HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS PLAY FOR CHA!'
PIONSIill OF CEi’irL.L ..LABKA
Undo~ the tutelage of Coach HcVic
kor the local High School -Iris
to an br ttlod the fast ’.as ilia tor.:
to a P9-2-1 defeat to hr vo the
honor of playing for the charpior.
ship of ..laska .
In the play off Anchorage headed
one bracket and ’/esilla 'the other
as those tv;c tears were considorod
the boat. Palmar and Seward drew
to see who there cpp&nont would
bo. Palmer drew hasilia and
ward dr w Anchors . Palncr
and Anchorage win Ing their games
played for the honor- of having the
b-st t-:n north of Juneau.'! Tho
1 oal girl3 lost this game, but
wore in there fighting at all tinoj
Pa lit-Jr' 'High took a s-v^ro b;low whci
June Franco was unable to play
duo to weak ankles. Tie is helped
Anchorr go' considerably a s Juno
Weis the mainstay of Palmer * s
guards.
:.ll the girls played good ball.
Ferhaps Betty Hoffits playing
was the outstanding achievement
during the Rendezvous. She made
36 points in throe g, .;s, and
playod smart ball at all tines.
I have been criticized several
tines by. the public end by players
on both of the High School Teams
in reyard to Baskot-b 11 and this
criticism was justified from their
stand point.
The substitution cf- players depend;
upon the goals set up to v:6rl: for
ward be and the material you have
on your squad to work with.. With
these two things in mind I set
the goal for a championship team
in 1943. Realizing that 10 of the
15 turning out had little or no
experience, in Basket-ball, tnd
wore mostly Freshmen, it was
paramount that each girl be given
tho fullest amount of piscina
possible. That seems to be the
only way ,bidd on talents for 3:
oMl is-^iscov-r eg In rogerc
s k G t *■
u to
the experienced players only ore
could bo do '.>or.clod on to yo through
a ye., -c without bo coring too tirod,
’•'■'hieh ritght endanger th„ir health
in It tor life, Also wo didn’t hr.vo
the natural shots it. takes to vrin
Basketball gar-os. In practice and
sons ,ycy.es their playing and shoot
ing vias excellent, but in others
it we3 below par. Therefore there
was a need for i prove.cent.
In tho case of Bo tty I'offit she no
doubt was the poorest Forward I had.
She would travel with the bull, th
"ow it away, get nervous, mass up
the plays, but by U3ing her when
ever possible, she overcame these
faults and was an outstanding
.player at the Rendezvous. Y;c start
'd d out tho weakest team in this
section and at tho finish cf tho
year wore close to tho top. next
T ar I sincerely believe the toon
will be better off due to the fact
t’u.t every girl had tho opportunity
oi> playing-and developing , to tho
best of her ability. Substituting
keeps up tho spirit of all the -iris
turning out and keeps the more ex
perienced players playing harder to
koep their positions on tho first
string. Collogo coaches as a
rule substitute more than Iliyh
School coaches.
Virgil I.'cVickor
PALISH ATHLETIC ASSOC I; TION TO
GIVE TREE ENTERTAIFHEHT.
The active Pc Inter Athletic Asaocic
tion is putting on a free enter
tainment Saturday night',Harch 23rd.
nils party will consist of plays,
stunts, end sixteen rounds or more
si boxInc. Tho boxers signed up
Cor tho gong to date arc:
!?igcr Horton vs Bulldog Ellsworth
Sonny Pfioff vs Curly Soibor
lockout r.'onaghan vs Slicker Puhl
Sno Punch Linn V3 Darkhorso Horeman
"iny Bechtel vs Hardhitting Puhl
Jockey Pfieff vs Cyclone Ed. Lentz
(Con't on pago 8)