The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-14

AAC 4OOA CO1klU1A4C, -dt tAAAlcS known as the Big Boys of the Dusty league took the YMCA floor yesterday afternoon with notice- ably different defensive plan of strategem to defeat the Rubber City aggregation by g close score of 30 to 27. This win gave the Watcos their first victory in three starts in the second round of play in the Dusty Loop, thus putting them in the scramble which is now on for the right to pla, Chase, the winner of the first round of the league, for the championship.
 The Tool squad In the opening minutes of play of the first period set pace all theri own, plus put ting to test new defensive system which really seemed to cramp the style of the borough boys. After this defensive setup was in full swing the Wstcos began letting go with their ''big guns'' in Andy roYk, Jimmy Laikos, Ed Stanley and Larry Bulette, to the tune of 13 points which was tossed up by these four boys during the first period, against 8 for the Keds combine The score at the quarter mark was l3 to In favor of Tool after Far rar, Schnell, Rhodes and Sweet had failed to click sufficiently to sur- pass the B pt mark set by the Watcos.
 In the second period neither team was able to get started in the manner in which they were accus- toned. as both squads had very tight defensive systems, plus the all important fact that both teams were comparatively rattled after the very fast and tedious first quar- ter of play. Thus both teams made comparately few accurate shots both tossing to the tune of fouI points apiece, making the score at half time IT to 12 in favor the Wa terbury Tool combine.
 In the third period it looked as though the Rubbermen were going to forge to the front, or in other words make their supreme bid fol the lead which up to this point they had been unable to attain. They lei go with bombardment of theil short and very effective passes which during the course of this im- portant period clicked in part any way to give the Keds combine points, tallied by their ace hoop. sters, Lefty Farrar, Bill Schnell anc John Dusty" Rhodes.
 While this supposingly rejuven. ated Rubber City hoop squad raised all the ''dust in their paths, as il were, the Tool combine spurred tc the attack by Laikos the very fast little defensive right guard, Bil Sweeney, huge expert defensive anc all around left guard and Ed Stan. ley high scoring right forward managed to toss up points against g for the Rubbermen, and hold z very slim two point lead at tn, three-quarter mark; the score be. ing g to 21 in favor of the WatcoS
 Up came the fourth and flna period of play III this ball gam with bang, as 1t was the las chance for the Rubbremen to coun teract the lead which the Watco had built up, and thus keep theil record thus far in the second orune unmarred. They tossed up eacf shot with a little more precision this period to tie up the game 2s all after the Tool combine hac popped two foul shots. But finally Frank Delaney Watco sub center broke the tie by dropping a fou shot which was followed up by two goals by the tall and lanky Ee Stanley, putting the game on Tee for the WatcoS With one minute of play remaining in the game Schnell tossed in a hoop for tht Rubbermen to make the final score 30 ot 27 in favor of Waterbury Tool This was hard earned victory fol the Watcos, and a hard one to dror for the Rubbermen, who were or the top Of the league If they hac uYoyN