Evening star., 1927-04-28

~OMIN(1 from behind IN the
feature game of the Business
High School base ball series,
~ the Fifth and Sixth Semester
nine turned apparent defeat
into decisive victory over the First
Semester aggregation yesterday, %
TO s.
Neither team had lost a game prior
to this meeting and keen interest cen
tered around the outcome. The First
Semester nine hoped into an early
lead and was three runs ahead at the
end Of The third inning. In the fourth,
however. the Freshmen blew up and
their opponents scored 10 runs in the
remaining sessions.
This victory places the Fifth and
Sixth Semester in the lead for the
title, with four wins and no losses.
one more game remains on its sched-
ule. Monday the Seventh and Eighth
Semester nine will play the undefeated
combination in a contest which will
decide the championship, if the Fifth
and Sixth is victorious
Should the leaders lose this game,
there is a possibility of a tie for first
place. provided that the First Semes-
ter wins over its last scheduled OPP
ponent. the Third Semester. This
game also viii be played Monday aft
ernoon.
With Anna MarOsy in the pitchers
box. the Third Semester defeated the
Second, 8 to !, while Mary Garland
twirled the Fourth Semester to a
7-to-1 victory over the Seventh and
Eighth in the other two contests
played yesterday.
Anna Wilmer, manager Of the Fifth
and Sixth squad. pitched her team
to victory. Helen Dolan captains the
group which includes Virginia Ruth.
Helen Casale Rose Brill, Margaret
Weber. Clara Zan0ff. Adelaide Shee-
han, Frances Fine, Winifred King,
Irene Feratino and Elizabeth Beu-
ebert.
Florence Brownfield and Grace Pal
mer were the pitchers used by the
Firsts yesterday. Miss Palmer has
more speed ON her ball than any
pitcher in the school, but lacks the
control necessary to make her work
consistently effective Her right arm
promises to be exceptionally power
ful if properly trained.
Ruth Cole is captain and catcher
of the Firsts. Miss Brownfield is
manager The other members are
Willhelmina LOrenZen, Dorothea XII
atti Marguerite Odum, Sylvia Ritzen.
berg and Elizabeth Carr.
Team leaders of the W0mans Dis
trict Tennis League have received the
lists from Ruth Curran, secretary, as
signing the players to hold the first
and second positions on their teams
and are requested to fill in the remain
ing positions with the racketers who
played on their squads last season.
In the event that any leader finds
difficulty in completing her roster of
players, she is requested to report this
to the secretary or to the president
not later than Monday night of next
week. in order that players may be
assigned to her from the list of ap-
plicants.
All leaders are expected to bring the
completed lists Of team members, with
their telephone numbers and ad-
dresses, to the meeting called by Miss
Curran for Monday night IT o'clock,
at the Burlington Hotel.
The third of the series of benefit
card parties for the tennis court fund
will be held at Miss Curran's home,
1916 p street, next Wednesday night.
All members of the league are urged
to attend this affair.
SchIag ball teams have been busy
this week on the municipal play
grounds. Nine games We're reported
yesterday in the white rivision leagues
and three in the colored.
In the Columbia Heights division
BrightWood outhit West, "a to 6, while
PetWorth romped on Raymond, IA
to ).
T4angdon defeated Emory lexington,
% to 3. on the BloomingdaIe field, and
Keen scored close victory over Whit
tier fn a