Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-15

The first two finishing in each heat
yesterday qualified for the finals. The
results follow:
50-yard back, stroke-First heat, Canoe
and Rice: second heat. Drummer and Landick.
150-yard oversrm side--First heat, Burke
and Parsons: second heat, Stimson and Rice.
50.yard crawl-First heat, Canoe; Parsons
and Laudicll (tied): second heat. Drummer
5O-yard underarm side-First heat. Burke
and Quincy: second heat. Canoe; Parsons
i00yard crawl (hnaD-won by Drummer
Meet official. Miss Moody: judge of finish.
Miss Knaebel; starter. Mr.. Drummer: timer.
Coleman Jones.
Cathren LudIum won the v. r. A.
medal for the experienced high gun
in the Central High School members
match. which was shot on the school
range Monday, Wednesday and Thurs
day of this week. Miss Ludlum turned
in a score of 1876, shooting prone and
offhand.
Frances Ehlers, a Junior, won the
medal for high gun in the novice
group. Miss Ehlers totaled 1872 points,
competing in her first match.
Miss Louise Hart. faculty adviser to
the rifle club, states that the match
with the University of Maryland fresh
men scheduled for tomorrow will be
postponed until next month, probably
February 20. The postponement is
necessary becs use the Central range
will not be a ailable tomorrow after
noon.
A sturdy. brOwn.eyed girl with a
healthy glow in her cheeks put there
by natures paint pot, breezed into
Washington last night from Santa F'e,
y. Mex, from whence she had tray
eled via pedes or "Shank's mare" to
use a well worn phrase.
Mrs. Beatrice Tyler. sister Of Ena
Pettingill, star swimmer of the Capt.
tol Athletic Club, left Santa Fee on
October II. 1925, and hiked across the
map to Washington alone, stopping
along the way to visit caves and scale
difficult mountain peaks that chal-
lenged her skill as a climber. One OF
the most difficult climbs made by the
young hiker was Pilot Knob, an over
hanging cliff In the Ozarks Of south
ern Missouri.
She visited the cave at Cape Girar.
deau, Mo-. in the depths Of which re-
Gently has been discovered a hidden
city
Mrs. Tyler is one Of half Il dozen
cross.country mixers belonging to the
Merry Six a hiking club OF Santa
Fc. The other five are en- route to
Washington over different roads, two
Of them coming from San Antonio and
the other three from Santa F'c. The
quintet started forth week ahead OF
Mrs. Tyler, the president OF the club.
and are expected to arrive in Wash
ington any day if they don't weaken, y
according to their leader.
Mrs. Tyler will stay in Washington
for two weeks and then expects to
hike back to New Mexico, taking in
Yellowstone Park on the return
journey.
Freshman basket ball teams of
Eastern High School opened their in
double-header. The PandoraS defeated
the Pirates, IL to 0. in the first game
and the Senators nosed out the
Daisies, IL to IL, in the other fracas.
Team captains have been elected as
follows: Pandoras, Ethel Alexander;
Pirates. Marion Flick; Daisies. Mildred
Lindbloom; Senators, Elizabeth Stull.
The Freshmen's weekly games will
be played on Monday in the future in
stead of Tuesday. The Seniors will
take the Tuesday date.
Next Monday the Pirates will meet
the Senators in a game which. though
not a world series contest. Is expected
to produce some thrills for the par
Elephants.
The Pandoras will play with the
Daisies, quite appropriately, in the
other contest scheduled Monday.
AT the regular meeting Of the Wash
ington Recreation League held yester-
day afternoon at the Y. w. c. A. 1t
was decided that. starting January 10,
managers will not be permitted to
postpone scheduled games. This action
is made necessary as shortage OF
gymnasium facilities in the District
makes it difficult, fnot impossible, to
arrange new dates when games are
postponed, as many have been for
minor reasons.
The mass meeting which had been
planned for February will be held
Tuesday, March 2. instead. The w.
r. L. will meet to transact regular
business on February 2 in the \. W.
c. y. at 5:45 pm.
When the District committee meets
on the Hill to discuss the ACCESSIBILITY
of indorsing the recommendation of
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes for an ad.
ditional appropriation to allow the
playground department to keep the