Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-14
NAuaATucK NEWS
Basket Ball Games Drew Out Large {, Crowd Saturday Night.

Basket Ball Games Drew Out Large :! Crowd Saturday Night. ' The first basket ball games of the local league at the Gem opera house, Saturday night, attracted a large crowd, and the people who attended witnessed two good, clean games of basket ball, and if the players continue manner which they played Saturday night they may be sure of large crowds at their games throughout the exist ence of the league. The first game was played between the Union City Wheel club and the Naugatuck High school teams, and at the end of the game the score was 21 to 21, and they had to play until two points were scored by either team. After about five minutes of overtime play Sweeney of the Onion City team threw basket and thus won the game. The final score was 23 to 21 in favor of the ? Union City Wheel club. The teams lined up as follows:
 D. C.. W. c. Position. N. H. s. Wi1son-Lyman center ...W. Patchett E. Deming .... I. f. ......... Grove D. Sweeney .... ]. f. ...... Cnnoro D. Connen ..... T. g. ....G. Patcnett F. Cunning .... l. g. .Ford-kennedy
 Summary: Baskets thrown, by Sweeney 5, Connen l, E., Dunning 2, F. Dunning l. Lyman l, W. Patchett 2, Grove 3. Clifford ?. Ford l; fouls, Lyman 3, E. Dunntng l. Cornell ,, P. Dunning 1, Grove ?, Clifford ?, Ford 5; umpire, Ashmore: referee, Baxter; timekeepers. Waite and O'Brien; off cial scorer, Klein.
 The second game resulted in vic tory for the N. A. c. and was a good, fast. clean game of basket ball. The final score was 36 to 14 in favor of fhe N. A. c. The teams lined up as follows:
 N. A. c. Position. I. NJ. c. A. BurnS .......... C. ......-... curry Foley ........ r. f. .... Tomkinson breen ......... l. f. ......-. Ensign Connors ....... r. g. ....... Vaughn Carroll ........ l. g. .Wigglesworth
 Summary: Baskets thrown, by Burns z. Foley ?, Connors l, Breen 8, Carroll l. Curry l, Tomkinson ?, En- sign ?, Wigglesworth ?; fouls, Burns ?. Breen 3. Carroll l, Curry l. Vaughn 2. Ensign l, Wigglesworth l: referee, Ashmore; umpire. Baxter; timekeep- CTS, Sewen and Jacconelli; official scorer. Klein.
 Breen made q record for himself by throwing eight out the seventeen baskets thrown by the \. A. c. Burns was close second with seven baskets thrown. Two more games will be played next Saturday night. The op- posing teams will be the N. A. c. and U. c. ". c. and the !. NJ. c. A and the N H. s
 Peter Aspel of Shelton spent Sun day at the home of his parents on Coen street
 William Dady of Seymour spent Sunday with friends in town.
 The Union City Wheel club held its annual meeting at the club room yes terday and elected the following off cers: President. William Purcell; vicepresident, Edmund True; financial secretary, Edward Dunning; recording secretary, Daniel Cornell; treasurer, William O'Leary. Immediately after :. the regular meeting a meeting of the basketball team was called and John Dunning was elected manager.
 John Bird, who has been visiting friends in New York city for the past few days, returned home last night.
 St Francis's T. A. B. will meet to- night. All members are requested to be present, as the newly elected ofh- cers are to be installed by George H. Yarkin of Ansonia.
 John Steinman, who has been con- fined to the house for the past few days, is again able to be around.
 Frank Cowan of Oak street is con- fined to the house with the grip.
 Mrs Clarence O'Brien of South Main street. who has been confined to the house for the past week with the gripi is able to be around again.
 John Mullins, who has been visiting friends in town for the past week, re turned to his home in Middletown yes terday.
 Thomas Spain of Barnum court is confined to the house with the grip.
 The Ladies' auxiliary of the A. O H. will meet tonight. All memberi are requested to be present, as busi ness of importance Is to be transacted
 The committee in charge of the K of c. dance which is to be given a Columbus han on Friday evening. Jan uary 30, have about completed ar engagements, and tickets can be secured of the members. The committee guar aQCe@ 0S0ryUOOy WHO A1lEuoAS A SoOs time Ford's orchestra will furntsl music and Prof Baxter will do th' prompting.
 Miss Nora Sullivan of Main stree spent Sunday at her nome in Ansonia
 There were sixteen knights of tn road at the police station last night.
 William Barrett of Middletown, wh has been visiting in town for the pas few days, returned home yesterday.
 The Swedish residents of the tow are to hold a mass meeting in Goo| Templars' hall tomorrow night ant take some action regarding the decis ion of the coroner in regard to tn death of Gerald Melberg, the unfoI tunate young man who was foun' dead outside the road house ol the morning of December g, 1900. Ac cording to all reports it is the inten ton of this meeting to hire detectiv to follow up the case and not let drop, as the state seems to have done
 Ambrose Daly, the young maj who fractured his thigh by falling ol the icy walks last Friday, Is resuni