New Britain herald., 1926-08-03
METHODISTS SMASH
 OUT WIN BY I7-2
kensin6ton Walloped-White
 Army Noses Out Baptists
Church League Standing

back into tie for second place in the Inter-Church league last night by administering a sound 17-2 drub- ping to the Kensington CongreGa- tional outfit, the victory keeping them in the race as at least a math- ematical possibility. The Methodists landed early, hard, and often on Henry Clark's offerings and drove him from the box, treating Gugerty with like disrespect and pounding Baldwin hard. The outcome of the game was never in doubt. Ii was 'Kcnsington tenth straight defeat.
 The hitting of Holtman featured for the winners; he slammed out a home run, triple, double. and single, and his three-bagger would have been a homer had he not run into the crowd between third and home and been forced to slow down. Shepard also made a home run, while Horace Pinkerton, besides pitching a fine game, helped him. sel ito triple, double, and two singles. Jones connected for a three-bagger. A hit of the same size by Hart was the losers best offering. Allison and Chotowaki starred in the field. The lineups and score by innings:
 Trinity Methodist - Jones, If; BIauvelt, ss; Shepard, 1b; k. Pink erton, 3b; H. Pinkerton. p; Holt man, 2b; Allison, c; D. Hewett, Of; Morton, If.
 Kensington Congregational - V, Lewis, Sb; H. Clark, p-cf; Baldwin, cf- 2b-p; Hart, ss; Chotkowski, If; Ellsworth, c; Guggerty, 2b-p; Griffith, ID; B. Clark, If.
 Kens. Cong. .. o01 010 9-2 5 Trin. Meth. .. APO 533 x--17 15 2
 White Army Wins In Seventh
 The White Army defeated the First Baptists, 5-4, in a close and very we'll played game, winning in the last inning after the two teams had see-sawed. A run by the win ners in the first was the only score for four innings of pretty pitching and sensational fielding, the Bap- tists in one inning being turned hack on two successive miraculous by Monkiewicz and T. Linn. They tied the score, however, in the fifth, but the White Army knocked out two for the lead again. Passed balls put the Baptists in front once m ore, but the same variety of mis- play tied the count in the last of the sixth.
 The Baptists lost their chance at the game when Dennison was out at third on a close play In the sev- eth, and in the final half of that inning a single off Bassett's hands, a wild throw to second, and long fly to center brought in the winning counter. Keiffer and Davis pitched nice ball and were accorded good support on the whole. The line-ups and sore by innings:
 First Baptist Westerman, If; Johnson, 1b Dennison, c; r. Keif- fer, D; Bertini, 2b; Anderson, ss; Shea, of; Bassett, 3b; Hogaboom, If
 White Army w. Linn, C.; A. Thomas, If; W. Davis, D; T. Linn, ss; Reeds, of; Banke, 3b; Monkie- wicz, 2b; Iverson, 1b; Johnson, If. First Baptist ....... 900 013 o-4 White Army ....... 100 021 1-5
 Thursdays Games
 A pair of good games will be of fered on Thursday. The leading St. Matthew's Lutherans will be oppos- ed to the South church, which gave them a hard battle last time they met and hopes to finally put the skids under the team which has taken nine games in a row. The hopes of the league will be with the South church, but the Lutherans care little for this and are out to make it ten straight. The Trinity Methodists will face the fighting White Army, which is playing wonderful ball for a team so close to the bottom and has made trouble for lots of the leaders. The Blue Lutheran game has been postponed. but an effort is being made to play off the Blue Army Center church game.