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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1955Vol. XXV, No. 10

La Sports Teams

p. 149 · Read in the full issue

Play At Pago Pago

Prom Our Own Correspondent ESTERN SAMOA invaded Eastern Samoa (April 8-11) for a sports tournament com ing tennis, cricket, softball and :etball «iatches at Pago Pago, le visitors, who won at cricket lost the other three matches, were whelmed with hospitality and onstrations of cordial goodwill he American portion of Samoa. the cricket match Western ed 111 to Eastern’s 71. ituila (Eastern) won the basket -21-17 after a closely-contested le with the players from Apia, se captain (S. O. Percival) and Drichton performed very well. match drew nearly 1,000 tators. le softball match was also hotly ested, Eastern winning 10-7. the tennis singles A. M. Mac rrle (Tutuila) beat O. Crichton a) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. >ia’s unbeaten singles champion L. Yandail (Tutuila) 6-2, 6-3.

Scanlan and Smith Ho Ching uila) beat R. Rankin and R. ey (Apia) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

Smith and G. Ilalaole uila) beat L. Purcell and J. e (Apia) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. tuila thus won the Ernest Reid orial Trophy after a wait of jars. the women’s doubles Mrs. L. :on and Miss V. Macdonald a) beat Misses J. Uhrle and L. son 6-0, 6-4 and Mrs. L. Rap and Miss K. Monaghan (Apia) Miss M. Tuiasosopo and Mrs. oyt 6-2, 6-3. e Apia team won the O. F. m trophy for women players.