New Britain herald., 1929-01-21
PALACE CLUB NOSES OUT
new BRITAIN H00PSTERS
Sensational Long Shooting Of Rchman Visiting Center.
Keeps Washington Five In the Lead-Locals Meet
Tough Luck In Shooting In First Period Exciting
Finish Marks Spirited Battle - Schultz Scores
Sleeper In Closing 10 Seconds.

New Britain lost a art-breaking
basketball game Saturday night at
the Stanley Arena to the Palace club
five of Washington. D. c. 1t was
heart-breaker because. despite the
accurate shooting of the team in the
first half. nine shots by Sloman'
placed squarely in the hoop, and four
by Johnny Sheehan. refused to 60 in,
and again because with the chance
of getting just enough Of an edge in
the closing minutes. Sloman. Leary
and Zakzewski failed to cage sucker
shots that would have given the
home club the game. AS 1t was the
Palace club managed to nose Inc
locals out by three points. the final
count being ~ TO 81.
Uncanny shooting from anywhere
and any distance by Richman. center
for the Palace club. contributed more
Than anything else to the defeat OF
the New Britain quintet. Stoppcd
uead from getting shots in close.
Hickman. tossing them from longer
distances than anyone has ever done
before on the local court, shot seven
baskets and two fouls for d total OF
JIG points. His baskets came, too,
at times when New Britain vas on
fair road 10 victory or when the
score was tied. There was no pos
sible way to stop him. because all oil
his shots went cIeanly through.
New Britain was on again Satur-
day night. but whatever kept the
hall out. is one OF those mysteries
that cannot be explained. More
than enough points would have been
scored in the first frame TO have
given the home club the game right
then and there but the ball wouldn't
drop through the netting and that's
all that can be said.
Sloman opened the scoring with
pretty peg from the side court. Rich-
man tied the count with the first OF
q series Of long pops. Weslock add
ed Z foul and then basket. Yak
zewski and Weslock both added
fouls, Williams came through with
4 basket and the Palace five led.
5 to ;.
Then New Britain started q rally.
Sloman Gagged a pretty basket and
Zakzewski followed him. Again Slo-
man came through and the count
was tied at Sail with $50 played.
Schultz broke the tie and Ripley
made it IL. Rubenstein got two
points back with two free tries.
Schultz got another basket but Ruby
uiso got one.
Zakzewski then tied the count with
a field basket at the 3 minute mark
and he was fouied while shooting. He
made the first shot. missed the sec
ond and took the ball of the hoop to
sink 1t for field goal, giving the
locals . lead of II to -. sloman
added a basket and when Weslock
dropped in free try, Sloman did
me same.
Richman then Gagged free try and
followed It with a basket tossed from
beyond the center Of the floor. Will
Hams tied the count at 20-all with
two minutes to 60. Schultz and
Richman both tossed baskets and
Ruby Gagged a free try to make the
count 1t the end of the half "a to
II in favor Of the visitors.
Second Half
Sloman got 4 basket at the open
Ing of the second half but Richman
tossed in one Of his long shots.
Weslock got another right after him
and Ripley Gagged foul shot. The
count was 20 to %. sloman Gagged
4 free try but so did Williams. Shee-
han then came through with a nice
shot but Ripley added a foul and
Richman tossed another miller and
the Palace led 81 to rs.
At this point. New Britain rallied.
Ruby Gagged a goal followed by
free try by Sloman. Ruby got an
other basket and Sloman got an
other making the count - to 33.
Richman again came through and
dropped one in from the center of
the floor but Zakzewski followed
NINA WIN . DoohSl lOl Vic
team.
Sloman added foul try and Yak
zewski added a point giving New
Britain a one-point lead with just a
minute to play.
Sloman got away on the tap and
with no one near him, he missed an
easy pop. Zakzewski did the same
and then Lcary missed. Richman
took the longest shot of the night
and the ball went through giving the
Palace club lead of IS to 81. Then
the entire New Britain team went
after the one point but while they
were scrambling for the ball. Schultz
Crept to the basket at the other
end Of the hall and quick toss by
Williams gave him shot and he
made It with only 10 seconds to
play. This defeated New Britain.
The summary:
New Britain