The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-11
TWO HARD-FOUGHT
 GAMES IN TOURNEY
Afternoons Play in Cage Tourney Fast and Well
 Contested
By Associated Press


 Atlanta, March 9.-TwO out of
 the frs; five games played here
 today in the opening Of the Anna
 teur Athletic Union national bas-
 ketball cham pionship proved hard
 fought and cvcninly contested, the
 other three being runaway affairs.
 Three more games were scheduled
 for tonight. Results of the after
 noon games were
 Kansas City Athletic Club, ,65; Spar tanburg Y. M. c. A, 26.
 Crescent Athletic Club, Brooklyn, 45; Northern Paper Mills, Green Bay, Wis, 30.
 Los Angeles Athletic Club, 42; Ken lucky and Indiana Terminal Rail- road, 2S.
 New York University, SS; Houston Y. M. C. A, 21
 University of Utah. 61; Charlotte Y M. c. A., 20.
 For the nights play the University of Georgia was pitted against Rutgers College; University of Tennessee against the Atlanta Athletic Club. and the Young Mems Order, Detroit, against the Union Club, Belvidere, III. On general team work and speed on the floor the Los Angeles quintette holders of the national title, and the New York University team showed up ahead of the others. The California five, however. had the hardest kind oi opposition from the railroad five from Louisville. and for while it looked like the Kentuckians might win. The latter took the lead at first and al- though they played consistently in passing and in goal shooting, the cham pions finally proved the better ma chine.
 The New York University five's score of 8S to 21 against the Houston "Y'' was the biggest score of the afternoon. The Yankees far out-classed the Long horns, but they had no easy time. Beau tiful passing with the Knowledge that another New York player would be on the spot nine times out of ten enabled the university quintette to make the score so one-sided. Utah University, playing against the Charlotte "Y" team, also showed up as first-class quintette in passing, espe- cially while the Crescents from Brook Iyn had to extend themselves in beat ing the paper mill team from Wiscon- sin. This and the Los Angeles-Louis- vile game proved to be the only ones of the afternoon with fairly even scores.
 The Kansas City team lowered over fits Spartanburg opponents, who looked like school boys besides the Missouri ans The latter were too aggressive and well coached for the South Carolin- 1 ians.
 SUMMARIES 1 Tn the first game of the national 1 basketball championship tournament here this afternoon. the Kansas City Athletic Club defeated the Spartanbure quintet. 65 to 26. The wesierners were heavier and more aggressive than the Carolina players. but both teams made /, frequent misses for the basket. | Summary:
 /, Kansas City-Field goals, Singer Is DeBernardi 6, Joyce 3. Moberley 5, Pea body 1; Foul goals, Singer out of 4 Moberly out of l, DeBernardi out 1 of 6.
 Spartanburg-Field goals, Hecklinf 1 5. Landlord 3, vogel 1; foul goals Heckling out of 10, Landlord out of 1.
 ! In the contest between the Crescen A. c. of Brooklyn and the Northern Pa 1 per Mills team of Green Bay Wis. which was won by the former. 45 to 30 4 two beautiful long shots from the fiel, l for goals by Nicholas featured the play i Medley played a brilliant game for tn, lWisconsin team Summary: I Crescent A. C.-Field goals, Kinne, is. Parmalee 3, McTisue 3. Nicholas 1 \ Griffin 3. Foul goals. Kinney. ou of 14.
 Northern Paper Mills Team-Fiel'