New Britain herald., 1926-12-17
League Standing

7 COEplu oCTeW stsEs-s. "s 'oo" R. & E. ......,s.r;. .S5S !, P. & F. Corbin r-.r. 800 Stanley Rule .... 2 5 400 Stanley Works r.2 .SS3 Landers .....,...1. .933 N. B. Machine .. 6 900 '' The seasons sensation In the h. dustrial basketball league was pre- sented last night at the Y. M. c. A. gymnasium when the Corbin Screw quintet humbled the league i leading P. & F. Corbin five, cham piOns of last years campaign, by the score of 21 to 10. Through this victory, the Screw shop team went into first place tied with the Russ win team which beat the New Britain Machine in the second game of the night.
 The P. & F. squad was outplay ed by the diminutive members of the Corbin Screw team in all de- { partments of the game. The here ,tofore invincible combination of Luke, Hoist and Jasper was held almost scoreless for the entire game last night only Jasper and Luke each getting one field goal for the nights work. The largest crowd of the year was on hand to watch the battle and none was disappointed in the game staged though many were roofing for the losers, The score at half time was 6 to in favor of the Screw Shop. Account of Game
 ! Feldman started the scoring 20 seconds after the game began :. when he was fouled by Vetrano. He made good free try giving P. ; i& F. Corbin one point. Zaleski had the opportunity to tie the score but 7 failed on 8 free try. Again Feld- man was fouled by Yacobowicz and he made the try good.
 The P. 6S F. lead was destined to be a short one because after a gruelling five minutes, Zaleski 'tsneaked In field goal from beyond 1. the foul line tying the score at the 5:20 mark. Jasper was fou!ed while shooting but missed two tries. Again he was fouled the same way and he made the second shot good.
 Yacobowicz took nifty pass from Vetrano and broke into the scoring column at the $50 mark putting his team in the lead. Luke was fouled by Darrow and made one of two tries good, tying the score at 4-all. Andy was in the act of shooting when Gotowala hacked him and he made one of the two tries good. Vetrano was shortly afterwards fouled by Feldman and he made one out of two, giving his team six. A bitter fight was then staged about the floor with one team getting the ball and then the , other. The P. & F. team lost three baskets through travelling and though Andy was fouled again by Gotowala. he missed the try and the. whistle brought the half to close with the score to 4.
 Second Half.
 Both teams started off at a killing pace in the second half. Yacobo- wicz got away clean for a spectacu- lar shot and raised the ante for the Screw Shop to@ eight. Gotowala missed a foul shot when he was held by Luty. Feldman, hacked by Ialeski also missed. YacobowiCz again came through with a lightning like dribhle and sank goal at the 2:15 mark for 10. Darrow was foul ed by Luke and made one shot good Luty got loose from Hoist and made a clean basket for 13. The Screw Shop team was playing rings around the P. Ss F. players who appeared to be either stale or tired. The battle was fierce every second.
 At the nine minute mark, Zalesl1i !! came through with a pretty shot l and the lead was increased. Oar | row missed a free try on technical i foul by Gotowala, Luke was fouled by Yacobowicz and made one out | of two making the score 1 5 to 5. i Micky then got a pass from Jasper , and with the hall rolling around the ! rim, the crowd gasped. It finally ! dropped through giving P. & F. five. ]
 Vetran, fouled by Jasper, missed and Gotowala, fouled by Netrano missed The Corhin men were poor on their shots due mostly to the fact that eyerytime they got a chance to toss they were either hurried or shaken so that they couldn't get set. Luty pulled Hoist while he was shooting but Hoist missed two shcts. '.
 After time out by Corbin Screw, Luty, at the 16 minutes mark, got Christmas present for two points YacobowiCz got away clean to sink . spectacular shot through the hoop making the score 19 10 T. Joe Jas per finally found the hoop for two points. the second field goal of Inc game for r. X; r. and made it nine. This was at the IS minute mark. As the time drew near for the eud- ing of the game. both teams fought like wildcats Zaloski got away . again and sank a long shot. Paris . who had gone into the game for Ieldman, was fouled by facobowich and he made Inc try good. Andy went out Of the game. !
 This ended the scoring for thc . game because time blew with the ball in P. X Els possession. Yacobo- wicz was the shooting star ot Inc ! Corbin team though Eetraua work ed wonderfully on the floor Zalcsl1i . found fine hoop for three baskets and Darrow and Luty kept their . men to a minimum of scoring, The /. guarding of the Screw Shop team . was a. feature of the game. The ]. Corbin team was in very poor Form all througr the game, none of the . players caging their suckers, The l. contest was by far the best game Of i the season. The score:
 Corbin screw
 Ed. Fl. Til. .