The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-24
JUNEAUWIN5 FIRST GAME, TOURNAMENT
Hoop Fans Scream Satur- day as Crimson Bears
 Win by Four Points
SATURDAY NIGHTS SCORE Juneau High 32; Ketchikan High 28

A packed house screamed itself | hoarse and poohooed the reefrees un- til the air was blue Saturday night in the Juneau High gym as the Ju- neau High Crimson Bears took an early lead from the Ketchikan Kay his to end the game 32 to 28 with the home team salting away the first game of the three to decide the Southeast Alaska Basketball Tourna- ment.
 The second game of the series will be played tonight at 745 o'clock in the Juneau gym as the Crimson Bears will try to settle the tourna- ment in two fell strokes.
 Mathiscn Opens
 Stalwart Kayhi guard Mathisen opened the cautiously played first canto with his one and only shot of the night, for he was destined to be sent to the showers on four person. als before the game was much older.
 Lucas made personal and halved the visitors lead and Rice followed suit to keep the same ratio after Ellis had sunk another for Ketchikan Then came the turning point. Miller made the touring hoopsters' net dance to tie the score with Murphy close behind to make the score 6 i to A.
 Ketchikan took time out then, but 1t made no difference. From then on the game was J-High all the way and the fans spent most of the fast hour on their feet instead of on their seats. The Juneau boys took their lead early in the first frame and kept it by margin of four points until the final whistle. Ellis Hot
 But Johnny Ellis was the Kayhi lad that did the most damage to the local cagers and was most threat ening when the ball was in his hands. Fifteen points he chalked up for his team that night, scoring more than half his squads markers. \ Fans and players alike threatened the referees with bodily harm with malicious intent in the second period as Referee Wiley called a close one on Mathisen who already ahd three against him. Little Hallie Rice and Mathisen were in a furry of arms and legs when the whistle blew stop- ping Mathisen from dribbling down the floor. Charging, believed Will ley, and Mathisen, still in possee- sion of the ball walked up to the line to take shot from Rice.
 Not you, YOUr screamed Wiley as he poked his finger at Matllisen and the .timekeeper blew the Ket- chikan guard out of the game. The fans went wild. Mathison got purple and then went to the showers, Wiley was adamant, however, and stuck to his decision.
 One-Man Quarter
 In the third frame Jack Mcdaniel worked the visitors over as he took nine points from them, scoring all the J-Hieh counters for that quarter.
 Neither team played the ball that was expected Of them. however. The Ketchikan boys look as if they are tired or have developed a set of sea legs and cannot become accustomed to the maple court. They are re- markable ball handlers in spite of an apparent lack of something un- defineable and show mature coach ing and close team work.
 The J-Hi five, as did the visitors, played cautious ball throughout the whole game and were not at their tops. Both teams were sizing up the other and building up for the big explosion tonight and maybe tonor- row.
 Following are the box scores for Saturday nights game: