New Britain herald., 1930-03-26

The New Britain State Trade school basketball team has just completed the most successful sea- son it has had in three years. The team won 75 per cent of the games played this year and lost only two contests on it's home court. Spring field Trade, winner of the Spring field city championship, and Bridge port Trade, champion of it's section, were the only teams to top the Traders in New Britain. Against these losses, the local trade school team has to it's credit, a win over the crack Plainvllo High quintet that has lost only three games dur ing the past season.
 The first string players were vet eran stars assembled together and welded into a smooth-working com- bination by Coach Bradley. Captain Lefty Cohen and 'Lefty' Truman, were former members of the Phan- tom team. Steve Przybysz, the Col linsvillc star, played with Collins vile High and Collinsville town teams before joining the ranks of the Traders.
 Carson was formerly well known in Church league circles and Retano was a member of last years Trade school quintet that won the Farm ington Vallyc league championship | Vrcdenburg. Neverouskas, and | F'ruscella, also of last years squad, were with the team for a part of l this season, prior to their gradua- | ton.
 keeley and koslowski, both new men on the squad. played as rcGu- | lars during the latter part of the season. Kecley is an experienced man, having played in the Church | league where he was runner-up for high scoring honors. kozlowski played an exceptionally good dc fensive game for his first year on 1 the team.
 Among the new players 10 appear and counted among the good pros poets for next years team, were Eissrig, Erickson, Stefanowicz and BartusieWicz.
 Truman High Scorer
 The outstanding player of the year and the high scorer of the team, was Lefty Truhan. His accurate shooting gave him q total of 2S9 points for the season., Przy- bysz was second high with d total of 131 points.
 In the l2 games in which he played, Captain Cohen scored 1Ot points. In the contest with Meriden he crashed into the furniture at the end of the court and injured his knee so badly that he was forced tC keep out of the games for the rest of the season except for short per iods in contests wherein his services were urgently needed. Cohen anC Truman, both left handlers and botf eX-Phantoms, formed a portsidt duet that worked With uncommon smoothness.
 Among the old rivals of the loca team who were defeated twice thE year were the American School fol the Deaf and the South Manchester Trade school. It was the first tlmt in three years that the local Tradcr won both games from the Yves Hartford pantomimers.
 The South Manchester team Wa coached by Walter P. Schroeder former athletic mentor at the Nev Britain Trade school. Ii was in tn game at South Manchester tha Cohen stepped in during the last fcy minutes of play and made the baskc that won for his team.
 The only defeats of tho scaso1 t were suffered at the hands O Springfield Trade, Bridgeport Trade Plainvilc high in Plainvillc and Col linsville high in the Collinsvlll "bandboX.
 Leonard Nixon. well known loca authority on basketball, was the Of fcial at most of the home games. Individual Scoring | I,e+ ne ;rIi,-id,,a1 n