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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1927
Page
8
A collection of musing items notes Memorial Day on May 30 and upcoming June events. It references June plans and weather lore, warns about tarvia on highways, and recalls a sensational porch-roof flower gesture ending in gunshots. It highlights social mores and humorous quirks of the era.
The Lititz team schedules several games including a home match with Victrix this Saturday and a Monday Decoration Day contest against Bricker on the local grounds. Two thirty start. Admission for women fifteen cents. Also a June 4 game at Manheim after the county firemen’s parade.
Rothsville defeated Brownstown 14 to 12 on Sunday. Buchter of Lititz played in the Rothsville box, contributing to the narrow victory.
In Saturday action the Lititz Olivers rallied with five runs in the ninth to defeat Neffsville 12 to 6 at Neffsville. Palmyra High’s squad plated 32 runs against Lititz, defeating the locals 32 to 1. Lititz, missing half its regulars, beat Belmont A C 17 to 13 in Lancaster. Belmont used three pitchers as Belmont clubs collected nineteen hits in a peculiar, high scoring game.
Lititz defeated Cornwall 7 to 2 in a early season baseball game marked by steady hitting and sharp defense. Peyton pitched effectively for Lititz, with Mearig driving in two runs and Diehm making key plays at short. Keller added two doubles for Cornwall, while Shiffer and Diehm contributed multiple hits for Lititz.
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