The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-12
EAGLES LOSE
FIRST CAME
TO FIREME N
Elks Take One-sided Bas-
ketball Victory from
Krause Concreters

Speeding through to a 1881 win,
a fast fighting Fireman squad
knocked the top-flight Douglas Ea-
giles from their perch in the City
League standings last night, chalk
ing up the Islanders first defeat
in the seasons Basketball tourna-
ment before a crowd of enthUsia5tlc
rooters in the Junaau High Scot
gymnasium.
Second game of the dor'le 700 de-.
the Firemen-E Eagles battle Offered
the only real fight Of the e,en4ng,
the opening game between the
Krause and Elk squads ending with
a lopsided Elk victory of 66 to 10,
widest margined game of the SER
les.
Firemen Fight
With Guard Sturrock playing an
outstanding floor game all evening,
the Firemen managed to keep
few points ahead of their opponents
seen after the second quarter was
under way. Hard-fought from the
minute the whistle brought the
game into play, the battle was neck
and neck at the end of the first
quarter with the Eagles holding an
expected lead of to 8. The second
quarter brought a different story
as the red and gold Firemen rushed
though to five point lead ending
with 18 to 10 as the half time whiS-
tle blew
8 Points. Each Team
Eight points were made by each
team in the third quarter as basket
was matched for basket in de-
termined drive by the Eagles to win
their accustomed place as leaders.
Well into the fourth quarter, the
five point margin narrowed to three,
and the score stood "a to 81 with
the Douglas rooters crying for vic
tory.
A timely field goal by Sturrock
as the game neared its close down
ed Douglas hopes with Behrends
coming through with another Fire
man goal soon after to spell the
Islanders seven point defeat
High Point Man
Behrends was hlgn point man OF
tho game with IA points to his
credit, two of which were made in
a beautiful 40-foot shot in the first
quarter. Orme, spectacular Fire
man long-shooter, came through
with a perfect shot as the fourth
quarter commenced, while Linds-
from and Snow made eight points
each during the game Firemen had
no substitutions and made no foul
shots during the entire evening
For Douglas, Mark Jensen came
through with Is points, followed by
six each for Edwards and Erskine.
Slow in checking, the Douglas squad
let the Firemen break away for I'M
contested chances at the basket
which counted heavily in the Eagles
defeat toll
No Competition
Out-ranged, out-speeded and out
shot, the Krause Concreters fought
a thankless battle against the su-
perior Elk squad which found little
opposition to running up its &c to
10 victory Rudolph of the Con-
creters started the game off max
ing all but one of the Krause
points for the first quarter, and
came through with II of the final
10 points scored. See was the only
real battler of the short-man squad
but had little effect on his tall OPP
ponents.
May played a consistent, all
around game again for the purple
Elk squad, while Davlin was out
standing with a strong floor game,
offering 10 points in his share of
baskets. May made 16 points, while
Roy Smith, anticipated high scorer,
came through with %.
SUMMARY
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