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Four Valley Teams
Matched With Army
la dab Tournament
Drawings for the first round in
the Kiwanis Club sponsored bas
ketball tournament to be held on
March 2. 3 and 4, were announced
by William T. Zahradnicek this
week. First opponents, in the,
eight-team tournament line up
this way on Thursday:
At 7 p. m., Malanuska Hotel j
vs. AACS; at 8 p. m.. Palmer j
High School vs. 51st Medics; at i
9 p .m., 51st Ordnance vs. Wa- j
silla town teams; at 10 p.m..
Shamrocks vs. 500 Q. M.
Further brackets in this score
board tournament will be an-;
nounced in next Friday’s issue of ,
the Valley Frontiersman, Mr.
Zahradnicek said. The tourna
ment is planned as a double elim- j
illation fray, with each team al
lowed two losses before its elimi
nation from the tournament.
One or two of the Army fives■;
had indicated there was some!
doubt as to their participation,
but the school superintendent,
who is head of the Kiwanis tour
nament committee, said that al
ternates had been selected, in the
event that one of the eight teams
could not compete.
A season’s ticket for the three j
nights of basketball will cost $2.
Those tickets are already on sale,
through Palmer merchants and
through Kiwanis Club members.
As trophies, the Kiwanis Club
has ordered 12 gold-plated bas
ketballs, to be awarded to squad
members of the v.inning team.
For the runners-up, there will be
an award of 12 silver-plated bas
ketballs. For the athlete who
takes individual scoring honors!
for the tournament there will be!
a gold-plated belt buckle.
Mr. Zahradnicek said it was the!
club’s hope that one or two
Palmer merchants would volun
teer still other awards for the in
dividual player showing the best
sportsmanship in the tournament
play and for the player voted
most valuable in the tournament
by competing players.
Awards will be presented by,
Jack Maze at a ceremony immed- ,
iately following the champion-j;
ship game on Saturday, March 4. [
Air tournament profits will be ,
used to, apply on the purchase of ,
an electric scoreboard for the
Palmer Gymnasium.
No Invitation Yet
To Visitina Basketeers
There were still no definite
plans for a return engagement
basketball tournament ai
Palmer between Val4ez, Cor
dova and Palmer, at press-time
today. Clair Stock, manager
of the Rockets, said the teams
were finding it difficult ‘ to
choose a date that does not j
conflict with other scheduled
activities in the Valley.
Mr. Stock said it seemed
likely that Valdez might find
it impossible to come, but that
there was still a good possibil
ity of scheduling games here
with Cordova. Players hoped
to discuss the plans among
themselves this week, and to
make a definite announce
ment next Friday,
PHS Noose Snatch Two Close Games
From Fairbanks, For 3rd Win Of Week
Palmer High School's Moose
have formed a winning habit in
basketball circles during the past
two weeks, and they refused to
let anything like the Fairbanks
Malemutes disorganize a habit.
The Moose took two games from
the Malemutes last weekend,
with very little difficulty.
Games were hard-fought and
evenly played on both Friday and
Saturday evenings. If there was
any outstanding characteristic,
other than the much improved
brand of basketball the Palmer
ites showed, it was the all-around
teamwork the squad showed.
There was no outstanding per
former on the Palmer roster, but
there were five steady, cool, ball
hawking basketball players- The
series was characterized by good
toul-shooting for both teams.
Palmer made good on 10 of 18
free throws in the first game and
nine of 18 in the second. Fair
banks tried 17 times and connect
ed for nine in the first, and
counted 12 times out of 21 in the
second game.
Sparked by the clear-headed
defensive w'ork of Harvey Hiber,
plus his ability to count when the
chips are down and the going
hardest, Palmer won this Fair
banks series on the basis of down
right hard work and consistent
plugging.
The Moose led in the first game
almost the entire way, but were
overshadowed in the second and
third quarters of Saturday’s game
and had to come from behind to
overtake the Malemutes in the
closing minutes. Walter Bendix
en was out of the line-up both
evenings, with measles. "Victor
Loyer was sick Saturday night,
and although suited up, did not
play.
The box score on
game:
PALMER—42
*9
.4
Friday’s
Hiber, H.
Klem, G.
Caulkins, J. .
Pederson, G.
Loyer, V.
Bendixen, H.
Hyland, M. .
Thuma, E.
ft Pis.
4 12
5
7
11
4
0
0
3
Totals.
.16 10 42
Quarter scores: 12, 26, 38, 42
FAIRBANKS—37
Woodward, D.2 0 4
McMahon .4 4 12
PALMER SHAMROCKS BEAT ELKS, 75-73,
IN OVERTIME GAME ON LOCAL FLOOR
A little group of Shamrocks got
together last Tuesday night,
scheduled a quiet little game with
a little band of Anchorage Elks,
and then beat them by a little
two-point margin, 75-73. The
game v, as tied at 68 up at the end
af regular play, and it took a
three-minute overtime period to
turn the trick.
Lee Young and Rex Hardage,
.vho can appear in either Sham
rock green or Hotel maroon jack
ets, luckily (for the Shamrocks,!
were wearing the proper colors
ruesday night, for they led all
scoring with 28 and 24 points, re
spectively- ""j
It was Rex’ big six points in the’
overtime period that cinched the j
*ame for the Shamrocks. . Lee
lelped out his brother Shamrock
Rotel squadster by tossing in a
tree throw, for .good measure.
The.Elk’s “Doc”. Johnson-, .who
nas delighted Valley and Anchor
age fans alike with -spectacular
long shots, missed the services of
a tall center at the backboard to
scoop the ball out to him for his
favorite shot. Johnson made on
ly 20 points in the Tuesday game, *
being nudged out for Elk scoring 1
honors by Gordon Berg’s 25
points.
The Elks turned up on the | ^
court with only four men, and j.
were forced to borrow young Bill 1
Zahradnicek to put a team on the
floor. Eight men reported for the (
Shamrocks and all eight saw ac- ^
tion during the course of the eve- t
ning. j
The game was more tag than -
basketball as both teams con
centrated on a run-and-throw c
game, rather than on a tight de- j
ferise or any carefully executed j
plays. . *
Quarter score bn the garpe ran s
as follows: ...
Shamrocks . .. 17,. 36, 50, 68, 75 M
Elks .-.20, 31, .48, 68, 73 J
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AGAIN PALMER BOWS TO ANCHORAGE
tN ANOTHER RENDEZVOUS TOURNEY
BULLETIN
The Fairbanks Malemutes
made a surprising comeback in
last night's Rendezvous game
with- Palmer, to eliminate the
local boys from the tournament.
Fairbanks won by a 50-38 score,
despite Harvey Hiber's one
man effort to keep Palmer in
the running in a desperate
for^lh quarter rally. Harvey
counted 11 of his 15 points in
that quarter.
Seward easily defeated An
chorage to cinch the tourna
ment championship. Anchorage
will face Fairbanks tonight, to
decide second place in the "A"
division.
Wasilla ^nd Nome battled on
almost even terms in the first
h^f in yesterday's "B" division 1
race, but Nome surged ahead in J
the second half to trounce jj
Wasilla 52-15. Wasilla had held ‘
the Nome squad to a 20-11 ad
vantage at half-time. ^
■ • 1
Palmer can lick the teams that t
best its arch-rival Anchorage onji
he basketball floor, but when i *
the two teams meet, as they did! c
in the opening bfaclcet of the Fur c
Rendezvous division “A” tourna-:
lent. Palmer bows for another • x
defeat. The Anchorage Eagles | s
bested Palmer in thir first tour-! r
nament game, 45-40. . j £
jeraghty .3
iudson .4
L.afon .0
Sill . 1
Granite . 0
[Yaxler .0
Uompeau .0
3 9
2 10
0 0
0 2
0 0
0 0
0 0
Totals.14 9 37
Quarter scores: 10, 15, 23, 37
Saturday’s box score:
- PALMER—48
tg it Pts.
liber, H.7 3 17
Clem, G.4 4 12
^aulkins, J.3 0 6
’ederson, G.2 3 7
iyland, M.0 0 0
3enctixen, H.0 0 0
rhuma, E.3 0 6
Totals.19 10 48
Quarter scores: 14, 21, 31, 48
FAIRBANKS—43
Voodward .2
McMahon .2
Jeraghty .6
ludson .3
^afon .2
Till . 0
1
5
6
1
0
0
5
9
18
7
4
0
Totals.15 13 43
Quarter scores: 13, 26, 35, 43
ANOTHER RIFLE MATCH
IS PROPOSED
Any contestant 'in the recently
;ompleted Merchants’ Handicap
shoot, or anyone else interested
n a three weeks shoulder-to
;houlder match, is asked to get in
ouch with some member of the
hree-man committee before next
donday evening, Sportsmen px*es
dent Bill Smith announced to
lay. The committee in charge of
he possible match is Verne Don
ddson, Roy Brock and Mr.
smith.
Contestants v.ill shoot for a
linner, if the match can be ar
anged, Mr. Smith said. Losing
narksmen must provide a dinner
or the winners.
It vyas an Anchorage game all
f the way, with Anchorage
naintaining a safe eight or 10
toint lead, most of the time. On
hree separate occasions, Palmer
purted to pick up five or six of
hose points, but Anchorage al
ways rolled right back to draw
ihead again.
An'chofagels Walker led scor
ng with" 16 points, closely foliow
id by' Palmer’s‘ Harvey ‘ Hibe’r
vith 14 tallies. The quarter scores,
ined the teams up this way:
Anchorage ........16, 27, 36, 45.
Palmer ... 7, 18, 26, 40
Palmer played again last night,
oo late to report results in this
veek’s paper. They met Fair
>anks, defeated by Seward in the
irst half of Wednesday’s double
leader.
Wasilla, only other Valley team
ntehed in the tournament, met
Jome yesterday afternoon, for
heir first tournament game,
lome is rated favorite to take the
B” division crown. Wasilla
!rew a bye in the first day’s “B”
ivision play.
If Palmer managed to grab last
.ight’s game from Fairbanks, the
quad will play again tonight,
leeting the loser in last night’s
leward-Anchorage game.
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TOP MVFCA AGAIN
BY SLIM ED6E
By a slim nine-point margin,
the marksmen of the Co-Op
fountain topnd shooters of the
Matanuska Valley Farmers Co
Operating Association and retain
ed their Merchants Shoot trophy
for a second straight year. If
they can repeat in 1951, fhe
trophy becomes the permanent
possession of the Palmer Foun
! tain.
This year’s match was closely
'contested from beginning to end.
| and in all runner-up positions.
; Knob Creek Coal Co., (the broth
ers Carroll) was just two points
jOut of the running for second
i place, and Grasser Hardware
! missed third place by another
scant two points,
i Ladies of the Valley Frontiers
; man team proved that petticoats
are no handicap to shooting,
i when they topped the Shamrock
•Bakery team by more than 190
j points, to cinch fifth position,
i The Valley Frontiersman and
i Shamrock Bakery entries both
• were made up of junior marks
men nicked from the roster of the
high school rifle club.
The final round in the shoot,
with a grand total score, appears
below:
CO-OP FOUNTAIN—7057
Score
with
Score H/c H/c
K. Westenbarger .376 11 387
R. Brock .378 26 404
D. Fleming .368 19 387
MVFCA—7048
i V. Donaldson .355 33 388
R. Goodrich .364 47 411
W. Smith .357 26 383
KNOB CREEK COAL CO—7046
J. Carroll .374 27 401
E. Carroll .359 29 390
C. Carroll . 365 23 388
GRASSER HARDWARE—7044
R. Harris .369 22 391
R. Walker .360 41 401
M. Anderson 373 28 401
V. FRONTIERSMAN—6858
P. Miller .294 65 359
G. Carroll .263 110 373
Jean Smith .317 87 404
SHAMROCK BAKERY—6745
Jerry Smith .334 63 397
H. Anderson* .292 74 366
C. Collins* .227 124 35?
(*)—Not shot.
Team Hopes
For Rendezvous Win
WASILLA—Nine Wasilla high
school boys and their coach, Ern
est Lin^, left for Anchorage and
the. Fur Rendezvous basketball
tournament on . 1 a s. t, Tuesday
night’s train. Wasilla is a strong
I contender for the title in the “B
division of > the tournament. .
The. team has looked forward
j to this tournament for . many
I weeks, and they say they plan to
| do some winning. They polished
i up for the tournament by defeat
ing Palmer’s Jay-Vees in a pre
liminary to one of the Fairbanks
games last week.
Players who went to the tour
nament included:
Rodney Cottle, Don Dinkel, Ed
win Church, Laddie Dinkel, Ted
Knutson, Myron Newby, Dick
Jenson, Dick Wilson and Jim
Carson.
Jack O’Connor was named head
of Territorial Sportsmen, Inc., a$,
a meeting held last week. Terri
torial Sportsmen, Inc., is the
name of the Juneau sportsmen’s
organization.