TEAMS TO FINALS

ratt-Whitney and Chestnut Inn
Eliminate Foes in City
Semi-Finals.

\ SCARE FOR EAGLES

Yruggists, Rallying Late in
Game, Lose, 28-30—Inns
Beat Bombers, 33-30.

; TUESDAY NIGHT’S GAMES.
A eee ys. Chestnut Inn, Class
nal.
Hobbs Feed ys. Second Presbyterians,
Class B final.

The Pratt-Whitney Eagles,
veathering a late Karnes
lrive, edged out the Druggists :
30 to 28 and Chestnut Inn,|"
coming from behind in the
ast two minutes, took a 33 to
30 thriller from the North

erican Bombers last night
yn the Redemptorist high
school court. The games
noved the class A city basket- |:

all tournament to the finals.

Second Presbyterians’ young team
triumphed! 36 to 26 over the Power
& Light veterans in a late rally
while the Hobbs Feed oldsters
gained a last minute 22 to 21 victory}
over DeSpain Motors to qualify for
the class B finals,

Title Games Tuesday.

The teams will be idle tonight.
but will resume play with the!
championships in both divisions!
next Tuesday night on the Redemp-.
torist court. |

In a game that was a battle all the |
way, Pratt-Whitney ahead, 17 to 13,
at half time, lost the lead early in
the second session regained it mid-
‘way of the period, and then fought
|to protect a 2-point lead in the final
|minute, Charley Kalsu’s basket put
the Druggists ahead, 19 ta.18. Sev-
eral moments later Bob Bittherus 2-
pointed for a 20-19 advantage and|.
the Eagles ran the score to 30-21
;when Karnes almost closed the gap,
'Thurstin missing a chance to tie in|!
the last fifteen seconds.

Chestnut Inn, off to an early lead,
kept the advantage until the final
three minutes of the last half when
the Bombers went ahead, 30 to 29, on}’
a short side shot by Farris Jeffries.|
Conway and Lindquist potted close
in baskets and the Inns resorted to
keep away in the closing minute,

The ‘“Tron® Men’? Weaken.

The Second Presbyterian “Kids”
led until midway of the second half
‘when Power & Light rallied for a
20-19 lead on Pasley’s field goal and
were in front, 26 to 25 with three
minutes to go when the Presby-
terians uncorked a 11-point ‘rally.
The Power & Light “Iron Men,”
playing without a substitution aver-
iaged 32 years in age, while Alga
‘Rush, aged 18 was the oldest mem-
ber of the victors.

Trailing 9 to 12 at half time,
Hobbs Feeds gradually closed the
gap to catch their youthful oppo-'
nents. Outshot 9 to 8 from the field
the victors won from the free throw
line. C. Vaughn’s charity toss on
a foul by Ed Mais broke a 21-all tie
in the final minute.