The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-08
Benrus 29-seth Thomas rs.


Appearing before crowd OF ex-
cited Dusty Loop fans, no larger
than last weeks attendance, Ben
rus Watch Quintet defeated the Seth
Thomas combine III a fairly exciting
game, by two hoops.
In the opening period OF play
the fans saw Benrus take the lead
on the basis of some beautiful shots
by Sammy Levine, and hold 1t
throughout the entire game; even
if by only point.
Seth Thomas was spanked on the
time by Johnny Nest who threw
up 10 of his teams Is points, and
he being the only one other than
Pronovost to score a field goal in
the whole contest.
The Benrus Combine worked q
very we'll timed offense and" de-
Tense, using Levine, Vallette and
Hertling in the key positions, these
men being also the high scorers.
Levine with II points, Vallette with
6, Hertling with 8, the magic COM
bination as it were which gave
Benrus her first win in starts.
Chase 35-Ametican Brass "a
American Brass went on the court
tonight slight favorite over the
Chase Quintet which had l win in
start that being over Bristol a week
ago by the score of 46 to %.
But like everything else these
odds were practically shattered in
the opening periods of play by the
Chase combine which was led to a
two point victory in an overtime
period by Whitley Karpovich. and
that tall rangey center Johnny
Koch.
In the first few minutes Of play
the very fast and diminutive Al
Damelio, Brass right forward,
worked his way carefully up the
floor through the Chase defense to
score the first points of the ball
game and to put the Brass out in
the lead; but not for long. Be-
cause in the next tossup Karpo-
vich Chase forward, and brilliant
performer in this game, threw one
in for Chase evening the score up
all. And this lead seesaWed back
and forth for the next few minutes,
finally ending up with Chase lead
irg the Brass 10 to 6 at the end OF
the quarter, on the strength of some
mighty fancy shooting by Karpo'
vich and Pomponio.
In the second period it was really
a duel between Al Monti, sub. cen
ter, and Johnny Koch who was very
classy for the Chase quintet when
they really needed it. First MONT
threw ups2 baskets, making it 13 to
10, but then Koch got into action
as he threw up 2 hoops, one after
another followed by Karpovich who
sunk one, and Riccuitti with one,
making the score stand at the half
81 to 10.
The third period ran all in favor
of Chase, with Karpovich really
turning on the juice, displaying
some beautiful offense plays, and
increasing their lead to q to IT.
In the fourth the Brass really
opened up, to stage a miraculous
recovery, as Evans, Damelio, Boley
tossed up points between them to
move their score up to Withinn 8
points CT that of Chase's which was
only 20. Herb Slasson moved for
ward for the Brass and tossed in
a marker for his cause, making
the score Is, and then orce again
the very fast and deliberate AL
Damelio moved forward, to score
another points to put his team on
the short end OF 20 to % score.
With only 2 and IL minutes to
go Whitley Saldukas became the
hero of the moment by throwing
in one hoop to move the Brass into
the lead by l point, as the fans
were on their feet almost pulling
their hair out Riccuitti failed to
make foul shot which would have
tied up the bail game, but Jack
Traver who was down in his own
territory received pass from Pom
ponio, and he tossed the ball with