Evening star., 1950-11-01
Caps Oppose O|ympians in Home Debut Tonight
New Talent Crop
Bows In Against
Co|orfu| Team
Washington Defeated
By Rochester Club
In League inaugural
By Bill Fuchs

By Bill Fuchs
Smarting from 1910 setback
by the Royals in their National
Basketball Association opener last
night in Rochester, the Caps make
their formal home debut tonight
against the Indianapolis Olym-
plans at Uline Arena, the game
starting at $50.
| Service personnel in uniform
and high school students will be
admitted for so cents.
The Caps will present 5-man
crop of extremely promising new
comers, including Dick Schnittker
famed Ohio State sharpshooter;
Bill Sharman, who set Pacific
Coast Conference scoring record
at the University of Southern
California; Earl Lloyd, the first
Negro to play for Washington;
Tommy O'Keefe, former George
town star, and Alan Sawyer Of
UCLA.
John Norlander and Fred SEQ
lari, veteran stars, also will be
on hand. Along with Coach Nc
Kinney, Norlander, former Ham
line great, and Scolari, the one
hand set-shot artist from the
West Coast, have been with the
Caps since they were organized.
A Variety of Veterans.
Other veterans back from last
year are Chick Halbert, 6-foot-9-
inch pivot man; Chuck Gilmur,
considered one of the most rugged
and best defensive stars in the
league; Dick O'Keefe and Don
Often, the tallest player in the
league at 7 feet.
The Caps also have Ariel (Ace)
Vaughan, picked up from the dis
banded st. Louis Bombers. and
Frank Kudelka, who played with
the Chicago Stays, also disbanded.
The Olympians are bringing in
team that some said last year
would not survive the season. Five
members of the University of
Kentucky Olympic team of 1940
bought franchise and fielded
their own team. Many observers
said the venture would fail, but
the Olympians proved to be the
best road attraction in the circuit
and were a financial success on
the home court.
The OlympianS are owned by
Cliff Barker, who also coaches;
Alex Groza Ralph Bear d, Wah-
Wah Jones and Joe Holland.
Groza, 6-foot-7. was second only
to Minneapolis George Mikan in
scoring last season. He averaged
% points and was one of the
chief reasons the Olynpians won
the Western Division title.
Caps Enter Fifth Season.
This is the fifth season for the
Caps, two-time winners of the
circuits Eastern Division title. In
four seasons of play they have
compiled a record of lat victories
against 80 losses. not counting
playoffS. They made the post
season playoffs three times, and
their best showing two seasons
ago when they reached the final
round against Minneapolis.
The Caps are carrying 13 play
ers, but in keeping with the
leagues player limit rule will have
only II in uniform. Bones Nc
Kinney, starting his first year as
coach. probably will not decide
until game time who will sit out
tonight.
The league this year has been
cut to II teams and two divi-
sions. The Eastern circuit COM
prises the Caps. Baltimore, Phila-
delphia, New York, Syracuse and
Boston. The Western Division
has Minneapolis, Rochester, In
dianapolis, Fort Wayne and Tri-
Cities.
Champion Here Saturday.
The Caps have another tough
game coming up Saturday, when
they play the league champion
Minneapolis Lakers It Uline's.
The Caps couldn't get rolling
last night. The game was nine
minutes old before Halbert tapped
in Washington's first field goal
and at the end of the first quar-
ter Rochester owned 25-12 lead.
The Royals held 1929 half
time margin and a 63-46 lead
after three-quarters.
In an exhibition last night the
Philadelphia Warriors beat the
New York Knickerbockers for the
third time. 1866. Other games
tonight find Minneapolis at Bal
timore and Boston at Fort
Wayne.
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