia Tech. He's a musician to the core—headed the NAio while playing a mag-nificent piano. He also sings and whistles, especially during study hours. Ape nevertook a strain academically—but then he didn't have to. He's a curious combinationof laziness and energy, and fortunately he knows when to turn to with his all-out side.With has a brain, a body, a sense of humor, and showmanship; he'll be all right in what-ever he does, whether it's leading a Dixieland band or pacing a flag deck.

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Forsaking beautiful New Hampshire with allits goat's milk, Bob came to Annapolis via theReserves. A farmer from way back, he consideredhimself an authority on any and all things pertain-ing to the "Country," so fairly enough his friendstook it upon themselves to put him straight onlife as it is in the outside world. During threeyears in Bancroft, Bob sung in the Glee Club, wascutest chorus boy, played varsity lacrosse, andspent several months over on Hospital Pointamusing the nurses. Never at a loss for a crypticcomment on current events, Bob steps out nowto the bigger and better things of life.

LACROSSE TEAM. First row: Comdr. Billing, Coach Lamond, Hubbard,Koch, Capt. Guy, Stiles, Ward, Brown, Coach Moore, Mgr. Young. Secondrow: Marmet, Boyar, Rogers, Hansen, Dodd, Gulp, Spicer, Cullman, Kulik,

Mathers. Third row: Evans, Burning, Goldsborough, Seccombe, McLean, Love,Teasley, Stevens, Kane, Anderson

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WE ALWAYS SHOOT FOR A STAR, and the ambitions of our1944 Lacrosse squad were that high. A fine string of vic-tories fell to the Navy team; in fact the slate was cleanuntil Johns Hopkins visited Annapolis. That loss wewere able to avenge some weeks later in a return engage-ment in Baltimore. At this point a close race developedwith Army for the National Championship, the situationlending fire to an already warm rivalry. The climax wasa red-hot game at West Point. Though the Blue andGold fought like demons from Dante's Inferno, theycouldn't cool the luck of the Kaydets. The results leftNavy swearing revenge in '45.

In 1945 the squad was out long before the snow hadmelted, to work out combinations for the attack, mid-field play, and defense. Angie Lamond, coaching thedefense men, organized a brilliant defense corps builtaround All-American Charlie Guy, Dave Barksdale, andBill Gulp. Dinty's attackers were likewise experienced

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The midfield had yet to be developed. There the po-tential strength seemed to be centered in some combina-tion of the understudies of the graduates. Herb Stiles,George Mayo, Bob Welander, Bob Horner, and HughCullman headed the available talent. "X" Ward andWalt Schirra, possessed with the stamina so essential tothe game, were recognized contenders for first line posi-tions in this division of the squad.

Our goalie was one of the best in the nation, "Killer"Albright, a returning first string letterman. Few goalsgot by him last year, but he vowed that even less wouldpass him this season. A number of plebe and JV playersrounded out the varsity squad. Jim Carrington, All-Amer-ican from Cornell, joined the Navy ranks. Remaining JVfirst stringers included Ray Spicer, Bob Webster, AlKulik, and Brian Kane.

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The 1945 season presented a rising crescendo of hardfighting opponents to the Ham 'n Eggers. Maryland,Johns Hopkins, and the inevitable Army presented teamsof skill and experience. Navy faced them with its oneforte—true power and spirit to match any advantage. TheArmy game, played on home grounds, brought the Regi-ment out in full force in an attempt to avenge the lossof the game and Championship last year.

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A/a*? FOOTBALL"NAVY is THE TEAM to beat..." Sportscasters and coachesthe nation over heralded us as the football team of theyear, weeks before the season started. All Head CoachOscar Hagberg, fresh from Pacific submarine duty, hadto do was mold his plentiful material into about threeteams. Since we already had been handed all the honors,we trotted onto the field for our first game completelyconfident of the outcome. However, the pink clouds onour football horizon quickly turned into stormy thunder-heads and poured rain on our hopes as well as our fieldas North Carolina Pre-Flight out-muddled us. We metour Waterloo in the first encounter.

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1911 FOOTBALL SQUAD. First row: Walton, Bramlett, Gilliam, Whitmire, Deramee, Chase, Baker, Hansen,Sullivan, Barron, Jenkins, Duden. Second row: Comdr. Hagberg, Head Coach, Shofner, Radick, Larkin, Lord,Dwyer, Bandish, B. Martin, J. Martin, Guy, Finos, Pettit, Ellsworth, Boyd. Third row: Coppedge, Steves, Mac Phillips,Dale, Smith, Ambrogi, Kelley, Whittle, Fitzwilson, Smith, deGanahl. Fourth row: W7augh, LaLande, Lawrence, Riser,Turner, Griffiths, Carnahan, Owen, Barksdale, Scott, Hill, Markel. Fifth row: Snyder, Hamberg, Moore, S-chenk,Earley, McKnight, Bartos, Sorenson, Ambromitis, Siddons

In our next encounter we actually looked like thechampions we were supposed to be. The third try foundus squeezing past Duke by a narrow margin. The fourthbattle was a heart-breaker; outplayed, outgained, but notoutscored, Georgia Tech pulled the rabbit from the hatto outsmart a powerful Navy eleven.

But Rip Miller's great Navy line found itself in theTech game, and its brutal work put the next four gamesin the win column. Then it was Army versus Navy forthe National Championship. We entered the fray grimlydetermined to prove conclusively that we were the teamof the year. We fought, and we lost. But we showed thatwe had the stuff of which champions are made.

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backFOURTEEN THOUSAND rain soaked and shivering spectatorsshowed up in Thompson stadium to watch the debut ofthe much-vaunted Navy team. However, the badweather failed to stop the spectacular passing of NorthCarolina's Otto Graham, and the Pre-Flighters hit paydirt once in each of the three final periods. Bobby Jenkinsrestored the faith in our team when he regained controlof a once-fumbled ball in the third period and literallyfought his way down to the 9, after which plunging JoeSullivan carried it over. Otto Graham was Navy's nemesison this day, and he provided the final blow with a field-run lateral combination that brought his team their final

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55; Petui StateTHOMPSON STADIUM had its last game of the season, anda capacity crowd saw the vengeful Navy team trouncethe Nittany Lions. We were out for a self -vindicatingscore that would be plenty lop-sided, and in no quarterdid the Blue and Gold fail to chalk up more points. Ex-citing moments were plentiful— Jim Pettit's 73 yard run forone of our early scores. Vic Finos came through with afine job on the conversions, making a total of seven outof the eight possible. Avers of Penn gave the crowd athrill when he sprinted for 73 yards after gathering in aNavy fumble. In this game, the Navy team began to lookmore like the outfit that the sports-writers had played upin pre-season dope as the most promising in the nation.

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7;THE NAVY OFFENSE still lacked the punch of the pre-sea-son 'spectations as it eked out a 7-0 win over the powerfulBlue Devil eleven before a colorful crowd of 25,000 inBaltimore Stadium. A record of six fumbles and onlythree recoveries made us glad that the game was playedunder the National Collegiate rules. Hal Hamberg andClyde Scott provided the impetus for our only scoringdrive that came in the second quarter. It was an inexor-able 57 yard march from the place where Hal first tookCarver's punt, and Charley Guy rang up the points withan 18 yard sprint after gathering in Hamberg's pass. VicFinos came through in great style with a 25 yard-lineconversion, after the Navy team had been set back by afumble. Five times the Devils threatened inside our 25,but the constant pressure of the Tar line spelled finis toevery scoring attempt.

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OCTOBER £!ST SAW THE Midshipmen gathered aroundtheir radios to listen to one of the most exciting strugglesof the season. For 60 minutes of fast ball where anythingcould and did happen, they listened to a game that sawthe lead change hands five times. Bob Jenkins grabbedthe opening kick-off and galloped 83 yards for the firstscore. In the second quarter, the versatile Jackets cameback to a 7-6 lead. After half time, a determined Navyteam came on the field to build up a 13-7 margin ofsafety. However, an unfortunate pass interference gaveTech the ball on the 12 and again they took the lead.Leon Bramlett's behind-the-goal-line tackle then gave ustwo points and a slight margin, but this was not the end.Tech's Allen Bowen made good a field goal, and thegame ended in a heart-breaking defeat for Navy, despitea Jenkins-and-Scott inspired drive for 71 yards that wasended two yards short of the goal.

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SPORTS WRITERS accorded the twice-defeated Navy teamlittle chance against the powerful Penn eleven in pre-game write-ups. However, 73,000 spectators thought itwould be a good battle, and the first class went along tolend support. A fast driving backfield and a not-to-bedented line got together to knock the Penn squad fromthe undefeated ranks. Clyde Scott started the ball rollingwith a surprise quick kick on first down that put Pennback on their 10. A bad punt gave Navy the ball on the21, and Scott bulled his way through to the inevitablescore. Again in the third quarter and twice in the finalperiod, Navy added points and built up its down-troddenreputation. With our stalwart line holding Penn to aminus 29 yards rushing, their 109 yards through the airmeant little when stacked up against a Navy total of 348.The first class returned to the Academy happy in theknowledge that they had seen the real Navy team atwork.

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32; ftohe.13THE ODDS WERE still against the "unpredictable" Navyteam when we met the "Fightin' Irish" before sixty-fivethousand eager fans in Baltimore. "The end of a Navyday" saw a score that indicated the worse beating NotreDame had ever received from a Navy team. For the firsttime since 1936 and the fourth time in the 18 year oldseries, Navy rolled to victory over the Irish, and it was ahappy bunch of Navy supporters that watched that game.Power drives by Bobby Jenkins and Clyde Scott throughthe center of the line, combined with Bill Barren's off-tackle reverses and fake reverses paved the way for mostof our scores. Notre Dame's Dancewicz gave us plentyof bad moments with his precision passing, as he man-aged to complete 15 out of 31 tries. Bob Kelley madeboth scores for the Irish but these two together could notmake sufficient headway through a determined Navyline. Our backfield rolled up a startling total of 382 yardsto prove by statistics that the overwhelming victory indi-cated by the score was absolutely correct

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Dave Barksdale, '46back

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48; GatsteU 0AFTER NOTRE DAME, all thoughts were turned towardthe forthcoming battle with Army. However, before thenthe Navy team still had to cope with two formidable op-ponents. In the Cornell game, Navy unleashed its aerialattack for the first time and managed to salt up a total of48 points. The hard fighting Cornell eleven was just notable to stand the onslaught of the 59 players that tookthe field for Navy. An otherwise dull first half wassparked by Bobby Jenkins' pass to Ben Martin, and ashort line plunge by Bobby that took the ball over forour first score. After mid-game time, Navy really came tolife with a sixty-five yard march for the third tally. BruceSmith made a neat lateral to Dick Duden that providedmore points for the already lopsided score. The drivingpower of the subs kept the total going up until the finalwhistle blew.

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THE BOILERMAKERS were all set to provide plenty of hardopposition for the Navy team, but they were not able tostop the hard driving backs led by Hal Hamberg. Halhad been on the bench for a good part of the season dueto a leg injury received in practice, but he was the lead-ing ground gainer of the day as he picked up 97 yardsthrough the Purdue line. They outweighed vis ninepounds to the man, but weight was not enough. Againthe Navy attack was supported by aerial maneuvers asBen Martin caught passes from Hamberg and BruceSmith and trotted over the line for points. Charlie Riehland Markel came in near the end of the game to form apassing combination that gave us the final score. Thestalwart Navy line held Purdue down to 166 yardsgained, while the Navy backs garnered a total of 434yards.

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SPORTS WRITERS AND THE Treasury Department workedtogether to whip up interest for the most highly vauntedfootball clash of many a season. Two weeks before thegame a White House order shifted the game from re-stricted Annapolis to Baltimore in the interest of theSixth War Loan Drive. Seventy thousand fans paidfifty-eight million dollars to witness this spectacle whichwas to bring together for the first time since Pearl Harborthe Corps of Cadets and the Regiment of Midshipmen.Doug Rodgers' Pep Committee brought the feeling to aclimax on the eve of the big game with a colorful rallyin Tecumseh court, complete with flares, Bill IX, and allthe trimmings. When the whistle blew to start the game,

Smith follows Scott through Army

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23there were plenty of loyal rooters for both Academies.Navy supporters were badly disappointed when BobbyJenkins hurt his leg in the first few minutes and was car-ried from the field. Another set-back followed whenDon Whitmire wrenched his knee and was forced fromthe fray. Army showed their power in the first quarter bydriving for the initial score. After half-time, the navy back-field came forth with a 75-yard juggernaut push that cul-minated in 7 points. Hamberg and Scott continuallysparked a team that kept driving into Army territory.However, the never-say-die spirit of the Tars was notquite enough to stem the Kaydet tide. The final whistleofficially gave Army its first victory over Navy in six years.

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McPhillips, Carr, Armao,Battalion Commander Ise-

lin, Langille, Engel, Guy.

SECOND BATTALIONTurk, Haak, Taylor, Bat-talion Commander Watson,

Bard, Spangler, Stiles.

REGIMENTAL STAFFMasich, Welander, Gulp,Regimental CommanderMartin, Mayes, Barcus,

Enyart, Allen.

THIRD BATTALIONRay, Barksdale, Nasipak,Battal ion CommanderDuncan, Upthegrove, Rob-

ertson, Ferguson.

FOURTH BATTALIONWalsh, Peak, Knape, Bat-talion Commander Bryce,Hartley, Doughty, La-

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Battalion Commander: W. F. Engel, Jr.Second row: J. W. Currie, G. O. Dutton. Third row: W. J. Weber, Jr.,

H. G. Dudley, W. C. Nicklas, Jr.

Fifth CompanyC. H. Guy

Fourth CompanyR. H. Knight

Third CompanyP. B. Richards

Second CompanyJ. E. Hart

First CompanyH. M. McPhillips, Jr.

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