New Britain herald., 1930-06-14
SWEDE ONSLAUGHT
 DOWNS ST. MATHS
Church League Leaders Beaten
 South Church Closes In
lnter-Ch League

 St. Johns Luth 3 40n Swedish Beth. 333 First Baptist. -o6 g. Marks -...1 2oo
 Friday the thirteenth brought TWO dramatic upsets to the Inter Church baseball league last night as the St Matthew's German Lutherans went down to defeat for the first time this year and the tail-end St Mark : Episcopal team suddenly rose up and scored it's first victory. The St. Matts dropped the decision 10 their traditional foes. the First Luther ans. by q 6-4 scoH and slipped back from their accessible perch 70 within reach Of the other first divl- sion teams The South Congreza- rIonal nine pulled up 10 within half a game ot the Germans when thev scored ! businessllke 7-I win over the Trinity Methodist and the Swedes' victory brought them 10 q single game bahlnd the leaders Ths &. Marks long trodden under ths heels Of their opponents, caught q weakened Swedish Bethany team oy surprise and topped r by 5-6 All games were played al Willow Brook park
 >t. Matts Hunble,i
 The St Mats pulled away 10 a 4-o lead n the carly innings. but after that Bill Fresen. Swedish pitcher. was unhltra hle and tho Flrs- Lutherans began to.trea+ Billy Prais- ser harshly. catching and passing the champions ln two unstoppahle final rallies Walter Neumann and Bill Fink put hts together for run ln the second stanza. and n the third Eddie Preisser. Louis Neu- mann and Billy Preisser hammered out three more making the gam seem safe
 But the se~edes took courage in the fourth when Red" Nelson tripled and counted On Be-gtson' s hit and though retired n order in the neX- frame charged lnto 2 -ie score ln the sixth. Johnson opened With } safe bum and FrIsk beat ou, a similar tap Nelson drove both men hon1A u1-h q double Prelsser disposed ot the next TWO men but Bengrson also hlt for t7-o bases and the score was fall Erickson open ed the seventh nIth sase-~ anI Johnson doubled after Fresen had gone our Frjsks single then pu- the game ln the bag Fresen then held the St. Mats helpless in the last half Of the inning. three men in row hitting fouls which Strom- 2ulst captured The victory was th. Swedes fourth III succession. The lneups and score b~ innings:
 Flrst Lutheran - Johnson. f. FrlsE. ss- Nelson. 3b Stronagts-. c Foberg. h. Bangtson 2b Hlltbarg cf. Erickson. rt F~asen
 g. Matthews German Lutheran E. Pre.sser. ss L Neun7ann. f.. Linn. lb. W. Prelsser '. " Neu- mann 3b P Fink. -b. ". sYrko. rf: W Fink. C. J Prsiszer. c: Frs Lurh . | C 3 - n ? g Mats n .n.o . 0-4 ?
 south Closes Tn
 The south church gained 3 full game on tho ST Mats and pressed rlght upon the leaders heels when Clifford Bell pitched what would have been q @hutou> with good luck and his mates found Joe Jack sons losses opportuneIv f no- fro- Guently T. Ta5 the rhIrd straight triumph for the egauonausrs. rho have been playing fine ball especially n the field in recent weeks
 Parker and Bell singled with one away in the first inning and Billy Bomba really non the game imme- diately thereafter by driving q home run down the right field foul line and bringing in three runs. Hits by Jacobi and Sprlng, coupled with I passed ball brought another in the second. and Bell and Bomba collaborated n another 2n inning later The UInners moved their total to seven -ln the fifth on Morey's double to left JaCksons tumble Of Parker>s sacrifice. Bells crazy ln- field spinner. and fielder's choice
 Bell lost his shutout in the sixth when. with Ray Pinkerton or sec ond Morton's single 10 left went through Walters legs in the long grass and Ray scored The loosers threatened on several other occas- ions but were turned back by good pitching and by beautiful support. Bomba's throw to the plate to cut off one run nas a feature Lind gren hit well fer the Methodists, getting q triple and single The game was snappy and marked by fast. clean fielding throughout. The hne-ups and score by innings.
 Ward lb Hall ss; H. Pinkerton. If. E Pinkerton. 3b; Morton. c; F Carle If F Kraut, If, Jackson, T. LIndgren ct
 Parker. ct-rf. Bell. p; Bomba If Of Walter Ib-f. Stelma. c; Jacobl. rf-2b. Spring. 3b. Merza, 2b; Barta, ID
 Trin. 1f E...0 0 o co l 0-1 , ? South Cong. 31 l q 0 o-7 l
 St. Marks Wins
 The St. Mark's-SHedlsh Bethany game did not measure up to the other tuo of the evening but de veloped into q close battle Tn spite of that In the early innings the losers edged into 1-h lead. but the Eplscopahans began to find Sea burg in the fourth and scored in each frame thereafter. The Bethany batters also found Casey rather moro frequently in the late innings but could not quite match the ral- lies of the opponents
 Al Middleton featured at bat with three hits. while Casey and West e7man got two apiece for the win ners and Langley and Johnson a like number fer the losing team. The hne-ups and score by innings.
 Swedish Bethany-B Anderson,