New Britain herald., 1926-07-16
.SWEDES WIN THIRD
 GAME OF THE WEEK
Move Into Fourth Place-St.
 Mats and Meth0distS Win
Church kaague Standing


 The First Lutherans continued their sensational drive in the Inter Church league by defeating the South Church, 9-1. in a game play ed in drizzle. It was the third victory of the week for the Swedes, who are now alone in fourth place and on the heels of the Methodists Last night they played in the form which won them the title last year, while the losers made plenty of mis- takes of all sorts. The South church scored its lone run In the first inning when Mercy walked went to second of Parker's sacrifice, stole third, and trotted home as Bell was thrown out; this was the only earned run of the game. The Swedes filled the bases in the second with a success sion of pop flies back of the infield. Clark then muffed two flies squarely and six runs were scored before the rally was stopped. A passed ball gave the Swedes another in the sixth and another dropped fly their last tNCs I llp lOOh luil dIN dl- tage of these misplays, hitting the ball hard after them and advancing all the bases possible on each error. The South church, on the other hand, threw away some fine chances. In the fourth and again in the sev- enth the first three batters singled, but dumb base running prevented them from scoring.
 Fresen pitched a steady game and was given great support. a one-hand stab by Peterson being the defensive high spot. Parker was hit harder and was further hurt by errors at critical moments. Wallace made beautiful one-hand catch in left field. Hoist. Ahlgren, Rockwell and Washburn hit hard. The lineups and score by innings:
 Firth Lutheran-Olson, 3b; Flo din, ss; Ahlgren, If; Hoist, 1b; Nor gren, Of; Erikson, If; Nyborg, c; Peterson. 2b; Fresen, p.
 South Congregational - Mercy ss Parker p, Bell 3b, Weed 1b, Wal lace If, Washburn c, R. Clark Of, Rockwell 2b, Gramitt If.
 1st Lutheran. .. 0 6 0 0 c l 2-9 13 South Cong ... 10000 0-1 S4
 St. Matthew's Keeps Going
 The St. Matthew's Lutherans con- tinued their stride by defeating the White Army S-1. in a well-played game, the White Wings fighting every inch of the way against the league leaders and making them work hard for every score. Billy Preisser, however. proved too much for the losers and was given almost perfect support which offset the de- termined attack of the White Army. The Lutherans made their big rally in the fifth. scoring four times, and then began to use substitutes in sev- eral positions. The White Army finally broke through the alright defense in the last inning and push ed one run over the plate. The line ups and score by innings:
 St. Matthew's Lutheran-E. Preis- ser 2b, w. Preisser p. F. Klopp ID, K. Klopp of, s. Suess of, c. Linn 3b, Fink c, Neumann ss, P. Klopp If, Steege If.
 White Army-W. Linn c. A. Thomas Of, w. Davis p, Reeds 3b, Banks ss, Monkiewicz 2b. Iverson 16, G. Johnson If, Morse If
 St. Matthews. ...... 02 2 0-8 White Army fl 0 n n 0 n 1-1
 Methodists Victorious
 The Trinity Methodists maintain ed their hold on third place by de- feating the Blue Army, 8-2, after a ragged start. The Bluebirds got to II. Pinkerton for two runs before he and his support settled down, but after the first inning the Methodist pitcher twirled in excellent form and practically turned back the Bluebirds in order, allowing only four safeties. The Methodists took the lead in the third and made the game same with four-run spree in the sixth, when Swanson was knock ed out of the box. Vic Larson pitch ed 10 one batter, who grounded out, and the rally was over. The lineups and score by innings:
 Blue Army-Kellerman If. Fred erickson 2b, Landell 2b, Johnson 1b, V. Larson 3b-p, Swanson p-3b, Un- win c. Nelson ss. Judd Of, Jones If.
 Trinity M, E.-Jones If, Dennison ss, Shepard 1b, Landino c, R. Pink erton Sb. H. Pinkerton p, Hoffman of. Allison 3b, D. Hewett rf
 Blue Army .... 20 c 0 0 0--2 5 Trin: NJ. F. ..... l3000 4x-S 3
 
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