New Britain herald., 1928-12-24

Merlden ..... .oe' Bridgeport .... .o4' New Britain ... .o4' New Bedford .. .4op Fall River 2 800
 A pugnacious Waterbury roller hockey team, led and inspired by the unconquerable Red Donnclly, captain and center. went down to de- feat at the hands of the sensational New Britain quintet yesterday after noon at the Stanley Arena. The game was the first in this city in which the players engaged in tisti- cuffs. "Red' Donnelly, after losing entire control of his goat" went after Harry Thompson in the final period and when Gabbnga started to pull him from the fracas the fiery thatched member of the Shamrocks turned on the local halfback. pushed him in the face. stripped his hands Of stick and gloves and adopted a John l.. Sullivan pose indicating 10 all and sundry that he desired con- hat. His wish was denied through the intercession Of Referee Si Me Donald and other players on the floor.
 Then. however. with tho charac tcristic attitude of sorchcads. Wa terbury forgot to play hockey and started to drive and hack at the ball all for the remainder of the game. This bothered not the New Britain players but the irate fans in the hleachers all but tore the net down in their efforts to get at Donnelly while those in the gallery almost did ! Lindborsh 10 get into the rink. No one was hurt finally. but a we'll aimed shot at the referee from the stick Of Al Davies. Waterbury first rush. missed the portly form Of Me- Donald by inches. The shot was either intentional or not intentional according 10 the way those who saw it judged it.
 Matters were not made any bet fer by the fact that foul was called on Donneliy for his actions in pulling Harry Thompson as he went aft"r tbe ball. This infraction made ,t three fouls on Waterbury and took ouc goal away from the crstwhile lfague leaders. Incidentally. the victory of Now Britain over the Wa iarburians. drove that team out Of first place. Donn"lly had two fouls called on him during tho game and ltll Rlount committed the other laus pax when he got a head hold on Thompson and refused 10 get 20
 Tho first period Of the game was about as exciting a minute as has yer been seen in this city. Only f.ne goal was caGed and that was .y New Britain off the stick Of Will Jams only after IS minutes and 51 seconds Of play Had there been any other goal tender in tho cage except tho indomitable Hill Elount T hundred goals might have been cacod by New Britain. As it was only ono was gent into Watcrbnry's nets. T:lount was never better than in the first period. He had total of 3l stops.
 On the other hand. New Eritain's offensive was it's best defense Bar ney Doherty. Gazzinga and Welch combined to keep New Britain's slate clean in the session. This trio put mp q great battle with the Nctcran Dohcrty starring in his usual role of "Stonewall Jackson
 Harry Thompson opened the sec ond period with q well placed shot giving New Britain a lead Of two .o nothing. In almost less time than 't takes to tell. Waterbury tied the count. In ii seconds, Davies cacrd one and Toletta followed him with another neat scoop in nine seconds more. Williams. however found his ey" and he put two in for New Britain. Davies finished the period hy caginE ono for Waterbury.
 In the third period. Thompson added insult 10 injury hy ca ring two sensational goals giving tho local crew six pointers. The threo fouls of tho Waterbury team mado thr lii'fI S'oIf' D 10 |. III 13NnF or NeW Eritain
 Eddie NctIoon. ir.. " ho has been second rush on tho Mcriden team since in" season opened. did not np- pear with the Waterbury rcgreEa ton yesterday This caused a com motion Immediately among 'ho New Britain fans. ToIe,ta. Waterbury s"ronf rueh. played a whale of game for his team. Davies was th" star of in" visiting club. Blolnt was sensation in tho dof"nec.
 Tho combination of Williams and Thompson on th" rush line for Now Britain Is fast Incoming ono of th, best offensive teams in fho l"agrt". in all of the past four gpmos. v',ich have resulted In victories for Now lrltair. these two hay. been play IF" s"ns2'ioNnl hockey.
 Their work would gn for narlcht however, was it not for the cytr4or dlnary work of tha 1nfenSr men headed by "Harney" Dohertv. whn has no n"'r III all 'hc lcag,l. in 1alt har'- He and C,a2Zirr., u.n-l