New Britain herald., 1926-01-18

written about the IuSl Slind O. Spartacus and his E,adiltors at Thermopylae when they made their bold dash for freedom from an oV"r- bearing tryant, but the bloody battle at the anclen, mountain pass was no more hcrcoly fought than the stand taken by the National Guards with their backs 10 the wall against their former conquorors the Bristol I.ndees at the Stat" armory on Arch street Saturday night. Like q mountain slide where tons of rocks sweep every thing before it, the work Of the Ma tional Guards in this memorable game out of which they emerged victorious by the score of 3S to 52, scored the mortal blow to SEeptic- ism in the minds of local fans who figured tho locals 'alI burned out' and the New Britain players stand today purged of two stinging de- feats at the hands of the players who make up the Bristol team.
 Two, defeats, one says, but tho answer is yes, one at the hands Of the Holyoke Phantoms and tho other at the hands of the Bristol Endees, both aggregalions being tho same practically that the Guards met in the two previous encounters
 There Is no doubt in the minds of any, even the most rabid Bristol fans, but what the better team won Saturday night Feldman, the terror of the opposition, was tied mp in a knot all through the contest by either Billy Dudack or Ted1ers Kill duff and a blood-sucking weasel at the throat of its dying prey could hang no more closely to its victim than the two local guards played the Holyoke flash during the game. Only in the second half was he able to break away from the leech-like clutches of Kildulf 10 score two field baskets, but his best efforts went for naught in the first half and for most of the second.
 Billy Dudacll, calling on the spirit of his New Britain High school days. when as q basketeer, he be- came famous for his long shots, started the Guards on the right road almost from the beginning by caging two from the center Of the floor, btu to say he was the star of the game, would be sighting every other man on the team. There either were no stars on the Guard five or every player who got into the game Saturday night was star, because the team play and the CO., ordination of every man of the New Britain five, won the game al- though they were the underdogs from the beginning.
 Jimmy Malcolm and Tommy Tracy were the big hits for Bristol while Donoghue and Crowley showed real class at their respective positions.
 First Half
 "Pinky" Reynolds started tho flro- works when shortly after the whistle blew, he was fouled by Crowley and he made his free try good. A min ute after Dudack fouled Feldman and the score was tied at one all through his ring of the hoop. Then Dudack swung into action. The Bristol team grouped itself in front of their baskets and DudaCll drib- bling to the center Of the floor sailed the ball clean through the net for two points. On the next play, he took another heave from three quar- ters the length of the floor and in the ball went for two more making it 5 to l.. Donoghue hacked R"stclli as he was going to shoot and Hope made his two tries good. He was A fouled again and he made the third V one good. Reynolds then came through with q field basket and tho score stood 10 to in favor of New Britain.
 The Guards were outpassing thc Tndees and the all around play ol the New Britain team surpassed tho best Bristol could give. Reynolds again came around, took a pass from Taylor and dropped in another field goal. On the next play, Jimmy Malcolm shot from the middle Of the floor and his try was good giy. ing Bristol 8. Shcchan made a froc try good and Taylor wigemp through like an eel scored n field goal and New Briain's total was Is.
 Reynolds foulod Tracy as ho was shooting and Tommy made lis two tries good to give Bristol 5, Nal. colm scored another long shot fol count Of : but Reynolds in r1pj, succession crCr3 two almo2t i,1poe sibe shots and New Britain had ] c Tommy Tracy canr town tha 0ooI took bullet rass from nonoshp and slipped in a beautiful caron shot and with TclGman's fire" ,N made good. Bristol had 1o.
 Billy Dudack. came down Uud, the basket as hc waS pass.ns lud1 the hoop, he almost hronr his harl on shot, but tho ball wcr' throHrl for a score as pretty q shot as va! made on the floor all night Johnn, Sheehan flashing a wealth Of spec, hit the blackboard and in inc bal went Reynolds followed with good free try giving New Hritail 24. Malcolm got free and loopcd an other long one in and he followo, with another from beyond the fou line. Here the whistle blew for th first half with the score standing a 24 to II in favor Of New Britain.
 ScrOnd Half
 It was all New Britain for tim in the second half Shcchan shot on in almost immediately after th whistle blew. Rystrli cag"d a fou shot and Dudack came through wifi his fourth basket of inc nigh Sheehan followed him with anotho an New Britain had 3l. Dndac here went out CT thc game on toU uersoi1gl fouls following DCr0-hu