Evening star., 1927-03-08
WOMEN In SPORT
by CORINNE FRAZIER

!" RESEMAN basketers Of the
I University of Maryland are
continuing their triumphant
Il march toward the interclass
title. A third victory was
added to their record yesterday when
they defeated the Sophomores, 20
to Ia. sa o4<
With Marguerite Clafiin rolling in
tho baskets while Catherine Barnsley,
left forward, and Margaret Crumkle-
ton, center, fed her the ball in a neat
exhibition OF password. the Fresh
men outdistanced their opponents
early in the game and retained their
lead throughout.
Elizabeth CARRIER accounted for the
entire Sophomore score.
Despite the lack of a coach, the
Frosh have developed excellent team
work in the series and so far have
proved faster than their opponents.
Seniors are second in the. series,
with two wins and one loss. Four
more games remain to be played.
Should the 1927 tossers turn the
tables on the Frosh in their second
meeting the battle for first place
probably will be prolonged by extra
contests.
Players who figured In yesterdays
Ciafiin, Catherine Barnsley. forwards;
Margaret Crumkleton, center; Evan
geline Gruver, side center; Betty
Jones, Margaret Meigs, guards.
Sc<homores - Elizabeth CARRIER,
Louise Sillman, forwards; Elizabeth
Corkins, center; Antoinette Santini,
side center; Margaret McMinimy,
Adele Schiller, guards.
Eastern High Schools speedy Soph-
omore sextet overwhelmed the Fresh
men, 48 to 16, yesterday in the fifth
game of the series. The feature of
the contest was the spectacular team
play Of the winners. Canny head.
work. accurate handling of the ball
and close cooperation between every
member of the squad mark the Soph-
omore sextet as the outstanding group
in the series and one of the most
efficient scholastic groups in the city.
Despite the fact that the Seniors de-
feated the Sophs by one point early
in the tourney, the latter team as a
whole seems to have a slight edge on
the '27 squad. 1t would be interest.
ing to see the Eastern High School
Sophomores and the Western High
School Seniors engage in an exhibit
tion encounter. The two combinations
use similar court tactics and apparent.
" handle themselves with an equal
degree of skill.
Sophomore players in Yesterday
game were Alice Elliot, Helen Nc.
Closkey. Catherine Bray and Florence
Peter, forwards; Margaret Wilkinson
center; Grace Haley, sdie center; Alice
Emlay, Lou Snyder and Ethel Alex
ander, guards.
Violet Cannon and Elizabeth Bowie
divided scoring honors for the Frosh
with Allie Sandridge and Gladys Spain
alternating at center; Julia Flick and
Mary Pruitt, side centers; Mildred
Neiil and Louise Emo. guards.
George Washington University coed
passers, after holding the William ant
Mary Sextet to a tie score in the frs
period and gaining an edge in the sec
ond. succumbed to the visitors attach
in the last half of the game, played ir
the Fl street gym last night. William
and Mary won, 81 to 13.
With the fastest squad in the his
tory of the school, the Virginians hav
swept Though a season Of straigh
victories, winding up last night will
their triumpS over the ColOnials
Seven of the leading collegiate sex
tets Of the section fell befor them, in
cluding Drexel Institute and Tempt
School or 2hlladelphla, Adelph1o
New York: New York University
Sweet Briar, Westhampton and Georg'
Washington.
The basket ball displayed by bot
teams last night was a fitting Llima:
TO the season. While deefated dc
cisively. George Washington was II
the race from the first whistle to th'
last
Lena De ShaZo, visiting left forward
gave q brilliant performance, eludin
her guard to net IL points. Leli,
Stnngfellow and Frances Roberts &C
counted for the rest Of the tallies reg
istered by William and Mary. Mar
garet Miles had the edge on the locs
center In reach, while Anna wilkini
side center. did excellent pivot worl