New Britain herald., 1926-12-22
League Standing

For the second successive night trial basketball league, last years champion F. & F. Corbin quintet was defeated, this time by the fast travelling Stanley Rule X Level five. The game was q fierce battle with each team working fast and lively throughout. It was a nip and tuck affair in both the first and second halves with the score being tied with less than four minutes to be played. The Stanley Works defeat ed the New Britain Machine Co., by the score of g 10 @2.
 stanley Rule Wins
 The game started rather slowly. the players dropping passes and playing a loose brand of ball. IL was a minute before Arburr started the scoring with foul goal. An other minute of desultory passing ensued and Arburr came through with q field goal. Still another min ute sped ty and then Jasper slipped around on nice pass work and put the ball through for Corbin's first score.
 Luke followed Jasper with a foul goal at the 4:G0 mark. tying the count at all. The teams were warming up. Hoist tapped at cen ter, the Stanley Rule got the ball but lost it as they neared the Cor bin goal. Hoist took q swift pass from Jasper and caked a field goal near the six minute mark. Sloman was fouled few seconds after that and he made one of two tries good. Micky Luke started to play whirl- wind game and Immediately sank a field goal, leaving the count z to 4.
 Time out was taken and Jasper was fouled, making one try good. The Corbin team seemed on the road to victory. After the 1U minute mark had passed, Hoist slipped around Plurin to cage a pretty shot. At this point, the Rulers found themselves and a hot pace was started. Darby" Carrozza got through for a goal and followed with another Sloman at the l2:55 mark tied the score at 10 all with a pretty long shot. LaHar regis te.ed for the first time in the game after the 13 minute mark to break the deadlock.
 Paris tied the count again at 14:30 minutes of play and Jasper put Corbins in the lead with free try. Sloman near the r minute mark. caged goal after brilliant piece of floor work and he followed with another at the 8 minute mark. Paris took a pop and landed a long shot through the hoop, leaving the score 16 and IS in the Stanley Rules favor.
 Second Half.
 Plurin registered a double decker 10 seconds after play was resumed in the second half Carrazzo follow cd suit after a minute with a pretty left hand hook. Jasper interrupted this rally with nice goal from the floor. Luke slipped in 10 take pass from Hoist and caged one bring ing the count to 20 to 19, Arburr added a point for the Rulers from the free throw line and Sloman add ed two when he came down the cen- ter of the floor on as fast a play as has been seen on the Y floor. Slo- man was fouled and added another point.
 The game had progressed 10 the seven minute mark before Corbns could put up another mark, but Hoist got away from plurin and sank a field goal Benny Paris, playing a sweet game, dropped an- other through the hoop and just as the 7:S5 mark, Luke tied the score He added a point again on q free try and at 10:05, Paris dropped an- other through the hoop. With the score 50 to 24 in favor of Corbins. Sloman tore through to register an- other goal After II minutes had passed, LaHar got in another score making it 2S.
 Luke piled around and was fouled while shooting. He made two tries good and made it 32. Plurin got away from "Lanky" Hoist and made il 32. Sloman at the 16;4O minute mark. dropped a pretty field goal through the hoop to tie the count