Evening star., 1924-12-07

a glance at the club personnel
is assurance of an evening of real
sport, for several of these water
nymphs are South Atlantic cham
pions The Capitol Athletic Asso-
citation lists in its ranks such celeb
rites as Florence SHADING. Ena
Pcttingill, Thelma Winkjer, Katharine
Pfeifer and Thelma Castle Then,
too. there are those who have gained
local renown. few of these Will
no doubt win recognition side by side
with their South Atlantic sisters
Lucille Trice and Tillie Raine should
fall in the latter class.
The program arranged to give the
mermaids opportunity to fully demon
strate their versatility, is quite an
eXceptfonaI one. Its varied list pre-
sents events appealing to all classes,
swimming to form and speed above
and below water for those who appre-
ciate the fine points in that phase
of aquatiCs: diving and stunts, 1. e.
swimming tied to q chair. and swim
ming with hands and feet tied, for
those who appreciate grace and dim
cult muscular co-ordinations: and
then as in all well balanced produc-
tions, the comedy periods in the form
and the Chinese relay.
The officers of the Capitol Athletic
Association arc: President, Florence
SkaddinE: vice president, Thelma
Castle; treasurer, Nellie Lange; cor
responding secretary, Katharine
Pfefffer: recording secretary, Thelma
Winkjer Although the club num-
bers 80 active members, with its
strong organization it can and does
open its doors to those girls inter
ested in sports for sports sake
Girls wishing to become members are
invited to attend one of the business
meetings held the first Friday of
every month, 1880 pm, under the
patronage of Mrs. Moore, at A. c.
Spalding & Bros.
Besides their weekly swimming
practices. Wednesday, 7:40 pm, at
the Y. w. pool, the girls have
strong basket ball squad. The toss
ers use the Marjorie Webster gym,
Mondays from to I pm, and Wed,
uesday from $40 to $3.50 pm. Their
team is a member of the Independent
Basket Ball League under the Nom-
ans Athletic Council.
The final game for the District
playground championship in girls
basket ball will be played off next
Saturday morning, December IL, at
IL o'clock, on the Plaza playground,
opposite the Union Station. II the
weather man is generous with MS
sun and miserly with his wind, the
game promises to be fast and clean
cut The teams in the titular series
Georgetown, Rosedale and Iowa Ave-
nue-au have shown championship
qualifications, and each has chance
to win out, with the odds pointing to
the Iowa girls to at least be in the
final contest of the series.
The game set for yesterday having
been postponed on account OF wet
grounds, the schedule now calls for con-
tests next Tuesday and Thursdays at 4
o'clock on the Plaza playground, with
the final game at the same place next
Saturday morning at IL O'clock.
The prizes at stake for the cham
pionship team will be small gold bas-
ket balls for individual members and
possession for one year of large
silver loving cup with the name of
the winning playground inscribed
thereon. The team winning the
championship three years in success
sion gains permanent possession of
the trophy A team has yet to pos
| sess it for two years The Hlne
Junior High girls won the honor last
year, but are ineligible this season
junior high circuit.
Macfarland Junior High carries on.
The Red and White girls from Iowa
avenue way are not letting the mere
loss of a block ball series curtail their
activities. Last month they lost hard
fought games to Hine Junior High, a
more experienced team. in block ball.
This month they have again tackled
a more experienced team. Volley ball
is the game in question, and Langley
Junior High the formidable oppo-
nents. Langley has played the game
inside and outside of school time,
while Macfarland has barely BEEN in
itiated to the game.
Last Tuesday Langley, on its own
field, won the first game of the series
from mcfarland, 21 to Is. Although
the visitors displayed some good team
work and some strong servers, their
play always was slightly below that
of Langley's.
The second game of tne series Of