Favourites came through in the volleyball matches at the Fore! Y.M.C.A. Invitation League dur the past week-end. One important tussle on which the championship of the Second Division hinged resulted in Sokol, unbeaten leaders, winning over the Russian Club, by two straight games with identical scores of 15-5.
The success marked Sokols' six successive win and they virtuall have the title captured. "Their nex opponents will be Sun Sing and ther' is no possibility of an upset. More. over, the Second Battalion, U.S. Marines, who are now in the runner-up position, have already lost to the prospective winners.
There were two other engagements in the Third Division supplementing the Sokol-Club contest, and in the first of these the Blues sextette disposed of L'Humanite in a fairly close struggle. Blues had the lead in the initial game. Although they were challenged strongly towards the end, ihe pacemakers successfully wound up with a score of 15-9. In the second game a keen struggle was witnessed. Eventually the winners were fully extended as the contest ended at 15-12.
The Whites had also a hard time against St. Francis Xavier Colle winning by 15-11 and 15-12. The collegians played their best volleyball so far this season and nearly broke into the winning column. In fairness to the French students, they should have at least scored one of lo the games.
Following were the teams:
Sokol:—Moskalaeff, Chvlantzelf, Mar-Xiant, Redroff, Vernberg, and Kotlia-Russian Cli: b:—Bentzianoff, Orlan, Aliavdin, Biinover. Gitoff, and Jackson, Blues—O. P. Toong, I. K. Toong Took Lee, T. H. Wei, V. J. Wong. K. C Tsai, and C. N. Cheng.
L'Humanile.—W. Gee Ying, W. Gee soh. W. Gee Nylon, W. Gee Sun, W. Gee Wel, and Chang.
Whites:—C. Y. Yee, K. C. Wong, T. Y. Wong, S. Y. Kyung, C. L. Chen, and L. Ling, S.X.—K. Karolich, S. Schultz, V. Peterson, W. Rabbert, S. Borodin, Garwood, and H. Stargard.
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