Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-01-15
ToWnsend's Shot Beat Crex Club
Winning Goal For Laurel Hills in Last Second of Pay-Wi
mantle Five Beaten % to 21-U S. Finishing and Pom
emsh Co. Defeat Opponents in Factory Basketball
League.

In a hair raising finish at the Y. M.
c. A. gymnasium on Saturday eve
ming in the basketball game between
the Grex club of W1llimantic and the
Laurel Hills, Manager Townsend shot
a basket for the Laurel Hills In the
last second of play, bringing his team
home winners over the fast Whitman
tic five, % to q, With both teams
working like TroJans in the second
period, the score was tie, a 10 Il,
as the time for the final whistle APP
preached, and Townsend took a des-
Eerate chance over his head, the ball
settling into the net for the deciding
score lust as the whistle blew.
Tie Gr7N boys claimed a mlsun-
derstandirg about the time and want
ed to go on, but their plea was Lot
sustained and the game ended there
For the first period the visitors out
played the home team, finishing the
opening stage of the game in the lead,
Is to 10 Cards four baskets from
the floor two by kearns and three foul
goals by Denver accounted for the
Grex score in the first period. The
Laurel Hills tailed their 10 points
through a field goal apiece by ReYell
and CoyL two by Stanley and TWO
foul goals by Revell.
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the Laurel Hills swept the Grex boys
off their feel with, a dash of speed,
in which Revell. Stanley and Town
send scored goals in quick succession,
gaining the lead for Laurel Fill, Is
iC IS. But the Grex boys had some
thing left and Card Higgins, and
Leonard each Gagged q basket in the
period, which brought the Grex score
up to 81, at which point Laurel Hill
TIED it by a foul goal by Townsend
and field goals by Revell and jackson.
Townsends goal in the 6Stn second
Of the last minute settled it for Lau-
rel Hill.
The lincIps and summary:
Laurel Hilis-ReVelI IF, Coyl, If,
Stanley c. Jackson re, Townsend lg.
Grex Club Gard RI. Downer If, Hig-
gins c. Kearns re-. Leonard lg.
Score-Laurel Hill 20, Grex club q.
Field goals, Revell 9, Coyl, Stanley 8,
Jackson, Townsend 2; Card .. Higgins
8, Leonard. Foul goals, Revell 2, Town
send l, Downer 3. Referee. Allyn L.
Brown.
In the basketball games in the Fac
tory league United States Finishing
company kept its lead by winning an
exciting game from the Baltic Mills
company, u to II, and Ponemah Mills
company defeated H. B. Porter COM
pany 10 to 6.
Pilling and Potter were the chief
scorers for the winners in the latter
game. The linsups and summary:
Ponemah-Benoit IF, Pilling If, Pot
ter C, Jacques rg, Smith lg.
II. 3. Porter Co.-Wilson rf Hol-
comb If, Olsen c, Nichols rg, Fisher lg.
Field goals, Pi]ling ?, Potter ). Viii
son !. Nichols /; foul goals, Pilling' 3,
Wilson 2.
In the hot struggle between the Fin
ishing company and Baltic Mills, Dun
field Of Baltic led in goals from the
field, getting three, and Revell tailed
most points for U. s. Finishing, get
ting one basket from the floor and
three fouls. The lineups and sum
mary:
u S. Finishing Co.-Revell RI, Dill
worth If, H. Rydholm c, J. Grove lg,
Eliason re.
Baltic Mills Co.-Hifham IF, Desau-
tel II, Dunfield c, Stefon lg. Charon re-
Field goals. Revell 1. Eliason g. H
Rydholm l. Dunffeld 3, Charon / fou-
goals, Revell 3, H. Rydholm 1, Higham
2, Dunfield l.
Willie Duffy the Jamaica Plain ms