New Britain herald., 1929-03-04

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 ThrouEa double victory oNer Providence by scores O. l" 10 $ aud ! 10 6. Albany ends the American Roller Hockey IeuEue ln first place having q marg.n Of three decimal po,uts over Nv Britain This makes the third season i'll succession that the Albany Lam has ended tho playing season on toD. IIaylag as the Mrrld-u Nlaroous the team ended Tn first place n 1927 and 1928 and yesterdays two games enabled the team, now repr senting Albany to come through with a slight c9Ge over New Erta,n.
 With nothing at stalk except the winning Of a roller polo game, the last-rlace Iau Elycr club in the American Roller Hockey lcague, gave the N.H Brt-aln quintet the hardest fghr Of the season in the last game Of the regulation sched- uIe at the stanley Arena yesterday afternoon. r was only after the most bitter kind Of 8 struggle f'A- tured by dsr Gghts between "Gld Brown, Fall lnrr halfhack and th- two Williams brothers and alter each team hal lost goal through fouls, the score holr- t-,d by each deduction. that New Britain could come through o a W.n,
 The final goal CT the game was made a split second before the final bell rang and despite the protests Of the Fall River players, Referee si Mcdonald declared the goal scored. Fall River claimed that St. Aubin was rapping for time because he had just been struck by a stick on the nose but the referee failed 10 hear him and the game ended with New Britain in the lead 10 $.
 For a hair-raising spectacle that had the fans in the spacious arena on their feet almost every second of the play, yesterdays game beat any thing seen here since the old days Strange as it may seem, last Thurs days game with Albany and yester- days game with Fall River. the last two home contests Of the playing season. were the two greatest eXhi- buons of roller polo seen here. Yes terday's battle was a thriller from inc minute play opened and the players on both sides were near the exhaustion point when the contest ended
 II isn't often that the worm turns but when t does, there is bound to be trouble, So it was with Fall River. Arriving in this city yester- day fresh from 8 victory over the strong Providence club, the Bay Staters had only one thing in mind and that was to score a victory over New Britain.
 When Ferda Har1lins, stellar vet eran Of more than % years Of play. started off on scoring bee. it look cd very much as if New Britain was 10 experience defeat. Fcrdie caged his first goal minute and eight seconds after play began. He fol- lowed this with another four min utes later. giving the visitors lead Of two 10 nothing.
 Then. fighting with their ba aks to inc wall. the New Britain players started vhirlvnd drive that made things hum. St. 4 ubin was boxed with the ball ID near New BrItain's cage and he started to drive it hack 10 Brown. Az he hit the hall. "Kid' Williams slapped it 10 one side and so quick was the play that the ball got by Purcell for New Britain's first score fefore the goalie knew that 'hr shot had been made. A minute lafor New Brtain's star rushor lot 20 another drive that whlstlld tra nets like a bullet and the score ~~s tied. Again on a fast play, a n5ss over from his brother Red Williams sank lis third shot in a TOW and New Britain led the parade fcr the first tune.
 Five minutes later. after an eNhi- hition of play tae like Of which hasn. been seen here Il agos. St. AUhiu got into tha clear and faint- ing Pete Welch Out of his goal. he sank 2 shot for hole in one. mak- ing the score at tra en1 Of the first period , all
 Rad blood aolveen tho players on the two teams "cs evident as the second period o0ar-I Eaw Britain started a Rh.rlniaf offensive on Fall Rivers cage but Jimmy Purcell di- minutive goaIie, the most even- tempered man on tho floor. kept his cage free of shots. t vas only when "kid' Williams scooped the ball 70 the front of tTe cage into Hrowr's laEs and that worthy kicked
 ha)l into his own cage, that the
 was broken and Nsw Britain
 .t mo the lead. r vas r min
 8 and 28 seconds between that
 and the one before.
 Een. however. inthe fastest spnrt
 the game. Fall River came right
 A ana Y certainly IS amazing how
 @ team that battled in that sec ond period can be at the bottom Of the standing in the American league at the close. Harkins again proved 10 be the scoring hero. He got one goal 10 tie the score and before the period ended. he got another that gave Fall River q one point edge, to as the third and final period ended.
 We have yet 10 see in any sport q more exciting session than the final frame in this astounding exhibition. Twice while the play was at its healht Gid" Brown went 10 the floor. first with Kid" William and the next time with his brot her Red" The fans nearly tore the 4~ .l |