Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-28
KALIM PLAYERS
RECHAMPIONS
in VOLLEY BALL
Win From Palama Stars in
Great Contest at 7: Star
Bulletin Defeats Koreans

Last night in the Games Hall of the
Y. NJ. C.. A. Kalihi BY defeating Pa.
lama won the senior yolley ball cham.
pionship of the season, and the Star
Bulletins by winning from the Ko-
reans tied Palama for second place.
The first game of the evening was
between the Koreans and the Star
Bulletins and the Star,Bulletin team
played fast, clean bali all the way,
winning the first three sets by the
same score, 81 To Is Kim, Chung and
Y. C. Young did the best work for the
Koreans, while, Tyau, Anahue and
Kan were the stars for the Star
Bulletins.
Sensational Work.
The Palama and Kalihi game
opened with Palama taking the lead
in the first set and holding it from
the first serve to The finish, 81 to IS.
The second set between these two
teams was the closest and the most
holly contested set of u points ever
seen in the ~" Time after time The
forwards of both teams would make
what seemed to be safe drives, when
the guards would pull off sensational
reeoveries and bring the ball back to
the net again.
At the beginning of the thirteenth
inning Palama lost a one-point lead
which they had held from the start,
and Kalihi tied the score, Z ALL In the
twenty first inning Kalihi took the
lead IL to 10, and from then on to the
thirty-seventh inning the Palamas tied
the score six times and then took the
lead from Kalihi in the thirty-eighth
inning, 10 to 49, In the following In.
ming the Kaliflis once more tied il UP,
10 all. In the fortieth inning the Ka-
lihis put the set on ice by scoring two
points, 81 to 10.
PaIana Leads.
The third set went to Palama, 21 to
IA, with the Palamas leading all the
way, and the fourth set went to Ka.
lihi, with Kalihi taking an early lead
and holding it throughout, 81 to is.
With the score standing two sets
all and one to play, Palama lost the
serve and Kalihi scored In the sec.
ond inning Palama evened things and
took the lead in the third, and Kalihi
tied it 8 all in the seventh. In the
eleventh Palama led for the last time
6 to 5, and then in the twelfth Kalihi
tied it up again, 6-6. In the next in
ming they took the lead and from then
on to the thirtieth. at which time they
had piled up a lead of eight points,
the score being 10 to II, and right
then Brash, realizing that the game
was slipping away from his team put
on full steam and the rest of his men
followed suit, and at the finish had cut
the Kalihi lead from eight points to
three.
Many Stars.
Roberto and Akana with Whits at
center played great game for Ka.
lihi in every set, while Barboza played
his best in the last set. For Palama
Brash was the whole show and weak
guarding more than anything else was
the reason of his teams downfall Ka-
han at center forward played well at
times, out made several costly blum
ders, while Lum Dung and Tai 10y
were off in their playing compared
with former games.
A mems volley ball league will be
organized between the following teams
-Palama, Staf-Bulletin, Kalihi and
the Morgans, the last named COM
posed of a number of fast young bust
nessnen who make up the only team
that ever defeated the o. p. cham
pions. These games VII start Wed.