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1951
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
And we thank
you for giving
us a happy
old year.
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happiness.
BERT'S DRUG STORE
Palmer, Alaska
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Air Force Squadron
Lose to Moose by 15
Points in Game Friday !
With 21 straight wins to their !
credit the Hqs. Alaskan Air Com
mand Squadron basketball team
from Elmendorf Air Force Base
went down to defeat last Friday
at the hands of the Palmer High |
School quintet.
The Palmer Moose were well
aware that the team was facing
a formidable opponent with a
reputation of being unbeatable j
with 21 straight wins. The Moose
played it sare and stuck rigidly
to the shifting zone defense, for j
which Palmer has become noted.
Milles on the Moose team, in
the first three minutes of play !
had three fouls against him and i
was substituted by Gus Klem,
who immediately went into his
well-known defensive antics. The
first quarter ended with Palmer
yielding two points to ACCS team
and capturing seven for the Moose
in the hotly contested fray. The
ACCS was not ready to admit de
feat but thev were confused by
Palmer’s unlocked for style of
playing.
The second quarter was strong
and fast with both teams pushing
ahead in an effort to capture the !
half lead. AACS forced a fast
break strategy but Palmer was
too quick for them and intercept
ed everything that AACS could
throw. They held AACS down to
9 points, scoring 22 for the Moose.
Still undaunted in the begin
ning of the third quarter, AACS
came back harder and stronger
than ever, still sticking to their
zone defense. Their tactics paid
off in dividing the points of the
quarter between both teams but
the Palmer lead at the half was
too much for AACS to overcome.
In the last quarter Palmer
fought hard against the AACS I
with the Air Force quintet push- -
ing for a final tally. The Moose !
proved their mettle by forging on
to a 44 to 29 victory.
Nelson and Pursutti of the
ACCS scored 23 of the team’s 29
points between them. Nelson was
high man for the ACCS with a
score of 12 with Pursutti behind
one point with a score of 11.
The close-knit teamwork of the
Moose was emphasized in the
game Friday night with their
shifting zone defense so coordi
nated that it would be difficult to
single out any one man, although
Thuma had high score of 14
points. Lacher and Hiber came
through with 10 points each. Burr,
a newcomer to the Moose team,
?ave a smooth demonstration of
picking them off the backboard.
Milles came back in the fourth
quarter with another chance to
show his hard-fighting spirit.
The box score:
PALMER (44)
rhuma .
■Clem .
iiber .
Elurr .
Vlilles .
l.oyer .
-.acher .
Totals .
\ACS (29)
'Jelson .
^.dkinson .
5ursutti .
Vilson ..
5almer .
Qeigman .
larrison .
hlkington .
Joore .
)aniels .
^angstaff .
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5
1
3
0
0
1
4
F P
4 14
.14 16 44
G
5
0
5
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1 11
0 2
Totals .13 3 29
The Palmer High School team
rill play its next Railbelt Con
erence game at Fairbanks Janu
ry 4 and 5. They are scheduled
0 leave Palmer January 3 for
heir trip to the northern city.
At the game Friday night the
'aimer Jay-Vee’s defeated Wasil
1 in a fast and exciting game,
‘he final score was 36 to 19 in
avor of Palmer.
—to oil of our
friends. We
look forward
to serving you
once more dur
ing 1951!
THE JOYS OF THE
HEW YEAR BE WITH
/ YOB ALWAYS.
Palmer Fountain
We hope your
happy New Year
will snowball
; t£flin,oarea’
good fortune.
VALLEY THEATRE