The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-15
FIREMEN FEEL
 SECOND HORNETS WIN
Tommy Thompson Leads Petersburg 10 Narrow
 Margin Victory
SCORES LAST NIGHT Petersburg Hornets 52; Bremen q Juneau High AS; Wrangell Inst. 3S

dllh HID inil cNutOdo eObesA OA points, the Petersburg Hornets came up from behind a 14-point lead last night to trim the fighting Firemen for the second time this week as they ended the score 5l to 52 in a hot, screaming five minute over time session in the Juneau gym.
 The opening game of the double header was one of the best played games of the season. as the Wran- gell Institute five fell to the blows of the Juneau High Crimson Bears 38 to 48. but the fray was childs- play compared to the vicious, snar- ling battle that followed.
 Tonight the thrice victorious Pet ersburg Hornets will meet the Ju- neau High five in the Juneau gym with the Elks and the Wrangell Institute playing the opener.
 Bremen After Blood
 Smacking their lips at the op- pcltunity to revenge their Wednes- day night trimming at the hands of the visitors, the Bremen whipped out onto the floor as the first whistle blew, determined to come out of the game as winners. And they almost did.
 The Hornets were playing lax, spiritless ball, apparently tired from three games in as many nights. Seldcm did they get the ball from the wary Bremen, and when they did their shots were incomplete. The Bremen were definitely "on" and were checking the visitors down to a minimum of shots. First quarter score was IT to T, with the Bremen leading.
 Then in came Tommy Thomp- son and the smoke-eaterS began to have trouble. Thompson made the speedy Bremen look like a pack of numbering hounds as he dashed in and out, followed all ways by the steady close checking of Jones. As a result, half-time score showed the Firemen leading by only seven points.
 Low Ebb for Hornets
 Thompson kept leading through a close defense to occasionally score but by the time the third frame was over, the Bremen had regained their high lead, and were on the up-swing. The Hornets seemed to be in a rut, not having lost in- terest, but lacking the drive that wins ball games. They were forced as low as 28 to AZ, Appoint lead for the Bremen, and the game seemed packed away for the local boys.
 But the crowd was wrong, the Hornets had reached their low ebb and the tide was turning. By some fast work of the Pederson brothers the score climbed to 40-43 and the 
 Hornets were in a shooting streak. Bremen called for time, and then the Petersburg boys followed suit. With two minutes to go Thompson showed again to bring the score within one point of tie.
 Technical Ties
 Thompson tore down the floor in a drive that carried him within sco, ing and winning distance of the Firemen's basket and Lind strom cut in to check him. Thomp- son picked himself up off the floor where Lindstro.n over determined check had knocked hm and found that he was to shoot two on Lind strom's foul. He missed his oppor- tunities to tie the score and Lind strom was substituted by Taylor, who failed to report to the score keeper Thompson shot and made the technical foul called on Tay- lor's mistake, tying the score with only few seconds left to play.
 Thompson drove down the floor as the crowd stood up and screamed steady for the remain der of the game, and made a fast one that put Petersburg ahead. Sec onds clicked by and the time keepers hand was CT the button 10 end the game when stalwar. 41ud Brown sunk a phel T, .;.i shot from the center of t..s floor to tie the game as the horn sounded.
 Overtime See Saw
 Fans shouted themselves into near-hysteria and the whole build ing trembled with a high-pitched roar as the five-minute overtime session started. Alternating their scoring, the teams fought the hard est, toughest, fastest ball this sea- son as they made desperate drives down the floor and made fantas- tic recoveries under the basket. The Bremen took the lead and held it for three minutes before the Hor- nets took the lead by one point Then Chapados stole it back for the Bremen with long floatel that drifted from the middle ot the floor. Nygren retaliated and the Hornets held the lead l Palmer Pederson's foul on Cha pados almost tied the score in the extra period, but the Bremen failed to make the shot and the game