New Britain herald., 1926-06-22
ST. MATHS FORGE
 INTO LEAGUE LEAD
MethodiStS Tie for Second and
 South Church Wins
Church League Standing

White Army .......1 200 Kensington Cong. ...1 3 .167
 The St. Matthew's Lutheran team battered its way into undisputed po- ssesslon Of first place in the Inter Church league by swamping the , Center church, 15-Q, at Willow i Brook park last evening. Billy ! Preisser was in great form and ! pitched his second shutout of the | year, holding the losers to five l scattered hits. The Center church l never seriously threatened. The Lutherans found some trouble in To- eating Skinner's offerings. but the Wretched support given the losing pitcher turned many easy outs into runs, the outfield dropping fly after fly which should have been gathered in.
 The winners started slowly but gathered speed in their run-making as the game progressed When things began to get too one-sidcd the substitutes went in and showed their worth by adding a few more scores to the already large total The line-ups and score by innings; St. Matthew's German Lutheran F., Preisser, 2b; W. Preisser. p; Fink, c; F. klopp. 1b; W. Surko, If; F. Surko, If; Heuman. ss; r. klopp 3b; A. Suess. Sb; K. Steege, Of; NJ. Steege, cf; w. Linn. If; Reckert. If iFarfrr 1b; Carlson, c; Skinnos, p; Paro, lf- 2b-rf; Stockman, as-3b; Sanderson, 3b-ss-2b; B. Clarke, 2b-h; Traver. rf Christ, Sb; G. Deodorian, Of; x. i Deodorian, Of:
 St. Matthew's ..1S5 04o 1--15 II l Center ........000 GOO % $ Methodists Tie for Second 1 The Trinity Mnthodists defeated | the First Raptists in a poorly played game. 15-11. going back up into a tic [ for second place with the Stanley Memorial nine. The Methodists were lucky to get away with the i game, for they fielded very sadly 1 indeed, committing eight errors at critical times and offsetting the nice i box work of H. Pinkerton. After i the Baptists emerged from a first ! inning batting spree with slight lead, the two teams settled down un- i til the fifth. but in the sixth the Methodist batters finally got to T. i Johnson and drove him from the box, continuing their drive in the next frame against Norton The i Baptists rallied in their last time al bat but were shut off after scoring thrice.
 Pinkerton pitched a fine gamo but was badly handicapped by tho errors of his teammates. The line ups and score by innings:
 Trinity N. E.-Jones, lf Blauvet, ss; Landino. e; R. Pinkarton, 3b: Shepard, 1b; T. Pinkerton, ?: A. Morton, 2b; D. Hewett, If; A. Hewett. cf
 First Baptist--Anderson q: r Johnson, p-2h; Carroll, lb, D. Nor ton, 2b-p; Dennison, ss; Bassett, 3b: Gagner. If F. Keiffer, Of: Shea. If.
 Trin, NJ. E. 800 025 5-I5 15 S Baptist ...,...500 120 S-tI : 3
 South Church Moves Up
 The South Congregational church moved up several notches by hand ing 15-G wallopinG 10 Kensington. Four hits which dragged over the infield gave kensington a lead in the first inning. but the winners went ahead to stay in the third, when they scored five times and drove Goodrich from the box. Howard | Clark fared no better and was scored upon in every session.
 Wilton Mercy pitched great ball for the South church, holding Ken sington to six hits and striking out at least half q dozen batters. He also banged out three hits. as did . Al Haylick and Washburn, while Jim Havlick pounded triple and single The all around work of Peter son, the winners new catcher. fea- tured their fielding. while Lewis provided the bright spots for Ken sington with q succession Of great catches in left field. The line-ups and score by innings:
 South Congregational -~ Parker. 1b; Morey, p; Bell, lf; A. Havlick, 3b; J. Havlick, ss; Weed. cf; Peter son, c; Washburn, rf-2b; R. Clark. If; Rockwell, 2b; Cooley, rf-2b.
 Kens:nRton Congregational - K. stevens 2b, Griffith lib. Goodrich p-cf. Ellsworth 2b, Hart ss, Lewis If, II. Clark cf-p, Phillips c. C. Stew "ns, If.
 South Cong o55I1t-I5 IS 5 kens. Cong. 5000 8 Q O. 6 2
 White Army Wins Its First
 The White Army captured its first victory of the season when it tok q 22-11 decision from Kensing- ton, in postponed game played after the others were finished. Ken sington started off bravely and piled up eight runs in the first two in- inEs, but the White Army profted