New Britain herald., 1928-06-26
$50. Church DOWNS /
FIRST LUTHERANS
Scores Surprise Win-SWedish
Bethany Has Easy Time
Inter-Church Standing

The biggest upset Of the Inter-
Church league baseball season oc-
CURED last evening when the South
Congregational team turned sudden
ly on the champion First Lutherans
and practically put them out Of the
running for the first half by setting
them down As in tight battle at
Willow Brook park. 1t was the
Swedes' second defeat of the sea-
son and their third in two years.
The winners presented a strength
ened and revised lineup and, by
tightening up in many dangerous
situations. won out although they
were outhit and outfielded. The los
ers dropped to fifth place.
Bengtsons home run TO center
field gave the swedes a start in the
second and the team flled the bases
after that, but the latter threat did
not profit it any. In the last half
Donald Hattings scratched hit and
scored on Billy Darrow's double to
right. Bell shot single to center
ana the South church led. Ahlgren's
single to center with two on and two
out put the Swedes ahead again i'll
the NTH. but back came the South
church to tie the score on Schaefer's
hit and steal and Parker's single to
center with two away.
Bell made trouble for himself in
the seventh when he dropped a pop
nv with two out and Hoist followed
with a tvo-bagrer, but Hattings
came In fast to nip Hultberg's Texas
Lacquer and end the rally. Billy
barrow started the second half of
the frame with another two-base
hit. Bell went out, but when schae-
fer hunted Nyborg threw wildly to
third and barrow scored.
w. Darrow, Schaefer. Parker, ALL
eren, Hoist and Fresen led the hit
tiers with two bingles apiece. A cou-
pie OF catches by Hattings were the
fielding features. The lineups and
score by innings:
First Lutheran-Nefson 3h, Ny
morg c, johnson If, Bengtson ID a
Foberg RI. Ahlgren CT, Hoist To-
t1ulJDeTS Sc, TICseh y.
South OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES r.
Parker 1b, Barta 2b, II. parro" S.
". Bomba Of. D. Hattings If, W.
Darrow c. Bell y. schaefer sh'
First Lutheran 010 020 0-3 10
South Cong. :. 02o ol0 ~ =
embellishments
Bethany Pounds Out Win.
Dave Swanson held the tail-end
First Baptists TO four hits while his
mates pounded Al Bassett for 16
safeties and the Swedish Bethany
team moved into third place by Vlr-
tue of 14-lvictory In = 1op-sided
encounter The winners hit with
terrific force. Anderson. their snort
stop, smacked a home run and
single. 1sgerlof drove out TWO
triples and a double, Strom got
double and single. and Dahlman and
Westergren had two singes apiece.
Al Anderson made half OF the losers
bingles.
The Bethany team broke loose in
the third inning. when it scored four
times, and in the next frame 1t bat
ted around and piled up eight more
counters. The Batpists made their
only score in the fifth. when Steege
was sent around. The line-ups and
score by innings:
Swedish Observation-Disclosures G.;
Anderson, IS; Lagerlof, cb; Edman.
cb: Westergren. 3b: d. Swanson. p:
d. johnson. 1b: c. Olson. II: Strom,
CT: Elmer johnson. RI.
First Baptist-A. Anderson. G.:
Bassett. p: NJ. Luke, 1b: Richter. 2b;
r. May. Sb; c. Pinkerton, SIS; Lo-
gan, If: Q. Steege. eff; Jones, rf
Swed. Beth. -. 104 800 ia Is 2
First Bapt. 80. 600 o10 o. 3
Hamlin and Frederick
son,