New Britain herald., 1928-03-30
PHANTOMS PULL SURPRISE
 AND BEAT SOUTH CHURCH
Youngest Team in Senior Class Wins Sensational City Tournament Victory in Hard Game-Pythons Film mate Phantom Reserves - First Lutheran Juniors and Whppets Win-Senior Sem-Final Games Take Place This Evening.
Yesterdays Results

Junior division--First Lutheran Juniors sl, Aces II, Whippets 2S, Celtics 19.
 Intermediate dirision-pythons g, Phantom Reserves 2l.
 Senior division rhantoms &5, South Church 29.
 Games Tonight
 Senior diyison-Co. II Ns. Lions, yhantoms vs. All-Stars.
 Games Tomorrow Afternoon
 Junior diNision-l'irst Lutheran Juniors vs. Whippots. lntcrme diste 6yision-Flashes Hs. Boys Club Re &rves; pythons vs. Eagles.
 A fighting Phantom team which layed basketball for four quarters While it's opponents were tumbling around for more than two precious SGriods scored q surprise Sa-29 vic epry over the South church at the Boys club last night jn the last fame Of the first round dt play for the city championship. As q result ' advanced into the seni-finals and Till meet the All Stars in one Of the co senior games tonight, the other pntest being between the Lions and o. H. The Pythons also sprang an npset in the intermediate division 0st night when they ran lip q 55-2 Hore against the Phantom Reserves. h the junior division games played during the afternoon the First Luth- Iran Juniors coasted 10 q Sill trl-
 mph over the Aces. while the Hhippets downed the Celtics by 2S-
 after a hard struggle,
 Phantons 33, south Church c9
 Taking the floor with hopeless do-
 at apparently staring them in in" pee the Phantoms basketball team oDse in glory and dealt the South hurch five team a neat 35 to 20 neatinE. It was the biggest upset of Vhe City tournament so far. The hurCh team has run up an impoS- &E record and appeared to be far ut of the class of the Ihantoms. $he Phantoms took the lead from the start and battered the South ehurch five throughout the first half, running up an II point lead that more than sufflCed them to win he 6ame in face Of a strong south church comeback in the second half
 The Phantoms displayed passing game that had the church five .haf- fled throughout the entire game The church team was completely outclassed in the opening half. the Phantoms guards holding the losers to . single basket while dropping in seven double counters themselves.
 In the second half the Church team began to find itself. and with Bell and Mercy eading the attack. began to cut down the Phantoms' lead considerably. With five minutes to go. Rockwell dropped in three sensational baskets from the center Of the floor that put the church team within three points of the Phantoms However two rapid baskets by Cohen end Hewett put the game on ice for the Phantoms and gave them the y1ght to meet the All-Stars in the 0eml-flnals thls evening.
 The first quarter was evenly ought. each team playing a cautious oAMe. There was very little scoring, tho church five holding q G-5 ad- vantage at the whistle. In the second Dsr1od Cohen went on spree and together with Ikowitz. dropped in baskets from all angles of the floor oput the team on the long end of a 44-7 score at the half
 In the third period the teams Sought evenly and matched each other point for point. The attack of 0e Phantoms was led by Cohen ond Crane. with Mercy keeping the 0hurch team in the running with Never shots.
 The final period proved 10 be the
 ggest one of the evening for the tesers. Bell started off the period Ntth q basket and Rockwell, standing 0om the center of the floor, drop Sed in three successive baskets with 0 . minute. With the score 32 and - and two minutes to 20 HcWctt end Cohen came through 10 score a basket and foul each 10 Ciaeh the oame for the Phantoms.
 Cohen and Nm1kowitz were the yeading lights of the winners in their offensive attack while Levine played . strong defensive battle Rockwell end Bell did veomau work for inc losers, their N ork on both the de- fenslve and offensive being pretty to watch.
 Each team finished with only four nen on the floor, Gt fouls being ealled and five players rjected.
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