The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-02
|BOFS' CLUB BIG'
 FIVE CAPTURE. JUNIOR TOURNEY
Overtime Game Lost By St. Anns 30-3I--Tefl-
 pleton Presents Trophy

The St. Ann's All-StarS made a gallant bid for victory by overcorn- ing an eight point deficit to lead the Boys Club by 3 points, but the more experienced Boys Club Big Five, took advantage of the breaks to tie the count in the last ten Sec- Onds to go and to send the con- test into overtime and win out 30.3l.
 The Boys Club Big Five was pre- sellted the trophy which signifled the winners of the first annual city-wide Junior Invitation Tourna- ment. Ex-G Governor Charles A. Tenn pleton presented his trophy to Weenie zenick, captain and star of the contest. The Ex-G Governor Tenn pleton held the attention of the crowd as he made speech on be- half of clean sportsmanship.
 B. c. Big Five Lead at Quarter 11-5
 Joe Runividge started St. Ann's of to 8 good start with a hoop but Howie Loughlin of the Boys Club matched him with a double decker. Runividge then scored foul to again send St. Ann's ahead, but again a double decker by H. Lough- lin offset the foul to put the Big Five ahead 4-3. Bobby Ray then tossed in s hoop and a foul bring ing the Club total to 2. LaPointe brought the score up to 7-5 with a side shot, but zenick and Rinaldo, tossing in 8 basket apiece, the seS- sion ended 1l-5 with St. Al1n's in the van.
 Boys Club Widen Margin
 Mclaughlin and Ed Fisher tossed in baskets to lead by 1895 but La- Pointe, playing bang-up game scored a foul and a hoop to keep St. Ann's in the fray by l5-8. Aided by baskets from Zenick, E. Fisher and a free toss by H. Loughlin, the Clubbers too a supporting lead 20-8. Longeau tossed in 8 long shot and 8 foul toss to bring the St. Anns closer 20-ll as Zenick put In 8 free marker for the Club and La Pointe adding another two-pointer to St. A1n's list 21-13 as the half ended in the Clubs favor.
 St. Ann'S Back Strong
 Army Fisher, French star, who is also brother of Ed Fisher of the Boys Club crew, tossed in a free shot and basket, Runividge made another free toss as A. Fisher and Dutch LaPointe added doubledeck- CTS to knot the count at 21 all. At thig point HoWie Loughlin made good Q free toss to send the Club ahead 22-2l, but hops by Longreau and A. Fisher gave the Frenchies the lead 2Sa22 as the third period was ended.
 A. Fishers Loss Fatal
 Ed. Fisher, Clock Shop ace then scored hoop and a foul made god by Rocco Rinaldi, knotted the count again 25-25. Army Fisher was banished from the game via the personal foul route and as they were also without the services of Paul Fournier, star forward, the St. Ann's crew was handicapped. Lon- geau then put the St. Ann,s fighting outfit ahead by another hoop. Zeank B. c. star tossed in a free gift and Runividge put in another double decker as he was fouled in the act of shooting. The toss was off but St. Ann led 29-26. Rinaldi at this point adde a free toss and in the scuffle with only seconds remaining 6 long toss was hurled at Zenick who was running at top speed but being checked at the same time, and he was not able to catch 1t SO he slapped it toward the basket as he hit Into the stage. The sphere was precari- ously balanced on the hoop while hundreds looked ahead in amaze ment. The ball rolled ahead as the whistle sounded to end the fourth session with the score even for the fourth time 20-29.
 Overtime Session Thrilling
 Howie Loughlin then scored two hoops and RinAldi one to bring the total to S5-29 while La Pointe came through again for the French crew S5-3l but Howie Loughlin and Ze- nick scored again to sew up the contest 30-Sl.