Piling up a big lead in the first half, the U.S. Marine Reds walked away to a sixth consecutive victory in the Foreign Y.M.C.A. Invitation Basketball Leagde last night and swamped Peng Pih, a team composed of Chinese qualified referees, by a score of 72 to 24.
The Leathernecks had no difficulty in finding the basket and scored right from the first centre jump, Wilde tipping the ball to Palmer and Palmer passing it to Moore to hang up the first goal within a few seconds.
At the end of the initial period the score read 34 to 8. After the interval the service team continued to take command of the game and wound up io a lop-sided finish. Moore was the chief scorer, with ten field baskets. Kaufmann, ' who replaced Wilde, garnered eight goals in the second half. Bryant was the third highest scorer, tallying seven times.
On the losing team Wong was the best performer. He scored eight times in spite of the tough opposition. Lee made four goals.
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