Part of the losing of this contest can be laid to the poor fielding of the First Battalion whose. fielders Were responsible for no less than fight boots while their opponents made only three. But the chief reason why the Amateurs won this contest was the fact thas they were able to collect 17 hits to their apponents 5.
"The Amateurs started their heavy guns going in the first half of the first inning as DeBecker, first man to face Simmers, hit to centre He advanced to third and J. Ward was safe on first when Ward hit a slow grounder to Klusendorf, who tried to catch DeBecker as he was going to third. but the attempt was futile as both runners were safe.
The Shanghai Amateurs scored their first run when Schaberg hit a long fly to-deep centre and DeBecker scored on the throw in.
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