New Britain herald., 1926-01-21


 last 10 minutes of play, abandoning attempts to make long shots on every pass and going at their op- ponents like wild tigers unleashcd from bonds, the National Guards last night at the state armory, claw ed their way 10 a 37 10 @7 victory over the Meridcn Endees. This eyens the score between tho two teams Meridcn having won the first encounter a few weeks ago in Meri- len.
 'rhe game was hair raiser from start 10 finish and every time one icam scored a basket, the other would lie the score up. When the ice was again broken, the other cam would tie 1t up again and go he game went. The score at half ilne was l5 10 14 in favor of New Britain.
 With 10 minutes to go in the sec ond h If and the score at 2i all, he Guards broke loose. "Pinky' Rc.'l olds, Sheehan and above all others Taylor, shot around the floor and after having tough luck on their shots all night put the ball square lv through the hoop and gave the Guards n commanding lead and the game.
 New Britain's big fault in the first. half l'v in the fact that all the A1a tr,-inr n lD SlS pt on long shots. Time after time. every player on the team would let the ball fly from the middle of the court and many were the shots that were missed Hope Restelli, playing like q demon, was left in inc game only for about five min utes as he quickly had four per sonal fouls called on him and he took the route 10 the showers. Billy Dudack then went into center and he played a very creditable game at the pivot position. & Taylor and Reynolds were the high scoring aces for the locals get ting 20 points between them and Johnny Sheehan with 10 points and Nildu' with two did their bit. Du- Jack contented himself by playing d wonderful floor game and it was his pass work that helped greatly in the New Britain victory
 Billy Cook and Bissell of the visit nrs wero the shining lights of the Silver City team. "Tim" Cronin nd McNamara were guarded so 'loselysthat1hey went seoreless from he fsfd foptre re@'evenihg. "Red' iingnArs excepk1for ghissbabyinJ with H> refereo ohafouls, played a nice ame at guard and besides scored K points far his team. The terri. lc pace kept mp through the game 'eemcd 10 tell on the Meriden team owards the middle of the second half and enabled New Britain. which had pulled together. 10 start the rpurt that finally landed them the ,ictory.
 First Half
 Meridon started the scoring when lingner slipped through for pretty goal from under~the. basket Bissell followed by a whirlwind dribhle and a field goal from the other side of the court. Taylor gave New Britain it's first point when he caged q free try and Reynolds soon pulled around for double decker and made the score to with Moriden leading.
 "Pinktop" again came back 10 put New Britain in the lead by the tri- umph was short lived as Cook flip ped in long shot 10 give Meri1on six. Ta"lor came through again on Il free toss and tied the score. Rcstcl- Ii pushed ahead a point on q free try but IiuEuer got two throws and scored both giving Meriden the edge to :.
 Billy Dudack rame down tho floor and slipped in q field goal on q pretty play. McNamara tied it up by sensational shot with q man guarding him. Taylor got his third free try and 1h" toss was good and when Johnny Shcchan took tn" bali flown the court and slipped it in. the score stood l2 10 2 for New Britain. Reynolds made it l3 on free toss ;tnd kilduff. who wont into guard as l;cstolli went out on fouls, made it ] with teasing shot from inc sid", BisSCll then broke away for a big spurt He cagcd free toss, dribhlcd down the floor, ,CluJed Reynolds and kilduff and ,scorad a tiyld goal. He again took tho nS4l on a pass, drib- hlcd in and cagcd another field goal Just as the half ended with the score l5 to II for Now Britain.
 second Half
 kilduff started th" fireworks in his frame hy slapping in two point score Cook caEcI a fire toss and Iingnor cam" through with a hcaD- riful shot 10 put Moriden in the lead IS to l7. Shochan was foultd by Cook and hc made his try good, teiing inc score Johnny cam' Dhrongh aua;n on d. pretty play Fay Tor 10 Reynolds to Sh"ohan and his shot went in making lt 2p.
 StraightWay Cook Tipped one through the air on one Of the best shots seen at the armory this ycar and the score was tied again al 20 all. She,han went to shoot and Ling Her fouled mm. He made his two free tries good, giving New Britain g2 Rissoll was foulel by Reynolds and his try was good. Norris hcr' went into the game for McNamara and he celebrated his entry hv cag- ing q field goal putting Mcridcn in the lead again.
 Taylor drihbled through two Mcri, den men and on twisting jump pui the bah through the hoop for q but Norris scored a free fry and tho score was tied at 93 all
 Ten minutes Of playing time was ,F gl.,- 4I,a T,,v~V.- r