Shamrocks Reach Finals In Kiwanis Tourney
Marksmen Wbamp Anchorage Shooters,
Then Shoot It Out Among Themselves
Twelve members of the Mata
nuska Valley Sportsmen have
“chosen up sides” for a three
round club shoot, currently being
shot off on Monday evenings.
Winners of the club match will
be guests of the losers at a dinner.
The team of Ken Westenbarger,
et al, was 45 points better than
Dan Fleming’s boys at last Mon
day’s first round. Shooters are di
vided between the two squads
on the basis of average scores.
Monday’s complete shoot record
was as follows:
Westenbarger .~ 383
C. Carroll . 374
Brock . 371
M. Anderson . 360
Donaldson . 348
Lepak . 280
2116
Fleming . 365
Harris . 309
Smith . 350
J. Carroll . 366
Walker . 350
Goodrich . 881
2161
The small-bore nllemen ol the
Matanuska Valley Sportsmen
bested an Anchorage delegation
by 17 points in last week’s first
inter club match of the season.
The match was held at the local
range, beneath the Rec Hall, at 8
o’clock last Friday evening.
Individual scores on the five
man teams were as follows:
PALMER 1133
Westenbarger . 389
Harris'..;...:.—. 35$
C. Carroll. 357
Fleming .. 360
J. Carroll . 378
ANCHORAGE 1322
Collins . 361
Mallberg . 354
Scotty . 369
Sherwood . 364
Wessman . 374
Both clubs are looking forward
to a season of inter-club competi
tion, on both the indoor and out
door ranges.
Shamrocks Play Medic
Here Next Tuesday
Palmer's Shamrocks will
meet the 57th Medics in a post
season basketball game on the
floor of the Palmer Gym next
Tuesday evening. The game
will be played at 8:30 that eve
ninq.
The preliminary event will
be a challenge match between
the Rockets and Palmer's old
men, a squad which defeated
the Rockets during the Kiwan
is Club tournament. The Rock
ets issued the challenge. That
game will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Valley Merchants Give
Many Prires for
Tomorrow's Dance
Valley merchants still were
pushing one another out of line
yesterday to be next to contribute
prizes for the Hard Times dance,
sponsored by local nurses, to be
held tomorrow evening. The prize
list was growing so rapidly,
nurses were beginning to feel, at
press-time, that tomorrow eve
ning might be more taken up with
giving things away than with
dancing.
A partial and incomplete list,
still being added to at 5:00 o’clock
yesterday, includes these names:
Koslosky’s, Palmer Photo Art,
Trading Post, Variety Vogues,
Dee-Jay Shop, Palmer Cold Stor
age, Bert’s Drug, Loberg’s Vari
ety, Palmer Fountain and Cafe,
North Palmer Store, Grasser’s
Hai’dware and Teeland’s Store at
Wasilla.
Since Dr. F. R. Sims was sched
uled to depart for Valdez this
weekend, the nurse committee,
consisting of Miss Martha Collier
and Miss Marjorie Myren, were
hunting another master of cere
monies late yesterday. They had
no commitments at press-time.
Linnebars Welcome
John David. Jr.
John David Linnebar, Jr., was
born to Mr. and Mi's. John Linne
bar at Valley Hospital this week.
The big little boy tipped the
scales at nine pounds, two and a
half ounces at birth.
Sportsmen to Trek
To Big Lake Sunday
For Fish ’n Photos
Sunday’s the day the Matanus
ka Valley Sportsmen open their i
1950 bag of fun tricks. Bright and I
early that morning, 8:30 a.m. to
be * exact, Sportsmen and their
families meet at the Rec Hall for
a fish and photo outing at Big
, Lake.
Everyone attending is asked to
i come armed with a contribution
| to the potluck luncheon, to be
served at mid-day. Also, anyone
who has a gasoline camp stove
should bring it—it’ll be mighty
convenient at fish-frying or cof
fee-making time.
To spur the club’s fishermen to
their peak efforts, the Sports
men’s committee, which includes
Bob Walker, John Bush and Dee
Johanson, has decided a prize will
be offered for the largest fish
caught and for the greatest num- j
ber of fish caught.
Club members who do not have
transportation, but who \ypuld j
j like to make the trip, are asked j
i to register with Roy Brock at the j
| Palmer Fountain. Transportation !
| will be arranged for them.
Cordova Basketball Plans
Will Wait Another Year
Since no word has been re
ceived from Cordova concerning
, tentative plans for a basketball
weekend here on March 17 and
18, the game has been cancelled,
manager Clair Stock of the Rock
ets said today. Mr. Stock feels it
is too late in the season, if the
Cordova visitors cannot make the
mid-March playdates, to re-sched
ule the series. He said he hoped
it could be resumed next year.
Meanwhile, the Rockets have
tentative plans for a meeting with
an Anchorage woman’s team next i
i weekend. Plans were not com-!
i plete at press-time, but further j
| announcement will be made in
next Friday’s edition of the Val
ley Frontiersman.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
Team Rosters for Kiwanis Basketball Tourney
Teams, coaches and managers who participated in the
Kiwanis Club scoreboard tournament included the following
names:
WASILLA
E. Line
Pat Carter
J. Smith
J. Hamilton
Rodney Cottle
T. Per sell
Roy Morrison
Roger Moore
Monte Larsh
Larry Beck
John Hamilton, manager
Jim Nelson, coach
51st ORDINANCE
Powers
Gibson
Wain wright
Jeter
McGrone
McCue
Detweiler
McGinnis
Shea
Hanschild
George McG:one. manager
Etui Jeter, coach
MATANV8KA HOTEL
Lee Yeong
Hex Herdago
James Gleaadn
Pel Moran
Lynn Saadvik
George Kermon
Virgil Meehan
Den Carney
Bill Tompkins
Jim Harmon, manager
and coach
500 Q. M.
Kersey
Omdat
Vauble
Cooper
Jakus
Clark
Rahier (or Nevada)
Chandler
Capt. Pero. manager
Charles Nevada, coach
PALMER HIGH SCHOOL
Harvey Hiber
Edison Thuma
Gus Klem
Robert Lacher
Harold Bendixen
Walter Bendixen
George Pederson
Myles Hyland
Richard Geiwitx
Victor Loyer
Chuck Collins, manager
Robert Criles. coach
57th MEDICS
Maskim
Wrist on &
Tacy
Welker
Barr
Reardon
Daniels
Kansbrough
Chomp
Morris
T/Sgt. McNeil, manager
T/Bgl. K. Staib, coach
SHAMROCKS
Bud Billet
Ray DsWsit
Vend# France
Gordon Borg
•Don DoLond
Bod Meier
Earl Onkfca
Emil Waldal
Don Parks
Dec Johnson
Bernie Bouwens. coach
Emil Waldal. manager
AACS
Harris
Cormier
Young
Manning
Schneider
Moran
Burke
Clark
Harville
Trimnah
Brock, coach
Free, manager
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ARMY’S AACS
WINS FIRST PUCE
IN TOURNAMENT
Trophies in the Kivvanis Clul
basketball tournament, playec
here last weekend, mostly strayec
a long v.ay from home, when the;
were placed in the hands of *v A
new owners at award cerei*
Saturday evening. The Army’
AACS squad carried home th«
gold-plated basketballs as toj
team of the tournament, and fou
Army men copped the individua
trophies.
Some local solace could b
found in the runner-up showinj
of the Shamrocks, however; an<
Valley-ites remember with prid
that although Johnny Hamiitoj
belongs to the Army, he’s a mai
of two countries, too, for he re
aides in Wa6illa by choice, whei
he has a choice, and he playe<
basketball for the Matanuska Ho
tel squad for a part of the seasor
In addition to Hamilton, Harri
of the AACS five and ^Ham
brough of the 57th Medics wo
the all-around good player an
good sportsman awards offere
by Palmer Photo Art and De<
Jay’s.
Young of the winning AACS
squad was high-point man ten
the tournament, with 77 tallies
to his credit in three rounds oi
play. He was given a gold
plated belt buckle.
The Shamrocks, as runners-u
were given silver-plated baske
balls as their trophies.
The AACS men started out lil
winners at the tournament
opening gun, for they began ho
tilities by thumping, an<S thi
eliminating, the Matanuska Hot
in the first game of the fir
round. Final score in that gan
was AACS 58, Matanuska Hot
36. Lee Young of the Hotel-mc
tried to hold his team togethe
and he showed them the way
play ball by pouring in 20 poinl
but the absence of practice se
sions in recent weeks was evider
No one worried any more aboi
AACS, when they left the flo*
at naix-lime witn a ZD-point a<
vantage.
Wasilla, with a team recruit*
from Palmer junior high scho
players and bolstered with t$.o >
three Wasilla townsmen, tl
whole cemented into a basketbx
squad by Johnny Hamilton, sla;
ped down the 57th Ordinani
with a 27-25 win and advanced
the second round. Folks had fi
watching this makeshift team, b'
on more than one occasion th<
had the opportunity to applai
good basketball, too.
Palmer High School, afte
edging the Army's 57th Medic
for three quarters, faltered ii
the fourth and final quarter t<
| let the Medics' Lacy even th
score. During the overlim
playoff, the Medics counted fo
two field goals and a fre
throw, while Harold Bendixen'
! charity toss was the only tall
for the High School. Final scor
in the game was Medics 31
PHS 34.
In the final game of first-rou:
play, the Shamrocks had an ea
time pushing the 500 Quarterm;
ter men out of the tournamei
They walked away from th<
military opponents, winning by
count of 54-32, partly due to t
, first-class assistance rendered
Doc Johnson and Gordon Be)
j both borrowed from the Anchc
j age Elks for the occasion,
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