(pire in thie Reid Basketball Challenge Series for ladies at the Navy Y.M.C.A. was brought to a successful close yesterday evening when the final three sessions of the game were pláyed off. Erin Villa completed the series without a single defeat by tróuncihg the League of Pals 29 to 8. The Greens finished second with also a one-sided victory over Post Mercury by 30 to 6. The Bites remained in the cellar by losing another game to the Telephones 22 to 2.
Meanwhile, play in the Invitation League at the Foreign Y.M.C.A. continued wath a like number of tussles. The Whites of the U.S. Marines remained unbeaten in the "A" Division by scoring an easy victory over Wu Tsing 64 to 39 while the Officers of the same regiment defeated Chain by 55 to 26. the League as they were un-Erin Villa Md $ poor start against able to locate the Basket in the first Quarter. The Pais, on the other hand, shot three goals. In the second session the ultimate winners began with a rush to sedi five baskets and hold the Pals scoreless The third period saw more or less a same story with the champions netting half a dozen goals.
The Greens completely outplayed the Post Mercury five. With the exception of the fft quarter in which they permitted the opponents to score all their six points, the winners had complete control The Misses M. Mosoff and B. Harrop each scored four baskets aüd led the winners' attack all the time.
The Telephones had a same easy time against the lowly Blues, who scored their only goal in the last quarter through' Miss D, Chernoff. Miss K. Richardson put through the basket four shófs. Miss N. Wilson tallied twice while the Misses M. Malinovsky and J. John each made two.
YMCA., were nearly upset by tha] Clouds as they won the contest through an overtime period by a final score of 23 to 21. The Giants played a casual game throughout, holding a small margin of 13-9 at half-time and then allowing the Chinese to come up from behind. When the regular play ended the sore was tied at I, Soskin shot the winning basket in the extra session and was therefore the hero of his team. Vernick was the highest point-getter, netting three times in the first half and once in the second. His performance, however, was deadlocked by Win. Wong. "who countered four baskets in the second half and led the Clouds to pull a near upset.
The two "A" Division games which followed failed to become interesting as the Marines were too strong for the Chinese. The Whites led Wu Tsing by 32-17 at half-time while the Officers finished 22-13 ahead of Chain wi -e-ocoob?
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