Gil Nettinqs
by Gil Truitt
Sitka, relegatted as the dark
horse in pre-season calcula
tions, looked good in shunting
aside SJS and Edgecumbe.
The Wolves will have to be
taken serously as -a definite
threat . visitors from
out of town who saw ttlhe tour
ney say the three prep clubs
in town showed more class
than Juneau’s Crimson Bears.
That’s encourafginig . we’
ve worked our last high school
game — and are quite happy
©ver the fact. Hundreds no
douib. are happier . A
wards galore were handed out
Saturday night and we’ll list
some (here- which will never
be given: Coolest-under-fire a
tie (between Bill Fredrickson,
Sitka, and Charlie Moses, Edge
# cumbe . best individual
tourney sportmanship — Ter
ry Nelson, Sitka (by far).
.. best team tourney sports
manship, Edgecumibe .
spark plug of tourney, Gary
Paxton, Sitka . all-tour
ney five: Norman Wood and
Terry Nelson. Sitka; Charlie
Moses and Jeff Trenton, Edge
cumbe; and Leslie Carle, SJS
...... thank you award: ito
all who supported the tourney
— attendance-wise .> any
one interested in officiating
Daily Sitka Sentinel
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SITKA HIGH WINS
LIONS TOURNAMENT
toy Gil Truit
One of the great Baranof
basketiball ithrills of the young
season came at the Edgecumtoe
field house Saturday night
when the Sitka high school
Wolves posted a narrow 45-40
triumph over Edgecumtoe in
the finals of the Lions’ Annu
al Pre-iSeason Tournament.
A head-line thriller from
the opening gun and right
down to the toitter end, the ti
tle Igame unfolded before an
over-flow crowd that; rocked
the mmmoth Edigeeum.be en
closure on every play. Compar
ed to Thursday night’s game
in the opening round, the title
game, from a spectator stand
point, was a good one to watch
The Sitka quint passed its
stiffest test of the early sea
son as it repeatedly came from
behind to beat the cross-town
rival in a real thriller that: had
all the ear marks of a true
Championship Ibattle. Plucking
the tourney plum for the first
time in his.ory, the Wolves
looked sharp and showed they
will have to be reckoned with
when conference play gets
underway.
The final count of 45-40 is
misleading as the five point
spread posted toy Sitka in the
closing seconds, represented
! the largest gap between the
two teams. Up until the final
whistle, Edjgecumtoe held the
bilggest lead — a four point
margin late in the final quar
ter.
The (title match failed to pro
duce a single standout tout show
ed instead too well-balanced
teams operating1 smoothly as a
unit.
Edgecumtoe moved into an
8-6 lead at the end of the first
quarter through the combined
efforts of Charlie Moses and
Jeff Trenton who a.ormed the
hoop with 4 points each. Terry
Nelson kept the Sitkans alive
with 4 while Norman Wood
tipped in a field goal from un-!
der the bucket.
A second quarter see-saw
donneytorook saw che Wolves
storm back to take a halftime
lead, 23-22, Soley on a great
splurge by Nelson who tucked j
in 9 points on 2 field goals and
5 points from the free throw
line. Jerry Smith, rwho ended
the night’s work with 8 points
tallied 4 in this quarter while
Gary Paxton and Bill Fred
rickson rounded out the Sitka
scoring with 2 each. Geohge
Guthrie, Trenton and Moses,
were .good for 4 each in the
Edigecumbe cause. Billy Oabi
koff had 2.
Sika avas out in front. 35
22, at the end of the third but
it was Short-lived as the Edge
cumbe quint came racing (back
to take a 40-36 lead in ithe late
stages of the final frame. Dick
Boettcher, wiho replaced Smith
of Sitka, put the Wolves back
m the ball game wii h 2 dam
aging points ifrom the foul line
and added 2 more on a rally
ing lay-in.
Sitka led 41-40 and upped
it to 43-40 moments later Guth
erie seemingly put Edlgecumbe
back in business but his field
goal from under ithe bucket
(continued on page three)
BASKETBALL MOVES INTO
HIGH GEAR THIS WEEK
'by The 'Associated Press
Basketball shifts into high
gear in the Pacific northwest
this week with major college
teams hosting invaders from
the Rockies and the southwest
Oregon, boasting a victory
over Orelgon State, the 1955
Pacific coast conference cham
pion, and (Washington State
start the week (Monday nigfht
with games against non-league
foes.
The University of Colorado
Buffaloes, 63-53 winners over
Oregon State Saturday night,
move to (Eugene to tackle the
Wehfoots Monday night. Wash
ington State will entertain
Whitworth.
Baylor University of Waco,
Texas, invades the northwest
standing Wednesday night,
playinig Orelgon State at Cor
vallis and moves to Seattle
for games with the Washing
ton Huskies, who lost (two to
Stanford last week, Friday
and Saturday nights.
In other games, Santa Clara
plays at Seattle University
Thursday and Friday nights,
Idaho hosts Montana Univer
sity Friday night and Utah
State Saturday night, Oregon
plays at Brigham Young Fri
day and Saturday nights,, Wy
oming will be a. Oregon State
the same nights, and Wash
ington Si. ate will entertain U
tah State Friday night and
Gonzaga Saturday night.
Colorado beat Oregon State
at i he free throw line Satur
day night. The Buffaloes, the
nation’s No. 3 team last year,
made only 18 (field goals a
gainst OSC’s 24, but outscored
the Beavers 27-5 on the free
throw line. QSC sophomore
forward. Dave Gamlbee, was
hiiglh scorer with 22. Colorado
led at the half 32-25.
Free throws also decided
the Washington-Stanford clash
at Palo Alto. The Indians, 72
55 victors Friday nilght, con
nected on charity tosses Sat
urday night to beat the visit
inig Huskies 73-68. The refer
ees called a total of 40 person
al fouls in the wild contest.
Washington nook nearly twice
as many shots from the floor,
as Stanford but hit only 251
per cent of them.
President appeals
the electorate, particularly
those that affect their lives and
their daily work. Our members
have a right and duty iio
oppose those who oppose them”
Walter Reuther, head of the
former dO, referred to a state
ment made by Sen. Gold water
(R-Ariz) yesterday that the
new AFL-iCIO “had no right”
to endorse one of the 1956 pre
sidential nominees.
“Our answer ito you, senator
is not less political action, but
more political action on the
part of the American labor
movement,” Reuther s&id.
Convention
right to sell or lease patented
mining claims, he said, adding
there has been only one im
portant discovery in Alaska
since 1914 and the industry is
“coasting on old reserves.” He
said ;:here is a need for a pros
pecting incentive.
Delegate CM. B. Marston said
that Canada w as much more
lenient toward prospectors and
miners than Alaska. In Canada
he said, prospectors are ex
empt ifrom taxes for three
years on a new mining operas
tion.
B. D. Stewart, delegate from
Juneau, said a group in the
Alaska legislatures “has tried
to get through laws to help
prospectors for years but has
been prevented !by lobbyists.”
lodge asks
‘Sentinels of Peace’ crossing
each other in the ‘Open Sides’
is something which millions of
everyday people in every coun
try can see plainly.
“It will ‘be as reassuring as
the sight of the policeman on
his Ibeat. We hope ithere will be
the vision and the statesman
ship to enable the Soviet lead
ers also to see it.”
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MEETING ’
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ANB-ANS
All members urged
to be present
PHILADEPHIA COLORED GIANTS
vs. SITKA A.N.B.
Wednesday - Thursday, December 14-15
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