The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-10
FIRE M EN BEAT
 UTCAERS; PAPS
 WIN FROM B. P. R.
Given Scare of Tn cir Lives in Hard
 Games Last Evening


 emerged victors in their games last night in the Channel hoop circuit but they had the scare of their lives before the refefee's whistle ended their respec tive frays.
 The Bremen, without the ser vices of Hollmnn, Hayes and Man ley, just nosed out over the Unit ed Meat, a much strengthened outfit since the first half of the schedule, by a score of 23 to 20. The Paps rallied in the last four minutes to win from the Road runners A to 38 in one of the most exciting contests of the sea- son.
 Lead Every Quarter
 The smoke eaters led the But chers at the end of every quarter, but by margins that were uncom- fortably close. They had a 10 to T edge in the first, IA to g at the half, 20 to 15 at the end of the third, and were happy when the fracas ended B to 20. It was loosely played game and too rag ged for sustained interest.
 Frank Metzgar was drafted as substitute and played well at guard in his first big time" appearance. Lacking Holman, their sparkplug, and without either Hayes or Bill Manley, 10 cork up the hole, the Bremen failed to show much of the class that carried them through the first half of the season with a single defeat.
 The Butchers, however, showed marked improvement in their play. Sammy Nelson provided them with a punch they have lacked here tofore and they had more confi- dence in their own ability than they have shown up to date.
 Moose Get Big Lead
 in the nightcap, the Moose started out as if they were going to overwhelm the B. P. R. organ ization. They had everything their own way. They dropped in goals from every direction in the first two quarters and checked hard and close. They led at the quar- ter post by score of 13 to 3. At the halfway station they were out in front with 25 to 13 score.
 In the third quarter, when Brown, tipoff man for the Paps, was forced to retire with a bloody mouth, the Roadrunners clicked for the first time. They held the Moose to two field goals and two on gift losses and scored eight fields and five free throws to take the lead at 34 to 3l. They con- tinued their rally at the outset of the fourth quarter and for six minutes stopped the Paps almost dead while they boosted their own score to 38.
 Win in Rally
 With four minutes to go, the Moose, with Brown back in the game, staged rally that sent them home in front. Ledbetter,. substituting for Grummett, and Erskine led in this attack which netted the Moose II points on five field goals and a single-pointer
 Ledbetter's fine shooting in the last few minutes was the major factor in the Paps' victory.
 Bremen Cop First
 U. Meat t20) Pos. Bremen (23l Peterson t4...-.rf... Connors (5) Stedman (6).......lf...... Garn (9) CaSnen-- Metzgar E. (6) Fenessey t5).......rg rg..... Blake (3) Nelson (5).--.......-lg... Metzgar F.
 Substitutions: Hall for Nelson: Nelson for Hall.
 Field goals: Peterson 2, Sted- man ?, Fenessey 2, Nelson 2; Con- iorS z, Garn 4, E. Metzgar 5, Blake 1.
 Free throws made: Stedman 2, Fenessey I, Nelson 1; Connors l, Garn 1, Blake 1.
 Officials Engstrom, referee; Dunham, umpire; Berggren and karabelnikoff scorers; Ficken, Ti- mer.
 Moose Rally Wins Moose (44) Pos. B.P.R. (38) Lindstrom co -. Torgerson t3)