Favourites came through in the first two rounds of the Shanghai Softball League competition which took place on Friday and yesterday. Because the grounds at the Shanghai American School will not be available until after the closing of the semester, all games which were scheduled to be played there have to be postponed.
One-sided scores were registered in the two opening matches. The Marine Officers, winners of the 1937 championship, "steamrollered" the Shanghai Rowing Club by 17-2 while the Shanghai Race Club inflicted an eyn heavier defeat upon the St Francis Xavier's College, netting a total of 23 runs as against the schoolboys' two.
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