The Shanghai American community comes up to bat, commencing today, in that annual tussle that always precedes the formal opening of the Poco Course diamond.
This is the statement given out by B. L. Meyer, chairman of the Membership Committee of the Shanghai Amateur Baseball Club, who announces that no less than eighteen staunch backers of the Amateurs have armed themselves with Patrons' and Membership tickets to hurl among the American public here in return for cash needed to see the Amateurs equipped for the 1939 League race.
Despite the depreciated value of the Shanghai dollar and the fact that a good part of the baseball equipment has to be bought in American money, the committee of the Amateur baseball Club are not changing the ces this season. These remain at 5 for patrons and at $10 for ordinary memberships. The committee is relying upon the usual wholehearted support of all local Americans to "put over" their team and indications 1t present are that the Amateurs will field a team this season which will give stiff opposition to all local the men in the crew around. who previously stroked the reverted to the comers, The committee in charge of selling baseball tickets comprises all members of the General Committee of the Amateur Baseball Club: Messrs, J. C. Williams, Joe Fistere, C. J. Hemsworth, Owen Krause, W. J. Lamneck, B. T. Meyer, L. R. Shanazi, Leo Reierstat T. C. Westbrook; and C. L. Conrady, George Flynn, Henry Kay, 1. N. Johnson, R. B. Nichols, E. A. Possnecke, W. H. Putnam and Ralph Schilling.
The treasurer of the Amateur Baseball Club is Mr. W. J. Lamneck, Chase Bank. Applications for tickets may be sent directly to him.
Cathedral School Competition "N.CD.N." Photo, A close finish on the track im yesterday's highly successful Cathedral School Sports in which several records were broken.
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