Evening star., 1925-09-20

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Basket ball will hold first place in
the hearts of youthful sports.romen
of the Districts elementary schools
during the Winter term. Eight
leagues are to be formed from these
schools and championship series
played off between the teams of the
various circuits for sectional titles.
The team that wins in each section
will be presented with a silver cup.
Each school Is allowed to enter %
girls in the league. From this
group-coached by the director of the
playground - the team is selected,
usually picked from the seventh and
eighth grade players. All players
entered in the league must be de-
clared eligible by the principals of
the schools they represent. Eligibility
lists are filed out by the principals
each Fall and sent to the playground
headquarters.
A complete schedule of games will
be sent to each school entering a
team and matches are played off ac-
cording to this card.
The games in the schoo! leagues
will be played on the following
grounds: Bloomingdale. Garfield.
Georgetown, Happy Hollow, Park
View, New York Avenue. Plaza.
Rosedale and Virginia Avenue.
An interplayground series will be
run off simultaneously with the school
series. The teams competing are Sc
lected from the best players on each
playground between the ags of ID and
Is, inclusive. All games in this class
will be played off on Saturday morn
ing, while all the school games are
staged during the week.
The champions in this series also
will be presented with a cup. Iowa
Avenues team has won the title for
the past two years.
Fair athletes of George Washington
University will begin their Fall activi-
ties Wednesday with practice in bas.
ket ball and plans for the annual Fall
tennis tournament to decide the sim
giles and doubles titles of the uni
verSity.
Virginia Hopkins, a graduate of Ar
mold College of Physical Education,
will coach all the women's teams at
George Washington this season. She
expects to have teams out for basket
ball, tennis. field and track. swim
ming. field hockey and base hall. in
augurating a much larger program
than has been hitherto put into opera
ton. She will also have charge Of all
gymna SUM work for women, The
new program at the university re-
quires physical training at least twice
q week for all regular students.
Last season Miss Hopkins was on
the faculty of Winthrop College, Rock
Hill, S. c.
Lovey Adkins won the annual tin
can golf tournament of the Garfield
DiaygrOund Sterday and was de-
clared the champion for 1925. Miss
Adkins made the six holes in 80. s
points better than her nearest rival,
Marion Oliver. Miss Oliver had shot
a "a in the preliminary round, which
was the lowest score of the day until
Miss Adkins got her 80 in the final.
The tourney was run off in three
preliminary flights, with the winners
in each section meeting in the final
round.
Miss Adkins, with Al, triumphed
over Dorothy kelso, Zelda Madeoy
and Rockey Madeoy in the first
flight: Marion Oliver outclassed her
opponents. Mary Kelso. Frances
Rozelle and Dorothy Waddell with
her low "a in the second flight, and
Dolores Iglehart nosed out Rena
Burnham and Jenny Jakebec with
40 in the third flight.
Miss Iglehart led the field for the
first two holes of the title match, but
Miss Adkins evened things up on the
third and gained a lead of several
strokes on the fourth by making a
birdie while her opponents took and
Z, respectively. She gained TWO more
strokes on the deciding hole by com
ing in with a to match the Is scored
by the other two