PALMER FIVE TRIM ANCHORAGE EAGLES;
TAKE FIRST PLACE IN CONFERENCE
For the first time in quite
while, Coach Bob Crites’ basket
ball team last week put the Higl
School in first place in the Rail
belt Conference by defeating th
Anchorage Eagles, 55 to 47 01
the Palmer court. This was th<
second of four scheduled game
between the two schools ant
avenged a defeat by the Anchor
age players in their first meet.
The Palmer players have beer
dubbed the “Five Iron Men” foi
playing the entire game withoul
a substitution. Anchorage Eagle’s
Coach Bud Ottmar used 11 men
trying to stop the Palmer scor
ing but outside of a four point
lead at the end of the first quar
ter, the visitors found themselves
on the short end of the score at
the end of each quarter.
The game opened with a basket
by Winegamer shortly after the
first horn. The fast pace was fol
lowed by Anchorage with for
ward Frank Putzel dropping five
through the hoop in rapid succes
sion. However, this was the last
of Putzel’s threat to Palmer’s
ultimate win for he was not giv
en an opportunity to get into
scoring position again. Palmer’s
high quarter came in the second
when a total of 20 points was
run up while Anchorage was suc
cessful in getting only seven.
Nine of the Palmer points were
garnered by Ben Ross, Moose
foreward. During the third quar
ter, which was slowed down by
frequent fouling from both teams,
Palmer tallied 13 points to Anch
orage’s nine. Although the Eagles
made a last-ditch spurt during
the final quarter, the Palmer
hoopsters added 12 more points
to their total, taking the game
55 to 47. High man for the Pal
mer team was Fred Wilkes,
guard, with 17 points, followed
by Don Ingalls with 12. Putzel
and Cannon of the visiting team
were high for the Eagles with 10
points apiece.
Both Palmer ana Anchorage
will lay-off during the school va
cation, meeting in their third
game on January 23 at the Pal
mer High School. Unscheduled
games with Army teams are ex
pected to be played by the local
team before their next Railbelt
game.
Box Score:
Palmer (55)
FG FT TOT
Hoss, f __10 1 11
Ingalls, f __ LO 2 12
Winegarner, c _H) 1 11
Bentti, g- 4 0 4
Wilkes, g _12 5 17
, Total ....55
Anchorage (47)
FG FT TOT.
Putzel . .10 0 10
■Granes "_. 6 4 10
Tfujellio __ 4 1 5
Canno^ .10 0 10
Batson _ 4 1 5
Barkdall .. 0 1 1
Burker 0 1 1
Lee . 0 1 1
Lindskog _ 2 0 2
Schneider _ 2 0 2
Total __47
Score By Quarters
12 3 4
Palmer _10 20 13 12
Anchorage 14 7 9 17
Railbelt Standing
W L
Palmer _J.____.._3 1
Fairbanks . 2 1
Seward _ 1 2
Anchorage . 1 2
HQ ALASKAN AIR COM
MAND—Master Sergeant Horst
W. Tittel was honored at a cele
bration in Headquarters Alaskan
Air Command for the completion
of 45 years of continuous active
military service on the anniver
sary of his enlistment on 18 De
cember, 1908. At the conclusion
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; PALMER MAN PLAY3NG
ON POLAR BEAR
' BASKET BALL TEAM
i
; On the roster of the University
; of Alaska Polar Bears basketball
[ squad is Walt Stevens of Palmer.
He and 11 teammates left the
University December 26 for a
trip to south-eastern Alaska.
From Juneau they flew to Sitka
where they played the Sitka Al
aska Native Brotherhood on De
cember 28 and the Lion’s Island
ers on the 29th. Returning to
Juneau, they will play Douglas
High December 31. On January
2 the opponent will be the lead
ing team in the Juneau League.
The team will return home Janu
ary 4.
Accompanying the team was
Coach and Mrs. Richard Strait,
Jim Allen, team manager Jo Ann
Myers and Mary Jane Evans and
Johnny Johnson, cheer leaders.
PALMER RIFLEMEN
DEFEAT FAIRBANKS
AND CALIF. TEAMS
Murray Athearn, with a total
391, was high shooter on Decem
ber 19 when members of the Ma
tanuska Valley Sportsmen Rifle
club shot match No. 8
against the Tanana Valley Sports
men’s Association shooters. Phil
McRae, one of the newer shoot
ers came through with a 387 total
to make the first high five for
the first time. The Palmer team
shot on top again to defeat the
far north team 1943 to 1883.
Palmer High Five
PS K oh tot
M. Athearn _100 100 98 93 391
D. Contini .100 100 99 91 390',
K. Westenbarger 10 99 96 93 389
P. McRae _ 99 99 96 93 387 <
J. Harris ..100 100 97 90 387 <
Total ....1943 ;
Fairbanks High Five <
P S K oh tot
C. Lohr _100 98 97 86 381
B. Riddle ._.100 99 97 84 380
K.-Westenbarger 100 99 96 93 389
B. Hayford _100 98 93 84 375
J. Johnson _100 97 92 83 372
Total ___1883
On December 14 the Palmer
riflemen took another win from
the LaBrea, California team, with
the first and second teams shoot
ing. Ken Westenbarger took high
total for the local shooters with
a 391 total. Adding one point, Art
Krause of the California team
was high for the match with 392.
The following totals were shot
in the match: PALMER HIGH
FOUR: K. Westenbarger, 391;
M. Athearn, 390; J. Dodge, 388,
and J. Harris, 387 for a total of
1556. LA BREA HIGH FOUR:
A. Krause, 392; G. Smith, 388;
Vance Rankin 382; and J. Dias,
382 for a 1544 total.
PALMER SECOND FOUR: J.
Lee, 382: D. Fleming, 380; S.
Lowe, 374; and A. Dickow, 374
for 1510 total. LA BREA HIGH
FOUR: G. Ruiz, 379; E. Twitchell,
372; M. Simmons, 369; and F.
Hall, 366 for a total of 1486.
TEAM STANDING
W L
PALMER No. 1 team 4 1
LA BREA No. 1 team, 1 4
PALMER NO. 2 team, 5 0
LA BREA No. 2 team, 0 5
of the staff meeting on 18 Decem
ber 1953, Major General George
R. Acheson, Commander, Alaskan
Air Command, presented a scroll
to Sergeant Tittel of Headquart
ers Squadron Section, Alaskan
Air Command, in recognition of
the completion of forty-five years
continuous active military ser
/ice.
To all our many Valley
friends!
(WET GOODMAN
CONTRACTING AND
EXCAVATING CO.
Anchorage
CONSERVATION
I NOTES
By Lew Hanks
I have just received a pamph
let from the U. S. Department ol
Agriculture on the subject oi
Strengthening Agriculture Thro
ugh Conservation of Our Resour
ces.
Farming is basic to our whole
economy. Farmers both here and
in the States sometimes feel like
stepchildren in our pattern oi
things, but as farming goes, so
goes the nation.
There is always a continual
pressure on our farmland. The
department estimates that we
will need the production equival
ent of 115 million more acres by
1975 to keep up with our grow
ing population. Alaska is our last
frontier in the development of
new land. We are a long way
short of meeting the potential de
mand. A large part of this future
demand must be met by increas
ed production per acre. The best
farmers in the country produce
almost double the amount of pro
duce per acre that the average
does. One of the jobs for all of
us is to narrow that gap.
To build up and maintain high
production of our soil takes good
farming methods. That is what
I consider conservation farming.
The basic concepts of good con
servation farming are simple.
First, protection from erosion
through windbreaks, snow ridg
ing, trashy type tillage, strip
cropping, etc. The second point is
fertilization. Barnyard manure,
commercial fertilizers and green
manures, all are good, have their
place and must be used. The
third point is the returning to
the soil sufficient humus to keep
our soils tillable, able to hold
moisture and fertility, and also
resistant to erosion. Green man
ures, mulch type tillage and rota
tions that include grasses do the
job here. The last point is proper
harvesting. Whether you let the
cows harvest grass by grazing, or
cut it for hay or silage, proper
harvest methods will put that
crop where it belongs—in your
pocketbook as money, and not
scattered throughout the field.
Proper soil management or con
servation methods will grow you
a larger, more saleable crop
THANK YOU
I wish to express my sin
cerest thanks and appreciation
to the City of Palmer and all
other firms and Valley friends
who so ably assisted us with
installation of the Palmer
water main.
CHET GOODMAN CO.
Contractor - Excavator
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