The Washington times., 1925-11-23
PALACE: | s
VICTOR IN
FIRST
Leads Professional League
Race by Taking Second Vic
( tory From Brooklyn
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER
Shorts Editor. The Times

SDOFtS E0lCOfS Inc HINES
Washington's Palace five, win
ming its first two games In the
neWIy-organized American Profess
sionaI Basketball league is today
riding proudly at the head OF the
parade and George Marshall,
hacker of the quint, is wearing
one of those endless grins. First
the Palace lads went to Brooklyn
for the opening of the season,
winning an overtime game, 80 to
90. Last night, before some 5000
fans. the Palace quint defeated
Brooklyn, Is to IL. Therefore,
the season may now said to be
under way.
It was basketball de luxe at the
Arcade last night. The Palace
hand was on the job, filling the air
with sweet sounds at every possible
opportunity. Doc Hall, OF the
Frank p. Morse Social and March
ing Club. was rewarded for appear
ing i'm a dinner coat by being called
uron to toss up the first ball. 1t
was the same ball used all evening,
but Doc didn't care so much about
that. In the press coop telegraph
wire could be heard ticking away
In regular big league style.
Just before the big game started
Doc Thompson, another member of
the Frank p. Morse Social and
Marching Club, appeared, CARRIED as
a marching member. Doc Hall rep
resented the social members and
Doc Thompson the marching mem
bers. Thus, with both members
agreeing to break clean and step
back, the game started.
As . spectacle, the game did
not take high rank. So slkillfuI
was the covering all along that
Washington scored but four field
goals, while Brooklyn succeeded
imN sTagging only two. Most Of
the scoring followed fouls.
Fifteen personal fouls were called
against the invaders from Brooklyn,
with fourteen against the Palace
lads. The visitors scored thirteen
points out Of eighteen attempts,
Raslxih getting five out Of eight
and leading his team in this de-
partment.
Out of twenty-seven attempts to
score, the home team succeeded
ten times. Kennedy got six out Of
eleven tries, but Grody, the big
guard. had a wretched evening,
landing only two out of his eleven
attempts. Nevertheless, it was a
goal by this same Grody in the
concluding minutes Of play that
sent Palace away winner.
Palace went to the front early iE
the game on a foul goal. but Brook.
lyn quickly wrested the lead away
and the first half ended, 10 to 9, ia
favor of Garry Schmeelk's team.
Big Horse Haggerty opened
hostilities In the second half with
a field goal from the middle of the
floor. That brought the fans UP
cheering, but WaIlace's field goal
moment later sent Brooklyn
ahead and put the fans back on
their chairs.
As time fled the action became
faster and there was much rough
ness and whistIe-blOwing. The
foul shooting of the Palace play
after point was lost through
haccuracy along this line.
With less than three minutes to
60 Palace was leading, Is to Is
and there was much scurrying
back and forth on the part OF
Brooklyn to catch up and ON the
part of Palace to freeze" the bal
and so prevent scoring. The final
point was made by Raskin, whose
basket left Brooklyn one behind.
Waite Hoyt. the New York
Yankees big pitcher, was in a
QVnnl(lgrvN MI 1.
girls treat with his practice
shots, but when the whistle sounded
he was on the bench. Miller Hug
gins doesn't want his young mer
risking life and limb playing basket
ball
Here's all the dope:
WASHINGTON