The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 14, 1951, Page 3

e P B2 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1 Anchorage Wins Baskethall Championship Juneau Loses Close 2nd Game ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 14 —With the score 59 to 58 in favor | of the Anchorage High school Eagles and only seconds to play,| Engstrom of the Juneau High school | Crimson Bears missed two IIEE‘ throws which could have tied or| won the second game last night |z and tied up the series for the cham- pionship of Alaska basketball which the Eagles won by two straight games. Just before this play, Vince Hal- verson’s free throw with 50 seconds remaining, broke the 58-58 tie to give Anchorage the All- Alaska championship. Then with 21 seconds Engstrom missed his throws. Anchorage led only once in the entire first three quarters and the score was tied or the lead changed hands 10 times in the final period A capacity crowd greeted the players in the second game and there was not a vacant seat. The crowd shouted for Juneau at every play showing the greatest of sports- manship. It was evident from the start the crowd was for the visitors. The Anchorage high school band played several times during the game and enlivened the uproar that characterized the entire contest There will be a third game tonight, just an exhibition game. Now back to the game: Vince Halverson’s free throw with 50 seconds remaining broke the 58- 58 tie giving Anchorage the All- Alaska championship. Juneau had a chance to win the game in the last 21 seconds when Engstrom missed two free throws Eight points was the biggest leac Juneau enjoyed. Score by quarters: Juneau 18 Anchorage 12; 30-26, 43-42, 58-59. to two play free A total of 47 personal fouls wa:s | J McCarthy 163 141 222 526 called on the two teams with 22 for | =, Barreger 147 155 116 418 the Eagles and 25 for the Crimson|R. Haag 203 158 133 494 Bears. Carlson was lost for Juneau|D. Baker ... 124 175 173 472 via the personal foul route while|A. Sturrock ... 146 150 159 455 Anchorage lost Jack Brown, the Totals .. 783 779 803 2365 game’s leading scorer, on fouls in Juneau Florist the fourth period. A. Nielson 152 122 208 482 Brown’s 17 points paced both|g Houston 170 161 124 455 teams while for Juneau, Ninnis had | g yindstrom ... 127 168 160 455 15 followed by Martin with 13.[ A" ‘Burge . 146 113 180 398 Other Juneau scorers were D |p 1. joie 134 134 130 398 Graves, 10; Carlson, 12; Engstrom Totals . 720 698 762 2189 6, and Treffers 3. The third game will _he playedl Don Abels mnigh'_. but has no bearing on theip parone 148 197 149 494 championship. E. Estep ... 123 176 161 460 R. Abrahamsen 162 162 162 486 C. Shattuck 125 179 156 460 D. Hoyez . 138 128 154 420 Totals .. 696 842 782 2320 - Tnnn;le Club B. Blanton . 174 152 157 483 E. Lincoln . 155 155 1556 465 J. Waddell ... 182 136 182 500 M H. Day ... . 212 175 194 581 J. Scott 1M 11 1711 513 Final scores of basketball game: Totals 894 789 859 2542 last night are as follows: Anchorage 59, Juneau 58 Parsons Electric NIT at New York (quarter finals) E. Hagerup . 184 184 184 552 Seton Hall 71, North Carolina State |E. Bothello ... 144 180 178 502 59; Dayton 74, Arizona 68. B. Phelps . 184 192 153 529 NAIB tourney at Kansas City R. Boochever ... 165 183 180 528 (first round) — Evansville 85, West- | E. Parsons 215 156 174 545 minster (Pa) 74; Central (Mo) 68, Totals ....892 895 869 2656 Southeastern Louisiana 66; Ham- Fred Hennings line 82, Rocky Mountain 57; Pep-|A. Stewart . 174 174 174 522 perdine 86, Eau Claire (Wis) 53;|S. Smith 153 172 164 489 Morningside 66, Providence (RI) [R Davlin ... 140 180 168 488 63; Hastings 71, Pacific Lutheran |F. Henning ... 158 163 163 484 51; Baldwin-Wallace 67, American|W. King ... 196 151 168 515 Univ. G6; East Texas Baptist 67 Totals ...... 821 840 837 2498 High Point 64, Triangle Cleaners NCIT at Albanay, N. Y. (first|M. Ripke ... 163 184 179 526 round) — Iona 54, St. Marys (Minn) | F. Baxter 143 135 164 442 52, Lemoyne (NY) 95, St. Michaels| J. Alexander ... 176 151 121 448 (Vt) 57; St. Francis (Bkn) 74,|J. Whittier ... 117 132 136 385 Spring Hill 65; St. Mary’s 91, St.|J. Snow ... 179 179 537 Norberts (Wis 59. Totals . 778 1781 1779 2338 New England invitation tourney Sick’s Rainiers (semi-finals) — Trinity 76, Tufts 71; | O. Smithberg ... 184 167 482 Boston College 79, Colby 64; Bow-|D. Miller ... 133 156~ 463 doin 69, Boston Univ 67 (consola-|C. Nordson ... 178 179 191 548 tion), Rhode Island State 77, Wil-|B. Hanford .. 133 178 220 531 liams 68 (consolation). X. Stout 183 185 195 563 Southwest conference playoff — Totals - 199 859 929 2587 Texas A&M 33, Texas 32 (Texas A&M wins 2-1 and NCAA bid). Hawaii invitation tourney —Brad- ley 88, Universal Motors 67; Ore- gon State 55, Hawaii 43; Kentucky 97, Chicago Loyola 61, EXHIBITION GAMES baz Final scores of exhibition baseball games played yesterday are as fol- lows: Boston (N) 5, Philadelphia (N) 3. St. Louis (N) 7, Cincinnati 3. Chicago (A) 12, Pittsburgh 10. Brooklyn 11, Philadelphia (A) 10. Boston (A) 11, Detroit 4. New York (A) 16, Cleveland 14. Hollywood PC) 7, St. Louis (A) 3. SCHWAMM BACK AGAIN Tony Schwamm, director of the Territorial Aeronautical Commis- sion from Anchorage, returned to Juneau yesterday on PNA and is at the Baranof Hotel. CHAPELADIES FOOD SALE March 17, 4-8 p.m.—Dehart's. ATTENTION REBEKAHS! Business meeting to-nite followed 757-3t | by entertainment. 757-1t HUSKY 951 of Alaska as Sick’s Rainiers takes a comfort- able lead after tramping over the Triangle Club for 3 points in bowl- ing last night on the Elks alleys. Parsons Electric took the gas house gang, Stanrad Aviation, for 4 | points. Don Abel's sawed the 4 points in half with the Triangle Cleaners. Fred Hennings took 4 points from Juneau Florist which puts the flower boys in the cellar. Brooks Hanford and Ernie Par- sons made the prize five strikes They were also in the lineup with McCarthy and Neilson for the four- strike drink. Jerry McCarthy took high single nonors with his 222 gameswhile ward Day coped high series with ais 581. The following made the hree-strike squad: Parsons, King, | Baker, McCarthy, Nielson, Miller, ‘Waddell, Estep, Nordson, Ripke and Tanford twice. Two Hundred clubbers were Par- ons, McCarthy, Haag, Nielson Hanford and Day. League Standings w. Zick’s Rainiers 32 8 arsons Electric .. 25 15 Don Abels 22 18 Triangle Club 21 18 Standard Aviation 20 20 “red Hennings 19 21 friangle Cleaners 1 29 Juneau Florist 10 30 Team and individual scores fol- ows: Standard Aviation CENTER LAMED SEATTLE, March 14 —®— An in- fected knee has sidelined big Bob Houbregs, University of Washing- ton center who led Northern Di- vision basketball scoring, but the ailment is unlikely to keep him out of the regional NCAA tourney. University officials said Houbregs is expected to recover in time to leave with the Huskies for Kansas City March 19. FWET THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ™ I(onslanly Keeps His Grlp e SWANLY (Mgnu), of rauadcpma Philites, the National PRTTT League’s Most Valuable Player of 1950, shows a couple of teammates at Clearwater, Fla., that he hasn't lost his grip. Watching Jim grasp six baseballs in his pitching hand are First Baseman Eddie Waitkus (left) and Catcher Stan Lop.\l.\ » \Hr(pholn. WELTER BOUTIS o Oid oot SN Broo CHICAGO, March 14 —(®—Frugal Charlie Fusari, boxing’s most eligi- ble bachelor, and Johnny Bratton, former teen-age playboy, tangle in a test of youth at Chicago Stad- um tonight for the welterweight crown. However, there will be some jewels| nissing frrom the diadem. { The National Boxing Association will recognize the winner as champ. New York, England and Sugar Ray Robinson won't. Robinson, you will remember, was wutomatically stripped of his welter- weight title by the NBA last month when he won Jake La Motta’s mid- dleweight belt. Robinson still claims “1e is a two-ply champion. The sponsoring International Boxing club looks for a crowd of around 10,000 tonight with a gross gate of $55,000. HOCKEY GAMES By Associated Press Victoria moved one point ahead of New Westminster in the see-saw race for first place in the Pacific Coast Hockey league last night by downing Vancouver 4-1 while the Royals, erstwhile pace-setters, were losing 4-3 to Tacoma. 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Clearwater, Fla. —(®— The im- proved New York Giants came here today to test the Philadelphia Phils. Manager Eddie Sawyer picked Lefty Ken Johnson and Rus Meyer for pitching duty against Leo Du- rocher’s men, — up West Palm Beach, Fla. The Philadelphia Athictics aie their old tricks. The Athletics lost 30 one-run de- cisions last season and in their four spring training games their two losses have been by — you guessed it — one run. Brooklyn grabbed an 11-10 de- cision yesterday after the Athletics had spurted to an early 8-0 lead Previously the Washington Senators defeated the Athletics 8-7. —EMPIRE WANL ADS YAY— to | ~ SporisBriefs Palm Beach, a Lloyd I\‘[\n- grum of Chicago took the lead in the $10,000 Seminole tournament with a 36-hole score of 136. New York — The Eastern Colleg- fate Athletic conference endorsed the NCAA ban on live football tele- | vision but Penn refused to say ! would go along San Mateo, Calif.—Special Touch, | won the inaugural handicap in first | day feature at opening of Bay Meadow: meeting. DOUGLAS WOMEN'S CLUB Plan to attend the game party sponsored by the Louglas Island Woman's Club Friday, March 16, at 8 P. M. in the Masonic Hall over the Coliseum Theater, Prizes and refreshments. T5€-3t it Douglas. | " PAGE THRE® FIGHT DOPE Fights last night resulted as fol- lows: Toledo — Archie Moore, 180, To- ledo, outpointed Abel Cestac, 228, Buenos Aires, 10. St. Paul Tom McNenamy, 130, Ireland, outpointed Harry La Sane, 131, Houston, 10. Salt Lake City — Ron Whittle, 177, West Jordan, Utah, outpointed Joe Kahut, 185, Portland, Ore, 10. Stockton, Calif. Wes Echols, 169, Atwater, Calif., outpointed Bert Mendoza, 164, Los Angeles, 10. l)O! 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