New Britain herald., 1929-01-07

 
RED AND GOLDBOWS
 ID ST. THOMAS
Experienced Team Of BaskAotrs
 Too Much for Local Five

ball players from St. Thomas Sem- mary which had the advantage Of good training and coaching for sev- erai weeks defeated the New Brit ain high school basketball quintet at the Stanley Arena Saturday aft ernoon Although the score was very even for the first three quarters, the Saints ran up d s to :3 lead at the finish.
 New Britain high was at a dis advantage in that it had been on holiday vacation for the past two weeks and two members of its first squad were ineligible. A team which had never played as a unit before was started and all the credit in the world must be given 1t be- cause it kept the seminary team even during the greater part of the game. This was the opening of the Red & Gold teams season.
 Tho Saints. on the other hand. had hecn holding regular practice ses- sions for more than a month and had already played four games. In- cidcntly it had won all but one Of these. Its victories included one over Hartford high.
 New Britain lcd 10 to 2 at the end of the first quarter and 1s to IS at the end of the first half but the Saints went into the lead In the third quarter and held a :5 to .1 advan- taEe at the end Of that period. Dur ing the greater part of the last quarter New Britain did not score but St. Thomas tossed in several. While New Britain still retained its cl points scored in the third quar- ter. St. Thomas made it 2. to el. Zaleski's two foul goals in the clos ing minutes were the orly scores made by New Britain In this period.
 The first half was a different story Tn the first quarter alone the score was tied several times. Tn the second quarter New Britain pulled away slightly hut in the third quar- ter the lead changed many times Laws of Hartford put his team ahead 17 to 1s on field goal Ross made it IS to 17 in New Britain's favor on two pointer.
 AIanskas made it 1a to is when the quarter va. nearly three min utes old. ZaIeski tied the score for the seventh time in the game on a foul goal and put his team ahead by one point on the second Of two free tries. St Thomas made it ci to 20 on Eeimiec's field goal. From then until the end of the game the Hartford quintet began to pull away.
 New Britain's makeshift lineup proved to be good prospect for victories in the future. The forwards, Billy Ross. "Boggy" Bogdanski and Henry Kraszewski showed plenty of good work. Kraszewski and Ross especially are worthy of praise. "Hermy" Schmarr was g. wonderful addition to the team. At center he out jumped his man by good mar gin. He is a. player possessed of a great deal Of scrap. something which is always valuable 10 the team. Alex ] Zaleski played well at guard al- though his position is forward and Sowka did some fne work in the back court as the teams stationary guard. Grip played well while he was in the game.
 Not only last years first team. but the entire squad of players at St. Thomas seminary are available tor service this year. Jimmy" Laws leading scorer among the school boys of greater Hartford. was won- der on the floor and was his team leading point getter Niemic also | played fine game for St. Thomas. | The summary:
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