Liniment Squad Remains Unbeaten
Trouncing B.T. Challeng ers 16 to 9
The High School Gym was*
transformed into a bloody arena
last night as the gladiators of the
unbeaten Liniment Squad and the
powerful bartenders’ team (B.T.’s)
clashed in what proved to be the
thriller of the year.
At the opening whistle, “Light
ning” Mike O’Dwyer sank a long
shot and the Liniment Squad
drew first blood. The house was
in an uproar as the power house
of the B.T.’s, “Flash” Williams,
flipped in an unbelievable shot to
tie the score.
At that point “Terrible Tom”
Martin and Larry “Fast Freight”
Minix set up their fabulous attack
on the hoop. The Liniment Squad
forged ahead as the aforemen
tioned twosome and “Speed”
Mogg dented the twine from ev
erywhere on the floor.
Manager Don Grinzell called
for time out and the bartenders
went into a huddle. The crowd
was breathless. Play resumed and
the crafty B.T.’s pulled their fa
mous play. “Shotgun” Caldwell
padded off the floor, sped up to
the balcony and perched upon the
top of the backboard. The unsus
pecting Liniment Squad was as
tounded as the bartenders tossed
the ball to Shotgun, who dropped
it through the loop. Referees’
whistles screamed protest and the
famous play was nullified.
The score was 7 to 2 at half- j
time. The International News
team, “Scoop” Powell and “Head-1
lines” Hedreen interviewed the,
foxy manager of the Liniment
Squad, Les Bronson. The team’s
cagey coach, “Tippy” Herman,
was consulted, as well as assist- j
ant coach Dewey Goodrich.
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Victory was in the air in the
Liniment Squad camp, ^and over
the heads of the powerful bar
tenders’ team hung the ominous
cloud of defeat. “Hustling Hap”
Eberley and “Slippery Sam” Shea
were interviewed and Manager
Don Grinzell promised a huge
surprise for the second half.
For a while it appeared as tho
the B.T.’s were on their way to
victory. Verge Warnke and Bob
Emmons sank free throws and
“Shotgun Sid” Caldwell blasted
the basket for five points. Then
the Liniment Squad regained the
spark of life and the game ended
in an uproar. Final score: Lini
ment Squad 16, B.T.’s 9.
Martin was top man for the
Liniment Squad with 6, Minix
was next with 4, Mogg got 3,
O’Dwyer 2 and Bronson 1.
For the B.T.’s it was Caldwell
with 5, Williams 2, and Warnke
and Emmons 1 each.
The first game was between the
High School Girls, who looked
very sharp in their new uniforms,
and the Alumnae girls. The Al
umnae won, 24 to 19.
Margie Willoya kept the family
name in its position by scoring
16 points. Marge Hay made 6 and
Vera Huff 2. For the High School
it was Nancy Teayoumeak with
8, Elva Ahmasuk 6, Barbara Yates
and Gay Weyer 2, and Jeannie
Mogg 1.
The High School wishes to ex
press its appreciation to everyone
for the wonderful showing of
community spirit. Proceeds will
go toward the High School’s trip
to the basketball tournament at
Anchorage.
Style and Drafting Committee Is
Most Rushed Group at Convention
By FLORENCE DOUTHIT «
FAIRBANKS, UPV—Although all]
delegates to Alaska’s Constitu
tional Convention show symptoms
of overwork, the delegates who
are most “popeyed” from fatigue
at this point are the nine mem
bers of the Style and Drafting
Committee.
They couldn’t start their work
until mid-December, when there
was something to style and draft
on. And now, with only 19 days
left, including three Sundays, the
committee is charged with the
seemingly impossible chore of
putting every period and comma,
and every tense of the constitu
tion’s 11-odd articles in its proper
place.
The work must be completed
within five days of the deadline
so that the convention as a whole
may adopt the final document in
its proper form.
A complicating factor is that
the nine men don’t want to do
their, committee work during the
plenary sessions. They feel it is
their duty to debate and vote on
the issues. Often the absence of
nine delegates could decide an
issue.
The style and drafters’ sched
ule mcludes the days’ two 20
minute coffee breaks and two 90
minute meal sessions. While they
eat, they draft.
The stylists are determined to
keep “shall” out of the constitu
tion. “It is a living document,”
said one committee member, “one
for the present and forever.”
Watch phrases of the commit
tee include: "What was the in
tent?” “Don’t change the mean
ing!” “Remember! Conformity
and consistency.”
Of the six articles thus far re
ferred to the group, three have
been completed.
The stylists shuffle a little in
their seats these days when one
or another delegate says during
plenary session: “Leave it to Style
and Drafting,” or “That’s a mat
ter for Style and Drafting.”
Delegates who are putting the
constitution in its final form are:
George Sundborg, chairman, an
editor; R. Roland Armstrong, a
minister; Ed Davis, a lawyer;
Mildred Hermann, a lawyer and
former teacher; Victor Fischer,
Anchorage city planner: James
Hurley, general manager of the
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corp.
and agricultural chemist; Maurice
Johnson, a lawyer; Katherine
Nordale, bank cashier and former
teacher; and George McLaughlin,
a lawyer.
Dr. James K. Owen, of Baton
Rouge, La., a political science in
structor at Louisiana State Uni
versity, arrived here Sunday to
serve as consultant to the com
mittee.
The experts on constitution
framing say he is impressed with
the Alaska convention. “It is well
organized and operating beauti
fully,” he said.
Dan Noonan, well-known Alas
ka commercial traveler, left Seat
I tie on Dec. 12 for a few months in
' good old Ireland, where he will
I visit some of the oldtimers of his
j family who are still in the “land
i of the living.” He hopes to run
across some old-time Alaskans,
' too.
‘Following the Wrong
River’ Was Reason
Pilot Olsen Got Lost
EAGLE, ' (£>—“Following the
wrong river” was blamed Monday
for the error in navigation that
caused pilot Eddie Olsen and pas
senger Guy Rivers to vanish for
nearly a week on an arctic flight.
The two men were flying from
Eagle to an Alaska Freight Lines
Supply train pushing its way to
the arctic coast when their plane
vanished. They disappeared Janu
ary 9 and were found last Satur
day toy bush pilot Hawley Evans
of Fairbanks.
Pilot Olsen said he became con
fused on his flight and followed
the wrong river for a time. By the
time he discovered his error, he
was too far along to attempt to
regain the proper course. He fol
lowed up the Peel River into the
arctic searching for cabins that
would provide shelter.
He finally sighted a cabin 70
miles south of Fort McPherson in
Canada, and there he landed, low
on gas.
Landing on the rough river ice
proved too much for the landing
gear of his Travelaire aircraft,
and the plane suffered minor
damage.
He said that he and Rivers suf
fered little if any from cold dur
ing the time they awaited rescue.
They had emergency rations and
shelter provided by the cabin.
“We never at any time doubted
that rescuers would find us,” said
pilot Olsen.
Glen Carrington Sells Out
SEATTLE, (A*)—Gleen Carring
ton Monday announced the sale
of Glenn Carrington & Co., a Se
attle-Alaska distributing firm, to
a group of employes and Alaska
business associates.
The firm henceforth will be
known as the Carrington Co., ac
cording to Arthur F. Erickson,
president of the new company
and a close associate of Carring
ton since 1930.
Sally Carrighar Article
On Arctic Housekeeping
Now in Reader’s Digest
The February Reader’s Digest
has condensed a Sally Carrighar
story from the Saturday Evening
Po^ entitled “How I Tried to
Outwit the Arctic.”
The heading in the Digest arti
cle is, “If You Think You Have
Troubles, Try Housekeeping at
the Arctic’s Edge.”
Those who read the original
article will also enjoy the con
densed edition, as it retains the
descriptive despairing coldness
with which writer Carrighar was
unable to cope.
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