The Alaska daily empire., 1924-04-28
Local Entries Sweep Every
Division But One In
Inter-School Meet.
FINAL STANDINGS.

With the final results in every
event decided, except in one schol-
astie event in the high school division
juneau was today declared to Be
winner for the third successive year
CT the Southeastern Alaska Inter
School Meet with a total of 50 points
which viii be increased from six to
10 points when the remaining event
is decided.
Douglas TOOK second place with
56 points and Ketchlkan third with
a score of~45. Skagway credited
with 10 points in the general Meet
took fourth place. in addition that
school won a second place for three
individual points which did not count
on the general score. Petersburg
was fifth with five points and Sitka
took one point.
Lose But One Section
The Juneau schools won every di-
vision of the Meet except one, basket
ball 1t tied for the elementary
school basketball championship; lost
the girls high school trophy, after
holding II for one year, in an over
time game by a single basket; came
within a dangerously close margin
of tying up the boys high school
basketball series; won the elemen-
tary and high school track and field
meets and both the elementary and
high school literary divisions. In
individual points, entrants from the
local schools scored 172 IL points
as compared to i12 IA for Douglas
and LOG IA for Ketchlkan.
The early days of the Meet found
Juneau and Ketchikan fighting I'll
out in neck and neck race for
leadership Until Friday a margin
of five points only divided first and
second place. The clean sweep made
by the High School athletes Satur-
day and Sunday and the victories
in late high school scholastic events.
however, put them well in front.
Douglas by making a cleanup in the
out Ketehikan's lead for second place.
Mxup in Debate.
The event yet to be determined
is High School debate Juneau, af-
firmative, and Ketchikan, negative
met in the final round at the High
School auditorium Saturday evening.
the latter team being given the ver-
dict. The judges. Col. James @.
Steese, Charles w. Hawkesworth and
Miss Janice Morgan, of Skagway,
were unanimous in their decision.
Virginia Metzgar, who closed for Ju-
neau, on rebuttal charged that the
Ketchikan team had used as origin
al argument material which was tax
en- to a large extent verbatim from
a debate manual contrary to prac-
tice. While the judges did not take
this into consideration, it was made
the basis for a protest to the Board
of Control. At meeting of members
of the Board now present in the city,
held yesterday morning. 1t is said
that it was agreed that the argu-
ment questioned by the Juneau team
was decided to be ineligible and the
entire matter reported to other mem
bers of the board net attending for
final action. Those attending yes
terday's meeting were: N l. Baker.
chairman, G.. c. Mitchell, Ketchikan.
and Miss Mamie Lou Hill, Sitka.
Prof. Baker and Supt. Mitchell, as
interested parties said today they
would take no part in the final deci-
sion but would leave it to the other
three members.
Whatever is the final decision 1t
will make no difference in the gen.
eral results of the Meet. Should the
decision of the judges stand and
Ketchikan win the debate, receiving
credit for 10 points, Juneau, points,
and Douglas points, the respective
standing of the teams will be unal-
tered, although it would bring Ket-
chikan to within three points of Doug
las in the final standings.
Orsen High Scorer.
Albert Orsen. junior in the local
High School, was the highest in
dividual point winner in the Meet.
He took a total Of 35 points. Hal
dane, in the elementary school from
Ketchikan, gave him hard run for