New Britain herald., 1927-06-25
'PREISSER'S HOMER
DECIDES HIS GAME
St. Matt Pitcher Wins Battle in
Seventh -Stann0rS Win
LEAGUE SATNDING

st. Matthews ....... 5 J. 1888
Swedish Bethany ..... 3 3 500
First Baptist ........ 3 500
South Cong. ......... 3 4 .429
Trinity NJ. f. ...... 2 1884,
Everyman's Bible Class 4 1888
Center Con. ........ I61
kensington Con. ..... 900
Billy Preisser, St. Matt pitcher.
won his own game in the Inter-
Church baseball league last night by
smashing a home run with Eddie
Surko on base in the last half Of the
final inning. The hit broke a tie
score and gave the st. Matthews
German Lutherans a SIS victory over
the Trinity Methodists. The Meth
odists gave the champions a great
run, but the st. Mats were able to
better each Methodist rally by one
run.
j. Jackson and Preisser hooked up
in a battle OF pitchers and for two
innings neither side was able to
score. Then the Methodists broke
through, Cowlas and Hewett scoring
on the formers double, an error, and
another bingle. In their half the
st. Mats took the lead when r.
Surko, Suess, ana Preisser counted.
Three more scorcless innings fol-
lowed, but in the seventh the Meth
odists tied the score. Coming in for
their last turn at bat. the st. Mats
put on another rally; Eddie Surko
singled and Preisser sent the ball
out of the playing field with a ter
rife drive which scored Surko and
himself and broke up the game.
Preisser got three hits himself and
held his opponents to five. e.
Surko got two out of two. as did
Cowles; Fink made double. Jack
son pitched a good game. The line
ups and score by innings:
Trinity M. E.--Sundstrom. 2b; H.
Pinkerton. Sb: Thomas. Id: ]. Jack
son. p: Wheeler. CT; r. Pinkerton,
IS: Blauvelt, II: Cowles. C; A. Hew-
EFT. IF.
St. Matthew'S German Lutheran
W. Preisser. p; c. Linn, Oh; Fink, C;
w. Linn. CT; w. surko, If; E. Klopp.
ID: Neumann, SIS; E. Surko, Sb; Q.
Suess, RI: G.. Linn, IF.
Trinity NJ. E. 30 o 2 90 1-3 5 2
st. Matt ......o0S00 2-5 s 3
Stanmors Beat Bethany
The Stanley Memorial team went
into a tie for first place when it
handed the Swedish Bethany aggre
cation an H. defeat after a poor
start. The Swedes scored In the
first inning when Dahlman walked
and beat his way around the bases.
while Carlson did the same in the
second. Then the Eanmor sluggers
broke loose. They made a run in
the third and took the lead in the
next frame, scoring in every inning
after that and winding up with a
flve-run rally in the seventh. They
pounded Dave Swanson for 16 hits
and had no trouble in winning. as
Dave Stohl held the Bethany team
to three bingles and received error
less support.
Fred Rittner starred at bat with
three hits, while Jack Thorstenson,
Unwin. Iverson. and Ed Stohl made
two apiece. The other stanmors
batters each had one hit. The Beth
any hits were collected by Johnson,
E. Strom and o. Strom; none of the
losers could find Stohl's offerings
with any degree Of success. The line
ups and score by innings:
;oI L., ~ IT
Rittner 2b, J. Thorstenscn III. In
win c. Iverson IS, f. Stohl 2b. II.
Rittner IF, P. Thorstenson IF, Smyrk
CT. D. stohl p.
Swedish Bethany-Dahlma.n C. D..
Swanson p. d. Johnson 1b, Herpe
2b, Lagerlof 3b, Carlson IS, Olson If.
F.. Strom CT, 0. strom RI.
Stan Mem $50 I ? 5-11 1e 0
swed. Beth ...11ooooo-e 81
Kensington Forfeits
The First Baptisfs added game
to their string without raising a
hand. as the Kensfngton Congrega-
tional church nine failed to put in
an appearance and forfeited to the
bupIlStS. hClIleT . men tllSICbS
moved from seventh into fifth place
without any effort whatever.
Games Next Week
-Four games are In the works for
Monday night. The South Congre-
gationalists will play the Trinity
Methodists on the grass diamond,
Kensngton will engage the First
Lutherans on Diamond No. 2. and
on Diamond No. the Stanmors will
take on the First Baptists. The 81.
Matt-Center Congregational game,
postponed from last night, will be
PLAYED off '.in the woods
No games were scheduled for next
Friday night the date being left
open because Of the nearness OF
Fourth OF July The st. Mats and
Baptists. however. will play off the
game which was originally schedul-
ed for the opening night of the
league but was called off on account
of wet grounds