Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-15
Scholastic 70ssers Haze Busy Week Fue College Contests
|M|NGEE IS NAMED
PIERCE A. c. HEAD
Other Officers AIyso Elected,
Court D0uhIe-H at
HyattsviIIe Today.

7 7 YATTSVILLE, Md, December
II 14.-Robert Mingee was chosen
president of the Pierce Athletic
4 i Club at the annual election
held last night at his home in
Maple avenue here.
Other officers chosen we're:
H F. Herrity. vice president, and
W. r. Walton. secretary-treaSurer.
These officers with Robert German
and Jeffrey Small form the executive
board.
The Pierce club is now entering upon
its fourth year. Its teams have met
success in various sports.
Under the name DORA members of
the Pierce club now have foot ball
and basket ball team.
No game is scheduled for the gridders
tomorrow, but they have booked tilt
with the Wolverines of Washington to
be played December % at Riverdale.
Company F, National Guard, basket
erS of this place expect to encounter
strong foe in the Potomac Boat Club
five to be met on the armory floor
here tomorrow afternoon.
This game will be preceded by a
Prince Georges County League game
| between BerWyn A. c. and Mount Raj
nier A. c., starting at 2:30 o'clock.
Three other league contests are
carded next week, as follows:
Monday-Company F VS.. Mount Raj
nier A. c.. Brentwood Hawks VS.
HyattSville Southern MeGhodistS.
Thursday-Dixie Pig A. c. VS.. DORA
Company Fs five will play against q
team outside of the league in another
game Thursday night. The opponent
however, is yet to be announced.
HyattSville High School girls basket
ball team will open its season Tuesday
afternoon, playing host to Oakton eva
have been practicing for the last three
weeks under the tutelage of Miss Mar
| garet Wolf, coach, and have been get
| ting in some good ticks in intramural
competition.
Five seasoned players from last Win
| ter's Sextet are at hand in Capt. Mar
garet Mead, Manager Isabelle Grad
dock, Winifred Kerstetter and jose
phine and Irene Knox Rita KeSsler
Hamilton, Mary Hagner, Charlotte
Suess and Jean Miller are other lead
| ing members of the squad.
Coach Wolf expects to start the fol-
| lowing lineup against Oakton:
| Rita KeSSler and Jean GosS, for
wards; Isabelle Craddock or Kathleen
Hannigan, center; Winifred Kerstettel
or Jean Hamilton, side center, anc
Margaret Mead and Josephine Knox
| guards.
Manager Craddock has arranged a
| game for January 8 with Gainesville
High at Gainesville and negotiations
are in progress for other contests.
Three games are scheduled next
week for the Hyattsville High basket
| ball team. Oakton, Va, will be met
on the armory floor here Tuesday after
noon as part of the double header in
which the girl teams of the schools
also will meet.
Wednesday the Hyattsville tossers
will entertain Rockville High in a game
which was postponed from yesterday
and Friday will visit Washington to
engage Tech High in the latter's gym.
The III Club of Hyattsville High
School will strive to have the rule
| governing award of letters set aside in
the case of members of the 1929 soccer
! team. Under the regulations of the
athletic council player must partici-
pate in at least three-fourths of the
| games played during the season to
earn his letter and the H" Club be-
lieveS that If this ruling is enforced
as to the soccer team several players
who really merited the insignia will not
| get it.
This action was decided upon at the
first meeting of the school year oil
| the III" Club when Frank Hawkins
vice president, who presided in the
absence of President Donald Bartoe
| appointed committee to discuss the
matter with the athletic council
Ernest Michaelson, Stanley Lewis and
John Haney make up the committee
1t was decided by the club to hold
dance after Christmas, at date to
be announced later, for the benefit OF
the club. #r
1t also was decided to try to get
alumni III" winners better organized.