New Britain herald., 1930-07-21
League Standing

W, L. Pct. II aus .' '' 'opV SokolS ...,...... .66I Holy Cross ..... 2 .667 BurrlttS .....,,.. .boo West Ends ...... .3S3 Senecas ..,...... 0 6 .0OO Today, the Pirates baseball team is at the head of the Senior City league bv virtue of it's exciting II to win over the Sokols Saturday. The So- kols, leading up to game time, were rudely busted from the first position and sent into a tie for second with the Holy Cross. At the same time, the West Ends were pulling a sur prise by defeating the Burritts to 8, keeping the Burritts from going into a tie with the Pirates and send ing them down to third place. The Senecas failed to get a full team on the field and the Holy Cross won a victory by forfeit.
 Pirates 11-Sokols 8
 Staying off a rally that threatened to tie the score in the last half of the ninth inning, the Pirates man. aged to pull through for an II 10 s victory over the Sokols on Diam ond No. 2. Brooks had held the Sokols under his thumb for seven innings and his mates held a lead of to 4 when he was relieved by Williams. Williams had no control at all and he filled the bases and allowed two runs in with none out before Brooks was called back to stem the tide. Brooks was touched for a double by the first batter to face him in this crisis and two runs came in. With men on second and third, however, he held the Sokols down and the Pi- rates eked out a win.
 The Pirates went into the game to win. They drove Dobreck, Sokol speed king. out of the box after one man was out in the second inning and they treated Partyka, his sue cessor only a little more kindly for the remainder of the game.
 The Pirates scored in the first in- ming on q walk, an error and a sacri- fee. In the second, the Pirates opened up and scored four more. Fink started the fireworks with a double. Dobreck walked Lipman, Yankaskas famed, Brooks singled. Sokoloski singled, Begley singled and Dobreck went into right field. Beagle singled off Partyka's delivery SChmarr was safe on a fielder's choice where the play failed 10 get a man at second but Blanchard and Fink struck out
 The Sokols got one back in the second on two singles and a sacrifice fly and the Pirates went scoreless in the third. In the fourth, a walk and two singles gave the Pirates another. The Sokols also got one in the fourth when Lipman made a crazy throw wild to third. The Pirates got two in the fifth on walk, a double. a wild pitch and another double. The So- kols got one in the fifth also on two doubles.
 In the seventh. walk, a single and a felder's choice gave the Pi- rates another. A single and an error gave the Sokols one in this frame. Two more Pirate runners crossed the plate in the eighth on a walk. a sacrifice. an error and two doubles. The Sokols went scoreless in this frame.
 Williams had gone in 10 pitch when the last of the ninth opened. Partyka singled and went to second on a wild pitch. He scored when Sullick singled. Grip walked and Tronoski doubled. Williams was taken out and Brooks resumed pitch ing. Zapatka doubled and four runs were in, Dobreck was hit by a pitched ball. Sapkowski sacrificed, Dobrow flied out to second and Kredar was thrown out at first by Begley, ending the game.
 The Pirates collected l9 hits In all while the Sokols got l2 off the two Pirate pitchers. The Sokols threw away plenty Of opportunities to score. however while the Pirates played heads-up baseball. Lipman got his first hit of the season. a double to right field. Begley. Beagle, Fink and Brooks each got two hits 1 for the Pirates. Zapatka and Sullick clouted hard for the Sokols. Bea gle's work at third stood out for the win ners while SulIick starred for the 1 losers.
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