Competition in the men's doubles has reached the semi-final stage, as a result of a postponed match which took place on the court of the Association Sportive Francaise yesterday between H, Collaco and S. Collaco and the team of David Tsai and Third Baseman Sloan, who. played his first game yesterday, made a wild throw to first on Winchester's grounder. Then Second Baseman Kenny permitted Potts' bouncing shot to go by and score the lead-off man, Winchester, for the tying run. That was how the Marines opened their final drive.
Beeson, who singled his way to first base before Potts, was driven Final Acceptances For St. Leger London, Aug. 31.
The following is a list of final acceptors for the St. Leger, which is being run at Doncaster on September 7 over a distance of seven furlongs:
Magic Circle, Pound Foolish, Ramtapa, Apollonius, Callais, Foroughi, Lab, Pasch, Glen Loan, Challenge, Scottish Union, Seventh Wonder.—
Reuter. in together with the latter by Hawkins, These runs put the Sec-and Battalion two up. bE 5
Lengyal, of. Volpiansky, rf. Lopitz, 1b., Giradet, sx Gray, Harvey, p. Kenny, 2b. Kowalez; Grabowski, Sloan, 3b.
Z. L. Sia. The Portuguese pair, after four hard fought sets, emerged victorious by a score of 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, The victors played a far steadier game than their opponents and, although they were kept on the defensive most of the way, managed to outscore the Chinese in the Second Battalion Winchester, s. Beeson, of. Potts, rf. Hawkins, If. pinches.
Play was close all along. The Portuguese jumped into a two-game lead in the initial set but were tied Cushman, 1b. Sargent, 'c. by the Chinese, The latter "pair then went out in fron by 4-3 but could not hold on and gradually slackened to lose the set by 7-5. H. Collaco was easily the better of the two, He proved a clever pilot and often forced Tsai and Sia into mistakes, The second set failed to go beyond ten games. Both sides played well, with the Chinese sticking to aggressive tactics. Faulty moves in storming the net at random caused their downfall to the tune of 6-4, In the third session the leaders purposely took a rest and did not play as seriously as before. The change gave Tsai and Sia the chance to take a new lease on life and capture the set by 6-3. But in the fourth frame the Portuguese exponents again predominated, The Collacoes will now meet Bossuet and Jourdan to qualify for the final, In the other bracket there is another pair of Portuguese players, B. V. de Senna and A, S. Costa, who will be opposed by Poker Tong and H. K. F, Awards to Be Made at Foreign "Y" Today The Presentation of medals and athletic achievement awards for boys who have been attending the Summer Recreational Programme sponsored by the Foreign Y.M.C.A. on the Shanghai American School campus, will be made this afternoon at 430 p.m. at the Foreign "Y".
Mr. C. W. Petitt, General Secretary of the Association, will address the boys and the presentation will be made by Rev. E. J. Ottewell who is Chairman of their Boys' Work Committee. Following this presentation, boys will be given a short swim in the "Y" pool.
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Earned ruts by Asheville 2, 2nd Battalion 2; Two base hits by Cushman 1; Stolen bases by Beeson 2, Potts 1, Hawkins 1, Diterich 2; Sacrifice hits by Volpiansky 1; Runs batted in by Lengyal 1, Grabowski 1, Beeson Hawkins 2,' Dietrich 1; Winning pitcher, Fuller; Losing pitcher, Harvey; First on balls ' off Fuller Struck out by Fuller 10, Harvey 7; Left on bases Asheville 8, 2nd Battalion 6; Hit y pitcher, Hawkins by Harvey and Giradet by' Fuller.
Time of Game:—1 hour 50 minutes. Umpires:—Roase (plate) and Morang ases).
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