New Britain herald., 1916-02-18
DELPHIS BEATEN BY
 '. M. [. A. QUINTET
Capitol City Team Forces Locals
 Skaters Fine Shooting

A beautiful shot from nearly the entire length of the floor by Slater, gave the local Y. M. c. A. team hard earned victory over the Delphis of Hartford in this city last evening, the final score being 50 to 49. The game was thriller throughout with number of dazzling plays which kept the audience in a pitch of excitement. First one team would locate the basket then the other side would repeat and it was not until near the end of the first half that the home boys secured much of an advantage, the period end ing 34 to 27 in favor of New Britain
 In this half the wonderful work of Hultgren who scored several pretty goals more than made up for the at- tempts. at comedy by one of the home players, who by his antics nearly cost a victory for the Hardware City team. "Jacike' Martin and Kopf were in evidence at all times and their clever passing seemed at times to beWilder the visitors. Chief Larson at center was pitted against his old rival Jack Curry and it was a close race between the pair. The big fellow sustained painful though slight injury in the first half, when his opponent acci- dently jabbed his finger in the Big Fellows eye but after a short rest, Larson entered the fray, and in the first minute he scored a pretty field goal, which brought forth rounds of applause. ..H "Slats" Lenehan, EschoItz and Sco- field played finely for the visitors and the slim lad rang up a number Of points by his clever shooting. Father time has dealt rather severely with 1 scofeld who has slowed up percept- i ibly since his last appearance in this
 city. At times however, the little fel- l low would hit up a burst of speed | which kept the home boys busy Ury- ! ing to stop him but the old skill of i hitting the basket, was missing and l Harry lost several easy chances to rung up points for this team.
 When the second half began, the visitors started off with determina- ton and in a, few minutes they had tied the score at A points. Then Escholtz and Scofield placed the ball in the basket with neat shots, giving them a four point lead. Here the playing be- came exciting and there was notice able amount of fouls committed which aided the locals materially, for Slater
 made his count while Scofield missed all but one of his. Cronin however
 made up the disadvantage by ringing 1 Up some fine shots. | With but few minutes to play &od
 the crowd shouting franticalIy for. a victory, Slater came through with two 1 pretty goals, but the home team was still on the short end by a single point, and with but twenty seconds to play, this player emerged from a mixup past the center of the floor and with steady eye and true aim, he shot the ball high 1 through the air while the spectators gazed with awe. The ball went straight for the basket and without touching the rims, it landed squarely in the net The whistle sounded after the ball had been put into play and the big crowd left the hall in a happy frame of mind. In the preliminary game the YanlS- ees defeated the Pirates, A to 6. The score and summary:
 New Britain Delphis Hultgren ................. Lenehan
 Right forward
 { Slater ...... .>. .............. Cronln Left forward
 Larson ................ .......' curry Center
 Kopf ................. Escholt7 Left guard
 Martin :..........'. ''''''' 0CoIlelu
 Right guard
 Summary and score-New Britain 50: DeIphis 49; goals from field, Hult- gren 12, Slater 6, Larson 2, Kopf 2, Martin 2, Cronin s, Lenehan 6, Cur ry. ScofieId s, Escholtz 5; goals from foul, Slater 2, Cronin 2, Scofield 1; ref cree Miller; timer, Middlemass; SCOT CT, Luebeck.