New Britain herald., 1929-02-05
BOYS CLUB WINS GAME
IN LAST THREE SECONDS
Scores Six Points In Final 70 Seconds - Parparians
Two Fouls Steady Faltering Team - Goha Cages
Circus Shot, and Kerelejza Wins Contest at Final
Whistle-Large Crowd Watches See-Saw Thriller.

SIN points Ill the lASt " SeCohu1 VI
play turned apparently certain de-
feat into glorious victory and allow
ed the Boys club to edge out the
Russo Five of Middletown by 43-4l
in a hectic basketball game at the
local club last night after = rousing
story-book finish in which the home
team won out In the last three sec
onds Of play.
1t had been 4 wild game all along.
with scores on both sides coming fire.
quently, but after feverish see-sawins
during the last period Bonner sank
two consecutive baskets and gave
Middletown what looked like a safe
lead at 4l-37. There was only min
ute and ten seconds left as Jake
Parparian dribbled under the basket
for what looked like . forlorn-hope
shot, but two Middletown men
crashed him and the local forward
was given two free tries. The visit
ors called time out. and the excited
crowd, which was the largest OF the
season, had TO contain itself for two
minutes as play was suspended.
Then. with the crisis Of the game
at hand. Parparian coolly took Ms
place on the l5-foot stripe and drop
ned in both his tries with trreproach-
able accuracy. A few more scrtm-
images and Joe Gotta took the ball
off the Middletown blackboard and
started up the floor with 1t. He knew
that the game was nearly over and
took a chance. As he reached the
center of the big gym he stopped
and. standing in the central circle. he
arched a long. high shot which went
I'D almost to the rafters and came
down clearly through the hoop TO
tie the score. The crowd was now on
its feet and cheering wildly. Again
New Britain got the ball and. with
10 seconds left. the crowd yelled for
stalling and an overtime period. But
Grusha had other ideas, and he shot
the ball down the sideline to Gotta.
who whipped 1t across to Tony Kere-
LEILA, and Tony lodged past a Mid
dletown guard and under the basket
to win the game with an accurate
flip. Before the ball could be thrown
up at the center again. the final horn
sounded.
Terrific Rattle
It was a hectic contest from start
to finish. Fredericton. giant RUSSO
center, started the game with free
try and Middletown took 40 lead
but Parparian put in a one pointer
Gotta got two baskets. and the club
raced out to ia by the time the
game was three and half minutes
old. Middletown rallied somewhat
but it was 1912 at the quarter and
25-1s at the half.
Middletown came pounding along
on shots by Bohncrs and Frederick
son in the third quarter and soon
stood right behind at 1921. Then
Baroni put in a long one and the
Ruscos led. Parparian's basket and
foul gave New Britain two points adj
vantage again. but Bonner had tied
the score before the period ended.
A long shot by Halloran opened
the last quarter and was eaualled by
Kerelejza's. leaving the teams still
even. Fouls by Halloran and Cubeta
again put Middletown ahead. but
Rametta made a point and Boukus
lifted New Britain into the van with
a pop from mid-court. The lead
swung to Middletown again on Gu
beta's long basket. and then Paluch
tied things at 1897 with a CON-
plimentary toss. 1t was at this point
that Bonner gave the visitors the
lead that looked 80 safe. and then
came the desperate. driving. winning
finish of the Boys club.
So exciting was the game that the
rather poor playing was forgotten.
The clubs password was not up to
its regular standard. and the guards
failed to cover and stop their men
properly But the triple pointed at
tack Of kerelejza. GOTTA. and Par
parian. and the greater GOODNESS Of
the club in the last wild seconds was
too much for Middletown. The
Ruscos shot from all angles and
made many weird shots good. Bonner
and F'rederickson starred. The game
was clearly played on both sides
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