New Britain herald., 1929-06-25
[ST. MATHS REGAIN | CHURCH LOOP LEAD
Billy PrtssT Blanks First Lu.
 htrans With Two Singles
. Intef.Church Standing

I South Cons. ...... ..ss Trinity M. B. ...... 2 .2S6 Billy Preisser again bested Bill Frssen in an airtisht pitching duel at Willow Brook park last night xnd the St. Matthews German Lutherans resained full possession of the Inter- Church baseball league lead through . 10 victory over the First Luth- erans. When the teams met before the same two pitchers hooked up and Preisser emerged on top by . :-1 score, and last night he again held the same mastery over his Swedish rival.
 The St. Matts hurler reduced the First Lutheran wrecking crew to al- most complete impotence. permitting only two singles. Fresen, in turn. held the winners 10 four hits, but two of these came in the sixth ln- ming and cost him the decision. In this inning. after five scoreless frames, "Luddy" Neumann led off with | hit and reached third on . pair of infield outs. Martin steeke, playing his first game of the season. then rammed . clean hit to center and Neumann scampered over tho plate with the game's lone tally. Both teams played hne ball aheld. giving the pitchers great support. The game was played in less than half an hour, 70 speedily did the op- ponents retire each other. The linel ups and score by innings:
 St. Matthews German Lutheran: l.. Neumann. 2b; W. surko, If; E. Klopp. 1b; M. steege, ss; o. steegr. Of; w. Fink. c; W. Neumann, If: o. SuesA, 3t; w. Preisser, p.
 First Lutheran: Nelson. 3b: Erik son, =; Anderson. 1b; stromquist, 2b; Peterson. of; Nyborg. C; E. Swanson, If; Johnson, If: Fresen, p. St. Matts ..... 900 001 0-1 | 1 First Luth .... 900 900 co l Pinkerton's Homer Decides
 ''Commy" Pinkerton's home run in the sixth with the score tied and two out gave the Trinity Mtthodists a 6-5 decision over the South Con. gregational team in . game which was hard fought but marred by the preponderance of unearned runs on both sides. Pinkerton, in addition to this ending swat, played ! remarkable game behind the bat, ie. tiring eight men on foul tips and getting four of them in . row. For three innings neither pitcher allowed hit. Shepard turning back pipe men in .succession after passing Mercy and Parker retiring the frst ten men to face him. Parker broke Shepard's string with a hit to right in the fourth. Barta's Texas leagucr fell safe. and Vessels bunted safely to i'll the bases whereupon two miserable outheld mufts emptied them again and eave the losers four-run lead. This was of short life, for Kraut was safe on an error. Shepard got even with his teams first hit, and two more hits and a pair of wild throws enabled the Methodists to tic the score.
 They took the lead in the hfth when Deming Hewett doubled to left and scored on an error as he tried to steal third. Vessels hit and stole around to third in the sixth. He was then trapped between that hase and the plate but was safe when shepard, uncertain as to where to throw the ball. finally tossed it directly at tho runner. There were two away in the last half of the frame when Pinkerton, . riGhthanded batter. lifted . fly to right which just cleared Vessels hands and rolled on and on for the circuit. The line-ups and score by innings:
 South Congregational: Mercy. c; Parker, p: Bell. sb; Barta. 1b: Wss- sells, If; Adams, If; Rockwell ss; Merza. cf: Carlson. 2b.
 Trinity M E.: Carle. 2b: KraIt. cf: Shepard. p: Elton. 3b; Morton. ss: Ward. lib: C. Pinkerton, c: Jack son. If: D. Hewett. If.
 South Cong. .. 900 401 0-S { Trih. M. E. ... 900 4l1 x-6 { stAnmors Win in Eighth
 The Stanley Memorial.swedish Bethany game was also decided by | circuit clout. this coming in ehe eighth inning when Ed. Sohl blasted q terrific drive to deep left and won the game for the Stanmors, 1-S. After stalking the Bethany team to d 3-1 lead in the first inning. the win- ners came back in succeeding frames | 10 gain the advantage at 6-4. Then. !, in the last Of the sixth. the losers staged | rally and tied the score. ] while runners were on second and third when the side was retired. Stohl's smash in the extra inning put the East Enders ahead. but Ihe swedes rallied and again had two men on the bases when the last man was put out at first.
 A diving catch by Clarence Ols ,n vas the fielding gem of the contest. Kieffer scored three of his teams runs. The line-ups and score by in- nings:
 Stanley Memorial: Hamlin. If; W. Stohl. 2b; Johnston, If; Kieffer. D.;