New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-01-03
RUBBER works IS
BEATEN BY LOCALS
Y. ". G. A. Team Shows ST.
periority Over Hartford Five

The same team which defeated
the championship P. F. Corbin
team here last New Years day and
is now leading team in the Hart
ford Industrial league could do
nothing with the crack "Y" basket
ball team Saturday night Getersloh,
Madden and Reincke. Hartford s
best point getters, We're held to a
total Of five field goals.
The local "Y" defense broke up
all of Hartford's offensive plays and
toward the end of the game ran
the visiting team ragged. Nyborg
was the highest scorer with five
field goals; Demarest was second
with four and Joe Luke, unlucky
from the floor. did a perfect job
from the free throw line.
All of the members of the local
team broke into the scoring COL
umn. The game was rough at times,
two New Britain players being hurt.
| Johnny SAKE suffered a sprained
ankle and Joe Luke a charly horse.
! Rcincke of Hartford dislocated his
ankle and Madden lost a few front
teeth,
In the first 40 seconds of play,
| Madden fouled Luke. Joe made the
shot good. E. Getersloh two min
utes later sank double decker
from the halfway mark. A minute
later Scanlon fouled Luke and Joe
tied the score at all. At the five
minute mark Madden folued Ny
borg while Nibby was shooting
Nyborg sank both tries. Nyborg on
pass from SAKE rolled in a dou-
A few minutes later Demarest
hooked Getersloh. who missed
twice from the free throw line.
Getersloh a minute later arched
high one from the center Of the
floor for beautiful double decker.
Demarest on a pass from Luke
sank one. New Britain was leading
to at the end of the quarter.
At the IL minute mark Luke,
fouled by Scanlon, made good De-
marcst scored on a pass from Yam
kaska. Yankaska, at the 10 min
ute mark, with his team mates
boxed, dribbled the length of the
floor and heaved one in for a double
tally making the score, New Brit
ain 10, Hartford 4. Madden broke
through the New Britain defense to
heave in a one hand shot under the
basket. Hartman. fouled by De-
marest made good from the free
throw line. Johnny SAKE in attempt
ing to cut through Hartford's de-
Tense, became entanglcd with their
forwards and suffered a sprained
ankle. Double time was called
while Johnny's foot was being
strapped.
On resumption of play Sake in re-
cciving pass from Demarest was
fouled by Getersloh and Johnny
made the point. A minute later
Luke collided with Nyborg and suf-
fered a charley horse. Luke went
out and Bengston took his place.
Heincke fouled by Bengston as he
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tempts from the free throw line.
Madden who had been following Joe
Luke, was all in and ]. Getersloh
took his place. The score at the end
of the half was New Britain IA and
Hartford Z.
Gctersloh opened up the last half
with another pretty long shot.
Reincke fouled Bengston and Beng
ston sank the point Bengsto on,
minute later on a pass from Nyborg,
garnered a double decker. Reincke
was caught hooking 'Nibby" Ny
borg and Nyborg made the throw
good and Reinclte to show how
pleased he was, heaved the ball at
the referee. New Britain at this
period was starting to work smooth
ly, passing all around Hartford. The
visiting team resorted to pushing
rather late in starting. was finding
the basket regularly for necessary
tallies. Whenever the local for
wards were blocked the guards slip
ped through for points. Hartford
on the other hand. was finding its
attcmpts for closeup shots blocked
and started shooting from all angles.
The visiting team in the second
half scored five points to the locals
90. with only five minutes to go.
Reincke dislocated his ankle and n
few minutes later Mndden ran into
some ones elbow. losing a few
teeth.
The Y. NJ c. A. midget gvmnastic
troupe entertai' d with several min
utes of ground tumhling preceding
the game. New Britain scored 16
field goals and out of I 1 shots from
the free throw line. Hartford made
five field goals and out of free
trys. The final score was New Brit
ain 40; Hartford -. Referee. Tobin:
scorer Lacaque-Fresen timer, Kut-
scher; time, . 20 minute halves.
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