New Britain herald., 1930-02-27

Alter q terrific uailc O1 4p 1llln-
 utes during which inc winner was in
 doubt the Knights of Iithuania bas-
 kltball team came from behind in
 tho final quarter and gave the New
 Britain National Guard basketball
 team its first home floor defeat, @3 lo 2G.
 Tho Guards had won seven sue ccssi1c victories on the state armory
 floor They defeated thc Manchos-
 ter Recreation tive, Bickstord Red Heads Branford Tanks, Washington Hills, Phi Delts, Bridgeport Naccys
 and the Middletown Twilight team.
 New Britain led at the end of thc first and third quarters but tho Capi- tal City team had the lead at half time. On six occasions during the contest, tho teams were tied. In the first quarter tho score was tied at two points and when the game had progressed five minutes it was dead locked at four points. Then Charley Shmkus put his team in the lead. 6 to but Elmer swanson of tho Guards made q foul and field goal that put the New Britain quintet in the lead z to G. X short time before the quartcr ended the Guards added another point, q foul shot hy kar- bOuic.
 Slightly more than one minute after the second quarter opened <. ShimkuS, K. of l.. center, tied the
 score at s points and for the rest of |thc quarter the Hartford organiZa- ] ton held the lead, If to h. Ray 1 Hoist who had been held scoroless up until this time began 10. play a strong offensive game and his two ] foul shots put the New Britain team ! within q point Of a tie, 1& to If. 1 Charley Shimkus again proved to bo l a thorn in the side of the Nc" | Britain team when he scored field goal and foul shot. Then Hols', 1 Karbonic and George Luke scored l in succession and the lead was m l New Britain's possession, IS to T. after tiyc minutes of play.
 A minute later, Charley Shjmkus ] put his team into q tie, IS 10 IS, l but within two minutes at the end l of the quarter Hoist made me" overhead shot from underneath inc | basket and his team had a tWo- point advantage. One minute before 1 the end the sc0ro was tied at @0-all on two foul goals by a substitute, 1 Shagos. In the seconds that re- naincd Hoist made q field goal and 1 foul shot to give New Britain Il 1 three-point lead @3 to 70 at three quarter time.
 Tno last quarter was a bitter struggle. Shorty" MalnoWShl and
 "Wardy" Waterman who had just re- l turned 10 the lnoup scored field 1 goal each and their team led, II 10
 4&.
 ] Hoist again proved himself the l king pin of his team when hc made 1 tho foul shot that tied the count at Ig4 points Charley Shimhus again
 made his presence l-noWn with two
 foul shots. New Britain seemed to
 be sunk when Waterman made th" score 27 to 4. However, Hoist came
 through and made two foul points
 in succession. This brought the
 New Britain team within 2 point Of la tie, - 10 26. with two minutes
 to go. However. Hoist went out ot the game on four personal fouls. . Incidentally Waterman and Hoist
 made their fourth personal on the same play and they both went to the showers togethe~.
 l;arl Bennett, the veteran Hart
 ford performer. put the game on ice
 for the Capital City organization
 when he made q field goal in the closing minute. 1Iartford's three
 point advantage remained until the final whistle. New Britain outscor-
 ed its opponent, It to 15, in the