The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-26

for a minute ana hall of pla neither team could get into tn basket for a goal At the end of tn minute and half, Johnson pushe, the ball into the air for the frs score of the game. The ball wen out of bounds to Sitka and the.
 flooded down the floor.
 In 30 secnds of play the SCOT,
 was tied at two all when Nickel dit
 a push shot from left of his basket
 Sitkas zone defense was keeping the Bears out far from the bas. ket
 Nickel checked out an attempt at very close try for basket by
 Sitka. He then dropped in two eas- kets from the right to bring the score to six all H. Didrickson broke
 the tie with a field goal and the Bears frightened their defense un- der the pressure.
 The quarter ended shortly after
 Srerling got tally on his gift shot to bring the score to seven for Ju- neau and Sitka eight
 The Bears brought the ball into the court to start the game for the
 second quarter. Sperling brought the crowd to its feet when he SCOT ed a basket from the right side. His
 gift shot made Juneau's score 10 and Sitka still at eight.
 Sperling next came in from the
 left of his basket to make the
 Bears score 12. This ended the first
 minute of play. Perkins dropped in l a two score shot. Juneau missed on
 8 pass that could easily have ended
 in a set up shot.
 c. Didrickson came out of the
 scramble under the Sitka basket to even the score at 12 all. Adams tossed in a gift shot to put the
 Bears ahead by one point. In short
 order, Adams came in with a set
 shot on the left side of his basket
 that netted two points.
 The Bears scoring soon brought l their score to l9. Perkins was hot
 for two shots from far left jerking up the Sitka score to IT, two points
 away from the Bears. Nickel again repeated and the Bears were two points further away. The Bears
 pulled up and the second quarter
 ended with them six points in the
 lead at "A to Is.
 SITKA STARTS ROLLING
 The second half opened with Jul
 neau taking the tip off. Johnsons push shot from right after an in , tercepted pass started his team l rolling. Perkins sh ot from lef' 1 brought Sitka within two points O. t the Bears score of 24.
 t The score was again tied wher } H. Didrickson captured goal iron g the slot. A foul on the Bears ane g Sitka took the ball out at midstrip l
 shots and netted tasket to juml g tahead by two points. Both team showed the pressure of the game a. ? they intercepted each others pass ? es. Schultz got free throw ant 1 the Bears continued their long sho ? attempts.
 ! Sperling made basket and Lanl , followed suit to make the SCOT f stand at 29 for Juneau and 28 fo i, Sitka. The quarter ended with th' , Bears at 29 and Sitka at 32. FOURTH QUARTER | The Bears could not get into thu , basket during the opening minute
 of the fourth quarter Sitka took th' ball out and Lang tried to steal il 9 for a set shot and missed. Juneal :. got to their basket at the end oI r a minute and a half and Sperlinl 9 missed one.
 1 On a foul from Juneau, Sitks ( chose to take the ball out again tC e start the play. Juneau was working ! in close to get at the rebounds l Sitka took the ball out on another S choice and the Bears frightened theil . defense automatically to proven 2 Sitka from getting the rebounds. = Schultz got free throw and tht :. score stood Bears 30, Sitka 34. : It was apparent tn at Sitka! }, Johnson could not make his long Ii ones and had to be in a set DO. :, sition for his push shots. Sitka re.
 peated their choice at taking thu = foul shot or starting the play iron 3 tout of bounds by taking it out. h B. Graves dropped in two shot
 from under the basket to bring tn
 score to 34 all. There were two ane p ia half minutes to go. The Bear
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