Evening star., 1927-10-30


! 4 training activities n week
from tomorrow in New York
/ City, with Manager Ray Kennedy TAX.
ing charge of a squad of about 10
candidates, mostly veteran stars oi
the game.
/ For the week following Kennedy
will lead his men through series al
physical conditioning stunts. practices
and short.time games with whatever
! opposition he can muster. ana tnen
! the squad will come To Washington 10
get in readiness for the opening of
/ the season Sunday night. November
/ 90 at the Arcadia, Fourteenth street
| and Park road
| New York was selected as q train
! ing site this year because, in the
opinion of Owner George Marsha II,
! the local pros will find gymnasium fa-
clities better and easier To obtain and
"A etiffer brand of opposition than
could he offered in the Capital at this
/ time Of the season.
/ Practice games arc contemplated
with the New York Celtics, who will
! play their home contests in Madison
/ Square Garden this year under the
direction Of Tex Rickard. The CeltiCS
have been training for the past two
weeks, stacking up in practice tits
1 with Nat Holman's New York city
/ College toSserS.
! Practice Games Sought.
! Several practice games will he
staged by the Palacers here upon their
arrival and the club management noW
/ is scouting around for prospective op-
t ponpnts As wind.up of training
activities Washington will meet the
4 Old Dominion Boat club quint OF
/ Alexa ndria the night before the sea
9on opens The boatmen. piloted by
/ Jack Allen. have been working out
since the early part Of October and
are desirous of making good show
/ ing against the professionals.
: Washington's training this year will
/ include many long sessions aimed to
/ build up team play. as N least three
/ of the regulars will be new in Palace
! uniforms and necessarily will require
! plenty of drilling to fit in with Ken
nedy's ideas so that the club as
whole will function smoothly BY the
/ time the first game rolls around.
| Chick PassOn, Harry Riconda and
Stretch Meehan played with Phiadel-
phia last year. and if the latter two
/ sign contracts they are expected to
] become regulars. Should Riconda and
| Meehan fail to make the grade two
other new men. Bob Grody and John
/ Conaty. most likely will take their
places in the lineup. Grody and
/ COnatY performed with Washington IN
1925. but doubtless will need a lot of
brushing up on WashinStons style of
basket ball at this time.
Jude BaeSmGn. former star center Of
the Columbus tOhiO) kinnears. will
make n bid to horn into the regular
/ lineup. as will GAIA ChiZmadia. the
/ promising younCster who was recalled
from the minor len CUES at the faG end
of last season, and fl shed several bits
of brilliant basket ball. Since both of
! these players are center men there
will he a hot battle waged for the
regular assignment. what with Nee
han, if he signs and Grodv also in the
picture.
To Carry Eight Players.
/ Owner Marshall is thinking of carry
/ ing about eight players The maxi
mum allowed by the league rules is TO-.
while the minimum is seven. In any
event Elmer Ripley. the veteran
guard. who also will coach GEORGETOWN
! EniversityS qunt this year. will he
! carried for ha is a brainv player as
well as Il minute man" who can go
I into n game at crucial moments and
/ fill up eak gaps on defense ur re-
| plenish offensive strength.
Marshall is depending great deal
on Rusty Saunders and Chick PasSon.
/ his high scoring forwards. to WreSt
the championship from the CeticS,
/ bringing to Washington its first pro
/ fessional court title The club owner
doesn't hesitate to predict that this
pair will come to he recognized a : the
greatest scoring combination in the
history Of the sport. ointinC out that
each man has unusual speed of foo. .
accuracy in shooting ut close or long
range and the stamina 10 20 Mt ful
/ speed throughout 20 minutes So far
as the records arr concerned. Mar
Shalfs prediction seems To I've well
/ taken. Saunders amaSscd n total of
500 points last season to lead the
league. and his new running mate
grabbed off 361 to win third houors
. Benny BorCemann of Fort Wayne
finished second.
I Fort Wayne by the way. intends to
put up a great fight for the champion
ship from the very start of the season.
/ The Hoosers finished the 1927 cam
/ pAign al a fast pace. with BorSemann.
I McElwain and Griehe a trio obtained
in midseasOn, furnishing the punch.
/ These stars will he seen in Fort
/ Wayne uniforms again. While tho vet
! eran Ralph Miller ana Chang Chad
/ wick. guard and center OF the old com
/ hination. probably will continue in
/ their posts.