New Britain herald., 1925-01-19
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In commenting on Saturday nights game 1t must be said that Hartford West Sides arc a mighty sweet basketball machine. They need fear nobody in their home ball. iwick. not even the much touted DiAes.
 Fast floor workers, good passers and dead shots, the West Sides gave the local fans the best treat of tho season Saturday night.
 And had not Harmon Smith been compelled to leave tho game with an injured eye 1t is safe to say that the Mats would have had an even harder time to win.
 Smith was the scoring ace for the West Siders, getting eleven of their points.
 . Mert Taylor was the locals ace. with 25 of his teams 47 points. And the 13 points he made in the first half were all that kept the locals within rapping district of the West Sides door.
 The crowd gave Paul LaHar a great ovation when he put the locals in the lead and the dark haired youth leaped back into his told time favor with the fans when he drop ped in two more field goals and made good on two fouls.
 Johnny Sheehan did some remark ably fine guarding when he held the brilliant Cummings to four baskets. and of these but one in the last half. Two Of these Johnny check mated with two of his own.
 Kilduff and Weir also did fine work in holding down Murphy 10 wv lloii tiIc ii'NIt "illI' Noli iIilSi'ii was equally effective in keeping "Eed' Reynolds covered.
 When Red" is. held to two baskets for whole game the np- posing guard is doing some guard ing.
 There is one glaring criticism of the local fans, and that is their at titude when Il visiting player is shooting fouls, Saturday night on see,ral occasions, they jeered and hoote1 until the walls fairly trembled while a Hartford man was trying to shoot foul
 This is really poor sportsmanthip, for the visitor is entitled 10 his free shot under favorable conditions and hooting and bowling is bound to get on 3 mans nerves.
 Probably many of the fans do not know it, hut foul on the home team may be called by the referee If he sees fit. if the crowd does not maintain satisfactory silence while the visitors are shooting fouls.
 We all Ike to Bee New Britain win, but we want them to win fairly and squarely and not under Condi- tions that give the opponents the least alibi.
 Referee Manion had hard time Saturday night. It was q tough game for the most experienced referee 10 work and on several occasions the East Hartford boy was notiCeably up against if.
 Probably New Britain crowds are no worte than any other, but It does seem that some of the specta- tors show almost to willing 3. spirit 10 rush onto the floor and mix it up in a free-for-all
 The nnanaEement should instruct the police 70 eject the next fan who steps onto the floor during a game with the evident intention to getting into a fraCas.
 Tie referee Is on the floor 10 handle the game. The police are on hand to prevent rowdyism and 1t is safe 10 assume that the individual nlsvers themselves are quite capable to look out for themselves in in- dividual melees.
 There should be no more Of this tolerated.
 The Weir Murphy episode sounds worse than it was. No damage was done ad the whole incident was simply the breaking of oyer-strained nerves.
 The Endees of Meriden defeated Manchester Company G 2o-21 Sat- urday night.
 Manchester won its eighth straight victory Saturday when 1t defeated Gilbert High of Winsted.
 Bob Peplaw of this city Is doing great work on the Minnesota basket ball squad.
 Hans Wagner is to manager the YounEstown, Ohio, next season.
 Ingwald CBing) Anderson of Ser lin, N. H., unintentionally broke the B-iarclift Lodge ski-jumping record yesterday with 6 leap of 14a feet in an exhibition, according to lodge or f,cials. Anderson took of from a high tower and landed on the fiat at the bottom of the hill while the other contestants contented them selves with starting at the foot of the tower and jumping to the mid dls of the slope. It is said that An