New Britain herald., 1927-03-14
Captain Marion Zalesk! celebrated

Captain Marion Zaleski celebrated the end of his high school basket ball career last Saturday by reach ing the peak of his form and SCOT ing l9 of his teams B points in the New Britain high schools victory over the St. Thomas Seminary five of Hartford. The game was played in that city.
 He began his sensational shooting bee in the first part Of the second quarter when his team was on the short end of to ? score and by q series of hook shots. steady foul shooting and floor work he carried his team through to victory.
 This was to be the last game In which he. Frank McGrath. center Al Havlick. forward, and John Ma tulis, guard were to take part in the uniform of the New Britain High school. but Principal Louis P. Slade gave permission for an alumni game and it will be played as q prelimin- ary to the National Guard game next Saturday night.
 The entire team showed wonder. full form in fighting the ball and on every occasion throughout the con. test it had the Saints hurrying their passes. The Red and Gold team was handicapped considerably through out the game by the officiating of Referee Mannion who usually does a pretty good job but who was a way of color Saturday. He let the Hartford team travel and get away with a trick pivot which if done right might not have been travelling but certainly was travelling the way the St. Thomas team was doing it,
 Account of Game
 Ate, a minute of play Laws col lected double decker after McCann had made the trick pivot and pass cd it 10 him. Matulis fouled Me- Cam but the latter missed his chance. He came back later and made the score to 0. On a beau tiful play Havlick passed long to Zaleski who passed to McGrath and the latter made the score to 2. McCann made it to 2. and Pinto made 1t seven when he made the foul try after Haylick had hacked him. The quarter ended.
 Zaleski started in an suspicious manner with a neat hook shot and on the next play he came through with another field goal that brought the team within one point of St. Thomas, Laws put his team further ahead by a. g to score. Matulis hacked McCann and the score Va. 10 to 6. Laleski drihbled like q streak through the Hartford teams $ defense and scored as White fouled hirn. The goal counted and Zaleski vas given two tries. He made both and tied the score at 10 all for the first time in the game. Continuing his one-man act he broke the tic with q field goal and q few minutes later he sank foul 10 make the score l3 to 10,
 Matulls committed his third per- sonal foul against McCann but the latter failed 10 make the chance count. Alanskas slipped down the floor and tossed in q field goal be- fore the New Britain defense could get back 10 stop him. Time was up. the score at half time vas New Britain IS, St. Thomas lo
 Second Half
 Havlick made long shot and Nc Gratl made q foul goal when Alans- ka- held him. Zaleski was about to shoot when White fouled him and he continued his great foul shooting by making both chances good. Mc- Cam made it If but Zaleski made 1t 20 on another of his famous hook shots. He made it 22 and when Pinto fouled him he made 1t B. When White fouled him he scored the a4th point The third period was over. New Britain led 24 to l4.
 McGrath made a foul goal and sowka missed his chance. Each of