The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30

North End Basketball
 Results

The North End "Yn Tigers defeat ed the Hopeville Blues by SABA score at the "" hut last night. The Tigers led by the shooting of Tom SantaLucia and Frankie Place caught the Blues off guard and rolled up l0-O lead at the, end of the first period, .-....
 The second period found the Blues shooting from all anglesSand with the brilliant shooting of Charley Armstrong pulled up within five points of the home team making the score 1913 at Half.
 The Blues opened fast in the third quarter when hoops by Armstrong and Sandin made the score 1918. Then Ripper Guerruera and Buddy Gunshannon broke away for two hoops apiece and the Tigers were out in front again by 26-l7 score. From then on the home forces never were headed and also outscored their rivals in the last canto making the final score 34-24 Tom Santa Lucia, Bubby Gunshannon and Ripper Gueruelra paced the Tigers to victory while Armstrong and Sandin were brilliant In defeat, The Tigers made all their points from the field as they didn't have ono op- portunity to shoot f,orn tho free throw mar&-while the Blues made 10 out of their Is foul-shots while only getting [ hoops aginst the strong defense of the Tigers.
 The North End aggregation will have a busy week playing the strong Triangles in . North End "" senior league combat Wednesday, on Thurs day they meet the Webster, Colleg- ians and Saturday will take on the Press HI "Y" winners of the Gen. tral Senior League.
 The North End team holds six straight wins to date and will be fighting to run their streak to nine straight.
 The North End "" Varsity won their 9th game of the season out of II starts, when they downed the strong Walnut Semi-Pro team of Bridgeport by 43 to 37 score, at the North End "Y". Led by Herb Leece and "Ricky' Ricciuti, who made 23 points between them, the Varsity came through once agin In see- saw battle, which saw both teams in the lead at least thrice. The Wa terburians started off fast when "Ricky' Riccuti made two field goals to set things off. Jimmy Mackie and F. Anderson then tailed with field goals to tic up the score at 4 all. Herb Leece and Lou Chestone made side shots to put the North Finders In the lead to the half the score ending up at l4 to 10. Mackie, lanky forward went wild in the third quarter putting the Walnuts in the lead by a a to g score, until Herb Babe" Leece and Al. Flash" Jaco- vino went to town scoring freely in the last half and putting the Var sity who seemed to take things into their own hands at the finish.
 In the preliminary encounter of the day, the North End "" Jay wees edged the strong Yes Men by 20 to l7 score. The Yes Men. who arc noted for their rugged basket- ball playing kept the Jayvees score- less in the first half, but the "" youths went to town in the last per- iod to win. Chick" Bannon and Joe Celantano played fine ball for the Jayvees. besides making l2 points between them. Walt "Pojello' Es- chenko played well for the Yes Men making 2 points.
 With Joe diordano and Pete San- tapierto setting the pace with nine and six points respectively the Cru- saders set back the Pioneers by Q 29-27 margin in close encounter at the North End "" last night. Sal Boscos field goal in the final seconds clinched the verdict for the Crusaders. John Kucherany played an exceedingly well floor game for the victors scoring 6 points and breaking Up many of the enemy plays which would have led to scoring. He also held Ace Hayday to 0 pair Of fou. goals both coming in the end of the game. Lou Rinaldi who along with s. Bosco scored four points also stood out for the Crusad- CTS. Max Guliano took high scor- Ing honorS for the night scoring i4 points. This marked the Crusaders 18th win against six defeats and third straight game in three days.
 Coach Tom Santa Lucia will send his court combine against the highly touted Spartan Jrs.. in their next