Evening star., 1950-11-30
Two New Faces in Caps Lineup,
More Due After 5th Loss in Row
By Bill Fuchs

The Caps Will have two new
faces in the lineup tonight when
they play the Celtics in Boston
and there are more coming.
Showed back into the basement
of the National Basketball Asso-
ciation's Eastern Division stand
ings by their fifth loss in a row,
a last-second 1921 defeat by
Rochester last night at Uline
Arena, the Caps are desperate.
Both Player Coach Bones Nc
Kinney and Bob Foster, Uline
general manager, say that more
transactions are in the wind.
Whether the Caps improved
themselves by last nights three
way transaction remains to be
seen. They sold Don Often, the
tallest player in pro ball. to the
Baltimore Bullets, then purchased
Ed Mikan from Rochester and
Ed Bartels, who played with the
Denver Nuggets last year and
was the property Of the Syracuse
Nationals this season.
Lester Harrison, president, gen.
eral manager and coach of the
Rochester Club. believes the Caps
made a good deal in picking up
Mikan, brother of Minneapolis
fabulous George.
1--WE weren't using him much"
he says. but he's a good ball
player. He's a very good pivot
man and he'll fit in perfectly
Washington's system"
Often Too Slow for Caps.
Unloading Often shouldn't hurt
the Caps, in the opinion of most
observers. Mckinney has been
trying to emphasize speed and
speed isn't one Of Otten's quail
tiles.
Ed. only "a years old, stands
6-8 and weighs 230 pounds. A
graduate Of De Paul University,
where he averaged Is points per
game, Mikan played with the
Chicago Stays before moving to
Rochester last season.
Bartels, 6-5 and 1876 pounds, is a
product of North Carolina State.
He played a little with Denver
last season. appearing in only 13
games. So far this season he has
been playing with Utica of the
American League. Syracuse farm
team.
Buddy Jeannette, Baltimore
coach and general manager, was
very busy last night. Besides buy
ing Often he purchased Gene
James from New York and Don
Carlson from Minneapolis.
It's still somewhat puzzling how
the Caps managed to lose last
night, and there was quite an
argument as to whether they &C
tually did.
With only three seconds to go
the Caps held a 71-68 advantage.
Arne Johnson had the ball and
was racing for the basket. Right
at his heels was Chick Halbert.
Halbert, realizing two points
couldn't beat the Caps. let john
son sink his basket rather than
risk a foul.
McKinney's Protest Fails.
So, with one-half second re-
manning on the big clock, the Caps
had the ball out of bounds. All
they had to do. was throw it. in.
Scolari threw q bounce pass in
tended for Halbert, but Jack
Coleman intercepted it and
dropped it in on his second try. A
good many observers thought the
game had ended before Coleman's
shot. but Referee Jocko Collins
ruled otherwise.
THAT horn went off," screamed
Mckinney. when he hit the bas-
ket with his first shot. There is
no doubt about it,
"I called it good right away"
Collins insisted. "I think it was
simultaneous with the horn. If
there had been any doubt in my
mind, I would have gone to the
bench and checked with the time
keeper"
Despite the wierd outcome, the
hometown gathering of 675 per-
sons was treated to a sizzling ball
game. The lead went back and
forth, back and forth. Rochester
held the biggest margin at 6 points
In the second quarter, but the
Caps whitfield that to / at inter-
mission.
Washington led. 57-52, at the
end Of three quarters. With i
minute and "a seconds to go, the