The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-08
NINE FOUL TRIES
 GIVE CROSBY WIN OVER TORRINCTON
lWilmot's Basket in Final 10 Seconds Clinches Replay Game, 27 to 26
RY GEoRGE DILLON

Torrington, Feb 8-Outscored from the floor due to their wide open zone defense but conversing nine times on 12 complimentary awards, the Griffinless Crosby high quintet eked out a thrilling one- point victory over Torrington here last night, 27 to 26, before 700 fans in their Naugatuck Valley re- play game. Elton Wilmot sewed up the contest in the final ten sec- onds with a clean sucker shot after taking a pass from Eddie O'Don- nell out of bounds at mldcoMrt, fainting past Bill Driscoll and let ting the leather fly before big Ed Longhi hacked him. As soon as Referee Chick Hayes picked up the | bal land started for mldcourt the timers gun sounded.
 Lead Sec-Saws
 The blue and whites rush in the first period gave them a to 2 lead, but Tracey Garey's proteges spurt- ed in the second eight minutes and led at half time, IS to 16. The Brass Cityites regained the lead at the start of the last quarter, q to 20. e. O'DOnnell Draws First Blood Eddie O'Donnell opened the fray with q doubledecker from the side which York duplicated from mid court. On an outside play Wilbur Dunn, on q beautiful half-pivot scored from meath the irons. Long, hi fouled Joe Joyce who conversed, the final tally of the first period.
 Second Period
 On q two-hand overhead shot from the foul line, Wilmot swelled Crosby's total to seven. Joyce drib- bled down the side court and let q long one fly to set the score at 9-2. Bill Driscoll dropped in a long one from side center for the home clubs second score. Dunn added Q point on Hoysradt's penal ty and. J. Driscoll followed up q long shot to converse meath the hoop.
 Dunn made his second foul on J. Driscolps violation, but the penal ized one retaliated with a field goal on an outside play, breaking through for a sucker shot. Dunn again conversed on W. Driscolls penalty giving Crosby a 1928 lead. Here Hoysradt tailed 6 point on Dunn's foul and followed with Q field goal from heath the irons after 0 dandy dribble from mid. court. J. Driscoll knotted the score at 12.12 on Abe Steinman's body charge. Dunn hooked in an overhead side shot, but Longhi tied the count after following up Hoy sradts long one. Linday put the red and white into the lead for the first time with a long shot after a pass of O'Donnelps was intercept ed. Hoysradt scored from mis- count and the Gareymen led, IS to IA. Steinman, pushed In the act of shooting by Longhi, conversed on both tries as the half sounded with the Schoheldmen trailing, IS to 18. Third Period
 Wilmot knotted the count on Q follow up shot of Steinman's and Joyce put the blue in the lead with his second hoop, Q long one from the side on a pass from Stein- man. Wilmot conversed on Lind says block penalty. Hoysradt made two free tries good when | Steinman was detected holding under the basket. Score 21-2O Crosby.
 Taking a pass from Dave Bar tolini, subbing for Steinman, in the bucket, Dunn drlbbled in for q sucker and added another point on J. Driscoll's roughness. Little Johnny Thompson was detected holding and J. Drlscoll made the award, cutting Crosby's lead to three points, 24-21. w. Driscoll fouled Dunn, his fourth violation, and Dunn conversed. On a pivot in the bucket Longhi's overhead shot dropped in and he added an- other tally when O'Donnell fouled him q minute later under the hoop. bringing Torrington but one point behind. With n minute and fifteen seconds to play, Longhi let fly 6 long one which bounced off the ackboards, hit Joyce on the shoul- ders and landed in Dranginis' hand who dribbled once meath the hoop and scored, giving the TO Q one point lead, 26 to 26. Crosby seemed broken up and in tho next thirty seconds took three crazy long shots which were wide of their intended marks York travelled in his drib- ble in midcourt with 15 seconds to play and O'Donnell grabbed the sphere, tossed 1t to Wilmot three yards away and n yard in from the outside line. The blue forward feinted past W. Driscoll and drib- bled meath tho hoop for the de. ciding two points. Longhi almost stopped Wilmot on the play, and If I may say so, fouled him. But
 who cares, the best team won.
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