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BROADSIDE XII (^) Saturday, 28 September, (^1935) HIT 50
THE ARIZONA IS PROUD OF HER CREW!
RE CO RD S FALL
Th e firing of S.R.B.P. Inst week re s ulted in the establ ishment of records of which the ARIZONA may well be proud. H er etofo re our gunnery recot·d has been only average b ut the maTks set this year will probably stand for a few years. T he computed main battery merit sets an All- Navy All-Time record for sh ips with this type of tlll'ee-gun tur rets while Turret F o ur set a s imilar record for the performance of a si ngle
three-gun tun-et, its "E" being only
incidental. Every member of e,ver'y turret crew on the s hip is entitled to prize money and the new qualified pointers are legion. In the secondary battery there a1·e five "E" crews and the A. A. guns accounted for two more "Excellent" guns. As in the main battery the numb er of prize mon ey recipi<mts is too large to be named, but, take it from u s, the man who is not "in the money" is the ex ception r ather than the rule. The establis hment of these new records is something for our scrap book, but is no r eason for us to rest on o ur laurels, however fresh they may be. L et's set out to better our own marks for next year and make sure that no other s hip has the honor of breaking Our Recot·d.
S. R. B. P. PRlZES
Several prizes :i1·e competed fot· each year by the battleships. Some are awarded permanrnlly, s ome until the n ext practice. "Admira l Tre nchard section Navy L eague :\fodals" - Presen ted annual ly Ly the Admiral Trenchard section of the Navy League to the set of. turret pointers of a battleship mak ing the highest merit for turret guns at S. R. B. P. "Kn :>x Gun Pointer Medals" - Pre sented annually by the Mass achusetts Sons of the Revolution t.o the set of gun pointers making the highest merit at S. R. B. P. "Marjorie Sterret Prize Mon ey" - Awarded annually to the battles hip turret crew making highest merit at $. R. B. P.; and to the Broadside or
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A. A. g un crew making the highest merit. "Navy E" - Awa1·ded annually to an members of crews qualifying for E's. "Spokane Cup" - Pr esented an nually by the City of Spokane, Wash., to the battl eship making the highest t urret merit in S. R. B. P. " The American Defense Society Cup" - Awarded annually to the bat tleship making the highest merit in S. R. B. P. In listing t he above trophies the word "merit" has been emphasized. All ships and guns compete on a sys tem of handicap scor ing. For in stance, it is easier to hit with a two gun tu.rret than it is with a three gun. The score necessary for a merit of 100 is, therefore, higher for th e CO LORADO t han it is for the MISSY. A gun is much hardei· to point on a destroyer than on a battle- (Co ntinued on Page Three)
PRO CEDURE
Out of the weeks of con stant prac- tice that we grow led and grumbled a bout in the preparatio n for actual firin g, there grew a habit, a l'O utine procedure, that left sma ll chan ce of a failure of pe1·sonnel. The team work that is vital to the success of any ship 's company became such a pa1:t of our n atures that when the actual test came our s mooth working gun n0ry organizati cn "clicked" even s m oc-t her than in pnctices. Such a
t·ccord is tho res ult of the efforts 0£
no one man - the entiJ·e ship's con1- pa n :v is 1·esponsible and to the ship's company goes the credit and praise. ARIZONA is justly proud of her crew and each man may be equally proud to se!'ve on a s hip that delivers th e }("oods!
Due to the unusually large number of winners of prize money in o ur S. R. B. P. and to the unav oidable ab sence of many officers who were on f- he Neva,'a ob"crv·ng party the Pay OfT'ce r egretfully informs us that the payment of prize money mu st be post poned until the early part of next week. We realiz e that such an an notmcnment is in the n ature of a m;n -r catastrophe but, after all, have n't we always managed to strug J?le along on the biweekJy stipend? B es ides, i t'll be just as good nex t week-end. ····- ~--··· ·
19 :m CON1'R1BUTIONS
Officers and members of the Ship's Company will be able to make theil· Ct\ntribution s to the Navy Relief So ciety and t he American Red Cross t h is f ,-ll owing week from the fit·st to the fifth - lhc last payday before the contribut'ons are to be turned over to thP C-in-C on October 10th. A fact that is not well known is t'·at con tribut ion<; to the Navy Reli ef Soci ety have n ot l·ecn sufficie nt in rece nt years to meet the needs of the service in helping the widows and children and the eme rgency caJls of men on active duty. Much of the help re nderc-d to Navy widows and child ren and practically all of the loans (Continued on Page Two)
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AT 'EM ARIZONA DID^ YOU^ KNOW?^ DIVINE SERVICES
Publ;.hed b11 4nd for eho CT<w of ehe United St4Ua Ship Amon
CAPTAIN G. M. BAUM, U. S. N. Comm4ndinp Officer COMMANDERS. S. PAYNE, U. S. N. Ezecvtive 01/ic•r
HIT, NO CHANGE!
There is not the least doubt in any of our minds but that everyone of us has during this past week, experien ced that feeling that comes with the completition of a job well done. We are referring, of course, to last week's S.R.B.P. There isn't any other sen sa tion in the world that can quite equal t hat inner glow of satisfaction that warms our hearts when we look at a job and know that it's over, and that we have done it well. Coming on the range has its special thrill and it repays one for the weeks of drilling in the fundamentals of nav al gunnery. The anti-aircraft crews ripped the target in their part of the show la st week and the rest of the AT 'EM gun ners, manning the broadside and main batte_ries, demonstrated their speed and accuracy at Short Range Battle Practice last Wednesday. The Wildcats have already tasted the spicy fare of Fleet competition in sports. Our engineers won com mendation for a fine full-power run, and this week the gunners came to bat. They approached their job with the ser ene confidence of seasoned hands - they knew the feel of the t hing and made a score worthy of the grand ship in which we are all proud to serve. ARIZONA is proud of her crew! ...•~ ~ -···· NE W PEOPL E
The AT 'EM takes this opportunity to welcome aboard the following named men and ,vish them a long and happy cruise with us. From U. S. N. T. S., San Diego, California - Dunbar, C. L.; Hem mingsen, .T. C.; Clark, B. W.; Hudson, S. R.; Rollin5.1. J. B.
From U. :s. S. Nevada - Mack,
Amie, OC3c. From U. S. S. Koka - Anderson, Orl'n L. E'J. Flc. From U.:::;.N.H., San Diego - Law son, W. H., MM2c. From R. S. San Francisco - Ste ven.,, R. M., SMM3c.
TRANSFERS
The AT 'EM regrets to lose the following named men who have been transferred : To the 14th Naval District - Bur nam, Joe E., SK2c. To U. S. S. Relief - Mason, War
ren 0. F .. EM3c.
To U. S.S. Nevada - Taylor, Rich ard, OClc.
That an A.A.S.R.B.P. cartridge costs $17.00, a Broadside shell and powder $20.00, and a turret shell and powder $286.00. How many hits would we have ii the pointers had to pay for those that missed, were fired off the buzz er or at the wrong target?
- • • • That the cost of all the ammunition fired on the ship on S.R.B.P. is $24, 606.00 This is an inexpensive prac tice at that.
- • * • That silk is used for p·owder bags because it leaves a smaller amount of residue and burns faster and more completely than any other practicable material.
- • • That a bore is always foul afte.r a gun is fired using smokeless powder due to inflammable gases present, and that it can be cleared only by the s cavenging action of the air jets in the breech.
That the recoil system on a turret gun does the work equivalent to stop ping a Ford automobile traveling at about 1,250 miles per hour in about two feet.-Excha nge.
JEWISH HIGH HOLY DAY
The Day of Atonement (Yorn Kip pur) begins at sundown on next Sun day, 6 October, and continues until sunset of Monday, 7 October, 1935. This information is disseminated to per scnnel in order that those interest ed may submit requests for leave if they so desire. ·· ·-~@- •·· · 1935 CONTRIBUTIONS
(Continued from Page One) are met through the income from the 1·eserve fund of the Society. This is easily realized when it is known that the Navy Relief Society in 1934 re ceived from Auxiliaries $40,391.22; fr-m ships $25,238.62; from detach ments $4,855.40; and other contribu tions of $1,738.28, totaling $72,223.52; but gave away in the same period to beneficiaries $52,699.50 in monthly payments; in lump sums $4,852.33; and $1,060.00 for education, totaling ~58.601.83, plus $16,672.32 to Auxil iaries for Navy Relief beds and for relief funds; and $5,899.76 for office expenses, investment coun sel, salar ies, etc, making a t otal of 80,173.91, or nearly $8,000.00 more than was received. In addition, the Aux.il' aries received a total of $22,514.94 and paid out in g"fts $10,607.69. During the year, in addition to the funds actually given away to those in great need, the So ciety and Auxiliaries loaned $174,124. 91 during the year. Fine work, we say, as we chin in our gift to the .l('ood cause; and more power to the Society.
Send the AT 'EM Arizona home
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16th Sunday After Pentecost 29 Septe mber, 1935.
0700--Mass in Crew's Library.
100 0--Mass in "F" Division Com
partment. Confessions heard before Masses. A boat will leave the ship about 0940 with the Protestant Church Par ty for the U. S. S. Nevada.
Today we read the leter of St. Paul to the Ephesians. He tells them that he prays to God that the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all know ledge, may fill their hearts unto all the fullness of God. When this sub lime gift will fill your heart, then and imly then, you will be perfect Christ ians. In the exe.rcise of charity, or rather in performing charitable actions, there are various motives. There is diplomacy-well, ii we do them good, they may do us good in return; we never know when we may need them. Again one good turn deserves an other - they have helped us, they are kind to us, we owe it to them; we must do it. We have to keep up the reputation of being philanthropic or humanitarian; people look upon us as such; we are bound to help and we do. They are men in power; ii we re fuse they might turn back on us, and mig~t hurt us in our business. Others, agam, are very good customers of ours; we cannot ignore them; we must do something for them. Policy, self-interest, diplomacy g uide us in our so-called charity - not the spirit of the Christian, and hence we can cut down our donations and the help we best ow, without giving offence. Call it not charity - call it political or social economy. If charity were to prompt us, our whole hearts go forth to the needy and the liberality of our gifts would be measured by our abundance and Christian generosity. We should not therefore, try to de ceive ourselves, but do our very best to have the charity of Christ so fill our souls that it becomes the motive of our actions, espec ially towards God.
CONFIRM A TYON
Bishop Cantwell of Los Angeles will administer Confirmation at St. Athanasius church in North Long Bea ch, next Sunday, 6 October, 1935 at 10:30 o'clock Mass. All catholic <'fficers and men who wish to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation at this time, should hand in their names to the Chaplain as soon as possible, so the necessary arrangeme.nts can be made for them.
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ARIZONA BEATS WHITTIER
Last Satw·day, before a crowd of some 4,000 fans, the ARIZ ON A's g1·idders pounded out a 26-19 victory 9ver the highly touted Whittier e leven on the Poet's home fi.eld. Though hail ed as one of .the st r ongest college teams on the West Coast the Whittier tenm only managed to hold the sailor sq uad for a sco1·ele.ss first quarter which wa s quickly forgotten in the excitement' of the remainder of the game. The ARIZON A's first score came early in the second quarter when "Red^11 Livingston took the pigskin for a · 32-yard plunge through the center of the Whittier line for a tally. L t. Fleck added the second marker when he galloped 35 yards on an intercept ed Po et pass; the extra point was acco un ted for by a pass, Livingston to Fleck. · Still in the secon~ quarter, Kruk recovered a Whittie1'· fumble and sev e ral short passes put the ball in posi tion for another score by Borries as he plunged through right guard. The 1,i g thrill of the afternoon came when B ()nies took t he ball for a beautiful 65 · yard stroll for a touchdown which was called back, however, on an off side penalty,
- In the second half the Poet's s tar back Hutchison we nt th1·ough the A'L' 'EM line for a 49 yard touchdown run and a few minutes late a recover ed fumlle paved the way for another .cor" via t'he pass route, Hutchison to Tebbs; Hunt converted. Th e ARI ZONA took to the air for the next score; Livingston passed to Nye who raced a mere 60 yards for t he final AT 'EM score. Not to be outdone, however, Whittier likewise chalked up another marke r as a r e ~ult o:I' a pass and the game ended with t he Poets on the ARIZONA 15 yard stripe. · ·rhis game is only a s ample of wha~ the ARIZONA s quad can produce. As somcr ne sagely remarked, "Ii theY. a n do that well with only one week at. sr a, I hate to t h.ink of the sco res w \r n they really get salty!" Arizona 20) Whittier (19) Charlton L.E.R. Stevenson Sperandio L.T.R. Dnhlih Banks L.G.R. Rusk Boehm C. Hunt Roslinsky R.G.L. LaFrom Kruk R.T.L. Dietrick Nye R.E.L. Tebbs Flc•k Q, Hutchison P.orrics L.H.R. Patterson Livin ltl'ton R.H.L. Bishop Pml F. Nelson SCORE BY QUARTERS Arizona. 0 19 7 0- Whi tle1· 0 0 19 0- Su hslitnlion•: Aritonn - Olhnm, Friz,el, Parker, H o~e:J. Glea~Qn, Leinen. Whitti'!r- Shively, D. Ro binson. No:th. Steven a. A• h.
CORRECTIO N TO SCHEDULE
A change in the schedule of Bat Ships championship games that we published la st week is announced. The only part of the revisi on that affects the ARIZONA is as follows: Change game with WEST VIR GINIA on 12 October to game with MISSISSIPPI on 13 October. Next Saturday the AT 'EM opens its i;eason of competition for the Bat Ships championship in a game with t}:ie New York, on Tro na Field. L et's all turn out and see our Wildcats take over the Knickerbockers.
AN EYE FOR FORM
Sports writers have faithfully cr iti cized and commented on our recent game with Whittier, but here is an other interesting angle on the con test. I was sitting in the first row of bleachers just behind the thirty-yard line. A little fellow, twelve or thirteen freckly summers old, was sitti ng n ext to me. Never a play escaped his ser ious eyes; o ne team's clev~r move coaxed a broad grin to his face, and every thwarted play brought a scorn ful curl to his lips. He wasn't boister ous and loudly en th u siastic as a young football fan should have been; rather he seeme d to be studyi ng intently the various movements and maneuvers of individual contestan ts. Finally he turned to me with an .ail- of confidence: · "See that hu sky fellow playing right half-back?" he asked as he pointed out Arizona's player Number Ten. "Well some day he's going to be famous. Did ya see that last touch down he scored? Say, he handled that pigskin like a veteran. Me,- I know football from apple to zither. B een captain of the Alley Cats three times in succession now. We got a good team, but I'd give my new suit for a player like this me. Look at him! He's right at home on the gridiron. Wonder who he is " I grinned down at the kid. ''That's Buzz B orr ies, All-American Sui r ," I told him. The boy turned beet-red, but, not to be defeated, he replied: · "Aw, I knew he was All-American all t he time ." Reys, Halley. Langdon, Heinri c h, Lingenfelter. D. Shively, Stevenson, K. Robinson. Scoring: A riz.ona touchdown - Livingston, Fleck, Borries, Nye. Convers io·ns-Borl'ies. For Wnitticr - Touchdowna by Hutchiso n. Steven son, Tebbs. Converaion by Hunt. Officials: Refe-. Leahy (U.S.C.) : Un>Pire, Rremcn (Pomona) : Heuu lin.,,,man, Coiltello ( U ni,..crsity ot Colornclo): Field Judice. Ond enooh (Chic.,p:o).
FOOTBALL TODAY
Below is the outstanding games to day on the Coast with last years re sult s: Idaho (0) vs Washington (13~. Willamette (0) vs Oregon State College ( 18). Gonzaga (0) vs Oregon (13). California Aggie (0) vs California (54). Whittier vs California (did not play). Sa nta Clara (6) vs San Francisco University (0). San Jose State (0) vs Stanford (48).
Montana vs U. S. C. (did n ot play).
For the football minded the fol lowing penalties are given as follows : Loss of F ifteen Yard s
- Holding or illegal use of hands by offensive team.
- Illegal clipping.
- Piling on ball carrier.
- Failui-e to come to full second stop on shift play.
Loss of F ive Yards
- Offside. (Down remain s the same).
- I!Jegal delay. ( Down remain s t he s ame).
- Team taking more than 3 time outs during half. (Down r emains the same).
- Backfield in motion when ball i::; &napped.
- Iiolding by defensive team. ···•------@-··· On the prese ntati on ff the Olym pic T rophy to Capta:n Baum on llc half of our cutter crew Mr. Kenneth McLoid, manager of the Olympic Club, said: "We have just witness ed a cutter race in wh :ch every crew rowed like a c hamp ion, but by a marvelous ex hibition of crew loyalty you 1 the crew fr om the U. S. S. ARIZONA, wen ."
LOST A Pee-Coat belonging to B. D. Dougla ss, A d:vis:on. This coat was stowed in a locker provided for tha t purpose, at the e nd of hammock net ting in A division.
- • * • Los t-- 1 pair of low-c ut black shoes in the anc h or watch billet, Septem ber 20th. Please return to Glezer, G. F., 6th Division.
- • L ost-- 1 pair of low-cut shoes. size 8-D in Engineer's Washroom. Finder please return to S. C. Daniels, l\lL Division.
