New Britain herald., 1929-01-02

in two hair-raising basketball game
played yesterday afternoon and eve
ming. Bristol won the afternoon en-
counter in this city after an over
time period Of five minutes Will
New Britain held a three-point lea,
in the nightcap until the fina
whistle blew. incidentally, boil
clubs lost on their home floors.
The finishes of both contests wer,
enough to give weak hearted parti
sans stroke. In the afternoon
New Britain had four point LEAD
with minute and 20 seconds tt
go when two pretty baskets, one b,
Richtmyer and the other by Carney
tied the count, the last basket com
ing with only 80 second of play left
In Bristol at night, New Britain
through dazzling work by Al Slo'
man, had a lead of q to 10 at hall
time but speedy rally by Brist O
in the closing minutes of the second
half all but turned the tide. John.
ny Sheehan. however, pulled sleep
ed the game out of the fire and
gave New Britain an even break
over the holiday.
Afternoon Game
New Britain seemingly had the
first game of the twin bill safely
tucked away when Bristol, famous
for Its dangerous threats in the
pinches, suddenly cut four-point
lead to nothing at all. New Britain
led at half time by Is to 10 score
and held this margin right straight
through until the score was tied
near the finish.
Two breaks" one an unfortunate
accident to Restelli in the first half
and the other the exit Of Jimmy
Zakzewski on personal fouls in the
second half. helped towards New
Britain's undoing in the afternoon.
Restelli formed pretty cog in a
well-oiled basketball machine at the
hop-off but after several minutes Of
play. In a wild scramble for the
ball, he and Sloman collided Slo-
mans forehead bumped Restelli's
nose and the claret flowed like a
stream leaving trail Of blood from
the floor to the dressing room. Slo-
man suffered a cut on the forehead
Restelli's nose was not broken al
though it was considerably swollen
and there was a deep cash about a
quarter Of an inch long.on it.
New Britain hoped into the lead
through a basket by Zakzewski in
the first 40 seconds. After min
ute. Richtmyer wiped out this ad-
vantage with pretty shot from the
side court. Manning added foul
point and Zakzewski tied the count
from the gift line. At the seven
minute mark. Yak again got away
from Marchinek and put the locals
in the lead. Again Richtmyer tied
the count with another fnely exc
cuted shot
Not to be denied, Zakzewski again
got away and popped in a basket.
Sloman from near the middle of the
court. sailed one through the nets
giving the home club four-pont
advantage. Waterman scored foul
shot but Zakzewski again got loose
and New Britain stood in front II
to 8. Sloman got another spectacle
lar long shot and added foul but
Bristol's guns started to pop and the
lead was cut down.
Cullum laid a foul shot on the
hoop and Richtmyer got his third
given another free try and he made
good only to be followed by Water
man with another gift Spoint and
the half was over with New Britain
leading Is to 10.
Second Half
Williams started the second half
with foul shot but Richtmyer off
set this with perfect drop from the
free throw line. Sloman was award
cd two free tries and both. were
hoped In. Here Zakzewski was out
on fouls and he was quickly fol-
lowed by Jim Manning of Bristol.
On Manning's fourth offense, Slo-
man added another point making
the count 10 to II for New Britain
Cullum had been playing a pivot
game under the basket but most of
his shots went wide. He kept on
trying and finally at this point he
sank a double decker, the first blast
in Bristofs comeback campaign. He
got the ball again and in it went
cutting the lead Of the locals down
to 1915.
Williams suddenly came from no.
where and put the ball through the
nets but Waterman, with Williams
on top Of him, sank a clean shot to
keep the edge the same. Hoist took
long pop from the side and the
ball went in setting the crowd into
a howl.
Then, Marchinek, who, through
Bristols leading scorer, had been
conspicuous by his lack OF points.
made what might be termed the de-
Gliding points, He took a pop r7adc
it good, was fo1ilcd by Hoist while so
IDlIlS ana inc StDft' STOOD ~ 10 ~
for New Britain Williams laid in a
free try and then the fireworks
started
Time was called with three min
utes TO play Both quintets were
nearly exhausted. Narchinek was
supplanted by Carney. As the whistle
resumed play, both tcarns went aft r
each other hammer and tongs. II
was the logical place for New Britain
10 stall, but the locals appeared to
lost their heads. Every man popped
as soon as he got his hands on the
ball. Finally in one of The ex-
changes, Richtnyer dronped IN Il
field goal cutting the lead to two
points. This came at the 1870
mark. A wild furry started ard
,fter n iump. Ma'colrl took The BAN
md passed If to Carney. Carney
vent to pass. changed his mind and
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