Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-14
BROOKLYN BRIEFS.

The Cadet basketball team win play the Bluefronts of Naugatuck at the Lyceum this evening
 The forty hours devotion which started at St Joseph's church on Sunday was brought to a close this morning.
 MT and Mrs William Stokes have returned from their wedding trip and have taken up residence on North Riverside street.
 On Saturday afternoon the Bunker Hill basketball team defeat- ed the Third Congregational church five by the score of 33 to II.
 Miss Anna Leenis of Green street while at work on a press in the Plume X Atwood factory yesterday smashed the index finger of her left hand.
 All out for the polo game this evening between the Brooklyns and South Ends If Brooklyn get away with the game tonight it should be rather easy sailing for the pennant. At a special meeting of the Brooklyn Improvement society in the Lyceum last evening it was voted to have City Engineer Cairns address the society at its regular meeting next Friday evening. President Jere- miah Devine and R. c. Walker was appointed a committee to extend the invitation to the city engineer who undoubtedly will accept the invita- tion. He will speak on the Improve ment Needed in Brooklyn" The meeting on Friday night will be held in the lyceum and as the public is invited to attend big crowd is ex- pected. What q remarkable change has come over the society!
 A large crowd was present at the rooms of the Brooklyn Athletic club last evening to witness the games in the basketball league. The first game between the Bones and Hustlers was expected to be a hummer, but the first named team was picked so thoroughly there was little to it at the finish, their opponents winning by the score of 19 to 6. The Bones is composed of old timers in compari- son with the Hustlers and seem un- able to keep the fast pace which is being set by the youthful players. Devine and Mahaney were much in evidence in throwing baskets. The lineup:
 Hustlers. Bones. Gwilym .............. NJ. Conway
 Right forward. Devine ....... H. Cunningham
 Left forward. Mahaney ............. M. Madden
 Center
 Legge .......... hOpp
 Left guard. Clark, Nubert .... Darlington
 Right guard.
 Score, Hustlers 19, Bones 6: field goals. .Devine .Mahaney {, Cunning ham 2, Madden 1, Clark 1: foul goals, Clark 1.
 The second game was much more evenly contested but the Shamrocks succeeded in getting in on the right side by the score of 15 to 10. The first half was nip and tuck and both teams played so carefully there was little opportunity for throwing bas- kets. The guards protected we'll and the forwards did as much covering up as anything else. The first period ended to 1 in favor of the Sham- rocks There was more team work in the second half and more points were scored than in the opening round. but at that baskets came much more slowly than in an average game. The Crescents died hard but as the Sham- rocks were out to win they allowed their opponents no good chance tc forge ahead. The lineup:
 gbamrocks Crescents. DOnahue .. Hickey. Edmundi
 Right forward. CrOnan Sloshei
 Left forward ]. Madden. Reese .... R. Conway
 Center carney. LedTF Ledng
 Right guard. IsuSkey BdiQWtn
 Left guard
 The Hustlers are leading the league and as the team is putting up a fast article of basketball. it is Ike Iy to finish first unless the other quintettes take a big brace. The standing.
 W L. PC.