Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-15
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW ;, FRANCIS ,7Auu


THE TENSION IN THE HOUSE at SPAS Nebraska avenue
was evident soon after the up Saturday morning
Dorothy Auerbach fixed breakfast for the girls Randy
s. and Nancy H. and then prepared to worry the in
terminable day Randy little too young to know
what was all about but her equally redhaired older
sister, Nancy, was as tense her mother
Up in Boston. you Daddy's Cetcs to try to
win the National Basketball Association championship
against the ST. Louis Hawks Arnold ed) Auerbach always
coached good teams starting with the Washington Captos
In 194647, but this the Red had ever come
picking up all the marbles.
The payof series stood at 3-3 in games 1t had been
rough ordeal In the opener in Boston the Cetcs had
lost in overtime They the but lost the third
contest by one basket. They twice in but in
the sixth game the Hawks prevailed by two points on
last-second tap-in shot.
Tempers had hared. Both sides had been campaigning
hard since October. sxday break in the payof (St.
Louis wanted weekend date only served temper
Coach Auerbach had punched Owner Ben Kerner the
Hawks former boss, in the He had drawn a $500
fne. Then he almost mixed with Referee Jimmy Duffy
at the st. Louis airport
SHORTLY BEFORE O'CLOCK Saturday afternoon
the phone rang and Dorothy Auerbach heard Reds
from Boston. win lose. I'm coming home Sunday :"
Red said. I'm tired and fed up" The AuerbAchs don't
see much Of each other during the basketball Nancy
Is just overcoming asthma condition that has haunted
her since early childhood and Mrs Auerbachs father
pediatrician, advised against moving to Boston.
Dorothy Auerbach had fixed luncheon snack for little
Randy She didn't eat, did Nancy At 2:45 o'clock
The Star Building, Fang Auerbach put away his
the art department and drove to his sister laws
Gang who is IS and three junior to Red, pretty
well known himself these days created the Washington
Baseball Clubs official emblem wide-hatted string tie
caricature of Senator.
Fang had some faint hope that he might pick UP a
radio account of the monumental battle Just little of
ITO on the dial ST. Louis station sometimes picked
up for play play On Saturday Fang couldn't get It,.
He switched to MICS Monitor" program which gives
scores every 80 minutes He and Dorothy and the
rhn Inuf
the tension. He howled.
MONITOR WAS GIVING scores by quarters This only
made it because it ding-dong battle Neither
the Cetics nor the Hawks seemed capable Of building
Q substantial lead
The telephone kept ringing. "Dorothys father and
brother who's also doctor and bunch of unce kept
calling If had private pipeline" Fang said later
I'VE couldn't tell them anything And the dog kept barking
and bowling"
At Sis pm. Gang picked up the telephone at most
appropriate time and diaed The Star Associated Press
bulletin had just been delivered TO the sports desk by
boy After two overtime periods the Cetc had won
125 to l3and Red Auerbach coach of the cham
pons Of the world
Fang Auerbach let out deep breath told Dorothy
the good news 1t took time to Then they
called Florida.
REDS AND zANGs mother father are visiting rela-
tives In Florida. The senior Auerbach having suffered
heart attack advised attend games involving
his boy, Red. Fang didn't whether il was wise to
phone his dad Maybe the strain would be too much On
the other hand what he enduring ignorance? He
telephoned.
Nobody among the adults thought to eat in the Red
Auerbach household The wonderful peasurabe shock of
triumph was overwhelming They savored and then Zang
q man Of practical mind, moved toward the decanter
This III On afternoon wherein Bob Cousy at
one point hit only twice in % shots Bill Sharman only
three times in 20 tries the Cetcs had World Series
Of roundbal
The phone continued to ring and 1t became pleasure
to answer. After ALL Boston had basketball
championship Then it again and it Red calling
from Boston He had just been dunked fully clothed
cold shower He had just shaved of the goatee Rookie
Bill Russell. ~eE
He was going to stay in Boston for victory dinner
and would Monday arrival be all right?
THUS is BROUGHT up to date the career of Red
Auerbach guy who came from New York George
washington coach at Roosevelt High become lieutenant
the Navy and later help organize the Caps.
The inspiration to put pro basketball in Washington
stemmed from meeting at the Norfolk Naval with
Bob Feerick While they took the marbles Reds
Caps superb Twice in his years as boss Of the
Caps he won Eastern Division titles
But always the big payof euded him. Good as we're
the Caps they failed Same thing happened when Red
after cup Of coffee at Duke coached the late and un-
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