New Britain herald., 1926-08-21
WASHINGTON LOSES ONE ID PARADISE
League Leaders in Danger Now
 Of Losing the Pennant
League Standing

l Willow Brook. 3 6 .333 Smith ..... 6 1883 Burritts ..... 0 5 900 | The Paradise Park baseball team 1 sprung the real upset in the New Britain Boys baseball league yester- day afternoon at Walnut Hill park when it defeated the Washington team by the score of II to 10. The
 Washington team tried desperately to tie the score in the ninth and although they had the bases loaded and scored one run, Lefty" Cohen frightened up and saved the day. This gives Washington one chance 10 come clear and that is if the team wins from the Boys Club next week. If the Club wins, Paradise Park win be tied with Washington for first place. The Boys Club nosed out the Willow Brook team in the other game played.
 Washington Loses
 The hardy southpaw of "Lcfty' Cohen silenced the loud whackine
 bats of the Washington team from
 the sixth inning on yesterday aft ernoon and Paradise Park. last
 years champions, handed the
 league leaders their first defeat of
 the season and incidentally gave them a chance to tie the standing In the league and an opportunity of winning the championship again this year. Cohen almost lost the
 game again in the ninth when With
 one on, he walked four men send ing in run that left only one to
 tie the score, but hc frightened up
 and an easy grounder to Lefty Truman on second base for a put
 out at first, sealed the game up
 for the Paradise Park team.
 The Washington crew never played poorer baseball than it did yesterday while "Stubby" Pierkow- ski was in the box. Two big in- nings for the Paradise sluggers gave them eight runs which with single counters in three other frames, gave them the necessary margin.
 Paradise started in the first when after q pass 10 Miller. Tru- han got ons on a ticlder's choice, stole second, went 10 third on wild pitch and rode home on Gar ro's single. Another came in in the second on Baylock's single 10 right and three successive walks to force him over the plate.
 Washington got one in the sec ond but the team blew up in the third. Garro was on on Todzia's error. He knocked the ball down and on a pretty play by Bogdan- ski, who backed him up, Garro was practically thrown out at first but Skonieczny failed to hold the ball. On the next play, Luty drop ped a nice throw from Todzia to catch Garro at second. Then a two bagger by Baylock sent in two runs and when Marcinzik failed to get the ball on q throw in from field, Baylock went to third, OBrien walked and Miller's single brought both in.
 Bogdanski went in to pitch for Washington and he walked Cohen in the fourth. Lefty went to second on q wild throw and scored on pass ball. Washington came to life in the fourth and got two. Paradise got shaky. Arel threw wild to first on Skonicczny's grounder and then Block dropped fly in right field letting one run in. Errors by Cohen and Weihn gave Washington the second run of the inning.
 Paradise got four more in the fifth to give them Il. An error. two walks and two singles account ed for these. Washington got four in the next frame on q single, two walks and an error and another added in the seventh put them within three of Paradise. Then came the ninth. Paradise was un- able 10 score and Bogdanski was safe on Blocks error at third. Skonieczny, Marcinzyk, Pierkowski and Was walked but only one run came In out of this when Cohen frightened up.
 Features of the game included double plays pulled off by Lefty Truman and Luty while Todzia's work at third was a revelation. He stopped drive one hand and caught man at home and on an- other short fly, he made a spec tacular bare handed catch. The Qcorps