MIS, Hotel-Men Whip
Two More Army Fives
Palmer’s Moose of Palmer High
School and the Matanuska Hotel
fives added two more Army
scalps to their respective belts
this week. Palmer’s Shamrocks
declared a moratorium on basket
ball games and didn’t try in An
chorage this week.
PHS barely scraped by the 500
Quartermaster outfit in a ragged
ly-played game that saw the vis
itors within one point of the lo
cals in a last quarter rally. The
Moose finally pulled themselves
together to hold a three-point ad
vantage for a final score of 38-35.
Played in the chilly atmosphere
of Palmer’s Gym, the Army five
didn’t get properly warmed to its
task until midway in the second
quarter. It took that long for the
visitors to drop in two points
from the field.
The fray was a free-fouling af
fair, with a total of 37 personals
called against both teams. The
high school men counted 10 times
from the free throw line and
missed 13 opportunities to boost
their score. The Army had an
even poorer record with seven
foul shots made and 15 missed.
Center Harvey Hiber led high
school scoring with 16 points.
Fette was best for the Quarter
master men with 13 tallies.
Hotel Tops 867th, 47-28
If the atmosphere was chilly on
Saturday, it was positively frigid
on Tuesday, when a shivering
Matanuska Hotel five iced the
867th Anti-Aircraft squad 47-28.
Neither team got the muscles of
its tossing arm limbered until the
second half, the quarter score
reading 8-6 and the half-time
mark 15-14, with the Army lead
ing.
Lee Young, usually top Hotel
sharpshooter, showed the effects
of holiday wear and tear by fail
ing to hit for a single point dur
ing the first half. He remembered
his basketball lessons in the sec
ond half, and found paydirt often
enough to lead Hotel scoring with
12 points. Team manager Dale
Roetman trailed a close second
with 10 counters.
Woods was top marksman for
the Anti-Aircraft men with 10
points, with his fellow forward
Baker a close second with nine.
Frozen Plumbing Snarls
Teen Party Plans
Winter weather intervened in
plans for a P-TA-sponsored teen
age party this week. At first
scheduled for tomorrow evening,
party plans were advanced to
Wednesday to avoid conflict with
other student activities.
However the plummeting mer
cury last week resulted in frozen
pipes at the Moose Hut. where
the party was to be held. So it’s
indefinitely postponed, but the
P-TA still hopes to schedule a
teen-age social sometime in the
near future. Plans will be an
nounced later, Mrs. Lucy Mick,
P-TA president, said.