Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-12
BASKETBALL GIRLS
TAKE EVERYTHING
NEARLY EVERY GAME is A
WALK0VER
Have Captured Championship Banner
and Appear to Be on the High
Road to Hold the
Trophy

Los Angeles high school enthusiasts
proud of their fair sex at all times,
are exulting more than ever over the
splendid physical feats of the girls.
The girls basketball team, particularly
is evoking no little enthusiasm among
high school rooters. Last season the
girls brought to their school the beau
tiful championship banner Of Southern
California, and the showing they have
made this term seems to point to a
repetition of the feat.
Not once during the present year
have The girls permitted the blue and
white to go down to defeat; and they
declare very loyalty that such a dis
astrous event never shall happen.
During the Christmas holidays the
team was suddenly called on to play
practice game with Polytechnic high
school, and although they were not
informed of the event till 1 o'clock of
the day of the game they went to
Poly's gym" and beat the team on
its own grounds by a score of 30-13.
In another practice game with Holly
wood the high school girls scored 26
to their opponents 10.
Since the beginning of the new term.
February 10, things have come their
way from all directions. Pasadena
high school went down to defeat on
her own court by the overwhelming
score of 43-9. Whittier met like fate
on her court when the girls walked
away with the game by 21-S. The sec
ond Long Beach high school team
visited the little red school house on
the hill and went home with the
mournful refrain, "30-11, Favor L. A.
High"
Defeat Glendale
Saturday the girls invited the Glen
dale team to partake of their hospital
ity, and in a merciless slaughter took
the game with a score of AIS. These
games have all been played under the
Los Angeles County league schedule.
The two big games of the season will
be with Marlborough May is, and with
the first Long Beach team May 25.
The personnel of the team is COM
posed exclusively of members of the
senior a class. With one exception
the girls comprised last years cham
pionShip team.
Miss Wilde Hendricks, the captain
of the team. and the best forward
in Southern California" shoots the
goals for the academies. She has been
the subject of enthusiastic high school
lays, and cheers by the thousand.
Kathryn Shortridge is also playing
forward this year for the first time,
and is improving each game. At the
Glendale massacre Saturday she shot
seven goals for the blue and white.
To Miss Ella Winstanley-who is also
manager-and Miss Margaret Ford is
intrusted the duty of keeping the
enemys balls away from the basket
and up in the region where Miss Ken
bricks and Miss Shortridge are await
ing them. How well they succeed is
shown by the scores the opposing sides
have run up during the past half
dozen games.
Miss Ann SHEPPARD stands at the
center and sends the ball down to the
high school forwards. Her position
does not permit of much spectacular
playing, but the brilliant showings
made by the other members of the
team are in large part due to her
ability to keep the ball up near the
high school basket.
Without a single defeat to their rec
ord and long line of scalps dangling
at their belts the five young misses
of the high school team see nothing
but victory before them.