The Archive · 1939

Marines Lead 5-0

The "Leathernecks" mere noi satisfied with a 3-run lead and increased the score to 5-nil in the second frame, Winchester and Sargent both singled. Fairchild fied out to Brown at centre but Winchester Gashed home on the catch. Depizol fied out to Schaberg but Drew gained his second hit in a like number of trips to the plate, Beeson also singled to fill the bases, Duncan grounded toward third but Krause fumbled the ball to permit another runner, Sargent, to cross the rubber The side was retired with Duncan yoing forced out at second on Full-"rb ground shot, The third inning passed quietly. In the fourth session the service men again pressed home two tallies. They got three more runs in the fifth inning, thereby bringing the ore to 10-nil.

Letting down pressure, the Second Battalion nine allowed the Amateurs to break into the scoring column in the sixth frame. Schaberg singled through short and ran second when Winchester made a wild throw to first, Brown whiffed but Ward singled to score the runner.

In the next half, the Marines kept on scoring. This time they chalked up a pair of runs. Then came Bernard's home run. The civilian centre-fielder took Fuller by surprise as he belted a terrific shot towards the Shanghai Golf Club way beyond left-fielder Fairchild.

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