New Britain herald., 1929-03-07

last night when the Hardware Clty quintet, in one Of the most spec tacular and breath-taking games ot the entire season, topped the Brls- tol Erdets by 23 10 It score al tho Brs.o. 7rmory.
 It was a case of two Golaths ot inc basketball world, two finished court machines with llneups stud ded with the nam7s Of stars Of the first magnitude, clashing in spec tacle that kept a crowded house O. frenzied basketball fans not only on their feet but or the verge of ner- ,ous hysteria throughout the 4N minutes of play
 Although basketball is case Of the team getting the more points winning and the sport Is more an offensive proposition than other wise, last night, tfts particular con- trSt developed in'o a struEG'" wherein the tam with the better dofonse, aided hy a necessary SCOT ing sally. hrcame tho victor.
 Ncn Britain h,ll the Bristol team ro q total ot four field baskets for tie o,uu5uE. Considering the str.a-tn o| inc Bristol team, i's ahfntv to -ut through the riehtest o' d.e.o.lsr combinations ifs known au.itv for floor work and it's eN""l- I.ffrau and pass work t is amaz- ms lA the final summary to discover that th, team caecd a 'ofaI of eight po11ts from the floor Now Brl'am'- d,fnase my rlghffrlly he eiNsn as ll- real reason why 'Ne local team won.
 It wasn't 8 ease of oue team cou- pctelv outrrayins the other N'" Britain had the edge in passIns and ir getting to the basket. Bristol wasn't far behind. T6e E,H Towu"rs had several opportunities to score but close misses failed to prop up an otherwise low rotnt total and th" opportunities were lost. On tNa other hand. New Britain made fine most Of it's opportunities and tU" team earned 8 well-d"served victory
 The players on both teams Wer" on edee S'tEGt norvousnass vas apparent ir inc first half though this fntorser-d hardly at all with the spoctacu.ar floor work Of both Quin- t.ts. The scores were few and far n,t Eeen and when the half time whistle hi.w Ny Britain had a Scant ons-roiut margin Of Ii 10 l" oN-r their rlys $.
 In the secon3 halG one basket male or a basket missed counted J- most imports9t J9 fine final anall- sis. Bristol tgiled 0 ring the bail through the hoop and Now Britain came through at critical moments there's the stOlr,
 Choice of aag tudjyIual on either t-am as an outstanding player last maat. IS all iafpoSsib.i-y Frank pougher'y, I'ordham captain and star guard. loI th, local scorers with a total Of II poluts His former col g. mate Z4hz-wsId Was svcouI with sesgu and SlowaH third with five. but none Of these players Couid be credited with better game than LIs f@l.0"s. II Hao d case ot team work, thoroughly planned and timely cNecut.d "Ita every man giving his utmost aid iolug aIs IoJ in the best style possIu,p.
 Tire saar4 mGsl he said about Bristol and ev,n tH- most partisan of roo;~r= cyuIiut predict the out come Of the same same Ner. 1t 10 be played tonight In the annals of basn4tyaI 4s between NeW Britain and Hrl-'ol 'fa gam. Is the best r,,r I.ag.I
 The irl,l.is bat'lrs between the players on the floor made the game more interesting. Both teams wer. on lhe a-t"lSive as much as possibl" aLI ta-s a"r04uts Tor the loW scores Il-h-u and BougLer.y, two Of tho enldrtest and best players Iu state basketball, We're pittea against each other Their duel WAS . sight worth segiHg and each Was forced 10 put forth h.s best eGf0..s 10 Keep the other under gotur. ZdkzewSkl ana Manning slaCed q Focdham duet oi their oau and they helt the crowd ln all uproar.
 ''JIggs' Donoghue and RiLhman Washington Palace star pitted thril wits against each o-Her and LdmpeL evenly through the Mtgal Water. man aa1 'hy yoy Of hgeplus X. Slo- man III the safety column and thcS played d hdIr-raisIng game. Hank 4 rburr faced kichtmyer and theJ staged d pretty exhibition.
 Richman, Manning and Arbur! We're sent from the game In th, second half on fouls Tom Leary kept up the New Britain spee. when he took Hanks place. Tn p4aswork Of both teams was dazzljn.
 First Half
 N-w Britain got the jump througl
 pretty basket by Dougherty l, ,-ouds after the first whistle. A .-r one minute mark, Richman tie. ..lr count. Picken gave Bristol ;
 44 through free try. Zakzewsll -..4 the count through the sam r4t iio, A v. GlDlliGU SLdI I-u " v britain off with a pretty long pop Pichen caged another foul shot ant followed this with a basket, putin, Bristol once more in the lead
 Zakzewski with two free tries, pu New Britain ahead ' to $. Slomal added a foul joint for the locals Waterman added one for Bristol an Donoghue added one for the locals Dougherty then got his second bas ket of the game and although Pick en got a fi,ld goal, one of the mos spectacular imagina ble and Rich man added a foul try, New Britain led at half time by an Il to | score.
 Second Half
 Sloman opened the scoring in th' second half only after a battle thH lasted for seven minutes and :. seconds. His basket made the sCo II to 10. Zakzewski broke throu-