The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-27
ROADMEN GRASP | LEADERSHIP IN GAS ABA LEAGUE
Run Wild to Beat Douglas 47-26-Local Bremen
 Win from Moose

Overwhelming the Douglas Fire i men last night by Al to 26 score, the B. P. R. quintet stormed inn pressively into first place in the Channel Basketball League last night. The Roadmen were held on virtually even terms in the first alf but ran wild in the second to win easily.
 Tn the curtainraiser, the local Smoke Eaters had tough battle to win from the Moose, B to 23, and in so doing put the Moose back into second place tie with the Juneau Bremen. The latter led at the end of every quarter and the outcome was never in doubt.
 Both Play Loosely Both teams played a wide-open, loose checking game in the first half. tightening in the second ef- fectively. Metzgar, Fireman cen ter, was high scorer with 13 points. leading Holman by a single mar- ker. Lindstrom and Paul Brown led the Moose scoring machine with eight points, tying for third place. The second half was slowed up considerably by the close calling of Referee Engstrom whose whis-
 tie was blowing almost continuous
 ly for travelling" players. Connors
 was the worst sufferer from this
 as he lost two baskets in this
 manner.
 Douglas Hits Toboggan The Douglas Firemen, after stag ing a sensational battle in the first half that kept them within strik- ing distance of the Roadmen to
 that point, were demoraI1zed un- der the latter's terrific drive in
 the third and fourth quarters and
 went almost entirely to pieces. The
 count was 10-8 for the Roadmen
 at the quarter, and IT to 12 at
 the halfway station. The Islanders went without a score in the third quarter while
 the B. P. R. cagers added eight
 more points to carry the count to 25-12.
 In the final stanza, the Island
 CTS caged eight field goals while the Roadmen rained them in from all sectors of the battlefield for a total of II fields. Every man in the winning team scored. Bay CTS again led them with 18 points, Torgerson being second with 12 and Smith third with eight. Movers fine guarding and sen- sational floor work featured the game.
 Bremen Beat Moose JED. f33) Pos. Moose t23l Holman Q2)-...rf.- Lindstrom (O Connors .lf.... Ledbetter CD Metzgar Q3..-....-.c.... Brown (8) Blake (2)...--..-....rg. Grummett (6) Hayes (4 4.........lg .................... Hunt Substitutions: Garn (2) for Con- nors; Connors for Hayes; Hildre for Hunt; Musson for Hildre; Mi kish for Ledbetter; Ledbetter for ,, Musson.
 Field goals: Holman 6, Garn l.,
 Metzgar 6, Hayes 2; Lindstrom 4,
 Brown 3, Grummett 3. Free throws made: Metzgar |,
 Blake 2; Ledbetter l, Brown 2. Official S. Engstrom referee;
 Stedman, umpire; Berggren, timer;
 Rodenberg, scorer.
 | Roadmen Take Lead
 DIED. (26) Pos. B.P.R. (47)
 GallWas (q....-.-.rf Torgerson Q0
 Galr (6) --...---......-.f.. Smith (8)
 Lundell (9) ......-.c........ Bayers G0
 Manning (8).....rg. ...... Osborne @
 Niemi .............-........lg... Mover (5)
 Substitutions: Messer CD for
 Smith; Smith for Messer; Messer
 for Osborne; Manning for Lun-
 dell; Lundell for Gallwas; Gallwas
 for Manning.
 Field Goals: Gallwas 2, Gair 2,
 Lundell 4, Manning 3; Torgerson
 6, Smith f. Bayers g, Osborne l,
 Messer 1, Mover 2.
 1 Free Throws Made: Gair 2, Man. ming 2: Mover l.
 Officials; = Engstrom, Referee;