e to a close yesterday afte?nobn, Shanghai City Baseball League in a flurry of hits when the Shanghai "Amateurs and the Headquarters Or-phons clashed in the final game of ffe league with the Amateurs emerg-victorious by the odd run in 23 in a contest that proved to be the most exiting seen here this season; with bases loaded and two out, the Orphans had three men on bases and Who count two and two on Jurovic, ho turned out to be another Casey atthe bat as a hit would have scored two runs to win the encounter but instead he struck out to give the Amateurs the game and a clean slate for the entire series.
Local baseball fans yelled themselves hoarse as first one team end then the other took the lead and, when the Amateurs scored five mark-erg in the third inning, it looked like cinch for them to cop the contest but the Headquarters were out to snap the winning streak of the local civilian aggregation and they fought all the way through and had the game almost in their hands.
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