Sport Page
The Crying Towel
(by Gil Truitt)
The Island campus at Edge
curnbe was “all shook up lor
the first time this year as the
braves made this author and
numerous other “experts”
look good by proceeding to
romp to their third consecu
tive Track and Field champ
ionship in the recent South
eastern Meet held on the Car
dinal & Gold campus. For
the Edgecombe students, who
have had little to shout about
in Edgecombe athletic fortu
nes this year, it was a sup
u me effort in a year of frus
tration and the Island stu
dents promptly began to
"live it up once they realiz
ed that victory was within
their grasp.
The Edgecombe Braves
earlier had won the Annual
Lions’ Relays and made it
a clean sweep by winning
the Southeastern Meet more
decisively to make believers
out of doubters.
The win by Edgecombe
over arch-rivals Juneau, Sit
ka and SJS came as n sur
prise to no one. Track and
f ield championships at the
(’ordinal and Gold camps
have become as inseparable
as bacon and eggs. But is has
not been easy. Coach McGil
lis, the man who engineers
the well-oiled Edgecnmbe
track machine, evidently be
lieves in the old proverb that
its “five-per-cent inspiration
and ninety-five per-cent pers
piration as he drove the
Braves through gruelling
practice sessions that went
into the wee hours. To Bene
dict McGillis, we doff our
cap.
After the smoke of battle
had cleared, the following
results were turned in: Edge.
69; SJS-30; Sitka-23; and
juneau-22. It goes without
saying that the best individ
ual preformances were turn
(d in by Bob Welfeldt of
Sitka and Stanley Mack ot
Edgecombe. 'A elfeldt broke
two records as he set the
pace with a: 10.9 clocking in
the 100 yard dash to break
Iris own record set in last
year’s meet. The Sitka sprint
ei came back to shatter the
220 mark set bv Sammv Mar
ti,, of Sitka in 1956. Wel
b>ldt's new mark is :23.9.
Edgecombe's great distance
runner, Stanley Mack broke
two records that he himself
set and was instrumental in
helping the Braves shatter
die old mark in the Medley
Relay. Mack set the pace
with a timing of 4:39.6 in the
gruelling mile run and came
back a few minutes later to
set a record-breaking run
of 2:09.2 in the S80.
So sizzling were the Edge
combe Braves in defense of
the crown won last year, they
broke six records to justify
their right to take residence
in the throne room for the
third straight season. Other
records falling by the way
side were the 880 yard relay
as the Braves came home
free to better the old mark
set by Edgecombe in 1956.
The 1958 team broke the
tape at 1:42.6 and consisted
of Russell lames Demetri
Lestenkof, Melvin Brown
and Richard Boskofskv; the
the Medley Relay by Edge,
with a time of 3:45.4 to push
aside the old mark of 3:4S.3
posted by the Sitka team last
year. The 1958 Edgecumbe
team: Stanley Mack, James
Rees, Gerald Evans & Cor
nelius Lauridsen; a new
team mark was set in the 440
relay as Edgecumbe set the
pace to record a new timing
of :49.2 and brushed away
the old record posted by the
1957 Ketchikan team.
Other new individual
marks set in the 1958 was by
Paul White (Edge.) who soar
ed over the cross bar at 59 ’
to better by two inches the
old high jump mark set by
Jim Manley of Juneau in 19
55, and Don Nowacki (Jun
eau) who cleared the cross
bar at an even 10 feet to es
tablish a new record in the
pole vault. Tht record up un
til last weeks meet was 9’6”
set by Vic Hansen (Edge,
in 1955.
On tht* basis of its tremen
dous showing in the Lions’
Relays earlier, there were
many in number who were
willing to lay it on the lint1,
without much argument, that
the Braves would success
fully defend their title to
make it three straight times
that the championship ban
ner waved on the Cardinal
and Gold campus. The writ
er was one of these many.
Now, Jill that had to hap
pen was for the Braves to get
snowed under and this Bure
au would be out looking for
a legitimate money-making
job after taking all that green
stuff under false pretenses
during these few publica
tions. Edgecumbe came
home first and guaranteed
the writer a job for at least
another week but things
are getting tougher all the
t ime.
S-P-O-R-T S-H-O-R-T-S
The originator of Sitka
ganized the ANR Tribe way
Howard, Sr., who first or
ganized the ANB Trib way
hack in 1917. Dave is con
sidered to be one of the fin
est athletes ever produced
in this hamlet as he starred
for many years in local bas
ketball and baseball. How
ard is one of the few remain
ing members of the first
ANB basketball team in 1917,
the others have passed on
we are still selecting the St.
Louis Cardinals to cop the
National League Pennant,
despite their lowly standing.
W'e gave up on the Boston
Red Sox in the Junior cir
cute years ago prospects
for a baseball leaque this
summer are bright and the
man to contact in case any of
our readers are interested is
Wally McDonald, the man
who operates the butcher
shop at the Market Center.
Baseball in this town will be
revived if financial backers
will let the green stuff flow
freely the end of an eUa
came last week-end with the
tearing down of the grand
stand at the old ball park.
Some of the finest baseball
teams in the territory rumbl
ed through work-outs before
jam-packed crowds that fil
led the old stands. The
grandstand was erected in
the mid-thirties at what was
then a new ball field and Sit
ka had baseball continually
until the league was junked
three years back. The "old’
ball field was once located
at what is now the present
site of the Pioneers Home..
there are eight former Elks
baseball players still exiled
in this town . . .enough toform
at least one team. Gone but
not forgotten from this band
of fugitives is Hillard "Buck
Everson, the slick fielding
short-stop.after watching
the recent S. E, Meet, the
writer came to the obvious
conclusion that the best dis
tance runner in high school
circles is Edgecumbes Stan
Mack. Mack, who was last
week elected an next year’s
student president, could
make a go of it in college con
petition and without inucl
doubt win his share of race:
eight more days until schoo
is out.
* * * *
SPEECH PROGRAM con e
ol, and Sheldon Jackson.
Mt. Edgecumbe
At Mt. Edgecumbe Hos
pital, in the orthopedic ware
and the sanatorium, volunte
er workers have been schedu
ed for work with severa
students. In the high school
examination of students ha:
emphasized the need for the
organization of some kind o.
speech improvement as wel
as speech correction at tha
school. Speech reading foi
a student in the School foi
Pratical Nursing has pro
gressed nicely under the dir
eetion of Mrs. David Sparl
h»g
Hospital
Auxiliary Meets
The Sitka Community Ho:
pital Auxiliary met Monday
evening to consider the By
Laws drawn up by a specia
committee. With a few min
oi changes, these were ae
cepted as submitted. Onh
lengthy discussion was on the
advisibility of meeting mon
thiy instead of quarterly, a:
suggested by the committee
It was finally decided thal
meetings will be held the
first Monday of each month
The resignation of Marl
Meredith as treasurer wa:
accepted and Mrs. Dor
Blankenship appointed ii
his place.
It was decided that the
names of chairman of the
various work committees
should he widely publicized
so that anyone wishing to
work with a particular group
can get in touch with the
person in charge.
The committee chairman
are: Membership, Chuck Con
wav; Public Relations, Mrs.
Jack Calvin; Ways & Means,
Gene Riggs; Landscaping,
Frank Richards; Arts, Mrs.
Celil Gould; Visiting, Mrs.
Frank Latta; Sewing, Mrs. H.
R. Finch and Mrs. Elvin E.
Rottluff; Holiday celebra
tions and decorations, Mrs.
John Dolenc. These people
are all listed in the phone
book with exception of Mrs.
Latta who can be reached
through the Sheldon Jack
son junior College office.
Mrs. Dolenc’s number is list
ed in the Mt. Edgecombe
section.
By LYN COXN'F’ ' Y
rVAVID NIVEN, one of i r- -e
owners of Four St.:,r. > •
makes an interesting ob “rv i
about westerns: *W„v mms al
^ ways will be a staple of TV
* Should TV confine itself to r e >r
l pictures, it would kill the m; h
| em . People want to <• • a e
via the TV screen to the outd
’ incidentally. Four Star will pro
’ duce 200 TV filnv* this yea> at an
; average cost of $40,OVO each
: Desi Arnaz announces that D ' i
[ Productions is blueprinting TV
, film’s most ambitious senes to
’ date a series of 37 hour-long
video films involving a production
' outlay of about $7.500,000 The
. series will be tagged “De-'ilu
. Playhouse” and. including time
and production com. wiM involve
about $15,000,000
CBS has promised Victor Borsre
a serious dramatic show it is
a paradox in show business that
the men who work hardest to get
people to enjoy themselves at
the ones who take themselves the
most seriously! Five clients were
ready to share the tab on the
Grouch* Marx show but the
I $52,500 price tag scared them
r away James Mason is being
paged to star in a TV series based
on the movie, “The Third Man ”
PLATTER CHATTER
CAPITOL: The very popular
“Tequila” get* a rousing rendition
from the baton of Stan Kenton
This, is a number that should make
aew fan* for Stan Reverse
has something called “Cuban
Mumble” that makes a small
noise but who cares with “Te
quila” doing so well? Jack Jones.
Allan’s talented son, does a mag
nificent job with “A Very Precious
Love” from “Marjorie Morning
itar” . . . “What’s the Cse?” is
•n the flip side.
MERCURY: A disk destined for
big things is “Wishing for Your
Love” done beautifully by a new
group called “The Voxpoppers”
Flip has “The Last Drag ’
' “Golden Ruby Blue” is the eye
opener done by Jimmy Edwards
who eombiuos it with “My Honey’
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S & W Cut Green Beans
8 oz Can - 2 for
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Valamont Purple Plums
2’A Size Can
Wally's Corner
Wally's meats are tops
Swift's Weiners 1 lb cello 634
Liver Young Beef 734
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The Market Center is open each week
night until 9 P.M. for your shopping
convenience. Avoid the rush and park
ing problem and shop with us this Fri
day and Saturday.
Frozen Foods Department
Pet Ritz Frozen Apple Pie 24 oz
644
Pictsweet Fresh Frozen Peas 10 oz
2 for
394