New Britain herald., 1926-07-19
|BURRITTS LEAD BY
 SMASHING VICTORY
Pirates and West Ends Also Win
 City League Games
City League Standing

Football scores again prevailed in the City league games at Walnut Hill park Saturday afternoon, but in between the numerous heavy rallies there was much fine baseball which kept the large crowd cheering and on the alert during the entire five hours of play. The Burritts upset predictions by tearing through the Rangers for an 1S-6 win, this game being the best of the afternoon after the first two innings when Rose and Jack Argosy hooked up in a pretty pitching duel, Rose winning and giving the Burritts the league lead. The Pirates trampled on the fighting Robins by 17-5, while the West Ends chased each other around the bases and smeared a criplped Oriole team by 23-1.
 Burritts-R Rangers
 With Rose pitching in almost un- hittable form, the Burritts crashed out an 1S-6 victory over the cham pion Rangers in the battle of the two teams for first place and surprised the crowd by the margin of their victory. Rose proved too much for the Rangers allowing but seven hits; he went six innings with only two safeties made off him. one hit in the seventh would have been a double play had it not struck aJck nical single, and two blows were scratch hits after the Burritt pitch CT eased up with two gone in the ninth. He also famed II batters, getting seven in the last three in- nings and whiting two pinch hitters in the closing frame.
 His work was almost matched by that of Jack Argosy, who took up the burden for the Rangers after Pete Cabelus had been knocked off the mound. Argosy showed that he still had pitching ability in his left arm by holding the Burritts to one hit in four innings, but then he tired and was found for five runs.
 The Burritts fell on Cabelus for ten runs, all unearned but the result of heavy hitting. in the first two frames. Cabelus added to his trou- bles by failing to go after a pop fly on Budnick, and a few minutes la ter Budnick had some more good luck when he dashed for home on Luty's hit. Joe Argosy thought he had a force and failed to touch the runner, but while the Burritts were arguing this out the Rangers caught Grail trying for home and Luty running to second. ending the in ming. Three errors. hit batsman. and two hits brought in six more in the second, the climax of the rally being a home run by Grail, the ball striking just inside third base and bounding sharply into foul territory beyond that bag.
 Jack Argosy took Pete's place and turned back the Burritts, flaming five in a row and holding them safe until they found him in the seventh. The Rangers had been able to score very little in the meantime. and this rally. added to another in the ninth when three consecutive doubles with two out brought in three runs off Casey. put the game away. The Rangers threatened only in the scv- enth. when the first three batters singled, but Rose settled down. fan ned the last two hatters, got three in a row in the eighth. and made it six straight by setting down Witham | in the ninth.
 Jarnot starred at the bat with four hits, three of them consecutive doubles, while Lindgren got trio | of singles. The Rangers were de- | Continued on Following Page)