THE CHILKOOT POST
An unofficial publication. issued without expense to the U.S. Governnant
Volume 4
_February Ij,
1924
IMP »_Y
BASKETBALL TONIGHT
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COMPANY "F" VERSUS
DETACHMENTS
A, 3. HALL
7:30 P. M
ADMISSION, 25s*
COMPANY E WINS FIRST GAME OF POST BASKETBALL SERIES:
The first game of the intra-post basketball series wa9 won Monday
night by Company "£" from Company ’’F1* by a score of 22 to 4. Clarke*s
ability to drop the ballthrough the basket contributed no little to the
Ez‘ success. he having made allthe field goals in the second half and a
fair proportion of these in the first* Company F*s only field goal was
made by a long shot on the part of Bruce Y/ilson, .who was the tower of
strength on the losing side*
The game 'as net as one-sided an affair as the score would indicate
t0 those uninitiated in the habit basketball scores have of piling up.
The Company F team was onits toes every minute, and showed it'contained
good basketball-material* It lacked the Ez teamworH, however, which did
not give Wilson, their star forward, any openings for a careful' shot*
The F's left the floor vowing vengeance at the next game in which the two
companies meet*
The melees between Wilson and Matthews of the Ex furnished diversion
to the spectators. There was, nowever, none of the football type of tac
tics which marred some previous games on the post. This 'ms largely due
to the excellent work of the officials, Marshal Stephen Sheldon of Haines
and Pvt. Lavine of the local Q.H.C'. Both teams and officers of both com
panies expressed their gratitude to these officials for undertaking their
usually thankless tasks.
A crowd of fully forty persons withessed the game, an unusually large
turnout for so small a community, and one which augurs well for the finan
cial success of the series.
FIREMEN AT 3KAGWAY TO GIVE ANNUAL DANCE FEBRUARY 22:
Skagway was already in the midst of preparations for the annual Fire
men* s Dance when visitors from this post arrived at that city yesterday.
A feature of the dance is the donation of at least one cake by practically
every housewife in the community. A3 much of these cakes as the capacity
of the guests permits is consumed & the dance; the remainder is auctioned
to the crowd for the benefit of the Fire Deparitraent.
The dance is to be held the evening of February 22, which is announced
in the Daily Bulletin of February 13, this post, as a holiday. Major Mad
dox has directed that first sergeants submit the names of men desiring to
attend the dance, and in case a sufficient number-so desire, the harbor
boat will make the trip. It is anticipated that practically the entire
post will be in attendance, forthe dance last year is still remembered
on this post as one of the most enjoyable events of anyone* s Northern car
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WHITEHORSE TRIP WILL PROBABLY OCCUR SHORTLY APTER MARCH 1st:
The inability o? the Skagv/ay hockey team to get their rink in shape
for any practice has delayed the excursion to Whitehorse incident to the
hockey tournament before on Skag’/ay axi 'Whitehorse, according to members of
the Skagway team interviewdd Wednesday. It is now planned to bring the
Whitehorse team to Skagway this month and play the return game after the
first of March*