New Britain herald., 1927-11-21
H0LYOkE QUINTET
 NOSES OUT TABS
Jerry Conway Gives Team Two Point Margin Near End Of Game


 hands of the Holyoke Mohawks in torrid exhibition Of basketball play ed at the Y. M. T. A. & B. hall. Saturday night, the Tabs team, in the opening game Of the season, showed great promise and the large crowd which watched the game was satisfied with the evenings enter tanment.
 The Holyoke team. with such players IS Jerry Conway. New Eng lands best center and the Cassidy brothers, one Of whom was former member Of the Washington Palace team. played a smooth brand of basketball. It is a credit to the work of the New Britain team that it was able to hold to a close score. the winners of the championship of western Massachusetts.
 Conway did not go into his ac- customed place at center Saturday night. He went into the backcourt and assigned himself to the job of holding Merritt Taylor, New Brit aims captain. To score on a man Of | Conways physique and basketball experience was an accomplishment, but Merritt managed to collect three baskets during the game. | Jimmy Reynolds showed good form for his first game. The two forwards scored three field goals and one foul counter.
 Paige, center, had a lot Of tough luck on his shots but he was con stantly getting away from his man. l Berry went in at forward in the second half and his floor work was especially good.
 Johnny Sheehan was the star of the New Britain team. Toward the latter part Of the game when the Hardware City five was making a desperate effort to win the game Sheehan led the attack. r. Cassidy had scord six baskets Tn the first half, but when Sheehan shifted tc guard him, he was successful 1T scoring only one counter from the floor. Carl Rcstella and Jack Carl. son divided up on the other guard position. The former displayed 2 good eye and the latter's defensiIt work with Shechan kept the visitors in check while the New Britain team was overcoming a lead made in the first part Of the game.
 The Tabs team got off to a goot
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 r. Cassidy began his nights work The score was tied and then 1t zig gagged back and forth for the frs
 10 minutes Of the game. Holyok' pulled away and was leading 24 t ' 17 at the end Of the first half. Fay
 Tor kept his team in the running b. three sensational shots. F. Cassid, made six field goals and foul goa for l3 of his teams A points. In the second half the New Brit ain team began to find itself an'
 vas up 10 q points on shots D, Berry and Reynolds before the Mo :, hawks located the hoop. J. Cassid made it 25 to q. but Hope" Res tella who had just started the sec
 ond half. sank one 10 make it 2
 to 2S. Conway got away with
 Sucker" shot and once more tn :, breach was stretched. Reynolds pu =, his team within two points of ii :, on a field goal from the side of tn |, floor.
 :. New Britain was playing a fin n floor game. but it could not seem | n ovcrtake the fast Massachusct'
 team. Finally Sheehan slipped dow q the side Of the court. took a pa. h and made the points that tied tf d score at 27-all. Torno broke the Ii d % 10 21. Once more Sheehan can c through to tie the score at H9-al Q J. Cassidy broke the tie again ar tt q few minutes later the score W;
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