The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-13
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Chase Takes ScoviII As To SO
To Remain King Of League
BY WIN MALoNEY

The Chase COMBINE, CoacneQ py j.
Alden White, once again found her
title, king of the Dusty League"
being challenged by the very fast
and formidable Scovill combine,
usually paced by their high scorer
and ace sprinter, Joe Runni-
VICE. But through the coordinated
efforts of the Chase squad as q
whole, paced by Dave Karpovich,
high scorer, with is points, the
White men, downed the Scovill COM
bine by the score Of as to 80. This
was not q decisive victory, but 1t was
certainly q well earned one. And 1t
was plainly evident to all witness
ing this ball game that this Scovill
combine, really missed the deadly
accuracy, and precision passing OF
their star pace setter, Joe Runnivige,
who is out witil q wlensnea ankle.
The Chase squad in the first peri
cd Of play opened up and displaying
everything that they had, set the
wheels In motion for the wearing
down process which proved more
than effective in former games,
against formidable opponents. This
very fast five man hoop combine
set q dazzling pace In the opening
minutes Of the first period, with
Chuck Riccuitti, and Pete Pom
ponio, throwing up 10 OF their COM
bine's IS poinCs, Plus q basket by
McDermott, Traver, and Karpovich,
totaling the is points for Chase In
the opening quarter. And as well as
throwing up 16 points this Chase
Hoop combine, tied the Scovill Of
tense In knots allowing them
only s points, which resulted in
II point lead ct the quarter, for the
Chasemen.
In this opening period for Scovill,
Joe Joyce, rangy center tried to
open up, but he was too closely
guarded, and thus he was able to
throw up only 3 points in an attempt
70 wedge his team out Of o decided
rut. But these attempts were 10 no
avail, as the score at the quarter
when added. totaled 16 to in favor
Of Chase, an IL point lead.
The second period proved none
too profitable for either of the two
hoop combines, as Chase lee on py
Dave Karpovich, threw up only 10
points, while Scovll in attempt to
counterattack this lead, tossed in 6
points. FruitlesS but not futile, as
he Chase lead at the half time per-
iod was only increased by TOUR
points. The score at the half time
period being 26 to IL, q Is point
lead. which coulo easily be reuuced
by q fast moving combine such as
Scovill.
The Comeback, Maybe?
infested With new life the re-
Juvenated Scovill Five took the floor,
with seemingly new slant on life,
and in the following few minutes
OF strenuous play, completely out
played The Chase Squad, defensive
", and extensively. Joe Begnal, Joe
Joyce, Herb Schlosser, and Fred
CheStone, on that very Instant be-
gan concentrated offensive, catch
ing the Chase men, completely off
guard, and tossed in points, and
from this minute to the end Of the
third period, Scovill matched the
Chasemen, point for point, throw
ing up II points In the period against
IL, for the Whitemen. The score at
the end OF the third quarter was
SO TO %, a comeback, that almost
clicked.
The Futile Fourth Period
In the opening minutes of the
fourth period, Scovill once again
tried to wipe away that ten point
lead which the Chasemen had ac-
cumulated in the first three periods
Of play but it was to no avail as
the Chasemen matched Scovill point
for point, winning by the score of
As to SO. an point victory. In this
fourth period Joe Joyce tried des-
perately to pull the Iron out of
the fire." as 1t were but to no avail.
And once again Chase saw the fruits
OF victory. as she remained "King
0f the Dusty TnOn