New Britain herald., 1929-03-02
SCREW SHOP FIVE . BEATS NEWMA7|CS
High Street Aggregation Prac-
 ticaly Clinches Pennant
Standing

i Trailing by nine points with seven and a half minutes to go, the Cor
 lin Screw basketball team started
 q thrilling rally that swept the New | Britain Machine five off its fee, and managed 10 score a 22 10 en victory
 at the Tabs hall last evening. This i win practically Clinches the Indus ] trial lcague title for the Victors. | The Machine Shop team took the | lead at the beginning and displaying wonderful passWork and shooting, i forced the 1928 cham pions 10 fight an uphill battle. With seven and a ! half minutes 10 go, Joe Luty ! started on d scoring spree that eventually tied the score at l9-all. With two and a half minutes left, Hank Arburr stood on the side i court and dropped in beautiful | basket to give his team the verdict, This vas the first time in the entire
 game that the Corbin Screw team went into the lead
 l In inc second game Of the eve ming, the Russell and Erwin five de 1 feated the Landcrs crew in hard
 fought, but poorly played game, the [ final count being 16 10 $. Neither
 quintet showed much form and after ] the first half, the battle was listlcss and unintcrcstIng.
 The final game Of the night found ! the Stanley Rule team remaining in l the fight for the league cham pion- 1 ship by beating the stanley Works aggregation after a fast game, the 1 final count being &l 10 96. The score Tn no way indicates the su- ! pcriorIty that the winners showed over tho Lake street five. Leading at the half by an IS 10 , score, the Rule shop five cAporimcntcd with its substitutes and the Stanley Works crew. loi by the exceptional shoot ing Of Emory. managed to draw close 10 the Rulers.
 Rally Successful
 A determined Machine shop az gre -ation took the floor against the , Corbin SeroW team and completely ou'played the 1928 champions in the ] first half and for three quarters of 1 the final period. With seven and 1 half minutes left in the second 1 frame, the league leaders suddenly 1 found themselves and, led by the great work Of I.uty, ted the score with three and half minutes to go With two and q half minutes to go 1 Arburr, brought cheer 10 the Corbin rootors by sinking basket from the 1 sidoCourt to give his q aggregation q - 10 c0 win.
 The game was filled with thrilling shots and wonderful defensive work ! The audience was in q continual up-
 roar as the Machine shop quintet scored point after point, in the m"anUllle stopping the Screw Shop 1 team dead in it's tracks. Sensing vic | tory. the MachiniSts fought like virtual Nildmen and completely out played the champions throughout the first half. The Machinists left the , floor at half time with Ii 10 lead and in The carly minutes of the sec ond half ran Up l9 10 1o lead With time rapidly dra wing 10 q close ! Luty and Arburr suddenly went on
 d scoring rampage and crushed the hopes of the Chestnut street boys by scoring sensational baskets Ar 1 burr's field goal with two and half minutes to go put the game in the bag for the Screw shop team and as- surcd it of at worst tie in the final standings.
 Arena and Rockwell took turns al scoring in the first half to give the Machinists an II to lead Augus- tino broke loose in the early minutes of the second half to score six points and apparently put the game on ice for his team. Here the Machine shop team made a mistake by start ing 10 stall. Luty suddenly began popping at the basket and together with Arburr and Yakubowicz sue ceeded in tieing the count at I9-all with three and half minutes 10 go. A minute later Arburr stood on the sidecourt and popped in wonder ful basket that proved to be the winning goal. The last two minutes were featured by fierce playing by both agsregations but neither was able 10 score.
 The work Of Arena, Rock kWcll and Augustine featured the work Of the Ndchinists. Lutv vas the best bet for the winners although Arburr played q great part in scoring the deciding points. Rockwell brought the crowd ito its feet time and time again with
 his sensational long shots. The summahy:
 COrbin screw
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 YakuboWicz If .. ?