New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
'b|G CROWD WILL
 ATTEND BENEFIT
Basketball Players to Perform
 for Saunders Wednesday

indications point 10 record crowd at the Stanley Arena next Wednesday evening when the Bur ritt basketball team clashes with the strong Meriden Community five in benefit game for Fred Saun- ders. The Burritt and Corbin Screw center was badly injured New Years day in the Burritt-B Bristol Dixie game at the Arena when he tore all the cords in his leg and created water on his knee. He has been confined to his bed since the accident and doctors in attendance state that he will be out of basket ball permanently. Saunders was the leading scorer of the Burritts at the time of his accident and was one of the best offensive men on both the Burritt and Corbin Screw teams. He was known for his abil- ity to get the tap, being known as the best high school center in the state last season. He explained last years high school five and led his team 10 victories over some of the strongest high school fives in the state.
 So far this season the Burritts have scored 13 victories out of IA games, their only defeat coming at the hands of the Meriden Communi- ties. The two aggregations met be- fore Christmas and the locals were defeated after bitter battle, the final score being 24 to 19. Since then | the Burritts have been running wild through the states best teams and have run up a string of nine straight victories. Included in their l list of victims is Simsbury, winners of the Pennington Valley league last season, and the leaders of the Hartford amateur league.
 The Communities have yet to taste defeat and are in the midst of |. game winning streak. The Mcriden aggregation captured the state semi- pro title last year by winning 35 out ]of 3S games. The Burritts were one of the teams to score a victory owe: the Communities.
 The peak of the season was reach ed last Tuesday by the Communities when they stepped out Of their class and handed the strong Middletowll Red Wings a neat troulcing. 1n- cluded in the Middletown lineup was the names of such stars as Taylor Reynolds, Carlson. Sturm and Car roll.
 The Burritts have the junior championship of the state practical ly clinched and hope to get strong grasp on the semi-pro title by even- ing up the series with the Com
 muni;ies. The Meriden management
 has promised to bring its strongest team and this means plenty of trou.
 ble for the locals.
 Teammates of Fred Saunders or
 the Burritts and Corbin Screw tean
 will make up the starting lineup O
 the locals. Yakubowicz, Corbi
 Screw and Burritt star. will start it
 one forward position. Haylick, reg
 ular Burrtt forward, will team III
 with Yakubowicz. Luty. Corbi; : Screw and Burritt pivot man, vii
 take care of center. barrow. Cor
 bin Screw and Burritt guard vii
 team up with Carlson, Burritt guard in the back court. Gill and Ros will be ready to take the floor whel needed. With the above players, tn Burritts are confident that they vii extend the Communities to the u, 5 most.
 The Landers girls team will clas,
 with the Middlptown Y. W. C. 4
 five in the preliminary. This gam
 promises to be an interesting bat
 tie. Abe Aronson will be the sixt
 man on the floor.
 Arrangements for the card hay been completed through the cooper
 ation of Clarence Lanpher, manage
 of the New Britain basketball tean
 Al Havlick. captain of the Purritt and Bryce Long. a member of tn Q Industrial council at the Y. M C. T All the members of the Burritts an t Corbin Screw team, together wit | private individuals, are aiding n making the affair success.