The Archive · 1938

Water Polo

Bowside Beat Walrusses in Exciting Game; Pressler

Outstanding The Foreign Y.M.C.A. "Porpoises" went on in their winning way in the water polo league last night when they defeated the A.S.F. by ten goals to nil at the latter's pool, the winners being in a position to put up an even greater score had they not relaxed their efforts in the second half. The other match of the night took place at the Y.M.CA. pool when the home Walrus team went down to defeat at the hands of the Rowing Club Bowside team to the tune of five goals to one, the winners holding a 2-1 advantage at the interval.

The Y.M.C.A. Porpoises proved that their speed and handling were far d aWay too good for the French side ang the latter, despite the valiant efforts ai Hans Park and Paw Bel! in the defence were unable to cope witn the speed of the winning team's trio of fast forwards. Logan, Oliveira and Gavrilof were outstanding in their understanding of each other's play and their shooting was even more impressive, the last named being outstanding in this respect.

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