New Britain herald., 1925-03-13
BOYS CLUB TAKES
 WILD COMEDY GAME
OVercomes Unique Obstacles in
 Defeating PoquonOck at Home

The New Britain Boys club cap tured Its 18th straight victory last night by defeating the St, Joseph's of Poquonock on their own floor, feat which had not been accomplish cd by any team for the past three years The game was one for "the book, surpassing the widest imag- ings of sport story writers, and the Hardware City lads oycrCame all manner of unique handicaps to eke out a bare 21-20 victory in the final minutes of play. "The Old Home Town" would have been an ideal locale for the battle, as 1t was typi- cal small.town affair, with home team and crowd on edge and ready to commit murder at the slightest suggestion of defeat. In addition 10 this bellicosc atmosphere, the club encountered unsatisfactory refereeing and tricky timing, so that, all things considered, they were fairly lucky to win.
 The floor was small and the home team, especially the stocky little Cunningham, kncw~it like multipli- cation table, while one basket sagged and bounded at the least touch. Poetic justice was meted out, how ever, when Poquonock lost several shots at this basket because of Its instability.
 In the face of these weird ob stacles, the club speedsters kept their heads with difficulty, and Ray An dorson risked q technical foul by calling four time outs for the pur- pose of telling the referee how the game should be played. Luke also showed a flash of temper, but the other New Britain lads kept their heads remarkably well. Frank Ar | burr proved the hero of the game, breaking mp innumerable Puquonock score the winning field goal with
 about two minutes to play. Luke and ! kerclejza got three baskets apiece in spite of close guarding, while Nibby i Nyborg shot up the floor for a duo, | but Ray Anderson had a tough night and failed to count from afield. He | did, however. register from the foul
 line, and this one point made the
 winning margin. New Britain sank
 but one foul out of ten tries.
 Cunning starred for Poquonock,
 getting four field goals from all
 angles and tossing in another quar-
 tet a la free throw route. J. Ro-
 Romako and Case broke into the
 scoring, and R. Romako held Ander,
 son without score from the field fol
 the first time this year.
 Case fouled Nyborg at the start
 but Nibby missed his try. Cunning
 ham then blew two chances whel
 Arburr hacked him. J. Romak'
 started the scoring with field goa | and Cunningham added foul point
 Kerelejza sank New Britain's frs
 basket, but Cunningham dropped il
 a long one and Case added one poin
 when blocked by kerelejza. Arbur
 dribblcd up the court and made
 4-6, and Nyborg duplicated thi stunt a minute later to knot tn count. Case sent Poquonock bac ) into a short lived lead and Luke tie t 1t up once more at S-S. Cunningham | made it S-10. Poquonock, and Nc' ? Britain took time out, When tn | game started again, kereejza even \ ed the tally for the third time wit e a pretty shot, but J. Romako sen l the home team ahead once more jus n before the half ended.
 y After a few minutes of fruitles g effort in the second half, Poquonoc ]. took time out. AS things got undo 1t way, Kerelejza tossed one in frol It under the basket and the tally w&
 12-12. Nyborg then aroused Il )l wrath of the home fans by sendl s the Boys club ahead with a mic q shot from scrimmage. The gan IS was getting Tougher every minu 1T and Captain Luke tried to talk 0 Red" Mccormick, the referee. Cal n tain or no captain, Mccormick calIt d d technical foul on him and Ande d son asked for time out and force 1t the official 10 produce his rule boo
 The referee had his revenge mi IT ute later when Ray pushed Cunnin r. ham. and the little St, Joseph's fo W ward put in both tries to even { " score again. The referee called q, personal on Kerelejza for using { i'll body, and Anderson again took iii CT cut and demanded explanations. CT Romako used a full Nelson on A al derson, and the local forward Z ut his only point of the contest on be free try.
 m Cunningham brought the score i'd t5-15 when Nyborg took his th
 personal A series of rapid f ys passes gave the ball to Luke un( ,e- the basket and Mickey sent al- home. Again it was Cunningh; ed who broke away 10 even things 'e- at F all. An instant later h. l be into the wall and vas tnjur pol forcing Poquonock to call time 0 OK he resumed play and received
 ovation. The game was now Ii
 short of a civil war. but the ho
 fans were screaming for "actt ,v and popping up" Luke flasI ay through Poquonock's defense m- put the club two points 10 irn good again, but inc evcr-rcady C AL ningham dribbled up the co led slipped, and scored remarks als goal as he fell fiat
 i'm Actual fighting began on the the and New Britain called time out .ol- the fourth time when Anderson
 his head and lectured the refe