1962 PRESSBOX

• July 30, 1962: Pan Alaska Wins Series, Retains NBC State Championship

1962 Alaska State Champions

Bob Maxwell

July 31, 1962 "Looking Forward - Red Boucher, manager of the state champion Pan Alaska Gold Panners baseball team, expresses his determination to take his team to Wichita, Ka., for the National Baseball Congress tournament for semi-professional state winners, which begins Aug. 17. Boucher has said that sending the team will cost $7,500.  A public subscription campaign has been started here to raise the money, and nearly $2,000 has been collected already.  Boucher said the team should leave here Aug. 13 if it plans to attend the tournament."  (The team DID go, and came within one run of winning the championship, ending the season with a national second-place finish)

Floyd Watson

Arrival in Fairbanks, 1962
Boucher, Bill Walley (r)

1962 NBC WORLD SERIES

NATIONAL SECOND PLACE

Wichita	Tourney	%	Place
6	2	.750	2nd

NBC HARVEST OF TROPHIES:

National Runnerup (1st - Wichita, Kan., Dreamliners).  National Non-Pro Team of the Year. Most Popular Team. Most Aggresive Team. Team Traveling the Farthest. Best Young Team.  Best Dressed Team.  Best Team Appearing First Time.

Most Popular Player (John Stapp).

All-American Team Members: H.A. (Red) Boucher, manager; John Stapp, p.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS

POSITION: BOB MAXWELL
PITCHER: BOB JACKSON

MIDNIGHT SUN GAME
8-3 WIN VS NORTH OF THE RANGE MILITARY ALL-STARS (All-Time Panner Record 3-0)

TEAM LINEUP

George Mies