New Britain herald., 1930-02-28
LOCALS TAKELEAD
 IN COUNTY LEAGUE
South Church Hands Mapping
 First Defeat Of Season
County "N" Standing

The famous Bcll-Morcy combina- ton was revived in all it's glory last night and the New Britain South church team came from behind in the second half to score q 5542 tri- umph over the strong Mapping Y, M. C. A. quintet and forge into the lead in the hectic three -cornercd battle being wagcd for first place in the senior County "Y' basketball league. Undauntcr by the big Boys club floor. the visitors played fast brand ot ball right up 10 the end, actually sciZins the lead in the sec ond quarter and holding it until the final one. but they could not stem the furious assault which New Britain launched in the final 10 minutes and. as a result, Mapping had 10 accept it's first defeat of the season and be hurled from first place down into third
 The upstate team brought a throng Of nearly 40 rabid support CTS along with it, while the local rooters were augmented by a dele gation of some 200 Boys club mem bers whom Ray Anderson led in a succession of cheers and songs. The battle of cheers made the gym re- sound like a boiler factory and keyed both teams up 10 the point where they made the game the fastest and hardest of the league season to date.
 The elongated Welles dropped In a follow-up shot for the first points of the game. but Bell, Jacobi and Vessels knifed through the Wap- ping defense to give the home team a 12-7 lead at quarter time. The second period, however. was a bad one for New Britain, for Mapping came with a rush. two baskets by Ross putting it ahead and a series Of pretty shots by the husky Spencer carrying it out until it had 24 6 advantage. Almost at the final whis- tie Bell sank a desperate attempt from beyond mid-hoor, making the score at intcrmission 24-lS.
 New Britain shifted its lineup in the second half, Rockwell and Dan Woslus going in and Mercy pairing off with his old mate, Bell in the forward bcrths. Most of the third period was q mad scramble as one side after another dropped in sen sational shots. but Mapping held it's six point advantage till almost the end, when New Britain crept up to within two points at 32-30.
 Rose made it 33-30 with free toss, but Mercy brought New Brit ain up again with a basket and the complexion of the game suddenly changed when Vessels shot a hand some field goal as he was dumped end over end and then made good both tries given him because Of the foul. New Britain now led by 36-S3 and then suddenly the Bell-Morey combination wore off the rust of dis use and clicked with a vengeance The two local forwards tore the Mapping defense to shreds and raced through 1t fot basket after basket, piling np a lead which made the Mapping cause hopeless: Lons | shots near the end gave the visitors some useless points, but even the Josh of Bell on fouls could not halt 1 the locals once they found them selves.
 i Bell and Spencer shared scoring 1 houors with l9 and s points re spectively, but it was Morey's l5' point splurge in the second half that turned the tide in favor of New Brit ain. Vessels played an unusually hard game and outsCored the six story visiting center. Wosilus made one Of tho prcttiost plays of the game when he took the ball away from Mapping player and dribblet half the length of the floor for hurried basket. Twenty per sonal fouls were called, 15 on NeV l Britain and - on Mapping. Th' . summary.
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