The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-22
CR.MSON BEARS COp SEREES FROM SlTkA WOLVES LAST MIGHT

J-Hi's Crimson Bears came up for their second win last night by downing 5itka His Wolves by a score of 35 tc 27. J-Hi is now one step neared to copping the All Alaska Championship Skagway is their lone opponent for the north ern division championship and the series will be held Feb 8, 4, and 5. In the first week of March, the two top teams ill Southeast Alaska will have a play-off with the win ming team travelling to the Westward for the final series Ketchikan Polar Bears are the present hold CTS of the All-Alaska Championship.
 Sitka's Wolves were in top form last night but they couldn't stop Nickel and Adams, who pinned their hopes CT '-4g shots and made them.
 Eiss Half
 Nickel of the Bears casned in on Lawrence's foul for the first } score of the game Ladely of Sit ka sunk a short one. The Bears took the hall and started to work it down to their court. The Wolves played a tight zone defense and held the Bears scoring down. Mick el and Schultz worked the ball in and both hit the hoop for short cncs. Jack Lawrence caught a long floor pass and hit a corner shot. A completed free throw by Rusch tiad the same up at to 5. In the last minute of play in the fiist quarter, Graves hit cne from the corner and score at the quarter WAS } to T.
 Play started slow in the seccnd quarter with Bill Lawrence sinking the first ball after six minutes of play. Lawrence collected on a foul shot handed to him by Ad- ans and gave his team a one point lead Schultz tossed one in from the foul line and the game was tied again. Rusch and Ladely broke the tie and gained four-point lead.
 In the last minute of play, as the rcoting sscion for J-Hi was go- ing wild, smcoth playing Gus Ad- ans came up with not one, but two neat corner shots, tying the game up at the half with a score of F all.
 Last Helf
 Adams lopod down the floor for short drop and broke the tie The Sitka boys went into fast ac- ten and Jack Lawrence. threw a lsng floor pass to Ladaly, in cor ner position, who tossed one in to tie the game again. Schultz hit a long one and Rusch landed a successful free throw and the score was 15 to 16, Juneau's favor.
 Frcm there on in, Adams and Nickel had the ball game the way they wanted it. Adams dropped one and Nickel, shooting from mid court landed, one, two and three hoops to give the Bears a six point lead at the end of the third playing period.
 Nothing could step that boy Ad- ans who came up with four more points in the beginning of the fourth quarter stretching out J-Hi's lead to 10 points. Jimmy Busch, one of the fastest men on the floor, went out on fouls and Herbie Hope came in for Sitka. Hope scored with two short drops. Sure-shot Adams came up with two mere bas- kets, Avrit of the Wolves dropped two more and the game was oyer with Q final score of 35 to 27.
 Adams logged up 12 points for the Bears and was high point man in the game. Ladely of Sitka topped the Wolves scoring with 6.
 Tumbiers Perform
 Hank Earmon's Plumbers staged top-notch exhibition before the game last night. Twenty hoys, cap- tained by Harry Brensdal, did flips, camel walks, dives, and somer- sauits. Outstanding number was a flip flop Hip" in which all the tuInblers did 1lips over each other Harry Brensdal starred in a solo exhibition of back and front flips.