New Britain herald., 1930-05-17
game each to their credit.

| The Lutherans, who finished sec ond a year ago, had to accept de. | feat for the second time this year Their regular battery was missing but Harry Stromquist pitched good ! ball for his team. being unfortunate 1 in that the hits made off him were concentrated in the third and fourth frames for seven of their eight runs. Shepard puzzled the Swedes with his slow spinner for five innings and weathered a storm of bunts in the sixth after three runs had been scored and the bases still filled when the third out was made. A last Lutheran run in the final inning was useless.
 W. Patterson led the winners at tack with three safe hits, while A. Foberg made like number for the Lutherans. The line-ups and score by innings:
 Trinity M. E.-Kraut. 1b; W. Pat terson, 2b; C. Pinkerton, c: H. Pinkerton, ss; Shepard p: C. Carle, If; Jones, Of; P, Patterson, lf R. Pinkerton, 3b.
 First Lutheran-Nelson Sb Lar son c-2b; Renke, ss-c; Stromquist D; A. Toberg. 1b; Johnson, If; Hut berg, 2b-ss; Bengston, Of; C. Foberg If
 Trin. NJ. E. .. 1o5 200 0--S 5 First Luth. =. 001 003 1-5 5
 St. MAtts Win Opener
 The championship St. Matthews German Lutherans began their 1880 campaign with a - win over the St. Johns German Lutherans. Otto Suess baffled the losers with his speed and curves, struck out eight men, and permitted only three hits B. Stapert was given somewhat CT ratio support but held the St. Matts fairly we'll in check except in the third inning. when Eddie Preisser's home run with W. rink On base started four-run rally Linn and W. Neumann also scored before the inning was over, while Fink counted again in the fourth dilu ILudlc anu bliiy IlelSoel Ill tIlS last inning.
 H. Zeigler's solid hit to left sc5r- ed kulman with the first St. John run in the sixth, while l.. Stabart hit safely and worked around on q pair of passed balls in the last StanZa.
 The work of the St. Matt infiei1 vas beautiful Suess being accorda l errorloss support. kulman's play in ccnterfield was a feature for the St. Johns. The line-ups and score by innings:
 St. Matthew's German Lutheran E. Preisser. ss; L. Neumann, If; Linn, 1b; W. Preisser. 3b; W. Neu- mann, cf; J. Preisser, Of; 0. Suess, D; w. Surko, If R. Fink. 2b; W. Fink, c.
 St. Johns German Evangelical Lutheran-R. Zcigler. ss, 2b: H. Zeigler, g, ss; kaminsky. c; Bra l. lau. If; E. stabert. 3b; Leupold. ilo; Kulman, Of; Schurman. If; B. Sta bert, ?.
 St. Matt's. ..004 100 - 10 0
 St. Johns 1000 00l 1-o 3 4
 Win Game at Start
 The Memorial Baptists made Il runs in their first inning Of Inter Church league play and then coast | cd to a 16-5 victory at the expense | of the First Baptsts, who thereby 1 suffered their second loss of the week. The losers made one run in the first half of the initial inning 1 but then the Memorial nine fejl upon kieffer for series of healthy pallops which. with a collection Of errors, gave them their big start. They got four more in the second frame, but after that Ellsworth Car them for the remainder of the game. Sidney held the losers safe although they began to score near the end. The line-ups and score by | innings:
 First Baptist-Caroll C. p; Kief- fer, P, c; Basett, lb; Heyward. cb: Drummond. S; Anderson, 3b; Howe, l, Nordgren, cf; Steele. Of; kogel- man. If.
 Memorial Baptist-E, Lawson. (; Olson. 2h: May, 3b; File, lb: Loom i.. ss Leno, If; Sidney, p; Schultz, IT Stevenson, cf.
 First Bapt. 100 003 l. 5 ' 2
 Mem. Dapt. 1140 nlo x-16 Ii Games Monday On Monday evening the First Lutheran and South Congregational teams will meet at Diamond No. 1, the Trinity Methodists and Memor- ial Baptists on Diamond No. ?. and the St. Marks Episcopal and St. Matthew's Lutheran teams on the grass diamond