New Britain herald., 1927-01-04
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 When the National Guards go down to New Haven to play the At las of that city, they are going to meet a far different team than the one that has been representing the Green and White up to it's recent years.
 At the beginning of the present season, Sam Pite and Gubersky were not with the Atlas. Some internal argument had arisen the year before and the two men, who are consid- cred two of the strongest men on the team, failed to go out for the team.
 Evidently this has been offset now because both Pite and Gubersky are appearing regularly in the Atlas lineup. This gives the National Guards a great deal to think about because the Atlas on their home floor In New Haven, are pretty nearly un- beatable.
 While Commissioner Landis is in- vestigating the thousand and one charges that are being brought up in professional baseball, local fans are demanding that he also be ap- prised of the fact that there Is a suspicion that the first game of the series between the Falcons and the Kensington team of last year was fixed.
 The fans remember that the Ken sington team was very poor In the first game and now the charge is made that Pat Buckley sold out so that he could get another macaroni customer on his list. It seems that there was certain grocery store on Broad street into which Pat had been trying to get his macaroni for several years. All his efforts had been unsuccessful.
 Then 1t Is charged that Pat and Manager Joe Veniski of the Falcons held a secret meeting and agreed that Kensington should lose the first game to the Falcons in return for which, Veniskd would fix it so that Buckley's macaroni would be sold on Broad street.
 "Yiggs" Patrus has been namet a party to the deal. It Is claimed in the same charges that "Yiggs' went down to Meriden and got his leg slashed purpo3cly so that he couldn't be in the first game. "Yiggs" is alleged 10 havo had his macaroni supplied to him. for two weeks for his part In the frame-up.
 Some of the dope emanating from the conferences of the "hot stove' league reported that the Falcons had decided to quit St. Mary's field next season. The rumor has been spoked by prominent members of the Fall con A. c.
 The subject of baseball has not yet been discussed by the club but members expect to have the matter gone over at some meeting in the near future. If the club has base ball team, it is very likely, the mem- bers say, that the team will again have St. Mary's field as its home [ grounds.
 Basketball fans in this city are critical of any new innovation in the style of play used by local teams, but many favorable comments have been heard regarding the style used by Rubinstein while playing. Ruby" on several plays, plays like a foot ball quarterback passing the ball to a halfback or fullback. He pulled this trick several times in last Sat urday nights game and it worked to perfection.
 There have been some fans who didn't enthuse over Rubinstein be- cause he failed to show a great deal in either the Meriden or Elmwood games. Any man who joins a team composed of men who are absolute ly new to him, cannot be expected to fit in perfectly in the picture.
 Rubnstein showed that he is get ting used to the play of the National Guards by his work last Saturday