New Britain herald., 1930-02-04
MAY DECIDE TITLE
 IN CHURCH LEAGUE.
South and Lutheran Church
 Teams Clash This Evening

Both the championship and the cellar championship" in the Junior Church basketball league may be settled this evening at the Y. M. c. A. as two of the most important games of the season are played. The South Congregational and First Lutheran teams will clash in the first encounter, which will be abso- lutely to the hopes of both teams. The South church is now leading the pack with six victories and no de- feats as it's record. while the Luth- erans are close behind with four triumphs and one setback. This loss was suffered at the hands of to- nights opponents, who scored one point win in an overtime period in the first game Of the league season.
 Since that time the Luthorans have been equalling the pace main- talned by their conquerors, and to- night they are hopeful of ovcrcom- ing the ongrcgationalists, drawing up nearer to them, and bringing about an eventual tie for first place, which will mean third game as play off to decide the issue. The leaders, however, are determined to end the SWcdc threat for good to- night and to hand them their sec ond loss of the season. Should they succeed in doing so it will virtually ,.1irfI1 he fitln l, as two of their three remaining games arc admittedly weak teams.
 The Swedes will place on the floor the very outfit which made such a brave stand before and which is reckoned as possibly the smoothcst in the league, while it packs q SCOT ing punch besides. Against it will Dc a team which will not be the same as it's previous conqueror but one which has nevertheless been burning up the loop. Uneven in it's play, the South church team still has manas- cd to score when needed to win its games quite impressively. The game will begin at 7:45 o'clock.
 In the second contest Of the night the First Baptist and Center Congre- gationa quintcts will meet each other. When these opponents met previously, the Center church won by a decisive margin. but it has been unable to score another victory and, when the Raptists ended their long losing streak last week, the Main strcctcrs dropped into the cellar by the margin Of half a game. They are anxious 10 climb out again tonight, while the Bapti5ts will put up q strenuous battle 10 turn their first victory into tho beginning of q win ming streak
 Tic Is UnbrOl>cn
 Only one Of the five leading SCOT CTS played last week, so Dan Wosius Of inc South church and Harold IIultberg of the Luthcrans remain tied for first place with 55 points apiece. The triple tic for third posi- ton was broken when Howard Kceley of the Trinity Methodists collected nine points and moved up and away from Bernie Wosilus and Francis Ratings of the South church. He is now threatening the two leaders. A correction in the figures has eliminated Harold Bc- gtson or the Lutherans from the ranks of the first five" Bengtson has 29 points, not 4 as announced last week. Leon Dickinson of the Center church is only one point be- hind the leading five.
 The Methodists' scoring spree last week carried them three points past the Swedes and into second place in team scoring with 165 points. The South church still tops the league | with 202 points. The first five scorers: