New Britain herald., 1927-02-14
NATIONAL GUARDS UPSET
 ATLAS M 7ORRlD BATTLE
Police Reserves Called Out to Prevent Riot By Fans Fights Between Players Bring Frenzied Spectators Onto the Floor-Eyans Goes For Dillon-Sheehan and Restelli Flash Great Form in Second Half - Burritts Swamp Rangers in Preliminary.

16 to 15 for the Atlas. Johnny Shee- han sped around the court, took a pass from Rubenstein and made it r to 16 in favor of the Guards. At this stage of the game, Botwi- nick again took a long shot and in it went putting the Atlas ahead once more with four minutes to go. Evans 1 followed with another field goal and Gubersky added a point from
 the free throw line. Then at the ' 1890 mark, Gubersky let fly another 1 long pop and the half ended with the
 Atlas leading 23 to IT.
 1 Second, Half
 The Guards came back with the , determination to win, but the Atlas 1 players scented victory and they played their hardest. Gubersky started the scoring in the second I frame with a free try at the 10 sec
 ond mark. Botwinick was awarded
 a free try and he made his shot
 good. The Guards with the score : 25 to IT against them, started fast 1 passing game but the Atlas defense
 was almost impregnable. Finally ! Sloman slipped through on a fast
 criss-cross play and put in a goal.
 Pite nulliied this with q pretty shot
 from the foul line making the count ! 27 to 19 for the New Haven team | At the three minute mark, Johnny Sheehan started New Britain on the i tr tot IA ! has played before, the scintillatinS
 guard of the New Britain team took
 q pop at the basket and scored two ! points. Restelli got clear after play 1 ing an entirely defensive game in the first half and put in his first goal of the evening. Sheehan followed
 him with another sensational shot
 and the score now stood 27 to 25 in favor of the Atlas.
 Botwinick was awarded free try and he added a point to New Ravens score. Sloman brought the Guards
 again two within a point of the Atlas with another scintillating shot. Again Pite nullfied this with a pretty field goal. The score now stood 30 to 27 for the Atlas with seven and a half minutes played.
 Here the tide of battle turned Johnny Sheehan at the 8 minute mark came through on series of fast passes and registered field goal giving New Britain 29. In fast and furious mixup. Rubenstein's ankle was badly sprained and he was forced to leave the game, Taylor go- ing in in his place. Pite secored free try making the score 3l to 29 for the Atlas.
 Mert Taylor with Hurwitz hanging on his back. got the ball and placed it through the rim, tying the score. Sloman was fouled and he made his try good. Restelli got away from Pite and took a shot. Hurwitz fouled him but the basket was good and Hope" scored two more points on the free tries.
 This mixup started the fights of the evening. Hurwitz roughly showed Restelli as he was shooting and Re- stelli came back at him. Referee Dillon quickly separated the two players and called a double foul on them. Hurwitz also made his try good leaving the score 36 to 32 in favor of the Guards Resteli again got away from Pite and scored an- other basket at the 12;30 mark.
 Gubersky made his fourth personal foul on Sloman and he was sent out of the Game. Sloman made the try good. Pite was shooting when he was fouled and he scored the two baskets leaving the count S9 to 34 for the Guards.
 Again the fans swarmed out on the floor and it took several minutes be- fore the court could be cleared. Johnny Sheehan came through again on a pretty play for another basket. There was no holding the Guards now ResteIli at the 14:30-minute mark got another basket giving the Guards the edge 43 to 34. Right after this, Restelli fouled Pite and left the game on four personal fouls. Reynolds took his place. Pite made the shot good.
 Then Botwinick found his eye again and dropped in two long shots in quick succession bringing the count to 43 to 39 Another riot started and it took even longer to clear tlle floor. As the excitement subsided Johnny Sheehan sneaked down to a spot underneath his own basket and Reynolds heaved the ball to him for an easy basket. A few seconds later, Evans fouled Sheehan and started for Dick Dillon as the foul WAS called Evans couldn't reach Dillon, but again the fans were on the floor and several landed on their backs from well aimed blows on the chin. Only three sec- onds remained to play and when the crowd was thrown back again, Shee- han dropped in the free try and the game ended in a victory for the Guards, 4G to 39.
 There was little to choose in the playinf of any of the local men. Every man on the team got into the game with the twin or die' spirit and the players on the Atlas team were going at it in the same manner. To Johnny Shoehan and Carl Re stelIi, however, must go the laurels
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