New Britain herald., 1927-07-16
|SWEDES, ST. MATHS.
 i STILL DEADL0CKED
Church League Leaders Win Again, as Does South Church
League Standing

St. Matthew's .... 9 l 300 Stanley Memorial e. 6 1 .S00 Everyman's B. c. {. 5 4 .55G South Cong. ....... 5 6 .455 First Baptist ...... 4 5 .444 Swedish Bethany ,.. 4 6 400 Trinity M. E. .... 5 5 .S75 Center Cong. ..... 1 ' .lc5 kensington Cong. ,. 0 { .0CO The deadlock for first place in the Inter-Church league remained unbroken as both the First Luth- eran and St. Matthew's German Lutherans won easy victories in tDelr games at Willow Brook park. The First Lutherans defeated the Center Congregationalists by 9-2 in game of free hitting and slow field ing. In the early innings the losers played good ball and held the Swedes down, but in the fourth the attack of the champions broke loose and six runs crossed the plate. With the bases full and none out, two pop flies were lifted, one after the other, but with double plays in sight the Center church tn- telders stuck to their bags and let the ball fall safely to the ground. The Swedes took full advantage of these lapses and piled up a lead which the Center church could not hope to overcome.
 Fresen pitched his usual steady game and turned in his ninth victory of the season. The batting feature was triple by Paro. Center church third baseman. The line-ups and score by innings:
 First Lutheran: Nelson, 3b; Ny borg, c; Frisk, 2b; Bengston, ss; Chlson. If; Johnson. If; Foberg, of; Hoist. 1b; Tresen, p.
 Center Congregational: Sanderson, c; Blodgett, 2b: Paro. 3b: Bradley, 1b; Booth, If; Tomkins. If; Deodor- ian. of; Skinner, p; c. Carlson, ss.
 First Luth. =. o3o 500 0--9 II l. Center Cong. OO1 100 0-2 z 8 St. Matts Pile Up 14 Runs
 The St. Matts trounced the as- bring First Baptists by 14-1 and kept pace with the Swedes Billy Preisser started in the box for the winners and held the Baptists help less, allowing only one run and four hits while his mates were driving Keiffer from the box and pounding Carroll hard. Otto Suess pitched the last few innings for the St. Matts and was even more effec- tive than Preisser, his curves being unhittable.
 Goody Preisser was the star of the game on the offense. He got three hits in three trips to the plate and scored three runs. Two of these scores he made by stealing home from third base. Billy Prcis- ser and Neumann got two hits each, while all the regulars except Eddie Surko made one apiece. The Bap- list hits fell to Anderson, Keiffer, Pinkerton and May. The game drew a crow of more than 200 spectators. The line-ups and score by innings:
 First Baptist: Anderson. C, If; Keiffer, p, ss; Carroll. ss, p; Bas- sett lib; Pinkerton, 2b; May, 3b: Roy, If, Of; Meehan. of. c: Shea, If.
 St. Matthews German Lutheran; w. Preisser. p, 2b; G. Preisser, If; G. Linn, If; Fink, c; W. Linn, Of; M. steege, If; E. Klopp, 1b; K Klopp, 2b; o. Suess, 2b, p; E. Surko, 3b; Neumann, ss.
 First Baptist 900 100 C. 2 St. Matts. =. 161 420 x-14 12 1
 South Church Wins
 The South Congregational church avenged an earlier defeat by win- ming from the Swedish Bethany nine, S-3, in a game featured by the steady pitching of Mercy and the determined attacks of both teams. Dahlman opened the game with hit to center and Olson beat out an inf1eld tap. Both were sac riticed along and Dahlman scored on a fieIder's choice. The South church threatened in the first two innings but was turned back both times. In the third, however. Jacobi scored. Mored counted on Barta's long fly and Hammy Dar- rows hit brought in Parker. Dar- row stole around and crossed the plate on a wild throw. This rally knocked Clarence Olson from the box and brought in Dave Swanson.
 The South church added to this total in the next two innings on hits by Bell and Spring. The Swedes made their last stand in the sixth. Carlson bunted along the baseline and Moreys throw caught him in the back. Hjerpe beat out a hit and the runners moved along on c felder's choice. E. Strom flied out. but Elmer Johnson hit a low liner to left which Darrow got his hands on but could not hold, both men scoring. The South church got one run back on Jacobi's third hit and sacrifices by Mercy and Parker. A perfect bunt down the chalkline put Dahlman on base in the last franc, but he was trapped between base. and the next two men were easy.
 Jacobi led the attack with three hits out of three, Mercy and Spring getting two each. The fielding fea- ture was Morey's nice throw on Herpes short bunt, with Schaefer and Dave Johnson making good stops and catches. Mercy retired the side on three pitched balls in the fifth inning. The lineups and score by innings:
 Swedish Bethany-Dahlman c, C. Olson p-lf, D. Swanson 1b-p. O. Strom 2b. H. Carlson ss. Hierpe 3b. D. Johnson lf-1b. E. Strom Of, E, Johnson If.
 South egational-Morey ?, Parker 1b, Barta cf. H. Darrow If, Bell c, Schaefer 3b. Spring ss, Wash burn If, Rockwell If, Jacobi 2b. Pn.