The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14
BOROUGH NETMEN SHOWED WELL IN
 NATIONAL PLAY
Naugatuck Eliminated in Third Game By Kanna-
 polls Outfit

The Naugatuck "Y" volleybali team returned from the National Championships Sunday. The team showed up well although eliminat- ed early in the tournament.
 This was a double elimination event, each team continuing to play until defeated twice. Play started last Friday.
 Naugatuck drew Rochester, N. Y. as first opponent. The bor- oughites established an early lead, but the Rochester boys, play ing coolly and steadily, climbed past to win, taking two straight games. The next opponent was Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne on Thursday had won the Veterans Tournament. Naugatuck steadied here, largely due to the calm and cool play of Smith who arrived too late for the first match. Smiths beautiful set-ups for Abramson made it possible for the latter to score most of Naugatuck's points. The defensive work of this paid and their all round play made them outstanding on the team. Ashmore and Baker also per- formed in fine style with Ashmore setting up for Baker.
 George Halloway and Gordon Whitaker played in this match, but 1t wasn't until the second game that this unit began to click. Naug- atuck won two straight games the first at 1S-16 and the second at 15-4. Kannapolis, N. C., was next on the list, this match being played Friday night. This proved to be strong fighting team and they took the first game very easily. In the second game Idris Alderson and Carl Hassell went in replac- ing Whitaker and Halloway and they worked perfectly, playing the best they've done in weeks. Their hard serves threw the southerners off balance-and Alderson's per- feet set-ups resulted in Hassell "knocking 'em down their throats." Naugatuck took this game at 15-13.
 In the third game however, Kannapolis hit their stride again oAu WOA tA@ llotSA tuuG eliminating Naugatuck from fur ther competition.
 During this match Ashmore made a couple of beautiful set-ups of almost impossible passes that drew a lot af applause from the galleries. Smith also drew his share on wonderful set-ups from a difficult angle near the back of the court.
 This Kannapolis team is from the town where Cannon towels are made. The players wear jerseys on the front of which is the de- sign fo 8 cannon and convention al pyramid of balls. Much of the received from the Cannon Com pany.
 - This team was finally beaten by Rochester which went on to take Omaha. before finally being elim- mated by North PhiIadeiphia. And there's a team! The men are not particularly tall, their average height being only about five feet nine or ten. But their playing was so fine in all departments that they seemed to move through their games quite effortlessly.
 Jamaica Eliminated
 Philadelphia was sent to the losers bracket by Davenport, Iowa, but in that bracket, after eliminating JaJmaica in a tough match, Hyde Park, Chicago, in an- other long hard match, and Roch- ester, they came up. against Dav- enport again and eliminated Dav- export at 9-15, 15-11, and 15-7. This brought them up against Di- vision Street, Chicago, after only thirty minute rest, and though they put up a wonderful battle, Division Street proved too strong and won the match in two straight games. Arrangements must surely be made to bring Philadelphia to Naugatuck next season.
 Providence was entered in the tournament but had poorer luck than Naugatuck, being defeated in two straight matches by Greens burg, Indiana, and Binghamton.
 In an informal match Saturday morning after Binghamton also had been eliminated, Naugatuck played Binghamton and won in two out of three games. This was mighty fine match. with both teams playing excellent ball. Va linches set up for Hassell here and Lutze for Abramson.
 All of the eighteen teams enL tered were swell teams playing heads-up volleyball all the way. The excellent sportsmanship of practically all the teams was out standing and was commented upon in the Binghamton newspaper re- ports. In this game of volleyball it has become practically expected of player to call his own fouls that he commits, even though the referee may miss them. This oc- cured time and time again, the only exception being once in the final match of the tournament Houston versus Division Street, Houston player apparently 1fiicked the net with his .hand-a foul- was unobserved by the referee and was properly bawled out by a Chicago player for not calling it. "riled" the Chicago team permitted double hit" by one of their men which was un- observed by the referee, to go un- reported.
 Houston Champions
 Houston defeated Division Street in the final in three game match, and thus retained their title of Ma tional Champions for the third successive year.
 They are fine bunch of men, stocky in build, and all with broad shoulders. They used just six men through the entire tour 
 Play in the final matches espe-