New Britain herald., 1929-07-09
Inter- Church Standing

sole possession of third place ish Bethany nine. In the first and third of these games tke winners were outhit but came through or alright play in the field and on th> bases.
 St. Mats Win Eighth
 The St. Mats hung up their eighth straight victory, but the Stanm or$ forced them 10 the limit and did not go down until Ernst klopp sent l. Neumann home with the deciding tally in the last Of the seventh Frank kIeffer held the defending these were wasted, but the punch was there when needed and offset he more scattered nine blows which the Stanmors collected off Billy PreiSser.
 Tn" St. Matts picked up their first run in the third session, and w Neumann's home run in the next in- ming made it 20 Not until the sixth frame did the losers broak through the St. Matts' defense, but they got one then and another ir the seventh on the only St Matts error of the game. Coming mp tor their last turn at bat. the leaders pulled the game from the fire whcr l.. Ncumann was safe and rode home on klopps hit.
 ". Nelmann with homer and 2 single, featured for the winners while Carrolls double and single were best for the Slanmors. The linonps and score by innings:
 Stanley Memorial - Carroll. 1h, A. Folden, ss; D. Stohl. 3b; Keiffer D; w. Stohl, 9b; Doyle C; Alder. man, If; E. Stohl, If; Tetsch, cf; T. Folden, cf; Hamlin, If.
 St. Matthew's German Lutheran E. Preisser ob; L. Neumann, If; F. klopp, 1b; W. Preisser, ?; NJ. Steege ss; W. Neuman, Of; o. Suess, 3b; w Fink, c; o. Steege. If.
 Stan, Mem. ..,. .0OO Oo11-2 9 st. Mats. .......0Ol 1Oo1--3 6
 Swedes Keep in Race The First Lutherans chung doggcd ly to the heels of the leaders, win ming rather easy game from the Methodists after one shaky inning The winners jumped on Alden Hew- cit for four runs in the first two in nings, only to have the tail-end team come back in the second to score , thrice on hits by C. Pinkerton, A kraut. and Landgren and a pass tc D. Hewett. Faced with this 4-3 score the Lutherans held off their oppo. banged out another quartet of runs which sewed up the game. Freser held the losers safe after that baG second inning, and the Swedos die not have 10 score any more. Req Nelsons three hits made him the batting star of the game while Anderson and Ahlgren clipped in with two apiece. No Methodist connected safely more than once and the team sank more deeply thar ever into the cellar. The line-ups anc score by inning:
 First Lutheran-Nelson, 3b; An. derson, 1b; Erickson, ss; Stronquist 2b; Nyborg, c; Peterson, if E. John. son. If; Ahlgren, If; Fresen, p; E Swanson, If
 Trinity NJ. E.-Carle, If; w kraut ss; Morton, SIS: A. Hewett, ? c. Pinkerton, c; Klebes, Sh: A kraut If; D. Hewett, 2b; Landgren cf: H. Carlson, 1b.
 i7ihst T.uth ...oo0 40O0-S 9 Trim NJ. F. ..030 00o0---3 5 South Church Wins Brilliant fielding with men on thu bases enabled the South church tC down the Swedish Bethany team in ; battle for third place, and the win ners. held 10 four hits. converted these into eight runs. Seaburg wa almost unhittable. but he was wilt and passed six men, while his sup port faltered at critical moments Parker was found for seven bingles but the losers were cut down on tn bases time and again, being trappet off base by Parker or cut hoWl stealing by Stelma's whip-like wing A fast double play checked anothe Bethany rally. and the winners in field worked fast all the time ant usually wiped out the runner near est the plate on any play.
 Dahlman and Olson put hits 10 but the South church came baCl with two on pass to Parker Bell triple to right, and an infeld out. E Anderson was safe on an error in tn second and scored on Lingdren' double, while the latter rode hom the winners oNercamo lead. Yves sels was safe on tumble, Josepl walked, and Stelma hit safely, Peter son sacrifice and one run came in Rockwell got free pass. and Park CT poked q hit to right, making thu score 5-2
 Another run was picked up in th' third and the last one in the fifth Meanwhile the losers were hitting hard but vainly, for they could dt nothing with men on the bases. II the last inning, with two out and tw' strikes on him. Strom soCked wicked clout to deep left for a hom, run, but that was the end, for Lind gren was an easy out.
 Bell made several sensa tiona stops of terrific smashes, whil' Rockwell raced all over the out fielo in the fourth and retired the side al
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