New Britain herald., 1929-03-04
LOCALS BEAT FALL RIVER
 IN BEST GAME OF SEASON
Deciding Goal Is Scored Split Second Before Final Bell
 Each Team Loses Point Through Fouls in Third Period-Contest is Most Exciting Seen Here This lear-N lliams Brothers Go to Floor With "Gid" Brovn-Harkins is Heavy Cager for Visiting Five

ring committed. No one got hurt in l the exchanges but It was only good
 ortuue that saved the players. Speed
 und more speed was the watchword. ] ln this frame. Harry tCowboy) ] Thompson played the greatest game
 of hls career. He dashed from one | end of the rink 10 the other, first
 on inc assault and then on the de- | tCnse, Every player put everything he had into chasing the ball and
 clash after clash came as sweating 1 Iodles crashed together in the wild ! cramhlo that followed. No one took care Of the other players comfort. 1 T. was every man 1T himself and
 the devil take the hindmost," and 1 every one seemed anxious 10 be the
 one that came in first.
 l Boucher broke the spell in the
 battle when he sank a pretty shot 1 behind Pete Welch's pads for the 1 first goal Of the period This gave Fall River the edge. G to I. Three minutes and a half later, Kid" 1 Williams, taking drive eff the stick 1 of Harry Thompson, shot into the ! bank and sank one for New Brit ain. AGan Boucher came back and got another for Fall River. giving
 that team still an edge Of two goals.
 Then Red" Williams, with Gid" ! Brown almost continually on his back, got his Irish up and ha shot | in q goal for New Britain. Brown
 had lad two goals called on him and following this, he got the third
 called on him. This took a goal away from Fall River and tied the count
 at 6-aIl.
 Red" Williams followed his goal
 with another shot that put New Brit
 7Iu m the lead, Both of the Will
 iams had a foul called on them Hntn rley got into their fights with
 Brown and suddenly Pete Gazznga
 got into q miXup With Harkins and Mcdonald called a foul on him. This
 look New Britains lead away and the score was again tied al Gall.
 Only few minutes remained until the end. AS the second hand passed
 the last minute of play and crept
 towards the end of the game. St.
 Aubln was struck in the nose. He
 went into d Cornor behind New Brit aims cage rapping for time. Referee Mcdonald failed 10 hear him and play continued. Thompson stopped
 a Fall River drive towards the New Britain goal and he passed 10 Red | Williams. Rcd" carried the ball
 10 the side of Fall Rivers cage and 1 passed it over 10 his hrother"kid.
 Kid" sank the shot and just as the ball went into the nets, the bell rang, ending the game.
 Fall River protested the goal but
 the referee, notified by Score Keep IT Joe Sexton that the goal had been scored before the bell. declared that 1t counted, and the game was over,
 d hard-earned victory for New Brit ain.
 Without question, the game put
 Up by both teams yesterday was the greatest seen on the local floor this year. To pick out individuals would be an injustice 10 the other mem bers of both teams. From the first
 rush to the goal tenders, both the
 Fall River and New Britain players
 gave all they had to win and it was the breaks that decided it. The contest made the fans who saw it regret that the season had ended.