The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-01
FINE GAMES OPEN
TOURNAMENT HERE
Red Arrows, Killers, Lead
ers and Chemical Score
Victories

NaugatucK, April 1.-The YMCA
all-Naugatuck tournament opened
last night with the Red Arrow
combine defeating the Fred Tavern
five In the first game. Fred's boys
took an early lead in the first period,
but lost it when Swirski and Loman
found the hoop few times to make
the score l to 8 at. the half. In the
second half the Red Arrow boys
started a scoring spree that did not
end until the final whistle had
blown. Swirski and Loman did the
heavy scoring for the winners, and
AL Cignott looked good for the
losers. The final score: Red Arrow
80, Fred's Tavern, II.
The Killers brought an array of
ex-basketball players on the floor
to beat the Beacon Falls Highland
ers in the second contest Of the
evening. The Murderers completely
outclassed their inexperienced OPP
ponents from start to finish. Paul
Beardsley who was once noted for
his scoring ability showed some of
his form in scoring 10 points for
the winners, while j. Geyda was the
losers best bet with markers. The
final score read Killers 80, Beacon
Falls 9.
The Leaders and the Greyhomds
met in the third game to supply the
thriller of the evening and possibly
| the best game of the tournament.
The Leaders were outclasSed by
their younger and less experienced
opponents, and throughout the game
were outfought in every department.
In the final period with the Grey
hounds leading by a one-point mar
gin Gene Montanari put in besket
for the Leaders with one minute to
play to decide the outcome Of the
most exciting game witnessed thus
far in the tournament. Mariana and
Butcher played exceptionally well in
the defensive field for the Grey
hounds. The final score: Leaders
20, Greyhounds %.
Chemical Win
In the last game Of the first round
the Chemical came through in the
last minutes of play to defeat the
Hop Brook Grill 80 to %. The game
was an interesting one In that Gene
Loman Of the Chemical had wager
with Irish" McDermott on the re-
suit which the former won. Loman
starred for Chemical with 10 points
while McDermott scored 8 for the
losers. This game was very exciting
up to the last few minutes, the lead
changing to opposite teams IL times
during the required playing time.
The outstanding player of the
evening was little Frankie Butcher,
whose playing around the experien-
ced Leaders had them buffaloed,
very fast, accurate in passing and
shooting and with a little more help
from his players could have pulled
the team through to the second
bracket.
Tonight's Games
At 7 o'clock, the Red Arrow Ice
Cream Bars will take on the Me-
teors. At 8, the Leaders will have
another tough battle with the Big
Five composed of Bill Cross, Frank
Neary, Whitley Anderson, Leonard
Fitzgerald and Jack McSherry, and
will the sparks fly? At 8 the "Y"
Killers take ON the ~" Diamonds.
The Diamonds have such players
as Gene Chaplicki, Ricky Rykowski,
Walter Polski, Teddy Carzasty,
Teddy Schulty, Teddy Wotjcak and
Francis Bart.
The last game will be tough one
on the Chemical as they will first
play in Waterbury at o'clock and
return to Naugatuck for their 10
o'clock game with the "Y" Rang
ers. The Rangers drew a bye for the
first round and are hot and both
cred to take the Chemical over the
bumps. Paul Perazelli. who did such
wonderful piece Of refereeing in
the four games last night, will again
toot the whistle for four more
games tonight.