ALLYING in the eighth inning with a splurge of four hits and five' runs, the Second Battalion erased a 2-1 deficit and won from the U.S.S. Asheville in the Shanghai Baseball League at the Race Course yesterday by a score of 6-2. The victory gave the 1937 champions, the second Battalion.'a slim chance of retaining the title, for they are still in the race and only two games behind the leading First Battalion.
The Navy team had every reason to feel sorry for losing yesterday's contest. They yielded a one-run lead in the first inning but came back with two points in the seventh. However, the sailors could not hold the advantage any longer than one round and the whole team blew up.
Harvey, who twirled an irapressive game until the fatal eighth in which he was tagged for four bingles, did very well. He lost the encounter through two costly errors.
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