Men and Ladies to Play Celebrated Off Championships; Navy Y.M.C.A, Favoured to Win The Foreign Y.M.CA. Invitation Volleyball League will be brought to an end on Saturday afternoon when the championships in the First and Second Divisions are scheduled to take place, according to a revised programme circulated last night.
Having chalked up eight successive victories, the Navy Y.M.CA. is favoured to defeat the Foreign Y.M.CA. in the final match. The Russian Regiment, last year's champions, are out of running as a result of the games which were played off last Friday and Saturday when both "Y" teams emerged victors.
In the Second Division the Russian Marking its elevation from a college, Tung Wen University, the only Japanese institute of higher learning in China, now housed in the former premises of Chiaotung University Avenue Haig, as a result of the destruction of its former premises on Hungjao Road by retreating Chinese troops in October, 1937, on Sunday held an intramural athletic meet.
Mr. Fumitaka Konoye, the 24-year-old son of Prince Ayamaro Konoye, former Japanese premier, who is now dean of men at the Shanghai institution, took part in the faculty relay race, Japanese newspapers reported.
Various athletic events were held from 830 to 4 o'clock: in the afternoon.
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