The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-25
CAPTURE
 GROWN BEATING S|DERS, 43-41
K. of L. Forces Overtime Take Two Straight; Runi=
 vidge, Grey Heroes
By GEORGE T. DILLON

The best team won.
 That briefly but appropriately summarizes the best two out of three series for the city basketball championship for 1941-42 which wound up in a Frank Merriwell fin- ish last night at the Central Y be- fore full house of frenzied fans who received their moneys worth of entertainment, thrills and chills twice over.
 So today the Knights of Lith- uania wave the titular city pen- nant afer taking two straight in three days from the West Side Speedboys, 38 to 31 Sunday at St. Joe's hall, and A3-41 in a five-1ninute overtime last evening at the Red Triangle court.
 Siders Toss It Away
 With g seconds of the last period remaining last night the Speedboys held tWo-point advantage, but in- stead of freezing the ball Russ Mo- Lean blew an easy sucker shot as the Liths took possession of the ball. Stretch" Brady nabbed it from the blackboard, passed to Stanley Grey who dribbled twice to the center of the court, set himself and let go a beautiful heave which cut the cards cleanly to knot the count and send the game overtime.
 Coach Joe Boley opened the extra period with a neat side shot for two points, but Frank Beauty of Torrington duplicated and the score again stood even. Boley came through again with doubledecker but Billy Hoysradt of Torrington matched that to knot things again. Jim Roach then fouled Boley in the act of shooting and the ole reliable Joe, probably the best foul shooter in the state, made good on both. Brady then fouled Beauty in the act of shooting and Frank dropped in two beauties to make he score read, 41-41
 Runividge Does It
 With the crowd going wild as this stage of the heated setto the two teams were under plenty of pressure. During a midcourt scram- llle for possession of the leather Joe Dunividge, who did such grand job guarding Billy Oliver, Meriden negro who set the state league on fire after quitting the Hartford Gems, came up with the ball and dribbled meath the hoop where he scored the final and deciding tally, though he almost ran through the wall. It was a sensational shot as Joe was going so fast he was off balance. But the ball found its mark and with only seconds to play the Liths froze the ball until the timers whistle sounded.
 Booth Does Grand Job
 Albie Booth, former Yale foot ball star, referred both important tilts and did a&grand job. Despite the animosity between players on both clubs and the reward which justifiably went to the winner which made every minute a hectic one for followers of both clubs, no one sign of fist fight was evident dur ing either contest Booth saw to it that nothing like this would happen and kept his whistle blowing every time the going got rough.
 Ghost Game Pleases
 The novelty preliminary game of Ghost Basketball" played in entire darkness, scored quite a hit with the appreciative audience though no one knew who was playing. How ever, no one cared, as the contest offered extraordinary entertainment. One team was uniformed as skulls" and the other "crossbones." The backboards, foul lines and outside lines were clearly made visible by fuorescent paint. Four f1ve-minute periods were played and the crowd learned why this novelty attraction has been so successful throughout New England in the past two years.
 The sad news of last nights thriller follows: