The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1945, Page 5

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1945 DOUGLAS BEATS BEAVERS BY ONE POINT, OVERTIME Subport D%Is Signacs by Score of 37 to 27 in Game Last Night With Douglas Guard Savikko’s sinking of a final free throw, the Huskies had eeked out a victory over the Beavers in the overtime|® period of last night’s basketball game by the slim margin of 33 to 32 In the first game of last night’s doubleheader, played in the Doug- las gym, the Subport team beat the Signacs, 37 to 27. Douglas-Beaver Game For the first three-quarters it was definitely the Beavers' game. The first quarter ended with a score of 11 to 6 in faver of the Beavers, and the second ended 14 to 13, with the Beavers still ahead. At the start of the third quarter the Beavers pulled into the lead and the heat ended with the score standing Beavers 23, Douglas 17. In the last quarter, a streak of accurate shooting by Douglas’ Bonnett put the Huskies up ahead of their opponents. With 30 sec- onds to play, Krogman, Beaver center, sunk a basket to tie the: score ~at <30 all, thus necessitating an. overtime period. ‘The | scoring in the oyer- time heat was done ‘by Kroghtan, who sank; a ;basket: Savikko ire- taliated” by making ‘a ‘tally. ‘l"hel score.-was. again tled, 32-32. ‘With less-than a minwte to play, Savikko made_a free throw, winning the game for the Huskies by the score of 3340 B2/ g grac-Subport Game | ‘The Subport quintet started the | scoring when Blum sank a shot,! and they retained the lead through- | out the game. The first quarter ended 8-7, the second, 20 to 14; the third, 26 to 19, and the final score was Subport 37, Signacs 27. Box scores follow: Box Score { Douglas Huskies— F.G. F.T. T.P. | Pusich, (Forward) 3 Kibby (Forward) 0| Bach (Forward) Bonnett (Center) Saflkko "(Guard) ... MecCormiek ! (Guard) Devon (Guard) ... Erel i 541 S|l ocomwwon Totals ............ -y <] o sl ocormernomroony ol cournon Beavers+ ¢ Kessenich (Forward). ... Griffith (Forward) Dompke (Guard) -. Jacobéck! (Forward) Castiglione (Forward) Krogman “{(Center) Menton (Center) Stewart (Guard) Yates (Guard) ... MeGuire (Guard), . Sodrhoon = SlbBiEly laocwwn @ 8 - a; ] H l " Signa X .G. F.T. T.P.| Bartlett (Forward) ... Walker (Forward) Croasdill (Forward) ...... Becker (Center) . ) Galbraith (Guard) ... ‘Thibodeau (Guard) Nelson (Guard) Powers (Guard) | booimimomim | vocommmn |l ccomorwa | | Totals Subport— F.G. Lundenburg (Forward)..7 Convery (Forward) .. MeClelian (Center) . Kilty..(Center). Blum KGuard) Lien (Guard) = mkgms (pyg i 15 - SoreroOME = | | | | Allard + Mellenstein , ' Buckette Hoopslersifiél Tan'g’léd lip ‘Three players, after the ball on a western game at Evanston, Ill, made this tangle of arms. rebound in the Minnesota-North- Minnesota forward Chet Tomczyk (23), appeared to have the ball on his thumb. Nerthwestern players unidentified. game 52-33. (AP Wirephoto) Northwestern won the basketball HIGH SCORES IN ALLEY CONTESTS PDINSTERSRUNUP | GODOY BOUND, THIRD FISTIC INVASON, U. §. * " TIDES TOMORROW TH GOLF TOURNEY | " PROGRAM IS PGA Sticks to Best Line-up in History, Pending Developments SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 24— What is the outlook for major open golf tournaments in 1945? The question must go unanswered for the present, but the Professional Golfer’'s Association tournament best in the organization's history |a few weeks ago. Golf, in all its phases, was re- sponsible for the sale or millions of dollars worth of war bonds last |year. In addition, veterans' rehabili- |tation centers were benefitted through large funds raised from tournaments and exhibitions. An even larger program had been planned for the coming cam- | paign; then came the Byrnes b= | quest for the closing of race tracks, followed by the order of re-ex- amination of 4-F athletes. Pend- ing developments, the PGA in-! tends to go ahead with its pro- | gram. — e i | | i | 1 |High tide |Low _tide |High tide |Low tide 5:39a.m., 4.0 feet; 11:51a.m, 169 feet 18:30 p.m., -1.4 feet E DAILY ALASKA EMPIR NOW UPIN AIR‘l : program for the year 1945 was the &j . 0:10a.m,, 138 feet; — PAGE FIVE NOTICE! JUNEAU, ALASKA : Supeflbrlress Crew Down at Sea There will be a Social Meeting of the Rebekahs at the Odd Fellows Hall at 8 o'clock Wednesday night. No lation \Too Little? |Too Late? WHEN yeu hear the fire engines elanging toward your home it will be too late to increase the amount of your fire in- surance! Give your insurance the attention it deserves — NOW. Ask us to help you check—JUST CALL Shattuck Agency INSURANCF--BONDS JTUNEAU Crewmen of a B-29 Superfortress, forced down at sea while returning to its Saipan dase after bombing Nagoya, Japan, wave to a Navy PBY search plane which dispatched a warship to the rescue. (AP photo from Navy) Théfe Is‘ No S'uhsiitute for Newspaper Advertisin | | | | | Three Players’ Tallies Are ' Chilean Wh_o_[osl Two fo Over Five Hundred | Mark Last Night | 1 Rolling up high scores, the Tues- took over the Elks' alleys last night | at '8 o'clock ‘with the following re- sults: v I i | Subport- shaved “to a‘ win over, The Chilean, who twice Finance, 2397/ t8 ‘2361, and "the Louis Claims Better Punch Now { | | | | SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 24 —| day Night Four Bit League teams' Arturo Godoy, “Strong Man of the Andes,” hopes his third invasion of the United States will be a distinet omeh of better fortune. met Heavyweight Champion Joe " Louis } Area Engineers beat the.Elks, 2320 in title bouts, left for the_ United | to 2301. The following made ‘total scores! | states by plane today. Godoy lost a 15-round decision of more than 500 points last might:|to Louis on February 9, 1940, bul} Rowley, of . Finance, 509; Finance, 534; Tomlin, Elks, 523. Compléte scores follow: Subport . BT 148 143 181 140 s 201 | A 868 Finance 184 134 209 139 159 825 Spot Bradley Cook 51 114 142 124 144 151 732 57—171 144404 139424 138—443 192—476 127479 i 797 2397, Salvys Totals Rowley Bachman Hulce . “McClellan Blum 157 128 151 139 168—509 162424 | 174534 | 139—417 | 159—477! Totals 802 2361 | Elks | 144 170—494 | 137 159—409 154 151436 | ..165 130—439 ! 149 183523 749 Area Engineer 2 22 4158 157 ‘153 182 130 163 134 140 150 150 747 814 Henning Bloomgquist .. Galao Tomlin Totals 793 2301 22— 66 134—449 153—488 130—423 170—444 150—450 i 759 2320 Spot McKinpon Nichols Cecotti ... Hulbey *“Matheny Totals Hulce,' was knocked out in the eighth heat | lof their second scrap, June 20, 11940. “My punch has gained a lot |of power,” Godoy said before bearding his. plane. FEAR PUBLIC REACTION TO BALLSQUADS Diamond H;ds Ask Status of Players Be Clarified WASHINGTON; Jan: 24—Otgan- ™" ized baseball, which. is suffering one headache after another, is worried, ameng other things, over what the public reaction will be if teams should take the field ithis spring. Government ¥ wartime regulationhs. The situation s!};npes up this way: War Mobilizer Jimmy Byrnes has officials are being | urge dto clarify fhe status of those | players who may be available under | i \ \ | | | | Al (said that professional athletes who I“ IHE - A - TEIES | i |can compete in our hardest games wIIH DR E D'» Ryerage Pt nol; oWk lare able to work or fight. Select- | | 5 ive Service and the Army are| Game Law Violator CHICAGO, Jan. 24 — Leslie cracking down on them in physicnls reviews. Some of the game’s leaders | O'Connor, chairman of the Major League Advisory Committee, three- | man ruling board of baseball, said here that he had recelved no re- port from -Ford Frick, President of the National League, regarding Frick’s meeting with Selective Ser- vice Director Lewis B. Hershey. Prick is also a member of the ad- visory committee. Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators, has met with Gen. Hershey to discuss the recent ruling by the Army that draft cases of professional athletes must be reviewed before the athletes may be rejected for physical disability. ———— C. G. POSTAL OFFICER HAS ARRIVED HERE Lt. (jg) Charles A. Hurley, postal officer from the 17th Naval District Coast Guard headquarters in Ketchikan, has arrived in Ju- neau on his return from the West- ward un an official inspection of service. He is stopping at the Gas- tineau Hotel. e FROM LOS ANGELES K. C. Koren, registered from Los Angeles, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. e BROWN VISITS D. guest of the Baranof Hotel. Is Held at Fairbanks For Draff Evasion After succesSfully hiding out in the flats along the lower Chatanika | River in the Tanana Valley for a year and a half, Thomas Leonard Johnson, alleged draft evader, has been arrested and taken into Fair- banks, according to advices reach- ing the office here of Jack O'Con- nor, Executive Officer of the Al- aska PFish and Wildlife Service. Johnson left a trail which was spotted from the air and led toj his arrest near Minto Lake, not far from Nenana, by two officers of the Wildlife Service, Ray Woolford and Leonard Bragg, accompanied‘ by an FBI Agent. When found, Johnson was in Possession of the carcass of a cow moose. At Fairbanks, he was sen- tenced to 30 days on the game law- violation and is being held awaiting action of the Grand Jury on charges of violating the Selective Service Act. | Johnson, 23 years old, was born in Idaho, and was registered for Selective Service at Fairbanks.| During the long period he had been under cover, he had lived| mainly on moose, caribou and other have admitted. fear that all this may cause the public to turn a cold shoulder to to teams, with the result that they will not only stay away from games but will be saying unkind things 'about players. 1 il SN S TERR. GUARDS 0 MEETTOMORROW; SPECIAL SESSION Lowering the membership quota and reorganization of the units will be discussed and voted upon to- morrow night at 8 o'clock at a special meeting of the Juneau units, Alaska Territorial Guard, to be held in A B Hall, it was an- nounced today. Members have been requested to report in dress uniform, which in- cludes shirt, coat, trousers and leg- gings and are to be equipped with rifles, ammunition belts and steel helmets. Before the discussion on member- ship quota gets underway, a drill is planned and pictures of the| units will be taken. —————— HICKS HERE E. Brown, of Fairbanks, is agame he had shot, he is said to| Henry Hicks, of Fairbanks, is staying at the Baranof Hotel, Your WAR BOND is the best investment in the world | | i