Evening star., 1941-06-01
Battle of Stickmen Ends, rs;
Cadets Add Meet, Ball Game;
Middies Win at Golf Tennis
By the Associated Press.


WEST POINT, N. Y, May 81
Army athletes upset Navy in track
and baseball here today to gain the
edge on the day. as the Cadet Ia
crosse team won at Annapolis while
the golfers and netmen were losing
there
Both events here were real bat
ties, Army taking the track meet,
662s to 59lz and the ball game by
4 to 3.
A record crowd of 5000, including
Robert Patterson, Undersecretary
of War, saw Army win the ball game.
Triple in Sixth Decides.
Bill Garland, Army outfielder,
blasted out two-run triple in the
sixth inning to score the winning
runs.
Navy took a 80 lead in the first
two innings on four hits and an
Army error. In the third, Army
reached Norm Smith, Navy's junior
hurler, for two runs on a hit, a
fielder's choice, a Navy error and a
hit batsman. In the sixth, Garland's
payoff hit followed singles by Ed
Hickman and Captain Dick Polk.
The days outstanding performer
was rangy Eric de Jonckheere of
Riverside. Calf. Pitching his last
game for Army, he allowed only
five hits despite his bad start. He
was master of the Midshipmen for
the last seven frames, striking out
eight of them, three in the fifth
inning.
Last Event Saves Army.
Leo Novak celebrated his 18th
Cadets close victory.
The Midshipmen led by fraction
less than two points with only the
high jump to go. The Cadets swept
this event to clinch the meet, Don
Deffke and Paul Gray tying for
first and four others for third.
In scoring its 18th victory in IS
meets for Army since Novak took
charge in 1926 and the 10th in Is
engagements with Navy, the Army
won six of the events and tied for
the pole vault. Ed Hahnfeldt, Navy
captain, and Eric Hopley scored the
only doubles of the meet. Hahnfeldt
set a new meet record of so feet
312 inches in the shot put and also
won the discus. Holey captured both
of the dashes for the Sailors.
Army's Jim White kept Hahnfeldt
from scoring triple by taking the
javelin with a toss of 208 feet
inches.
Track Meet Summaries.
120-yard high hurdles-Won by Gillis
tArmyl; Wsling ARMY second: Holmes
Navy. third. Time. o:14.6 new meet
Shot put--won by Hahnfeldt CNavyl,
"A feet 11la inches; Flathmann Navy.
third; ,43 feet 11ia inches. New meet
I00-ysrd dssh-w9n by HoDley CNavyl:
MooTs ss amy 41~S" Second eoode zai SNa%ay'.
Army; third. Time, :5o.3, -
2mile run-z.Won, by Leehey NAVY:
NAVY third. Time o:4s.5
220,ysrd low hurdles--Wo by Deylin
tNavyl; ellis ARMY. second Newton
tNavy), third Time 0:246
Jayelin throw--Won BY White fArmyl
COS feet E. inches: Hahnfeldt NAVY. 115
feet l inch. second: Straneman Navy,
third. IA feet 4 inches, New meet rec
ord
eeO,yard dash. - Won by Hopley
Navy; Berry (Armyl second; Hutson
Army), third. Time, n:21.7.
Pole vault-Tie between Mer Navy
and Short (Armvl, 10 feet inches
Ogden Navy and Ward (Army) tied
for third. 10 feet.
Navy. 147 feet inches; Flathmann
Navy. second. 13a feet Az inches;
Scgllen (Armyl third. 1913 feet 9 inches
Broad jump-'Won by Newton CNavyl
@3 feet 49s inches: Helmstetter (Army).
second 30 feet 1n1z inches: Burris
Almyl, third % feet 10 inches.
:. Half-mile run Won by, Wilcox
ing CNavy), third. Time. 1:57
High lump-Tie between Deffke and
Gray army. feet; Brown Clark.
Camm and Baxter ARMY, tied for
third, feet 10 inches.