The Marine Officers retained their unbroken chain of triumphs last night when they "defeated the Marine Whites, 47-27, in one of the City Invitation. Basketball League games it the Foreign "Y" Ta the other two games, the Marine Reds beat the "Y" Giants, 23-22, and Liang Chi defeated Paramount, 30-26.
Had the Marine Whites beaten the Marine Officers yesterday, the China Stars, contenders for league honours this year, would have taken the undisputed lead in the league and. pulled the Officers into a tie for second Place with the Whites.
As it is, the Marine Officers are How neck to neck with the China Stars for the League Championship Which will be decided Wednesday, February 12, when the two meet and Conclude league competition, Last night's game saw Mann, Playing centre for the Officers, garner the most points, scoring 13. The Officers led throughout ending, the first half, 28-14, and concluding the second half by 19-13 to bring the count to 47-27.
Reds Win by Single Point i. close and exciting game wap seen between the Marine Reds and the 4Y" Giants when the former triumed by the narrow count of one Point, 23-22, The game was not an even one in the first half when the Imca team was leading 14-6. The second half saw the Marine "pulling up their socks" and breaking away to trounce their opponents, 17-8.
is rally in the second half gave e Leathernecks their victory which was well deserved in view of the game they put Hp. the Liang Chi team and the Para-Last game of the evening between
mount, J year's d ins, result-in a victory far the Hotmer b Meanwhile, on the French Club courts, the "B" team of the CSF. were trounced by Country Club by the rather one-sided count of seven games to two. Though the visitors triumphed by apparently uneven scores there were several sustained rallies which made most of the games quite interesting from both the spectators and competitors point of view.
Mrs. Cate and Miss Tavares, representing the first couple of the CSF. were in finest fettle yesterday evening and wrought havoc with Mrs, Hall and Mrs. Maclagan who were outplayed in all departments of the game. The accurate drop-shots, though frequently and brilliantly retrieved by the losing pair, Mrs. Cate and Miss Tavare played an important part in thei success as it soon had a telling effect on their rivals. Their deep placements were also effectively exploited as it forced weak returns which were quickly put away.
Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Maclagan started off rather strong in the opening set and for a moment appeared that they might upset the winners but when the French Club pair hit their stride in the next game there was no doubt regarding the latter's superjority which saw them through to a -15 win,
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