The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-08
ISLANDERS CAP
ELKS' SCORERS
IN TIGHT TILT
Crimson Bears Bow to Ex-
perience of DeMolay
Five Last Evening

sit on Smith was the war-cry
IF the Douglas Eigles when they
took the floor at the Juneau High
gym last evening against the Jul
, neau Elks. Whereupon, the Purple
scoring star found himself well sat
, upon by two Eagles throughout
most OF the first half of the battle.
But the Eagles found their Smith
wrapping policy paying them no big
dividends as the two squads worked
into the middle of the second quar-
| ter on the eck-andneck" basis,
with Dick May holding down Roy
Smiths place on the Purple firing
| line.
Taking time out, the Eagles then
decided to let Mr.. Smith roll his
hoop: they would get hot With
! the heat turned on, the Eagles i'm
mediately went TO the fore, and were
not again headed during the re-
mainder of the fracas, winding up
, with AZ to % lead. Highest tenn
perature among the Islanders was
irun by Gordon Mills, who ''sizzled'
as he dropped in seven field goals
! and a pair Of foul shots to lead the
evenings scoring parade with six
teen counters.
| Crimson Bears Lose
Douglas opening victory was prac-
tically duplicated by the DeMolays
lin the second contest on the twin
bill, as they made full uso of then
lgreater experience, superior forma-
ton play and ball-handling to down
the Juneau High Crimson Bears
by an eight-point margin, 40 to 80.
Bud Brown led the Bears in va
liant first-half stand against the
Purple and Gold, as he combined
with Hildre and Hanson to out
speed the Lodgemen by one baske
during the first quarter. But the
almost continuous offensive of the
DeMolays overpowered the occas-
ional spurts made by the students
when they were able to break away
with the leather, and the Bears saw
their two-point lead reversed or
them at half-time.
The second half of the seconc
game was the occasion for Gilber
DeVault to snap out of his early
lethargy and team up with Brown
to force the pace on the Purple ano
Gold to put the High School a bas-
ket in front again at the end of the
third period
Then, however, with the Beal
spark-plugs slowed down by theil
own drive, the DeMolays took the
play away, holding the student.
scoreless for a full half of the fina
session, while themselves canning
a quartette of buckets. After allow.
ing the High School to interrupt
with field goal, the DeMolays re.
sumed their march, adding eighr
more tallies Def o re the student;
again counted. With but two more
minutes to play, the Lodgemen tool
things leisurely the rest of the way
Bayers Leads DeMolays
Brown and DeVault ended in 6
knot for scoring laurels for the stu
dents, with eleven points each, while
Kinky Bayers topped the Purple:
with a fourteen point total thai
ranked him second-high for the eve
ming. Hanson, who opened the scor.
ing for the Crimson Bears, came
back after a mid-game layoff tt
aggregate six points.
Manthey and Elmer Lindstrom
who, with Woodring, set up mos
of the DeMolay's scores, wound w
with nine markers each. Referee
Bud Foster whistled the play dowr
tight during both encounters. HI
called eleven personal fouls agains
the Crimson Bears and ten against
their opponents.
The scare Foster threw into the
Eagles during the first half of the
opener when he chalked up three
fouls each against a trio of the Is
land regulars, apparently had much
to do with the Eagles decision tt
unchain Smith. With their style Of
play changed, the Islanders manag