The Archive · 1938

-QVILIANS LOSE BY ONE GAME

Cpl. Butler Scores Highest Single, Triple — RACE CLUB STILL LEAD SECOND DIVISION

The US.

Fourth Regiment, Marines, brought a fitting climax io the end of the first round's play in the Annual Inter-Club 'Ten Pin League when they took iwo games out of three from the Foreign Y.M.C.A. last night and broke the chain of successes of the civilian team, As a result of the Marines' victory, the two sides are now in a deadlock, finishing the opening half of the league schedule with eight games. won and four. lost.

Led by Caporal Butler, who scored the highest single of 200 and a triple of 546, the Marine aggregation jumped into an early lead and won twa successive games to win the match before yielding the third and last game. Sgt. Higginson gave the high point man able assistance, registering a three-game aggregate of 528.

The "Y" did not show the standard which was expected of them in view of having recently chalked up the highest league records, a team single of 952 and team triple of 2,671. Only F. M. Gonsalves, the captain, managed to pass the 500 mark.

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