New Britain herald., 1928-12-24
NEW BRITAIN COMES BACK
 TO WIN IN SECOND HALF
Basketball Quintet After Trailing at Rest Period De- feats Collegians 42 to 25-McElwain Terminates Membership With Local Club-Bewildering Rally In Closing Session Results In Big Score for Home Team-Sloman Is High Scorer.

After a desultory first half in which the visitors had the edge all the way through. the New Britain basketball team Saturday night at the Stanley arena staged a whirl- wind attack in the second half that gave 1t it's seventh consecutive vic- tory of the season by the score of %2 to 25. The latest quintet to fall victim to the sensational play of the Hardware City team was the All-CollegianA an aggregation of college stars who have banded themselves together into a formida- ble basketball combination.
 The visiting quintet showed it's best basketball in the first half and New Britain displayed it's worst brand of play. Only spasmodically were the locals anything like they have been during the present sea- son in other games. However. after consulting for ills and ailments dur ing the rest period. the five returned to the floor and proceeded to make the All-Collesians look like begin- ners. Despite the charges made in publication yesterday that only one Of the advertised players ap- peared with the invaders every man who was announced beforehand ss being a member of the All-Col- legian team. was on hand to play the game last night.
 The New Britain team was for tunate to keep step with the Col legians in the first half. Only once in the session was the Hardware City crew ahead in the score and this was after three minutes and 50 seconds had been played. The count stood 3 to 2 for New Britain. At the four-minute mark, however. the visitors took the lead and kept it until the period was over. The score at tho end of the half was IT to 13 in favor of the visitors.
 The visitors battIed fercely to hold their slim lead at the resump- tion of play. Immediately the New Britain team started to play organ i.ed basketball and an apparent difference was noted. However, due to the close guarding of the oppo- sition. 1t was seven minutes and 10 seconds before the locals were able to overtake the Cellegians and take the lead for the second time in the game. At this point. it was two foul shots and pretty field goal tossed by McElwain that gape the New Britain five a one point edge, a to e:.
 This was the signal for the home club to start bewiIdering rally that carried them completely and overwhelmingly to victory Sloman and Zakzewski in rapid succession sank field baskets. This pair again came back to make the count 3l tc a3 in favor Of tho home team Nc. Elwsin and Sheehan chimed in with points and the count stood SC to :s. McElvain popped in two more fouls, Zakzewski added q basket and McEiwain closed tho game with q final neld goal.
 Al Sloman was the high score, of tho night. He scored |: points McElwain was second with II and Zakzewski close third with 10. The game marked McElwain'. last appearance here as a membe, Of the New Britain quintet. He ha, just risen to the position of being a sensation with the locals when he has reached the decision to return to Fort Wayne, Ind, to assume q lucrative position which will allow him 10 play basketball as a side. line. He has been residing in New Haven but could not find congenia employment there.
 Saturday night. the combination of Sloman and McElwain showed to better advantage than ever be- tore. Especially in the second half when the two started their bewil- dering passing game. were they ex- ceptional. Zakzewski, after a poo, start, made up for the lack of co. lesion by coming through like a ~hirlwind to cage four baskets and foul shot in the second frame. Shechan and f.eary. pitted against two fast men. played great basket ball. Both men kept their charges safely under cover especially in the pinches. Morris starred for the yisl- tors New Britain plays Meriden in Meriden Christmas night. The score: I New Britain