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Show Laker Aces Rank Near Top In Scoring Race NEW YORK. Nov. I George Mlkan and Jim Pollard, the scoring scor-ing terror of th Minneapolis Lakers, ar off and running. Th Laker opened their 1949-50 National Basketball Assn. season Wednesday night and Pollard and Mlkan paced the Lakers to an 81-89 triumph over th Philadelphia Philadel-phia Warrior. Pollard dumped home 13 field goal and four free throw for 30 point and gorgeous George came through with 17 points. Joe Fulks, another man who can make a basketball bas-ketball talk, scored 30 points for the Warriors. Th New Tork Knickerbockers dumped the. Waterloo Hawks, 69-60, with Vine Boryla leading the Knlcks to their second straight victory, vic-tory, with a 19-point scoring splurge. The Washington Cspltols snd the Baltimore Bullets also played their first game of the season with the Caps copping the Duke, 66-8L Fred Scolari poured home four field goals late in the final period to turn the tide in favor of the Caps. |