The Archive · 1939

More Victory

Buccaneers Gain One — Y.M.C.A. Defeat Marine Officers in Close Game

Trimming the Shanghai Rowing Club, the Buccaneers walked away with another victory in the Shanghai Softball League and now appear as logical contenders for the cham-Pionship which was last won by the Columbia Country Club. The pirates accounted for the defeat of the Oarsmen by nine runs to three and play took place on the Shanghai American School grounds, Another game which was played off on the school grounds turned out by the Foreign Y-MICA, m younger "team, by a Score of fifteen to eleven.

Katz of the "Y" scored a home run at the very beginning of the contest. Inspired by the success, the "Y" team crossed the pan five times in the second inning and held a good lead, though the service men tallied twice in the same session.

'A big inning came in the fifth in which the ultimate winners turned in four more runs and the "Leathernecks" collected no less than seven tallies to fall behind by only. one run, 10-9, The score was then tied in the sixth as the "Y" countered one and the Marines two.

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