Fife High Basketball Team, 1941 League Champions. Back, L to R: ?, Frank Spear, Yahachi Sagami, Willard Ogden, Bill Haminshi, Frank Evancich, ?. Front: Mel Rowe, Frank Dreyer, Bob Vinson, Roy Herting, Dave Wilcox, Coach Bill Vinson.

Fife High School (Fife); Basketball players--Fife; Vinson, Bill; Spear, Frank;

Fife High Basketball Team, 1941 League Champion. L to R. Back: Yahachi Sagami, Bill Haminshi, Frank Spear, Mel Rowe, Frank Evancich. Front: Willard Ogden, Bob Vinson, Roy Herting, Frank Dreyer, Dave Wilcox, and Coach Bill Vinson, marking game strategy on the floor. (T.Times, 3/3/1941, p. 11)

Fife High School (Fife); Basketball players--Fife; Vinson, Bill; Spear, Frank;

Bremerton High School basketball team, winner of State Tournament at the University of Washington in Seattle. Player and coaches receiving trophies in a photograph from March of 1941. (Bremerton Sun) [Also dated 04-05-1941]

Basketball--Bremerton; Awards; Coaches (Athletics);

January of 1944 saw the basketball team from Nalley's pose proudly in a local gym. The players all wore sweatshirts that declared "If It's Nalley's, It's Good, " the company's well-known motto. Nalley's produced a variety of foods including potato chips, syrup, mayonaise, pickles and salad dressing.

Basketball players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma);

Boys Club team pictures. Tacoma Boys Club was founded in 1942, and since then its membership has grown to 1103 boys. Members participate in many sports teams and activities. Group portrait of nine unidentified basketball team members wearing Tacoma Boys Club uniforms and the team coach.

Basketball--Tacoma; Boys--Societies & Clubs--Tacoma; Tacoma Boys' Club (Tacoma);

Boys Club team pictures. The Tacoma Boys Club offers fun, companionship and constructive activities for its 1103 members. An exciting basketball game is about to begin as the referee gets the eight unidentifed players ready for tip off.

Basketball--Tacoma; Boys--Societies & clubs--Tacoma; Tacoma Boys' Club (Tacoma);

Boys Club team pictures. Tacoma Boys Club is one of 250 member clubs throughout the nation. Local clubs must meet national standards in equipment, facilities and leadeship. Basketball Team wearing Cammarano Bros. uniforms and coach in Tacoma Boys Club t-shirt featured in photo.

Basketball--Tacoma; Boys--Societies & clubs--Tacoma; Tacoma Boys' Club (Tacoma);

Boys Club team pictures.This year marks the 38th anniversary for the Boys Clubs of America. Boys Clubs of America Chairman, Herbert Hoover will be proclaiming April 10-16, 1944 Boy's Club Week. Acting Mayor Val C. Fawcett of Tacoma is preparing to do the same. Basketball team wearing Cammarano Bros. uniforms and coach.

Basketball--Tacoma; Boys--Societies & Clubs--Tacoma; Tacoma Boys' Club (Tacoma);

The Cammaranos sponsored by the Cammarano Brothers bottling company took on the All-American Air Tecs from Wright Field, Ohio in January of 1945 at Lincoln H.S. in a benefit game to raise money for the dependents of air force casualties. The Air Tecs were hand picked by their coach from the best players in the Air Technical Service Command and included Dwight Eddlemann who had played on the Big Ten championship team of 1943 and 6 ft. 8 inch Cpl. John Mahnken from Georgetown University. The Air Tecs made easy work of the Tacoma team, beating the local boys 63 to 39. William and Philip Cammarano founded the Cammarano Brothers bottling company in 1934. They bottled and distributed a wide selection of soft drinks including Twang Root Beer, Double Cola, Mission Orange, Squirt, and Paradise Club Soda. (T. Times, 1/17/45, p. 11). TPL-8846

Basketball players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Basketball--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cammarano Bros. (Tacoma); Lincoln High School (Tacoma);

College of Puget Sound associated students. The College of Puget Sound Loggers were having a winning basketball season in 1945. Ten freshmen basketball players and their coach get their picture taken.

Basketball players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Uniforms; Gymnasiums--Tacoma--1940-1950; Basketball--Tacoma--1940-1950; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

St. Leo's basketball team won the coveted prize, the Knights of Columbus trophy, for their win in the Parochial Grade School League Championship in 1945. They defeated Visitation 30-20 in a play-off game. Names appear in newspaper (T. Times, 3/8/45, p. 11).

Basketball--Tacoma--1940-1950; Basketball players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Religious education--Tacoma; St. Leo's Parochial School (Tacoma);

Bellarmine High School Basketball team. The Bellarmine High School sophomore basketball team are the champions of the Tacoma sophomore league. The just beat the Lincoln and Stadium teams. This win also makes them the Upper City Teenage League champions. Names appear in newspaper (T. Times, 3/16/46, p. 5).

Basketball players--Tacoma; Sporting goods; Students--Tacoma; Bellarmine High School (Tacoma);

Tacoma Times Carriers won their last game of the season against the Spokane Chronicle Carrier's team, 37-29. The game was played at the YMCA in downtown Tacoma. View of the Tacoma Times Carriers, Spokane Chronicle Carriers and some of their sponsors and supporters (T. Times, 3/29/47, p. 7).

Basketball players--Tacoma; Basketball--Tacoma; Balls (Sporting goods); Uniforms; Sports & recreation facilities--Tacoma; Young Men's Christian Association (Tacoma);

Tacoma's Pacific Coast League profession basketball team, the Mountaineers, were ready for their first game in December 1947. There were six northwest teams in the league, including Seattle and Portland. Tacoma played their home games in the State Armory. Left to right, Helen Hayes, team's leader and half time show performer, J. Katica, H. Vallee, S. Sigurdson, B. Graf, Ernie Endress, B. Voelker, J. Voelker, T. Werner, Coach, and Milton Bay, Co-owner and Club President (T. Times, 12/2/47, p. 8; Endress identified by an acquaintance). TPL-8550

Basketball--Tacoma; Basketball players--Tacoma; Drum majorettes--Tacoma; Coast League (Tacoma); Mountaineers (Basketball Team); State Armory (Tacoma);

The College of Puget Sound basketball team played against Pacific Lutheran College to determine the city's champions in December of 1947. College of Puget Sound beat Pacific Lutheran College with a score of 45 to 38. The game was well attended and was played at the State Armory. View of basketball teams in action, names appear in newspaper (T. Times, 12/18/47, p. 11).

Basketball players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Basketball--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1940-1950; State Armory (Tacoma);

This was Bellarmine High School's varsity basketball team as photographed in the school's gym in December of 1947. The team was coached by Andy Slatt. Team members included Pat Olsen, Dick Jensen, Don Hermsen, Norm Smith and Otto Fink. The month of December would prove to be a successful one for the Lions as they would record victories on the road against Gonzaga (Prep), Shelton and defending state champs, Pasco. (T.Times 12-19-47, p. 10-article only)

Basketball players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Basketball--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Gymnasiums--Tacoma; Bellarmine High School (Tacoma);

Bellarmine School basketball team, Times, Joe Boders. The boys of Bellarmine posed for a team portrait on February 23, 1949, the day after their 57-39 victory over Stadium's Tigers at the Armory. The Lions were coached by Andy Slatt and stood atop the city basketball standings with a 5-1 record. Dick Jensen led all scorers with 29 points. TPL-3814 (T.Times 2-23-1949, p. 12 -article only)

Basketball players--Tacoma--1940-1950; Basketball--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bellarmine High School (Tacoma)--Sports; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950;

College of Puget Sound's basketball team is leaving to Kansas to play in the NAIB tournament; the team will be traveling aboard Milwaukee railroad's streamlined Hiawatha train. View of team in the Hiawatha's observation car; seated left to right, Don Ellis, Bob Angeline, Bill Richey, Herb Klippert, Rod Gibbs and Coach John Heinrick; standing left to right, Bob Sater, Don Rinker, Bill Stivers, Bob Fincham and Dick Brown (T. Times, 3/6/49, p. 14).

Basketball players--Tacoma; Students--Tacoma; Railroad observation cars--Tacoma; Passengers--Tacoma; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. (Tacoma); College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

The Dash Point Owls defeated the Valley Forge Mechanics (of the Fife area) to win the Pierce County Independent Basketball League championship in 1928. The deciding game was played at the Puyallup High School. The Sumner Athletic Club and Kimball's Sporting Goods teams had lost in the semi-final round. Dash Point players included (order unknown): Hendry, A. Dayton, McDougall, B. Dayton, Dow and McVittie.

Basketball players;

ca. 1936. Eatonville basketball team, City champions 1936. Five boys are in basketball uniforms with the name "ELCO" on the front, two are in team jackets and one is in a letterman's sweater. Bill Smith, of a pioneer Eatonville area family, is wearing the letterman's sweater. The "ELCO" on the jerseys stands for the Eatonville Lumber Co. Two coaches sit on either side of the front row. (WSHS) (Additional identification provided by a reader)

Basketball players--Eatonville; Basketball--Eatonville; Uniforms--1930-1940; Smith, Bill;