Evening star., 1927-05-24

to be presented each Spring to the
girl who develops the highest quail
ties of leadership during the season.
Mary Stewart York, vice president
of the Athletic Association, acted as
toastmstress, Elizabeth Taylor, out.
going president, welcomed the incom-
ing officers on behalf of the associa-
ton The new heads include Con-
stance Church, president Elizabeth
Corkins, vice president; Catherine
Barnsley, secretary, and Alma Essex,
treasurer. Miss Corkins served as sec
retary.treasurer last year, but it was
decided to split the office in the fu-
ture as the duties are becoming too
heavy for one person to carry.
Helen Louise Duckett and Eleanor
Vandoren advanced to the final
round of the Central High School
senior doubles net tourney yesterday
when they defeated Adeline Alexander
and Josephine Dunham, 6-4, 10,
"a on the Sixteenth Street Reser-
voir courts.
Points We're evenly matched except
in the second set when the Alexander
Dunham team gained the upper hand
and drove through their opponents
defense for an easy decision. The
ultimate winners rallied in the third,
and outsteadied the losers on the
home stretch.
Georgetown division schlag ball hon
ors go to the Curtis-Hyde ten for the
fourth consecutive season. The cham
pions won the final game on their
schedule yesterday. scoring over
ForceAdams in a close tilt, to 8.
Curtis-Hyde held the lead through
out the game. but were outbatted in
the fourth inning, when Force Adams
scored twice, while holding the win.
ners down so close that not oneN run.
ner reached her base.
Curtis Hyde players include Rebecca
Heffner. captain; Mary Vermillion,
Jennie Torreyson, Elizabeth Reynolds,
Marie McKernan, Ruth Hartung,
Marie Wilmer, Rosebud Kessler, Car
rie Jenkins and Evelyn Heffner.
Force-Adams was represented in the
series by Catherine McCandles, cap
tain: Lenora Taube, Mary Bake, Dor
othy Redman, Juliet Heiston. Loretta
Guthridge, Doris Sticky, Vivian Allen,
Josephine Fawaya and Maureen Crow
ley.
Carbery romped on Thomson. ~ to
6, in one game of the Plaza double
header yesterday, while Peabody
scored a 1-to.0 victory over Ludlow.
Kingsman won by default from
Wheatley at Rosedale, while Whittier
was conceded the victory over Emery
in the Bloomingdale division.
Park View has won the Eastern sec.
ton title Of the Columbia Heights
division and +. V. Brown has earned
the Western section honors. These
teams were scheduled to meet this
afternoon at 3:45 on the Happy Hol.
low playground TO decide the division
championship.
Billie Wright and Frances Walker
were crowned 1927 doubles champions
Of George Washington University
yesterday, when they unseated the
1925 title holders, Elizabeth CHECKER.
ing and Edith Petrie, in hard.fought
battle which was extended to three
sets, 4-6. 6--4. Sc.
Misses Chickering and Petrie took
the opener and seemed on the point
OF finishing things off in two sets,
when Walker and Wright found their
stride, coming through to take the
set and establish lead in the third.
Chickering and Petrie made up the
lost ground and battled on even terms
with the new champions until the
count had been tied twice in the de-.
Gliding set. Two straight games at
this point gave the Walker Wright
combination the title.