New Britain herald., 1926-02-15

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 The National Guards basketball tcam of this city took all the won. aermont about the Passaic Wonders out of the minds of the capacity 1 house of fans Saturday night at the state armory by making 6 runaway | same out of what everybody thought vas 10 he tough contest.
 It wasn't because the Passaic | players couldn't play basketball, be- cause every man on tho team seom- ed capable of handling himself and | the ball, but there arc very few bas- | kcthall fans in this city who have | seen tho National Guards work 10 | better perfection than they did at | tho armory Saturday night. There was absolutely no sign of individual play among the members ot tho New Britain team and be- cause Of this tho members of tho quintet deserve all the praise that ,'an he bestowed upon them. It was ortainly treat 10 watch the pass rg and the shooting of the Hard. are City quintet Saturday night. There were very few nassos vast cl Saturday night and fewer, if pos >ihle, shots thrown away. No man tried 10 shoot the ball while anOth- vr member of the team was free. Starting with Taylor and Reynolds he two forwards, one can go down through the entire New Britain squad, Restcll, Shechan, Kllduff, Eulack. Giorochowski and LaIiar and find that every man played sweet game Of basketball
 The fast play of the first 10 min ,l, ,rll l1r heart out of the Passaic men and although they made q game fight of r in the second half, they were beaten in that first 10 minutes.
 l. was very noticeable that on al- most every jump at center. whether IcSt"lii got the tap or not, Now Britain player vas in 10 get the ball aud this was more than 50 per cent of tn" success Of tho team in get ing the oval down 10 the basket. EcStrlli was against q man who stood head and shoulders over him, .ut Carl outplaycl and several times oii jumped his opponent.
 Carl. finding that hc conldn't get ;u~ jump without *'raining himself, stepped taccidcntally) on the Pas :Hic centcr's toes and Jormolowitz %us unable tn move. Carl got the iUGn on thcac occasions.
 "nr'," NildHtf played q Wh1'o of i ':,u,c both or Inc lloor and in shoot ja%. Whenever the others got tied l;p and couldn't get d shot at the basket. I'r,c" sncal;cd through inc crowd and was all alone by the has- hrt. His shots were perfect also and his general work was good to watch.
 'pink-Top Reynolds was his oln .inr flash in thr playing ot the game and hi, showing leads uno to hrIicvo jhut hn and Taylor when paired with one another, are about as good q i,;ir of forwards as this state can rru luce. "Ecd" was H flash or dc tnSi>r plays and his pass"ork was ln" of the rcatrrcs of the game. He ,an nurl E hang onto the bah and if there is d possible chance oi him scoring he puts the hall through th" uuop.
 ssh ], maker" EcSt''i went into forward for lime Saturday night and his play there brands him as an 3,l around man. GinroChov$N filled in nicely at center and "G,rry'' plpycd whale Of q %aIuc.
 .Iuhfny siberian 0l;ngns or snow .hor.p electrified the crowd With his Gribbine end his passing while h. held ms man 70 very few scores dur ing inc evening. Paul I.AtIar also played nice aNmr and filled in very well at forward. For ;h" short tiuc that Hlly Dudack was in tn" game hr pass"d nicely and stopped q mum. her of shots for tho basket.
 Th. Guards play the SprnGicli li '. VI. II, A. '"arn in Springfield Wed r,rsday night and the ,"Ilcrald" vii h;,l" special correspondent cover ipEthe game. Then Saturday night lhc Guards tackle the Atlas onc' more ai the stat" armory.
 Let the Hardware City quintet dis l-lav the same form os they did S3t ullay night, and they will casil, lr.at tho Atlas. They suffered an Of night at tho last meeting and al 1ha were beaten hy three points. th score being 4o 10 &7. W" expect tha the tables will ho reversed this com Ing Saturday night
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