The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-08

uSSplLe Tile iOSS VI AAoCJ "iAu
those of Jack Mead's lads from
meet tonight in Commercial
In regard to this Caginello boy.
He's not only the key-man OF the
Harding barrage--he's the whole
works. So much so, that the re-
mainder of the team is under quite
a handicap when he's bottled up
for any length of time. The idea
is that Caginello, while q good
average high school player bellows
for the ball so much that the other
boys seem timid about passing to
anyone else, when within shooting
distance of the hoop. II that IL the
situation tonight, Wildly will be
right in there, and with any luck
In shooting can win the game and
a spot in the Yale tournament play
which begins Thursday afternoon.
Coach Jimmy Lee Is not discour-
aged in the least. I'VE can still
beat Harding with any kind of
breaks on our shots" is the way
he looks at II. A win over Harding
means that all wildly will have to
do next is beat Bristol Thursday
night, and that's just about out OF
the question. In other words moth
ing short Of a miracle can keep
length Of time.
This year the tournament will
be a three day affair. Previously
II has always been crammed into
two days, making 1t necessary for
the finalists to play bruising
game Saturday afternoon and an
other Saturday night. The Hart
ford Courant and other state pap
ers insisted that 1t was unfair to
high school boys, so this year the
Yale tournament officials decided
to start the competition Thursday
and close 1t on Saturday. The line
up as follows:
Thursday.
p. m.--Naugatuck VS. Bridge
port Central.
s p. m.--Hillhouse vs. West Ha-
ven.
1880 p. m.-Bristol VS. wildly or
Warren Harding.
$3.50 p. m.-Lyman Hall VS.
Meriden.
Friday.
1880 D. m.-Winner Of first game
VS. winner Of second game.
$3.50 y. m.-Winner of third
game VS. winner of fourth game.
Saturday.
$3.50 p. m.--Final game between
the winners of the two semi-final
games.
Bristol figures to have O decided
edge in the first game. Warren
Harding OF Bridgeport and Wildly
OF Waterbury play Off for the
eighth place tonight at New Haven.
Neither team has particularly
impressive record compared to
Bristol's extraordinary string Of
victories.
The upper half Of the draw
would seem to be the tougher.
Providing Naugatuck, defending
champions, beat Bristol in the first
game. they must then meet the un-
beaten Hillhouse High quintet,
which has been strengthened by the
return to eligibility of Vim Ferrie,
high scoring forward. Ferrie has
been out of the game for q month
because of scholastic deficiency In
his studies. Up to the time he was
dropped. Ferrie had tailed 81
points an average Of ~ points
per game.
Bristol, March S.-(Special)-
Tommy Monahan's Bristol high
school basketball team which re-
Gently scored It's seventeenth
triumph In eighteen starts, will
meet either Wildly or Warren
Harding Of Bridgeport tin the open.
Ing game OF the Yale tournament
Thursday evening at 1880 o'clock.
In the New Haven Arena. Coach
Monahan has banded together the
strongest team ever to represent
Bristol at Yale tourney. Their
lone defeat was handed to them on
February 18th when Peter Jo-
sephus Foley and his garnet and
gray tossers from the Naugatuck
Valley swooped down upon them
in this city to hand them q 29-27
setback, which resulted in a free
for-all' battle but avenged the
beating by trouncing Naugy 1927
only last week In Waterbury.
Wildly OF Waterbury and Warren
Harding Of Bridgeport who are tied
for eighth place In the listing of
teams will battle 1t out thsi even
ing in the Commercial high school
gymnasium.
Bristol Lineup
Coach Tommy Monahan will
start his strongest team against
the eighth place contender in the
annual scholastic tourney Thurs
day with diminutive Andy Palau
and Wally Utke pairing UP in for
ward positions, Captain bikes"
Hall at center, and Albie Gurske
and "Sparky' 'Di Giovanni in guard
berths. frankie Laponte. Joe
Marc, Mike Matukaitis, Alex
Zebrowski and Mike Pavelchak
will be held in reserve.
Gurske Slightly Injured
Bristol will be in the pink"
when they open their champion
ship drive at the huge New Ha-
ven Arena within the ensuing days
but 1t is unknown at this scripture
as to whether Albie Gurske, right
guard for the locals, will be In
the starting lineup. Gurske suf-
fered a sprained ankle in the last
game with Meriden at the Silver
City in which the locals edged out
a 1917 triumph over Barnikow's
charges.
Should the local tossers win their
opening game then they would face
the winner of the Meridne-Wal-
lingford fracas. The locals have
defeated Meriden twice this year.
humbling Frank Barnikows
charges by a 1919 count in this
oi{r Tan,,arv 11nd and turning