Evening star., 1925-04-27

base ball being classified as a major
The Junior high school directors in
particular find an entirely different
feeling toward base ball. The com
mon cry is for base ball and the di-
reCtorS have a big problem TO put
any other sport across. The feature
of the intsrjunior high school field
meets will undoubtedly be the several
ball games with base hall in the
focus of attention.
Business High School goods are Civ
ing q remarkable account of them
selves on The diamond. Although this
is their first season at base bail. 20
girls. representing eight school sec
tions. are out for places for their re,
spective teams. On account of vari-
Gus administrative reasons the eight
sections have been coupled into four
squads.
Their leaders are: Semesters and
S-Betty Wilson. captain: Doris Offutt.
mana ger. Semesters 4 and Gillian
Baker. captain; Maxine koontZ, man
ager. Semesters and 3-Mary Tew.
captain: Mildred Cole. manager.
Semester dorothy Reid, captain
Helen Casale. mana ger
With all the squads fighting hard
and turning out strong for every prac
tiCe. and with the element of morale
playing such a heavy part in girls
athletics. a forecast Of the outcome
is liable to he wide OF the mark. How.
ever. with Marion Boggs and Dorothy
Reid as the battery and Helen CaSale
neatly accepting about all plays Al
first on the first semester team. il
looks as though the freshmen might
run off with the base bail honorS.
In an endeayor TO outWit Old Sol
VIII r. fS. ~,
Saunders. physical education director
Al Business. has shortened her games
to five innings to enable her to run
off two games an afternoon. The
combined semester teams so under
the nomenclature of the higher
grades for and s, s for 4 and 3,
and 3 for and 3.
The schedule of games follows:
April 27-S vs.. 6: vs.. l.
May Is vs.. 3: 6 vs.. !.
May is vs.. !: vs.. ;.
Judging from the fast, clever play
ing during the last week of the school
schlaC ball teams in the various play
ground divisions. the enforced time out
-Of the Easter holidays was a storing
up time of pep and fight. Not only
were all the regulars out, but also
their substitutes and many loyal and
clamorouS rooters.
Results during the past week fol
low:
April 30: Bloomingdae division = Gage
-: Emery lexington, 10. Columbia Heights
division = Cooke. IA John Eat9n.
SSGTse'GTn SSfa6 io New York ayehaa
GsIes-Blake BiaS u Thomson pIoIT l. kosedale di'i
s'oi1i April 'e'Sy = Bio6Tminrdale = Brigntwood
Park. Il: John Burroughs. 2. Columbia
Heights-Raymond. 10; Hubbard = George
(.yan d.
monds IL Taylor. :. RosedaIe-Benning,
AgrIi - Blo9minsdaIe g.,sS.:r; HhsSnsdogr; y y
Brown, I5 Dennison. !. Georeetowpy-Ad
olson 10: Reservoir, o. New York ave
mue-seatoni \; Abb9t-TwinIns :, sospdaia- Pla7s-
Kingsman. IA: Madison. 4.
AdAR AR. 2S %eis6,man f2am0a "a
8: Blow, /. Columbia Heights-Park We"
IL; Monroe. 3.
The following school teams have
won all of their games: +. V. Brown
Park View Van Ness. BrightWood
Park. Addison, Curtis-Hyde, Force
Adams. Toner, Gales Blake, Edmonds
and LennoX.
For those Fairgrounds not running
off school league matches. Miss Maude
Parker, director of girls activities on
the municipal Fairgrounds, has ar
ranged interplayground tournaments
Chevy Chase under the direction OF
Miss Ruth Coleman, will be the most
active with eight teams enrolled; Iowa
avenue follows with five. under Miss
Jack Whiting: then come Thomson
with four, under Mrs. Clyde Borers:
MontrosS with four, under Mrs. Paul
| inc Woodruff, and Columbia with
| three, under Mrs. Helen Abrams.
Each ground will play off two games