New Britain herald., 1928-02-02
BRISTOL ENDEES DEFEAT
 LOCALS IN TOUGH BATTLE
New Britain Outplays Opponents During Entire Game Poor Officiating of Johnny Manion Scored Crack Foul Shooting Gives Bell Towners Winning Edge-Leary Forced to Leave Game With Injury to Ankle - Johnson High Scorer for Victorious Quintet,

Tn one of the toughest and poor est played games of the present state leaSue season. the Bristol Endee basketball team managed to nose ont tho New Britain quintet at the Bristol high school last evening by a two point margin. 26 to 24. The xame was marred by the constant rourh play Of the Endee team and the poor officiating of Johnny Manion.
 Tho locals outplayed their op- ponents throughout the entire bat tie, outpassing and outjumping them without any trouble. The small floor gave the Endee team a great advantage and Sloman and Ruben- stein were continually roughed up as they attempted to shoot from short range. New Britain outscored Bristol from the floor. ten field goals to eight, but the foul shooting of the Endees was spectacular. and gave the Bell town team the game. Bristol sank 40 tries out of 16 while New Britain was able to cage but four tries out of 1e.
 Bristol took an early lead on Johnson's foul shots but sloman's baskets kept the locals in the run ring. The score at half time was 15 to II in favor of Bristol. In the second half Sheehan ran wild and caged three sensational baskets from the side court that put New Britain into the lead for the first time in the game. Bristol took the reins in the final six minutes and by their typi- cal stalling tactics managed to stave off the locals long enough to win the game.
 Tom Leary continued his great guarding and allowed his man only one basket. He held the great Feld- man without a basket in the first half and Johnson. the latest addition to the Bristol team, managed to score a basket off the former Ford ham flash when he and Manning got loose under the basket and Leary left Johnson to guard Manning. Sheehan continued to back up Leary in fine style and held Feldman and Johnson to one basket each. Leary was forced to retire early in the second half when his ankle was in- jured in scrimmage under the basket. Sloman led the locals of fersive. caging four baskets and a foul point. ZakzewsN continually outjumped Donoghue.
 Johnson was the high point man for the winners. his great foul shoot ing featuring the attack of the Bris- tol team. He sank two baskets and ssven fouls for a total of II points. Waterman also played a good game.
 Play by Play
 Feldman opened up the game by caging foul point in the first min- ute but Sloman quickly tied it up by duplicating his shot. Waterman caged the first field goal at the three minute mark. Zakzewski tied it up a few seconds later on a pretty one hand shot. At 4:50 Johnson tossed in 8 feld goal to give Bristol the lead. Johnson sank three fouls in a row to give Bristol a three point lead at the 1880 mark. Manning in- creased the lead by scoring bas- ket as ths clock registered min- utes. Leary and Sloman cut down the Bristol lead at the l5 minute mark with two beautiful baskets. Foul shots by Donoghue and Johnson and long field goal by "Jisgers" in the last three minutes of the haif put Bristol in the van. 15 to ] 1.
 Sloman opened the second half with a field goal. Sheehan came through with two rapid baskets a' the 5 minute mark, putting the To- calls into tus lead. Waterman cagcd q basket at 9:lO to tie it up again. Sloman and Johnson caged baskets in quick order to make it 13 all. At 12:10 Donoghue sank q goal and was quickly followed by Feidman at l2:40. Waterman increased the lead at the It minute mark with onD hand shot from the side. Johnson scored Bristol's last points by sinking two fouls at l3:l0. Rubenstein was fouleI as he caged a basket and sank one of his free shots to cut down the Bristol lead to two points with 20 seconds to go. New Britain got possession of the ball but was unable to get q clear shot at the basket before the whistle blew.
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