New Britain herald., 1925-01-20
CUR SHOWS IN
 SIMSBURY LEGION
Displays Best Form Of Season in
 Last Nights Game

The Boys club first team, faced with its biggest and heaviest oppo- nents of the season, rose to great heights last night and, with a fury not exceeded by today's blizzard, showed in the much-touted Smsbury American Legion on the local floor by score Of 64 to 33. Captain Mickey Luke, Matty Mieszkowski, and Pete Kerelejza, the clubs Three Musketeers, darted in and out through the visitors defense with little trouble and ran up 49 points between them, while the guarde. besides displaying a magnificent de- fense, also broke into the scoring by frequently coming through to take shots
 The clubs passing last night was as nearly perfect as is seen on d bas- 1 ketball court, being lightning fast and uncannily accurate, q series of short passes alternating with long heave 10 take the ball under the Smsbury basket. The Simsbury team also uncovered some nice work, but the large floor worked to disad- vantage against them, their home court being much smaller, while their lack of coaching was also evil dent in several ragged edges.
 When the invaders ran on 10 the floor and the spectators had a look at their size and individual ability, the general opinion was that the club had at last found q team out of it's class, but when the playing began the reverse was discovered to be true. From the time Pete Kerel- e1za dropped in the first basket un- til the final whistle, the smaller New Britain lads played a cool, consistent game and outplayed their opponents in every department.
 Pete's first shot brought a howl of joy, and when he repeated the crowd began 10 take hope Luke added a foul, and then Matty broke through to make it and 0. Bar nett, the star visiting forward, made Slmsbury's first points, but at the quarter the ecore was 12 to 2. More accustomed to the floor, the upstate lads displayed better form in the1 second quarter, but the locals con- tinued to roll up the total with amazing speed, the first half finding them leading by 23 to [.
 In the second half the Boys club accomplished the eqeming impossi- bility of increasing this pace, while the visitors, now going at top speed, also found the hoop with more sue cess than in the first half, when they had hard luck on many shots. 1 kereleJza, who had run wild in the early periods. contented himself with feeding, while Luke and Miesz- koWski went through the Simsbury defense as if it had been made of tissue, getting : and baskets apiece in the half. Nyborg came up for several shots, while Gotowala, the quiet little guard who seldom says a word or takes a shot, went on the offense for the first time of the year and dropped in q pretty shot from beyond the foul line.
 Barnett, Eddy and Cuytiss were finding the cords frequently now and i the game grew faster and faster, but Arburr's wonderful defense kept them out ofsthe running. It became matter of how high the score would go, the crowd shouting for the New Britain boys to make 1t 6O, and | make it 50 they did, continuing on with two more baskets after that. l When the whistle blew, simsbury had been effectively Simsburied.
 X teturn game to be played in Simsbury has been arranged, the date being tentatively set as Janu- ary Sl. The contest last night was witnessed by the largest crowd of the season. Dancing was enjoyed ! after the contests, music being fur niShed by the club orchestra.
 The score:
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