V.F.W. "22" SHOOT
HUGE SUCCESS
By Jack Kuensier, Cmdr.
V. F. W. Post 3836
For the pa9t two Wednesday
nights there has been a “22”
shoot in the basement of the
Civic Center and enough interest
has been developed in shooting
where it looks like future organ
ized shooting is here to stay.
Plans are being made to form
regular teams of men, women
and children interested in shoot
ing and to give everyone in
terested a chance to shoot with
in their own class. Prizes have
been more or less restricted in
the past because we didn’t know
what it was you, the shooters,
wanted, but with the forming of
organized teams there will be
opportunities for everybody to
compete for prizes you will
want.
All people interested in be
longing to a team or club will
derive different privileges by
being a member. Special shoots
Will be held for members, am
munition will be furnished at
cost; prizes, pins and badges will
be offered within the club stat
ing your shooting abilities, and
the fun of open competition with
each other will be only some of
loin The
MARCH OF DIMES
the benefits derived from be
longing.
Seward has long needed a club
of this type and we of the V.F.W.
are proud to be able to offer it
to you. You don’t have to be a
member of the V.F.W. to shoot,
.this is open to all citizens of
'Seward, men, women and chil
dren, the V.F.W. is only spon
soring it! We won’t turn down
any eligible members that want
to join, we can use all the help
we can get. Just don’t feel re
stricted as shooters to sign up
for the Rifle team.
The average hunter of Sew
ard spends hundreds of dollars
for rifles, ammunition and
equipment to be able to get out
in the bush for a couple weeks
of the year on a hunting trip,
yet the majority of you don’t
shoot a box of ammunition in
a years time. Your rifles’ sights
■may be out of line and you'll
miss good game shots because
of it. Here’s your chance to be
long to something you, as an
active hunter and sportsman,
can enjoy. We can all use a club
that will help us keep our eye
in for hunting and we can all
get a lot of personal satisfaction
out of open competition with our
fellow huntsmen.
Now is your chance to sign
up! We have opened a member
ship list in the Bayside Sporting
Goods Store and on one of your
shopping trips downtown come
in and see Dick and sign up.
He will do his best in answering
your questions at the same time.
Let’s look for ALL of you at our
next shoot.
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Seahawks Lose To
Eagles In Two
"Thrillers"
Although playing their best
basketball of the season, the
Seward High School Seahawks
lost two tough games last Friday
and Saturday to the Anchorage
High School Eagles by identical
scores of 55-53.
The first game was a heart
breaking loss in a double over
time game that was filled with
thrills from start to finish. The
lead changed hands 16 times
during the game and featured a
rather hot-shooting Anchorage
team against a hard-working
Seward five. The regular game
ended 47-47. The Seahawks had
held a 46-43 lead with about a
minute to play but they were
unable to control the ball and
Anchorage scored two quick bas
kets to go ahead 47-46. With 8
seconds to go Gene Boc was
fouled and made the first of his
two free throws to tie the game.
In the first overtime both teams
scored three baskets and it end
ed with the score still tied at
53-53. The second overtime in
a high school game is a “sudden
death” affair with the team first
scoring two points declared the
winenr. Seward controlled the
tip-off, the ball going from Pete
Wagner to Dave Hughes who
passed off to Don Ennis breaking
around the outside. Don drove
for the basket and shot from
about 6 feet out but the ball
went up, hit the front rim and
bounded over the basket. An
chorage got the ball off the back
board and took the ball up the
floor. Burkher took a long one
handed shot from about 20 feet
out; the ball hit the rim bounded
into the air and then dropped
down through for the winning
basket.
Pete Wagner led all scoring
with 24 points, Dave Hughes
hitting for 14.
The Saturday night game end
ed up in an almost repeat per
formance of Friday night's game.
It took the Seahawks until the
second half to really get going
and by that time they were sev
eral points behind, the half end
ing 28-19 in favor of Anchorage.
Anchorage again was hitting a
very good percentage of shots,
while Seward getting more good
shots just couldn’t seem to hit
their shots. In the second half,
however, the Seahawks came
back and at the end of the third
quarter were only one point be
hind, 36-35. In the final quarter
both teams hit quite well- but
the Eagles made 11 foul shots
out of 13 tries in the last quar
ter whereas the Seahawks al
though making 9 baskets only
shot two free throws and missed
both of them and lost in another
thriller 55-53. Wagner and Boe
led Seward with 15 points each.
The crowds both Friday and
Saturday nights were very dis
appointing and perhaps had
something to do with the loss of
both games. Perhaps with better
support the Seahawks would
have been spurred on to victory.
The young inexperienced Sea
hawks have had a lot of tough
luck and have played a schedule
that has been somewhat back
wards. However, they have play
ed good basketball and with a
few breaks could very well have
won several of the games. They
deserve much more support than
they have gotten so far. They
promise to be a very tough team
by tournament time and with a
little more support and encour
agement could very well C(
through in the tournament.
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Tom McCahill of Mechanix Illustrated Magazine
is the dean of America’s auto editors and testers.
Here is his forecast for 1954.
"I predict that the new 1954 Mercury with over
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sion, will not only prove a sensation in stock car racing,
but will prove itself to be one of the safest, most popular
cars in America by this time next year.”
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a work-out knows the significance of this statement. A
veteran racing and test track driver, McCahill’s busi
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ling tests that he can devise. A big man (260 lbs.),
McCahill romps a car through its paces as though it
were a polo pony. Through experience he can determine
within a hair’s fraction just how much a car can take—
and give—in terms of power, comfort and all-around
owner-satisfaction.
Most spectacular feature of the ’54 Mercury is its
new 161-horsepower V-8 engine—delivering 28% more
power per pound than last year’s V-8! This new engine
—together with five optional power features—makes
Mercury one of the most completely powered cars in
the popular price field.
Ball-joint front suspension is also a Mercury exclu- .
sive for 1954 in the popular price range. Driving ease
is further enhanced by Mercury’s optional "4-way
power seat” which "focuses” you for the road in any of
four directions.
Additional options such as power steering and power
brakes make Mercury exceptionally easy to drive. And
fully-automatic Merc-O-Matic Drive provides smooth,
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Authoritative reports consistently rate Mercury
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two years to accommodate demand!
■VI ERCUR Y—the car that lets you decide how easy you want your driving
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