The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 20, 1951, Page 3

TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1951 BIG CAGE TOURNEY TONIGHT NEW YORK, March 20 —(®— College basketball's No. one 1951 tournament — the NCAA — opens tonight with Kentucky, rated the top five in the country, and Colum- bja, the nation’s only unbeaten team, in the spotlight. Kentucky, champion of the South- eastern conference, meets Louis- ville at Raleigh, N, C. Columbia, the Ivy league titleholder, is paired against Illinois, the Big Ten cham- plon, at Madison Square Garden. In other games North Carolina State is paired against Villanova at Raleigh and St. John’s of Brook- lyn meets Connecticut at the Gar- den. ‘The four winners will meet in the Eastern semi-finals in the Gar- den Thursday. The winners then will meet Saturday for the Eastern title. HUSKIES IN " KC TOURNEY By JACK HEWINS | SEATTLE, March 20 —(®—You've heard about Houbregs who's hot With a hook and Guisness who's great on defense, but the guy who leading the Washington Huskies to the Western Regional Hoop seramble at Kansas City is a pale, skinny blond named La Don Hen- son, and don’t say we didn’t warn u. ‘The Huskies, basketball cham- pions of the Pacific Coast confer- ence, left here by air yesterday transferred to a train gt Denver and were- due in Kansas City to- day. They will battle Texas A. and M. Thursday night in the western séetion - of the National Collegiate A A. tournament. 3 wmm,r they go on to the second 4. and on te the finals could dépend on the thin, undemonstrative Henson, who is ¢aptaining the team for the second successive year. » Frank Guisness and high Bobby Houbregs are the boys who do the Beavy scoring and land on the all- star teams. Doug McClary and sub forward Duane Enochs catch your eye with spectacular rebounding and corner shooting. Tubby little Louie Soriano is the team’s holler- and-color man. But Henson — he’s only the cap- tain, only the man who delivers when the team is behind and a couple of quick buckets are needed. When the team was rolling at a hot pace in midseason Henson’s scoring was only average, but then the race got serious. So did La Don. In his last six conference games he tried 46 shots and connected on 28 for a .609 percentage. SCORES OF. \ BASKETBALL Here are scores games last night: National Amateur Athletic Un- fon Basketball tournament at Den- Ver: . First round — Eugene, Ore, 56, Lincoln, Nebr,, 48. : Delphi, Ind., 86, Jonesboro, Ark., of basketball Sioux City, Ia., 70, Renton, Wash., Peru, Nebr., 80, Newark, N. J., 8 , Second round — Los Angeles Kel- bos 62, Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La., 56. Boulder, Colo., 54, Iowa City, Ia., 8. . Peoria, Ill, 80, Artesia, N. M., 57. Mount Morris, Ill, 74, Hollywood Fibbers 63. { Denver (Chevrolet) 75, Arcadia, P(n., (Mohawks) 50. { Tuesday pairings (MST) include: { 1 pm. — Spokane, Wash, vs Banta Maria; Calif. i FIGHT DOPE i ! | Results of fights last night are follows: { Miami, Fla. — Rocky Graziano, ifl. New York, knocked out Reuben ones, 167, Norfolk, Va., 3. Washington — Jimmy Cooper, 127, ashington, knocked out Pat mas, 128, Washington, 3, Providence, R. I. — Cesar Brion, 94, Argentina, outpointed Tiger red Lowry, 184, New Haven, Conn. 0. PETERSBURG VISITOR § K. Thompson ' of Petersburg is 'WPD‘DI at the Baranof Hotel. Sporl_s Briefs College Station, Tex. Harry Stiteler’'s resignation as football coach at Texas A&M was accepted by school officials “since, by his own admission, he has deliberately misinformed officials of the college on a matter affecting the welfarg of the institution.” Austin, Tex. — Jack Gray re- signed as basketball coach at Uni- versity of Texas to enter the con- struction business. Jacksonville, Fla. — Jim: Ferrier, San Francisco, won the $10,000 Jacksonville open with a 16-under- par 72-hole total of 272, 11 strokes better than Lloyd Mangrum, Chi- cago. Lakeland, Fla. — Fred Hutchin- son, Detroit pitcher and player- representative of the American league said major league players should have a voice in naming a new commissioner. Wake Forest, N, F. — Outfielder Frank Wehner and Pitcher Norman Schatzel were declared ineligible to | play with Wake Forest College nine because they have signed contracts with New York Yankee farm clubs. Chicago Western conference (Big Ten) voted to make freshman eligible for varsity sports for one year beginning Sept. 1. New York — East and West tied for fourth successive year in Golden Gloves inter-city fights at Madison Square Garden. WESTERN NCAA KANSAS CITY, March 20 —{®— Four of the eight Western NCAA basketball teams planned warmup sessions today for the playoffs be- ginning tomorrow. Brigham Young, which won the National Invitation tournament last weekend, Kansas State of the Big Seven, Arizona of the Border con- ference and San Jose (Calif.) State were scheduled to work in the Mu- nicipal auditorium. All are first-round teams in the four-night tournament. The University of Washington, Pacific Coast entry, also was sched- uled to hit town today. In the first game tomorrow night, favorite Kansas State will meet Arizona, and BYU, Skyline Six champion, follows against San Jose State. Oklahoma A. and M., Missouri Valley titlist, ranked second na- tionally, Montana State and ‘Texas A. and M. of the Southwest confer- ence are scheduled to arrive to- morrow. The Oklahoma Aggies and Montana State play at 9 p.m, Thurs- day. Following their contest, the Texas Aggies meet Washington in the final of the first round games. Kansas State (22-3) is expected to be the favorite to win here. AAU BASKETBALL DENVER, March 20 —#— Old- timer Frank Lubin played the kids off their feet yesterday and won the hearts of everyone at the 44th annual National Amateur Athletic ‘Union basketball tournament. The 41-year-old Californian look- ed terrific as’ he ~ plunked in 37 points and powdered the Los Ang- eles Kelbos 62-56 win over the young, husky and speedy Barksdale Air Force team from Shreveport, Louisiana. Aside from Lubin's classy play, the tourney followed the usual pat- tern: The seeded team — all except one — coasted through negligible opposition, or enjoyed byes while the less highly rated clubs wore each other out in first and second round play. Fibber McGee and Molly of Hol- lywood, one of the eight seeded teams, was whipped 74-63 by Mount| Morris Kable Kolts in the lone sur- prise yesterday. Everybodys Drug of Eugene, Ore., advanced a round yesterday by clipping Metz Service of Lincoln, Nebr., 56-48. The powerful Sioux City, Ia., Jamcos raced past the Renton, Wash., Sportsmen, another Pacific Northwest entry, 70-43. EXHIBITION B.B.GAMES Here are final scores of exhibi- tion baseball games played Monday: Philadelphia (N) 8, St. Louis (A) 7, 10 innings. Cincinnati (N) 14, Boston (N) 2 St. Louis (A) 9, Portland (PCL) 6 Brooklyn (N) 5, Philadelphia (A} 3. Boston (A) 2, New York (N) 1. Seattle (PCL) 9, Pittsburgh “B” 1 % Hollywood (PCL) 6, NewYork (A) ARE® THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA The Monday Night Ladies Bowl- ing league rolled on the Elks alleys, with Dorothy Oldham of Gus George rolling high game of 217 and high series of 533. Jennie Hartman of Snow White rolled second high game of 206. League Standings w. L. 25 8! . 20 13 . . 18 16 17 16 17 16 18 12 21 R L. 92y scores fol- | Leota's . Sweernrey's Shamrocks . Pan American . Snow White . S and T Needlecraft Gus George City Cleaners Team and individual lows: Sweéney's Shamrocks . Sweeney ... 142 163 160 . Sheldon . 138 130 118 . Thomas ...... 124 137 156 . Hoyez 119 125 170 . Grove ... 147 151 149 Totals 691 727 774 Gus George ... 145 145 . 107 144 120 152 . 127 164 170 217 669 822 145 124 159 17 146 . Estes ... . Cahail . Moore . Taylor .. . Oldham Totals S and T 129 137 127 116 . Blanton . . Johnson . . Wilber . Smith . Daziel .. Totals City Cleaners . 105 153 116 .. 106 135 . 128 631 Beggs .. Winthers . . Garrison Jacobson . l Burns .. Totals PzUPZ | Leota’s . Riendeau ...... 101 . Peterson 101 . Lincoln ....... 160 . Johnson . 175 . Museth Totals ... Pan American . Vuille ......... 157 . Hedges 116 . Stragier 103 . Daziel . 118 . Faulkner .. 144 Totals ... 638 i . 112 653 Needlecrafé . 192 145 160 118 Forsythe ... Carroll . 164 118 Matson ... 130 132 . 177 182 ... 813 645 Snow White 121 148 141, 135 . 163 109 121 143 660 150 94 135 126 664 B. 18 D. D. { H. Henson . Totals 137 125 206 122 143 31 E. Wilson J. Baxter J. Hartman C. Bucy B. Hudson Totals NINETEEN BILLS APPROVED BY GOV. Governor Gruening has notified the Legislature of his approval of 19 bills sent to his desk. They included a prohibition against legislators serving on boards or commissions, legalizing of vaca- tion work in non-hazardous ococu~ pations by youths between 16 and 18, allowing Alaska teachers who; are retirement beneficiaries to con- tinue teaching outside of the Terri- tory, increasing the per diem of traveling Territorial employes from $10 to $12, increasing the daily pay of witnesses subponaed by the Leg- islature from $4 to $20 and the le- galizing of photographed copies of documents. Most other bills were of a minor or routine nature. Young Fishermen Lose Lives, Drown Pr. Rupert Harbor PRINCE RUPERT, B. C. March 20—A—Two young fishermen fell overboard from a 14-foot skiff and drowned M Pfince Rupert Harbor Saturday night. They were identified as Percy Waleter, 21, and Everett Johanson, 19. Rescuers who put out from shore when they heard cries for help from Seal Cove found the boat empty and no sign of the youths. MARSHALL PLAN SUPPLIES BURNED IN TACOMA FIRE TACOMA, March 20.—(P—Mili- tary supplies and dried peas bound for Europe under the Marshall Plan were burned and damaged late Monday in a spectacular warehouse lire on the Tacoma waterfront. Fire Chief Charles Eisenbacher :stimated loss in the blaze in the 3aker Dock warehouse owned by M. W. Woodward would total ap- sroximately $100,000. ‘The fire was started by a back- tiring dock jitney. “HILDRE SUIT FOR | DAMAGES SETTLED ouT OF COURT, A settlement out of court was made in the case of Harvey Hildre versus €. F. Lytle Tu. and Green Construction Co. scheduled for jury trial in the Federal Court this morning. Harvey had filed suit against the contracting firm asking judgment in the amount of $450 for alleged damages to his automobile when it was struck by a truck owned by the defendants on the Haines Highway last summer. The amount of the compensation defendants was not disclosed. The members of the petit jury were convened at 10 o'clock this morning in court and with 1o cases on the calendar presently set for jury trial were dismissed by Judge Folta subject to call on ten days’ notice. Judge Folta continued the case of Wilmer Austin until Friday morning, after appointing J. A. Mc- Lean as his counsel. Austin, age 18, had earlier waived indictment and entered a plea of guilty to a burglary charge of taking funds from the office of the City Cafe. The Judgze instructed McLean to make investigation concerning | Austin before a sentence is pro- nounced. » Judge Folta allowed the claims against the Douglas Plumbing and ! Heating Company, in priority as named by The First National Bank of Juneau, the Alaska Personnel Services and the United States of | {agreed on between the plaintiff and‘ America. Testimony was heard from | Mr. and Mrs. William Rey:mldsi the plaintiffs in court Monday. Sentence was continued until 10 a. m., May 1, on a motion to show cause in a contempt of court for failure by the defendant to make payments to plaintiff as required by a divorce 'decree granted pre- viously in the case of Eleanor Mur- ray versus Reece H. Murray. The case of Wheat and Scott versus H. Blyberg is set for March 22. Fred Eastaugh is attorney for the plaintiffs and J. A. McLean is attorney for the defendant. It is expected the present calen- dar will be cleared by the end of the week in time for the Court to go to Ketchikan for a court term set to open e March 26. The Court party is scheduled to leave Juneau Sunday on the steamship Denali. LONGER LEASES ALASKA AIRPORTS ASKED BY SAWYER WASHINGTON, March A Secretary of Commerce Sawyer has asked Congress to authorize 20-year leases of airport property in Al to private concerns. In a letter to the Senate, Sawyer said the action necessary to insury proper development of fedcral airports in the Territory. He said Fairbanks and Anchorage have aeclined to pay a share of the cost of the developments and that the only way private capital can ke interested in building hangars and providing other services is by per- mitting them to occupy the prop- erty for 20 years. The present lease limit is five is | years, )R REYNOLDS Born at St. Anu's Hospital to Monday afternoon at 2:30 was a baby girl. The little miss weighed nine pounds. FROM TENAKEE C. A. Mattie of Tenakee is at the Gastineau Hotel, ‘Frozen Woman s \ Quadruple Ampufee 1 CHICAGO, March 20.—(P—Mr: othy Mae Stevens, Chicago’ frozen woman, became a quadruple | amputee Monday. Physicians amputated all the fingers of her right hand and parts of fingers on her left hand, exclud- ing the thumb. On March 8, doctors removed her legs nine inches below the knees. Mrs. Stevens, 23-year-old Nearo, was found frozen stiff in a South Side alley February 8. Her body temperature was recorded at 64 de- grees, about 34 degrees below normal. AT THE GASTINEAU | | Mr. and Mrs. W. Kremer of | the U, 8. Coast Guard are at the Gastineau Hotel. UNION OIL MAN HERE R. H. Grocach of the Union Oil Co. from Seattle is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. R20:-CENTURY WHERE NITS ARE A MABIT! Hedda Hopper Sunday March 18— KINY—“Mating Season is one of | the most pleasant comedies in some time. Sure to please all types of | audiences.” | | GENE N < 1 i QO 8 STOP IN TODAY FOR A FREE DEMONSTRATION McCULLOCH MODEL 15M PORTABLE PUMP Weighs only 57 Ibs. Pumps 15,000 g.p.b. 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