New Britain herald., 1928-01-16

An easy Nlctory Tn Wnlcn all the substitutes as well as the regulars played sensational basketball. was scored by the New Britain team over the Mohswks: of Hciyoke Saturday night at the Stanley Arena on church street. The visitors were considerably weakened by the ab- ..nce from their lineup of Jerry Conway, star center, but it is doubt ful if this presence in the lineup would have enabled the visitors 10 stop the crushing attack of the home club
 New Brita,nls team work was of the variety that brought the local quintet several victories during the present season With vhcop the team cam. cut Of the slump It has been, in in ,ta-lsst three games and where last Saturday night against the Atlas of New Haven. the quintet was, at its poorest. it hit the other extreme Saturday night and showed almost perfect team work
 Both teams were bothered by the slippery condition of the floor and some of the finer points of the game had to be abandoned because of the precarious footing. Ruhenstein re- turned home at the start Of the game and he vas the Ruby" of last year, clever. floor worker and accurate shot His work through the entire game was sensational, sloman, al though not high in the list of scorers was lightning on the floor and sent in . number of passes that resulted in baskets.
 Zakzevski scintillated at center He not only got the jump but his work Tn cutting for the basket and dropping in shots. was sensational Leary and Sheehan were speed kings on the defense holding the three for- wards used by Holyoke to two baskets, one each. by the Cassidy brothers.
 The surprise of the night, how ever, was not the return to form of the regulars" 1t was the dsshing attack launched by the subs" The big parade started in the second half when Ray Hoist went in for Zekzewski Hoist never played bet ter than he did last night in his first chance to show his stuff. Carl RestelN. center on last years Na' tionsl Guard team. appeared for the nit prtt ain and in the nine minutes he play ed, he scored three sensational baskets. He was fast and, as good as he ever was "Butsy'' Sturm and Kildun went in at the guard post tions. Sturm worked a nice floor game and scored one basket. Kilduff showed a world of speed. He broke up Holyoke passes one after the othsr and put plenty of fight into the home club by his fast exhibition.
 Haverty. . veteran of many years experience. WAS the star of the visit ing club His floor work was proof of hts court ability. He scored seven points. Holland, substitute center. was second with seven points.
 Of. the game itself. little can be said because the New Britain team completely outclsssed its opponents. Holycke scored first through a basket by J. Cassidy at the 1:5o mark. Then at the three minute mark, Rubenstein started New Brit ain of with pretty field goal. Helyoke's second basket was made by Haverty at the 13:45 mark mak- ing the score II 10 { favor New Brit ain. Hsverty got another before the half was over making Holyokes total six. The New Britain team played at dazzling pace and al- though the team found the lid on tho basket for the first five minutes. when the players started dropping them in, they went in fast and furi- ously. The, score at half time was 20 to 6 for New Britain.
 Second Half
 {, Holyoke tried desperately to over take New Britain in the second half and the game was more exciting. New. Briiain's tight defense in the first session prevented the visitors from scoring more than six points. Holyoke found tho basket for seven field baskets and two fouls but New Britain got nine from the floor and two from the free throw line.
 Eubepstein kept up his excellent work in this frame while Carl Restelli starred with his three shots, one of them a long pop from near the center of the floor. Frank Gas sidy showed world of speed for the visitors on the floor and formed 8 good pivot around which the Holyoke play work Holland got three field ting two. The final score vas 4o to "2 for New Britain.
 The game was exceptionally clean from the foul standpoint Four fouls were called on New Britain and nine on Holyoke. Johnny Mannion's ret- eresing vas very good.
 New Britain will have only one game this week meeting the Meriden Endees in the first gsno of the soc nnd round of the league in this city next Saturday night A game schcd- ul"d with Hartford for Tuesday night has been postponed because tho Yankees had already rontractod to meet the Celtics of New York in the Capital City.
 The summary,
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