New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
PREISSER PITCHES
 PERFECT BASEBALL
Shuts Out Kensington Without a
 Hit-ChurCh Leaders Win
League Standing

stanley Memorial .....5 ] .S31 St. Matthew's ........4 1 800 Swedish Bethany ......3 .600 South Congregational ..S .429 Trinity NJ. E. .........2 3 400 First Baptist .........2 3 400 Everyman's Bible Class..2 .333 Center Congregational II .1G7 kensington Cong. .....0 4 900 Billy Preisser shut out the Ken sington Congregational church 1 without a hit in his first start of ' the 1nter-Church baseball league season last night and the St. Mat . thew's German Lutherans won an easy 13-0 victory at Willow Brook park. With his team playing error- i less and spectacular ball behind his fine pitching. he had no trouble in keeping the Kensington batters reached first, both on bases on balls while Preisser retired four men on strikes.
 kensington played well in the field behind Strople and for the first few innings gave the St. Matts stiff tussle. The champions put over lone run in the first, but that was all they could do until the fourth. From then on. however. they found the Kensington pitch ers offerings frequently. winding up with a big eight-run rally in their last turn at bat. Martin Steege and Walter Linn featured, getting three hits apiece. The line-ups and score by innings:
 ! Kensington Congregational - Strople, p; D. Negri. 3b; Griffith, ! 1b; Woodford. ss; Chotkowski, 2b: Theiss, If: Hart. c; NJ. Nesri, If; knops. Of.
 St. Matthew's German Lutheran w. Preisser, p: NJ. Steege. 2b; Fink. C; w. Linn, of; w. Surko, If: E. klopp, 1b; Neumann. ss: E. Surko, 5b: o. Suess. If; c. Linn, If.
 St. Matts 0 0 3 1 s '-13 13 0
 SWcdcs Keep in Front
 The First Lutherans kept half game in front of the procession by defeating the Everyman's Bible class S-3, in game which was played under protest by the losers. The protest was entered by Manager Carl Frederickson following a miX-up be- tween Freddie Swanson and Nibby Nyborg on the baseline. On hit to short Nyborg started for third and collded with Swanson as the latter was about to field the ball: the ball then got away from the Bible class shortstop and two runs scored. The umpire called the collision acciden- tai and ruled both men safe, but the Bible class gave notice it would pro- test on the grounds of interference with the fielder.
 Fresen and Walter Nelson were invincible for two innings, but in the third the Swedes sent Frisk. Ny borg and Fresen across the plate. The Bible class started to score in the following session. but the league leaders kept out of danger. Second- baseman Foberg of the winners got triple, while Third-sacker Nelson made a two-bagger. The lineups and score by innings:
 Everyman's Bible class: r. Swan son ss, Olson of. Luke 2b, P. John- son ID. w. Nelson p. Frederickson If, Arburr 3b, Sundell If. Hallin c, Stromquist. c.
 First Lutharan-.Frisk ss, Nyborg c, Fresen p, Bengtson If, Foberg 2b, Hoist 1b. Nelson 3b, Johnson of, Ericson If.
 E. E. C. .,.,o 0 0 2 1 o-3 5 4
 Stanmors Win Tight Game The Stanley Memorial church downed the South Congregational church, 5-3, in a tense battle fea- tured by fast infielding and a pair of home runs. Billy Darrow and Dave Stohl were we'll matched on the mound despite the formers weak leg but Stohl was given the advan- tage of faster work in the outfield Most of the Stanmor hits were Texas lcaguers, which fielders just barely failed to reach. while the cast end fielders covered the ground so we'll that safe hits were very few. A walk to Fred Rittner and hits by Ed Stohl and Unwin gave the Stanmors a two-run lead in the opening frame. This was slightly in- creased in the third when Ed Stohl smashed home run across the road in left field, completing the circuit without being forced to hurry. In the fourth the South church got two runs back. Bill Darrow hit, Parker sacrificed, and Mercy singled, and Darrow counted on wild toss. Mercy dashed in when Dave stohl fumbled Hammy Darrow's bunt but there the rally ended,
 The losers created big scare in the sixth. With one down, Parker singled 10 center and stolel second and third. Mercy walked and stole, and Ed Stohl dropped Hammy Dar- lONS Pop ny, IIllIllS tIlc btiSfS- but Earta lined to Hamlin. whose quick throw turned Parker back to third. and Bell fouled 10 Unwn. In their half the Stanmors made two more runs on Iverson's hit, pass to Harold Rittner, and Dave Stohl's bingle. In the final stanza Henry Rockwell equalled Ed Stohl's per formance with a lengthy drive for the circuit to the roadway, but that was all the losers could do.
 In addition 10 pitching well, Dave Stohl made three hits in as many trips to the plate. Jack Thorstenson went nitless and struck out once. Fielding features were contributed by Hamlin, Fred Rittner, Rockwell, and Bell, The line-ups and score by innings:
 South Congreg egational-W Dar-