Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
BIG HOCKEY GAME
FOR SCHOOLGIRLS
AIl-Philadelphia Team to Play
Scholastic Lassies Tuesday
at St. Martins
FRS. CENT. BRANCHES OUT
BY PAUL PREF

T'iE 1871 Philadelphia girls field
hockey team will be put to a severe
test Tuesday when it meets an all star
combination Of lassies selected from
private schools In and around Phila-
delphia. The game will be played at
st. Martins
The past two Saturdays have found
the girls from various schools at st.
Martins being taught team. play under
the direction of the Misses Armfcld
and Gaskill, members of the All
English. who sailed for England yes.
terday afternoon. The girls now will
be tutored by Miss Elizabeth Maris, of
the Germantown Friends School and
Miss Applebee, of Bryn Mawr.
No announcement has been made as
to who will compose the team. How
ever, 1t has been definitely decided that
Miss Marie Burrough. Of Friends Select
School, will play center forward. while
Miss Eleanor Sale and Sarah Pithousc,
OF the same institution, will be substi-
tutes on the team.
Interest Shown in Mated,
The game has aroused interest rivaled
only by the games with the All English
team. Many were the followers of
field hockey who attended the games
with the Britons. but 1t is expected
that the largest crowd of the season
will be on band to witness Tuesdays
contest.
Miss NJ. s. Brinton. assistan. coach
of hockey at Friends Select School.
announced that Miss Maris would give
out the names of the girls who will
compose the ALL Scholastic team within
the next few days.
Friends' Central Plans
Basketball among the girls at Friends
Central School is booming. For the
first time in the history of the school ii
will have varsity team and will play
teams from other schools in this vicinity.
A squad of sixteen maids has been re-
porting to Miss Dolby. the coach, every
afternoon in the gymnasium. In few
weeks. Miss Dolby says, she will select
team to represent the school.
Il have several good prospects," she
continued, but | am going to find it
difficult to select q team. The girls
all are very good and it will be hard
to cut the squad.
Friends Central has had a class
| league at the school for some time.
Every girl in each class tries for her
sections team. and in that way several
good players have been developed. Marie
Dingee, Eliza Blackburn, Prudence
Wallis. Sarah Pringlc, Elizabeth Moore
and Eleanor Cross, all lassies who
played in the class league last season,
look to be the best players. 1t is thought
that these girls have the best chance to
make the varsity team.
However, Miss Dolby has in G.. Cross.
y. Mckee, G.. Eastman. NJ. Barker, J.
Loeb, Z. Pfaum. II. Shallcross, A. r.
! Williams. Il. Bitterlick and L. Mayer
| a galaxy of stars who will make any
girl work hard TO win her position.
The varsity team will play games with
Miss Irwin's School, Spring Side. Ger
mantown Friends and Haddontield High
| this year. The class league will open
its season on January ). when classes
4 and c meet. Glasses AZ and b
will play in the preliminary game.
January 16 will see classes A and C
in play. while A and 3 will meet on
January %. Glasses B2 and CO will
meet in one preliminary game. while AZ
and BE- perform in the other. If nee
essary January &c Will be the date on
which the championship game will be
played, provided play Is necessary.
League Organized
The Girls Private Schools Hockey
and Basketball League was organized
Yesterday with Miss Violet Mango.
Shadyhill School, president and Miss
/ Elizabeth Mnris, Germantown Friends, =,
treasurer. Friends Central, st. Sea-
verd's Academy and Gordon- Roney
School applied for membership in the