(TED under Battalion colours, players who previously participated in the recently-concluded Colonel Cates Basketball League at the Navy YM.C.A,, yesterday played the opening tussle in the Inter-Battalion League sponsored by the Navy Y.M.C.A.
The purpose of the Inter-Battalion League is the selection of material for the two Marine Corps teams to enter the Foreign "Y" Invitation Basketball League, which starts on December 9.
In the opening game yesterday the First Battalion scored an effortless victory over the Headquarters Batía-lion, scoring 39 points against 26.
Left-forward Jenkins was high-scorer for the winners, netting 1l points, and' the remainder was sprinkled through the box-scores. After stamping down on the opposition by 29-13 at the end of the first half, the First Battalion fielded a large number of substitutions in the second frame and lost it by 10-13. The large lead gained at the start, however, took them. to victory.
In the flurry of plays and the rather narrow floor of the Navy "Y" gym it was difficult to judge individual standards, but further games are expected to show more in the way of talent, After this game was completed Marine Officers, who are going to field a team ju the city-wide league on their own, played a practice game with the Second Battalion and won by 65-56.
The box-scores follow:—
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