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54th Troop Carrier, 68th AAA;
Palmer High, AACS Are Undefeated
The second annual Palmer Ki
wanis Club three-day basketball
tournament got under way here
last night with a good crowd in
attendance for the first games in
the single elimination contest in
which eight teams were scheduled
to appear. An invitational tour
nament, local teams and those
from Ft. Richardson and Elmen
dorf Air Force Base accepting
bids to play here include Palmer
High School, Matanuska hotel
team, Wasilla, 54th Troop Carrier
Squadron, 68th AAA, CINCAL,
63i'd Signal Corps and AACS
Squadron.
Undefeated teams that will play
off the second round of the tour
nament tonight are the 54th
Troop Carrier Squadron which
will meet the 68th AAA at 7:30
p.m. and the Palmer high school
ancl AACS team which will play
at about 9 p.m.
Wasilla and the 54th Troop
Carrier Squadron drew assign
ments for the starting round in
the tournament. The 54th took
the game 45-23. In the second
game Palmer high school defeat
ed CINCAL. 47-36, and in the
third game AACS defeated the
63i:d Signal Corps 50-42.
The first round got off to a very
slow start with Wasilla complete
ly outclassed by the 54th Troop
Carrier Squadron. Wasilla, al
ways a game and scrappy team,
made a terrific effort but the 54th
was too good for them and left
them behind. Points were evenly
distributed among Wasilla’s men
with Kotila, 4, Church, 7, Dinkel
and Cottle, 5 each, and Dave
Smith, 2, for the final score of 23.
Other players on the line up were
Knutson, Carson, McDonald, Jack
Knutson and Joe Smith.
.For the 54th, James Fitch was
high man with 12 points. Charles
Jerove and Harold Prather fol
lowed with 10 points each, both
Daniel Morris and James Parker
chalked up 6 points each and Al
phonso Garcia made good a free
throw for the total score of 45.
In the second game Palmer
high school held CINCAL down
to 36 points, defeating the team
by 11 points and eliminating the
air men from the contest. Palmer
started out with a new line-up of
Geiwitz, Eckert, Larsh, McKeck
nie and Klem. Geiwitz was high
man on the team with a score of
11. Klem did a beautiful job of
holding CINCAL with good team
work which Palmer has had all
year. Klem and Larsh both
scored 9 points, McKecknie 8,
Eckert 4, Harris and Thuma 2
points each and Hiber 1. Milles
was also on the line up.
High man for CINCAL was
Brown with 20 points, Lantz and
Berg both chalked up 5, Johnson
3, Chisum 2, and Cleland 1. Other
men on the line up were Henning,
Adkinson, Bedford and Graf.
The third game of the evening
set between the 68th AAA and
the local hotel team was won by
the 68th by default. The hotel
team did not play as the roster
as submitted was not acceptable
to the tournament committee. |
In the final round of the eve-;
ning the 63rd Signal Corps went
down to defeat and elimination
at the hands of the AACS with
a final score of 50-42. When the
teams came out on the floor the
63rd Signal men looked like they
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might cinch the game but AACS
proved a superior team. The
63rd put up a good fight but
AACS was favored with height.
High man for AACS was George
Jocowics with 15 points, Gilbert
Moran followed with 12 and Ivan
Redford with 9. David Freeman
scored 5, Ruh Muzzarelli, 4, Al
fred DeCap and Herbert Harville,
2 each, and A1 Shinarck, 1. Also
on the line up were James Gunn
and Richard Swisher.
Morgan led the 63rd with 12
points, Rolfson, Heller and Rost
kowski, 6 each, Bavard, 4, and
Stitch, Caruso and Merzak, 2
each. McCarty and Brandt were
also on the line up.
Individual high score so far is
held by Brown on CINCAL.
The lineup for 68th AAA in
cludes Miller, Eurbine, Usselman,
Sherrod, Groves, Cerami, Roth,
Davis, Crews and Todd.
Referees last night included H.
J. Hodgson, Ray McCartney and
Ralph Huntley. Joe Hudock was
official time keeper.
NOTICE
Mr. Ben C. White is no longer
assocated with Arctic Metal
Works and is not responsible for
any indebtedness as of Feb. 23.'
1951.
BEN C. WHITE j
Palmer Sheet metal
And Heating
Announces the Purchase of
Arctic Metal Works
Both Companies Will Be Operated as
Palmer Sheet Metal & Heating
At the Arctic Metal Works Shop
Basketball Teams,
Rooters Fly to
Cordova Today
Three planeloads of Valley
basketball players and rooters left
Palmer today for Cordova where
they will spend the week end
playing basketball and being en
tertained with Cordovan hospital
ity.
The DC-3 planes chartered
from Pacific Northern Airlines,
were scheduled to take off from
the Palmer airport at 10:30 a.m.,
12:45 p.m. and 3 p.m. Local teams
aboard were the Rockets, Valley
women’s team and the Matanuska
hotel team. Claire Stock, man
i ager, and Vi Stacey, coach of the
Rockets were also aboard.
The hotel team line up for the
Cordova games include Jim Her
man, Vernie France, Carl Onkka,
Orin Tess, “Doc” Johnson, Stan
Valandra, Dale Roetman and Don
DeLand. Mr. Roetman is man
ager and coach of the team.
Rocket players on the trip include
Georgia Stewart, Lucille France,
Irene Vasanoja, Elsie Corey, Kar
en Bryant, Bonnie Bettini, Bar
bara Hecker and Jean Smith.
One of the most celebrated pas
sengers aboard was a Matanuska
"Maid” cow which the local folk
took to Cordova to prove the
quality of the Valley products.
ANCHORAGE LITTLE THEATRE
Presents
THE
DRUNKARD
Directed by Don Harling
One Showing Only a
9:30 P.M. March 9
PALMER BAR
Admission $1.50
Tickets on Sole at Bert's Drug Store
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