Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
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| NV their interclass base ball
series tomorrow afternoon.
when the Junior and Soph-
omore mines clash in the school GYM
nasium. Sophomores have proved
themselves exceptionally strong in the
pitchers box in the practice series
which has just been finished and are
| expected to make strong bid for the
crown. Juniors have not stood out
prominently in early season work outs,
but have we'll organized lineup.
Seniors, who ran neck-and-neck with
the Sophs in practice. exhibiting con-
sistently keen field work, will play the
Freshmen in the second game of the
loop next Wednesday. May %. The
series will continue through the first
week in June.
Dorothy Bates is general student
manager of base ball. Doris Cummins
captains the Seniors, Edith Clark is
Junior pilot. Mary Haley. the sister of
Grace Haley of Eastern High School,
leads the Sophomores and Lucy Lee
Knox is the diminutive Freshman cap
tain.
Miss Bates has announced the sched-
ule of games as follows:
Tomorrow, Juniors VS.. Sophomores;
May %, Seniors VS.. Freshmen; May "a,
Seniors VS.. Juniors; May 81, Sopho-
moreS VS.. Freshmen; May %, Juniors
VS.. Freshmen; June 3, Seniors VS..
Sophomore.
George Washington University coed
net team will journey to Williamsburg
Va, Saturday to play the William and
Mary racketers in the final game on the
local collegiate schedule. George Wash
lngton has defeated William and Mary
on the tennis courts at every meeting
in the past and will go into the encoun-
ter heavy favorites in consequence.
Last Saturday the Colonials bowed to
the Harrisonburg State Teachers Col
lege team by a Al count. the defeat
marking the first loss sustained by
George Washington co-eds in six years.
The Hatchetettes redeemed them
selves in the tank Saturday evening.
however, when they scored over Harri-
sonburg mermaids. 80 to 19. 1t was
the second meet of the season for George
Washington swimmers. They lost to
New York University two weeks ago.
At least two and probably three
events for women will be included in
the first annual City of Washington ten
mis- championship scheduled to open
Sunday, May 26, on the Sixteenth
Street Reservoir courts where all
matches of the event will be played.
Singles and doubles for women are as
sured and the committee also plans to
hold mixed doubles event If the entry
lists in the other classes are not so large
as to make this impracticable.
1t will be the first time since the old
Dumbarton CIup was diSbanded that
mixed doubles crown has been decided
among District players, and the first
time that a woman's event has been or
ganized in conjunction with title play
for the opposite sex.
All girls and women who are residents
of Washington or its vicinity are eligi-
bic to enter this tournament, which
differs In character from the District of
Columbia championships chiefly in that
the latter are open to any amateur
player who might wish to compete re-
CARELESS of the section of the country
from which he halls, while the City of
Washington championships, like the
Baltimore City title matches, are closed
to those outside of the District of Co.
lumbia and environs.
Grace Wagner and Virginia Tastet
reached the final round of the Central
High School interclass net tournament
by defeating Helen Chafee and Harriet
Taylor, Ga, IS, in an all-senior semi
final encounter on the Sixteenth Street
Reservoir courts. Rain prevented play
in the other bracket, in which the win
ners of the junior loop were to meet the
winners of the sophomore section yes
terday afternoon. This match will be
played Thursday afternoon at o'clock
on the same courts. Jacqueline Ames
and GLADYS Fielding, juniors. will fate