New Britain herald., 1925-04-06
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 basket from scrlmmage. Rcd" Rev.
 holds made it s.2 when he worked
 his way through the Lyric defense
 for double decker.
 Restelli was caught fouling Leon-
 ard and Dutch" added one point
 long shot from side court by Kill
 duff gave the Mats two more and
 Red made 1t i2-3 on a difficult angie
 shot. .n.'. Here tho Lyrics started to speed
 and taking the ball from scrimmage
 they worked 1t down the floor where but Dillon detected travelling and it
 was in. This spurt was cut short
 when the Mats broke up the team play and got the ball under the
 Lyrics basket. Several shots were
 missed but Restelli go. the ball as he
 was running under and dropped in one of the circus variety, throwing
 1t over his head. A foul by Feld-
 man gave Red two free chances and
 he got one making the count 15-5.
 On the tap-off he dropped in one from well down the floor and it was
 17-5 but then changed to 17-7 when
 Rube Cohen scored and 17-9 when
 Malcolm took one of Feldman's
 heaves for a two pointer. Then Feld-
 man took one of Malcolm's and it was 17-11. ye
 On the tap off the Mats got the ball and it was passed to Reynolds down under the basket, but he sur- prised the Lyrics by passing back from this position to sheehan who stood beyond the 15 foot mark. Johnny's aim was good and the score climbed to 1911. A foul by Witkin and Reynolds added one more. Ted ders Kilduff was caught hacking Teldman and the latter made one but Taylor offset this and added one more when he got a double decker. Again the Lyrics scored when Nal colin threw in one that Feldman slipped to him. Just before the half ended Feldmar got one on a free try, Sheehau got a double decker and then Feldman added four points on two field goals. The first was fluke. Rcd" passed the ball sup- posedly to one of his own men, but 1t went directly into Kiske's hands for a basket. The second one Feldman earned. At half time the count was Mats 28, Lyrics 1s.
 The Second Half
 Restelli and Reynolds switched places in the second half and the period opened with Red getting field goal. Then Dutch Leonard threw one more than half the floor for two counter. Taylor picked up a point on Witkin's foul and a pass, Pite to Feldman, gave the Lyrics two. Kiske added another double decker and Pite made 1t 29-27 on a pass from Feldman.
 Then Pite did his best bit of work. Taking the ball under his own basket he took the bit in his teeth, so to speak, and dashed madly through the entire National Guard defense and tossed in clever two counter that tied the score. On the next play he was fouled by Taylor but missed both chances to put his team in the lead. Cohen roughed Reynolds and he put the Mats back in the van with 1 a free shot and Sheehan increased it l by two with difficult one from the side. Restelii again fouled Pite and 1 the latter made one. Red got long range shot, bringing the count to S4- 90 and Sheehan made it Ss-S6, but on the next play Cohen got a field goal and followed with another, both of them dandies. Captain Sheehan made 1t 3S-3s with his fifth field goal of the evening.
 KiIduff fouled Feldman and Kiske | added tally and Malcolm two more [ on field goal. Here the Mats be- | gan to bombard the basket from long range and Taylor scored, fol- lowed by Reynolds and then Kilduff. Pite's foul on Sheehan stopped this but not Johnny for as he laughed off Sammy's rough work he tossed In another basket. Restelli too, was in on the free scoring when he threw n basket on Samuels technical foul. Malcolm's spurt gave the Iy- 'ics another field goal and Restellis ,ourth personal gave Cohen chance to bring the count to 40. The game ended with Malcolm tossing in | field goal, the final count being l6-42.