New Britain herald., 1929-05-14
FOBERG WINS GAME
 WITH FOURTH HIT
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 St xitk, Btbanji Win

w l.. PC. St. Matthew's coo. 1 o 1000 First Lutheran .... Q 1000 Swedish Bethany :. 1 0 1000 Trinity M. E. ...... 0 1 900 Stanley Memorial 0 l 900 South Cong. ...... 1 900 Foberg's fourth hit of the game. coming with Bengtson on third ana two out in the last frame gave the First Lutherans 8 B.. victory over the Stanley Memorial nine in the best game of the evening as the Inter-Church baseball league opened its season at Willow Brook park last night. The blow ended an excep- tionally close and we'll played game in which pitching and tight fielding played large part. Harold Hult- berg essayed his fist garie on the mound for the winners and turned the Stanmors back with seven hits whie Dave StohI, hit harder. kept the winners blows we'll scattered.
 With two out in the first inning Ed Stohl hit safely and Billy May scored him with . double, but the Swedes duplicated this by scoring O., singles by Erickson and Foberg after two were away. Dave ani Walter Stohl hit for . Stanmor run in the second and again the winners cane back when Hultberg helped his own cause with a triple and scored . moment later.
 Then the game went on for four scoreless innings. It looked like q Stanmore victory in the sixth whe.l that team filled the bases. but Ncl- son picked up . bunt for force at the plate and ended the rally. Nell son hit with one down iE the last inning and Bengtson followed suit. A great diving stab by Jack Thorsten- son nailed Nelson at the plate when the latter tried to score on Brick sons bunt. but Foberg blasted a clean hit to center field and sent Bengtson home.
 Foberg collected . triple and three singles. Dave Stohl led his own team in hitting with a pair of one base hits. The line-ups and score by in- nings:
 Stanley Memorial-J. Thorstenson. c: T. Thorstehson. ss; E. stohl. 1b; May. 3b; A. Ritter, If; kieffer, rf: D. Stohl, p; W. stohl. :b; Young, #; F. Ritter, cf.
 First Lutheran Nelson. 3h; BenEtson, 2b; Erickson, ss: Fobers, lb: Elmer Johnson, If: HultberG. p: Strcmauist. (: Ahlgren. Of: Benson. If; Nyborg. If.
 Stanley Mem 1 1 0 0 0 Q O-e II 1st Lutheran 1 LOG % o 1-3s 1 ST. MATHS WIN
 The champion St. Matthews Ger man Lutherans began their attempt to repeat by wiping out the South Congregational team, 9-l. Billy Preisser held the losers to four hits. one scratch. and he was seldom in danger. Mercy was safe when he and Eddie Preisser became tangled up in the first inning. and with two away Barta doubled, but Bomba rolled to 'Goody" Preisser for the third out. Doyle hit safely in the third and scored on 2 pair of wild throws designed to catch him steal ing. That tells the story of the South Church offense. for the St. Matt pitcher was in excellent form. Eddie Surko opened the fireworks for the St. Matts in tho second, and he. Billy Fink and l.. Neumann all scored on dinky inneld hits and poor throwing. Fink counted Aeaia in the fourth. while two more runs trickled across in the fifth and three St. Matt Bobeck, J. Preisser and R. Fink-founl their way around in the seventh. Neither Bell nor Mercy was hit very hard but the fielding was slow and many . seeming out went for | hit. Billy Fink featured with A catch of the Eraa as he slipped and sprawled flat in . mud puddle. while Mercy contributed a jumping one- hand stab and Bomba some specta- cular running catches. Goody Preisser played fine game at short. The lineups and score by innings:
 South Congregational Mercy ss-p. Parker 1b. Bell p-ss. Barta 2b, Bomba lf. May Of, Hattings (, Spring 3b. Doyle If.
 St. Matthew's German Lutheran E. Preisser 1b. R. Fink 1b. l.. Neu- mann 2b. Reckert 2b, W. Preisser D, c. Preisser ss. w. Surko If. E. surko sb, o. Suess 3b. w. Fink C. W. Neumann If. Bobeck If, Q. steege cf. J. Preisser cf.
 South Cong 001 100 Q O-1 1 St. Matts 301c3 '-s 9 3 Bethany Pounds a Win
 Hammering Alden Hewetts offer l ings for 1c hits. including a home run by Clarence Ohlson, the Swedish Bethany team won an II to vic tory from the Trinity Methodists. Dave Swanson limited the losers to six safe hits, two of which Hewett gathered himself.
 The winning team got a run in the third after two scoreless innings but the Methodists worked. Thiese around for a tie. Then came the big blow-off. and seven Bethany runs were scored as Hewett was pounded in the fourth. The win- ners found him again in the sixth. during which inning Ohlson got hi. homer with no one on base. The summary:
 1 Swedish Bethany-Dahlman. c; H. Carlson. s: Anderson, 3b; Lindgren, cb: D. Swanson. D; Ohlson. If: Sea bury. 1b: D. Johnson, If; Elmer