New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-11
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! Of Sports /
Frank Dougherty. this years cap
tain of the Fordham University bias.
ketball quintet, and star guard or
the New Britain team, was i'll in Sat.
urday nights game. but despite his
doctors advice, he played in the
Visitation Five of New York. He
had spent most OF Saturday in bed
suffering from severe cold.
His play, although below stan
Gard, was very good considering his
condition. He was taken in hand
after the game by local friends and
NlT given medical attention at the
yesterday in better health than
when he arrived.
The New Britain roller hockey
team apparently took tossing
around in Albany yesterday in the
second game of the play-off series.
A third foul took a goal away from
the locals that. otherwise. would
have given the Hardware City team
victory.
The locals had no part of luck at
all in the game. according to reports.
kid" Williams had three goals
come out on him in the first period
and only few seconds before Steve
Pierce scored the winning counter in
the overtime frame, Williams had
another that came out on him.
After the second game of the SER
les, Manager Frank McDonough
stated today that he may change the
local lineup and bring in Bib
Boucher to play center and put
Thompson on the rush line with
kid" Williams. This will let Red
Williams. brother Of the kid" out
OF the picture.
Manager McDonough is not salts
fed with the play of the brother OF
the local star. but he plans to give
him one more opportunity to work
into the local lineup. lie stated TO-
day that Red" Williams will play
tonight and his work will decide the
manager on either keeping him here
or letting him go.
II was toss-up between boucher
and Red" at the close of the reg
uIar season. Because of the excel
lent combination on the rush line of
kid" Williams and Thompson, the
local pilot believes that New Britain
would be considerably stronger in its
attack and defense if the Fall River
star was playing with the Hardware
City team.
Had Barney Doherty not been IN
jurcd The New Britain team would,
bv far be the faNorite to win the en-
tire series. The New Britain Combi-
nation was admittedly the best in
the league and in all OF its meetings
here with Albany, it showed abso-
lutte superiority.
However. we expect to see the To-
cal crew come through with flying
colors tonight. Lady Luck can't
lroWu ON the team all through the
playoft and that is the only thing
that has been beating New Britain.
The kcnsington Boys club basket
bah team won the state y. NJ. G, A.
hask tball title in the playoff in the
intermediate class Saturday 10y de-
feating the Woodstock Academy
team.
Bristol measured the Mcriden /
Endecs in a close and fercely /.
fought game at the Meridcn State ,
Armory Saturday night. The score |
was So to 33. This puts New Brit
ain on top. so far in the series for
the state title.
New Britain faces a WhirlWind /
week during the coming days with |
two games with the Meriden Endecs /
on the schedule. New Britain plays |
in Meriden Thursday night and the
Silver City crew comes here the fol-
lowing Saturday night.
These two battles viii be dupli- /
Gates of the game played in Bristol .
last Wednesday night which New
Britain won by the score of - TO |
1G. New Britain has already snap
ped out its campaign against Meri-
den and the team will probably play |
the same against the Silver City
crew as it did when Meriden last
appeared here.
In the games played so far this
Season, Meriden is one down to
Bristol and New Britain is one down
TO the b III ToWners while the locals
are even with Meriden.
The playoff, with the remaining
games in sight, should furnish one
of the most exciting basketball
finishes in REGENTS seasons. The pres
en- series betw cen the two teams
viii decide the state championship.
according 10 the agreement between