New Britain herald., 1930-06-20
League Standing

In q game Crammsd with exciting moments. the Landers baseball tean1 defeated the Fafnlr Bearing crew 10 in the Industrial League 4t Willow Brook park last night. The game was watched by q large crowd 0: spectators. Two other contests were played at Walnut HlM park with the favorItes coming throusn easily on the winning end. The league leading P. & r. Corbin team deleated the New Britain Machine team I5 to 3 while the Gascos downed the stanley Works crew S 10 ]. The only change effected by the games in the standing was to break a third place tia between Lan- ders and the s-anIay Rule LaN- ders IS now in third place and the Rulers in fourth.
 Landcrs 6, Fafnirs ;
 In q game into which was cram med almost every lota Of excitement and hair-raIsIng situation possible in baseball. the Landers. Frary X Clark team nozed out the FafnIr Bearing nine q Willow Brook park by the score ot 6 10 ,. From the first out untll rhe very last pitch in 'he game the outcome was uncertain. r was . case Of two teams full Of fight. refusing to give up the ghost.
 Even ln the final half Of the ninth lnnlng. with the score f 10 1 against them and despite the fact that Loncuore just the inning before had struck out three conse Cutlve bat-ers the Fafnir Dragons refused 70 concede the victory and they Tro- ceedAd right away 10 score z. run and fill the sacks Hlrh only one out. Lonsuore again. although he got mo shaky positions twice famed the last tHo hatrers and turned ln a close victory
 Lefty Haher 1as or the mound for the Fafrlr team for the first tlrns thls saasou. He performed eX- cellentlv for the +rst time n the p..ching box but hIs bez- was not enough Lorgno.e was TO, in the usual good condition in which ar opposing -aanl finds him, but he managed 10 pull through some ser. ious rredicarerts.
 Fafnirs started with vhoop After Landers had been retired scoreless n the first inning the Fdf mir team proceeded TO start scoring Ventura famed but O'Br!en walked Krause set him on third with ( double 70 lefr. Ferguson walked tc i'll the sacks. Then Lo-gn7ore played Santa Claus and walked arorhe! forcing IT O'Brlen with ,he frs, eIA Kania's single 10 center ae!d hrough' n two others. making q total c three for he sess.on
 Not 10 be o1-done, La2ders ca11' right back IT the first ot the aecorc 70 tie the score Campbell flew out tt Kama ar third Fitzpatrick ar1.et through shor- Eddie Preisse singled 70 right 10 put Fitzparr.ol or -h,rd L..deran singled 70 .7t sending Fl-zratrlcE IT. Llndgrel made th,rd or Lonemore's ssrr.fo Ay 70 rIrnt Hetd. H. scored CT Char lows h. 70 I-fr.
 From then CT. although alr.os every inning sa~ men getting c azse there ~az TO scor.-- IT. LantAre opened ID the s~vrc'1 I11d-re7 was ht. hE 2 pitched bal Lorgnore sacrificed nlm 70 srronc "Crtck' Carlow then bo41c-d !. tni-d tit ra=- Ventura ir r.-a' aal for +no r3=ts and Li1dera7 crosse -re 7lata with the rE.rE run Fa' mrs failed 10 score n thelr half.
 Larde-s kert up t1e good work : the eighth frame. Camprei! QoEr h,' into Jeff field TI-zratris buated ard Haber threw wildly : s.cord Q force out Campbell Bo'
 r7en advanced base on the pla, Billy Prelsscr hatted tor his bro'he
 Tddie and h, I long sv to certe field Campbell scored With eas = Ii-4-ren then sliced T hIt 70 r.gG } field and Fitzpa.rlck by dint ot fa ] running made homo Fat1irs dlln
 .core in the eighth because. aft walking Wa!c4,t. Longmore strlc 70 out Ken4re. Ventura and OBrier L2rders kept nuiet IT the ninth. Then Fafn!rs came 10 bat for CT T Of the mos exciting sessions Of v
 game krause rolled out to seco-
 hase Ferguson. however. sliced double mo left field Goeb tried
 shoestr.ng the ball but # got pa
 hin. "Letty" Haber followed sl
 and sliced the ball along the la q field line for two bases, scoring F.
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