The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 26, 1946, Page 3

SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1946 KETCHIKAN HIGH | DEBATE TEAMTO | BE HERE IN FEB. Ketchikan High School’'s Debate Team will be in Juneau Feb. 14 or 15, to meet the Juneau High School team in public debate on the ques- tion, “Resolved: That every able- bodied male citizen of the United States between the ages 18 and 24 shall serve one year in Military | ATBASKETBALL scores of basketball games re as follows Fir played last night U. of Maryland 43; Duke 38 Swarthmore 58; Drexel 24 Franklin and Marshall 48 sinus 41 Muhlenberg 87; Lehigh 44 Colgate 56; Villanova 45 West Va. State 48; Wilberforce 40 Kessler Field 54; Tulane 48 North Carolina 47; High Point 16 Ur- Service,” according to an an-| Kansas 50; Iowa State 47 (OT). nouncement made by Supt. Of| Texas Christian 55; Texas A and ischools A. B. Phillips. M, 47 The Ketchikan team will take — gynijversity of Texas 70; Southern the negative side in this debate,'nethodist 69. with Juneau upholding the affir-| Tyisa University 54; Camp Chaf- mative. Later, probably about Mar. 2, or Mar. 15, the local team will journey to Ketchikan for a return meet, at which time the team will reverse the sides taken in their {irst debate. will be announced as soon as pos-| The definite date of the debate bate will be held in the High sible, Supt. Phillips stated. The de- School Gymnasium, and is open to the public. No admission will be charged, but the “hat will be pass-| ecd,” to help defray expenses. 1 | | Sporis Shorts OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 26.—The Oklahoma Aggies, NCCA basketball cnampions, defeated the University | of Wyoming last night, 34 to 24 in a| tightly defensive game, to hand che Rocky Mountain quintet its second defeat of the season. Tiny Weldon Kern, Oklahoma Ag- gie forward, led the scoring with 11 points. Seven-foot Bob Kurland of the Aggies got nine points. Milo Komenich, star Wyoming center, was just behind with eight Wyoming was “cold” at the basket as the Oklahoma quintet controlled the backboards throughout the game. NEW YORK, Jan. 26. — Chalky' fee 44 University of Arizona State Collzge at Temple 35. Cklahoma A & M 34; Wyoming 24. New Mexico 60; New Mexico Ag- gies 39. St. Mary's Preflight 52; College of Pacific 30. ; Arizona University of Utah 41; Colorado A’ ge, and M 32 Washington 57; Oregon 46. Idaho 42; Oregon State 37 Montana State 42; Colorado S. 35. Montana University 103; Gonzaga University 34 Brigham Young 48; Denver U, 23 U. of Southern California 48; Stanford 36. U. of Califor 38; U of San Francisco 32. | R -~ Bodiés of Hand Tied Europeans Found in Canal BATAVIA, Jan. 26—The Dutch news agency Aneta said the bodies of 17 European men and women, their hands tied behind them and one beheaded, were found yesterday in the Antjol canal by workers re- pairing that waterway. Aneta said two of the victims apparently had been killed recently. - Barn swallows, robins and ! Bears and Navy e AP SPORTS ROUNDUP BY HUGH FULLERTOX NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—A couple of ex-service men who decided to en- ter the University of Virginia for the term that is just getting under way are Bill Dudley (Virginia, Pitts- burgh Steelers and Army Air Corps) and George McAfee (Duke, Chicago 1) ... Reports that Football Coach Frank Murr: can't sleep for thinking what & “T attack he could develop with those two arsn’t true Frank has been dreaming ever since he heard about it . .. By this time the housing short- age may have sent McAfee els where, but Dudley will be on hand to help with spring grid practice The Canadian army has drop- ped its regulation requiring soldiers to remain silent during boxing bouts and will permit them to shout en- couragement “Boos or deroga- tory remarks will be frowned upon,” says the new order. Wonder what sort a frown the referee will use when some excitable soldier hollers: “That ref is a bum!” ALOHA-LAND INTERLUDE San Francisco's Seals will become going late in February providing passage can be booked for them on one of the passenger lines between tk2 mainland and Honolulu . . . For- ty players will make the trip about February 23rd . . . The return jump will be made by four clipper planes, arriving in time for the first Coast League ball game with Seattle, to ke played in San Francisco March 29. In Henolulu the players wil be quar- tered at the Moana Hotel and will train at the Honclulu stadium . . . Nine games have been scheduled with All-Star terms from the island. SATURDAY SMALL-TALK Modern baseball’s largest and best known playing family — the Di- Maggio brothers — are likely to have a joint income of around 70- thousand dollars this year from the national pastime And in Colum- bus, Ohio, last night, Joe Louis ad- mitted that Billy Conn is three times a better boxer than he is. Queried about his June 19 title bout with Conn, Louis declared that he doesn't fear Conn the slugger but he has high regard for Conn the boxer. . . . Louis, who is now on tour with a Wright, veteran Los Angeles light- pheebes have been known to raise|dance band, said he would start weight, ran his latest winning streak to eight last night by ouipointing Pedro Firpo, of Camden, N. J,, in 2 dull 10-round feature bout at thes St. Nicholas arena Wright out- weighed his rival 13432 to 13215. stocky Walter Burkemo of Detroit tees off in the second round of the $7,500 Phoenix open golf tournament today th2 eyes of Arizcna will be on him. Burkemo claimed the attention of the gallery yesterday when he shot a 34-32-66, five under par, to enter a three-way tie for first with Beltin’| Ben Hogan of Hershey, Pa., and Ellsworth Vines of tennis iame. He won their hearts when he credited the performance to the weather. DETROIT, Jan. 26—The Detroit Tigers were bolstered in the outfield ranks today by the return of Pat Mullin, a former Tiger hitting star who has just been discharged from , the Army. ! Mullin hit 345 for Detroit in 1941, | and his return gives Detroit at least four strong outfield candidates re- leased from service since the 1945 world series. The others are Dick Wakefield, Rookie Walter Evers, and Barney McCosky. | \ SEATTLE, Jan. 26.—The Univer- | sity of Washington has moved into the lead, by a half-gags, in the Pa- | cific Coast Conference’s Northern Division standings. Washington | gained the top berth last night by beating Oregon 57 to 46, while Idaho | was licking Oregon State 42 to 37.| The loss dropped OSC from the top | rung. - In the Southern Division race, | USC is leading by a half-game. 1 ENFORCEMENT | OFFICERS KILLED SPEARFISH, 8. D, Jan. 26.—| Two South Dakota law enforcement | officers were shot to death last night on the Belle Fourche-Spear- | fish Highway two miles south of | here. | Ray Billavou, Mead County De- “Hoot” broods on moving ferries. W be a2 puty Sheriff, said the victims were | Tom Matthews, Spearfish, Special | Agert for the Attorney General's Law Enforcement Division, and Dave Malcolm, Sheriff of Butte | County, 6. D. . Matthews had been shot in the | back and Malcolm in the heart, ac- cord:ng to Bogey Jefferson, Spear- | fish policeman, who identified the bodies. He said the motor of the Sheriff’s car in which the two had | been riding was still running and its lights on. Billavou said the sole clue to | identity of the killer or killers, was a scrap of paper found clutched in Matthews hand on which had been seribbled the 1946 Minnesota auto license number 109-406. D e o oo o mnenad MRS. KENDALL LEAVING | Mrs. Laverne Kendall with her | three children. will leave for the | Slates on the North Sea. LOOK FOR G-E APPLIANCES FIRST AT Alaska EleetricLight training March first, in Indiana. L4 ' %‘ZZ/ General Here Who conyepj, Omeg ! and Power Co. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Baranof in - Bound South this | Steamer Baranof arrived orenoon at 10:15 o'clock from the Westward with 14 passengers for tias city. She sails this afternoon at 2 o'clock. They were: Albert Stern, Mrs. Muary Carlisle, H. K. Carlisle, Jy D. Simoue, J. G. Mitchell, Mrs. A. ddock, H. D. Jacobs, A. Raynor, Nick Ramonoff, Fred Sorri, Ed- ward Sarvabra, Walter Trent, Mrs. Trent and two childten. -y — DOUGLAS HIGH BEATS SIGNACS Douglys High Huskies defeated ine Signacs 57 to 27 last night in iue singleheader basketball at Douglas High gymnasium. ‘The companion game scheduled between Juneau High and PAA was icelled early this week when Ju- u High players left for games ko. The Crimson Bears are cted back next Wednesday. Douglas High and Signacs elected to p.ay last night rather than wait for a play-off of the entire game se:sion probably later this year. S eee— WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Period Ending 6:30 o'Clock This Morning o o o In Juneau—Maximum, 35; minitaum, 28. At airport—Maximum, 34; minilaum, 29. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) e o o Rain or snow showers to- day and Sunday. Colder to- night with lowest tempera- tures slightly below freez- ing. e®®e0ccecensco00en000 s e e 0 0 00 00 00 — o MISS MADDOX HERE Miss Nina O. Maddox of Anchor- age arrived here yesterday. She is stopping at the Baranof during her vislt in this city. Electric ~ Home Appliances 'S a goo Wwan, d T ence jp 4, e"r Authorized General Electric Dealer game ! ! phia Inquirer mile race featuring ,was clocked PAGE THREE EX-TAR SHOWS . HE'S MILER 10 BEAT-NOW 0N MacMitchell First fo Tape in Philadelphia Invi- tational Jaunt T “‘:}éf?é/“' % Chichen By BOB CAVAGNARO PHILADELPH Jan Wit the race ed for final prep- aration behind him, tall and slender Leslie MacMitchall appears the nan to beat in the Wanamaker m'le in the Millrose A. A. 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