The powerful Foreign Y.MC.A. ien pin team threatened: the Fourth Regiment U.S. Maines in the Inter-Club League competition when they achieved success last night by winning all the three games from the Shanghai Race Club in the latter's alleys by margins of 843-719, 989-713, and 822-788.
G. Kleffel won glory when he broke the highest singles in the present league by a score of 265 which was 18 pins Higher than the old record set by Hartnett of the American Club. Kleffel hung up a triple of 563 and was only one pin behind Kohnert, his teammate.
A difference of ten pins marked the defeat of the Marines in the opening game which concluded by a score of 821-811. Lange's indifferent performance in his low tally of 127 pins was held responsible for the early setback. In the second session, however, the visiting Americans-failed to maintain their prowess. Klovekorn was the chief victim; netting 108 pins while Judge Lurton was also unimpressive, making 127 as compared to his first single of 165: In this game the "Leathernecks" turned in a total of 825 as against the Club's 701.
Faced by a possibility of dropping into second place in league standing, ihe Marines came back to form in the. third and deciding game, out-^classing the Americans 837-757. Rutler and Cushman shone for the winning team as they collected a triple of 531 and 530 respectively.
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