Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16
bee a Sports Big Tests Confront Top College Cagers Tonight
Gaps Given Big Lift
For Game Tonight in
'No-Sa|e' Decision

Buoyed psychologically by the
announcement that the club is
not for sale. the Caps are deter
mined to sell themselves to the
public tonight when they take on
Paul Arizin, Joe Fulks and the
rest Of the high-f1ying Philadel-
phia Warriors at Uline Arena.
The game. scheduled to start
at $3.50 o'clock, will be preceded
by q preliminary between North
west Settlement House and the
Washington Boys Club Stars.
The Caps players were greatly
relieved when Bob Foster, Uline's
general manager, called of a
scheduled appointment with Ben
Kerner, executive director of the
Tri-City Blackhawks, who had
made one offer to buy the Wash
ington club and was preparing
another.
1.-THE more I thought about It,"
Foster said, "the sillier it seemed.
So I decided not to discuss it
further"
Comes at Good Time.
The lift in confidence this gave
the Caps couldn't have come at a
better time. The club has been
looking better lately than at any
time previously. and a win over
the Warriors, leaders of the East
ern Division of the National Bas-
ketball Association. would help q
lot.
Player-Coach Bones Mckinney
has said all along that his team
would improve with experience.
The team looked great against
Boston Wednesday night, and to-
night they might attract q few
more fans. something the Caps
have been missing lately.
The attendance has been SO
poor, Foster says, the club is los
ing at the rate Of $4,000 a week
When Kerner offered to buy the
team. Foster was ready to listen.
Kerner's weak offer, combined
with the resultant publicity,
caused the general manager to
put a stopper on any possible
negotiations.
Potent Scoring Offer.
Tonight the Caps will be faced
with potent scoring outfit, led
by Arizin, f1rst-year sensation
from Villanova, who has been
averaging 1876 points per game.
Fulks has a 15.9 average.
The Caps will have its big scor-
ing trio ready in Freddie Scolari,
the veteran. and Dick Schnittker
and Bill Sharman. the rockies.
Together, they've given Washing
ton a one-two-three punch that
is becoming increasingly harder
to stop.
Fosters announcement that the
Caps are staying here was only
one news development on a
crowded Friday in the MIA.
Two players were injured in
the only game played; the Min
neapolis Lakers gained a tie for
first place with idle Rochester
in the Western Division; the
coach Of the Tri-Cities team quit.
and a franchise application from
a team in another league was
rejected. Y
Pollard and Beard Hurt.
E Jim Pollard. the Lakers line
forward. and Ralph Beard, star
guard with the Indianapolis
Olympians. collided last night
shortly after the start of the
second period of a game at In
dianapolis won by the Lakers,
82-71. George Mikan led the scor-
ing with 80 points.
Pollard was hospital!zed with a
possible cheek bone fracture.
Beard left the game with a
twisted knee and a severe charley
horse.
Logan to Coach Hawks.
Dave Macmillan, who had served
two months of a three-year con-
tract as coach of the Tri-City
Blackhawks Qast in the Western
Division with a Ola record this
season., resigned last night.
Johnny Logan, 31-year-old guard,
was named player-coach.
Logan, however, is a reserve
captain in the Tank Corps and
has orders to report to duty Jan
uary 2. 1t was reported finan-
cial settlement was agreed to on
the remainder of MacMillan's
contract.
The MIA rejected a franchise
application from the st. Paul
Lights of the National Professional
Basketball League, a rival pro
circuit.
MIA President Maurice Podo-
loft said the bid came from
Richard K. Headley, president and
general manager of the st. Paul
club. According to Podoloff, Head
ley wished to join the MIA be-
cause of "the uncertainty of the
future"
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