It had been hoped that the Ser-Vices would enter teams in the competition as reports gave it that the Seaforths and the Durhams both had good teams, but calls of duty have mede it impossible for these sporting regiments to enter this year and a smiler state exists for the US.
Marines. The latter, however, have not entered the water polo league for meny years.
Matches will be played at the Foreign Y.M.C.A., Rowing Club and Association Sportif Francais pools, and several well-known water polo players of previous years have agreed to, take on the duties of referees. This season has been a very late one, the coldness of the water even at this late part of the summer making few swimmers keen on remaining in the chilly water for protracted lengths of time.
The Foreigr Y.M.C.A. Porpoises will have as a nucleus the best of their former year's players, and their forward line in itself is represented by a trio of the fastest swimmers in town, A. Gavriloff, A. Logan and L. Oliveira form a formidable trio and have played together for several seasons with the. result that they have a very gapd understanding of each other's play, making the most of their speed. They handle the ball rapidly and are adept in keeping it up in the air, passing from hand to hand without touching the water.
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