The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-30
STRONG HILL TEAM
 COPS FIRST ROUND CAL HOOP HONORS
Casey Combine Beats
 Brooklyns for Second
 Time-Score z7-26- Kraft, Lewis Stand Out
BY JOHN A. CLUNEY

Because<they played better bas- ketball on both offenSe and de- fense, made the most of their op- portunities and held Hal Maloney and Yanoi Carroll to three points. the Washington Hills assured them selves of . chance for the city championship yesterday afternoon when they defeated the Brooklyn A. c. s7-26 before $50 fans at the Phoenix Arena.
 The victory by one point gave the Hills leadership of the first round of play In the City Amateur League, and, from their style of play they well deserved 1t, Brook lyn has been beaten twice this sea- son in league competition and the Hills did the trick both times. At least the double victory over the defending champions Is proof of their ability an Q basketball unit, and brings home the point that their manager George Casey has been insisting on all season--that the Hills have the best team In the league.
 Five points or less separated the teams from start to finish with the exception of minute or so in the third period when the score was tied with . foul toss, Within the next minute the Hills were leading by four points, then made 1t five, ana were never headed, though sheehan's two hoops in the closing seconds of play wound up the c0n- test in thrilling fashion.
 isutrld tossing from the penalty line cost Brooklyn the game if you care to consider the fact that Mat ty Sheehan blew six of seven free throws. Ray Duly could have tied the count witl. less than Q minute to go but his free throw rimmcd the hoop, on top of the fact that he had hardly been in the game long enough to "warm up" playing but . very few minutes the last period. Maloney was held scoreless by Charley Lewis though more than one of hls tries rolled around the rims--and out.
 |. IAurel Winner
 Individually, the standout player of the game was Howie Kraft, claimed as a member of three or four local teams this season. and n young man who find. time to play with all of them. It was his shooting that kept the Hills in the lead right from tho go yesterday. He wound up with 14 points, six field goals and two free losses, while his opponent Yanol Carroll got a field and foul goal In forty minutes of play. On the alert every second of the contest, Kraft proved hiissnelf a deadly weapon of. the Hill oifonso anywhere In his fore- court, and particularly in front of tHe hoop, where he tapped in three of his eix floor shots. Kraft just about beat the Brooklyns single. hahded, though he was held score. iess hy rom Wagner who went In for Carroll after Kraft had 14 points in his favor. Brooklyn bonn. bsrdod the hoop wildly in the last minute of play, after Daly's Tree throw miss. but nothing eroppea in and the Hills kept the ball m their possession long enough to win by tho smallest possible margin. n addition to Kraft, tho work Of Charley Lewis and I.allier was . potent :aetor in the Hills winning play. .. ... points apiece for the Dumschou array but they were hurried plenty and in tho case of Matthew, his count could have been as high as IS to 10 if his free losses dropped in. Joe Swasey nt center played good floor game, aside from his three point total. The score: