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Remember the valiant 1st Platoon softball team that singed the grass of Soldiers Field with such scintillation all summer? Sad to relate, it's practically non-existent now. No less than 5 members of that intrepid crew got axed by the academic department, which, with an eye to niceties, neatly amputated the battery and outfield. Feeling that it would look silly with just the infield out there, the team has broken up and is now in the process of becoming stronger and stronger as its exploits pass from one tongue to another. A month from now you'll hear about...
...world of sports the softball team of the "Invinsible Seventh" platoon almost coasted with Lefty Don Stahl to the hall of fame when he struck out 16 men of the fifth platoon, allowing only one hit. Unbeaten in Company C the Seventh is now playing the best of Company B. We are rooting for the Seventh...
...thrill of the game between the fourth and sixth platoon last week came when Scotty Hodges stretched a three-bagger into a home run to aid "Strikeout" Hillger pitch the fourth to a nine to six victory...
...speaking of softball, the "Doity Thofd," which has seemed to have a lot of spunk when it came to asking pertinent questions, seemed to lack proper distribution of spunk, being about the only platoon in the company which can not seem to get together 10 men to form a team. With no practice they played two games, last both, so called it a draw. At a call last week only five men showed a desire to play...
...softball front, the First Platoon defeated the Second, 6-4, while that fine body of men, the eighth Platoon, laid low the Sixth, 12-8. Showing a die-hard tendency, the Eighth played a return game with the Seventh Friday...