Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-31

| ~ GEORGETOWN Convent hockey
laurels still hang in the bal
IL n ance with the title match be-
~ tween the Graduates and Sec
ond Seniors remaining to be
decided
| Twice the finalists have met In an
effort to complete the series, but each
| time the game has ended in a dead
| lock. The first meeting took place
before the Christmas holidays. Play
was so close that neither team was
| able to score.
| Monday the teams met again with
| the same results. Plans are made
now for the third play to be staged
next Monday, on the Convent field,
provided that weather conditions
permit.
In the event of rain the opening
game of the interclass basket ball
series will be played in the gym
| nasium, and the hockey match post
poned until later date. Otherwise,
the basket ball loop will open on
Tuesday afternoon.
Three high school teams are entered
in the court tourney, and two college
teams--the Grads and the Post AGA
denies. The high school sextets
first Will play off an elimination series
among themselves. The college
squads viii meet also in preliminaries.
The winner of each series will play
in the finals for the title
Grads are champions at present,
having won the cup as Posts last
year, and are practicing diligently In
the hope of retaining the crown.
According to Virginia Griffith.
coach some excellent material has
been developed in each class and keen
competition is anticipated.
Members of the two hockey squads
which will figure in the final contest
Monday have been announced by Miss
Griffith as follows:
Graduates-Suzane Hall, captain;
Mary Ahearn, Ellen Bates. Lucille
Burke. Jane Coonan, Catherine Cor
bett, Sally Coates, Margaret Johnson,
Delrena Keith, Marjorie Lynch, Rose
mary Wurzer and Caroline Wilbur.
Second seniors~-Elizabeth Coates.
captain: Orion Dyer, Eleanor Hunt.
Elizabeth McCann Louise McDer-
mott. Norma McNair. Loretto Pepper.
Helen Smith, Mercedes Sullivan, Irene
Sosnowski, Mary Punches and Emily
Jane Quirk.
Racleters Of the District Women's
Tennis League will hold their second
bridge party for the benefit of the
| league fund for tennis courts Tuesday
night at o'clock at the home of the
secretary, Ruth Curraf. 1915 r street
| northwest.
Miss Curran has invited all mem.
| bers to attend and to bring their
| friends if desired. She requests that
| she be notified before noon Monday
as to the number each member is ex-
pecting to bring. ANY who wish to
come alone are advised that Miss Cur
/ rr-.fl LII g..
she is notified in advance.
! A fee of so cents q person will be
charged.
The difficulty experienced by league
members in attempting to find courts
for matches in the past has led the
officials to seek some method of rails
| ing sufficient money to rent court
or group of courts for the season,
which could be used exclusively for
match play. If sufficient enthusiasm
is evinoed in the bridge parties, it is
possible that such court may be
obtained in time for the opening of
the league round robin series.
Washington Athletic Club basketers
will travel to Baltimore tomorrow
night TO meet the Maryland Swim
ming Club for the South Atlantic
A. A. u. championship.
The Marylanders won them wax to
the finals or the Baltimore section,
defeating the Vagabonds, 43 to 81, in
the semi-fnals.
Tomorrow's NEE ting will be the
third this season between the Oriole
and District combinations. Each
team has scored once over the other
Barring upsets, an exceptionally close
| contest should result from tomorrow
| clash
| The game will be played in the
| Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasium at o'clock.
| Something new in basket ball was
introduced last night at the Business
Night High School. where the Eagles
and Eaglets tried out ''two.court"
basket ball.
| Less space is required to play
| the game than for the successful
| operation Of the three-court style and
| for this reason it may become popular
among the independent clubs, who
have found themselves handicap ed
by lack of playing space In many Of
| the local gyms.
In the two-court game the field is
divided by a single line through the
center. No centers are used on the
| team. which is composed of six play
ers, three forwards and three guards.