The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-18
WHITE NETMEN UNDEFEATED IN
 DUSTY CIRCUIT

Chase risks It's undefeated record in the Dusty Basketball league toe morrow afternoon in opposing Q. s, Rubber cagers in the 4 o'clock fea- ture of a three-game program at the Central "Y".
 Benrus Watch and Bristol Go. col- lide in the 1:30 opener with Seth Thomas Clock. of Thomaston, meet ing American Brass in the 2:45 number to complete the IRAcage presentation.
 Rubber, beaten by Waterbury In- gersoll 43-36 Tuesday night, will be out to rebound into the win column at the expense of Coach Alden Whites first place quintet. Chase and Waterbury Tool are sharing the lead with a 80 record to date.
 Although the borough aggregation lost Lefty Farrar last week, the all-around athlete suffering a sprain- ed ankle in a scrimmage under the Clock hoop late in the first half. Coaches Frank Balinsky and Bernie Garrick will be shooting to upset Chase with a revamped lineup
 Ripper Wojack, substitute with the Rubber outfit, put on a fine display of power against Clock in the last period netting nine points and putting the Rubbermen back in the ball game. Mahan, fleet forward, had an off-night and couldn't locate the hoop He will be out to put on 8 good perform ance against Chase tomorrow aft- ernoon.
 Although Joe Boley's American Brass five will be favored to ad- vance in the standing at the ex- pense of the Seth Thomas Clock team Sunday, Nest, Sheldon and other Clocktown boys may extend the ABC all the way. Bobby Thu lin, who heaved in field goal and foul shot to nip Bristol Co. team by 31-30 margin last week, will also be cog in the Seth Thomas ma chine.
 Brass has couple of scoring threats in Al Damelio, "Hots' Sal- dukas, Joe Boley and Sonny Rinal- di. The ABC quintet appears to be ready for acid tests with Chase, Tool and Clock.
 Benrus, with Levine as the big gunner, should have an interesting encounter with the Bristol forces to- morrow afternoon in the opening game. Fred Harrison may stage 8 scoring duel with Levine.
 Gus Lonergan, Pat Slattery and Ralph Santopietro will handle the officiating assignments in order for tomorrow's program. On Tuesday night, Scovill tackles Waterbury Button at S:30 o'clock while Clock takes on Waterbury Tool in the 9:30 headliner.
 Dusty Gossip {. <. Despite the fact that Andy York, Tool forward, has accounted for 29 field goals in three games to take high scoring honors the Torrington lad is strictly 8 team player. Andy passes to his mates as often as possible. He has a "dead eye" for short shots to the hoop Those Clock G-men, Ga- lullo and Goodwin, may cause trou- ble for the Watcos Tuesday night. Both Lou and Skip play hard bas- ketball all the way. Coach George Graham is scheming up an offense for the big game, according to re- ports-Al Damelio is considered to be the fastest dribbler in the cir cult. He really can move up and down the surface-Bill Sweeney IS tower of strength to the Watcos under the basket. He can take the ball off the back board with the best of fthem-Goodwin' foul shoot ing exhibition Tuesday night brought round of applause from the fans. Skip dropped in five straight-Big Ed Stanley, who does a lot of pas sing and shooting for the Tool quin- tet, has neat style under the hoop. He's such a rangy lad that he's easy to foul. Stanley used to play for the U. of Maine-George Hughes, who keeps score for Wa terbury Tool, once managed the Wilby high team. That was 21 years ago and George still retains his interest in the court sport.