Evening star., 1948-03-21
.ashingtonFiye
Dazzling in Win
Over New York
Victor Enters 3-Woy
Series to Determine
Title Contestants
By Bill Fuchs

! Playing their most brilliant game
| Of the season, Washington's Caps
brought down the curtain on their
regular schedule with a bang last
night as they blasted the New York
Knickerb rbockers, 1882, before 5,375
wild-eyed fans at Uline Arena.
1t was the fifth straight win for the
Caps and deadlocked them with the
Baltimore Bullets in the Western
! Division for one of the Basket Ball
Association championship series
berths. The Bullets also ended the
regular season in victory last night,
downing the Steamrollers, 1888 In
Providence.
Who, and where, the Caps will
play for the coveted berth still Is
undetermined. Chicago and st.
Louis also are involved. St. Louis
beat Chicago, 1853. last night In
st. Louis to- tie the Stays for
first place in the Western Division.
They end the season tomorrow in
Chicago, and the loser will join the
Caps and Bullets in tie for second
place.
Play in West Wednesday.
| The Caps will travel west for the
first game on Wednesday, while the
Bullets have drawn a bye and will
meet the winner.
The Caps had the fans in near
Mysteries as they put on one of the
greatest passing and shooting arrays
ever seen on a basket ball court
here. If it hadn't been that the New
Workers also were playing amazingly
we'll, there might have been so points
difference in the final score.
The Caps didn't waste any time
getting started. Freddie Scolari, Bob
Feerick, Bones Mckinney, Irv Tor
goff and Dick OKeefe pulled of
some tremendous under-the- basket
plays and combined them with long
range baskets to run up an 1877 lead
in the first five minutes.
Caps Lead, 45-39, at Half.
With Sid Tanenbaum showing the
way with some dazzling hook shots,
the Knicks closed the gap and the
initial period ended with the Caps
ahead only 22-17
John Mahnken, Sonny Hertzberg
and Jack Tingle joined in the act
for the hectic second period which
; ended with. the Caps leading by q
$3.50 count.
Johnny Palmer and Carl Braun
along with Paul Noel and Ray Kuka
kept throwing them In for New
York. but the caps never let up,
Everybody scored.
Hertzberg's long two-handers and
layup shots, layups by Mahnken and
OKeefe. one-handers by Feerick
and jump-shots by Mckinney more
than offset New York attack which
would have been good enough to
win on practically any other night.
The final opened with the Caps
owning a 67-54 advantage. but in
stead of firing, both teams seemed
to get desperate for more points.
The Caps put in SO markers in this
last dizzy period. while the Knicks
tailed 28 The Caps ran up 95-74
score and the fans started to clamor
for 100
Hertzberg Ends Scoring.
With couple OF minutes remain
, ing, Tingle sank a hook shot and
was fouled in the bargain. He sank
his free throw and Feerick put in
a sizzling one-hander. With less
than a minute remaining. Scolari
pushed one up from way out which
r put the house in an uproar. A foul
shot by Tingle and pair by Hertz
berg completed the scoring.
Members of the Caps presented
Uline publicity man Joe Holman
, with handsome watch before the
game. Freddie Scolari made the
presentation in the clubs dressing
room.