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Palmer Defeated by Fairbanks, Seward
In Fast Double Elimination Games
Two men on the Palmer High
School basketball team were vot
ed to the all-star Class A team of
the Fur Rendezvous western Alas
ka high school basketball tourna
ment, it was learned here yester
day. They are Gus Klem, junior,
and Edison Thuma, senior, both
of whom have played outstanding
basketball all season. Klem and
Thuma are two of nine men
picked for the all-star team at the
conclusion of the Fur Rendezvous
tournament.
Champions of Western Alaska
are the Anchorage High School
Eagles who took the title when
: they defeated Seward Wednesday
: night. The score for the final
: Class A game of the Fur Rendez
i vous Western Alaska High School
Basketball tournament was 70-42
i in favor of Anchorage.
1 In the Class B division Nome
i High School took the champion
! ship when the northern team de
| feated Kodiak City High School
46-40. Under the rule this year,
Nome, as Class B champions, was
entitled to challenge Anchorage,
Class A champions, for the West
ern Alaska title. Nome availed
itself of that privilege with games
between the Class B champions
and Anchorage set for tonight
and Sunday afternoon. If a third
game is necessary to decide the
championship it will be played
either Monday or Tuesday.
Palmer High School, wno bat
tled valiantly through 12 games
to the cO - championship of the
Railbelt Conference, went down
to two consecutive defeats and
elimination in the Fur Rendez-!
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vous basketball tournament
games last week end. In the big
gest upset in the history of the
tournament, Fairbanks beat Pal
mer 45-43 in an overtime session
in the opening round of the tour
ney last Friday night. Anchorage
defeated Seward 38-36 in the sec
ond Class A game that was also
held Friday night at the Anchor
age high school gym.
Fairbanks, beaten by Palmer
four times in the Railbelt Confer
ence games, in which they were
defeated 12 straight games, came
through with a victory Friday
night that will keep local basket
ball fans talking for a long time
to come. It was a different Male
mute team that took the game
from Palmer Friday. The team
that played so “listlessly” all sea
son in the Railbelt Conference
suddenly “came alive” Friday
night to provide one of the most
exciting basketball games of the
season.
Fairbanks never gained the
lead in the first half with Palmer
19-18 at the end of the first peri
od. In the third quarter Fair
banks grabbed the lead ending
the period 29-27. The fourth
quarter Fairbanks led most all
the way and with one minute left
to play the Malemutes were
ahead 40-36. Dick Geiwitz made
a basket to bring the score to 40
38. Harvey Hiber sank two succes
sive free throws to tie the score
40-40, and to force the overtime,
rn the first ten seconds Hiber’s
two points put Palmer in front
42-40 with Judd of the Malemutes
again tying the score with a long
shot from the side. Hiber made
another free throw good for 43-42
advantage but Gilbert’s winning
shot with only 25 seconds to go
put Fairbanks ahead with 45-43
at the final whistle. Hiber led
Palmer with 14 points.
On Saturday night Seward
knocked Palmer out of the Class
A tournament with a final score
of 52-40. Except for the first pe
riod when the score was tied or
the lead changed hands nine
times, Seward was in complete
charge of the game.
Palmer seemed to be unable to
get going with the Seahawks hav
ing a good night. Palmer was be
hind at halftime 25-18 and at the
end of the third quarter 39-33.
Ray Anderson of Seward made
eight points in the last quarter. •
Gus Klem scored 15 points of the
Moose’s total score.
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Local Teams, Roofers
Charter DC-3 Planes
For Trip to Cordova
On March 2 and 3, the Rockets
and Matanuska hotel team, unde
feated last week end when they
met teams from Cordova and Val-"'1
dez at the latter seaport, will
travel to Cordova where they will
not only meet their hosts in bas
ketball competition but where
lavish entertainment is now be
ing arranged for them and any
Valley residents who might like
to go along on the trip.
Two Pacific Northern Airlines
DC-3 planes have already been
chartered for the trip with many
additional reservations also made.1
Clair Stock, manager of the Rock
I ets, said that if reservations con
i tinue to come in within the next
ten days a third plane will be
chartered or even a fourth, if
necessary. Anyone who would
like to make the trip is issued a
cordial invitation to join the two
Valley teams on the trip to Cor
dova, he said. Reservations may
be made with Mr. Stock, Dale
Roetman, manager of the hotel
team, or Neal Wright of Bert’s
Drug store.
Extensive plans for the enter
tainment of Palmerites at Cor
dova during the week end trip in
clude clam digging and crab fish
ing parties. Special guests to be
aboard the big DC-3 plane when
they take off for Cordova will in
clude a Matanuska “Made” cow
to prove to Cordovans that the
Valley’s celebrated dairy prod
ucts “are real.” Also planning to _
make a personal appearance on
the trip is George Small’s re
nowned dancing “partner.”
Last week end the Rockets and
i the hotel team “took everything
in sight” when they met basket
. ball teams from Cordova and Val
dez at the latter seaport. Approxi
mately 30 visitors from the Valley
included the members of the two
teams and local fans who drove to
Valdez last Friday for double
header games that were played
that night, Saturday afternoon
and Saturday night. Cordova
teams arriving at Valdez for the
week end games were also ac
companied by rooters.
On Friday evening the Rockets
defeated the Valdez Canteen Si
rens 34-21. On Saturday after
noon the Valdez women’s team
met the Cordova Imperials with
the Canteen Sirens taking the
game. The following women’s v
game played Saturday evening
was between the Rockets and the
Cordova Imperials with the Pal
mer women’s team victorious
with a final score of 33-31.
Palmer’s hotel team was also
victorious, defeating the Valdez
Canteen Pirates on Friday night
with a score of 29-17. On Satur
day afternoon the Cordova Moose
also beat the Valdez men’s team.
Palmer defeated the Cordova
Moose Saturday night in what ,
Coach Roetman said “was one of
the roughest games” of his career.
The final score was 54-34 in favor
of the Palmer team.
In addition to the basketball »
games Valdez was a genial host
and provided a round of parties
and entertainment for the visitors
from Cordova and Palmer.