.1 3Y. Prince nupctt pafly BtXvs Monday. February 17, 1947 BASKETBALL rPRINCE RUPERT CLEANS UP OK f THREE VISITING HOOP TEAMS Swooping: down on the luckless Port Simpson rJSr senior men's team on Saturday night, the local ZZTsenior league-leading Savoy squad took a 58 to 50 ssL.win from the visitors in the final game of a special ' " basketball card. Getting an early jump Savoy ended ' . up. away out in front at the end of the first quarter ; by an 18 to 6 score. From the opening of the second frame the 7' game- became more even with the Simpson: squad trying desperate to overcome their shortage. The first halt ended 30-15 with Savoy still out in front In the third frame the A-sTvlsitori made another valiant T'' ajtlemPl to catch the pace-set-. slirlg Savoys and did creep closer ' ffith the third, period closing 42-rZ2 for the locals. With the gait getting even more accelerated in tlie last suarter. Port Simpson outscored Savoy but was still eight points short when the final staiua effort put on by tlu whistle sounded. High scorers for the game were Ed Sampson . o the visitors with 25 aiul Tel ..Arney of Savoy with 16. The fans must have had quite a hard time remembering who Tort Simpson was playing as Savoy had to change their uniforms three times throughout the match. Both squads starting the game in dark uniforms the : coach of the visitors requested . ;Sthat Savoy; change the tops of "theirs to make it easier to dis- - -tinguish the teams. So Savoy ''-ihanged into the city rivals' uniformsBo - Me - Hi Rainmakers green and gold. Then at the "' half they again changed, this time to the now defunk 99 Taxi's old uniforms. Port Simpson L. Ryan 1. H. Sampson 12, E, Sampson 25, C. Cooper 4, White, Price, y. Coop- --tr 5. G, Westey 3. Total 50. "X SavayT." Arney 16, M. Holkes--iad 4, Davis 10, D. Arney 1, R. jfolkestad 8,- Haugan 3, Murray 11, Vuckovich 5. Total 53. HIGH SCHOOL BU.VTS NEW METLAKATLA Getting off to a fast start, support given Lavigne by his 'team. Moving into a 10-7 lead In the first quarter Uie students sewed the game up with their 20 points scoring spree in the second frame while the Firemen managed to net only 10. This brought the half-time score to 30-17 for the locals. In the opening frame of the second half, with a thirteen-point handicap. New Metlakatla began to drive. In this frame the Alaskans crept up a point with the quarter ending 38-24. The last visitors was a great try but the gap was just a little too big for them, to overcome. Right up to the final whistle, however, they fought hard. Bo-Me-Hi Thompson 6, Li-vigne 20, Hartwig 4, Forman 2, Ciccone 4, Flaten 4, Skog, Davidson, Intermela. Total 40. New Metlakatla Milan 2, Burton, Booth 16, Buxton 6, Bolton 5, White 4, Reese 1. Total 34. Savoy's, 38; Port Simpson, 50. lio-Me-IIi. 10; New .'Metlakatla, 31. Marey's. 11: Port Simpson, 28. Canadian Legion, 12; Grot I o, 27. INTERMEDIATE TEAMS SHOW Although taking the game by a 41-28 score Macey's were forced to do it the hard way over another Port Simpson Intermediate team. Port Simpson got. the jump on the locals in the first frame ' leading 12-8 at the breather. But Macey's came roaring back in the second quarter to take the lead which they held throughout the remainder the Bo-Me-Hl Rainmakers took tne same. Edging the visitors a. 40 to 34 victory from the barn- out Macey's led 16-13 at the storming New MeUakatla Fire-!nalf- F0 Uiere on they just men. With Lavigne of the students paving the way with 20 -points the students led throughout. Trying desperately to make a win of this match Booth of the Firemen racked up 16 points for his team but he lacked the XOTIOK Examinations for the position ol Assistant Forest Ranger will be held at the following centrei'at the dates and times indicated: Thursday. Uarch 6th. S&O'a.m. Prince Rupert Saturday. Marh 8th. 9.-00 a.m. Smithers Monday. March 10th. 9.-00 a.m. Bums Lake .. . Application forms and full particulars may be obtained from the District Forester at Prince Rupert or the Forest Ranger at examination centres. Completed applications should be forwarded to reach the District Forester by March 4th, or failing, this must bo prt-tentcd to the examiners at the time of thr exflmlnation. These examinations are being conducted to establish eligible lists for ?the fire season of 1947, from which appointments to position now va- .rant wlU be made according to can-- didates' standings In the examinations. Candidates must be citizens of one of. the nations of the British Com-. monwealth. and must have resided 1 "In British Columbia for one yeai unless discharged from Ills Ma lest y Forces within the preceding twelve months. Candidates should be 2' years of age. but some exceptions may be made depending on the candidate's standing in the examinations, and men between tly ages of 18 and 21 years are not excluded from taking the examination. No examination fee is charged. FI0-17-24 HAPPY WONG Co. Wholesale and Retail FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 214 Sixth Street - Black 289 TERRACE Transfer&Taxi Storage WE MEET ALL TRAINS SERVICE TO ANY POINT IN THE DISTRICT (II. Smith) P.O. Box 167 Terrace rompca inrougn 10 tne win. Tne three -quarter time score was 28-19 with the locals still showing the way. With a 13-point lead against them Port Simpson fought hard right up to the closing second. Macey's featured John Haugan in the scoring bracket with 20 points and Port Simpson had a hard job cut out for themselves. 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Grotto joined Watts and Nicker son for a two-way tie for the dfllar position. Legion moves into undisputed possession of second place. Starting off slowly the game stopped at the first quarter, with Legion out in front 4-0. Then in the second stanza both squads got rolling with Legion, still retaining the lead with the half ending 13-8. Completely falling apart under the onslaught Grotto was left behind by Uie time the third quarter came to a. close. With a 34-12 lead going into, Uie last frame, Leaion coasted on to their win although Grotto, tried hard to get back into. Uie ball game by outscorlng their rivals 15-8 in this frame. Grotto is. having a hard time trying to, climb out of their current slump but, af-ter taking such a pounding they wilt be oat for a 'win in their next encounter. High scorer for the game was Tommy Boulter of Legion with 19 points. Grotto Hebb 8, Currie 10, Youngman 4, Owens 1, Graham 3. R. Anderson 1, B. Anderson, Johnson. Total 27. Legion Olson 2, Lien 1, Boulter 19, Wong 4, Hill 4, Carlson 10. Forman 2, Eidsvick. Total 42. Officials handling the games were: referees, GurvicH, Calder-one, Ross, and Comadlna;. umpires: Ciccone, Murray and Forward; timers: A. Hartwig, Gur-vich, Ciccone; scorekeeper: D. Shier. PRIMITIVE. SPORT Wrestling is the most and primitive of all sports. ALASKANS EKE SLENDER WIN AT METLAKATLA MetlakaUa, Alaska, and. Met-lakaUa, British Columbia, battled neck-and-neck through a basketball session at old MetlakaUa Friday night, arriving at the final whittle in what was almost, a photo-finish as the Alaskan visitors put on the final. sjrtur.se that netted thecn the' advantage of a 53-51 point score. The fcarnstomilng Alaskans managed to eke out one-point ieadi at the close of Uie first and third quarters tout, defplte the furious pace they maintained throughout the game, they could not shake freo of the Old-towners. - Score at the first quarter whistle was 1.6-15 for the visitors but the half time score was a 2.6-26. tie as, the Alaskans caught up on a. one-point lead which the old-towncrs had built up .during the early minutes of the second quarter. The visitors manager to. regain the lead in the third quarter which ended with the score 43-42, Major weakness of the. British Coluinraia McUakayaivs was their inability to sink free, shots, a LA II IKS'' "A" HOWLING SaVoy Swlnfer,s Annette, Variety Big Sistors. Lucky Strikes . Orange Ideal Cleaners ... 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The vlsiiors had 11 personal fouls chalked against them, while tne B.C. team was penalized for nine- A. total of 12. time-outs was. called. High scorer for the Alaskans was M. Booth, who netted 13 paint. Johnny Wilson led the scoring narade for Uie' home team, garnering 23 points. . Hard-working Referee G. D. Ryan and his Alaskan assistant wore tljenvelves to sweating shadow in the ir effort? to hol4 the game within the rule book. During the final quarter two Alaskan players, bumprd each other so, heavily Uiat one was stunned, for a moment, aVthouglj not seriously, hurt. 'girls play opening gamp As a curtalnraiser, two Metlakatla girls' teams, the Cubs and Hep Cats, jojned In a game that resulted in the Cubs pulling well in front to win by a 22-11 score. The Hep Cats were unable to take advantage of their scoring opportunities and fell into the rear at the end of the first quarter, when the core was 4-2 for the Cubs. Half-time score was 8-4 for the Cubs. G- Ilaldaiic was. scorrkropo;-and Ed Llghton and J. S. Ryan were timekeepers. The scotlng: Men's, ('.imp Alaska-M. Booth 13, N, Milne 9. E Burton. D. Bolton 14, W. Buxton, J. Reece. J White 12. Total 53, British Columbia -J WP- in In. -COUGHS HEALV and CHEST COLDS Phone 174 dteamer Service from PRINCE RUPERT to OCEAN FALLS WESTVIEW (Powell River) VANCOUVER Thursday at 11:15 p.m. To KETCHIKAN Wednesday Midnight For reservations call or write City or Depot Ticket Offices. PRINCE RUPERT J. P. MOLLER PHONE IILUH 155 124 4th Ave. East PAPER HANGING AND PAINTING HELEN'S. REAUTY SHOP Permanent Waving. Ueauty Culture in all its branches. 200 4th Street : Phone 655 HANDYMAN HOME SERVICE GENERAL CONTRACTORS Building and Repairs of all kinds Roofs, Chimneys and Oil Humeri PHONES: Green 480 Red 894 JONES NEWS STAND Eastern and Western Papers Magazines SUBSCRIPTIONS TAKEN Sixth Street Red 808 SMITH & ELKINS LTD. numbing and Heating Engineers P.O. Ilox 274 BIG NIGHT FOR GULLS Cleaned Up Weekly Honors In War Assets Howling league Oulls over Mosquitoes, Spitfires over Chickens and Sharp- shooteis over Wasps won three games to nil victories In the War Assets Bowling League at the week end. the fourth fixture go ing to WirMjdingers wlUv a two gameR to one win over Hell Divers. Still leading the league, however, are the Hell Divers. In the week end play Gulls , had the highest team aggri gat" j and Pauline Dustln of that team j was 4ho high individual scorer with 677. ! , 20. P: Robinson 2, OT Nel.s.ni 4, A. Leihton 9, T. Ryan, Auck land 9. U. Nolson 3, F. Robinson, S. Nelson 4. Total 51. Girls' Game Cubs R. Nelson 14, V. Leigh-ton 4, R. Lciahton 2, M. Nelson, N. Lrighton 2. Total -22. Hep Cats- M. Leighton, J. Ryan 2, G. Ryan 6, Shirley Ryan, Sylvia. Ryan 3. 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