The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-01
DIDRICkS0N NAMED BEST
 OF TOURNEY
Sheldon Jackson Forward, Others Honored Sat-
 urday Night

Herb Didrickson, Sheldon Jackson Jr. Colleges flashy forward, received the coveted Distinguished American All-Star Award as the outstanding player during the 20-game Gold Medal Basketball Tournament Sat urday night, and the decision won the full approval of the fans, most of whom agreed there isn't a college team in the States that wouldn't like to have the high-scoring, ball hawk ing Indian on its team.
 Last years award winner, Herb Mead of Juneau High School, is now going great guns for the Uni versity of Idaho frosh squad, lead ing his league in scoring. In a re- cent game against Washington Stare he rang up 23 points.
 Other team and individual awards handed out by Harry Sperling Sat- urday night included
 First Place team trophy Ketchi kan All Stars; Second Place team trophy, Juneau High School; Third Place team award, Sheldon Jackson Jr. College; Fourth Place team ward, Metlakatla Vets,
 Merit Awards to first round losers; Moses Johnson, Sitka ANB; Walt CT Williams. Rake; Louis Austin, Rake Cliff Macdonald, Imperials, and Tommy Powers, Imperials.
 1roi lsn. ansaip Awards: Tom At kinson, Metlakatla; Art Olsen, Ket- chikan; Eldor Lee, Petersburg Trad ing Union; John Asp, Mikes Mite Owls, and Bill Logan of Juneau High School.
 All Tourney Team First: Irving Leask, Metlakatla; Herb Didrickson, 2 el6cn Jackson: Jeff David ,Metla- Katla; Johnny Mills, Ketchikan; Ed rlagerman, Petersburg Trading Un- ion. Second Team: Archie Cav anaugh, Mt. Edgecumte; Tom Wan berg, Wasvick & TorWiek; Pete Will Hams, Trading Union; Bud Clemons, Trading Union, and Bill Schmitz, Juneau High School. Third Team: Dundee Atkinson, Mt. Edgecumbe; Ken Leask, Sheldon Jackson; Louis Bennett, Mikes Nit Owls; Harry Aase, Columbia Lumber, and Bill Sperling, Juneau High School.
 Individual Awards included:
 Louis Bennett, Mikes Coolest Under Fire"
 Bill Schmitz, Juneau High School, Dead Shot for best percentage of shots attempted made.
 Johnny Mills, Ketchikan, two SCOT ing awards, high score in one game and high score for the tournament. For the latter he edged out Jeff Da- vid of Metlakatla by one point, mak- ing 73 to Davids 72 for the tourney.
 All-Star Honor Awards: l. Jeff Da- vid of Metlakatla. 2. Johnny Mills of Ketchikan. 8 Ed Hagerman of Trading Union.
 Del Hanks was honored by the Lions Club for his work in bringing the tournament to Juneau and mak- ing the annual affair success Hanks, who is leaving this week tor the States to assume a new post for the Boy Scouts of America, was presented with a protector for show ing color slides.
 Judges for the affair were Art Burke, Stan Grummett, Art Hedges Pat McCarrop and George Schmidt
 The referees who turned in per haps the best job ever seen here fol any series are Bud Brown, Ed Hildre Tommy Powers, the Rev. Ben Mor- gan, John Dapcevich and Del Hanks of Juneau; Charles Kidd of Sitka, Harry Ludwigsen of Ketchikan; E Atkinson of Metlakatla; Les Leath- erberry Ed Hagerman and Buo Clemons of Petersburg.
 Official scorers were Commissionel of Education James c. Ryan anc A. N. Eide, timekeepers Eide anc Milt Furness, Jr.