New Britain herald., 1930-01-27

suffering an s to . setback at the hands of the Albany Lawmakers in Albany yesterday. the New Britain
 Panthcrs were handing tho Anstcr-
 dam Hurricanes 10 to lacing at the Stanley Arena in this city Hart lords defeat and New Britain's vic tory put the focal team back in first
 place in the American Lcaguc stand. ing. Hartford has chance to so
 back into the lead again tonight
 when it plays Glcns Falls on the
 Capital City floor.
 Duggan Burned Out
 Wild Bill" Duggan who had
 been signed as a member of the Am
 sterdam team and was to have
 played here against New Britain yes
 terday afternoon, suffered a severe
 business setback early Sunday morn ing. He conducted a cigar shop and
 pool room with paper and magazine departments, in his home City,Taun-
 ton, Mass.
 He left the place about l o'clock Sunday morning and was summoned by the city officials at o'clock to ! learn that the entire block in which his place was located, was burned down. Duggans entire hockey equip ment was lost in the blaze and inc
 was unable to secure rcplaccmcnts in time for yesterdays contest.
 Red" Donnclly had already been
 released by Amsterdam but he play cd in yesterdays game despite the action of the management,
 'anthcre Superior
 As on last Sunday, the Partners i were far and away the better team | in comparison with the strong out i fit presented by Manager Art Ives Of | Amsterdam. Despite the presence Of Archie Muirhcad in the lineup as new halfback, Steve Pierce as first rush and "Rcd' Donnclly as center. l the New Britain team played rings around the visitors.
 1 It was terrific battle for the first i two periods but the Partners alone 1 did the scoring. Amsterdam tried 1 hard to get some goals in these two 1 frames but Gid" Brown and Duke" { DufrCsnC hung mo a1mittaDCC' i sign on the gateway 10 the New 1 Britain goal and Bill Jcttc held the key to the locked portal of the 1 Hardware City cage.
 While Steve Pierce and Lee Lun- deNillc were striving desperately to get through the New Britain de- | fcnsc, the Panthcrs stole a marcl on their rivals and cagcd four goals in the first half. In the first period, the outfits battlcd for more than six minutes before the ice was broken. "kid" Williams then sliced in the | first goal. He was followed by "Gid' ! Brown who WhaIcd the ball from far away to cage the second goal Of the ! period,
 ! The Amstcrdamcrs started to dog Williams in the second period but 1 Earl Pierce came up on the wind ] and shot the ball past BarnikoW to 1 make it No. , for New Britain. i Then, taking pass from Dufrcsnc, ] Earl fakcd a hit and scoopcd to Will i Iiams who sank the ball for the iOuflh counter ot the nall.
 score in Third Period l Amsterdam got it's first score in 1 the third period when I.undcVille ] triCkled the ball past Jcttc after q hard scrimmaGc right in front of 1 the cage. This opened up two Of i the frccst-scorine periods seen here i in some time. Two minutes later, Earl Pierce took pass from Du- trCSur and scored on" for New Brit ain. LunderNlllo came back two minutes later and got one for the visitors. Then Kid" Williams. after l laying low for some time. raced through the Amsterdam team and scored two quick goals. l.mdc>illc followed him in less than ha1f q minute and New Britain was lead ing at the end Of the third session i to q.
 The fourth period saw Steve Pierce start rally that gave New Britain q slight score. He pokcd in tho first goal of tho period But, the New Britain forwards. sensing the danger, hooked together and l Earl Pierce shot N illiamS two nice passes that resulted in two more goals for New Britain. Returning 1 the favor, Williams passed one 10 1 Pierce 10 give New Britain another.
 Then. however. Amsterdam start i cd it's bclatcd rally. Steve Pierce took two passes from Lundevjllc and i scored two goals. With just seconds i to 20 before the game was over. he caged another but the bell slanged 1 to end the game with New Britain ahead 10 to l.
 Gid Brown Stars
 Once again "Gid' Brown played a l whale of q game on the defense. Du- 1 tresnc demonstrated that man can l get into form slowly but surely and l he continued 10 show improvement. i He is about as deliberate as any ! player in the game but he can move when the necessity arises and no one . IS taking the ball from him once h." gets it. He passes accurately. Browns game has improved wonderfully since he abandoned his wood-chop- pin" for short and 2uappy passes.
 WiIl1ms and Pierce staged anoth- "r pretty exhibition on offensive. work. With a hadly rolling ball in inc first part Of the game, these two ovcrcanc this ohstHrlc 10 breeze through with goals that gave the home club its Win .lcttc continued his spectacular work in inc goal keeping stray shots clear