Establishing a new League strike-out record, Bartlett, the burly' VU. 8. Marine pitcher, fanned seven. teen Navy batters on Aug. 3 and Ted his team to a 16 to 1 victory at, the Race Course. The former record of 16 strikeouts, established by. Lakin of the 3ist Infantry durin the first half of the series, was tie in the last half of the final inning and then, with two out, Pierce, the Navy first-baseman, swung three times and a new record was established.
In a league baseball game at the Race "Course on August 4, the Japanese Business Men's Club' came through to defeat the Shanghai Amateurs 3 to 1, thereby avenging, the shut-out vielory scored by the local. players on their last meeting.
Hitting the ball for all they were worth, the Fourth U.S. Marines]
team scored one of the most overwhelming victories ever Tocal dia-fas the unfortunate opponents who Were unlucky enough to run into the 'Marines while they were on a batting spree. The score was 28 to the Marines. connecting" for 26 les in' the process of making the runs." Six went for home runs, one for three bags and one for two, They knocked four Amateur pitch: cers out of the box and made a race trace out of the diamond for nine innings of excitement, laughter, The Japanese Business Men made the day complete by. coming through in, the second game of the double-header to defeat the Navy. by'6 to 4 in a seven: which followed the contest between 'The, dapancae "played heads spanese played—heads-up, baseball' and won the game. by. chasing down the breaks, whereas the Navy had the game' in their hand, but threw it away by poor Dase: running' in the sixth inning, coupled with a close decision on a deciding Tun.
By staging a sensational eighth inning rally, the U.S. Navy baseball came' "through "on Aug.
to score. their" second victory the. last of the Shanghai Baseball "series," defeating the Amateurs by 18 to 1 cut contest which two hours. "Te was a. free-hitting affair with two home runs and three {iples, and two doubles thrown in for good measure: The local players scored a goodly namber of runs the early' part of the contest but allowed the sailors to get two. oF three: markers each inning and a quintette of runs in the eighth to win the game.
The Chinese Baseball Club finally managed to defeat the Marine Headquarters nine, on Avg. 7, by 10-1, after seven "hectic innings. The fame was the third meeting be: five en the two teams, the previous two contests being won easily by the Marines- The Headquarters team started a substitute battery in order fo: balance things between the two
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