The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-08

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ed to weather through the remain
der of the battle.
/ Douglas Scores First
Two minutes of scoreless play, with
no one willing to open up, raised the
curtain on the first court drama
before Erskine, Jensen and Erskine
again dropped foul shots to give the
Islanders first blood.
Erskine followed his free coun-
tiers with the first field bucket and
Douglas had five markers on the
board before the Elks could get I'M
der way Druliner led off for the
Puppies when he dropped a free
throw. Davlin was next in line with
a short from the field, then Mark
ed-Man" Smith Gagged the first of
three foul shots he gained from
the overnight double-check the Is
landers had thrown on him. That
ended the first period scoring, Doug
las out in front, to 4.
The Elks came up on even terms
right after the start of the second
quarter Stan Hill making good on
free-throw award. Then buckets
bv Jensen, Mills and Edwards gave
the Eagles a six-point hold on the
pole before Smith entered the pic
ture again with a foul shot. Frs
kline made it Is for Douglas, then
Smith sank his third foul try and
May a two-pointer to bring the
Puppies tally to with six minutes
left of the half.
Elks Squirt
Edwards rang the hoop again be-
fore a tWo-minute Elk squirt knot
ted the count at fifteen on pair
of baskets by Smith, who finally
found his letters loosed, and a gift
goal by May. May was casually
standing under the hoop when two
nearby Islanders crossed their sig
nal and passed an out-of-boundS
ball right into his lap
Erskine sank one and Mills two
for Douglas, while Hill Gagged a foul
and May a field goal for the Elks
to end the half with the scare at
Il to 10 for the Islanders. Mills
two counters were a give-away OF
his hoop-riddling intentions, which
he was to carry on through during
the final two quarters with a daz-:
zling display of twisters and one
handed loopers from all corners.
The Elks led off in the third quar-
ter on buckets by Smith and Davlin
to break into the lead for the first
time; but not for long. The Is
landers Immediately came back with
a string of six field goals to run
their total to SO before, with but
three minutes of play left in the
quarter, the Elks we're able to drop
a pair and raise their count to 26
at the start of the final session.
Mills sank three of the Island bas-
kets and Erskine, Jensen and Ed
wards one each. Smith and Davlin
got the Puppies pair.
The final quarter was almost en-
tirely in the hands of Mills and his
cohorts from across the Channel
the Eagles running up eight points
while holding the Elks to nothing
during the first eight minutes of
the fourth period. Smith then
counted the only bucket for the club
men in the last stanza, but Erskine
crossed it off with final basket
for Douglas.
Eagles Use Range
With little to choose from the two
teams, when it came to ball-hand-
ling and general floor-work, the
Islanders depended for their win
chiefly on their long range shooting
eyes and on the towering three
man barrier which Erskine, Jensen
and Tauno Niemi raised to keep
inviolate their basket. Numerous
fast-breaking Elk drives were brok-
en- up by the extra range of the Is
land rear guard.
Right behind Mills in the scoring
for the Eagles was Claude Erskine,
who also turned on considerable
heat to ring up an even dozen points.
Roy Smith broke away from his
guard to ring up seven points for
the Elks during the first half and
added six more the rest of the way
to top the Elks' point-gatherers with
10 markers. May and Davlin, chief
ball-handlers for the Puppies gar
nered six points each. Fourteen
fouls were called against the Is
landers and nine against the Elks.
Nelson reached his limit a minute
before the final gun.
The throng of High School and
Douglas supporters ringing the
court were treated to two we'll