The race for the championship in the Women's League has grown to be a Sino-Russian affair as on last Thursday night both You Hsing and Sokol added to their unbroken chain Of successes a third victory. The former vanquished Betar 2-0 while the latter trimmed the S.M.C. Mixed also by straight scores. The players in these games were:
¿You Hsing:—H. F. Hwang, S. D. Kwang, S. L. Hao, K, S. Woo. S. N Chang. and C. B. chang.
Betar—R. Plotkin. J. Plotkin, S Deitch, C. Hanin, E Marahovsky. S. Gureviteh. and J. Oystrach.
Sokol:—Hashinsky, Osetroff, Boviloff Krivenko, Yuin, and Levchenko.
S.M.C. Mixed.—S. F. Fu. Y. Young, T. T. Tsai, M. Y. Wang, P. K. Pan, and T. 1. Wong. kicked off the line. Willie Ward Loose Game punched out a Jim Ward cross for Fulton to gather the clearance. The inside man shot, but Ward had got back into position to bring off a fine save. Fulton then put Roboostoff through clear of the opposing defence to see him put past with only Ward to beat, The Probables defence was having a hard time to keep out the euger Possibles forwards.
Half-time arrived with the Possibles having given the Selection Committee a problem to solve, This they attempted to do by placing Wilson, Cope and Bolan of the Durhams in the opposing attack. Failing to receive adequate support from behind, these players were given fewer opportunities to shine but they were ahead of the men they replaced.
The past week-end, however, saw the S.M.C. Mixed defeat the Foreign "Y" Reds by the odd game in three. The Reds won the first string 15-12 but allowed the Chinese to come up from behind and take the remaining games by 15-7 and 15-9. Both sides played a loose game and the rallies were cut short by frequent blunders On the Reds side the players were:
I. Watson. H. Bugaeff, N.
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