New Britain herald., 1927-02-07
GUARDS HAVE WLKAKAY
 WZH BROOKLYN QUINTET
New Britain Team Goes On Scoring Spree in Second Half-Visitors Furnish Good Opposition For Short Time in First Period - Taylor Runs Wild in Final Frame - McNamara Flashes Good Game For Waterbury-Burritts Win From Company Five

The National Guard basketball team scored almost at will against the Brooklyn A. c. quintet at the state armory Saturday night. The Waterbury five, conquerors of the To- calls In Waterbury by a 42 to A score, proved to be weak contenders against the play put forth by the home club in the game. The game was fast from all angles in the first half although the Brass City outfit was able to hold the Guards in check for little more than half of the first period.
 Coming back into the second half the local team started at such fast clip that the Waterbury team seem- ed to be helpless in the face of light ming like passwork and accurate shooting. For minutes at a time the Guards passed the ball from one player to another before an opening was found for a shot and applause both from tho home fans and from the large gathering of Waterbury retainers arose spontaneously from the sidelines as the players pulled nifty passes and scintillating shots.
 The Guards led the visitors at the end of the first half by 22 to 12 score but In the second half. each player In the game scored almost at will. Seeming to get faster as the game progressed, the Guards instead of tiring, speeded up as the second half passed by and were it not for the fact that several passes were given to "Butsy" Sturm who was eager 10 break into the scoring col umn, the score might have been big ger. "Butsy" was too anxious to score goals and in trying so hard, went scoreless for the night. His efforts to put the ball through the hoop caused great deal of merri- ment for the fans.
 Johnny Sheehan and "Tedders Kill duff'' doughty captain of the Guards, kept the head Of the locals just be- yond the danger mark in the first half Sheehan had big night, get ting four baskets while Kilduff got three. all of them on beautiful pass work and nicer dribbling. Mert Taylor injected into the game in the second half, was a whirlwind and scored four baskets and six fouls, making him high scorer for the night. Carl Restelli improved with every game and his floor work was the pivot on which the Guards swung all night. Sloman and Rubenstein played their usual 1lashy game and Red Reynolds got in for a time and did his stuff in his usually eff cient manner. None of the Guards was pushed to the utmost. McNam- ara of the visitors, veteran pivot man, was easily the star of the game for Waterbury, getting four baskets and free try.
 Waterbury started off like the team that beat the Guards in the Brass City. McNamara opened with 8 basket at the two minute mark and Waterbury had five points be- fore Kilduff dropped in the first field goal for New Britain. Restelli added foul but McNamara got an- other goal. Kilduff dropped in an other two pointer and Johnny Shee- han tied the score at eight minutes. He dropped another in at the 10:40 mark and McNamara tied the score at 11:05 with a pretty shot Two baskets by Johnny Sheehan put the Guards into a lead from which they were never headed until the game was finished. The half ended 22 to 12 for the Guards.