New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Il seems almost unnecessary to
comment in this column on the VIC
tory OF the New Britain Basketball
team Saturday night over the Meri-
den Endees, but readers will pardon
US If we exult just little more over
what to us is a justification of a
long-held belief. That was that the
New Britain quintet was just as
good q court combination as either
Meriden or Bristol but it couldn't
click.
There were SO many factors Of
play that stood out in Saturday
nights game that it is almost i'm
possible to diagnose the game and
pick out that which was the most
important in the final victory.
To us, the fact that New Britain
got possession of the ball most of
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and then with splendid team work.
passed it up to the basket for scores,
seems to be the one thing that
brought the home club victory over
Meriden.
Many sub-factors contributed to
the win. especially the work OF
inst
of the Meriden offense. HANK did
the best job of guarding that Cohen
ever remembers. That is by his own
admission. The Meriden star after
the game stated that he had never
met a player with the stamina OF
the local boy.
Then there was the stellar per-
Torrance of "Jiggs" Donoghue at
center. We have SO many times
claimed for him the title OF premier
center In Connecticut that We feel
that we can again say he Is the
hest in the game. The only criticism
VIC ever had of his playing il that
he doesn't shoot enough. We ara
nositiye that he could be a scoring
number on a team if he wanted 10
be.
Another important part OF the
game was the excellent team play
between Sloman and ZakzeWshl. IL
this pair continue to perform To-
xether as they did Saturday night,
there won't be any need to worry
about them getting baskets.
We can't allow Tom Lcary's ex-
cellent work in the passing OF the
team to go unnoticcd. Without
show or ostentation, the former
Fordham captain played whale OF
q game. lie kept Cook and Griffin
scorcless from the floor.
Eloman makes an extraordinary
guard. Not only did he come out OF
the game as high scorer. but he
kent Rothenfeld from making any
points at all. The Meriden team
kept putting everybody against the
local star but AL came through
with the points just the same. Also,
there doesn't seem to be any guard
who can stop Zakzewsh on his
dribble to the basket.
Let us also compliment Clyde
Waters on an excellent job of refer
eeinr. OF all the games played here
this year, Clyde's work of officiating
Saturday night, was about the best.
Getting our first glimpse OF Red
Williams, brother of the local roller
hockey star, kid" Williams, ycster-
day, we have come to the conclusion
that there is no comparison between
the two as far as playing ability
goes. The local player has it all
over his brother:
The polo team faces {. tough road
this week. Wednesday night the
team plays in Albany. Thursday
night Albany plays here. Friday
night the locals go to Fall River.
This is a tough enough schedule for
anyone.
Matchmaker Wagner Of the Stan
ley A. c. will introduce a novelty
ut the amateur fight tournament to-
night when he plans to have an Or
chestra play during the bouts. This
stu: hasn't been tried here before.
In the account of the Gasco min
strel show written the other night.
one Of the numbers was accredited
to Frank keaveney. This should
have been Frank Kieffer. Sorry,
Frank.
Felix ZarcCki, who plays a bit of
pinochle at fire headquarters while
waiting for alarms-real or false
has acquired a thorough knowledge
of the game, in fact. was for some
time granted the title, king Pin