New Britain herald., 1930-02-03
Ii was the fall Of the mighty

II Was tue idIl ot lllt iiIlS Ut
 Equipped with the famous J<ocin Koski forward combination of the Meridcn Communities. the St. Stan islaus basketball quintet of Merlden held it's own with the Burritt team Of this city during the first three quarters of the game and then ran wild on a bcWildered New Britain team in the final quarter 10 give the Burritts their first defeat in 26 starts, The score was 50 to 22.
 The game was played as a pre- liminary to the New Britain Seneca Indians contest at the Stanley Arena Saturday night and although the Burritt outfit is a New Britain or Ganization the crowd was almost unanimously in favor of the Silver City team. This feeling is probably due 0 the fact that the Burritts are such consistent winners that the crowd had sympathy for the undcrdog' team.
 Incidentally the Mcridcn team has not been defeated in i've starts this year. It has played only six games, The team proved to be the i best outfit that Manager Ken Saun- dors has brought 10 the Stanley Arena this season. Mcridcn seems to be the iinN for the Burritt team. | Last year the local team lost two games and on each occasion 1t was d Mcridcn team that did the dam age. The Ncridcn Communities and i the Mcridcn Laurcls were victorious over the Burritts in the two games that were chalkcd up against that aggregation last year. This is the 1 first loss the team has had this year and the winning streak that inc!ud- ed games played during the latter part of last year and those played at home and on out-of-town courts this year would have been 26 in q row if the Nurritts had won Sat turdaN.
 Persons close 10 the Burritt team claim that the New Britain quintct was playing under a handicap. "Huggy' Carlson, one Of the out, standing guards in the city. had pitiN Od III NIl 't llt'l VI tot'lll'' LII IcA' days and he was in need of q rest. He was not used in the game. The lineup which started had Havlicl; and Gill at the guard position. Tn" two regular guards. Carlson and barrow. were on the bench. The starting lineup was not changed un- llil it was too late. Darrow, who is : on the injured list, and Rose, Gacr scored baskets after they entered the game but the New Britain de, fcnsc was so weak that it took thu BurrttS all their time trying tC keep the Silver City team away from the basket.
 The Mcridcn players were con. stantlN getting in scoring position il the final quarter and if they hal ianN luck in their shots they WOul1 have given the Burritts wors' beating. The Burritts seemed to
 lose control of themselves in tn.
 final minutes of the game and it WI
 apparent long before the end tha
 the Saundersmcn would he defeated
 Lead Until Third Quarter
 The Burritts started off well an,
 led, to ?, at the end of the frs iquartcr and 12 to at half time. Tn.
 St Stanislaus team failed 10 mak,
 q field goal for f minutes which in
 Cludcd .he time in the first quarte
 and up until two minutes befor
 half time. However, the Meridel team tied the score and took thl
 lead three minutes after the thir, , quarter started
 It was If to 12 but q minute an, s a half later Andy NakuboWicZ mad = it Hall with a long shot. Happy
 kocin did not make the Burritt