The Archive · 1939

Close Play in Second Division

Close play featured the Pine Section of the Second Division as both the German Club and the American Club scored narrow victim s over the Y.M.C.A. "B" and e Columbia Country Club Acorns in respective order by scores of 2-1.

The Germans had Schmidt to thank for as he bowled in great form to chalk up a remarkable single of 236 in the second game to hang up a triple of 609, overtaking the highest individual record of even the senior division.

The Acorns failed with the American Club "B" team, winning the second game and dropping the first and third frames.

In the Maple Section of the same Division the Swiss Club took the Columbia Country Club Bears into} camp by capturing the odd game in three.

The other match resulted in favour of the Race Club "B" representatives who defeated the Marine Officers also bya 2-1 score. Play was of a high order as with the exception of the first game in which the Officers netted 169 all the frames surpassed the 800 mark.

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