The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-19
CLICKING CROSBY
 TEAM WINS FIRST CLASH WITH WILEY
Floor Work Aids in 29.24 Victory Dunn, Stein. man, O'DOnnell Feature Willy Reserves Win
By JOliN A. CLUNEY

Wild In Tact ns well uB m nhtne, taking 2 minutes and 20 seconds to score their first point, and missing ten of fourteen fire throws, they well deserved to be beaten by CrOs- by In the first of two games played last night at the Wilby gym before i,2OO people. The nnal score, 20 to 24, hardly indicates tho differ ence between the teams, for Cros- by was vastly superior in every department Of play.
 Crosby was n BmoOth-worklng five man tenn last night. Indivi- dually, Wilbur Dunn, Abe stem man and Eddie O'Donnell stood but In the play, but their effective ness would have been greatly weakened had not Griffin and Will mot given them the best of nssist- ance. It was not n good bnskct- ball game, despite the live point difference in tho final score, the only real thrill coming In the third period when Wilby came within u point of trying the score, after which they promptly fell apart again, allowing Crosby to close with a rush and small but safe margin.
 Flying Start.
 Billy Schoheld's starting select Ions, incsuding the regulaE team Of Steinman, Dunn, O'Donnell, VII mot and Griffin got off to n flying start, shellcd their hoop early and often and ran up ten points during tho twinkling of 2,d0O eyclashos within tho nrst seven minutes of play, as Wilby played u bewllder- cd type of game in which passing and team play was of grnmmor Hchool aylc, and their shooting tingod with hard luck, threo shots under tho hoop rolling out, when they might us ouslly have rolled in. At tho end of tho period, Crosby held n ten point mnrgin as Crich' ton scored Il floor goal forty bcC- onds before tho closo of plny nnd Crosby has counted m even dozen points.
 In the second period, tho Crosby clicked on all ilVo cylinders scoring seven points to Wilbys eight, tho commercial driV0 im- proving n bit with tho substitution hnd a disastrous evening from the
 
 down tho center of tho court and nonr tho hoops, plus tho plbslnB shooting and drlbbllns Of oDon- ncll und Dunn, which worked the ball Into scoring position, allowed the Blu0 and White lads to walk off tho court with n 10 to 10 lend, md every indication in tho world of turning tho gnmo Into n rout'
 Back to Earth.
 Yot, one of tho llghtning-llko .oam transformations peculiar to Inc gnmo of basketball took ploeo lR tho rivals started tho third period, Wilby getting into tho game within series of long and short lhots by Jaoovino and spadola that brought tho Leo Cohorts up to q point whore it was "0nybody's game" the third group of eight ending 23.22 still In Cr0s. by's favor, when Jae0vinO missed lbo count. Both toams were going Wllby was handed tho "eoup dc mont of 0en0 Sweeney, ltH sterling right guard and tho only player who showed consistent form up Co the point of hlB enforced retire. mont, N0vnk0wskl went in cold md looked Q, k, under tho e0ndi" ll0nH but the value of Sweeney Go hat hard-playlng Wilby team was iO0n r0nlisod ns Crosby secured the ball and two moro points whon tapped in Grlfhn'B fre0 throw miss under tho south hoop, giving tho ultimate winners q thre0 point le0d which they boosted Co iV0 when Griffin dropped his third IWinspOlnter juBt before tho final gun,
 Summary,
 The shots of the Wilby players were moro spectacular, but thelr I0Or work was ragged for three periods Of tho game, while Cr0Bbys iV0 mon play from start to finish gave them h richly 6arnGd victory ln do still undefeat0d slate ln tho Valley league. CrlGh- I0n'A aggressive and speed was very much offset by tho poor Judg' mont no used on shots tried from most difficult angles, allowing tho taller Crosby t6nm tO gain pos. tesslon of the ball, far moro often than would have been tho ease with tho uH0 of n shorter paBsIn ng game, Wilm0t, tho alleged Crosby was in tho game nearly ill of tho B2 playing minutes, his phsslng showing ID well near tho hoops, The Crosby win made it b sure onirnnt in thd Ynlo t0urnn. mont this HenHOn, Score and sum. Innfyi
 Crosby,