New Britain herald., 1928-01-26
NEW BRITAIN HAS EASY
 WIN OVER BRISTOL TEAM
Hardware City Club Makes Short Work of Bell Town Rivals-Locals Lead at Half Time by Score of IS to 11-Feldman Stars for Visiting Quintet - Substi- tutes All Used in Last Four Minutes of Game Endees Not the Same Team-Renaissance Here on Saturday.

COnJtnulHX ltS t1eN loNalds ttiS championship of the second half of the Connecticut State Basketball League. the New Britain team last night scored an easy 35 to 25 vic tory over the Bristol Endees in a game staged at the Stanley Arena in thiA city, New Britain showed superiority over the visitors in every department of the game last night although Bristol didn't appear to have the same punch that it has had on previous occasions.
 Jimmy Malcolm, captain of the Bell Towners, who was i'll for some time, still shows the effects of the attack of grippe which laid him low and hts playing last night was be- low standard. His passes were. for the most part intercepted and many of them were charged into scores for New Britain.
 ''Kisky" Feldman was the star Of the Bristol team. Not only did hc score four field baskets and two fouls in the contest but he scored these off Tom Leary who has made . sensational drive to keep all his opponents as nearly scoreless as possible. Feldman was pushed to the limit but he scored two pretty baskets on cuts for the hoop while the other two came from a long distance.
 Al Sloman working nicely with Nubenstein was the high scorer on tho New Britain team. He equalled Feldmans' mark for the night with 10 points. Rubenstein was in fine form as floor general and his work in breaking up Bristol passes served in | great measure to give New Britain its chances for scores
 Johnny Sheehan held Malcolm to pne basket last night while he caged three himself. Johnny showed plenty of speed. ZakzewsN played whirl- wind game at center against "Jlggs Donoghue and scored seven points. The substitutes all got into the eame last night in the second haH and they played the same whirlwlnd brand of ball they displayed against the Mohawks of Holyoke. Restelh occupied a forward position while Hoist went in at center and kll- dun played guard against Feldman. Hoist scored a pretty basket shortly after he started playing while the other two worked nicely on the floor.
 Account of Game.
 A field basket by Rubenstein and | foul shot by Zakzewski gave New Britain an early lead of three pcaata. Crowleys foul shots and free try by Feldman soon tied the score, Crowley broke the ice with . long peg but Leary in a spectacu- lar play tied the count again at b. all. This was the signal for the New Britain team to open up and through great floor work. the score stood at II to fin favor Of the home team.
 Feldman scored basket to ma.ie 1t seven for Bristol but Leary got by the Bristol forward to score basket and as ne was fouled in the try. he made one of the shots good. 6loman's field shot gave New Britain . lad of 16 to :. Malcolm's only basket of the game cut this down two points. Feldman again con- nected making it il for Bristol but close the half made 1t IS to Il favor New Britain at the rest period
 Second Half.
 Feldman started things going in the second half with pretty long peg. Leary evened the count with his man and Sloman followed him. Donoghue followed with a free try and Manning and Zakzewski both dropped in points from the compi- mentary stripe. Here rally by New Britain brought the score to 30 to IS in favor of the home club.
 At this juncture Bristol started q desperate attack that netted the team two basket. Sloman interrupt d to cage q spectacular field goal from the side of the court. He fol- lowed with a foul shot and Feld- man also slipped in d point on technical foul. Here the substitutes Aocked into the game. Hoist broke loose to cage a field basket almost on the first play. Dutch Leon- ard caged three free tries one after the other proving to be the best shot on the floor in this respect. Water man caged a field goal just before the game ended leaving the final score at 35 10 25 in favor of New Retain