Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
Ingram Girls Seven's
Excellent Record

The Ingram Girls basket ball team
has proven conclusively its claim to the
championship Of the District and the
south. Critics who have seen college,
prep schools, high schools and independ-
ent teams play throughout the north,
east and west claim that they have
never witnessed such splendid basket
ball as the Ingram girls are able to play
The Ingram team was organized in
January, 1911. playing thirteen games
during the remainder of the season and
winning twelve of them. and was then
declared champion of the District and
Maryland. The team this season started
practicing early in October and played
it's first game at Powhatan College in
an open field November Is. winning by
the score Of to 4, In one of the hardest
and toughest games in which 1t has ever
taken part. BY practicing continually the
team has become almost perfect, and it
was because OF this fact that it has
gained its great reputation.
The members Of the team were CLASH
fed according to the number of posi-
tions in which they could be called upon
to play and the guards could be switched
to forward or center positions, forwards
to center or guards, and centers to for
ward or guards. and they would be per-
fectly at home. There are twelve girls
on the team. as follows: Misses Margaret
Craig. Emily Smith. Mabel Jones. Emma
Reed. Anita TORY, Florence Yoder and
Elsie Webster of Eastern; Joy Marston
OF Tech: Ethel Carswell and Marion
Little OF Central: Elizabeth Duehrfng and
Anna Nelson Of Business.
Miss Marion Little, a graduate Of Can
trail High. was the only new member OF
the team. and she made good at the start
ner regular position had been center. hut
Coach Haas placed her at guard, where
she proved to be star.
Miss Nelson a Regular.
Miss Anna Nelson. who was on,v q
substitute last season, made a regular
place on the team. and gained the repu-
tation OF being the best all-around PLAYER
on the team. and. in fact. in the south
1t did not make any difference whether
guard, she could always be depended on
TO put up a sensational game and she
was always an Inspiration to the other
members OF the team. All the other
playing this season, Misses Jones and
Carswell proving themselves stars as
guard and side center. Miss Craig again
captained the team. and she greatly as
sisted In its success.
The team played a series of games
with Holton Arms. Gallaudet College,
National Park Seminary, Powhatan Col.
iege and Epiphany Church winning all Of
them In the two years that the team
has played only three games were lost
out of thirty-three. one last and one this
season to National Park Seminary at
forest Glen, and one to Goucher College
alumni. at Baltimore. The latter game
should really be considered a victory as
Goucher only managed to win out in the
last few minutes by one point, while it
was easily defeated at Ingram. In all
the team played twenty games this sea-
son, losing but two as above scoring a
total OF 1ol points. an average of thirty
seven per game, as against 1856 for it's
opponents The points were made as fol-
lows: Misses Smith, $40; Craig, 80: Web
ster, los; Nelson, II: Carsweli. 8: Misses
Smith and Craig each scoring enough
points to have defeated their opponents
great deal of the credit for the splen-
did showing of the Ingram girls in the
games they have played during the past
two seasons is due to the excellent
coaching afforded the team by the eff
forts of Mr.. Haas. who has charge of
athletics at the church. Mr.. Haas has
worked hard and faithfully as tutor of
the basket ball team and should be given
much favorable commentator for what
has been accomplished by his charges.