New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-28
LOCALS TAKE SENSATIONAL
GAME FROM HARTFORD HIGH
Capital City Squirt Puts Team In Lead by Three Points
With One Minute to Go-Landino Drops In Goal,
Cutting Lead to Win-Kraszewsh Makes Basket
Giving New Britain the Edge Spectacular Finish
Makes Basketball History for Schools.

Makes Basketball Histt
With 20 seconds to 70 and Hart
ford High basketball team leading
New Britain by three points. one Of
the widest finishes on record was
made in the annual game between
the TO athletic rivals Landino
slipped through q stone wall defense
to score = basket and cut the Capt.
tai City lead to one point. The
jump at center followed. echmarr
got the tap and Krassewski got the
ball. With the fans begging for a
shot, the local boy came through and
sank the ball. giving New Britain a
one point lead.
Britain held the ball and the final
whictle found the Hardware City
quintet In possession and winner by
81 to so, one point margin. The
gameAwas q sensation In court circles
for this season. 1t was played Sat-
urday afternoon at the Hopkins
street gym IN Hartford. The winning
basket was scored with seven seconds
to 60. With fve minutes to play,
New Britain led by q nine point mar
gin but sudden rally by Hartford
put it in the lead with three min
utes to 90.
Alex Zaleski was given a foul shot
which II successful would have tied
the score within 80 seconds of the
end. but he missed. With 20 seconds
to 60 Landino made a Sensational
overhead shot from beyond the foul
line. The score was then 30 to 20
in favor Of Hartford. Then Kras-
zewski's shot which came from the
middle of that unusually large floor
Of the Hopkins street gymnasium.
settled the game.
The lead interchanged six times
during the game and the score was
tied three times.
Zaleskl and Schmarr put the New
Britain team In an early lead. 3 to
2. Parlee and Schofield scored in
succession and when the game was
four minutes old Hartford had q 8
to 3 lead. Schof1eld and Wise in
creased Hartford's total to 10 while
Zaleski and Schmarr were scoring
four points for New Britain. At the
end OF the first quarter, Hartford led.
10 to Z. Half time score was ~
to 10, Hartford.
Two minutes after the second
quarter began Iandino made a field
goal which followed points scored by
Kraszewski and Schmarr and the
scored was tied at 12-all. Then
Hartford went on = rampage and
led, Is to :. but New Britain came
back and tied tho score at 1S-all
when the third quarter was six min
utes old.
The Red and Gold team then went
into a nine-point ~ to IS lead with
hve minutes to 60. Gunther. Hart
ford High center. made 1t 20 to ~.
Wilkins who had just gone into the
game made 1t % to ~, Gunther again
came though for field goal and 1t
was "a to u. Schof1eld made it rs
to 81. Landino fouled Wise as ne
was in the act of shooting but Wise
couldn't make either of his chances
good and New Britain High stu
chung to its slim lead.
Schofield was fouled by Sowka a.
he was In the act Of shooting and
with a GOODNESS that was admirable
he sank both shots and Hartford
went into one point lead. Zaleski
was then given the foul shot which
he missed.
Wise slipped through the New
Britain defense and scored a field
goal and Hartford High rooters be-
gan to rejoice because they felt the
game was on ice. Wise was foul.d
by Krasxewski while he was shoot
ing. He made the basket but missed
the free tries.
Then the two New Britain baskets
we're scored and the game was over.
Immediately the entire New Britain
squad and rooters crowded about
Kraszewski and threw their arms
about him in real hero fashion. II
was a fitting finish to the athletic
careers Of Louis Landino and Henry
kraszewski that they should be the
heroes in the last seconds Of 4 VIC
tory over their schools arch rivata
from Hartford.
"Hermy" Schmarr and Henry
kraszewski were the best players on
the New Britain team. Whenever
the Red and Gold team was in q
dangerous fix and possession of the
ball was the most imnorfanf orso%
kraszewski came through and xot
the ball for his team.
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