The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 26, 1948, Page 3

THURSDAY FEBRUARY METLAKATLA WINS AGAIN LAST HIGHT Petershurg Tradmg Union Outpaced by Indian Basketballers Lanky Pete Willians hit the| hoop for 20 points again last night, but it wasn't quite enough | to stop a fighting Metlakatla team who defeated the Petersburg Trad- ing Union 43-42 in one of the best games so far in the Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. Jeff Davis and Irving Leask pac- ed the Metlakatlans to victory with 12 and 11 points respectively. It was a last quarter rally that won | the game, with the Trading Un- ion leading all the way until the closing minutes. All of last night's games in the lose: brackets. The opener say Mike's Nite Owls | from Douglas defeat the Sitka} ANB 31-29 in another thriller as Bonnett, John Asp and ier led the boys from channel to their second three starts second contest, went down | Mt. | were victory in In the bia Lumber of Juneau to defeat at the I Edgecumbe as the boys hit their stride after a poor start Monday. Mt. Edgecumbe's 30-26 victory was led by chie Cavan- augh who rang up 12 points, and Dundee Atkinson who made 10. Games Tonight The opening game set for o'clock tonight will see Mike's and | Mt. Edgecumbe tangle for the chance to meet Met atla in the losers’ bracket tomorrow evening A packed gym is expected for this evening when Juneau High School meets Wasvick and Tor- wick of Petersburg and the Ketch- ikan All Stars tangle with Sheldon Jackson Jr. College, all teams un- defeated so far. Juneau High's Crimson have played only one game beating Mike's 35 to 31 on Tues- day. feated Metlakatla..40-3¢ and Sitk ANB 49-34 on opening day Sheldon Jackson, Jr. Coll also has been seen only once in the tournament to date, when they de- feated Columbia Lumber 41-37 on Tuesday night. The Ketchikan All- Stars have two - victories under their belts. They beat the Peters- burg Trading Union 40-33 and Mt. Edgecumbe 46-27 on Monday. Bears BOX SCORES Game Eleven Sitka ANB PG TR TP Johnson, M., f 12 Bremner, H., Woods, L., ¢ Kasakan, N, ¢ Perkins, A. g Truitt, J.. g Didrickson, J., g Totals . VS, Mike's Nite Owls Pusich, M, 1 Stragier, G., f Bonnett, L, ¢ Colum- | s0 far, | Wasvick and Torwick de-| 26 | 948 Juneau Skiers For Carnivals OCREY | | ‘ Result | —__—s and Whiteh over the weekend } i |at carnival event those citie (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) | Dean Williams and Bonnie Ran- The Los Angeles Monarchs, in a|dall will leave by PNA today for the cat and dog fight with San Fran-|Anchorage Fur Rendezvous ski ev- cisco in the Southern Division of|€nts where they expect to meet | the Pacific Coast Ice Hocky League Strong competition events are enjoyed a four point lead today. called the Alaska ski championships ,Tue\ outlasted Fresno 5-4 last night.| With competitors arriving from the The Shamrocks did themselves no | Aleutian Islands and all parts of the | 00d, dropping a 3-2 count on their | Territory. | home ice to San Diego. The win Albert Shaw, outstanding Jun- | boosted the Skyhawks back into for ski club racer will also be on | fourth place hand in Anchorage to represent the In the only other game the Seattle|Junior part of the competition. | Ironmen, tops in the Northern Di-| Among those going to Whitehorse, | vision, defeated the Portland Eagles Will be Ski Club President Jim \“L Seatle 3-1. Tt was the 11th time| |Church who will compete in the [in their 12 meeting the Ironmen|downhill and slalom. Ralph Randall and possibly one more racer will {also enter the Senior competition Edgar Lokken, Mary Thibodeau, and {Sheila MacSpadden will constitute |a strong threat to Whitehorse Jun- {iors in their events. - BASEBALL Juneau Ski Club members will res have triumphed this season. No games are scheduled tonight. BOWLING | The Friday night bewling sched- | ule on the Elks alleys has been postponed this week because of the | widespread interest in the Gold Mer'al Basketball Tournament. - .o | FREDDIE STEELE PLANS COMEBACK | SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, fuxm(l World's Middlewe g Champion (NBA re ‘Fw‘l«’le Steele is planning to try a | semeback. He will be sponsored by the Winnemuca (Nev) Men's Boost- - er Club. Final scores of basketball games played in the states last night are |as follows acific Luthera Tex: Nebraska Eouth Car 64; Jeorgia Tech 50; Georgetown U. 64; 64; Army 44 ; Virginia 41. 'V[’Ulhd tan 63; Fordham Columbia 61; Yale 54. R FROM SITKA i There is an old ring axiom “they Frank T. Calvin of |never come back.” Many have tried.| yegistered at the Baranof | None ever regained the title after a!.— — _— - - - | lengthy layoff. Steele of T Hawa Colorado 53 Georgia 61 Auburn 43 Villanova 56. Sitka, Hotel coma, Wash.,, won the | National Boving Association version | “MATCHED WATERS" of the 160-pound title in 1936, lost it two years later. At his peak he was a two-fisted, hard hiting crowd plcasex i | teele has teen out of the game| h,l years, Last heard from he had received some acclaim for acting a cter in a movie. He is 35 of Pilsen now > — LOPAT TRADED T0 NEW YORK YANKS CHICAGO, Feb. 26 — Ed anav who topped the Chicago White Sox pitching staff in 1947 with 16 vic- tories, has been traded to the New| | York Yankees for catcher Aaron| Robinson and twe rockie pitchers. ! Rokinson notched 270 in 83 games for the Yankees last season. He will hc 32 in June. .o AL HOSTAK T0 MEET | SNAPP ON MARCH 16, SEATTLE, Feb. 26. (P—Al Hos- tak, Seattle’s two-time world mid- dleweight boxing champion, and Jack (Ginger) Snapp of Klamath | Falls, Ore,, will meet in Portland March 16, it was announced today by Eddie Marino, Hostak’s manager. Snapp is rated by ring followers as one of the best middleweights of Pilsen. | (Kay) Kantrowitz, | recent . to let him through, *BREWED WITH PRIZE-WINNING HOPS The Finest Tasting CIME cver brewed THE DAll,Y_ALASKA EMPIRE AP SPORTS Leaving Today ROUNDUP (BY HUGH FULLERTON, JR. | MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 26.--Clarence promoter of the Willle Pep-Humberto Sierra title fight here, claims its true. When he walked into the Orange Bowl for the big aifair, a gateman refused But I'm Kant- rowitz, the prom ' Kay insisted. Nothing coing,” growled e guard- n of the portal. “You're the tenth Kant itz who has tried to get in here t¢ P. S.: He probably was the only gate crasher who didn’t make it. ONE-MINUTE SPORTS PAGE Ted Williams, getting in his last few days of fishing before spring training begins, says he thinks he'll Lold out next year to escape the drugery. Anybody want to bet he won't be the first one out there with a bat, hollering for his chance to hit? | | THE SAFE COURSE { Dick Culler, the Boston Braves infielder, has been officiating a few baskettall games near his North Carolina home. But after being caught in the middle of a couple, of rhubarbs among the fans, Dl(,k‘ quit refereeing. { “I'm in the sporting goods busi- | ness here and I can't afford to lose he explalned Admitted to St. Ann's yesterday were as follows: Robert J.| Prucherr, Mrs. Thomas Radonick,' George Mercado all for m("dicml treatment. ! Discharged were Mrs. John Dapce- vich and baby boy, Mrs. James V. Hickey, Sheldon Simmons and Til-| den Tyree. ' The Government ted Nadja Gamble of Angoon for medical treatment and Pauline Koo- kesh of Juneau was discharged. Hospital Hospital admit- . In effect, Acme® “goes halfway *round the world” for water to brew more- delicious-than-EVER Acme Beer! 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Hutchison and Hal | Newhouser, also unsigned, are count-| |ed as two principal mainstays of the | 2 | Tiger mound corps. - SOME CAGE TITLES ARE BEING STUDIED | NEW YORK, Feb. 26—®—The 61948 parade of college basketball 2| champions has started. Several titles 12/ already have been decided. 11, The list is expected to double by Mail Orders Shipped Same Day IT WILL PAY YOU TO SHOP Game Twelve Cclumbia Lumber FG PT Scott, E., f 2 Aase, H,, Rowland, R., ¢ o'Conner, J., g Hogins, L., g ‘Totals s 1 Vs. Mt. Edgecumbe Williams, F., f Cavanaugh, A., I Casey, C, c Atkinsen, D, ¢ Stett, R., g . Truitt, G., g Totals 1 The Triangle Cleaners Balance the Budget . . . Easter comes eariy this year. Time now to check that ward- robe. Cleaning, dyeing, re- pairing the TRIANGLE way will help you stretch your 1948 Clothing Budget. UTIFUL Goldstein Bldg. Telephone 394 P. 0. Box 2719 Phone 28 JUNEAU MARINE CO., INC. MARINE RAILWAYS Boat Repair New Construction Sales Surveys Appraisals Estimates Game Thirteen Metlakatla FG Atkinson, R., f Atkinson, T, f Davis, Jeff, ¢ Leask, I, g Bolton, D., g 8| gaturday. Hayward, F,, g 4| Among those already decided: Totals . 43| scuthwest Conference—Baylor. Vs. | Rocky Mountain Conference—Col- Trading Union | orado State. Thomas, S., f 0 Williams, P., f Lee, E, C .. Hagerman, E., f Clemons, B, g *For Better Appearance” | CALL | 5 Southwest Border Conference—Ar- | 0 QQuwwcoE e wwwo'y 20| izona. 11| Central CQnrerenc%Iov«a Teach- 7| ers. | 2| Assured of at least a tie and ex-| Leatherberry, L., g 0| pected to take it all are the Oklaho- | Elkins, R, f 2ima Aggies in the Missouri Valley‘ Totlil ein 3 fliconference California in the South-! e {ern Division of the Pacific Coast! FROM PELICA'\' |Conference and Brigham Young in Mr. and Mrs. .H. C. Jones of the Skyline Six. Pelican are registered at the; - e Baranof Hotel. i ANCHORAGE VISITOR - oLk FUNTER BAY VISITOR Almer Peterson, of Anchorage, Mrs. H. R. Hargrove of Funter|candidate for Attorney General, ar- Bay is staying at the Gastineau }rived in Juneau yesterday and is Plumbing ® Heafing Oil Burners Telephone-319 Nights-Red 730 Harri Machine Shop, Inc. REORGANIZED JANUARY 1, 1948 BOB JENSEN Vice President JACK WARNER President ARCHIE B. BETTS Secretary-Treasurer Hotel. registered at the Baranot Hotel.