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After the bronze-medal clinching women’s softball game, Bahamian fans staged an impromptu celebration that wound its way around the perimeter of the field, with continual singing, dancing, music and Caribbean beats.Both men’s and women’s softball tournaments were conducted during World Games I. The games were played July 30 – August 2, 1981 at Central Park in Santa Clara, California. Teams from the United States, Canada, the Bahamas and Chinese Taipei participated in the women’s event, while in the men’s event, the United States, Canada, the Bahamas and Mexico were initially slated to appear. As the time of the Games approached, the Mexican team withdrew for financial reasons and was replaced by a second team from the United States.All three U.S. teams were intact successful high-level softball teams, well known in the U.S. softball community.  The Raybestos Brakettes club from Connecticut was the women’s team.  United States I, the original selection for the Games, was the Peterbilt team from Seattle, Washington.  After Mexico’s decision, the Guanella Brothers team from Santa Rosa, California was engaged in the role of United States II.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]Kathy Arendsen pitched four shutouts for the U.S. women, culminating in a perfect game in the championship final.[12]Table of ContentsMedalists[edit]Standing[edit]Details[edit]Medalists[edit]Standing[edit]Details[edit]References[edit]Medalists[edit]Standing[edit]Round-robin phase:Details[edit]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Each team played two games per day for three days, followed by a championship game between the top two teams in the standing.Thursday, July 30, 1981:Canada 4, Bahamas 3United States 1, Chinese Taipei 0United States 4, Bahamas\u00a0?Chinese Taipei d. CanadaFriday, July 31, 1981:Bahamas 5, Chinese Taipei 2United States 3, Canada 0Canada 2, Bahamas 1United States 2, Chinese Taipei 0July 31 12:00 Central Park, Santa Clara Team1234567RHE Chinese Taipei0000101241 Bahamas200201X5101WP: Welle (1-0) \u00a0 LP: Shiou-Ing (0-1)July 31 14:00 Central Park, Santa Clara Team1234567RHE Canada0000000021 USA100020X360WP: Kathy Arendsen (2-0) \u00a0 LP: Patti Polych (1-1)[13]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Saturday, August 1, 1981:Canada 2, Chinese Taipei 1United States d. BahamasUnited States 8, Canada 0Bahamas d. Chinese TaipeiSunday, August 2, 1981:Championship game — United States 3, Canada 0 (perfect game by Arendsen)Other known individual participants:  TPE \u2013 Feng-Yuan, Lih-Ju, Sub-ShainMedalists[edit]Standing[edit]Round-robin phase:       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Details[edit]Each team played two games per day for three days, followed by a championship game between the top two teams in the standing.Thursday, July 30, 1981:United States II 3, Bahamas 0United States I 2, Canada 1United States I 8, Bahamas 0United States II vs. CanadaFriday, July 31, 1981:Canada 4, Bahamas 3 (9 inn.)United States I 3, United States II 1United States II 3, Bahamas 1United States I 4, Canada 3 (10 inn.)July 31 14:00 Central Park, Santa Clara Team1234567RHE USA I0020010381 USA II1000000130WP: Mark Lee (2-0) \u00a0 LP: Peter Brown (0-1)Saturday, August 1, 1981:United States I 5, Bahamas 1United States II vs. CanadaUnited States II 3, United States I 1Canada d. BahamasNote: Canada and United States II split the two games between them.Sunday, August 2, 1981:Championship game — United States II 3, United States I 0Other known individual participants:  BAH \u2013 Bethel, Butler, Clarke, Ford,  Russell, D SmithReferences[edit]^ “World Games Results International, at Santa Clara, Calif. Aug., 2”. United Press International. Aug 2, 1981.^ “Santa Clara, USA 1981 Calendar & Results”. International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.^ “Results of the World Games”. International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.^ “World Games”. San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. August 1, 1981. p.\u00a04E.^ “World Games”. San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. August 3, 1981. p.\u00a06D.^ Payne, Dave (July 23, 1981). “Fastpitch softball may undergo revival during Games”. San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. p.\u00a06E.^ “U.S. hits wood instead of gold in Games”. San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. August 1, 1981. p.\u00a01E.^ “American team remains unbeaten in softball”. San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. August 1, 1981. p.\u00a05E.^ “A big wheel of World Games adds third win”. San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. August 2, 1981. p.\u00a05E.^ Finch, Peter (August 3, 1981). “A ‘perfect’ finish for World Games I”. San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. p.\u00a01D.^ Finch, Peter (August 3, 1981). “Perfect game by Arendsen closes Games”. San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. p.\u00a03D.^ SARGIS, JOE (Aug 2, 1981). “Arendsen pitches perfect game”. United Press International.^ Newspaper source had the winning and losing pitchers switched, incorrectly.     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