Evening star., 1925-05-11


rifle meet, but this fact has not served
to dampen the enthusiasm of the fair
, sex. In fact, if anything, it has
seemed to increase the interest, as
there are opportunities for so many
more to participate in interclass com
petition.
The rifle meet. in which all of the
schools participate. is a District cham
pionship event. 1t will be held at
Eastern High School the latter part
of May, probably the 2Sth and 10Th.
1t will be the first District champion
ship match for girls.
j. w. Crockett, rifle instructor for
the high schools, and. incidentally,
member of the 1924 Olympic rifle team,
will have charge of the girls meet.
Each school will be represented by
team of six expert shots.
Central High School has a girls
rifle team of which it should be justly
proud. Louise Hart, faculty adviser
! for the rifle squad, reports that ap-
proXimately 250 girls turned out for
rifle practice at the beginning of the
year.
Aside from matches with the other
local schools, the Central girls have
intercity postal matches. They re-
Gently shot against the Girls Munic-
ipal Rife Club of Minneapolis, but
have not yet heard the results.
This week they will exchange cards
with Waller High School of Chicago.
Virginia Wise is manager of the
squad and Miss Helen Taylor, cap
tain. Other members are Ethel Theis,
Augusta Friedberg, Elizabeth CARRIER,
Winnie Fallon, Helen Huhn, Carolyn
Bebb. Edith Hobbs, Helen Prentiss,
Anita Peters and Elizabeth Robinson.
Swimming. one of the most popular
sports at Central, has been interfered
with this year, due to reconstruction
of the pool. The work is practically
complete and plans are being made
for the annual meet. Only girls who
have passed a rather stiff swimming
test are eligible. There are 6O-odd ex-
perts who have qualified.
There are 80 entries in the doubles
tennis tourney, which has advanced to
the third round. 1t will decide the
class championship.
Miss Calpin and Miss Holzbauer,
athletic directors, have organized
horse back riding at Central this year.
Sixty girls have signed up for this
sport. They ride each Saturday morn
ing in groups of 10.
Eastern High, with it's beautiful
stadium, eight well kept tennis courts
and splendid facilities for track and
field events, is eXcellently equipped.
So greatly has the field of girls ath-
letics grown since the completion of
the new building that three directors
of physical education are necessary.
Imogene Stockett, general physical
director, is assisted by Mrs. Wood,
who has charge of all track work, and
Miss Fosdick, who gives her entire
attention to tennis.
The first track meet for girls at
Eastern will be held early in June.
Some sixty girls are now devoting
all of their spare time to preparing
themselves for this meet.
For practice purposes, the girls are
divided into class groups of Is, each
with leader. Events are the high
jump, broad jump, basket ball throw,
sprinting, relay and novelty races.
An "E" will be presented to each
girl winning one event, provided she
has participated in at least two
others.
:. One of the most interesting features
at Eastern is the Hiking Club com
posed of So girls, who take II or IA
mile rambles through the woodla nds
every Saturday.
These young ramblers are mixers
and not pikers! They hike with
just how far they have been. Frances
Roberts, who holds the distance record
so far, has between 235 and $50 miles
to her credit.
Vaccinations have put a crimp in
the base ball practice, but there are
two teams organized at Eastern, the
Blue and the White. These teams
will play series of three matches.
Outstanding players will receive ath-
letic "E's''
over 40 girls came out for tennis
this Spring at Eastern. Many of them
are beginners. A tournament for ex-
perienced players now is under way.
Marian Barrett is in charge. The
winner will also receive an "E''
Belle Meyers of Western High has
managed to carry out a very success
full program this year, despite the
difficulty of being forced to work
sithout a gymnasium or an athletic
field because of building operations.
Western girls have a double in
centive for eXcelling at sports. Not
only can they receive "W's'', but
they have two beautiful cups to
strive for.
The cup is presented to the class
having the highest total of points for
all events of the year.
The second cup is one peculiar to
Western. 1t is known as the best
all-around sport cup" and is presented
each year to the girl elected by the
entire athletic group as the outstand-
ing SportSwoman.
ence for three years, was won in 1928
ay Peggy Berry and in 1924 by Sylvia
SNIeyer, the high jumper, who broke
the world record
u Hockey, formerly Il Fall activity,
is now included among the Spring
events at Western, and for the first
time in the history of the school a
varsity hockey team has been picked.
Each member of the varsity will re-
ceive a gold hockey stick.
Western is perhaps the only school
Which counts fencing among its ma
ior sports for girls. The first annual
fencing tourney has just been com
pleted under the direction of Prof.
LonZilla. The event was won by Lu-
cile Weber, junior class girl, with
Nan Surface second.
The tennis championship of West
ern is determined by a series of elimi-
nation tournaments. Preliminary class
tournaments are first run off as far
as the semi-finals. The four players
reaching this round in each class
event then play off an interclass
tourney. Members of the winning
team receive their letters, and their
victory counts five points for their
class toward the athletic cup.
The four members of the winning
, team then play to decide the singles
title.
Bertha Yoder is faculty adviser for
the girls rifle squad, which is the
only group participating in inter
SCHOLASTIC meets.
fech High, in spite of the limited