The Archive · 1937

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The Shanghai Baseball Commission Clifton.—Eight small bronze medals.

Pearman Clifford has over-ruled the protest of Lieut. Ci B. T. Hemphill, officer-in-charge of the First Battalion baseball team, which dealt with two points ton- CSM cerning the game last Sunday between the Fi Battalion team and Lieut, Hemphill based his protest the latter winning Cun rad Service oles on two rulings by Mr. J.

Morang, Glasgow Umpire-in-chief—firstly, that the j Sad official erred in calling the game on breton College, Dulwich: 433 account of darkness and, secondly, Academy. Berkhamsted: 4io- Worksop, that the base-runner, Girard, was Toning Epsom; 490 Victoria. (Jersey entitled to only one base on an overs Wellington School: 449—Univedsity Ci throw of first base. ge School. Hurstpierpoint; 441—Fettes Both instances had nothing to do Wrekin. Magdalen College School. Dpvith technical interpretation of the rules, but rested on the umpires rs Emanuel, Campbell Stowe: 44 Dollar Campbell College College; 443- 443—judgment, which, according to the Cart ieee Ardineiy, MO Am: official rule-book, -book, right or wrong, pie forth, Canford, Felsted, Readin rig piete antard, Fels cannot be questioned.

The Commission, composed. of Bromsgrove: 432—Glenalmond. St. Law-

Messrs. K. S. Chang, Frank Burton and Cal S. Hirsh, ruled as follows:—

Section I of protest;—That the protest be dis-allowed under Rule 56 which clearly states that "no manager or captain may protest a decision of the umpire "where it is simply a matrence; 431—Highgate; 430—Bloxham; 429—George Watson's, All Hallows, City of London; 427—Cheltenham: 426—Kelly College; 42)—Shrewsburv: 422—King Edward's: 421—Perse; 420 Merchiston 4L—St. Pauls: 415—Merchant 413—Cranleigh; 412—Rossall:

Hill; 405—Eastbourne; 402— has been officially announ ngham that the Polo Comi of the club had to decline, with utmost regret, the invitation of the Argentine Pole Aaseciation to s out a British leam <o compete in the Argentine Championship th Reuter, Tient: 461—Atdenhas The Cottesloe vase and eight silk 1 medals for the school, with one c pany or less in its contin won by St. John's School. head, with 465, a score which place them eighth in the main competition. The next best school was 452. The Country Li for the best score at io Gresham with 246.

The Spencer Mellish Cup, together with an N.R.A. Coronation medal, was won by Corporal A. S. Wardman, Univer: College School, with the full score of 35. The silver medal went to CQMS. T. L. Reeves, Tonbridge, with 34.

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