New Britain herald., 1926-06-26
FAFNIRS CEMENT
 LEAD IN LEAGUE
"Chick" Stanley Holds Stanley
 Rule Eaters in Check
League Standing

mound the Fafnirs team of the Dusty league took an undisputed hold of first place, by turning back the Stanley Rule team last evening at St. Nlary's field by a score of 14 to 4. The Rulers were unable to hit Stanley while the Dragons swung heavy bats.
 In his wonderful pitching per formance Stanley let the Rulers down with two hits, and famed 10 of the opposing batsmen. One Of the hits off Stanley was g scratch infeld variety that bounded it's way from the outstretched hands of two players, while the other was clean single. Chick started off bad, but when the right fin started to burn them in the Rulers were unable to connect with his slants.
 Big Six had everything a pitch CT wanted in his favor last evening. There was speed galore, mixed in with few fast breaking curves, that had the Rulers guessing all the time. Stanley was himself, and when this lad gets going he is a world beateT. By the win last evening the FafnirS are undisputed holders of first place with the Rulers stepping down a peg to third, with Landers in second.
 Behind this wonderful exhibition of Stanley the Dragons bats were by no means silent as they collected 13 safe blows and 14 runs. The winners hit the ball with gusto, and it was a continuous crack of the wagon tongue against the horsehide while they were at bat in the early innings.
 The Fafnirs wasted no time in get ting down to business Of scoring some runs for in the opening frame two batsmen were chased across the platter Ferguson started the fire works by connecting for hard single to center. Jimmy O'Brien laid down a neat sacrifice and the runner moved along 10 third. Lipetz cracked the first ball on line over third base, scoring Ferguson. Paul son tripled to center scoring Lipetz.
 The lead of the Dragons was short lived, for the Rulers placed runners on the bases. and succeeded in SCOT ing four of them on their two only hits of the game Schmidt walked, and Campbell was safe when Stan ley threw wild to second to cut down the runner. The Rulers filled the bases when Kania threw wildly to first on Hinchliffe's slow grounder down the infeld, Plurin famed. but Simons sent a bounding grounder down the left side of the pitchers box that bounded out of reach of the outstretChed hands of both Stan ley and kania. Two runners scored on this hit, while q moment later two more crossed the plate on a long single of Wolf to center.
 Both teams breczed along at d fast clip until the third frame when the Dragons leaned on the ball and put the game in the bag. Fergu- son also started this inning by send ing a sparkling liner at Plurin that the Rulers first bascman was un- able 10 hold onto. He went 10 sec ond on O'Brien's sacrifice, and Lii .petz sent him to third on line drive Ito left. Kania scored both runners on a line drive through short. Paul son put the Dragons in the lead by |singling to left and sending kania across the plate. The Farnirs never let up until they had counted six runs in the frame.
 They increased their score in the later innings by pounding the of ferings of Wolf 10 all corners of the lot. Billy Schmidt who relieved him, pitched effective ball, and was touched up for but one safe blow. Lipctz and Paulson were the hitting kids of the day, getting three safe blows apiece. The score;