In the first chukker "Over 30" scored gals to none, and in the second " Under 80" secured two goals. There was some The ball grounds presented a very pretty appearance at 4 p.m. on the 4th of July, when Umpire White called the game, and the Shanghaiand Monocacy ball teams faced jerch other before a large and appreciative audience of ball enthusiasts of both sexes, and although old Sol stood 94 in the shade no one seemed to mind him.
The game for the first five innings was a well-contested ove, both sides playing very strongly. This however was not expect-Jed to last, owing to the intense heat, and in the sixth inning when the "Balloon" went up, our local players wore pretty tired, which enabled the visitors to score ten rans in this inning very handily.
These runs were urgely due to some of the local fanners" star-gazing, when they should have had their eyes on the ball. The centre fielder was actually so overcome, that he lay down on the ground and waited for the ball to roll to him! The Shanghais, however, soon recovered their second wind and in the latter half of the eighth innings, when the ' Balloon again ascended, they in turn scored ten rans, and the score stood Monocacies 20, Shanghai 17. In the last two innings the locals were only able to secure two runs, and the great.game closed in favour of the visitors by one run. After three cheers by both teams, the crowd melted in the glomning at 7 Although the Monocacies played an all round good game, especially the -nfield, the Shangiia's should have won, and it must have been very discouraging to Henning, who actually struck out over a third of the visitors, to find himself on the losing side. Etzel and Levey made several good catches, and some of the home team should take the latter for an example, and when they go out to play a game do so for all they are worth.
Shanghai—-AB. R. BH. SH. PO. A. E. Henning, p.... 7 on Rich, Derby, 1b.
Smith, 2 Belyea, c.
Mann, 'c.
Levey, Bennet, 3b.
Etzel, s.
Totals...54
The race on Saturday was up river over the usual course, distance 16 miles, At the time of the start, 2.30 patio what little breeze there was, was northerly. The following yachts crossed the line well together Violet, Lorna, Coronella, Madcap, Merlin, Sentu, Leven, Irvine. The sun was very strong and the wind the reverse. Progress wax slow and uninteresting, the yachts having little more than steerage' wa; Numerous small changes of position occu red from time to time, but the yachts were still fairly well together off the Arsenal. Lorna with a stight lead. Here the breeze came away a little more freshly from the N.W., making it a close haul to Pagoda Point! The Lorna hugged the Pootung shore, trying to save a tack, but the Vivlet tacked boldly into midstream and reaped the benefit of the manoeuvre by coming out well ahead of the Lorna. In the meantime the Coronella had been coming up the middle of the river and passed the Violet to windward soon after pissing Pagoda Point. It may be mentioned here that the flapper Senta, splendidly sailed, had been hanging on to the larger boats in grand style, and at the top of Pagoda Reach she was still close up to the leaders. The times of rounding the Stakeboat were 4h. 16m. Os. 17m. 15: 18m, 05:
20in. 2: Merlin 4h, 20m,
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