As promised after yesterdays overflow of "Nuptial News", here's some Altoona Sports stories! Hope you guys like these front page news items! >From the Altoona Tribune, Thursday, 22 January 1942: Rails Defeat Elk Mound 32 - 15 Altoona's Rails, won their eighth straight victory by downing a stubborn Elk Mound five at Elk Mound Tuesday night by the score of 32 to 15. Outscrapped in the first few minutes of play, the Railroaders found themselves on the short end of a 4 to 1 first quarter count. The entrance of Underwood into the game at the start of the second quarter seemed to spark the Rails. Quick baskets by Thompson and Radawitz together with the heavy rebound work of Underwood gave Altoona a 11 to 6 advantage at the half. The third and fourth quarters were all Altoona's as they scored 10 points in each quarter, to run up a score which was never threatened. The Rails missed many easy setup shots but hit consistently enough to maintain a comfortable margin. Thompson led Altoona with 10 points, followed by Radawitz with 8, Underwood 7, and Vindal 5. Halvorson had 4 counters for the Elks. The Railroaders made 4 out of 9 charity tosses while Elk Mound only made one out of six. In the preliminary game the Altoona B's tipped the Mound B's 9 to 7. +++++ Two Basketball Games Sunday Through the efforts of Mayor Gloede and Frank Jones and former high school basketball players the basketball fans of Altoona will have an opportunity of seeing a double-header basketball game at the City Auditorium Sunday afternoon, Jan. 25th at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. The proceeds of these games is for the benefit of the Red Cross. Being for a good cause everybody can get their money's worth, as the price of admissions are only adults 25 cents and all school students 10 cents. The personel of the Altoona team is as follows: Dan Sturz, Brack Sturz, Sam Gorrell, Abby Cass, Pud Woodington, "Leatherneck" Don Woodington, Slug Sires, Bill Kersten, Arvith Vindall, and Ham Kersten. The opposition are Coca Cola and Book Store Teams of the Y.M.C.A. League of Eau Claire. Remember Pearl Harbor and Don't Forget the Basketball Games Sunday. +++++++++++++++++ This last article has a note of sadness. Don "Leatherneck" Woodington passed away this week in Arizona. Well, you all have a nice weekend. Get out and do some sightseeing. I think we're reaching a peak in the colors and you don't want to miss it -- it's a whole 'nother year till it happens again! -- Nance