New Britain herald., 1922-02-22
LOCAL KACEYS WIN .H A FAST CONTEST
Meriden Is DoWned in Most Ex.
 citing Game Of Season

! The New Britain Kaccys got q sweet revenge on the Morden Kaceys at the State Armory last night. de- teatng the Silver City knights in n sizzling basketball battle, Ss to 3s, There have been some dandy battles on the local court this season, but no more exciting than that of last night, I Although the crowd was not as large the excitement that prevailed was greater than at any time In the past, including the Hartford trays. That there is a keen spirit of rivalry be- tween the teams, was shown through out the contest. and at times much roughness was indulged in. The Meri- den team. much larger than the To- calls, used the advantage.
 Referee Lets It Go In the absence of Dick Dillon as referee, Clyde Waters of Bristol, of iciated in that capacity. He is not Dillon by any means, and although the Meriden fans seemed to be of the impression that he was off color, it seems to the local fans, that had Richard been handling the reins, many more fouls would have been called on the visitors.
 Maher Is Big Star
 It is often the rule that the loss of one of the regulars weakens team, but in Restella's non-appearance last night, this rule did not apply. Mama ger Mangan. sent Jimmy Maher to the center position and the exhibition turned in by Maher, will keep the fans talking for sometime. Several times during the game. and particu- larly at crucial moments, Maher came through with field goals, that helped greatly. Maher's exhibition in the second half was brilliant, the elon- gated center getting five field baskets. several of them of the sensational kind To many it seems that the playing of Maher regularly will tend to strengthen the locals. Sheehan played whale" of a game last night besides acting as captain Being the leader of the team did not affect Jimmy in the head at all. For Meri den. Coyle and Gaffney did good work, and the highly touted Hartford, proved "whizz" against the defen- sive playing of Sake and sheehan.
 Locals Score First
 The game opened with Sheehan tossing a neat field goal and this was followed by field goal by Gill. Both teams registered points from the foul line. Field goals by Sheehan and Gill tied the score. Gaffney then sent his team into the lead, for a few seconds. this being the only time that the wis itors held the advantage during the night. Kilduff and Maher joined with Sheehan in scoring, and Hart ford and Coye dropped a few into the basket. so that at the end of the first half, the score was Is to 13 in favor of the home team.
 Coyle Plays Well
 The game continued at top speed in the second half and it was mainly through the brilliant work of Maher who scored five field goals. that the victory came to New Britain. Coyle for Meriden, put forth hercuean ef- forts to put across a victory. Gaffney also contributed three field goals, that merited applause. The summary: New Britain Merlden Sheehan, SaXe .......... Hartford
 Right Guard
 kllduf ............... Ooyle
 Left Guard
 Maher .....,............ 1'..'..'' McIi d,h
 Center
 Gill Murpny ....".,,.,... .'''' 1iii
 Right Guard
 Saxe. Sheehan ........... GaHney
 Left Guard
 Score-New Britain, 3s; Meriden. 33. Field goals - Sheehan. A. kill duff, 4; Maher [; Sake, 1; Hartford, 3; Coyle. 6; Gill, ?; Gaffney, 4. Foul goals-Sheehan, 6: McGrath, 2; Hart ford, 1. Referee-Waters. Timer Sauter.
 Youth Was Served
 Youth was served in the prelimin ary game when the Y. M. c. A. Jun ior3 defeated the Independents "A to 12. In the first half the kids ran rings around the "old fellows" lead ing at the intermission, 20 to 6. In the second half, it was proved that they can come back when the h. dependents put on full burst of speed, and came within two points o fequaling the youngsters score. It was a good game. Only one foul was called, but there were many commit ted. The summary: Y. NJ. c. A. Jrs. Independents Neipp .....,a,..,.,........ Schmitt
 Right Guard r Sheehan ,.-.....,........ Hollefan
 Left Guard
 Mcrelli ....... Schneider
 Center
 Tancrcd ............ Blanchard
 Right Guard
 Left Guard
 Score-T. NJ. c A. Jrs 24; Inde- pendents, 22 Field goals-Neipp, 3; Sheehan, 6: Morelli, ?; Tancred, 1, Schmitt 2; Holeran, 3; Schneider, [: Blanchard. 1. Referee - Murphy Timer-Sauter,