Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07
GIRL SWIMMERS
ARE ORGANIZING
POLY AND L. A. H. STUDENTS
TAKE TO WATER SPORTS
PROMISING EVENTS IN INTER-
SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP
Instructor Wycroff Has Strong Ma
teral from Which to Select VIM
ners in Mems contests-HiII-
toppers Confident

Swimming clubs for the women stu
dents of Los Angeles and Polytechnic
high schools will be organized shortly
and already tentative swimming Or
ganization has been formed at the Los
Angeles high under the personal d.
rection of Miss E. r. Sullivan, who has
been selected to coach the young wo-
men in swimming. Miss sullivan Is
reported to be thoroughly conversant
with the art of swimming, having for
several years before coming to South
ern California been connected with an
eastern girls seminary where swim
ming was one of the athletic sports.
Girl students of Polytechnic high
school have been making trips to Ven.
ice Saturdays, where the sport OIL
swimming has been INDUCED IN unaer
the watchiul eye Of Miss Gilbert In
all probability the Washington street
girls, not to be outdone by their SIS
tiers of the hilltop school, Will organize
shortly.
The young women of Los Angeles
high school who have reported regu-
larly to Miss Sullivan are as follows
Misses r. and d. Swensen, catcher
and pitcher on the girls indoor base
ball club, and the following other
members of the same club: Anna Bu-
chanan, Margaret Childs, Rosenthal,
Sadie Riley and G. Kincade. Mary
johnson, Margaret Scholes and Irene
Meade, unattached, are the other stu
dents who will try for the swimming
club.
The first practice swim will be held
at o'clock this afternoon in Los
Angeles bath house, and the swimmers
will have exclusive right to the plunge
for one hour A few years ago water
basketball was taken up by the fair
students, but owing to the lack OF en-
couragement the water sport was
dropped. After the meeting of the
A. A. u commission last Wednesday
DR. Beach, physical instructor of the
Los Angeles high school, and Harry
Wycroff of Polytechnic high school,
who compose the interscholastic ana
intercollegiate swimming commission,
stated that they were we'll pleased with
the outlook.
Poly Furnishes Good Timber
The committee is trying to get the
Crown City Y M. G. A. to join, but to
no avail, as it has been reported that
there is not much swimming material
at the Pasadena association. Harry
Wycroff. swimming instructor at Poly,
has several promising candidates for
the coming interscholastic tournament,
but as yet no selection of a team has
been made. Rodda shows up well in
the short distances, while Jund, Splane,
Daugherty, Jenkins and Huber are
the other boys trying out for the team.
The students of the hilltop school will
meet this evening at Bimini baths for
the purpose of picking out team, and
the candidates for the various positions
are: Howard Taylor. a member of the
Baraca club, who gave Walter ABB
begg a run for honors recently at San
Pedro, as we'll as Horace Elder, and
Paul Mcguire will try for the fifty
yard dash.
NJ Lee, George Crary, B. Sheldon,
f. Lee and B. Branard will try and
make the 440-yard event. L. Clark, A.
Schol, B. Davis, A. Mcclure and ].
Bryant the 220-yard dash.
For the 10O-yard event M. Lee, Paul
Lowenthal, L. Boring, w. Hixon, H.
Spencer and Phillip Harrigan will be
among the contestants.
Coach Martin, who comes well recon-
mended from the University of STAN
ford, has the boys in charge and ex-
poets to develop a fast championship
team for the coming season at high
SchOoI