New Britain herald., 1925-01-21
Landers Hands Fafnir First Defeat of Season While Lockmakers Win From Russell X Erwin.

The old factory league is develop.
 ing into a nip and tuck race now
 and today four teams, Fafnir Ian.
 ders, c. C. L., and P and F. Corbln,
 gre tiod for first place, each with
 three victories and one loss. Fatnir
 tumbled from the sole possession of
 first place last night when the youths
 from LanderS' gave them their first
 defeat Of the season. winning q well
 played game g. to 29. In the sec
 ond game the Russell and Erwin
 team, after playing very loosely in
 the first half, came within an ace of
 defeating the Cabinet Lock, but lost
 ont in the final two minutes by a
 score of 34 to 9S.
 All four teams who played last night gave good exhibitions and
 especially pleasing was the improve
 ment shown by Russell and Erwin after the first half. While these boys have yet 10 win q game, they are hard workers and the fact that they are trailing does not take their pep from them. Chick" Hayes refereed both games and did his usual satisfactory job. As all games were played hard, there were sev- eral injuries, but from hard playing rather than from intentional rough ness. Harold Weir of the Fafnir team was compelled to leave the game with an injured leg and W. J1yoieeGr nf fhrNaI nttt when, in jumping for the ball, he fell and landed on the end of his spine. It was at first feared he was seriously injured but later his con- dition was found 10 be better.
 Landers yS. Fafnir
 Right off the hop, Landers started out 10 win and led at the end of the first half 14 to 9. After 10 seconds of play Beloin fouled Luke and the | clever little Landers leader shot q 1 foul for the first point of the game. | Less than minute later the tables were reversed, but Boloin missed. The teams had been battling min- ! ute and 10 seconds before the first field goal was'thrown. Then Luke took one out of scrimmage and | made the score 80, Landers. Then Anderson foulcd Klatka and he add ed another point. A long shot by Duke MCCabe gave Landers their sixth uninterrupted score and Taf- mir did not tally until four minutes of play had elapsed. Then Harold Weir made good on one free try after McCabe foulod him. Anderson then shot free try for Fafnirs' sec- ond point. At this point there was considerable scrimmaging under the 1Fafnir basket and Luke took two shots but missed. He followed the ball, however, and hattcd 1t in on his third try. Fafnirs' third tally fol- lowed when Anderson dropped in another free try,
 It was not until seven and q half had elapsed that Fafnir got into the field goal column. Then it was that Red Nelson got his eye working and caged a double decker. lfiatka followed with a two-pointer and Anderson split even on two free tries, making the count 10 to 6.
 Another foul gave Lukc two free tries and he collected a point on both. Here the Lsndors boys rallied back to team work and a beautiful triple pass, NcCahc to Luke to Bu- cherri ncttcd q two pointer for the last named. Paulson entered the gam for Fafnir, taking Boloin's place and soon got free try after a foul, giving his outfit their seventh point.
 Weir had been shooting wildly all , evening. but his shots all went wide of their mark until near the close of the half when he pleased himself and the rafnir fans by caging the second of Fafnirs lone two field goals in the half. Billy Preisser was forced out of the game when he fcIi on the end of his spine in jumping Tor the ball. receiving painful. though apparently not serious injury.
 The second Half
 Keriyza went into the game for .anders and Be!oin again went into ! he lineup, these two immediately [ flashing into form with field goals, hy another by Nelson then l me hy Anderson. Still another by : .tcloin made the game one of the ( lip and tuck kind for it was Faf- ' 'ir's 18th point, while the leaders I were but one point a1fead. Here ( dcCabe fouled Weir and the latter . missed his chance to put his team in he lead, Keryza and McCabe fol- 7 owed with double deckers but again ' seloin came through with ono from ( he field and another field goal by '