Palmer Downs Seward to Gain Briet
Railbelt Series Lead, Now Shared
The Palmer Moose held a brief
lead in the Railbelt Conference!
Friday night when they over-!
came Seward in a cloee game
53-50. only to be tied for first
place the following night wh*-n
the Seward Se&hawks beat the
Anchorage Eagles
The Moose led the scoring .ill,
the way through the game, but
the Seahawks put up a desperate
battle to overcome Palmer's early
lead. There were times when they
were within tour points of Palm* r
team. Although Palmer had a 21
point lead at the end of the half
Seward was only seven points be - ;
nind. 36-29 at the end of third
quarter By the end of game, the ;
Seahav.ks had narrowed Palm
er's lead to three points.
Both teams dropped in 20 field
goals. Seward's loss was due
mainly to failure it the free,
throw line. Palmer made 13 out;
of 20. while the Seahawks made
only 10 out of 26. The visiting
team refused six tosses, prefer
ring to take the ball out of
bounds.
Fortv-five personal fouls were
called during the game: 26 of
them were on Palmer. Three Pal
mer men and one Seward man
left the game on fouls.
Moose Lodge Five
Bows to Hotel, 5147
The Matanuska Hotel cagers
won a hard fought and closely
contested game with the Moose
Lodge team Tuesday night, 51-4 <
Gus Klim was Palmer's hign
point man v.ith 16 points, while
Monte Larsh brought in 10 Th<
two high point men of the ev*
nmg. however, were Seahawki
Ronnie Lewis and Pedro Dtnton
who dropped in 18 and 17 point:
respectively.
Palmer's last two games of thi
Railbelt Conference will be play,
ed at Fairbanks February 16-11
with the Malemutes.
The Anchorage Eagles will pla>
their last two games at Seward
February 15-16 with the Sea
hawks.
Box scores for the game
Friday are as follows:
Palmer High School
G
lc
I^ckert l
MilLis f
Larsh f
Geiwitz f
Fridley f
Klem c
McKe’nie g
Brown J g
Total
Seward High School
0
6
3
4
20
0
4
0
9
F
1
1
4
1
1
4
0
1
13
Evins f
Sanders f
Lindsey f
Lewis C.
Denton g -5
rSlykc g 2
Barr g 0
Total . 20
Score by Quarters: 1 2
Palmer 13 27
Seward 8 17
(53
P
1
1C
1
1C
c
c
52
(501
P
1
1
1>3
17
1
0
10
3
36
29
C
SC
4
52
5C
Officials: Deanovic and Hodgson
MOOSE LODGE FIVE
FACE THREE TEAMS
HERE NEXT WEEK
Basketball fans unable to get
to Fairbanks to sec the crucial
tame* between the local Moose
and the Fairbanks Malemutea
incxt week end will find ample
release for their pent up enthusi
asms in a senes of three games
planned by the Moose Lodge next
week.
The Moose Lodge team will
play games on three successive
nights. Tuesday night’s game will
be a return game with the local
Hotel Team On Wednesday night.
| the Moose five play their firs*
game with an Anchorage City
League team when they take on
the Alaska Railroad cagers.
Thursday night's game will be a
return contest with the 39th Air
Installation Group. All games ■
will be played in the Palmer
| School gymnasium.
Ken Westenbarger
Elected President
Of Sportsmen Club
Ken Westenbarger was elected
president of the Matanuska Val
ley Sportsmen's Club at the
| board of directors meeting held
February 11. Roy Knapp will
i «erve as vice-president with the I
! combined office of secretary
, treasurer being filled by Brucep
Graham.
Roy Brock, out-going president,
, was given a vote of thanks for'
. his very fine work during the,
; past year.
1 j A discussion on the club's cari
i bou conservation efforts followed j
: the election. Six signs, depicting,
j the valuation of calf conservation
! will be erected by the club it!
Palmer Rifle Club
Wins Postal Match
With Vermont Club
The frst of a Mntf of postal j
matches with the Bnrrv Rifle and j
Pisol Club in Vermont was won
with a comfortable margin re
cently by the Palmer Rifle Club j
Ken Westenbargcr was top man
for Palmer, shooting a record j
score of 393. the highest total i
score to be fired in four position
matches for the local club. The
total score for Palmer's five-man
team number 1 was 1914. as com
pared with the 1.884 total of the J
Barre, Vermont first team. Other
members of Palmer’s first team
scored as follows in their totals
for the four positions: Verne;
Donaldson. 383; Jack Dodge. 382:
M. Mollberg. 378; and Richard
Blue. 378. The high and low scor
es for the Vermont first team
were 38G and 369.
Dan Fleming led Palmer's see
ond team with a total of 376 for
the four positions. Other mem
bers of this team scored as fol
lows: J Wessman. 374; R. Ham
ilton. 373; Roy Brock. 368; A. K.
Docketw. 364. The total team score
of 1.855 compared well with the
1 792 total chalked up by the Ver
mont second team. The Barre. j
Vermont, second team’s scores
ranged from a high of 367 to a,
ow of 335.
strategic spots in the caribou •
irea. ’Through these efforts the j
:lub hopes to cut down the kill- j
,ng of caribou calves, such as was >
witnessed by several club mem- j
oers this past season.
Plans for redecorating the club
room were also formulated by the i
group.
in the high school gymnasium.
High point man for the game
was Lc-e Young who tossed in a
total score of 21 for the Hotel
team. Anderson was high point
man for the Moose with 10 points.
A total of 40 fouls was chalked
Up during the game, 23 for the
Hotel five, and 17 for the Moose..
The Hotel's Dale Roetman fouled j
out at the half and Vic Lover in
the third quarter. Anderson of
the Moose fouled out in the fourth
quarter.
Roetman. manager of the Hotel'
team, reported that the Moose
team looked good with the addi
tion of Otis Elder and Norman
Rousey. He said that under the j
good coaching of Art Stacey, the
team showed up in good form. j
Poor attendance at the game |
was responsible for a financial
loss to the- t> am?. The S’1 in gate
receipts at fifty cents a head did
not take care of the $15 rental fee.
for public games.
Next week, Tuesday, another!
game will be played between the <
Hotel team and the Moose. It will;
be open to the public.
On the Hotel team are Lee
Young- Dale Roetman. Vic Lover,
Don Phillips. O. Tess. Bobby
Lacher. and Knudeson.
The Moose line-up includes
Bert Stewart. Johhny Gore. Norm
Rousey, Don DeLand. Miles
France, Otis Elder. Don Parks.
and Richard Anderson.
MOOSE TEAM TO PLAY
AFB TEAM TONIGHT
The Moose basketball team will
play the Hdq. Sqd. of the*39th
Air Base Group tonight at the
school gym. The visiting team vs
in fourth place in the AFB league
and a good fast game is anticipa
ted by the local five.
Moose vs 33th Air Group
In a closely fought game Febr
uary 7. 're Moose team were de
feated by the 39th Air Installa
tjon Gr-'-up from Elmendorf. 47
59.
Air Ore up opened the game
with a strong offense, dropping
in six baskets during the first
quarter. The Moose really got
started during the second quarter
and pulled ahead at half-time,
onlv to drop back during the last
half.
Dick Anderson. Bert Stewart
and Otis Elder dropped them m
in rapid succession during the last
quarter but found they lacked
nine points for a win when the
final buzzer sounded.
Waltz, of the Air Group, made
many of his shots from deep in
the floor and tied for high score
with Elder. Moose guard, for 13
points.
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JUNIORHI TOURNAMENT
SET FOR SATURDAY
Thtr Jun.ur Hip'i School'baakct*
li.il) tournament w ill be held Sat
urday afternoon February Iti,
start.nc at one o'clock. Norman
Roum>. coach lor the Palmer
Junior-hiKh team, announced
A
till' •.>.«-ok
Junmr-hich school Ujn. Hum
Anchor a*»\ Elmendorl ..rid W^i
Da will compete with th< Palmer
team who haw played seven
Harm s this season lining oniy
one
There will be no chaic> lor ad
mission
BASKETBALL
PALMER MOOSE CLUB vs.
Matanuska Hotel, Tuesday, February 19
Alaska Railroad, Wdnesday, February 2Q
Anchorage City League
39th Air Group, Thursday, February 21
School Gym 8 p. m.
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