The Archive · 1938

Brilliant Effort

At Wayside Park, a very keen game was played between W. A. Bailey and C Tanner against A. MeLean and L. Bell resulting in a wir for the latter pair by 23 shots to 14. McLean just got the edge of it until the 15th end when Bailey and his partner pulled up. Bailey got 4 at the 19th and was legging 5 at the 20th end when McLean drew the shot With his last wood, a really brilliant effort. At the last end, McLean and Bell added four and ran out comfortable winners.

At Hongkew Park, three games were able to be completed, J, W. M. Dickson and S. Craig defeating A. Roberts and J. Gaffney by the healthy margin of 29 shots to 13, running ahead at the 10th end with a 15-5 lead.

The other two games resulted in closer, and identical, scores. R. Thomson and K. L. Swartzell de-

Beantowners by 16-12, the Rhinelanders were forced to accept a 7-4 defeat. Shut out until the ninth, the Reds staged an abortive rally productive of four runs. which fell short of victory by three tallies. Debs Garms, Ernie Lombardi and Walter Berger were the hitting stars, each connecting for a trio of safeties, In the American League, both the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees were forced to swallow the pills of defeat, thus missing golden opportunities to gain upon one another, The Yankees were shut out by the St. Louis Browns through sparkling work on the mound by Hal Mills, who held the Ruppert Rifles to only four scattered hits, fanned eight and walked four. The Browns scored their game winning taly in the second inning.

A two run rally in the third followed by another productive of two runs in the fourth sent Willis Hudlin mpering to the sanctuary of the showers and gave the Philadelphia Athletics the impetus for an 8-4 triumph over the Cleveland Indians.

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