New Britain herald., 1928-02-06
BEATS NEW
 BRITAIN IN BIG UPSET
Sensational Shots in Last Minutes by Carringtoa and White Cinch Victory-Leary Tied Count With Three Minutes to Play-Locals Led by I've Points At Half Time-Magner Star in Brass City Team
 Plhy-Rubenstein Out of Game on Personal Fouls.

Two sensational long shots by "Heinie' Darlington and White. Wa terbury's two forwards, after Tom Leary had put New Britain into a one point lead with . basket and two foul shots. furnished the big eest upset of the year in the Con- necticut State Basketball league at the Stanley Arena Saturday night and defeated New Britain 36 to 13. It was see-saw game alt through the first and second halves with neither team getting big advan- tage over the other.
 Waterbury played sensational basketball and the home club failed to match the speed and accuracy in shooting of the visitors Al tho SOC ond half progressed towards the end of the game, the Brass City quintet increased its speed and New Britain was outplayed on the floor and, in the shooting department.
 The last three minutes of the game were packed with thrilling ac- ton. With Waterbury leading 90 to 27. Tom Leary cut for the basket at the IT minute mark. He made his shot good but was fouled while 70 doing. He waa awarded two shota and he put New Britain one point to the eood by making both of them. Wagner followed him to make a point from the foul stripe tying the score Then Darlington dropped in sensational long shot to put Wa terhury two in the lead and White followed him with | minute and 10 seconds to so. Sturm was fouled while shooting and he made both of his tries good but tho whistle blew while the New Britain players. two points behind, were making a desperate assault on Waterbury, s basket.
 White and Darlington starred for the invaders with Wagner playing 8 whale of . game on the floor. Ru- benstein went out of the game early in the second half on fouls and this served to disrupt the play of the team. New Britain, for the most <, part, was wild in shooting from the floor and time after time the ball was lost when the team got into . scoring position. The quintet failed to show anywhere near the form it displayed last Saturday night. many being of the opinion that over-con- tidence had the better of the play CTS before the contest started. First HAlf
 1 Sloman and White caeed foul points to start the game with a tie score. A spurt by the Waterbury team soon had the count to 8 for Waterbury. At the 9:20 mark, two foul shots by Sloman tied the count at all. Waterbury went into tn, lead again and New Britain fought hard to knot the count again. This was done at the l5 minute mark when Leary got brilliant long shot to make 1t 12-all.
 1 New Britain here took the lead for the first time in the game and al half time the score was l9 to 17 in favor of the home club.
 Second Half
 New Britain staged spurt in the beginning of the second half and the score stood at B to i9 in favor of the locals. The quintets battled nip and tuck for the most part ol tho half with the play veerins from one goal to the other. Just at the i15 minute mark. Wagner shot t basket to put Waterbury into the lead by one point. Leary's shooting tied the score and then put New Britain in the lead but the shots o1 Darlington and White gave tho game to Waterbury.
 Jimmy Zakzewski was the higl scorer for the home club with { total of nine points. A feature o the game was the appearance o' Dick Dillon. Connecticut's premier referee. as arbiter of the contest The summary: