New Britain herald., 1926-02-08
 GUARDS TAKE GAME FROM ALL-MIDDLETOWN- WEAVER IN FIRST GAME AFTER GRADUATION
HIGH SCHOOL FIVE
 BEATS OUT WEAVER
Final Combination Of Players Shows Best for Red and Gold

Going into tho last quarter on
 inc short end Of a l5 10 $ score. the New Britain high school basketball team found itself and scored seven field goals and foul fry 10 win from Weaver high school of Hart. ford saturday by 93 to IS score. i This part of the game was the only time during the entire affair that the Rcd and Gold team seemed 10 1 play real basketball.
 This was inc first game in which i Coach Cassidy had 10 experiment ! with his substitute material since rolilis, the 0ashy center, and Cap tain Sculy, the defensive cog in the i machine, were lost 10 tho squad through th" mid-ycar graduation. ! Three combinations were used. the ! first consisting of ITavlick al center. Hal"ski and McGrath at forward and Matulis and BromhcrE at guard. This combination played throughout i the first half, Tn the first quarter the score was even at all, AZ i th" end Of tho first half Weaver | had collected l3 points, while the Rcd and Gold men could only add two to thc total collected in the first quarter.
 1 Al the start of tho third quarter | liavllck shifted from center Co guard in place of Brombcrg. Mc- Grath went In at center and Adams entered the game at forward This combination did not score but the best 'hc stone-coached men could do was Co gather in a field basket. | The final combination seemed 10 work better. Havl!ck and Adams were taken from tho game and | "Sokcy" Sowka and "IInmmy" Oar row Of thn junior varsity played the guard and forward position, rcspcc- lively.
 Weather hirh played poor has- l'ethall, but New Brit1in played worse" sums ID thn rnmo in 'ho first three nunrtrrs. Tn the first quarter inc ITardUarc city team found it possible only 10 follow Inc pace sci by the Hartford team AL though the count vas even at in. t"rmissi0N. it did not tell thc trlro story of that part of the Gamc. On" basket hy IIayick was Now Brit aims efforts in thr second quarter, Tho Franklin square boys wore held | without field or foul goal in tho 1 third quarter. in which the Weaver high school team addc0 to lis total | by q field goal by Bernstein
 As th" squad came into tho frnl period Of thn game the mcst loyal followers did not hop for q vic tory. even though two of The scrap p;cst players on 'hc snUad, Darrcw and Sowka Wcr" sent into tho line up. Immediately the team, vhirl' | had been ahl" to score only three field goals during the first three , periods. took )ifn and hocamo fighting machine. Th" Weaver high school representatives were put on th" defense hy tho fierce az rrcsqivoncqs of inc Ncw Britain nuntct led by ao'ing Captain Me ! Crath. who in the Grst minu'o Of Inc last quarter scored two field | goals and . foul tally,
 Bcrn4'oin scored inc first points ! on a l"ld goal Later Hurley plant cd reat two pointer from th" ! center Of tho floor HaInski took . wonderful pass from Matulis and | 'oescI ono in from over his head. MrGrath made fWo-pontcr mak- , ing the score A.. Almost every member nf the team was missing | "suck, rs" At one lime in this dr!artcr' tho Red and Gold men .:arhCrcd nhor' inc basket in hnd- ,'.r-lill- fashion and each miss"j , lis chance. ANor looking on for white. 'G" Weaver mon must have become discustod for thy took th" n1l aml started 'h lhjsS 2 few l thamstlvae. Ialrskj got two fou' goals anl Bernstein collected hrh goal as thr period ended.
 Hiiyar. Lowcrv and Bernstein . hi' thc hoop for Uar'ford and HaN- lick got New Rritaiu's SCOTT. This proved 70 he thr only field goal scored l,y his team in tho two mid d'c periods of th" "cXcittng" game. Tho score was l5 to s.
 McGruth broke through the Weaver defense twice 10 make inc 10th and l2th score and dropped a . toul goal to make the 18th counter, 1 Then Sowka came speeding down | rhc court and made clean shot | from rirht-coniUr tying 'h" score | at F al, with Gv" minutes 10 go. Xalrski made two and MrGraih !, dropped in two before the game ended. X field goal md a foul goal . ny Hurley represented Wcavrr's . three points in 't,a p4riol. {
 Havlick vas tho only player who . ~"rm"l 10 he anywhere near form in the first tlr"" p'riods of th" !, contest. Although h. lid rot play f.,r r"ut"r position as vel @s Me 1. Crain. n" seemed 70 do lI"'iy w"h there. NcGraAs playing 'hc last i s'aGrs rf th, ramc made him thr tar, Sowha played wonderful i Poor cam' followins 'hr hall every minu'o of 'ho period. IIa playing . ylould 4ssur" him o' a rhanc" ru . .'art in" New N@',0 gam" Friday. .
 Tho summary:
 New Britnin High 1
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