Promising performances by Butler and Bange, who turned in the scores of 186 and 177 pins in respective order, enabled the Marines to outpoint the homesters by a wide margin which read 615-726 in the opening game. None of the losers seemed to be able to offer any resistance, Adams worked the hardest but still he was outclassed by netting 161 pins.
However, things began tp happen in the following chapter as the pace-thokers failed to retain their form. All of the five players were seen in father unimpressive mood and when the game was over the score stood 148-746 in favour of the Club, thus following the two sides to draw even.
With the games deadlocked, both teams put up a desperate struggle which caused much excitement, Again Butler stood out. He scored 202 to pull his team out of the fire, defeating the Club 792-773. Incidentally, the Marine star was the'only one to bring home a triple of over 500. His score reached 545.-
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