New Britain herald., 1928-06-22
League Standing

Stanley Works ..... o 1000 tOfDlllS to" k. X l.. ...-........ .Oeo Paper Goods ....... ? .o0o Fa1nlr ............ .ooo l-anders ..-......... .4oo N. B. Machine ...... I 200 Stanley Rule ........ .0oO The Stanley Works baseball team retained it's first position in the h. dustral Baseball league last night when it took close game from the Landers crew. It was one of the best battles fought out in the league this season. In the second game of the night, the F. X E.. team crept nearer the top by setting back the New Britain Machine.
 Great Pitchers Battle
 Walter Scott. big right handler Of the Stanley Works team, was never in better form than he was last night when he bested Frank Nester of the Landers. Frary & Clark club in q sensational pitchers battle. Scott had slight edge on his op- ponent throughout the nine innings and his teammates pulled him through 10 4 to 5 victory over the Universals.
 It was one Of the best games at the park this year and there was plenty Of noise from the bleachers in favor of one or the other team. The teams battled on almost even terms throughout the contest. Lam ders belted the ball hard in the early innings. scoring all of their runs in the first two frames. but when the Big Train" got warmed up, the Universals were just short all the way of scoring.
 On the other hand, although the Stanley Works team had plenty of opportunities to score. Nester pulled himself out of some tight holes and either kept the team scoreless or held the opposition to one run. In the fifth inning. especially Nester faced a trying situation with three on and no out. A double play get ting a man at the plate and another
 
 baseman kept the Buttmakers from scoring.
 Both teams gave their pitchers excellent support despite the fact that the Stanley Works team was credited with two blobs and Landers erred four times. It was two errors in the sixth following pass 1 To, ,,ln
 Works it's tying run.
 Landers scored in the first inning. Gocb doubled into left center and McKernan drove him in with a bingle to right. Gaida threw home to get Goeb but Scott intercepted the throw and caught Mckernan f1at-footed off first for the third out. Stanley Works came back strong in the second and scored two. Wen droski started with single and he scored on Adamowicz's long drive to right for three bases. Adams scored on Scotts sacrifice fly to center field.
 The Tniversals were not to be, ] denied. however. because in their half Of the second they also scored two and went into the lead again. Vincent drov" one into the far | tennis court for two bases. Joey | Fitzpatrick hit a high fly into center. With Wcndroski waiting for ii. i Snyder tore across tn" field, called , for it, took it and dropped the ball, | Vincent going 10 third Vincent ! scored on Prcisscr's sacrifice fly to right field F'itzy scored on Nester's |. double into the tree in right field. Landers kept it's lead until the | sixth when Stanley Works tied the | score at 3-all. Schroeder started | the rally with walk. Parsons i drove one right through Fitzpatrick at first and Schroeder pulled up at third Parsons was forced at second by Merline. Wcndroski then 1 hopped fast one at Vincent on
 short and the ball got away from | him. Schroeder scoring.
 i The Buttmakers got their extra
 run in tho next. the seventh.
 Snyder singled. and went 10 second
 on Gia1a's out at first. He stole
 third and came home on Greenes , single to left.
 Scott got into trouble in the last
 Of the ninth. Ostertag opened by i drawing pass. Nester singled
 into right, Ostertag going to second.
 Hillstrand sacrificed both men along.
 Charlow was out Scott to Parsons
 Goeb was hit in the leg just above
 the knee by one of Scott's fast ones.
 This left three men on, with two
 out. Mckernan with four out of
 four to his credit, came up for the fifth time. With the hopes of the
 Landers team on him he met a fast
 one that forced Palllie Snyder to
 back up against the screen in center
 field. It was great bid for a hit,
 but Snyder pulled it down with a
 nice catch and the game was over. The feature of the contest all the
 way through was the work of the
 two rival pitchers. Scott's work,
 especially pulled the Stanley Works
 team through in this, it's critical game. Nester walked six and Scott passed four. Nester famed
 four and Scott struck out six. Scott hit one man. Nestsr got two hits,
 one double, while Scott hit the
 screen in center field for two bases. l Mckernan's stick work with four
 out of five was a good days work
 for any man. Billy Preisser turned i in the fielding gem of the day with
 a one-handed stab of a hard drive
 through first and second by Greene
 in the fifth. There were two men
 on at the time and Stanley Works
 rally was killed in it's tracks. The summary:
 STANLEY WORKS AB n 20 r snyder, rf .....S l i 1 Gaid1 If ....... ! q ! Salak. If ......l q | Greene. ss ...... q