New Britain herald., 1926-07-02
ST. MATHS DEFEAT
 SWEDES BY 6 ID 3
ThOrStenSOn Hits Two HODlerS-
 Blue Army Shut Out
Church League Standing

St. Matthew's ....... 9 900
 Stanley Memorial ... .750
 Trinity NJ. E. ...... .714
 First Baptist ....... 4 500
 Blue Army ........ .444 i South Congregational 5 AK ] First Lutheran .... 8 1 .429 ] Center Cong. ......3 .429 | White Army ........ 2 .25O
 Konsington Cong. =. 1 : .125
 The St. Matthew's German
 Lutherans weathered the attack of ] the First Lutherans last night in
 the Inter-Church league at Willow
 Brook park and increased their 1 lead 10 two full games by taking i a 6-3 victory while the Trinity
 Methodists were being manhandled ! by the Stanley Memorial nine. The
 Swedes made a great bid for the | game but were stopped by the en- | trance of Billy Preisser into the | pitchers box at critical moment. | The German team got off to an
 early lead, but the Swedish outfit
 came back strong in the third and counted three times, making the score 4-3 In the fourth they con- | tinued their assault on Paul klopp, who was wild, but at this juncture | Preisser, who has shown himself | the best pitcher In the league, ar-
 rived on the field and was rushed | 10 the rescue. A strikeout and foul ! tip checked the rally without a
 score. and the St. Matts went on
 to make it 6-3 by a rally in the
 seventh after two were retired. Fresen pitched a nice game for 1 the losers but the Germans were | too clever for him. while Preisser | tied the Swedish batters up in
 knots. Both teams played fine ball 1 in the field and turned in several l double plays Carl Linn featured with a steal of home in the third
 inning, giving his team the run
 which proved 10 be the needed one
 during the following innings, The
 hne-ups and score by innings:
 St. Matthew's German Lutheran:
 F.. Preisser, 2b; P. Klopp, p; w.
 Preisser. D; E. Klopp. 1b; c. Linn,
 3b; W. Surko, If; Fink, c; W. Linn,
 Of; Neumann. ss; Suess, If.
 First Lutheran: F. Johnson, If;
 Bjorklund, 3b Erikson, ss; Hoist
 1b; Olson, cf; Grandquist. 2b; Ny
 borg, c; Peterson, cf; Fresen, D. 1 St Matthew's 2020002-6 10 1
 First Lutheran 0030000-3 1 l Hits Two Home Runs.
 | Two home runs by Thorstenson, one with two men on the sacks, gave 1 the Stanley Memorial team 9-4 victory over the Trinity Methodists and enabled them to pass that nine and go into second place. The Meth odsts sneaked in a run in the first, l but in the second the Stanmors un- 1 leashed a savage attack which drove ! H. Pinkcrton from the mound, 1 Thorstenson first homer with two on providing the climax of the rally.
 He added another later with the i bases empty as his team continued i to peck away at Blauyelt and A. Hewett. This pair Of clouts makes four homers for Thorstenson during 1 the present league season.
 The Methodist found Fred Rittner puzzling, but sprang a threatening rally in the final inning, filling the bases with nobody down. +. Pink 1 erton and Morton could not come 1 through, and Blauvelt took matters 1 into his own hands, stealing home. ! While the Stanmor battery was ar guing over this. II. Pinkerton also ! dashed for the plate, but Boehm 1 dived for him and touched him for | the last out. Errors were plentiful, as both teams bobhled grounders
 continuously. but with men on the l sacks they frightened up and
 shut off runs. The line-ups and score by innings:
 Trinity NJ. F.. - Jones, f;Blau- welt, ss: H. Pinkerton, p-ss; Shep- ard, lib: R. Pinkerton, 3b; Morton ! 9b; Allison, c; D. Hewett, If; Pease, Of; A Hewctt, ?.
 Stanley Memorial -- Ilamlin, If; F. Rittner, p; E. stohl, 3b; Thors- tenson, ss; II. Rittner. 2h; C..
 Wright, 1b; Boehm, c; Smyrk, Of; C. Kittner, If.
 Trin. NJ. E.l o 0 ? c 1-4 , Stan. Mem o 7 1 0 c i x-9 Il : BIucbirds shut Out.
 The south church-Bluc Army game, although less was at stake in it. was the best played of the eve ming. Kermet Parker posting Vic Larson in a pitchers battle and shutting out the Bluebirds by so. The South church scored all the runs Of the game in the last of inc fourth. when Bell led off with sig zlcr to short which "Bearcat' Nel- son stopped but could not pick np in time. Weed hit a long one to right and Truslow dropped the ball. Cooley flied out, but Wallace lashed a single to <fr, scoring Bell and when Sand let the ball trlckle through his legs both Weed and Wallace himself kept up their cir cult of the bases.
 Aside from that one break, the game was almost one-two-three' as both pitchers were steady and re- cciyed beautiful support, the win ncrs playing errorless ball. The South church inGeld was particular lv brilliant. Stohl and Rockwell nipping hot liners and Bell and Weed rounding out pretty comnl- nation. Wallace made some nice catches in left. "Red' Nelson fea- tured the defense of the Blue Army. The losers threatened only once, in the third. and then Parker forced the final batter 10 pop 10 Weed. The line-ups and score by innings:
 BlIe Army - UnWin, c; V. Lar