The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-03-24
WOLVES WIN ALL-ALASKA HOOP TITLE

IIe N ElIEELl IAAEA HGANHA Na@- ketbau team beat the defending AlI-Alaska high school champions. the Anchorage Eagles. two games straight last Thursday and Friday to bring the All-A1aska title 10 WIS The first game they Won 64- 52 tSee last weeks Sentine1. and the second. Friday night. 55-42.
 The second and crucial game the Anchorage boys checked the Wran- gel Wolves high scorer Tom Max and and Jim Guuderson after the made 5l of WrangeH's 64 points the first night
 Anchorage got off to a first quarter lead the second game as Gunderson was off on his shots and WrangelI team captain Tom Max and directed floor play instead Of trying to shoot against close checking Eagles. Marboe and Kah- Ter of Anchorage led the Eagle scoring the first quarter with eight and seven points respectively and the visitors led 1S-14.
 With Maxand setting up tn e plays for WrangeI, Gunderson got. away for six field goals and a foul shot the second quarter To pace Wrangell to a 33-25 half-time lead The WrangelI second quarter de. fense of Ed Bradley. Thorne Fer guson. Steele Ferguson and Tom MaXand all but stoped Anchorage's tall Marboe and Kahler working under the basket. Marboe made two foul shots. Kahler and Carmody each got a field goal.
 Lynn Schwartz came Into the ball game for Wrangell late in the second quarter as Coach Don Kan gas was shifting his men around to fill a gap made in the first quarter when the regular forward. Clint Miller. injured his ankle Schwartz sank two foul shots just before half time.
 The third quarter Anchorage Coach Bud Ottmar held his stars Marboe and Kahler on the bench and ordered his other men to stop Gunderson. They held Gunderson scoreless the third period but some body forgot to think about aggres- | sive Wrangell reserve Schwartz. Working under the basket on tip ins and lay-ups Schwartz went on a scoring spree that carried three minutes into the fourth quarter and netted him 16 more points. His aggressive playing cost him five personal fouls but when hel went to the bench the spirit of the Anchorage team was all but brok- en. Wrangell had a 44-32 third period lead.
 The game coasted on to Wran- gen victory. 55-42 in spite of three men benched for fouls. as most of the Wrangeu team, in the person of Tom Maxand, was still on the floor and it was too much for An chorage. Throughout the year Max and has proven to be the hub a. round which the Wrangell team rotates.
 Leading point-maker for Wran- gell the second night was Jim Gun derson with 22. Schwartz was sec ond with IS; Maxand 6; Miller 3; and Steele Ferguson, Thorne Fer guson and Neil French each ?.
 For Anchorage Marboe scored 15: Kahler A; Putzel f; Bick. Craig. Carmody and Reynolds each ?; and Frostad 1.
 Saturday Night
 After Wrangen won the first two games and the All-Alaska championship the two teams met again Saturday night in game for the gate receipts All the players on both teams were given a chance to play as the second squads played the first and third quarters and the first lives the second and last quarters. Anchorage won this game 49-60.
 The first quarter the Wrangell reserves, T. Ferguson, French Schwartz, Casey and Jenkins, led the Eagle seconds 9-4.
 When the first squads came in the game the visitors rolled up l2 points before the champs even SCOT ed. However, Wrangell didn't trail far at the half-time whistle. An chOrage led 2S-23. The third period the Eagle reserves proved too much for Wrangell and outscored the To- calls 17-9.
 Tn the final quarter Maxand snapped his boys out of their list Iessness and scored nine of their IT points as they outscored the Eagles 17-15. but couldn't gain enough to beat them.
 And AftA~ the Game
 After the series was over and the Wolves had made off with the AIl-Alaska title, the local Elks lodge sponsored a buffet lunch and dance for the local and visiting high school students. Reports indi- cate everyone enjoyed themselves dancing to the Elks orchestra in