New Britain herald., 1928-03-05
NEW BRITAIN SUPERIOR
 TO PlTTSFlELD QUINTET
Zalesk and Saunders Lead Locals to 3323 Victory Over
 Bay State Team-Opposing Team Stages Exciting Rally Towards End of the Game-Red and Gold Leading by Single Point in Final Quarter Soon Re. covers Form and Swings On to Win Hectic Battle.

1 fonneetlcut hask ketball was again proven tn be far ahead Of the Mass 1 achusst's game ullen the New Brit i ain High school basketball team, led hv the brilliant shooting Of Zaleskl i and Saunders, scored an easy victory over the crack prtsflell High au,n- itet at Flttsf1eld Saturday evening hv
 \ B 10 2S score, Plt'stleld had scored II victories rreYlous to its
 meeting with the locals and are the ! faynrites to cop the Ray state title,
 New Rri'ains 9rtack had the upstat. CTS haffled at all times, the short pass offensive being too much for the 1 I'rtstlsld team, The locals held T muandlnE lead throughout the first half and started tn mako in 2 runaway III the third period Pitts lfleld started 2 great rally tow ards Ithe end of the third period and closed ln on the locals at the end of the framc, The Red and Gold started he final perln, leading by B s,ngle polnt but soon recovered it's stride and ran ur 3 l7 point lead while l7"ijing Flttsfield %rorelees- Coach Cassidy then ,userted his 5econd team and the loserU managed 10 score two baskets.
 Captain Fred ,~aunders and "a lessl kept the large crowd in ? con tlpual urroar. dronplng in -ensatlon- al baskets from all angles of the floor Saunders out lum ped three men pi'tej aEa1net nlnl and ran ~tld on the offensive. dropping 1n five has l1ete from the center If the floor, Ills great detenzlNe 7nrk broke up Fl''-f,el1 rallies time after time Saunders long reach enabled h1n, to break ur 2 number of Tlttsf1eld ra1,- sas Ea'eshl pared well rlta Saun- i ders and kraszeH ski and dropped Tn five hoaut1ful t"ln counters that dlmmed the hopes of Flttsfleld Sn',- ls7 and Landno hung m the hack court throughov' the game and proved lnvlnciplr on the deftnef. These two men generally come up the floor to shoot at the basket but changed their style Saturday even | ing which pro- ed to he 2 successful l move
 New Britain started off fast IT the first quarter and lmmedlatelp took 1 the lead on points by Zaleskl and Saunders They led at the end of the ond period found the Fed and Gold rass,ns all around thslr opponents
 to run vp an IS to T lead for the ! half, The third period proved tn be
 3, hie session for the losers, the To calls falling off Tn their attack Ths score at the end of the third canto
 vas 20 to 1a m favor of New Britain On the first two lumrs in the final
 1uarter Saunders dropped m t-o successive haskets from the center
 ct the court which were } signal for
 d. New Britain rally. Gaining 3. 13 point lead the regulars left the floor
 in favor of t''e sccord strine men, i The Game
 l Zaleskt opened up the game ty
 set this with 3 basket to tie up the
 score Zalesk, and Bruno scored has
 kets in quick order to keep the score
 tied at four all, kraszewekl drlhhled
 in 10 score 3. double decker and
 Saunders dropped one ln from the
 center of the floor to give New Brl
 tain an < 10 1 advantage at the guar the whistle, blew, the referee stat ! ing that the basket counted,
 Bruno scored a asl1et for Pitts field 10 start the second period but
 Saunders came back to annex a bas-
 ket for the locals. Bruno again sank q two pointer but a sudden rush by
 Zalcski, ErasZoWsN and Saunders
 sank his third basket of the quarter
 and Sowka, standing on his own foul
 line, duplicated for the Red and Gold. The period ended with New Britain in the van, lS-ll.
 second Half
 Zaleskl opened the second half
 with a basket which proved to be New Britain's only score of the pc Iriod Baskets and foul shots by Bru- no Poster and F. Froio brought the
 score UP 'o o0-1a, New Rritain, as lthe period ended
 On the first two tap offs iii the final quarter Saunders tossed in t"o hsautlful baskets from mid court Zaleskt and kraszewslsl vent on 3 trampaee and the locals soon had ] E point lead. Cassidy then insert I his second team and Pif'sfleld man.
 aged 10 Score four points to bring
 inc final score at &3-"%.
 The summary.