New Britain herald., 1926-03-08
HIGH SCHOOL ENDS WITH GOOD VICTORY
Closes Season by Turning Back
 Selninarians 29-2S

In game punctuated with bril- liant play, and all around clever shooting, the New Britain High school basketball team closed its season against the St. Thomas semi nary team by taking q hotly contest cd game, score New Britain %, St. Thomas 23. The game was played at West Middle gymnasium. Hart ford.
 Tho Hardware City team had one of the toughest battles of the sea son to take the "Sonts' into camp. The latter got the jump in the early part of the game and succeeded in holding q one and two point ad- vantage over New Britain during the first half and the greater part of the third stanza, New Britain would get within a point of its op- ponent when the latter would suc- ceed in finding the basket again. The game zig gagged back and forth varying from one point to three point lead until within about two minutes Of third quarter intermis- sion. With the score l6 to 15, Mac" MCGrath dribDled through the St. Thomas defense and tossed a field tally that put his team in the lead for the first time in the game. Za- leSlli followed shortly after with an other. The score at the end of the period was 10 to lG, New Britain,
 Tho Red and Gold team then be- came the masters Of the situation and despite desperate tries on the part of the Hartford team to over come q fast increasing lead, the Now Britain crew flashed through with the winning counters.
 Among the many features of the zane was the machine like play of thc Hardware City team, There were no stars on tEo team. Each of the brilliant offensive combination of McGrath, ZaIesli and Darrow scored three field goals from the floor, Za- lcski'S floor work, however, was the host seen by the Hartford crowd this year, they said. He WIS con- tinually cutting for inc hoop and bad tho guards puzzled with his de- cnptiyo fnEine. Sowka and Matulis played exccllantly in tho hack court.
 First Quarter
 Corrigan, tho star who was miss ing from tho lineup in the first New i Rritain-St. Thomas game, broke the i ice with q short shot from the right side Of tho court. Shea made St, | Thomas lead four points with an | other field counter. The score was tied in a few minucs with field goal by oach of tho two guards, 1 Sowka and Matulis. Shea got away again and added two moro 10 his teams score. Kelley slipped through tho New Britain defense and scored which was followed shortly after hy T foul goal hy White, putting St | Thomas ahead 10 1.
 Just &s Mc(rath was In 'bn ar' oe shooting. Su'u haoh'l him and "Nac" made tho ancont Of his tWC tries. MauHs foulrd NrCann hut tho Inter mad" two beautiful misses "Sowkoy" nirrol 'ha hall through tho netting iust aa the first quartor ,ndcd. Scoro -. Saints.
 Srcond Quarter
 Zalreki foulrd CorriEan resulting in another point addition 10 Hart eord's total, Londorgan foNlcd "a l.sli who nlso made good his ire try. Both teams rcsortcl to q d."
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 Third Quarter
 \ lhrrc point bad was galnti il 'L.s period }y NcConn. Talosli rc. drrl it 10 onr after 2 dribhlnr Own the sid" of the playing surface l.ondrrEan came through. but th, Red and Gold men kept mp their uphill fight and rotaliatrd with a aald goal by Darrow. Shea put hi: team back in'o its three point lead fnr the third time in the quarter, . ru' on q hullot-li|te long pass from ! NHrlis. ZaIeeki fossr1 in q counter ] ID mako inc score 1s 10 i5. Then NcGrafh came through for inc hask, ct that put his team in the lead