'The last League lawn bowls fixture of the season will be played tomorrow Afternoon which will bring to a close a year's play which has suffered con-Biderably from 'Shanghai weekend itis' Up to and including last Sunday sixteen matches should have been played but the most any. one ye for the pennant. came through with the required two markers to tie the Bucs. In the eighth inning, the Pirates again went ahead by chalking up two runs.
In their half of the eighth inning, the Cubs also gained two runs to cause a deadlock again.
There was a hush as Gabby Hartnett stepped up to the plate.
Pwo men were down and the crowd was pulling for him. He swung once. It was a strike and a groan went up. The next two deliveries were balls. Then Hartnett swung again and missed for the second strike The crowd again sighed and the fans ground their teeth with disappointment. But on the next delivery, the veteran catcher connected solidly and the ball soared well out of range for a perfect four-bagger and victory.
Charlie Root, last of the string of hurlers used by the Cubs, was credited with the victory.
The feud between the Cubs and the Bucs and their battle for the pennant will be renewed again tomorrow at Wrigley Field when they play the third and last game of their current series of three.
If the Bucs win tomorrow then they will regain the lead. Should the Cubs triumph then their chances of snatching the pennant will be brighter than ever, for the Bucs have played three games less than the Cubs. team has been able to complete is eleven, due chiefly to the rains during the early part of the programme.
The Recs are well ahead in the League table, followed by the Police and the Shanghai Lawn Bowls Club "Blues" respectively. As neither of these last two teams are on the fixture list for to-morrow and as the Lawn Bowls Club "Reds" are well behind the "Blues," there can be no change in the position of the three leaders. It is equally certain that the Junior Golf Club cannot improve their standing in the table, "Where they are at the bottom.
The table stands as follows:-
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