Knob Creek Coat Leads Riflemen
By One Point In Merchants’ Shoot
The Knob Creek Coal Co-,
whose marksmen are composed
solely of the Carroll clan, jumped
into the limelight of the Mer
chant’s Handicap Shoot this
week. The brothers Carroll came
up with the best total score at the
mid-way point in the shoot, and
with the top score of Monday’s
round.
The miners lead the Co-Op
Fountain, defending champions,
by only a single point in total
score, however. Grasser’s Hard
ware, in third spot this week,
trailed the leaders by only 20
points, with three weeks remain
ing in which to catch up.
The Valley Frontiersman ladies
haven’t yet achieved a shooting
mood, and still cling to their sixth
position in the competition. They
expect to break into the upper
brackets of the scoring column
any day now.
Compiled scores at the third
round of the shoot line the teams
up this way:
KNOB CREEK COAL CO—-1160
(Total score to date—3538)
Score
with
Score H/c H/c
E. Carroll ....364 29 293'
J. Carroll .365 28 393 [
C. Carroll.375 19 394
MVFCA—1174
(Total score to date—3510)
V. Donaldson ....346 34 380
R. Goodrich ....341 64 405
W. Smith .366 23 389
SHAMROCK BAKERY—1170
(Total score to date—3454)
J. Smith ..„..336 65 401!
H. Anderson ..312 66 378
C. Collins .363 28 391
CO-OP FOUNTAIN—1168 j
(Total score- to date—3537) j;
D. Fleming ..370 16 386 i
R. Brock ..361 25 386'1
Westenbarger .. .387 9 396 !J
GRASSSER HARDWARE—1166 I
(Total score to date—3518) !
R. Harris ..369 25 3941,
R. Walker .349 41 390^
M. Anderson ......353 29 382 4
V. FRONTIERSMAN—1129 £
(Total score to date—3323) \
Jean Smith .305 99 4041 <
R. Miller .310 61 371' \
G. Carroll .231 123 354 t
Hotel Barely Gats By
ARR, 61-59
The Matanuska Hotel court
squad showed local fans, last
week, that they still could win a
basketball game, but their en
counter with an Alaska Railroad
team here kept most spectators
guessing until the final moments.
The score eventually Halted at a
61-59 count. ,
For the first two minutes, the 1
local team looked like a ball club,
with plays breaking sweetly,
passes connecting and shots |
swishing through the nets as they
ought. The game slowly deter- j
ioated shortly after the brilliant
opening, and it had degenerated \
into a downright dull affair at the
half, when the Hotel squad had
let a 19-9 first quarter advantage (
slip to a 31-30 lead.
For the remaining two periods, i
the Hotel-men flirted with a los- ,
tng score, but managed to pull
out of danger by a point or two,
whenever a Railroad rally threat- !
ened- However, the game was
disappointing basketball, in view J
of the fine showing this same
team had made against Anchor
age’s Elks the week before.
Pat Moran, a standout in the ‘
Elks game, was fairly good in the *
scoring column, but he failed to £
shine at defense as he did the
previous week. Smaller men con- I
sistently controlled the back- 4
board. t
Lee Young’s 14 points and Mo- t
ran’s 12 were the best Hotel scor- t
ng efforts. Burnum, Railroad
center, far outdid either of the «
winners’ scorers with a total of j
25 points. The Railroad’s Vern t
VIcNevin, former Anchorage High I j.
School player, also outscored | v
poth Moran and Young with 16 j.
joints.
Kiwanis Movie Nets $289 y
The reeertt wild-life movie
ponsored by the Kiwanis Club,
vhich jammed the Valley Thea- 1<
re to plus fcaiteeit'y, realized a f
um of $286, it was reported this P
veek. The money was turned £
>ver to the Valley Hospital,
vhere it will be added to a roof k
und.
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TRAPSHOOTING
ORIGINATED IN ENGLAND DURING THE 18th CEN
HJRY BY HUNTSMEN OF THE MIDDLE CLASS*
DEPRIVED OF HUNTING GROUNDS BV THE RICH,
THEY SOUGHT A SUBSTITUTE SPORT AND
IN ©32 A GROUP CALLED THE'HIGH-HATS*
WAS ORGANIZED.THEY PLACED LIVE BIROS
UNDER THEIR HATS,AND ON SIGNAL,LIFTED
THE TOPPERS, CLAMPED THEM BACK'CN THEIR
HEADS,AND ONLY THEN ALLOWED THEMSELVES
A SHOT AT THE SOARING BIRDS. SOON ARTI
FICIAL TARGETS AND SPRING TRAPS DEVELOP
ED AND BY I860, IT HAD A FOLLOWING OF
THOUSANDS AND BECAME THE SPORT THAT
WT KNOW TODAY.
SAM RENICK, AN EX-JOCKEY, PICKEDAT2-I
AT AQUEDUCT, PLUNKED *50 ON
THE HORSE'S NOSE, THEN LOST HI5 TICKET
WORTH *2(6ftQ payoff CAME SIX WEEKS
LATER WHEN A GREENS KEEPER FOUND
THE DUCAT AND RETURNED iT TQRfcNKKi
Palmer Is Host
To SHS Next Week
The Palmer High School court
team will play host to two visit
ing fives in the next two weeks,
superintendent Wm. T. Zahrad
tiicek announced today. Palmer
will entertain the Seward squad
in a split series next week.
Seward plays its first game here
an Feb. 8, rests a day, and returns
to the local floor to play a second
jame on Feb. 10.
On Feb. 16 and 17, Fairbanks
Sigh School Will meet the Palm
ir Moose in a brace of games on
he Palmer floor.
PHS’ Twin Loss
II Fairbanks Hives
SHS Title Dreams
Palmer High School lost a pair
>f basketball games in Fairbanks
ast weekend, while Seward High
Jchool was soundly trouncing
Vnchorage in the Gateway city.
-The .double, losses by.. Palmer
tnd Anchorage make it appear
hat the Railbelt championship
vill be a two-way argument be
ween Seward and Fairbanks—
hat is, unless Palmer defeats Se
vard next week, while Anchor
ge upsets Fairbanks this week
nd. In that event, it ought to be
i wide-open race again.
Palmer lost the first game in
he north by an 11-point margin,
5-34. The Moose came nearest
heir Fairbanks rivals at half
ime, when they left the floor on
he short end of a 21-20 count.
The second game, which was
much better basketball’' accord
tig to the report of the players
hemselves, ended 47-38 for Fair
anks. In either game, there
/asn’t much doubt shortly after
alf-time, as to who the ultimate
dinner would be. Rather than
who” the big question was “by
ow much”.
Harvey Hiber, Palmer center,
?d both teams in scoring in the
rst game with a total of 16
oints. Woodward was high for
airbanks with 10 tallies.
Everybody helped ring up bas
ets in the second meeting. Har
Id Bendixen, Ed Thuma and Jim
aulkins, all tossed through sev
i markers each and ended in a
iree-way tie for Palmer scoring
mors. Again Woodward was
igh for Fairbanks with 16 points,
e was crowded closely by Mc
[ahan, who scored 13 points
Brown's
Cleaners i
iV
Carroll, Graham, Smith, Snodgrass, Luce?*,
Donaldson, Walker Head Sportsmen
Plans Announced For
Rendezous Tournament
The annual Fur Rendezvous
basketball tournament will get
under way in Anchorage on Feb.
22, it was announced this week
in Anchorage. Four teams will
participate in the “A" division of
the tumament, and six have
been scheduled in the “B” divis
ion.
For a time there had been some
doubt as to whether the tourna
ment would be held, since both
the Seward and Fairbanks High
Schools had signified they could
not attend. However, both now
have expressed their intention of
competing. Names of the six “B”
division teams were not available
at press-time.
The tournament will be some
what different than in former
j years, since the winner of the Fur I
Rendezvous tournament this year
does not necessarly become the
winner of the Railbelt champion
ship. That championship will be
determined on a mathematical
wins and losses basis and will in
\ elude all high school league com
petition for the season.
PLAYER HURTS ANKLE
WASILLA — Ted Knutson, a i
player on the Wasilla basketball1
team, fell practicing this week
and sprained his ankle. He was
too badly hurt to play in the Wa-1
silla-Palmer game Wednesday,
but coach Ernest Line is hoping
he will be in condition to play
in the Fur Rendezvous tourna
ment. Wasilla is one of the six
schools entered in the “B” section
of that tournament, and the team
has high hopes of coming home
with the championship. I
| Members of the Matanuska Val
I ley Sportsmen elected seven new
I board members at-ldst Wednes
: day’s annual meeting, and voted
into effect a $5 initiation fee for
new members, or for delinquent
members whose dues have lapsed
for a year.
The seven board members, who
will meet sometime next week to
elect their officers, ihclude:
Claud Carroll, Bruce Graham,
Bill Smith, Roland Siw#flfcass.
Lep Lucas, Vprn Donaldson and
Bob Walker. „
Little other business was con
ducted. Chairman Clair Stock an
nounced that plans for an outdoor
rifle range had been abandoned,
at least temporarily, because of
the cost of necessary improve
ments. Mr. Stock also announced
that a more legal description
would be needed to meet land of
fice requirements for a special use
permit in the requested duck re
serve. Bob Walker, Ralph Good
rich and Roland Snodgrass were
named to a committee to wort
out the required description.
Typical Mother' To Be *
Sought In Alaska Too
The search for the ‘‘typica
American mother,” to be honor
ed on Mother’s Day, has been ex
tended to Alaska for the firs
time this year, it was announce!
recently by Governor Ernes
Gruening. Mrs. W. A. Smith o
Anchorage, has been name*
chairman of the Territory’s com
mittee, which will select Alaska’
candidate for the honor.
MAZE FILES. TOO
Jack Maze of the Matanusk
Valley Bank tossed his hat in th
political ring this week, wften h
filed for a seat in the territoria
house. Mr. Maze is a Democral
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