New Britain herald., 1928-09-10
KENSINCTON GETS SWEET
 REVENGE ON RANGER TEAM
Southenders Swamp Locals by l9 to Score In Second Game of City Title Series - Three Pitchers Stop Deluge of Hts-Matty Hayes Ends Contest On the Slab-Count In Contests Won Is Now Deadlocked Deciding Battle Will Be Staged Next Sunday.

rooterS the kensington A. C. more than avenged one run defeat handed them by the Rangers last Sunday by smashing out fa IS to , win over the same outfit and clearly demonstrating their su- periority in every branch of the game. The game was played at the Percival avenue grounds yester- day afternoon with the Rangers playing the role of hosts.
 Three pitchers were called upon by the losers to stop the onslaught of the kensington outfit but it all went for naught as the Southenders were out to regain much lost pres- tige as the result of last Sundays defeat and nothing could stop them. They pounded the combined offer ings of Wolfe and Casey for a total of 21 safe hits. Matty Hayes. who went into the box in the ninth in- ming, escaped the slaughter.
 The game started with all the earmarks of being a tight pitchers battle with Anderson, Wallingford product. tossing them over for the kensington outfit and Wolfe occu- ping the mound for the Rangers. A smashing triple into deep left field by Huband after Mccormick had got life" on Preisser's pebble sent the first kensington run across the plate. The Rangers were vu-ith Southenders were two up on the Church street nine when they poshed across another tally in the second frame on 8 pair of singles and a long sacrifice fly. The Ran gers evened matters in the last half of this inning by pushing across a pair Of runs on four consecutive singles. With men on second and third, Anderson proceeded to retire the next three men, two going out on strikes. There was no scoring in the third canto but the storm Rangers on the receiving end. After Pitcher Anderson's home run clout with two men on the base paths, Wolfe retired for the rest of the af- ternoon. Casey took up the burden and three more runs were checked up for the Kensington crew before the side was retired.
 Casey got through the next session without much trouble but a seven run onslaught in the following in- ming put the Southendcrs far into the lead and completely dampened the spirits of the Ranger outfit. From then on the Rangers played a listless game. Matty Hayes re- lieved Casey in the ninth and he managed to hold the kensingtons at bay.
 Anderson. the kensjngton hurler, was d complete master of the situa- ton throughout and although he was touched for l2 safeties he frightened considerably in the pinches and cut short threatening rallies. Many of the Ranger hits were of the scratch variety. The kensington pitcher sent back ten of the Ranger batsmen wit the s. o. route.
 Billy Darrow led the batting at tack of Patsy Buckley's crew, con- meeting for four solid hits in five trips to the plate. He was closely followed by Mccormick who got three out of six. Mikan and Oar row played sparkling fielding games for the winners.
 Preisser and Schaefer did some classy hitting for the losing outfit and Mckearney, although he mussed up two chances, played a great fielding game.
 The feature of the contest was a triple play engineered by the win- ming club in the seventh inning. Schaefer, first man up for the Rangers in this inning. led off with a single. Preisser also singled. Schaefer stopping at second. Matty Hayes caught one of Anderson's fast ones and lined out what looked to be d safe hit but Lewis. kensing- ton shortstop, knocked the ball down with his gloved hand and caught it before it touched the ground. In the meantime both baserunners were digging for, the next base and Lewis tossed to kikan to catch Schaefer off the bag and the latter in turn threw to Scrim- inger to complete the triple play
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