The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-14
.CROSDY'S GLASS. .IN LAST HALF.
 SWAMPS NAUGY
SchOfeId Squad Inipres. slve 4l.27 Winner Over
 Foe Last Night
By HoOK.sHoT HARRY

For the second successive time, against major opposition, Crosby's basketball speedboys came through In surprlslng, and most convincing fashion, outpointlng NaugQtuck high, defending state and New Eng land champions last night ct the Wilhy gym by margin Of i4 points; 4i to 27. AS sharp entertainment for the 1900 patrons of the hoop sport on hand, the game was quite on eyeful, as Crosby, the eventual winners found the hoop early and often earning ae to 2 edge before the first period ended, but Naugas tuck got under way SO well in the last three minutes, that the score read o.S in jlg time. At the half 1t was Q tight flt, too, iB-i3 Crosby, but the Schohelders had speed and accuracy enough in the third period, plus not SO bad work from the free line, to earn c 2s to 20 edge which was added to in the final period, as the team that was eliminated by Naugatuck In the state and New England meet last season ct New Haven won going away.
 Seven Man Team
 To the writer, the Torrington and Naugtuck games proved one thing and deflnitelyl Crosby has 6 seven player varsity team which gives 1t definite advantage, for the sup- posed "subs", Teddy Kohrin and Joe Smith are just as valuable as any player on the team, and In the two games mentioned above, proved 1t. Tn addition, Crosby's speed against Naugatuck, Q fast team It. self was surprising, especially dur Ing the last half of the game, and with e little improvement by Fasa- nelll and Bannon under and near the hoops, Crosby has the makings of c state championship team as soon as Hank and Joe stop trying to make shots "the hard way" rather than using their exceptional helghth to It's best advantage.
 The "key' player in the Crosby attack against Naugatuck which was successful and continuous frcm start to finish, in the opinion of the writer, was short, but speedy Ugo D'Agostino, co-captain of the team and o player who knows enough to get as near as possible to the hoops before he "let's 90" when trying to score. Fasanelll has definite pos- abilities; Reynolds is the defensive star of the squad, while Conlon, Smith and Kobrin are scorers and not bad ballhandlers when they come up with the leather agate after rush.
 Victory for Crosby a pre-gane favorite, gives 1t the lead in the Naugatuck Valley league race, with Warren Harding of Bridgeport as it's current threat in the path of 0 Val- ley title and subsequent rating as c prominent contender for state honors at New Haven in March. Too Many Shots
 Naugy's team seems to depend eH1- tirely too much on Red" Ryan, an over.sized hub of the hoop wheel, who has a good "eye," but shoots many times when @ pass would be the thing that had better chance toward c. score. or his showing last night, Ryan seems to be slightly point crazy" as the other players seem to have acquired a habit of looking around" for him when in the fore-court at any and all times. Ryan and Kissane split IS points evenly while Crosby's D'Agostino and Fasane!N scored 2l for Crosby. Bannon, the 6-4 Crosby forward is improving fast. especially on de- fense, as his heighth and long arms are quite an advantage, because he moves well for a tall heavy boy.
 Crosby's 9 of IS on free-throws was godo, but not good enough to suit Coach w. Schofle,d while Nau- gatuck made II of 17 from the charity line. Summary: