The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
DOUGLAS WALL0pS pAA; JUNEAU HIGH
 DEFEATS SIGNACS

In the first basketball games C.. the year, in the game sessions of the City Basketball League, Douglas High Huskies defeated Pan American Airways' Clipper team S5 to 2l and Juneau High Bears won by 46 to IA margin over the Signacs last night in the Juneau High gym nasium.
 Due to there having been no bas- ketball games scheduled since Dec 18, and also because both Douglas High and Juneau High were playing Dn the nights bill, an unusually large crowd was present.
 Juneau's pep squad leaders and Patte Davis, song leader, were in full costume and voice. Douglas High School with an attendance of ex- actly nine boys and nine girlsD had, apparently, the entire school enroll ment present to boost the Huskies team with yells, grandstand gym nastics and songs.
 HuSlSleS FaSt
 Whether it was due to strength gained from their boosters or excess energy stored up during the holidays, the Huskies have never played a better game of ball than last nights showing since the league started. Weir showed up unusually well as fast moving and alert player all though he did not score. High scoring men and two of the best shooters on the floor last night were Bach and L. Bennett with II and 12 points respectively of the Huskies' total 35 points.
 Conversely, PAA's team never locked worse than it did last night. Moscrip, one of the top-notch play CTS was out, and although this fact may have accounted for some Of the lack, of spirit and energy displayed, 1t could hardly have accounted for all of it. Outstanding among players showing at least signs of spark, or interest in the game, were Fournie and Steinacher. True, the margin between the opponent score and PAA's diminished rapidly after the first quarters l to score in favor of the Huskies. This appeared, how ever. to be due to early substitution of second-string players on the Douglas team and one or two wide awake PAAers. In general, PAA slumped last night, and for the first time didn't appear to care too much. Steinacher was high man with 6 points and Wilson with 5 points. Fournie was the fastest moving play CT on the floor.
 Signacs Slump
 Signac, another slumping team last night, got completely lost in the game with Juneau Highs Crimson Bears. Evidently figuring the game lost before it started, the Signacs played an every -man-for-h himself and-let's- -have-fun brand of ball that they evidently enjoyed but looked pretty bad on the score book. Sig macs sense of humor and apparent enjoyment of its position as Low Man on the Championship Poll goes a long way to compensate for its playing.
 Still immensely popular with the basketball fans, the Signacs are con- sistently cheered bye the grand standees no matter what they do. A newcomer on the Signac team, Mike Thibodeau, scored one field goal last night and showed playing enthusiasm that will undoubtedly make him an asset to the team. The teams sizeable turnover in players since the league started is given by many of it's staunch fans as the all-covering reason for it's inability to function as a unified team. Goldstein was high scorer on the Signacs' team with two field goals.
 Bears Start Poor
 Juneau High Crimson Bears start ed off to a rather surprisingly poor Start last night, but made up for 1t with almost professionally excellent