Eight costly infield errors caused the Second Battalion baseball team. champions of the 1937 season, to bow in defeat to the First Battalion nine in their second official meeting this season at the Race Course yesterday afternoon, The score was eight-four at the end of the ninth inning. 5 The loss marked the past winners third successive setback in as many starts. Bollock was given the job on the mound and did quite well But poor support on the part of the infielders took the sting out of his arm. He allowed three hits, all singles, in the first four frames and struck out five batters before getting into a biz hole in the fifth session, which resulted in the scoring of four runs against him.
After the champions had opened the score in the fourth round with a run on two hits, Hawkins' double and/ Potts' single, the First Battalion found their range and fell upon Bollock. (Third baseman Goush bingled over third base into short left. Lindsay vas hit by a pitched ball. Sharples cracked out a hot grounder along. third but Welch pulled a sensational trick by stopping the ball with a great slide and then put Grow out. Ashley grounded past the pitcher through second. Lindsay dashed home on the hit to equalize the score at 1-1.
In the eighth inning Bollock was given the exit in favour of Fuller. Rad bingled for Welch to fumble, Grow grounded out to the pitcher but Lindsay met Fuller's delivery and knocked a low liner past first to score Rad for the eight and last run.
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