Evening star., 1925-09-29


Hine and McFarlane both formed
teams last year and played on
series which the Hine lassies won.
second series is being planned for this
Fall.
In addition to The block ball teams.
two soccer teams are trained each
wear by Miss Nevitt. picked from the
eighth and ninth grades. These teams
play each other in preliminary
series. after which varsity team Is
selected to compete in the interschoias-
tic games with Friends School. Miss
Nevitt's idea is to have the younger
girls grasp the rudiments Of soccer
from their block ball competition so
that they will develop rapidly on the
soccer field when they become eligible
for the eighth and ninth grade teams.
Practice has not vet begun In basket
ball in the Junior high schools. flVe
IF Hines best players are back this
wear to form the nucleus of It's new
machine Claudia Burlingame, one OF
the outstanding stars: Helen Nelsh'
Margaret Wilkinson. Florence Peter
and Lois Gray will all answer TO the
roll call at the opening basket pan
rally.
An athletic club will he formed by
the fair athletes OF Hine Friday after.
" adviser for the orga nization. has
annoupced that At this first meeting
constitution will he drawn up and Of
ficers elected.
When the iutersrhOol basket ball.
achIae and vollev ball series begins
the New York avenue division VIII
hA MISSING from the lineup tor the
first time in the l. years that the
playground department has cooper
ated with the schools in arranging
these annual Rhedules.
Due In gralRal changes which have
occurred durlH the past two years
in that division only two schools re-
main With a fun eirht-erade course
namely. Seaton and Gales- Blake
Thomson has been converted into q
model school this Fall. with only FIX
grades: Abbot has only two grades,
rhe first and second, and Twlnlng mas
been Included in the coiored division
The two remaining schools have
been assigned to the Plaza division
for all sporting activities. thus com
pleteIy elimms Ting the New York
avenue division from the school ath
Ietic program.
Marie MciuiifTe. director OF the
New York Avenue playground, has an
pounced that she will continue TO
coach basket ball teams on her
ground for the interplayground series.
however. and will form playgrou und
league as usual. which will hold an
individual series before the city-wide
erhedule opena. Miss McAuliffe hopes
70 he able to produce a much strong
er team for the erpiayggound con
tests this year than in the past. as
she will be able to devote her entire
time to this coaching. since no school
games will he played On her ground.
This seems to he the silver lining
to the cloud OF appointment which
at first enveloped the schools in that
section when 1t was realized that they
would not be able to wear their New
York Avenue colors in the inter
scholastic games.
Camille O'Hara. swimming coach for
The Metropolitan Athletic Club. will
hold a class Of instruction tomorrow
evening AT the Y. W. c. 4. pool. from
$50 to $50 Some 20 members at
tended her class last Wednesday. 1t
is hoped that An even larger number
will turn out tomorrow.
4 junior basket ball league is being
planned by Elizabeth Mahon. director
Of the Bloominsdale playground. with
teams drawn from Gage and Emery
lexington, the two six grade schools
of that division
The younger tossers will play
through their schedule on the Bloom
insdale field but will not compete in
the senior league for the division title.
Bessie Ritter has been elected cap.
tain of the Bloomingdale tossers, who
will figure in the senior league. The
tentative team lineup, picked after
preliminary workout, includes Emily
HARRINGTON. Bessie Ritter, Bertha
RYAN. Helen Councillor Margaret Faber
and ALA Dittmar. Substitutes are
Marjorie Tolbert, Louise Herman,