New Britain herald., 1926-12-06

Mert Taylor came into his own Saturday night in the weekly basket bal. contest at the state armory on Arch street when in the National Guards Meriden Jnsilcos clash, he ran wild in the second half and SCOT cd a total of 27 points. almost half of the total for his team for the night. The Guards won the game 57 to 43, but the Meriden quintet is far : from satisfied that the local team has the edge in court supremacy and dire threats were uttered Saturday night about what will happen when tthe Insilcos get the Guards on Meriden floor.
 The Guards looked very poorly in the first half, while Meriden looked like a championship outfit Only in spurts did the Guards flash any
 thing like their real form in the first frame while the 1nsilcos, led by Shrimp" Evans who, although
 reported in New Haven not good
 enough for the Atlas five but by his
 work against the locals, far too good for them, passed, played and shot all
 around New Britain and at the end
 of the frame, led the Guards by a
 23 to IT score.
 Evans and Kilduff furnished
 pretty battle. The local guard was
 hard put to it to keep the Meriden
 man from scoring twice as many
 points as he did. It was certainly
 a good night for the left handler from New Haven as he was caging
 goals from every angle and dis tance and some of them appeared to
 be almost impossible. kilduff didn't give him an open shot but his favor
 ite fling was lefthanded carom shot
 from the corner of the court. Invari-
 ably he made these count.
 ! Sloman and Taylor each got two | baskets in the first half but Kilduff came down the floor on nifty play to put in three double counters Tay- Tor was away off in the first half on
 foul shooting making only three out
 of nine shots. Hurwitz was guarding the New Britain flash and he paid
 no attention to anyone on the floor
 outside of Taylor. This accounted in a great measure for the little success
 that Taylor had in shooting from the floor.
 New Britain's team work was ter
 rible in the first fraE.e. The quintet
 was playing hard but lacked CO., , ordination. The score was tied after 12 minutes of play at 13 all, but
 when Meriden quickly drew away and led at the end of the half, 23 to r.
 It was a far different story in the second half. After getting the dope on the mistakes made in the first part Of the game. the locals went into the second half and quickly 1 overlook the Insilco5 and from then on, kept the edge. The Insilcos play cd hard and tied the score again,
 but New Britain was away to it's
 regular game and Taylor was the Taylor of old. He flashed around II ui "i'H' CoppSu SuChCl SHOlS, threw in long ones and piled up the score
 sloman wasn't in the scoring pie ture in this half but his floor work
 was marvellous. He played a won- dcrful defensive game and kept his man, Mendell, reputed to be the best scorer on the Merldcn team. to one basket for the night. He kept feed- ing Taylor throughout the half and Taylor kept putting the ball through the hoop. The flashy forward scored eight field baskets in this frame and his shots vied with those of Evans in being spectacular. Evans kept up his good work and at all times was big threat to the local team. He scored four double counters in this frame.