New Britain herald., 1930-01-24

With the prospect Of meeting the Cleveland Rosenblums. basketball champions of the world. facing them tomorrow nigh at the Stanley Arena on Church street, the mem bers of the New Britain basketball team feel that they are in the best condition possible and are ready for bitter battle. Although by far the underdogs in pre- game prognostica- tions, the New Britain players feel that they have considerably moro than an outside chance Of winning against the famous opposition.
 The Cleveland team. by winning the cham pionship of the American league last season. became the world championship bass etball quintet. For years. it was the New York Ccltics who held this coveted position. However, on the Cleveland roster are the names of several or the players who EraCcd the Celtic lineup when that team was at the peak. Among these are Barry. Lap chick and Dchnert. These three are mountains Of strength on the quin- tet and arc counted among the best players in the countr".
 With these two are Skurnick and Husta Of last years club. Dickcr- son. high point scorer with Olson's Swcdes last season. plays forwarI for the club. Fans in this city wflI 1 r,1t n 6 hf.r- h m, oE ,l-I performers 10 have appeared at the stanley Arena last year. Dave Kerr. veteran star, is again coach and captain and he will be with the crew tomorrow night. George Glas- | co for whom the Cle"eland manage ment traded Johnny Beckman. IS one of the outstanding stars of the 1 game. | The Cleveland team will have its l full roster Of stars here tomorrow night and. it is thought probable. that most Of them will get into ac- ] tion at some time or other during i the night.
 New Britain will put forward its rcorganized and strengthened line Iup. The team will probably start with Sloman and Collins at the For ward bcrths. Conway at center and 1 Iichtmycr and Arburr at the guards. Lcary and RsstclIl will bH 1 in reserve. Tho game will start promptly at o'clock.
 Only one of the band 0. young i mcn who formed the world tamo Is ! Original Celtic basketball team in 1 New York fifteen years ago Is still appearing in the court aud he x working as effectively as he ever d,d
 He is Pete Barry, guard with HIe i Cleveland team of the American Basketball League. champions of tho world.
 Last season when Barry, with Joe Lapchich and Henry Dchnert, joined the Cleveland club, tho Ohio quintet showed new life, smarter basket ball and presented a dazzling game. Bal = ry. after fifteen years at the game, seemed better than ever He played the brand of basketball that cqualcd that of Nat Holman and he is still til'iN HIS SUCH Il SillIt. Il'' DlobS . to Cleveland his complete knowledge Of the game, some finer points ,f strategy and injected it into thr new Cleveland club. Supporters Of the Cleveland team Immediately b. gan 10 rave and the professional court game in the ohio metropolis went bigger and better than ever on to a worlds championship.
 Barry. who stands 1t. 1lla in !, and weighs 1S5 pounds, estimates that he took part in approXimateiy l,700 games as q member of the Celtics. And most of these were victories. He was with them through their struggling early years aal sparkled when they became Worl ] champions He was with then through their two seasons in the American League and was an i'm portant factor in their many succ''S- Scs. He is q eimilarN important fac tor in the present Cleveland sucC',.- sre
 In this fifteen years Barry play ! 3t every position on the Celtic tcat1.
 He knows the game from \ 10 / aa knows how to play any position. II"
 has many years of good haskctb ,l still left in his system. Fans can ap-
 preciate his ability when they recall that for sixteen years he travelled Tn the fastest basketball company anI
 vas the only one of the originals to survive the many seasons.
 Wherever the Cleveland club ap-
 pears this season. Barry, LapchiCi and Dehnert get a big hand.
 Playing with more vim and wiih
 greater confidence than ever, For
 ward Carl Husta of the Worlda
 champion Cleveland team of the
 American Basketball League is q
 sensation in the league race again.
 Husta has been one of the leading
 point scorers of the Cleveland club
 ever since the league was formed.
 Last season Husta was going like D - house on fire and was an importaH Ht
 factor in winning the title. Again this season he is making spectators