The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 24, 1950, Page 6

PAGE SIX Mike's WinProfestedGame From Sitka Columbians Then Lose nghl Game fo Sitka ANB | Mike’s Nite Owls 70, Sitka Co- lumbians 64 (protested game of Wednesday) Ketchikan A.A. bians 49. Metlakatla 69, Sitka Columbians 56. Sitka ANB 72, Mike’s Nite Owls 59 Mike’s Nite Owls and the Colum- bia Lumber Co. of Sitka played oft the protested game yesterday after- noon at 3 o'clock in the High School Gymnasium. The Islanders were off to a fast start as they garnered 11 FG's and a trio of gift tosses to take a 10 point edge in the first period. However, the scrapping Lumbermen overcame this handicap and with 2 minutes to go into the final quarter and the game was tied up 64-64. Al- red busted the deadlock with a push shot from the corner. Guy Russo and Eddie Burgan each collected a free throw and seconds later Russo came through with a couple to put the game on ice. Three games were slated for the evening and in the opening fracas, Ketchikan A.A. dropped Juneau Co- lumbia 75-49. High in the scoring for the victors was Johansen with 19 and for the losers, Powers with 22. The second game saw the sharp- shooting Veterans from Metlakatla down the Sitka Columbians by a 69-56 score. Jeff David was 'high for the Vets with 25; for the Sitka Lum- bermen Kellar with 23. In the last contest, Mikes was dropped into the loser’s bracket by a 72 to 59 defeat at the hands of the rampaging Sitka A.N.B. For the winners, Harry Lang collected 18 points. Lou Bonnett was high for the losers with 17. 75, Juneau Colum- Sitka Columbians FG FT TP Donelly 2 [ 4 ‘Weber [ 2 2 Aase 0 0 Kellar W g 3 2 Kerr o ) 0 4 Rowland e ) [ 4 ‘Westover . S [ 2 Samuelson 6 1 13 Brimner 2 0 4 Metlakatla Veterans Atkinson, T. .. 6 0 12 Atkinson, R. .. 6 1 13 Atkinson, D. 5 4 14 David 1 3 2 Bolton 1 0 2 Hudson, E. 0 3 3 Hudson, M. 0 0 0 Mike's Nite Owls FG FT TP Merritt 8. 2 14 Alred 4 3 1 McCormick 2 .9 Bonnett, L. . . | 3 17 Devon i 0@ Burgan S0y e O’Connor 2 1 5 Groven 0 0 0| Bonnett, H. . 1 0 2 Russo 0o o0 o Sitka A.N.B. FG FT TP Dedrikson, H. 8 : Bt L Lang, R. 2 0 4 Lang, H e 0 18 Leask 4 1 Johnson L 2 10 Truitt, G. 1 o 2 Perkins 2 0 4 Truitt, J. . 3 2 DOBBS QUITS FOOTBALL FOR RADIO ANNOUNCER TULSA, Okla., Feb. 24 — P — Glenn Dobbs, University of Tulsa All America back in 1942, has left the bumps and bruises of profes- sional football for radio. The 29-year-old athlete an-| nounced his retirement yesterday. | ANGELS WILL PLAY Juneau Columbians FG FT TP Bavard 3 1 7 Hogins 1 1 3 Nordling 1 .3%: 4 Graves 2 1 5 Adams 2 1 5 Powers + 105 e Logan SRR B | Brown | ¢ 1] Lowell 0 0 0 Ketchikan Rockets FG FT TP Vincent 4 2 10 Johnansen, H. B S Johansen, J. 4 1 9 Brawer 5 1.4 Ludwigsen B 3 1 Christopher, J. N 0 8 Christopher, B. -3 0 6 Erikson 1 0 2 Sitka Columbians FG FT TPI Weber 3 4 10} Aase .0 0 [ Kellar 1 3 25 Kerr 0 0 [ Rowland 6 3 16 Westover 2 0 4 Samuelson 4 2 10 Mike's Nite Owls FG FT Tl’| Merritt: . 5 0 10 Alred 8 2 18 McCormick 3 2 8 Bonnett, L. 4 2 10 Devon 1 1 3 O’Connor 6 0 12 Burgan 1 2 4 Russo ... 2 1 5 GAMES TODAY | Scheduled for this afternoon at 3 o'clock is a game between the Ket- chikan AA and Metlakatla Vets. Tonight, starting at 8 o'clock in- stead of 7 o'clock, are the following | games scheduled: | Sitka Columbians vs Juneau Co- lumbians. Ketchikan AA vs Mikes Nite OWls. VESSEL OWNERS ELECT - | LOWELL FOR PRESIDENT John Lowell has been elected President of the Juneau Vessel Owners Association for 1950, it was announced yesterday. Lowell is owner of the Fern 1L Chosen Vice-President was Larry Fitzpatrick, owner of the Ruby. Bill Odell, part owner and skipper of the Sitka was elected secretary. The Association is made up of owners of halibut vessels. The an-; nouncement of the election of offi- cers was made by Ed J. Krause, owner of the vessel St. Louis and past secretary of the organization, WEDEMEYER NOW IN TRAINING FOR SEALS EL CENTRO, Calif., Feb. 24—f— Football player Herman Wedemeyer has looked fairly good hitting the ball for the San Francisco Seals but the consensus at this early date is that Squirmin’ Herman needs more experience fielding. The former St. Mary's grid hero is a candidate for a place on the Seals’ permanent roster. QUTSIDE THURSDAY FULLERTON, Calif., Feb. 24—® —Los Angeles will play its tirst outside game next Thursday against the Camp Pendleton Marines. Manager Bill Kelly added the game to the previously set schedule He will become sports editor of Tulsa radio station KRMG. | and said the Angels probably will | America conference, went on a 53- iguest at the Gastineau Hotel. TWO TEAMS GET SWAT ON CHINS (By the Associated Press) Hopes of a post-season tourna- ment bid for Long Island University and CCNY seemed dim today. Both took it on the chin last night in major upsets at Madison Square Garden. Cincinnati walloped Long Island, 83-65, and Syracuse humbled CCNY, 83-74. Leading by only 30-27 at halftime, Cincinnati, champions of the Mid- point scoring spree in the second half to swamp L.IU. Ed Miller with 26 points and Jack | Kiley with 21 sparked Syracuse to its triumph. Notre Dame fulfilled a promise to Ray Espenan—Irish football end }who died yesterday—and rallied in the closing minutes to beat St. Louis 55-52. Captain Kevin O'Shea had sent a telegram to Espenan, shortly i before his death, assuring him Notre Dame would win. Once-beaten Duquesne, ranked fourth in this week's Associated Press poll, chalked up its 22nd vic- tory by rushing Geneva, 59-34. Fifth-ranked Kentucky won its 83rd consecutive home floor victory by whipping Cincinnati Xavier, 58-53 and Fordham nosed out George- town (DC) 64-63. The Oklahoma Aggies took Tulsa, 34-27. George King, of Morris-Harvey (WVa) tossed in 35 points as his team beat Salem (WVa) 80-57. Arizona State of Tempe whipped New Mexico, 96- ! [FAIRBANKS MUSHER, 1, HOLDS LEAD IN ALASKA SLED RACE ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb 24-- (A — Gareth Wright, 21-year-old Fairbanks musher, held a five min- ute, 17 second lead going into the third of four 25-mile heats today in the $3,000 All-Alaska sled dog racing championships. Wright finished second yesterday behind Dan Snyder of Kotzebue but his combined time for Wednes- day and Thursday heats was four hours, 17 minutes and 29 seconds. Snyder' was runnerup with a com- bined time of 4:22.46. The Kotzebue sledder required 2:08.25 for yesterday’s 25-mile heat, followed by Wright 2:09.50. Jake Butler of Gulkana 2:09.54, and Earl Norris, Anchorage, 2:11.33. Trailing Snyder in the over-all run are Norris with an elapsed uume of 4:28.29, Butler 4:29.14. Others follow in this order: Ken O’Harra, | Gulkana; Danny Ewan, Gulkana: Dick Mitchell, Anchorage; Charles MacInnes, Anchorages; Tom Prout, | Nome; John Savetilik, Unalaklet; Elmer Brisbois, Anchorage; Dale Potts, Anchorage; Ben Taylor, An- chorage; Joe Cross, Anchorage; and Chaplain Ray Wilson, Big Delta. Howard Luke of Fairbanks failed tc [ tinish the first heat. ROCHON HERE A. Rochon of Ketchikan is aj GAINES CAFE l Re-opening March 1. Hours, through Sat. 8 am. to 7 p.m. Sun. 10 am. to 7 pm. Closed all day ‘Monday.—adv. 434-6t 'FORMER ARMY | said today he would—it will be with THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA | GRID GREAT IS LEAVING RANKS FORT MONROE, Va., Feb. 24—(# —Professional football and big league baseball today turned that “come hither” look in the direction of Glenn Davis, the former Army gridiron great. The “Mr. Outside” of the finest football team produced at West Point is coming out of the Army. ‘The Army said so yesterday. It ac- cepted the resignation of the 25 year-old First Lieutenant. Neither football nor baseball nor anybody else—can officially deal with Davis until March 1 That’s when he will be free to accept civilian employment. His Army re- signation won't become final until June 3. | If Davis plays footbali—and he the Los Angeles Rams. ROACH PROBE STARTS NEW YORK, Feb. 24—(#—Boxing, subject of many probes, went under the microscope again today as ring and civil authorities sought an an- swer to the death of Lavern Roach, ;o0d-looking, 24-year-old middle- weight of Plainview, Tex. Two investigations were ordered immediately to determine if negli- gence played a part in the tatal brain injury to the boyish ex-Ma- | rine. He died yesterday -14 hours after he was knocked out in a fight | at St. Nicholas arena. No charges were brought against his opponent, Georgia Small of Brooklyn, the canvas twice with rattling right hand blows in the tenth round. BOXINGNE (GNEWS SEWARD IN FINALS One knockout last night of (vw‘ fistic encounters as follows: i At Philadelphia—Eddie Giosa, 141,‘ Philadelphia, outpointed Ermando Bonetti, 136z, Italy, 8. At Minneapolis—Ernesto Aguilar. 128, Detroit, knocked out Jackie Graves, 128'2, Austin, Minn,, 9. ESPENAN DIES FROM INJURIES IN SCHOOL GYM| SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. 24—(#— All Notre Dame grieved today for Charles Raymond (Ray) Espenan, 1 football player who fractured his neck in a gymnastics demonstra- tion Monday and died yesterday. Espenan, 24-year-old end, of New Orleans, was injured as he tried a back flip on a trampoline at Central High School. He was on a practice teaching assignment as a senior in Notre Dame’s school of physical education. < Espenan had gone uninjured through four years of big-time col- legiate football. Except for the fact that he played the same position as Leon Hart, Notre Dame’s great | All-America end, he might have been a starter for the Irish. As Hart’s No. 1 replacement, he played 100 minutes last fall. NEW TWIRLERS IN PORTLAND'S CAMP RIVERSIDE, Calif., Feb. 24—#— Manager Bill Sweeney of the Port- land Club is still looking for talent ! but a couple of freshman twirlers were in the camp today. Frank Prowse (7-5) from Vie- toria, and John Tierney (14-11), from Salt Lake City, were the new arrivals, and Sweeney hopes they are good enough to stick around all season. | | | SEATTLELITES Among Seattlelites the Baranof Hotel are R. F. Blake, T. W. Carroll, J. E. Beard Jr., Wal- ter H. Zobrist and Jack T. Staf- ford. HERE FROM CORDOVA Charles Wells of Cordova is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. P . Room 3, Valentine Bldg. Bader Accounting Service Monthly Accounts, Systems, Secretarial Service Tax Returns Prepared Phone 919 Dr. Robert Simpson OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined — Glasses Expertly Fitted SIMPSON BUILDING—Phone 266 for Appointments stage an intra-squad affair Sunday. Legion of the Moose No. Regular TONIGHT . followed by a Monte Carlo Evening Moose Members Are Invited 25 Meeting o the States on Pan Americon, end then fo any spot on the globel And for you who bwy fickets I Shka, Moonah, Tenckee, Skogway, Haines end similar communities, block of seats so that its priardy with thoss who ACA reserves a special passengers share equal buy tickets In Juneasd stopping at | | - FOR RENDEZVOUS BB CHAMPIONSHIP ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb, 23— (P—Seward reached the finals of the annual Fur Rendezvous Class A high school basketball tournament last night with a 40-27 defeat of Anchorage’s defending titlists. The defeat forces Anchorage into a single game with Fairbanks today, ithe winner to face Seward tomor- | row night for the tournament crown. | Fairbanks eliminated Palmer yes- | terday 50-38. In Class B competition, Nome beat Wasilla 41-15 and Kodiak city high bested Kodiak Nob high 51-29. The Friday schedule paired Ko- diak Nob with Valdez, Cordova with | Wasilla and Nome with Kodiak City. The latter game is a repeat of {he 1949 finals won by Kodiak 31-29.| Each club has lost but one of its 11949 starters, Publisher Will Head Mission on Cold War Needs (By Associated Press) A Monterey, California publisher will head a special mission to figure out the cold war needs of Malaya, Thailand, Indonesia, Burma and Vietnam. This is revealed in a State Department announcement. The publisher, R. Allen Griffin, has had wide experience in Asia. The State Department announce- ment said that the Griffin mis- sion is to: “prepare the way for the most expeditious and efficient use of whatever technical assistance funds may become available.” The groups leaves for Asia early next week. TOMPKINS COMING BACK TONORTHLAND; NOBASEBALL FOR HIM ATLANTA, Feb. 24 — () — The quarter breed Indian from Alaska who wanted to pitch for the Atlanta Crackers is going home to Anchor- age, without even getting a try-out. The thumbs-down order on Bill ‘Tompkins, 19-year-old southpaw, came from Baseball Commissioner A. B. (Happy) Chandler’s office. Cracker President Earl Mann said he was told to send Tompkins home until his status in organized base- ball is cleared up. The Alaskan quit high school in December last year and baseball regulations bar him from signing for | a year. Chandler’s office now is try- ing to determine whether the regu- lations extend beyond the continen- | tal United States. who smashed Roach to! |CORSICA SIGNS UP , | WITH PADRE (LUB| BECKLEY, W.Va., Feb. 24—P— ’Jnhnny Gorsica, former Detroit | Tigers pitcher, said last night he has | signed with the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast league. The right-hander was idle last } year because of a sore arm. He had | pitched for Seattle in the Pacific | | circuit in 1948. INTRA-SQUAD GAMES " AREPLAYED BY STARS | | ‘ SAN FERNANDO, Calif., Feb. 24/ —{P—The Hollywood Stars resumed their intra-squad baseball games, | and manager Fred Haney kept his | eyes on two rookie aspirants. Yesterday the pair, catcher Dar- rold Myers and outfielder Bill Pinckard, collected three hits, in-| cluding a homer, apiece, and did it | off the hurling of pitchers from last year’s championship club. | DGUGLAS NEWS LENTEN DEVOTIONS There will be Lenten Devotions, Stations of the Cross and sermon, tonight and each Friday evening during Lent, at 7:45, in St. Aloys- ius Catholic Church in Douglas. The series of sermons will be on “The Church.” The subpect of to- night’s sermon will be “The Def- inition and Origin of the Church.” The public is invited to attend these Lenten Devotions. SKATING SATURDAY The roller skating rink will be open Saturday afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock and there will also be skating in the evening, doors open | at 7:30 o'clock. English King Edward the III had iron pots, spits and frying pans classed among the royal jewels. ‘Summer- Keep that tan look| Accepted by Council on Physical Medicine of the American Medical As's. Alaska Electrie Light and Cheerful Dispensers of Friendly Power Co. Dependnl;le 24-Hour Electrical Service 'FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 195( HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Albert Rasmussen and Rob ert Andrews were admitted to st Ann’s Hospital yesterday. Ralp Gillis, Gerald Young, and Haako Hustoft were dismissed. Elizabeth David of Haines wa: dismissed from the Governmen| Hospital. CHAMPIONSHIP TILT - PITS JUNEAU AGAINST KETCHIKAN IN SOUTH The Juneau High School basket- ball team will go to Ketchikan next week to face the Ketchikan Polar Bears Thursday, Friday and Satur- day in the Southeast Alaska Cham- pionship playoff. The Juneau team hit the top spot in the northern division after a re- cent three-game series with Skag- way in which they took two out of three games. At Ketchikan they will try for the two wins which will give them a chance at the Seward Sea Hawks for the All-Alaska Championship. The Ketchikan team, which won easily over Petersburg and Wrangell, will put four men cver six feet on the floor for the game. Juneau's fast-moving five is expected to be at its best as it tackles the southern quintet on its home court. The games will be played at the Coast Guard gymnasium which has a seating capacity of 1200. Players going to.Ketchikan with Coach Dade Nickel are Itch Han- sen, Bill Sperling, Rod Pegues, Dave Graves, Hugh Doogan, Don Mac- Kinnon, Joe Ninnis, Jerry Wade, Ralph Treffers and Herb Martin. THREE KNOCKOUTS IN ARMY TOURNEY FORT BRAGG, N.C., Feb. 24—(® — The Army-wide boxing tourna- ment completed its fifth round last night with nine bouts, three ending in knockouts. Finals in the second annual tour- nament will be held Sunday. The summary included: Heavyweight — Alfred Tillman, Alaskan command, Pass Christian, Miss., knocke@ out Robert Phares, Second Army, Pricedale, Pa., 1:37 of first round. 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