New Britain herald., 1929-02-06
NEW BRITAIN UNLEASHES
SAVAGE ATTACK TO WIN
Smashes Slump and Comes From Behind to Defeat
Manchester Recs 80 to 30-Al Sloman After Score
less First Half, Cages Seven Baskets In Second
Frame Locals Trail Is to IL At Half Time-Zak-
zewski Stars at Forward Donoghue Plays

Trailing by nine points two min
utes after the start OF the second
half, the New Britain basketball
team suddenly struck its stride and
led by a shooting fool' IN the per-
son Of Al Sloman proceeded to bury
the sensational Manchester Recs I'M
der an avalanche OF baskets and
score a 3S to 80 victory. 1t was the
first beating sustained by .Ae Man
chester crew on its own tivur and
its second beating of the season in
16 games. The game was played on
the Manchester Reg floor and was
witnessed by capacity crowd.
New Britain started the game
with q revised lineup in an attempt
TO break it's losing streak of SIX
straight games. "Jiggs" Donaghle
was in the pivot position, Sloman
and Zakzewski at forwards and
I.eary and Arburr in the backcourt.
This lineup proved to be the best
one that Manager Lanpher has
started in the last six weeks and
worked to perfection. However the
small court handicapped the locals
who spent the entire first half get
ting used to it. The court was en-
closed in net and the ball was IN
play at all times. Numerous times
the New Britain team lost the ball
when it hit the net because the
PLAYERS thought the sphere was dead
and did not attempt to recover II.
The came started off with Whlr'-
wind of action and one minute after
the start, Mccain opened the scor-
ing with a sensational long shot.
Led by the eagle-eyed Stavn'tsky'
the Rec players dropped in baskets
from all corners Of the floor and
led Is to IL at the half. The locals
played on even terms with the Mall
chester crew in this session but StaN-
nitsky's shooting proved TO be too
much for them.
The Manchester quintet started
off with a rush in the second haif
and long shots by Norris soon put
it In the van by II to IL score.
on resumption Of play swept
through the Manchester defense
time after time for score. The
password of the locals had the Silk
Towners baffled completely and sio-
man and Zakzewski sucked In their
men on simple tricks. Johnny shee-
han. standing on the side of the
court, dropped in a beautiful basket
at the ten minute mark to cut New
Britain ahead for the first time m
the battle. Sensing victory after ssx
weeks OF consecutive defeats, the
New Britain crew became n group
of fighting fools and literally swept
the Manchester crew off its feet.
Sioman Runs Wild
Al sloman had found the going
tough in the first half, his shots
trimming the basket time after time.
At the resumption OF play In the
second half. sloman ran wild and
gave a wonderful exhibition OF
shooting. He dropped In seven pas
kets that were all beauties. Some
were long shots and others were
easy suckers which Al Gagged after
he had sucked his man out of po-
sition.
The new lineup worked wonders
and Lanpher appears to have struck
the right combination after two
months of experiments. "Jisss'
Donaghue took practically every
Jump and proved to be the pivot
man around which the New Britain
players worked. His cool and steady
PLAYING balanced the rest Of the az
gregation.
Arburr Stars
Hank" Arburr started the game
IN guard with Leary and proved to
be the star OF the game together
with Sloman. Time after time Ar
burr intercepted Manchester passes
or took the ball from Manchester
players. He was all over the floor
like q bolt OF chain lightning and
his playing inspired the rest of his
teammates. Hank" scored two long
shots in the first half to keep the
locals in the running. Zakzewski
worked in nicely at forward and he
and Sloman proved to be a danger
Gus combination. Between the two
men, they scored % points. AS usual
Leary was a stone wall on the de-
tense and held his man to one bas-
ket. Shcehan played a strong game
for New New Britain at guard after
Arburr had been banished at the
ten minute mark on fouls.
Mccain opened the scoring with
a long shot at the one minute mark.
Zakzewski broke through to even
the score with a hook shot at the
three minute mark. Stavnitsky
started to drop in sensational long
shots from all positions on the
court and Manchester soon had a
10 to I lead. A rally by New Britain
brought the score up to 1912 at
the half.
Second Half
Two baskets by Norris from the
center OF the floor and twin
counter by Madden gave Manchest-
or 81 to II lead two minutes after
he start of the second half Sloman
then started on a spree and Gagged
three baskets in row. Holland in
tcrrupted Sloman's march for a min
ute with a basket but then All was
off again, caging two more baskets
in succession. With the score 25 to
"a, Manchester, Sheehan replaced
Arburr and Immediately dropped in
counter to put New Britain ahead
for the first time at the ten-minute
mark. From then on. Sloman and
Zakzewski scored at will and New
Britain rode on to an easy victory
New Britain
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