New Britain herald., 1926-07-13
.STANMORS MOVE UP
 ON ST. MATTHEWS
Win Two Well-PlayA GaneS-
 SWedeS Win Double Header
Church League Standing

w. l.. PC. St Matthew's ....8 I .889 Stanley Memorial. . 500 Trinity NJ. l.. ....5 5 3 .625 First Baptist .. . 3 800 First Lutheran ....5 5 300 1 Blue Army .,.. .444 i Center Cong .... 400 South Cong .,.. 4 C 400 l White Army ..... s .333 Kensington Cong. .. 5 Ill
 The Intcr-Church league race grew tighter last night as the Stan- | ley Memorial team took two victor les and moved in half game behind lthe St. Matthew. Lutherans, who were idle. Their first victory came | after hard struggle with the South church, while the second was the result of a big rally after the First Baptists had offered q surprising re- sistance in the early innings. The ' F7irs. Lutherans drew up into tie for fifth place by putting the Gen. ter church down for the count twice 1 in rather loosely played games. while the Taptists kept in the other | half Of that position tie when Kensington failed tu appear and for 1 feited to them.
 Stanmor- South Church Solid hitting behind slow out l fielding gave tho Stanley Memorial team a 9-5 victory over the South church. The losers battled on even terms unt l the fourth inning. when | |Thorstenson. the leagues home run king, hit a terrific clout 10 the right | field fence for the circuit, his fifth { four-base wallo9 of the season. This started his team, and they made four runs on three hits and a pair Of errors, holding this lead in spite 1 of furious attacks by the South church batters in the closing frames. | Wright of the winners also got q home run when he poked one down the right field foul line and Clark was too slow 10 head it off.
 Fred Rttner pitched clever game for the Stanmors and was aid cd by almost perfect support which stopped several rallies with quick double plays. Parker was hit hard CT and vas hampered by costly CT TOTS and failure Of his support 10 follow the ball Thorstenson, Wright. Fred Rittner. Mercy and Clark were the hitting stars. while ! in the field the work Of Hamlin, Fred Rittncr, Peterson and Bell stood out The lincups and score by innings:
 Stanley emorial-Hamln f. F. Rittner D, J. Wright 1b, Thorsten- son 2b-c. Williams ss, Boehm c-2b, D.. Stohl 3b. Sandberg rf C. Ritt- ner cf.
 South Congregational-Bell Sb, Parker ?, Mercy ss-$b, Weed b, Peterson c, kilduff cf-ss, R. Clark If, Washburn If, Rockwell 2b. Stan. Mem. 1 4 1 0 2-9 10 l South Cong 0 ? 0 1--5 : 4
 Stanmor- -Baptists
 Immediately after this victory the StaumOrs took on the First Baptists in the game postponed from July s and had to work hard 10 pull out a l2-7 victory. The Bapiists offered surprisingly stubborn battle in the initial stages Of the encounter, SCOT ing three runs in their first time at bat and holding the lead until the fourth, wNn the winners tied things up. The fifth was scOreless, but it began to grow dark in the seventh and. with one gone, the Stanmor hatters began 10 lace the ball all over the lot. Before they were re- tired eight Of them had crossed the plate. The Baptists then had their turn al night hitting. but the Stan nor felders seemed 10 have more ball-fnding instinct and held them to three runs. Rittncr and Keifcr pitched brilliant ball. but the lat ter's support quite excusably went back on him in the last inning. Until the sun went down. both teams had been playing in exceptional form. The lineups and score by innings:
 Stanley Memorial-Hamlin lf, r. Rittner D, Wright 1b, Thorstenson c, Schacfter ss. Boehm oh D. Stohl 5b, Sanderson If, C. Rittner cf.
 First Baptist-An1erson c, F. Keifer D, Johnson ID, Bertini ob Dennison ss, Gagner rf Shea cf Carroll If, Bassett 3h.
 Stan. Mem. 0 Q S--12 l2 1st Baptist B 0 1 q 3--7 s 3
 SwcIcs Win Doublc-Hcader
 The First Luthcrans won both ends Of a double-header from the Center church, winning the regular fly scheduled game by 6-3 and pounding out I2-5 victory in the play-off of the game postponed from May 17. The first game was much the better Of the two. The Center church took 9 quick lead but lost 1t before sustained attack in the fourth inning, Fresen applying the screws 10 his opponents after the second while he and his mates tuck cd the game away. The hitting was scant, the SWedes getting only five safe blows. but errors let them run wild on the bases. A ground rule held several long hits into the crowd 10 two bases each. Nice fielding plays were turned in by Erikson, Hultberg, Ahlgren, Apelgren, and Christ. The line-ups and score by innings:
 Center Congregatioual-S Jr.. ss: ApeIgren, If; Christ, 3b;