Sampson NTC Broadside: April 3 – April 9, 1944

Station Baseball Practice

Front and center at the top of the page, this broadside advertises the ball team’s initial practice and tryouts for the 1944 season. Early April in upstate New York is still quite cold which will impact how the coaching staff will manage the workouts.

“The Station baseball team will open its first practice of the season. The men who have been interviewed will tryout for the team.”

Three big league pitchers find the spacious drill halls of the Sampson Naval Training Station ideal for working out the winter kinks. Left to right here are Glen Spencer, former Pittsburgh and New York Giants hurler, Hal White of the Detroit Tigers, and Bobby Combs, of last year’s New York and Jersey City Giants. Photo was made as Sampson’s diamond squad held its first workout of the season (Chevrons and Diamonds Collection).

Other Sampson Naval Training Center activities on the docket include the unit “smokers” boxing competition with specific units liested. The ship’s company (sailor’s permanently assigned to Sampson) bowling league schedule and regimental indoor track meets fill out the balance of the broadside’s promotions.

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