Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-12
FAIR BASKETEERS
AVE.C[EAN SLATE.
Daughters Of Columbus Boast
Record of Seven Straight
Victories and No Defeat
SEEK NATIONAL TITLE

Winning teams are common enough.
They clutter up this terrestrial sphere
and their shrill claims to supremacy
rise to the cmpyrrnn blue. But teams
that absolutely outclaSs all opponents
are rare as dinner jackets on whGlr.
Teams that are so good that they find
it difficult to get games can be counted
on the fingers Of II one armed man.
There is one in this village. though
and girls team at that. Basketball
is their forte, and they go forth to bat.
tic under the name Of the Daughters Of
Columbus.
More than ono cage star of the male
gender has watched these misses III nc-
tion aud remarked to himself that who.
ever this Columbus fellow was he had
been Il dnrncd good man to have daugh.
tors like that.
Last year they had one of TIC best
BASKETBALL teams in tn" city. aud with
+ I he addition of several stars this year
they have bccn unbeatable. Not only
have they won all their games. but they
have won them By overwhelming m3r.
gins.
Courageous Quintet
| Don't make the mistake Of assuming
that girls are not coura gcouS and ng.
grcssivc and fast. These laSsirs can
! play basketball. aud their. Sighting
hearts are as keen in tho surge of tho
| fray ns any men that ever lived. Their
single difficulty has been in getting
gnmcH with teams that can give them
any sort Of n contest.
New York. With the srlf-roniidcul
braggndocio that charactrriaes tho mo
! tropols. has claimed the wouru's bas-
the last ten Years. The New York
Rloomcr Girls is the team that sorS M
this title c-qucstins cry. and srcc they
have. had large measure of success
their claim is not without foundation.
| Rut they have yet to meet the Daugh.
| tcrs Of Columbus.
These local girls have played seven
games 80 far this scason and won all
Of them. They rolled up n total Of oOf
points TO 81. which should be convinc-
! ing proof to the skcptical that they
/ have not bccn pushed at any stage Of
| the game.
The Team Stars
The high scorer is Mary Conway. who
holds forward berth aud has play cd
the breath out of every guard who tried
! 10 hold bcr. She Is an accurate shooter
! Her running mate at forward Is Lrsula
: Ludlow, who Is aS consistent and steady
rs Miss Conway is brilliant. She makes
y an ideal workt- ON the attack.
Nell Dennrfy. the captain. iumps
center. and he. ability at getting the
"tnp' on her rivals is ono of the prip- :
ciplc reasons why the forwards have
so many opportunities TO score. Miss
Dennehy rates with the best sprinters
4 in the city, and has hung up numerous
records on the cindcr path.
AS n matter Vf fact, every member of
the Daughters of Columbus is an all.
around athlete, and can run and swim
as we'll rs play basketball.
Their strong offonsc is not the only
feature of the iivc's play. Defensive.
ly. they arc just ~ Keen, as an aver
age of Just bit more than four points
n game totaIlcd hy their opponents
provo. The guards are May Adams and
Mrs. Marble Cnrrahca. The latter is
the real veteran Of the team. aud last
year managed it as we'll as holding down
IN active playing berth. Miss Adams
is the newcomer Of the team, but her
speed has added an extra note Of power
to the girls team.
The three substitutes could all hold
n place as regulars on any team in the
city. Helen IIillegas. who is ono of the
best known swimmers In the city, and
besides, is runner and gymnast Of
more than little fame, leads the list.
She has ut her back Mary McCulum
| and Jean Stcinhauscr. both OF them
girls of extraordinary ability.
Play Gothamitcs.
Next Saturday the Daughters of COL
umbus will play the Manhattan Bloom.
or Girls in Trenton. This is The big
best game of the season SO far, and il
the local maids win they will be in line
for national honorS. If they are not
already well up TO the front.
Their list of victories so far reads as
! follows:
Exlde Battery. 5G-s steel Heddle. 49,;
| Steel Hedde, cot St Lukes, 80; Green
sox, 82;t Exldo Battery :Ali; FIRST Chris
The girls play regulation Eastern
League rules. aud express themselves
as willing to play any girls team in the
| United States.
Just q shade Of credit must be given
10 the men. THEW coach is Harry
Couchl;n. and his earnest and intclIi-
! gent work has dou" much 10 weld their
! Individual brilliAnCy into cohesion
that made their ovcrM hr!mlng victories
possible.
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