Evening star., 1943-02-14
Mckinley High School Girl
Excels in Many Sports
Plays Field Hockey,
Basket Ball and
Other Games
Prize Contribution,
Bv JEANNE BARINOTT, 16,

NlNhLll4ts I1lBIl ENaipSA-
There are many champions, but
only a few rate in such variety
of sports as vivacious Geraldine
Gerry Johnson, whose 16 years
have been crammed with athletics.
. AS a player on the Honorary team
of the Junior Hockey Association,
Gerry has proved her worth i'll that
sport. All who wished to participate
in the game reported at the play
ground near the Washington Cathe-
dral one Saturday morning early in
the fall. Girls from different high
schools tried out for various posi-
tions. The judging committee chose
the ones they deemed the most
promising. After the Honorary group
was selected, the girls went on to
play other teams, one being the ply
sical education teachers of the Dis
trict.
Encouraged by Father.
Considering that this is Gerry's
first season playing field hockey, her
performance is most admirable. Her
interest and perfection in the sport
have been encouraged by her father.
who tutored the Washington hockey
team for time and coached the
activity in Minneapolis, when the
family resided there.
Basket ball has ranked as Gerry's
favorite indoor sport since she
learned to play in California in 1888
At present, she's on the Mckinley
High School team, and while living
in Minneapolis and Two Harbors,
Mimi, she was on teams that won
the intermural championships. At
Two Harbors, she was captain of the
team. Of the people of both Mime
apolis and TWO Harbors, Gerry says,
They were basket ball mad"
An hilarious baseball game was
played last spring when some girls
challenged Techs varsity team to
a showdown. Gerry did the pitch
ing for the girls. Though the right
handed boys batted left-handed, or
vice versa, and hoped from base
to base, their team was victorious.
and the audience had a grand time.
While in Minneapolis. team Gerry
played baseball with won the
championship, and she did well in
numerous other sports. In this
city, she and her partner were in
the finals of the intramural bad
mirton doubles.
High Shooter.
At Two Harbors and Minneap-
oils, Gerry also played on cham
pion volley ball teams. At pres
ent, she's one of the highest shoot
ers on the Tech rife team, with a
score of 96. On January 4, she
received the Rife Club emblem,
awarded the five highest team
members. Along this line, Gerry
obtained all her practice in the
woods near Two Harbors. She
swims, plays a good game of tennis,
was on Two Harbors' champion
intramural soccer team, ice skates
and enjoys horseback riding.
Sports definitely are Gerrys main
interest, but she does have another
big hobby, travelling Her tours of
the United States have taken her
to Yellowstone, Zion and Yosemite
National Parks, to Brice Canyon.
Rushmore Memorial Park, Califor-
mia and Seattle. Usually, Gerry's
summers are spent at Redondo
Beach, Calf, but one time the
family used the three months to
make an extensive trip throughout
Canada. Besides living in Califor-
mia and Minnesota, the family
resided in Yonkers. N. Y, before
coming to Washington.
Gerry is a senior at Mckinley,
where she belongs to the Diamond
T, a club for girls attempting TO
win their athletic award, and the
Rife Club. On the merits of her
high scholarship and activities, she
was recently elected to Pharos,
Techs chapter Of the national honor
society. She lives at 2oo9 Third
street NE.