The Archive · 1939

St. Xavier's Defeated

The St. Francis Xavier's College bowed in defeat to Menora after a $|Lard struggle in the second set which twice reached deuce. In the first set the collegians were completely outplayed as Menora smashed successfully and emerged on top by score. 1 The second set, however, saw a Cifferent story with the college team putting up a determined stand to tie the margin many times. At 15-all. Menora bagged two points in a row and the losers failed to put the ball over the net.

Menora:—Hirshorn,—Fuchs.

Jardin, Furman. Polotsky, Nissenbaum.

SFX—Kirof F. Foyn. W. Patterson. B. Ozorio, M. Karolitch, S. Schultz W. Beeman. lejov Ousted From Soviet Cabinet Moscow, Apr. 10.

M. Nicolas Iejov, one-time Com-3 missar for Home Affairs and head of the dreaded Ogpu failed to be included in the ministerial reshuffle provoked by the division of the Water Transport Commissariat, of which-he has been Commissar since December last year, into two separate Commissariats.—Havas. e Siu River under fire at Chinkeu, fight kilometres west of Loki, on March 21

At Yangchow, 24 kin. south of Loki, the detachment defeated 1,000

Chinese on March 24, taking about 80 prisoners among whom were commanders of a battalion and a company.

After the victory at Yangchow the detachment pushed up into the Kiuling Mountains. An engineering unit led the way and widened the narrow trails wherever possible as the long file of soldiers and horses scrambled up steep. rocky slopes and ledges and threaded slowly along the brink of deep chasms Engineering work was accom! shed at great risk and the soldiers threatened frequently with death in a plunge from the trails. Acrobatic feats which required lo:

goat's and nerves a a wooden Indians were performed sometimes as th gaping ravine: following provised over log bridg They negotia c trails for 40 tretch of 20 kin Hwangyashan and Likiapien above sea level both metres 1,300

The trails became horse of nother lipped off the trails and tumbled One hundred horses were ner. some crashing to inst death m the rocks. As the soldiers pi hed on they could hear the shrill sere: oct dying horses resounding ard rapidly a d Miaochi An ni antral Police Station Station, phar Volunteer Corps arrison Sgts. Mess Last night the Military Police defeated Louza 2-1 thereby cutting down the police team's large advant-Had it not been for King in third game who after the soldiers n in a worse position still.

The above table was corrected before last night's game and does not include any play of this week.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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