Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02

- were active In a greater va.
Tiety of sports during the year
Il just ended than ever before.
The major sports, tennis, swim
ming, bowling, field hockey, basket
ball and track, have been augmented
by archery, fencing and polo.
Tennis, swimming and bowling,
which claimed the attention OF hun
dreds of girls and women during the
past IL months, are dealt with else
where in these columns.
Basket ball leads In popularity from
the standpoint of numbers participat-
ing in organized play. In addition to
the several thousand playground ath.
letes, who were actively engaged in
this sport, each of the five high
schools held interclass series, I'm each
of which anywhere from so to 200
girls competed. Ten leading semi
naries had this sport on their seized.
while 80 or 40 Independent teams
were organized in the local colleges,
which 80 or 40 independent teams
participated in the Woman's Council
League. Recreation League and va
rious church leagues.
G. w. U. Basketers Triumph.
George Washington basketers car
ried off local intercollegiate honors,
winning more than two.thirds OF the
games on their schedule They won
over Gallaudet and Wilson Normal
each twice, and over Westhampton
College. They were nosed out by one
point at Pittsburgh and lost also to
William and Mary and Swarthmore.
National Park Seminary and Hol-
ton Arms were the outstanding semi.
nary performers. Holton Arms en-
gagged in the most extensive schedule.
winning over Madeira, Eastman, Mar.
iorie Webster and the Oldfield Semi.
nary of Baltimore. National Park
bested Holton Arms, but on the whole
did not take as active a part in inter
scholastic play as did the downtown
school.
In independent club circles the.
Metropolitan Athletic Club captured
first honors. playing through q long
schedule with but one defeat, that
administered by the Princess A. G.
sextet.
Charlotte Hatton and Gladys Mills
Metropolitan centers, were two of
the leading players in the inter-
club series. Miss Hatton has been
picked by able critics as the best all.
around tosser in the District at the
present time The value of her per-
Torrance to her team was demon
strated by the fact that the only
game which found her absent re-
suited nj the 33to.17 defeat admin
istered to her team by the Princess
tossers. which broke the Nets record
of straight victories.
First Girls Qnint Formed.
The past Fail saw the organization
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who play under boys rules, and SO far
have competed several times against
boys, teams. Charlotte Hatton is one
of the rnainstays of this squad, which
includes other players of prominence
drawn from the leading independent
clubs.
The leading scholastic track event
for girls was the interjunior high
school affair, in which track stars
from the six junior high schools COM
peted on the sixteenth Street Reser-
yoir Field. Langley's representatives
won the day, with Hine a close Sec
ond.
In addition to this meet, there were
interclass meets in each OF the local
colleges, seminaries and three OF the
high schools-Central, western and
Eastern.
Leah Cate walked OH Win HuiNAu'
nal honors in the George Washlng-
ton meet. which was the outstanding
intercIass affair on the cinder path.
club track performers were given
an opportunity for competition for
the first time last Spring. when
meet was staged under the auspices
of the A. A. u. at the Centrai aign
School.
The meet was termed the Tri-Club
meet and the chief competitors were
from the Capitol. Princess and Wash
ington Athletic Clubs. Capitoi A. y.
carried off first honors, with Julia
Aman leading in point scoring.
Field Hockey Has Innings.
Field hockey had its innings last
Fall The washington Field Hockey
club competed in series OF inter-
city games, winning one and losing
three. Four members OF the local
squad were picked to play In the
intercity tourney In Philadelphia,
which preceded the intersectionaI
event and washington found itself
renresented for the first time In a.
hockey classic. Miriam FAIRIES, Alice
Nicoll. Katherine Whitfield and Vir-
ainia Hopkins were the quartet who
found berths on the Baltimore w ASH
ington team. Miss Hopkins was Sc
Iected for goal position over Miss
Iulehart az Baltimore, a seasoned
sIas,.a, x.ha has held that position