The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-01-19
Wrangell Defeats Petersburg at
 Basketball
And as a Result the Whole Population of Little Nor way Have Sworn Ven geance, According to T. C. Ravens.

mad and is planning to bring over to Wrangell on January 18th, a team that will make the local ag- gregation look like the proverbial thirty cents, is the report brought from that town by T. c. Ravens who returned on the gas boat "Valkyrie" Tuesday evening.
 In speaking of the matter MT. Ravens said: While 1 have many times seen great crowds go wild over some athletic event, 1 can not at this time recollect ever seeing a whole community be- coming so thoroughly aroused over a game as Petersburg was last Saturday and Sunday. Scarcely had the Marguerite left the wharf before small knots be- gan to gather to discuss the game and the Wrangell crowd, and as I was unknown to the most of them 1 could easily listen in and so get good line on what they thought of the Wrangellites.
 The general feeling can best be shown by the answer given by a business man who, when asked his opinion of the young people, said: They are the best lot of young people that ever vis- ited this town. They had all the pep and class of a crowd from some large city and at the same time they were all ladies and gentlemen all the time. If that's the kind of young folks they have over there the oftener we can get them to come here the better. I'd be in favor of having the next game two weeks hence played here but for the fact that 1 feel that Petersburg should return the compliment
 And Petersburg is going to return the compliment and return 1t with a vengeance. Every one in that section of Alaska is plan. ming to come to Wrangell includ- ing the cat and the family pup. They'll come in gas boats, in row boats, on logs and even swim if no other method of getting here is available at that time. For one day at least, Wrangell will look like large city and all the local police force and then some will be needed to handle the crowds and keep the streets open to traffic. Meanwhile the basket ball crowd is busy. Practice games are being played; new men tried out; new teams organized and the young ladies have organ. ized a team and are planning to challenge the young ladies of Wrangell. Sing Lee has offered to build a hall for the team with a floor equal to any in this sec tion and has also offered his speed boat to Dr. P!gg to come to Wran- gell in.
 ''Dr. Pigg is as busy as a cat with two tails. He is fully conf- dent that he has the material to clean up Wrangell and is already growing over his anticipated vic tory. Just before l left he said to me: Tell that Wrangell bunch that just because they sent over a team and beat us once they need not think they can do it again. We only played our pioneers the last time but the next time we are going to send up our real team against them and we'll clean up that bunch of cripples so con- pletely that they'll not want to hear of Petersburg again for the next ten years. You tell lem that!' And all of Petersburg shares his confidence, shares it to such an extent that they would be willing to bet their heads against a peanut on their home team. All of which goes to show that Wrangell will have to get busy.
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