Kiwanis Basketball
Tournament Set
For March 4-5-6-7
The fourth annual Kiwanis
Basketball Tournament will open
next Wednesday, March 4, and
run for four conscutive nights.
Nine teams will play nine games,
with championship games wind
ing up the tournament Saturday
night, March 7.
Teams participating include
the Palmer High School; Palmer
Realty 1931 A ACS; Wasilla High;
10th Air Division; 333rd Comm.
Recon.; Palmer Moose; 39th Air
Depot Wing and the 54th Troop
Carrier team.
Winner of game No. 1 that will
see the Palmer Realty five play
the 1931 AACS at 9 p.m. March 4,
will draw a bye the following
night and meet the winner of
game No. 3 on March 6.
General admission to the
games, to be played in the; Pal
mer School gymnasium, will be
one dollar for adults and 50 cents
for students.
SCHEDULE
March 4 — Wednesday
Game 1—Palmer Realty vs 1932
AACS, 9 p.m.
Game 2—10th Air Division vs
Wasilla High, 7:30 p.m.
March 5 — Thursday
Game 3 — 333rd Comm. Recon.
vs. Palmer High, 8:15 p.m.
Game 4—Palmer Moose vs 39th
Air Depot Wing, 9:15 p.m.
Game 5—54th Troop Carrier vs
Winner of game 2, 7 p.m.
March 6 — Friday
Game 6—Winner of game 1 vs
winner of game 3
Game 7—Winner of game 4 vs
winner of game 5
March 7 — Saturday (FINALS)
Loser of game 6 vs loser of game
7 for 3rd and 4th places, 7:30
p.m.
CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY, 9 p.m.
Awards will be made to out
standing players and teams at the
close of the tournament.
A Catholic school for the An
chorage area by September, 1954,
is the goal of Holy Family Catho
lic Church parishioners who this
week started a fund drive for the
project. The exact size of the
school has not yet been detennin
ed. The only obstacle remaining
is the problem of obtaining
enough Sisters to staff the school,
church officials pointed out.
PALMER RIFLEMEN
WIN AT FAIRBANKS
Seven members of the Matan
uska Valley Sportsmens’ Rifle
Club flew to Fairbanks for a
series of shoulder to shoulder
matches with Fairbanks riflemen
on February 14 and 15. High team
scores went to the Palmer shoot
ers in all matches.
Two matches were fired Satur
day evening, the first an iron
sight match against the Univer
sity of Alaska ROTC squad, with
Ken Westenbarger of the local
team high shooter with a total
of 385. Johnson was high man for
the ROTC team with a total of
370. Team totals for the match
were 1861-1843.
The second match on that date
was against the Tanana Valley
Sportsmen in the any-sight match
in which Palmer shooters again
were high shooters with total
scores reading 1919-1886. Murray
Athearn led the Palmer team
with a total of 391 while Buster
Riddle led the Fairbanks sports
men with a total of 382.
Sunday scores in a round-robin
match of the three teams, were
Palmer 1907, ROTC 1897 and
TVSA 1857. For Palmer, Westen
barger again took high shooting
honors with a total of 387: John
son repeated his high standirtg for
the University team with a 372
score and Roy Isackson’s 384 to-?
tal led the Tanana Valley men.
Following the matches, the Pal
mer shooters were guests of the
Tanana Valley group at their new
club house Sunday evening. A
buffet supper and refreshments
prepared by the women of the
club were enjoyed by those at
tending. Participants in the match
were in accord that the matches
were a huge success and hope it
to be a for-runner for many more
sportsmen and rifle club activ
ities.
COMMUNITY CLUB REMINDS
OF ALASKA'S
FAVORITE GAME
Members of the Wasilla Com
munity Club wish to remind i
Valley folk of the evening of fun
playing “Alaska’s Favorite Game”
they plan for Saturday night.
February 28 in the Wasilla Com
munity Hall, at 8 p.m.
The grand prize will be a mer
chandise order for $15 from Tee
land’s General Store in Wasilla.
Refreshments will be served at
the hall.
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Malemutes Win
Basketball Tourney;
Palmer Third Place
By defeating the Anchorage
Eagles 58-51 the Fairbanks High
School basketball team was de
clared winner of the annual West
ern Alaska Class A basketball
tournament in the final game
February 23, at Anchorage.
Following the second place An
chorage team were the Palmer
Moose in third position.
The Palmer team opened the
tournament February 17 by de
feating the Seward Seahawks 43
42. The following night the An
chorage Eagles were responsible
for Palmer’s first defeat 46-37.
Palmer edged the Kodiak Naval
Station on Thursday night with
a last minute score of 51-49. Dur
| ing this game Hintz of the Kodiak
team may have set a new tourna
ment record by sinking 13 free
throws in 18 attempts.
The hardworking Moose met
the Eagles February 20 for their
second loss to that team and were
eliminated from the tournament.
Good sportsmanship and all
around-playing was displayed by
the participants throughout the
games. The Anchorage school
gymnasium was packed with avid
basketball fans during each game.
Picked as members of the West
ern Alaska All Star basketball
team were two Palmer players,
Jack McKechnie and Monte
Larsh,
Ladies Aid of the United Pro
testant Church will hold a meet
ing in the church basement Wed
nesday, March 4. All members are
invited to attend.
RECORD SET BY
LOCAL RIFLE CLUB
In their fifth postal match
against the Cut Bank Rifle and
Pistol club of Montana, the Ma
tanuska Valley Sportsmen Rifle
club scored their fourth win with
the highest five-maa team score
ever fired in Alaska.
Murray Athearn set the pace
with a high of 395, followed close
ly by J. “Rip” Harris with 393.
The Cut Bank team is holding
a constant high in tke Empire
League. Scores submitted for
competition with the local club
are those shot in the League, con
sisting of some 320 individuals.
Athearn’s score was tops over all
shooters in the Empire League,
j William Schumaker of Colville
j is high in the League with 394.
PALMER HIGH FIVE
P S K oh. iot
Murry Athearn 100 99 100 96 395
J. “Rip” Harris 100 100 97 96 393
Allen Richie .... 100 99 98 94 391
John Dodge .100 98 98 93 389
K. Westenbarger 100 100 96 93 389
Total .1957
CUT BANK HIGH FIVE
P S K oh. tot
Dr. J. Jones
D. Christenot
Jack Peoples
Rex Neil
Rex Davis
100 100 95 97 392
100 100 97 95 392
100 .99 97 94 390
100 100 99 90 389
100 100 97 86 383
The Palmer No. 2 team total of
1912 beat that of the Cut Bank
No. 2 total of 1891. .
The local team has lost only
one match this season, losing a
tied game to the Montana shoot
ers in the off-hand position.
CARIBOU HERD
INCREASES AT NELCHINA
A slight increase in the Nel
china caribou herd has been not
ed this year by the Fish and
Wildlife Service.
A census completed last week
set the population of the herd
at about 7,200. The Nelchina herd
is the largest caribou herd in
the sou^i central Alaska. Last
year's census showed about 6,800
of the animals.
FWS agents reported that
moose in the Susitna Basin area
SORORITY TO ENTERTAIN
SPRING RUSHEES MONDAY
Spring rushees will be guests
at the regular meeting of Theta
Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi Mon
day evening, March 2 at 8 p.m.
in the Extension Craft Room.
A cultural program has been
planned and refreshments will be
served.
have also increased during the
past year.
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