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Evening star., 1925-05-18
SWIM is POSTPONED
BY WEBSTER SCHOOL

Marjorie Webster Schools swim.
ming meet, which was scheduled for
this afternoon at the y. W. c. A.
POOL, has been postponed until next
MONDAY, owing to the pressure Of
final examinations.
Both class and individual honors
viii be decided in the meet. which will
include the S0-yard crawl, 4O-yard
under water. 40-yard back stroke. so.
yard dash, free style: fancy diving,
plunge for distance and interclasS re.
lays, including candle, umbrella, base.
ball and Indian club stunt races.
a number of Miss WebSter's mer-
maids are taking the Red Cross life.
saving examinations, which will be
completed on May %. Several al.
ready have completed half of the
tryouts- with success. among them
Margaret Wooten, Marjorie Trick
Katherine Mary Hackett, Beatrice
Ziegler. Elizabeth Cassell, Grace Jar.
rett and Bernice Langenfeld.
Following the swimming meet the
Websters girls will hold their annual
class night contest, which is an indoor
meet consisting of all athletic events
practiced during the year.
Grace WeitZel of the Washington
Recreation League is receiving appli
cations from members for the first
horseback ride and lesson. which is
being arranged for tomorrow evening.
The ride starts about 6 o'clock
Girls desiring TO enter will get in
touch with Miss WeitZel at Lincoln
0153 as soon as possible in order that
she may arrange for the horses and
advise regarding the place of meeting.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
SUBURBAN NET LOOP
OPENS PLAY MAY 80

After remaining inactive for TWO
years, the Suburban Tennis League
has been reorganized with six clubs
and a roster of 200 players.
The schedule will open Saturday,
May 80.
Home courts of the various clubs
are located as follows: Burleith,
Thirty-seventh street and Reservoir
road: Capital. Sixth and NJ streets;
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Co, Wisconsin avenue at Friends
School; Lakeview, Fifth and Harvard
streets; Montrose, Thirtieth and II
streets: Bureau of Standards, Connec.
ticut avenue and Tilden street.
League contests viii be played on
Saturday afternoons and will consist
of seven matches. five doubles and
two singles. Each match will count
one point. the club with the highest
percentage winning the league tro-
ply.
The schedule. with the first named
club acting as host follows:
May 30. Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Co. vs. Montrose Capital vs.. Stand
June 80. Burleith VS. Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Co; standards vs. Lake
~ Montrose: Capital vs.. Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Co.; standards VS.. Bur
July II. Chesapeake and Potomac -Tele-
phone Go. V. Standards: Capital VS.. Lake
view: NontrOse vs. Burleith: Is, Burlelth
". Capital: Standards vs.. Montrose: Lake
view V. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Co: % Montrose VS.. Chesapeake and Po-
tai: Burlelth ". Lai1eview.
August /, Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
Standards: Capital vs. Montrose; 3, Mont-
rose ". Lakeyiew: Chesapeake and Poto-
rtIr Telephone Go. v. Capital: Burleith ".
Standards 10. Standards y. Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Co: Lahcview -. Capt.
tai. Bureith y. Montruse: ~ Capital vs..
Burleith: Moutru-e vs.. Standards; Chesa-
pralsG anG Potomac Telephone Go. y. Lake
Evening star., 1925-05-18
DEPARTMENTAL NET
PLAY OPENS june 2

Departmental Tennis League opens
its schedule on Tuesday, June .. st
the public courts, at Seventeenth and
3 streets.
League contests will consist Of five
doubles matches, each match counting
one point toward the league trophy.
The schedule:
June 2. Post Office Agriculture -ys. Inter
ONCE VS.. Veterans Bureau.
June O. War Blue VS.. Treasury: IL. " ar
Red VS.. Post Office Agriculture; IL. Inter
state vs. Commerce.
erans' Bureau Ns. War Blue; 10. Treasury
June -. Post ce-Agriculture vs. Com
merce: %. Navy vs.. Interstate: 20. Patent
Office VS.. War Blue.
July = Treasury xs. Veterans Bureau; Q;
Commerce vs. War Red: 10. Navy VS.. Post
Office Agriculture.
July IA. Interstate vs. Patent ONCE: 16.
War Blue VS.. Commerce: II. Veterans Bu-
July 81. Post ofice-Agriculture vs. Treas:
ury; 23 Navy VS.. War Blue: "A. Veterans
Bureau vs. Interstate.
July %. Patent Office vs. Commerce: 30.
Var Red VS.; Navy; 81. War Blue VS.. Post
August 4 Interstate vs. Treasury: s. Com
Patent Office.
Office Agriculture vs. Veterans Bureau; IA,
War Blue VS.. Interstate.
August IS. Commerce W. Treasury: 90.
Patent Office vs.. Post Office Agriculture: II
Interstate VS.. War Red
q. War Red VS.. War Blue: 2s. Treasury "
Patent Office.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
MEUSEL is CLIMBING
IN HOME-RUN HITTING

CHICAGO, May Is LPl.-As if in
spired with the hitting power of Babe
Ruth, his ailing teamate, Meusel of
The New York Americans smashed out
six home runs in the last seven days,
bringing his total 70 eight for the
season.
Hartnett of the Chicago Nationals,
however, retained his leadership in
The 1ome-run marathon of the majors
Ay connecting for two more, running
his string to ten.
Williams of the st. Louis Amer
leans. with four for the past week,
and Hornsby of the st. Louis Ma
lionals, with three. brought their
totals within striking distance of the
lead.
Evening star., 1925-05-18

The local trade association will hold
it's first closed event of the year at
Washington Golf and Country Club
on Wednesday, followed by a dinner
at the Virginia Club.
Congressional Country Club mem
bers carried their closed club tourna-
ment through the second round in
the four flights yesterday. Semi-finals
and finals in all flights are carded for
next Saturday and Sunday. Yester-
days results follow:
First fight-W. II. Krause defeated b. S.
killmaster. 4 and 3: X. j. Fielder defeated
+. ID. Cross. 3 and .; q. =. Wilhelm defeat
ed c. r. Hough. jr. and &: i. L. Taylor
defeated J. +. Cunningham. and ,. Con-
solation--W. b. Jefries defeated H.. G.
Barnes. and 1: J, Z. Gilmore defeated E.
r. Harmon, > and .: @. T. Bowles defeated
r. c. Jewell, = and L c. G.. Oakes defeated
= Second fight-H. L. oldfield and J. D;
Eason. undecided; ). b. Mcfarland defeated
A F. Glenn; 9 and (; b. a. Leayell defeat
tion-W. f. Richardson defeated H. S. Bar
tholomew. and 5; Col F. F. Wing defeat
ed G. A. DAILY. jr., up: II. R. Wright and
;. B. Bogley. undecided: 5. Whipple defeated
W. W. Crisp. y and z.
Third fight-E. A. hickman defeated A.
\. Waylach, ! up 90 holesl Fl. r. Perry
defeated H. +. Knapp. 3 and ] NJ. \. Thorn
defeated Capt. Charles Ehle % and .: H. L.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
HAVANA u. TRACK TEAM
WINS FROM AMERICANS

HAVANA, Cuba, May 17.-Univer-
sity of Havana's track squad Satur-
day defeated the teams representing
the universities of Florida and Georgia
in a triangular meet here.
Havana scored 58 points to win the
affair, followed by Georgia, with AZ
points, and Florida, who trained
with "a.
The meet was held in q downpour
of rain, making the time very SLOW.
Despite the SLOW track, Barrientos,
Cuban runner, dashed d hundred
meters in 10 AS seconds. Other good
time was made by Griffith of Georgia
who won the half-mile, running the
distance in ? minutes and 3-5 seconds.
Hayden of Florida won the mile run,
his time being 4:34 2-5.
Georgia won the S00-meter relay
race, with Havana taking second
place.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
FAVORITES SURVIVE
IN WARDMAN TENNIS

Racketers competing in the third an
nual tournament OF the Wardman n
Park Tennis Club were to engage i'm
the second round of the singles this
afternoon and will contest the dou-
bles tomorrow.
Each of the eight seeded players
among the 81 entrants that took part
in the opening matches yesterday sur
vived the first round and was to get
into action again today.
Junior players figured in two up-
sets, Fred Doyle. captain of the Tech
High team, defeating w. Carter Baum
of George Washington University. re-
cent winner of the Middle Atlantic
intercollegiate singles championship,
and Willard Lewis, No / PLAYER on
the Western High squad. downing
Jack Regan, captain at Catholic Uni
verSity.
Drawings for the doubles matches
viii he made this afternoon.
Today's singles pairings follow:
Second rouud-2:3 80 pm. Harding vs.
Miller pm, Burwell vs.. Holt: 3 pm
GIarr vs.. PSqyie: pm. Graves vs.. Purinton
Gore ". Lewis: > pm, CharcSt vs. Heed
> pm, White vs.. Haas
Results Of the first round Of play
We're:
{; NJ. Charcst defeated Frank TAYLOR, G.
G-3, G-%: Paul Harding defeated John
Bowen to, /0-3; Hugh Miller defeated
defeated Louis Carran. 6-4, 6-4; j. A,
Purinton defeated Miller King, 6-I. g:
|G; W. :. Holt defeated b. h DetwiIler
., -, Tom MaEean defeated Bob Pat,
teTsOn, t--l. 6-3: Owen Howfnstein d.
feated Dooley Mitchell 81, t-4: Stanley
FgrT FarT deffated hottid H. Husng 4a6. d-l II
-: 4: J. Gore defeated X W Boyd 6-J
ID oM1iiard Lewis defeated John Regan
81, 81: j. Dudley defeated Fred Haas
T-6, 6-f.
GEORGE Clancy haS 90 I-,o.t,o,,4- 4 -
Evening star., 1925-05-18
HARMESON OF PURDUE
WINS FOURTH INSIGNIA

LAFAYETTE, Ind, May 1s.-Har-
old Harmeson of Indianapolis. a jun
lor, has joined Elmert .. Oiiphant.
famous Purdue and West Point ath-
lete. on the Purdue pedestal of fame.
BY winning his letter in track
against Indiana Saturday, Harmeson
became the second Boilermaker ath-
lete TO win four major letters in one
year. Oliphant was the first.
Harmeson is a sprinter and Jumper
on the track squad. He is captain
elect of the 1925 Purdue foot ball team,
on which he plays halfback: was a
star forward on last seasons basket
ball quint, and is a member of the
present base ball nine.
Evening star., 1925-05-18


At Hollywood the final was played
at Is holes and when the round was
finished Tommy and / were all square.
We halved the first and second
extra holes. but on the third a stu
alton was reached when nobody would
have given a plugged nickel for my
chances.
The third at Hollywood measures
$40 yards, par ). Both Tommy and
I got good drives and seconds, and
then Tommy kept up his good work
by pitching his third 3 feet from the
cup, with birdie 4 almost certain.
/ followed up by hitting a ball that
was plainly bound TO run over the
green. This would mean that victory
was Armour's, but such was not 10
be. My ball, rolling along, neatly
billiarded off Tomnny's, was arrested
in itSsfiight and came to a stop not
more than IS inches from the hole.
We halved with birdie As. ] finally
won out on the fifth extra. hole.
But l certainly was in luck when
my ball happened to hit Tommy 5
and leave me that 1S-inch putt.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
MIDCITY RACKETERS
LEAD WOMAN'S LOOP

AIidcity team has a slight lead over
the Mount Pleasant racketers in the
Women's Tennis League matches as a
result of the past weeks play.
The league is still far behind its
schedule, and the players are urged
TO turn in as many scores as possible
this week.
The schedule for this week is as fol-
lows:
Midcity VS.. Departmental, Liberty
Vs. Capitol a. c.; Bureau of Standards
VS.. Government Hotels. Mount Pleas
ant VS.. Columbia and Wardman Park
VS.. RacqueterS.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
YALE'S GRIDIRON STAFF
FOR NEXT FALL NAMED

NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 1S up.
Yale University's Athletic Associa-
ton has announced the personnel
Of the foot ball coaching staff for
next Fall as follows:
T. a. d. Jones. '0S, as head coach:
j.. +. Blair, "a: {. \. Comerford. Is:
NJ. L. Fuller, II, and NJ. A.
Stevens, %.
The university ATHLETIC board of
control voted to give Joe Wood, base
bah coach. another three-year con
tract at the expiration OF his present
contract in July.
Evening star., 1925-05-18

LONDON, May 18.-The Tennis AS
soclatlon has announced that the sec
ond round Of the Davis cup competi-
ton between Great Britain and Den
mark will be played at Copenhagen
May q, rs and %.
Great Britain will be represented
by l.. A. Godfree, Capt. j. b. Gilbert,
C. X. Kingsley and j. ID. 2. Wheatley.
BY the Associated Press.
WARSAW, Poland, May 18.-Al-
though Great Britain had clinched
her victory in the Davis cup elimina-
tion contest over Poland, having
taken both the singles matches Fri
day and the doubles Saturday, the
two remaining singles matches were
contested today. Both of them were
won by Great Britain.
f. q. Lowe, Great Britain, defeated
Forester, Poland, in three love sets.
and c. X. Kingsley, Great Britain, won
from Szwede, Poland, 6-2, Go, Go.
BY the Associated Press.
NOORDWIJK, Holland May 1S.-
Holland eliminated Czechoslovakia from
play in the Davis cup csmpetition. BY
taking one of the singles yesterday,
the score stood: Hollad, 5; CZecho-
SloVakia, ..
Holland now will meet the winner of
the SWeden-Switzerland competition.
In the first of the singles yesterday,
Thinner of Holland defeated Mace
nauer, Czechoslovakia, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.
In the second match kozeluk,
CZechoslovakia. won from Diemerkool,
Holland, Sc, G-3, 3-6, 81, 6-1.
BY the Associated Press.
VIENNA. May 1S.-Play between
Austria and ireland in the Davis cup
doubles was postponed yesterday on
account of rain.
BY the Associated Press.
BERN, May 1S.-In the Davis CUP
elimination series yesterday, Aeschli-
man and Martin, Switzerland, were
leading Wallenberg and Malmstrom.
Sweden, in the doubles when darkness
stopped the playe The score stood,
So, IS, IS, So.
Sweden won both singles from
Switzerland on Saturday.
Evening star., 1925-05-18

Cooper defeated +. ID. Jones = up. Con
solation-Charles Penn and Il. A. Kepp, ul-
decided; l.. c. Ecker and J. It. Birmingha
undecided: q. d. Ellsworth defeated j. o.
Elseinger. and g Leroy Chamberlain de-
feated &. J. Sauter. and 3.
Fourth fight-P. q. Roberts defeated '"
l.. Peters, l up.
Tommy Armour. professional star of
New York, paired with Parish Wat
son OF New York against Fred Me
Leod, Columbia pro, and s. NJ. New
ton of Richmond at Burning Tree yes
terday In a four-ball match. The
match was squared on the last green
when Armour ran down q birdie 3 for
a a for the round. Mcleod also
had II.
Several members of Washington gofl
clubs will go to Shawnee-onDelawa
next Thursday TO attend the annual
golf tournament of the fifth district
of Rotary clubs to be held at the Penn
Sylvania course.
Mrs. $. Whipple. chairman of the
Woman's tournament committee of the
Congressional Country Club, has call
ed a meeting of the woman players
of the club for this afternoon to map
out Il schedule of women'S golf events
for the season
Evening star., 1925-05-18
PLAYERS ARRESTED.

NORFOLK, Va, May 1S.-Eighteen
players OF the Richmond and Ports
mouth clubs of the Virginia League
and Umpires T. A. Cooke and +.
Brandon We're arrested in Portsmouth
yesterday when the teams attempted
to play an exhibition game to test the
right of the authorities TO prohibit
Sunday professional base ball under
the State Sunday labor law.
Evening star., 1925-05-18

Lohmar's 142 game and set of 1856
was mainly responsible for his team,
Columbia, taking the odd game from
Washington.
After losing the first game to
Brightwood, Federal City struck its
stride and registered 548 in the sec
ond and sol in the third, easily an
neXing the last two games. Lakin of
the winners led the way with 347,
closely followed by his teammate,
Gregory, with 336.
Harmony won two from Eastern.
aided by a handicap of IS pins per
game.
Golden Rule and Friendship split a
double-header. The rolling of Cordell
of Golden Rule was the best OF the
night.
Driver continued his excellent
bowling of the past few weeks, when
he contributed total of 351 in the
lead-off position for Salem. His team
made a clean sweep, Fred ID. Stuart
being the victim.
BY virtue of Il three-game win from
Columbia, Harmony climbed into fifth
position, showing Federal City down u
peg.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
GENE SARAZEN TELLS:
When Billiard Shot Robbed Armour of Victory

matter how good ones execution of his
OF luck the determination of
- I'm thinking 0
wood Country Club, Florida when Tommy
champion OF Scotland, and in the final
by lin
Evening star., 1925-05-18
NEW YORK PROJECT SEEN
AS MENACE TO COLLEGES
Success of Paid Cridders in Gotham, Where They
Have Received Little Attention, Would Be
Blow to Pastime, 1t Is Declared.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

EW YORK, May 8Wth established
ton reported be handling install professional
ball New York all who interested in intercollegiate athletic
we'll be alarmed Evidently the big ball
excited the professional and they It
Pro ball foohold Middle and the
of college there the
stringent regulations concerning which obtain the Western Confer
to combat the professional end of the grdron
Evening star., 1925-05-18
HIS TRIUMPH TN DERBY
is ANSWER TO SKEPTICS
Boy, Whose Life Hung in Balance After Accident
at Saratoga, Felt He Had to Prove That
He Really Had Come Back
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. May SThc thread OF
spider Today Earl anew
the of the American and by regarded
ranking jockey OF all world But months fate had
dangling to
the of the the Kentucky Derby
break.
little
Evening star., 1925-05-18
AMERICAN TAKES GOLF
CUP IN BRITISH EVENT

SANDWICH. England, May 1S OP).
douglas Grant, formerly of San
Francisco, and now domiciled in Eng
land, won the st. Georges challenge
gold vase golf tournament. with 40 for
the two rounds. The prize is valued
at $500.
Robert Harris of Acton. England,
was runner-up, with q score of ISL.
cyril Tolley, former British amateur
golf champion, retired before the end
Of the play.
Evening star., 1925-05-18

/.
With many colleges playing foos
ball in New York each Fall, the BIZ
game has attracted small interest.
And, as a fact, it has got so that only
the important foot ball playing col
leges may be certain of anything re
spectacle in the way of gate receipts
when they play in this city.
Must Offer Good Game.
And even then the institutions in
volved must be those with a large
alumni following in the metropolis.
or an eleven like Notre Dame. which.
In addition 10 its national reputation.
has a certain racial appeal.
Two college elevens which annually
play a very fine grade of foot ball met
at the Polo Grounds last Fall and
there were almost as many ushers q.
| spectators.
Nevertheless. were a team of Yer
| liable college foot bail stars recruited.
as Billy Gibson hopes TO do, and were
| Il coach of great national reputa
| ton" engaged, III accordance with
plans. there is a chance that the game
| might make d dent here. And the
! dent that would be made in the inter
| collegiate game would be in precise
piODO iICI ~ lilt lcCLIIOio w ilIIA ill'
| pro ( Llne made here.
Might Do Great Harm.
! Nothing calculated to do create
| harm to the college game could be
| imagined than a successful profes
sional gridiron outfit in New York.
| New York may be trusted to jazz any
thing of a going nature TO the limit,
| and any man who has absorbed the
! fine spirit of intercollegiate sport does
/ not have to be told what this would
near
/ TIL attest appeal Of the gridiron
| game now is the collegiate rival
! ry inv q, the fine morale of the
! player 40 abandon every selfish in
| terest / giving their all for their
alma matters. Take this away, o.
| tincture it, and there is nothing much
! left TO foot ball, so far as the public
! is concerned, if only because the
/ science of the game, the various fine
| points of play, are not widely under
! stood as in base ball.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
AUTO TRADE GOLF MATCH
ATCONCRESSONAL TODAY

members of Washington
golfers the automobile Phladel
Newark Pittsburgh The
the Trade competitors
holes with
Evening star., 1925-05-18
ODD FELLOWS STILL
HAVING DUCKPIN WAR

Odd Fellows Bowling League is
about the last big organiza ton now
hanging on TO the season of 1924-25,
and it has only two more weeks to go.
Mount Pleasant still is ahead. al
though Salem is a close second, with
Amity and Eastern not far back.
Mount Pleasant and Salem will
clash before the season ends, and the
flag bearer may be decided then.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
Standing of the Teams.
Games played last week were as

follows:
Lillian Hoffman Capitol A c.. defeated
Geneva Martin; Wardman Park, 6-3, 90;
Marjorie Wooden, Wardman Park, defeated
Marion Birch, Capital A c.. 6-3. 7-5
Marjorie Wooden. Wardman Park, defeated
Mrs: E. O.. Hurlbut. Mount Pleasant, 6-S.
s. s. 81; Mrs, f; K; Lang. wardman
G., 3-6; 6-l. 6-3; Jessie Edmondson,
Mount Pleasant. defeated Mrs. E. X. Lang
Wardrlan Park. -. 4--6. @; Louise
Franklin. Capital A. c., defeated Florence
Poston. Departmental, c., If. 6--1 :
Frances Walker. Liberty. defeated Lillian
Rixey. Mid City, C.. 81 6-3; Helen
johnson. Mid City, defeated Elizabeth Hub
bell. Bureau of Standards. So. e., 10:
Gertrude B4rnet, Capital A. G., defeated sara
Doollttle, Raclueters. g, .l-6. -:
Kathleen johnson, Mid City. defeated Lucin-
tina Carroll. Bureau of Standards, 4--6.
-, 6-3; Mrs. Goodwin Graham. Mid
City, defeated Mrs. H; L. Rust: Columbia
6-3. 60: Louise Omwake. Liberty, de-
feateed Mrs; Louise stambaugh;, Mid City.
teated Muriel Mosin, Bureau of Standards,
e.. 60: Frances Walker. Liberty. de-
feated Cecyle Taylor. Bureau of Standards
Ct. ca: Lydia Stuart. Mount Pleasant,
defeated Constance Thompson. Columbia
613. 5-7. 1o-s; Mrs: Goodwin, Graham,
Pleasant, O.. 6-3.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
sCHWAB TO RUN AUTO RACE

INDIANAPOLIS. May IS P.-
Charles NJ. Schwab. steel magnate,
will referee the 500-mile race at the
indianapolis motor speedway on May
80 Henry Ford was referee last year
Evening star., 1925-05-18
GIRLS SWIMMING SERIES
TO CLOSE In TWO WEEK s

My Wednesdays swimming
the OF handicap being CAPITOL
~ Athletic Club, in the pool of the Y. w. c. A.
In will
high in each tvne of race
Evening star., 1925-05-18
BRITISH RACKETERS
NOW TO FACE DANES
by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press
WELLINGTON, New Zealand,
May 18 R.-The Lawn Tennis
Association decided today that 1t
cannot send "a team to Canada to
compete i'm the first round of the
Davis cup play, because of the
heavy expense involved.
Evening star., 1925-05-18
STANDING OF TEAMS.
RECORD PERFORMANCES

High team game-Mount Pleasant 593
High team set--Mount Pleasant .645.
High High ind!yIdual game~,1HaryIlle, I61.
Hugh individual set-Harville. i03.
High individual average-P. Elicit I19-14
Greatest number strikes-P. Elicit. IS
Greatest number Sn1rpS--J
Evening star., 1925-05-18

The results to date have been:
ond ddoyard fF6eenwon ,byd by Tnkjer; sec
-eeSPd $6ss7 y FRa fst''nsl;
l&G-yard freee-22wen BY i. whaier: second.
ond0 II: cassssss; thru, Z Tha,sr , SC
ond, +: Tayior: third. bird" NJ. cassasss. sa'eF' sec
:, S0;yard free1Won by A. Riker: second.
1soSsrd breaswdn benias Hi'bsras09 By whaler
on4 ov.4I skfdd1ns Sndg hi third RiSfF .,o.
F. ddq sssddlns .afHGs thrS Z . kihsF second
ood doyaT9 6erb t5eeWGG ,T21 Ry skaddins sec
so,yard G5 breastmWon Nv; l. By " 4. io Riker: sec
ond oy,yg Whale third skaddding .oona
O. 5is bsS6s ?fdToh shird \ hRsr X h Davis second
on4 4O-SaF@ %hl;s fFfsE%Gn Won y wink'er: sec
120-yard breast--Won 10y A Riker: sec
43-yard baskEWop asl; by E. Taylor; second
On4 s2y'Ea TqRisr iSFd y
sefePa3 3a5a TSafsF Sh$isWP .sira: y Gs:.asss ins
0ns Ia{lss tatFS Tna1sf Nin1er
ond Do A. r Riksr: third. DE- E. whsler5 -,
4o;yard back-Iwon by A whaler; sec.
4oyard Il Tafes ta5a y r hFs1 %haer second
F. skadding; third, f, Taylor.
!SSy1sa wRss tS? E E. rsG + staddins
ond dOEsF4 e naeo4 iSpa Py sAadShs &haeF
BY events the point scores now
stand:
Free style-T. winkjer, IS: A. Riker. II:
A. Whaler and f. Skadding, s l. Whaler. z
Breast stroke-A. Riker 90: A. Whaler
16 |; Whaler and +. Skadding, IL: E. Pet
Back strolSe-E.. Taylor, 90: A. whaler
13: !. whaier and A. Riker. :: H. Davis
and E. PettingiN. ..
Prizes for these series, consisting
of dainty feminine medalettes have
arrived and will be presented on the
evening of the last races of the series.
The series of races had been orig
inally planned and announced to have
lifesaving events. but the ShortneSS
Of the time available for the use of the
Y. w. c. a. pool and the need of
further instruction prior TO racing in
rescue work prevented.
Negotiations now are under way for
the coach of the Capitol team TO
secure appropriate pool facilities to
give the girls the latest type of Red
Cross life saving instruction.
In view of the Increased water
perils arising this Summer due to the
closing of the Tidal Basin and the
popular exodus to unEuarded waters
the Capitol Club feels that as premier
girls swimming organization. IL is re
sponsible for taking the lead in pro-
noting water safety methods in the
DiStric
Evening star., 1925-05-18

Swimming is the most important
athletic sport in the Hawaiian Islands,
followed by tennis and golf.