New Britain herald., 1926-08-23
KENSZNG7ON LOSES FIRST
 GAME TO CORBLN RED SOX
Pitchers Battle is Broken Up in Eighth Innng-Berg Too Much For Buckley's Crew-Five Hits Bring in Five Runs During Raly-Kensington Gets Three On Twice But is Unable to Score-Batting Punch is Lacking-Team Fields We'll

The Kensington baseball team went down to defeat before the Cor bin Red Sox in the first of five game series between the teams yes terday afternoon in Kensington. but it wasn't before the winners knew that they had been in a tough fight that the game was decided. The score was to in favor of the champions of last year, but the score does not tell the story of the great light put up by both teams. A rally in the eighth inning wherein the Sox got to George Fields for five hits and two walks resulting in five runs. sewed the game up completely.
 Walter Berg. on the mound for. ths Sox, was pretty nearly inrinci- bic. He struck out II of the Ken sington batters and allowed only two hits. In these two bingles, only one was a clear smash and that was off the bat of Jasper The other was poke down the first base line that took q bad hop just as Blanchard bent down 10 field it. The ball went over his arms and into right field for a two-base hit
 Both teams engaged in a won derful baseball game for seven in rings. Kensington had men on the sacks on two occasions but lacked h1 l.r,ftit,p to hrit1rr in rltt The first opportunity of scoring came in the second inning when Berg struck q streak of wildness and walked Beagle. Zeigler followed with his two-base poke down first tase and Sullick was passed. Fields was unequal to the task however and famed. The second chance came in the fifth. The sacks were loaded with only one out but Beg ley struck out and Mccormick fore ed Jasper at second.
 Both teams played great baseball. Only one error figured in the SCOT ing and that was made by Jasper on a Texas leaguer over short. The man who got the life on this Fitz- patrick. was forced at second, but Jervis came in with the first run of the game.
 It was a pleasant spectacle 10 watch the Kensington team play good baseball especially after the debacle of the Sunday before. With this brand of ball. the Falcons are facing bitter fight for the remain ing games of the series and the Cor bin Red Sox will have to travel fast to keep ahead.
 4 small crowd watched the en- counter yesterday. "Iiggs" Patrus featured with a stop of a drive off Schmidt's bat while he cut off an other hit off Berg's bat and threw him out at first that proved to be q neat play. Snyder by tearing into center field and catching a fly bail despite the fact that he collided with Schmidt, pulled bad piece Of feeding, but proved the fielding gem of the day. The account of the game, play by play, follows:
 First innlng. CorDln Eed SoN - Fitzpatrick flied out to Jasper, Jer- wis flied out to Beagle. Snyder walked and stole second. Barnett flied out to. Weir. No runs, no hits, no errors.
 Kensington -- PatruS went out to Wojack to Blanchard. Jasper struck out. Begley struck out. No runs, no hits, no errors.
 Second inning. Corbin Red Sox - Huband walked. Fields caught him off first and Huband was put out after being run down. Schmidt struck out. Blanchard flied out to Zeigler. No runs, no hits, no errors.
 kensington - Mccormick famed. Weir did the same. Beagle walked Zeigler hit one down first base line that hoped over Blanchard's hands