The evening times., 1897-05-21
WELLESLEY GIRLS AT PLAY.
Basketball Team Practicing for a
Match,

The Wellesley College girls who make
up the basketball team are feeling rather
triumphant these days. In fact, they wear
the air of having arrived, and are CON
sequently happy over it. This is not al
together because they beat the Newton
High School team the other day, for after all
that was not much OF victory they think,
as the teams were poorly matched and
il was no work at all to vanquSh them.
No; that is not the cause Of the delight
of the team. But they are inwardly TeiOiC-
ing because, at last, Wellesley team has
been allowed to play with outsiders Cor the
first time II the history the school. ThIS
they have got III the Thin edge of the
wedge and the girls look for great sport
in the future in challenging and being ChiI-
lenged by other athletes.
The members of the team are from the
upper classes, and their names are Miss Lou
Barker, captain; Misses Moilie DewS0n, Alice
Austin, Zulctta Holder. Virginia SChoonover,
Elsie Grarf Elizabeth Vogel. A VOse ard
Edna Patterson.
They wear, when playing, a dark blue
jersey or sweater, on the breast Of which
is a large white w" and blue serge
kuckerbOCkers They are a IoSy-lnOking
set of girls and as full Of life and spirits
as it is possible for girls to be They
practice now on the playstedd under their
captain, hut their earlier training was mn
der the wel-known teacher, Miss Lucille
Hill, or Gym" Hill, as they call her.
But perhaps the most Interesting group
OF basketball players is composed of those
who ere practioing in order to get on the
next class team. Some of the freshmen
not the .'naughty-napghts," but the class
of 300. if you please ARE going into the
game with enthusiasm, and very lively
game it is to1 They have been playing
out of doors forlse yeral weeks. and already
the sun ami wind have Drowned their
cheeks -
They take tire late afternoon hours for
practice They don tjeir ''kniokers" and
Jerseys, and, bare-headed, aS are all the
Wellesley girls. when weather viii permit
they hurry off to the field, drop the skirts
which have disercetIy hidden the trousers,
and then the fun begins. The :ieId is
bounded on one side liy the lake and on
three sides by trees Just bursting into
leaf. The turf lis short and green
The captain, 'who has been chosen for
her good play. divides her forces, onc-half
wearing haudkerclicfs on their arms as
distinguishing mark Then the play be-
gins, while the alert coach seems to have
her eyes everywhere, and with her sharp
commands keeps them well up to their
work
And how the girls tumbled about on the
grass, They have discarded CorScts, and
even waists with bones, and every muscle
has fun play. Down they go, three or four
in a heap, and they look like q mass of
kicking legs and outsrretCned arms, eager
t. get the ball before it reaches the ground
They scramble up again, and fly off as
quickly when the fortunate one tosSeS
the ball far away.
Then such leaps as they take in the air.
The big ball goes flying into the basket
whcn hangs from pole at the end of tho
bounds Something is wrong with the ap-
palatus and they cannot reverse the basket
to get it out again
Quick as a cat a girl is up the pole and
down comes the bah to be again tossed and
run after and thrown upward into the
basket if possible.
Practice over, everybody axes bath, and
from it emerge the daintiest, brightest
eyed set of girls one could wish to see,
healthy and happy after their close COM
munon with Mother Nature and their cx-
ercise with basketball. New York World.