Continuing their winning form, the Shanghai American Club forged further in the lead in the Shanghai Softball League when they took the measure of the Durham Light Infantry on the Columbia Country Club grounds yesterday afternoon by a one-sided score of 14-3, The Infantrymen, although a new team in this year's series, were conals: WTS sidered as quite formidable, having already garnered two of their matches in the previous rounds. But against the Americans, who are well versed in the diamond game, the British soldiers simply could not pull together and suffered a severe defeat, Throughout the encounter the victors were always ahead and had the game in their bag long ahs before the end came. The success marked the Club's sixth straight triumph, At the Shanghai American School grounds the-Columbia Country Club also displayed skill to overcome the Jewish Recreation Club convincingly by a clean score of 6-0. There was no doubt that the Columbians played one of their best games against the Jewish team, in view of the fact that the latter had recently given the Buccaneers a close game.
Also at the School grounds, the Shanghai Recreation Club trimmed the Filipinos by the the odd run in nine in the afternoon's most hectic encounter. The Recs did not start well and it was not until the third inning that they gained the lead. Young, the captain of the victorious side, sparked in the -outbreak as he clouted a four-bagger, driving in one runner ahead of him.
Marine Officers Upset At the Race Course the Foreign "y". Cubs sprung a surprise by outscoring the Marine Officers, cham: pions of the lasi league, 7-4. The victory not only marked an upset but also put the Cubs into the winning column after four. successive defeats. The "Y" team tallied three The feud between the Terrymen and the Bucs, therefore, was not completely settled, although the Pirates retained a narrow lead, Gus Mancuso was the hero of the first tussle when he rapped out a timely single in the ninth canto to send John MeCarthy home and to victory, 2-1.
In the nightcap the Buccaneers chalked up two markers in the ninth stanza and tied the count.
Both the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs won both ends of their double-headers.
The Dodgers scored five runs in a ninth-inning spurt to win the curtain-raiser from the Cincinnati Reds, 5-3. They scored another five runs, including a homer by Dolf Camilli with two men on bases, in the third frame of the second game to win, 7-4.
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