Douglas Island news., 1920-12-31
WON ITS GAMES;
 NOW FOR HOME
Douglas High Basketball Team De- feats Wangell High School
 and Legion Teams

Having played two games at . Wrangell and won both Of them. tho
 Douglas High School basketball team . . win return here at noon tomorrow on gas boat. after having been out Of town since Christmas eve. when
 they left on Che steamer Jefferson.
 Tho first game was played Tues
 day evening with the Wrangol ! High School team and was won
 rather easily by a score Of 3s to l2. l The following evening the Lazy Five and Che American Legion teams met
 to decide which one would play ! Douglas on Che following night and . Che Legion boys were winners. We'd
 ncsday evening Douglas beat them
 In a hard game by a score of 35 to 22.
 A game was scheduled for last night at Wrangell between the boys and a team from Petersburg. but ac- cording to telographic advices re- ccIyod today it did not matoriallze. SO Che boya will return to their homes here.
 Perhaps no sporting event in re- cent years has been watched with
 such keen interest as has this barn stormIng" trip of the high school boys to Wrangell Having won six consecutive victories on Gastineau ! Channel and not met defeat this sea- son it was as a reward Of merit for ! .ho boys to be sent away from home ! io meet teams Of Wrangen and other cities ln Che other part of tho di- vision that might want Co come there to play for Che championship Of s. D. Alaska
 The American Legion team of ! Wrangou was conceded to be on cx- ceedngly strong one that defeated all corners last year and started this year on well. lt is a senior team composed of men who have played together for Che last two seasons. The team gave the high school boys O hard contest
 With mo winning Of these two games tho Douglas High School team win have played eight games this season and won an Of them. They have but one more game scheduled and that is the one at Juneau next ! Friday evening
 The lineup of tho team is: Sim clair Brown. center; Arthur Nelson and Harold Callwas. forwards; Mar Gin Gauwas. captain and running guard; William Manley. guard, with Albert Garn. substitute. Those making Che wrangcll trip in addition to Che team were supt Gordon c. Mitchell and Arthur Garn. coach.
 The first telegram from tho boys was received Monday by Che Doug los fire department Brown, Martin and Harold Gallaws. Nelson. Arthur Garn. Emil Palmbom and Richard Mccormick united in sending the wire. asking to Doc marked present at Che meeting Of thp department that night. Palmbom and McCor- mick accompanied the team as far as Wrangoll on their way to Seattle and stopped over Co sec Che games.
 Tuesday several people received wires announcing the results Of the
 first game and yesterday the same thing happened and phones were kept ringing an over town announc- ! ing Che glad tidings.
 It is predicted that there will be some wonderful stories told by the
 boys upon their return here tomor-
 row. At least one of them took his l first ride on a regular steamer when
 he boarded the Jefferson and Che
 rest of them. while more or less men
 of tho world. have never been far
 ther away from home than Juneau
 to engage in any kind Of athletics.
 No hurry-up calls have been as ! yet received here over the wires by | any Of Che parents Of the boys for }, funds. but it is thought by those who , know them best that there is not enough cash left among them Co buy conee and. although they will not be absolutely hungry. as it was ar- I. ranged that different homes at l. wrangel were each to take In one } of Che boys
 After having braved the perils Of Che deep blue sea. stormed the Wran-
 eell basketball teams in their own
 home town and snatched the laurels
 of victory from their brows the ] young men will next Monday settle . down to Che prosaic humdrum of ) simple school life at Douglas It 9 win be on awful change
 B VISITING SON