A strong basketball team from the Metlakatla Athletic Club made a clean sweep of a Gastineau Channel series, winning five games in six days. Playing on the Metlakatla team were H. Atkinson, A. Dundas, H. Benson, R. Atkinson, R. Booth and T. Benson. The first game was against the Douglas Fire Department, represented by Garn, Gallwas, Brown, Manley and Manning. The score was 22-21. The Juneau City team, with players Sperling, Wittanen, Hughes, Joe George, Parmakoff, Sabin and Burford, was defeated 32-20. The Metlakatlans then defeated the Juneau Alaska Native Brotherhood team by a score of 21-11 and the Douglas High School team by 26-22. Playing for Douglas were Garn, Kronquist, Manning, Valson, Graves and Vesja. In the final game, the Juneau High School team, represented by Barragar, Scataglini, Britt, Orme, White and Janiksela, was defeated 32-21. Gastineau Bygones – 09/05/1980
Photograph of the 1929 Gastineau Channel Champs baseball team sponsored by Douglas Fire Department (JDCM.85.25.009 A-B)