New Britain herald., 1928-02-18

Members Of the New Britain High school and Bulkeley High acheol basketball teams staged a. suppel show at tho school gymnasium .n this city last evening and the large crowd which. gathered about the time-worn race track and gallery et the gym saw tho Hardware City team triumph over the Capital City entry. on the bowling alley' be. low. Although the Bulkelsy artil- lery popped away in . despsrate rally in the closing minutes Of the game. 1t was short by just thres points at the end. The Anal score was % to 25.
 Tho New Britain playen seemed to fall Into fouls and at tho end Of tho game. two of the regulars who started were banished from the gams and each of the other three had three fouls on them. Despite the golden opportunities offered them Bu,keley lot opportunity knock but failed to hear. On tho other hand the Red and Gold team did a rather efficient Job of caging foul goals. Bulkeley scored out of .7 while New Britain scored 2 out of 10.
 Bulkeley had a bit of tough luck during the game. Two baskets scored by them in the first and second halves were not allowed when Referee Dick Dillon declarsI. the player was travelling. On an- other occasion a Bulkeley player tossed in what appeared to be . held goal. but 1t came out and drop ped into the waiting hands of an alert New Britain player.
 Although Bulkeley had tough luck in losing 1t lost to a better team. New Britain did not play up to snuff in the opening quarter and Bulkeley made six points before the New Britain team could Ind it, self. Zaleski. Krasjewski and sAun- ders. New Britain center-forward combination, got together and when the first quarter ended the count was to '. New Britain.
 It was in the second quarter that the Red and Gold team reached the height of the evenings work Through q consistent offensive at- tack 1t scored nine points while it was holding It's opponents to four points. The count at half time was IT to II.
 Strong Comeback
 Gradually the Hartford quintet bsQn tS And itself in the second half. :whitey" White and Red" MallsJ began to make the follow. CTS of the Red and Gold team feel blue. White scored . field seal and followed 1t up with . foul soal and the count was II to 1+. Captain Saunders of the New Britain team saw Red" but he tucked him and scored. He failed to sec him the next time and while the rangy New Britain captain was doing . mara. t}on race down tho floor to save the day for the dear old Red and Gold team. Malloy made an easy sucker shot" The score was ls to 16.
 shases came into the limelisht and amid the cheers of the Bulkeley section of the gallery he planted the ball through the rim. Saunders sauntered over toward the basket and the Red and Gold enjoyed . twe-point increase. White was foul- ed and he made the opportunity good. Bulkeley was in the rear by only two points now. Zaleski made a foul and the lead was three points. P to 19. zaleski was down at the right side. He took . quick pop at the hoop and made good, but as he was doing 1t he was fouled. His two chances nettod two points. It was 2s to 1s. Sowka made hls exit march on the next play when he fouled Malloy who made his second attempt good. The count was % to 20 with five minutes to 70.
 White made two Held goals in suc- CCeoiOu IO put ulO Ltdu WitHlH IUuE points of % to 24 score. There were three minutes left to play when Nalloy scored . foul goal to put his team up to 25 points. A member of the Hartford team then scored one of the feld goals that was not allowed. 4 minute and . half was left. A minute was left, the timer was putting his whistle in his mouth and tho Bulkeley players were shooting desperately. The whistle blew ending the game.
 The speedy forward pair. Alex Zaleski and Henry Krasjewski were the shining lights in the New Brit ain High school teams play. These two scored timely points. Captain was handicapped consid- erably by his many injuries. White and Red" Malloy came through with flying colors for the Bulkeiey team. The latter's greatest fault. was that he hung around his basket most of the time waiting for Sucker shots." but his brilliant shooting and floor work offset this,