TAKE TOURNAMENT
The Metlak-it’a Vets, only unde
feated team in the tour.wmen
topped the Juneau Imperials 71
35 Saturday night to win the f:K
annual Juneau Lions Gold Meda
tournament in a game that saw th>
Vets carrying the often tvs from tin
starting whistle.
Scoring began at the end cf thru
minutes of the first quarter witi
Dundee Atkinson of the Vet drip
ping in a set shot from the back
court. The Imperials were attempt
ing any close in shots but could n
fiqd the inside cf the rim with rear,
larity. Metis katla was hitting on tlu
back court and under the ba k ".
A strictly men-to-man defetv <
was worked by both teams in th
second period of play. Neither : e.
could sco/e with any re ntier: y i’
this period. The Vets scored most <
their shots during the first port <
the second quarter while the Im
perials came In for shots that c u
ed in the last half of the secon
period.
To keep the ball out of reach c;
the Imperials, the Vet:: wen us'i
tip passes in the third frame. Kt
Kearney of the Imperial pu!
the first basket of the third perit
to start the scoring for the last ha
of the game. Jeff David of the Ye
was alternating on back court >~i t
and under the basket scoring t(
break loose from the Imperials
close guarding.
The strain of six games in font
days definitely showed on the Im
perials during the last quartet o:
the game. Rod Rohrberg of the Im
perials carried the game for tht
Imps making three baskets out ol
the five that were tallied by the
Imperials in this period. The Vet
were held down by close gun: f
less points made in the fourth that
in the third.
Score by quarters: first quarter
Vets 19, Imperials 9; 29-15, 53-23
71-35.
Summary
Metlakatla— pf fg fi tj
David, J. 1 16 S ■!(
Booth, J. 4 2 1 £
Leask, 1. 110 5
Atkinson, D.4 2 3
Booth, M. 2 0 0 t
Atkinson, R. . 2 0 0 1
Booth, Me! ’ 3 0 0 (
Bolton, D. 2 1 1 i
Atkinson, T.1 7 0 1
Total . 7
Juneau— pf fg ft tj
Pasquan, J. . 1 4 3 1'
Hansen, R. 5 3 3 1
Rohrbcrg, R. 2 3 0 (
logins, L. 3 1 2 4
Neilsen, J. 10 1!
Ihle, J. 0 0 0 (
Weed, H. 10 0 0
Vuille, J. 2 0 0 t
Kearney, K. 2 2 0 ‘
Pegues, T. . 1 0 0 C
Total . 3£
Sitka-Petcrsburg
The Sitka ANB took third place
over the Petersburg Merchants ir
the first game Saturday night by
the score of 72 to 66.
Giving Sitka a run for theii
money. Petersburg evened the game
three out of the six time; the game
was tied up. The first tie of the
game came mid-way through the
first quarter at 11-all and
broken by Petersburg. Sitka broke
the third tie of the period and came
ahead to take the first period by
three points at 20-17. A 2-1-2 zon.
defense was used by Sitka thi.
quarter.
Petersburg led off ihe second per
iod scoring to lie up the game fci
the fourth one of the game. Sitkt
again broke the tie. Riggs of Pe.ers
bi rg dropped one in after a flurry
of shcoting to break the second tie
of this period. Team defense on boti
sides had shifted to a man-tc-mar
affair.
Shifting their defense again ii
the third period, Sitka went back te
a zone defense with Petersburg con
; tinuing the man-to-man.
Thompson of Petersburg kicket
his team into high gear near the
he If way mark in the last pcrioc
with a basket from the top cf thi
slot. Sitka had made seven point
before it happened. Last tie cf the
game came with two and a ha!,
minute; left before the final hern
O.r.eas of the Merchants sank hi
gift shot to do it. Moses Johnso:
of the ANT3 broke the tie with £
basket.
In an effort to save the game
Petersburg took the ball on an ou
of bounds play after being fouled.
Summary
Sitka— pf fg ft (j
Williams, M. 2 5 l r
Johnson, M. 3 13 12’
Lang, R. 2 5 1 11
Kerr, C. 4 4 1 £
Truitt, J.5 0 1 1
| Lang, H. 4 4 5 1.
Perkins, A. .... 2 tl 0 (
Samuelson, G. 0 0 0 (
Kasakan, N. 0 * 0 0 (
James, D. 0 0 o (
Total 7:
Petersburg— pf fg ft tf
Thompson, T. 2 13 6 35
Riggs, D. . 1 3 1 7
Hanson, C. 0 0 0 f
Swanson, L. 4 5 0 10
Otness, N. 5 3 5 11
Kito, R. 1 2 0 4
Richmond, F. 5 0 0 0
Clemons, B. 110 2
Total .. 66
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iCOSES OF
BASKETBALL
Final scores of basketball games
clayed over the weekend, including
he finals in the Gold Medal tourn
ament, are:
Sitka 72, Petersburg OS.
Met'akatln 71, Imperials 35.
Idaho 48. Washington State 46.
50. California 68. Stanford 65.
Oregon 82. Wn hington 75.
Utah State 66. Denver 60.
Brigham Young 60. Colo. A&M 51
UCLA 62. California 53.
Seattle U 57, Gonzaga 52.
51. Mary's 51, Nevada 43.
Santa Clara 42, San Francisco 41.
Illinois 33. Ohio Stale 63.
Kansas State 65. Kansas 51.
Indiana 68. Purdue 53.
Oklahoma A&M 61, Wichita 50.
St. Louis 68. Drake 57.
Bradley 53. Tulsa 51.
Missouri 57. Oklahoma 45.
Minnesota 73, Northwestern 68.
Iowa 70. Michigan 43.
Nebraska 55, Colorado 48.
Wisconsin 35, Michigan State 29,
Columbia 87, Navy 62.
Princeton 70. Dartmouth 69.
Cincinnati 62, LaSalle Cl.
Villanova 88. Duquesne 71.
Canisius 60, Notre Dame 53.
Penn. 83, Georgia Tech 77.
Pittsburgh 48. Army 44.
Syravuse 50, Penn State 45.
Yale 86, Trinity 75.
Iloly Cross 70, Brown 63.
Boston U. 76, Rutgers 58.
No. Caro. St. 101, Georgetown 83.
Kentucky 89, Vanderbilt 57.
Alabama 79, Florida 61.
C’emson 73, The Citadel 57.
Auburn 92, Mississippi St. 85.
Tennessee 74, Georgia 62.
William - Mary 76, Richmond 58.
Maryland 65, VMI 46.
Texas A£.M 45, Rice 42.
Oklahoma City 57, Houston 54.
Arizona 63, New Mexico 58.
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NEW YORK — Billy Talbert of
New York won the National Indoor
Tennis championship by defeating
Straight Clark of Pasadena, Calif.,
6-4, 6-8, 3-6. 6-2. Nancy Cl.a"ee of
Ventura, Calif., won the wome: ' ;
title with a 6-4, 6-4 victory
leverly Bat ' of Santa Monies
Calif.
HOUSTON, Tex. — Marty Fargo;
■f Long Beach. Calif., won the
Houston open with a 72-hole score
-f 277. Ed (Porky) Oliver, Seattle,
was third with 279.
ORLANDO, Fah — Eabe Zaharias
md George Bolesta whipped Alice
Bauer and Pete Cooper to win the
International Mixed Two-Ball title.
NEW YORK — Don Gehrmann,
imed in 4:0S:6 beat Fred Wilt by
nches in the mile and, Joe Deady
Broke his own record by running
■he 1,000 dash in 2:11:7 in the 1944
James, won by Manhattan.
MILAN — Jeanette Altwegg of
Britain won the 1951 world figure
-kating championship for women.
Dick Button of Englewood, N. J.,
won the men’s title for the fourth
.raight year.
CHICAGO — Willie Mosconi of
Haver ford, Pa., won his second
e raight world pocket billiard;
-nampionship, defeating George
Chenier of Canada, 150-45, in 11
innings.
AUBURN, Fla. — Ra'ph Jordan
of Georgia was named head football
coach at Auburn.
DETROIT — Earl (Dutch) Clark,
resent backfield coach, was named
goth head football coach and ath
etie director at the University of
Detroit.' •
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Bv Associated Press
The Portland Eagles clinibed
nto fourth place in the Pacific
Coast Hockey league race last night
>y downing last-place Vancouver
7-3 while Tacoma was trouncing
Beattie 4-1.
The defeat by Tacoma dropped
Beattie, formerly tied with Portland
n fourth plrjce. to the fifth slot
rnd dimmed the Ironmen's hope of
i playoff bid.
George Homenuke’.s hat trick led
he Eagles to their win over Van
rover.
Tacoma handed the injury-riddlee
rronmen their first loss in six
starts.
New Westminster’s Royals added
ux points to their league lead Sat
irday night with a 6-2 win over sec
ond place Vancouver.
Tacoma and Vancouver, mean
while. battled to a 0-0 tie at Tacoma.
MINK COAT WALKS AWAY
CHICAGO — ,Tt — A $2,000 mink
coat was draped over a chair in s
north side restaurant. It belonged
to Mrs. John A. Heinzelman. She
and her table companions paid nc
particular attention to it. But a
blonde did. The blonde simply
picked it up, walked out and van
ished.
By Associated Tress
Washington and Oregon — with
nine wins and five losses each —
were all tied for the top spot today ’
as the Northern Division d.u
Cor.si conference ba-kf ball \ . -
goe. into the final week.
Oregon appears to have tb ti
cf the scramble as the V ... j
trk» on last place Crete::
15-9) while Washington tnv.!
with Washington State (7-7- ini
Friday and Saturday.
The Cougars still hare a maihe
natical chance of winning the
northern division title. If Vaski.v;,
!on State defeats the Hu :-.. .
and should the Beavers take Or .- n,;
the race would end in a thrc.---v.-ay
lie.
However it ends, the champiop
■ hip scries will be star -d this year
n the floor of the northern (f . <ion
winner. UCLA won the conference i
crown last year by taking Washing
ton State twice at Westwood, Calif.
A vengeful Oregon team climbed
back into a tie for first place by
defeating the Huskies 82-75 Satur
day night after taking a 77-68 beat
ing Friday night.
The Oregon score Saturday iv-ht
was its highest on record, exceed
ing by one point the previous high
. massed against Idaho in 1947.
The Idaho Vandals climaxed their
-ason with a 48-46 victory over
extending champion Washington
State Saturday night, The Cougars
won Friday night, 51-40.
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SEATTLE, Feb. 26 —(/PI— The
Seattle University Chieftains, who.
wound up the most successful bas- |
ketball season in SU’s history with
a 57-52 win over Gonzaga at Spo- j
kane Saturday, today set their
I sights on national competition.
! The Chieftains, with a season
! record of 30 wins against four losses,
announced after Saturday’s game ]
r (hey will play in the National C. h-!
olic Invitational tournament at Al
bany, N. Y„ March 12-17
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Swim Marks
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SEATTLE, Feb. 26 —L?>— Pete
Salmon set two northern division
marks Saturday night in leading the
University of Washington swimming
! .earn to a 68-16 win over Oregon.
! Salmon set new 50-yard free
style and 100-yard free-style stand
I arck with times of 23.2 and 51.2 re
spectively.
ASPEN, Colo., Feb. 26 — (Aft—’The
North American Ski racf.s gave
American slat riders additional
warning today that they need more
speed and skill if they expect to
give Europeans much of a fight in
the 1952 Olympic games.
Championship of the two-day
event; a major tryout for next
month's Olympic trials at Sun Val
ley, Idaho, went to Guttorm Bergc
Norwegian exchange student a*
Whitman College, Walla Walla.
Wash.
aul's Dogs
Win Race at
Rendezvous
ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Feb. 26 —
'A!— Raymond Paul of Galena wor
the $2,000 first prize in the $6,000
Fur Rendezvous all-Alaska 100-milt
sled dog race Saturday.
Paul negotiated the four 25-milt
nps in 7.04:53.
Howard Luke. Fairbanks, 'took thr
$1,409 second place money. Luke'.
time was 7:08.37. The defendin;
■hamplon, Garrcth Wright of Fair
banks placed fifth.
7 Sixteen of the 23 entrants finishe!
.he race.
At the end of 75 miles Paul took
i two minutes, 41 seconds lead ovei
juke, who had led the first two
heats.
Puppets are of three genera!
kinds, those manipulated by fingers
inside the fingers, by rods from be
low and by strings from above.
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BALANCING THE FAMILY BUDGE T—a Haitian family walks along a Poit-an
Prince street balancing huge wicker hamper baskets atop heads which they hope to sell by day's cnd.^ j
Jeff David of the Metlakatla
Vets took top individual honors in
i he fifth annual Gold Medal tourn
ament ending Saturday night wln
ng awards fo' the all-tourney nll
merican player marksmanship,
r.ighest scorer in a single game and
:• tl ■ n.'-.st )> -i made by one
player in the tournament.
Out of hi ; 97 attempted baskets,
David made 53 succes; ful baskets
: r a percentage of 54.6 in four
games. Ke made 44 points all on
fcaskcis against the Klukwan ANB
in the first game Tuesday evening
• o take high scorer award. His 147
points in four games earned him
the award for the most points by
one player in the tournament. The
Metlakatla Vets played but four
games in the tournament winning
he championship title.
Richard Kan. en of the Juneau
Imperials was runner-up to Jeff
David for the all-tourney all-Amer
ican title.
Players’ Awards
The championship team trophy
' as awarded to the Metlakatla Vets
with each player receiving a gqW
’ xetbali. Second place trophy WfH
awarded to the Juneau Imperials
with a silver basketball awarded
to each player. A bronze basketball
was awarded to each of the players
on the third place Sitka ANB team*.
A bronze medal was given to each
of the Wrangell Thunderbirds as
fourth place winners.
Placed on the honorable mention
team were Bill Christensen. Ketchi
kan Rockets, Frank Richmond, Nels
Otness and Lewellyn Swanson of
the Petersburg Merchants, and Carl
Kerr of the Sitka ANB. Each player
rcceh n bronze medal. The con
eolation team picked from three
teams that were two-time losers in- I
eluded: David John and George
Paul, An )on ANB. Archie Cava
naugh, and Walter Williams, Kr.ke
ANB, and Thomas Williams, Kluk
wan ANB.
The sportsmanship awards sup
! posed to be given to five player,
picked from all of the 13 team
entered in the tournament were
awarded to the Angoon ANB team.
Five bronze medals wore the award
for this honor.
Three all-tournament stars were
picked with medal; given to each
player. The pl .vers picked were
Jack Pa'.ouan of the Juneau Im
,> rtf's, first all-tourney star, Mose:
..ohnsoi.' Siikn ANB, second, and
Larry Erick' on, Ketchikan P.c-kets
third.
Rounding out the awards w n
three all-tourney teams. On the
first team were Richard Hansel,
end Jack Pasquan of the Juneau Im
perials; Jeff David, Metlak'^tl
Vet : Moses Johnson. Sitka ANB:
i.arry Erickson, Ketchikan Rockets
Second all-tourney team: Joe
Truitt and Harry Lang. Sitka ANB;
Tori Thompson, Petersburg Mer
chants; Cliff Fisher, Ketchikan
Rockets; “Dundee” Atkinson, Met
is katla Vets.
Third all-tourney team: Irving
Leask, Tom Atkinson, Metlakatla
/cts; Tom Wanbnfi, Petersburg
Merchants; Harry Johansen, Ketch
ikan Rockets; Merl Williams, Sitka
ANB.
Judges on the awards committee
were Jim Ryan, Sterling Sears,
Jack Gould, Bill Frisby and A!
Bloomquist.
PRAGUE—'/h—Yon can write in
two colors with a fountain pen just,
developed in Czechoslovakia, says
the newspaper “Mlada Fronlia."
One end has a ball point and the
other end an ordinary point.
DOUGLAS HS DROPS
3 WEEKEND GAMES
TO SKAGWAY H!GH
The Douglas High school Huskie
lost a three-game series to the Sk-o;
way High school Panthers at Skag
vvay on Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday. The first game was lost by
the score of 48 to 41, second game
53 to 40, and third game GO to 43.
The game Thursday was played
nervously with a number of fouls
called on both teams. Score by
quarters was Skagway 13. Douglas
9; 23-18, 36-27, 48-41. High point
man for Douglas was McCormack
with 16 points and Roehr for Skag
way with 14.
In the game Friday, score by
quarters was: Skagway 2, Douflas
10; 17-15, 37-26, 53-40. McCormack
was again high man for Douglas
with 18 points while Beitinger for
Skagway had 17 followed by Roehr
with 16.
Score by quarters in the final
game Saturday was: Skagway 15,
Douglas 14; 31-18, 52-28, 69-43.
Douglas high point man was Jen
sen with 13 followed by Cashen
with 10. High men for Skagway
were Roehr at 13 and J. Hoyt at 16.
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CRY IN TIIF NIGHT!
ANAHEIM. Calif.—Iff)—It was 4
a.m. and patrolman Alvin E. Rogers
was speeding his expectant wife to
the hospital. “Stop that crying.
Jimmy,” Rogers called to his four
year-old son riding in back with
his mother. “Your mommy is all
right.”
Said Mrs. Rogers: "That’s not
Jimmy crying. It’s his new bro
ther.”
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ANCHORAGE
HIGH WINS
ANCHORAGE, Ait-ska, Feb. 26—
— Anchorage High school will
represent Western Alaska against a
yct-to-be determined Southeast
champion in a forthcoming series.
if the nil-Alaska basketball crown, j
Anchorage, winner of the Fur
Rendezvous Class A basketball
tourney here last week, defeated*
Nome, Class I? tltleholder, 67-35
vi tcrday to capture* the Western
A'a ,ka championship.
Anchorage now will play host to
'.he Southeast campions.
The Eagles' height was too much
for the Polar Bears in yesterday’s
; me. Anchorage led 37-1U at half
hue.
Fred Fultz was high scorer for
he winners with 13 points. Clarence
Willoya led the losers with 14.
DOCTOR HAS PLENTY OF JOBS
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.—(Jl—Rob
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1. Dean o' IL . verity of Ar
kansas law school.
2. President c: the Southwest
Athletic Confer;.. -e*.
3. Associate Justice of the Ar
kansas supreme court.
Leflar recently, was appointed to
fill a vnranc; on the hi h court
tench. If you are at a loss on
how to address him. call him
"doctor." He has a D.J.3. degree
from Harvard.
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