Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1925, Page 85

ALONE FAIL TO SUFFER Gonzaga’s 1925 Eleven Makes an Envia- ble Showing—Tech Leads on Track, Central on Court, Eastern on Diamond. ANI)IL}-\PI’F.D by the Board H athletics in the public high of Education’s fraternity ban, which descended shortly before the opening of the annual base ball series, schools went through a lean period during the year 1925, with only foot ball and basket ball measuring up to former standards in the brand of play produced. Base ball suffered most by the participation in schodl activities, while track fared nearly as poorly. order barring Greck letter boys from A spirited basket ball series had been completed before the storm broke, while foot ball was ushered in after enjoyed a banner season. pendent prep schoo Jatter sport a league. The past year saw the first work- ings of the two-sport rule instituted in the Fall of 1924"for the purpose of making participation in athletics more general in the public-owned in- stitutions. Whether the move was Deneficial still is a moot question with high school athletic advisers and coaches Titles Change Hands. Except in the case of the and field championship, taken last vear by Tech and rewon in the an- nual games held in Central Stadium, titles in the major sports changed hands. Central nosed Iastern out of another basket ball title, but the Lin- coln Parkers retaliated by taking the base ball series with ease. The vic- tory was the first diamond triumph the Light Blue and White in nine took the foot ball crown, held joi by Tech and Western, by winning four straight games without allowing an enemy team to cross its ntral coaching of Kenneth a Holy Cross gr ed the most suc : £n in the histor the I street school. . A 20-to-12 d at the of Baltimore City Col- Jege in the first game of the schedule was the only thing to mar the en- viabie record made during the season Just closed. Following the defeat in the Monu- mental City mondinger's charges scored nine straight vietories, climax- ing their triumphs with a 1 6 win over St. James' Academy of Haverhill, Mass., champion of New E schoolhoy ranks. Fiv 2 iinst opposing teams and of the Interhigh League mes the Gon- | ed a total of 197 their opponents were accounting for only 37 Central Eleven Strong. Although defeated by Gor 3. in the final battle for the title of Scholustic champion of the National Capi entral’s eleven also gained more han an ordinary amount of fame on the foot ball field. A team of veterans, led by Capt. Mor and George Roberts, the latter being the outstanding star of the high school series, went through the cham- pionship games without b upon and displayed a quali that will be hard to match in s »me Perhaps Central's most cherished victory that scored upon Tech by the count of 13 to 0. Western w. blanked, 17 to 0; Business was swamp- ed, 26 to 0; and Eastern was trounced, 10 to 0. The Manual Trainers finished the series in the runner-up position with a record of two victories, one defeat and one tie zame. Western placed third, Eastern fourth and Business last. Devitt Prep, St. John's, Alexandria ga, 7 to 10 and Episcopal High all had teams in | the field, but, with the exception of the latter, failed to maintain stand- ards of other years. Gets Court Laurels. Central won the city basket ball crown in a series filled with thrills enough to satisfy the most exacting of fans. Moreover, the light, fast quint headed by Capt. Thurston Dean now performing with the University of Maryland freshmen basketers, add- d 1o its laurels by reaching the final round of the University of Pennsyl- vania scholastic tournament a second time. In the deciding game the Wash- ingtonians were nosed out, St. Joseph’s Prep of Philadelphia The deciding of the city title hung fire until the final day of the schedule of 20 games. In the last double header, Tech put Eastern out of the running with a surprise victory, 20 to 18, glving Central an opportunity to take the championship by trimming Western, 24 to 13. With Henry Lamar, Ray Garber and Roland Dulin in the line-up West- ern went through the first half of the title games at a fast clip and seemed to be headed for top honors. How- ever, the offense cracked during the last half and the smaller Centralites nt into the lead. Bert Coggins' ers won the title with six victories in eight starts. Eastern and West- ern, teams tied for second, each scor- ing five victories. Tech and Business finished in orde Hale Leading Scorer. Walker Hale of Central led the league in point scoring. He register- ed 85 counters, 21 more than the total turned in by Roland Dulin of Western. Other outstanding players were Dean and Macdonald of Central, Garber and Lamar of Western, Councilor and Werber of Tech, Stewart and Brist of Business and Scruggs of Bastern. anny Burdine's steller hurling was a big factor In Eastern's triumph in the annual base ball series. The work of the Eastern captain was one of the few bright spots in an extremely dull and disordered season in whi | the best players of practically i J the schools were barred from the teams. Bert Adelman of Tech was another player of the first rank to take part in the diamond clashes and it was due to his heavy hitting coupled with good fielding that Tech managed to go into a second place tie with Central, each team taking four games. Duffy of Central also deserves a word of praise. Pitching his first year of high school ball, he carried the mound burden almost alone The general apathy felt towa ball as a school and college s parently has manifested itself among the high schools here. The lack of interest in the last series caused the board of faculty advisers at their last meeting to limit the next series to only one round instead of arranging for two, as in previous vears. No New Track Marks. The “C” Club meet, the annual track and field champtonships and the revival of the Maryland scholastics were the salient features of the track season among high and prep school athletes. No new marks were set this ar in the championship games, and three schools—Tech, the winner, Central and Eastern—garnered points in the competition. Western and Bus- iness failed to develop teams during the Spring, although several of West- ern’s individual performers gained the Jimelight at the College Park meet. The fight for the high school title was practically between Tech and Cen- sral, the Lorzmer capturing 5315 points, on track | nd | shutouts were | v Wilner | differences had been patched up and It remained for Gonzaga, one of the inde- o's of the Capital, to annex city title honors in the er Central had taken the laurels in the public scholastic Central taking 47 and Eastern collect- ifg 21%. It was the third victory for the Manual Trainers since the games were instituted in 1894 and was only the fourth time that Central had been beaten. John MacDonald of Tech was high point scorer, the discus and shotput Fonor goin; to him. His heave of 42 9% inches in the 12-pound shot. about the nearest to a record- ing performance for the meet. MacDonald has been named captain of the 1926 team. Devitt ts Poin Devitt Prep was the leading local | school In the annual “C” Club games taged under the auspices of Central’s organization of student and alumni letter ‘men. The Devitt runners shared third honors with Alexandria High, each team getting a total of 17 points. ‘Woodberry Forest of Orange, Va., was first with 25%, and Episcopal High second with . b Two District of Columbia scholastic records were broken. Daniel of Epis- copal High set a new mark for the iscus throw by heaving the plate 124 {feet 7 inches, while Kermit Smith of Alexandria High leaped 5 feet 10% {inches for a new high-jump record. Baltimore City Coliege placed first in the events for junior high schools. Langley took second and Columbia third. ~Forest Park of Baltimore fin- ished ahead in the graded school divi- sion, with Force second. Washington Athletic Club took the girls’ events in competition with three other clubs. Central triumphed: in the Maryland Scholastics at the revival of this an- nual event on May 2. The Blue and White performers relled up 191-3 points, while Devitt Prep captured 18 1-3. Episcopal and Alexandria also | were well up in the scoring. Victory to Macfarland. Macfarland wrested the junior high track and field championship from Co- lumbia in the second annual megt. Abramson of Macfarland and Lac | of Columbia were the stars of the en gagement, in which the Petworth boys scored 56 points to 44 garnered by the lumbia team. Langley ran third, Hine was fourth, Jefferson fifth and | Powell sixth. The annual meet between freshman teams of the high schools and the stars of the junior high track, teams was not heid this year. Jefterson Junior High triumphed in soccer, the one other interschool sport engaged in by the junior athletes. Coached by G. A. Miller, the South- west_eleven ran roughshod over the other teams, including the champion- hip Columbia combination, and gained the title without a defeat being charged against it. Powell managed to hold the winners to a l-all dead- lock on one occasion. : Ross School defeated Monroe to re- gain the championship of the city in the track and fleld meet which cli- maxed the season for graded school performers on the cinder path. The affair was held on the new quarter- mile track at Union Station Plaza. Ross scored 47 points, Peabody 29 and Force-Adams 14. Record Performances. Seven new records were broken, four of them by members of the win- ning team. Eaton School’s 85-pound reluy team set a new mark for the 360-vard run. Wallace Hughes of Thomson, performing in the 115-pound class, broke the broad jump and 70- rd*dash marks. Ross’ 440-yard re- v team lowered a record in the 100- pound division, Lewis Goldman added to the broad jump distance, A. Sweeney bettered the running hop, step and jump mark and Calvin Milans extended the high jump record. High scorers for the graded school meet were A. Sweeney of Ross, Domi- nic Caporotti of Peabody and Wallace Hughes of Thomson. Blow School captured the graded school base ball champlonship, with ‘Woodburn finishing in the runner-up position. Park View took the soccer title from Blow after a hard fight that caused the final series to go into three extra games. - ISHING in this vicinity during to the number and size qf the sons, and the crabs, which in conspicuous by their absence during The opinion of the majority of F i | their absence. Starting with last April when us. ually u large run of perch pays its annusl visit to_the swift waters of the Potomac around Chain Bridge to be followed closely by herring, shad and rockfish, disappointment followed dis- appointment among the anglers. The fish falled to show up in quantities large enough to satisfy the demand of the thousands of followers of the rod and reel. From about 1921 to 1924, heavy rains caused the water of the Potomac to become so muddy that it was al- most useless to attempt to fish during the Spring months, but the past year | tound the water comparatively tree lof mud. Everything seemed to be propitious for the sport and the com- ing of the different specles of fish familiar to our waters was eagerly anticipated, but only a small number were caught. - Gunston Cove Popular. The best fishing in the Potomac for the fresh water variety, principally the large mouth bass, was had by those anglers who visited Gunston Cove, where really good catches were made. Aquia Creek also had its quota of fishermen during the year, but re- | sults there were not so good. In the lower Potomac around Colo- nial Beach and Rock Point, where in the past good catches were the rule, during this year they were the ex- ception. ‘The fishing in Chesapeake Bay was good in spots early in the Spring and ' Touse OMWARE, 4 TRACK MEETS FOR GIRLS HELD Four track meets, exclusively for girls, were held in the District last Spring. The most remarkable was the one held at the Cathedral School for Girls. Each class participated in the preliminary processtow from the school to the fleld, appearing in elaborate character costumes to perform amus- ingly original stunts as an opening ceremony. A full program of events followed, in which the class of '28 carried off the honors with 22 total points. Eastern High School held its first annual track meet for girls. Sopho- mores won the day, with 26 points. Malvina Bandel was high point scorer. The Girl Reserves’ méet was won by The More the Merrier Club. Maureen Crowley took first honors. Honors in the interjunior high school track and field day on May 10 went to Columbia Junior High, with 28 points, Macfarland being nosed out by 2 points. More than®300 girls par- ticipated in the six events. The interjunior high block ball series, in which teams from the six junior high schools participated, still is to be decided. Hine, Langley and Jefferson are running neck and neck. Should Langley win the remaining game with Jefferson, it will clalm the title. In the event that Jefferson wins, the three schools will be tled. The tie will not be played off. e ————— INTEREST GROWS IN SOCCER HERE A growing interest in soccer foot ball manifested here during the past few months indicates that the game probably has taken a permanent place on the list of sports engaged in in the National Capital. Mainly through the efforts of Dick Tennyson, director of boys’ activities on the public playgrounds, the first league ever organized here was formed early in November with a roster including six unlimited teams The German-American Club con- tributed two teams to the circuit while the British Embassy and Fort Myer: each entered representative combinations. The Walford Soccer Club, & new organization headed by George Youngblood, and the Monroe Club, a team made up of former schoolboy players, complete the list. The league held its inaugural with appropriate ceremonies four weeks ago. At present the Walford team and the Regulars of the German- American Club are tied for first place neither having lost a contest. 1925 LEAN SPORT YEAR FOR LOCAL FISHERMEN the 1925 season was poorer, both as fish landed, than in recent past sea- the past have been abundant, were the year. anglers is that the pollution of the waters of the bay and rivers is largely responsible for this condition. It may be that 1925 has been what might be termed an “off year” for the fish, in that they did not enter the bay and Potomac River in as large num- bers as in the past, but there is no doubt that the condition of the waters of the bay and Potomac and other rivers had a great deal t6 do with at the latter part of the season. At the beginning of the season a great many big hardheads were landed. During the hot $» mmer months these catches dropped off, but picked up again during September. During the Full months the bay seemed to be allve at times, with rockfish, large «chools being located without any trouble and a great many of the so-called pan size being caught, but only a few of the big fellows, rang- ing from 16 to 20 pounds or more, ‘were landed with rod and,reel. Then, after a period of high winds and rainy weather, the fish ceased to strike. The members of the trout family, the last to make their appearance in the Fall in the waters of the bay and salt rivers, apparently sent in from the ocean only their advance guards, because, like their other cousins of the deep, numerically they did not compare with past seasons. < One Bright Spot. ‘The one real bright spot {n the 1925 fishing season was the project to plant fish in the Tidal Basin. This was un- dertaken by Cel.. Sherrill, director of | public buildings and grounds of the National Capital, Commissioner O'Mal- ley of the.United States Fish Commis- sion and Glen C. Leach,.head of the Bureau of Fish Culture. Under Col. Sherrill’s direction two fish racks were constructed to be placed at the two gates in the basin to prevent the escape of game fish to be planted, B0 LILIAN RIXTY FINE SEASON IS PUT IN BY CAPITAL RIFLEMEN D ISTRICT riflemen, led by R. H. McGarity, have had a banner year. McGarity - started his activities in the Eastern small-bore cham- pionship matches at Se@girt, N. J., July 3-5. During the three-day meeting he annexed first place in four matches, including the Eastern small-bore championship; fourth place in one match, eighth place in the grand aggregate and tenth place in the Camp Perry special. Transferring his activity in September to the national matches at Cam, the entry match, using telescopic sights. in possible 300's. Shooting as a two-man team, this pair then won top honors for the Na- tional Capital. McGarity also won the “miss and out” at 200 yards with a string of 18 bull's-eyes, the 100-yard telescopic sight match with a score of 198x200 and the 200-yard any-sight match. He placed tenth in the small-bore grand aggregate, shot on the District teams which placed second in the in- terclub long-rangé match and third in the shortrange match, and con- cluded his work by placing as an al- ternate on the international small- boye team that defeated the team of Great Britain. Shooting the military rifle when he was not busy with the small-bore, Mc- Garity placed tenth in the 600-yard Army rifle match and eighty-fifth in a field of 1,100 in the Wimbledon Cup match. McGarity's nearest rival for ihdi- vidual honors in the District was the man who had teamed with him, Sergt. Robertson. At Seagirt Robertson was second in the Camp Perry speclal with a score of 392, fifth in the 50-yard re-entry, sixth in the Eastern smail- bore championship and, with McGar- ity, elghth in the two-man tourney. At the national matches Robertson ‘was fitth in the Wimbledon Cup shoot with a score of 99x100 and was & shooting member of the winning inter- notional team. Marcus Dinwiddle, with a score of 527, took first place in the free rifle match at the national championships. Gunnery Sergt. Morris Fisher of the Marines, stationed at the navy yard, was third in that event, and Corpl. Lloyd T. Meed of the District National Guard was tenth. b3 Capt. J. R. Brooke of the office of civillan marksmanship here and Col. Hugh E. Riley of the National Guard finished eighth and tenth, respectively, In the shoot-off of a tie for top honors in the 200-yard rapid-fire match. Dinwiddi® gathered additional honors in the Marine Corps Cup match by landing in fourth place with a score of 197x200. Clay D. Perkins of the National Guard got tenth place in the; Chemical Warfare Service match, an event fired while wearing the service gas mask. Sergt. Ed D. Andrews was the only local pistol shooter to place in impor- tant circles. He was tenth high Na- tional Guardsman {n the national in- dividual pistol matches, Perry, Ohio, McGarity tied with his teammate, J. H. Robertson of istrict of Columbia National Guard, for first place in the 50-yard re- Each of the local riflemen turned In team events, the District got second place in the regimental cham- plonshiips, ninth in the A. E. F. Ru- manian match, twenty-first in the na- tional rifle match, second in the short- range match and second and third in the long-range match. In the national pastal matches, Na- tional Capital Rifle Club won the 50- foot interclub championship. town and George Washington finished intercollegiate championships. Cen- tral High School's team won the high school chambionship. The Middle States Intercollegiate League came down to the last match tof the season with Georgetown and George Washington tied at six vie- tories each. In the final match the Hilltoppers defeated the Hatchetites, 1945 to 1922, Girls’ rifle teams were organized at Central, Eastern, Western and Tech high schools. Central's team won the interhigh ‘school shoot. Thgre were girls' teams at George Washington University and University of Mary- land that did remarkably well in na- lllonll competition in the collegiate class. CYCLISTS ENJOY AN ACTIVE YEAR Amateur cyclists of the District en- joyed a fine year of competition. Several series of races were held for the wheelmen on the Potomac Park speedway and a number of local cyclists competed in races ... other cities with more than fair success. District championships were gar- nered by Robert Connor and Joseph Ridey. The former, who won the title in the senior class, is considered the best of sprint riders here. Ridey won the junior class title. Edward Peters, strongest distance cyglist of the District, entered the 100-mi'e race from Newark, N. J., to Philadelphia and finished sixth in a field of 300. Connor went to Chicago to com- pete in the national sprint champion- ship and finished sixth in a field of 23 contestants. In a team race with Baltimore, Washington triumphed bandly. DECEMBER 20, 1925 Fraternity Ban Hurts Scholastic Athletics : Sandlotters Enjoy Prosperous Year SPORTS SECTIO SPORTS GAIN COMPETITION IS KEEN ON DIAMOND AND GRID Base Ball Honors Won by U. S. Marine Corps Team—Anacostia Eagles Gain Fame in Independent Basket Ball. S ANDLOT sports enjoyed their usual popularity during the year 1923, with base ball coming in for even more than the ordinary amount of attention here, in spite of the cry raised in other parts of the country to the effect that the national pastime no longer is attracting the youth of the land as in former years. Competition on the gridiron was keen throughout the scason just closed, the titles in several classes remaining in doubt until the eleventh hour, while basket ball assumed a place second only to bowling as the indoor sport claiming the attention of the greatest number of players. Outstanding among the feats performed by members by the sandlot base ball fraternity were the accomplishments of the U Corps team, captained by Sergt. Bud Fisher. ed States Marine Entering the Potomac Park League | nine, with Pitcher Brick Neuman on at the start of the second series, the |Its roster, took the Government League Leatherneck nine began whooping things up and soon cleaned up the en tire circuit, including the Shipping Board combination, which was riding out in front by a good margin during the first half. With the first Potomac Park League championship safely stowed away, the Marine pastimers entered the play-off | series for the title of the meven big sandlot leagues. Perhaps their great- est triumph here was to overthrow the strong Union Printer vine, ruler of the local sandlots for several seasons. After the Typos had been eliminated the Leatherneck crew took two straight from Government Printing Office in the final round and were awarded the city crown. Pvt. Tom Stolle was the leading hurler for the Devil Dog nine, which finished its season with only one defeat charged against it. Dairymen Prove Class. Chestnut Farms Dairy base ballers proved to be the class of the 10-team Commerclal League, which replaced the old Potomac League and was the largest circuit in operation here dur- ing the Summer season. The Government Printing Office IN FAVOR AMONG FAIR ATHLETES . CONS ha ANTLY increasing host of girls and women in the District ve been active in the various fields of sport during the past year, their activities including practically every organized sport adaptable to local cenditions. Schools, colleges, playgrounds and clubs all have had enthusiastic groups participating in recreational and competitive games, with the play- ground group leading the throng in varicty of activities. point of numbers participating and Under the careful supervision of Maude Parker, director of play- grounds, more than 10,000 girls, between the ages of 8 and 18, have in- | dulged in athletic activities, ranging from physical efficiency tests to | highly organized sports. Miss Parker’s comprehensive pro- gram, which she has developed within the past four vears in Washington, has resulted in « tremendous increase in outdoor activities among the young girls of the city and the development of a spirit of sportsmanship which has put all of their competitive games on & basis of friendly rivalry rather than antagonism. Beyond any athletic ac- complfshment of the year, the devel- opment of this sense of sportsmanship stands out as the greatest achieve- ment of the playground work. The 1924 season opened on the school playgrounds with a schlag ball tourney, in which 1388 girls, repre- senting 63 schools, corhpeted for divi- sional honors. The winners in the eight divisions into which the city wi divided were: Bloomingdale d Langdon;. Columbia Heights, View; Garfield, Van Ness; Georgetown, Curtis-Hyde; New York Avenue, Gales. Blake; Plaza, Carbery; Rosedale, Blow, and Virginia avenue, Lenox. Alice Brown Net Champion. An open tennis tournament for the playgrounds singles’ championship fol- lowed the schlag ball schedule. This event was open 1o all junior girls. Alice Brown of Garfleld playground won the title, defeating Katherine Ager, 6—2, 6—3, in the final match. A doubles tourney was run off in conjunction with the singles event, and was_won by Alice Brown and Frances Iglehart. During July each playground in the city staged a net tourney, More than 1,000 girls competed on the 25 play- grounds holding tournaments. These were followed immediately by the in- terplaygrounds doubles champlonship event, in which the finalists from each ground tourney were teamed to repre- sent their ground. The grounds were grouped in four sections. Towa Avenue, winner of sec- tion II, defeated Montrose Park, sec- tion I champion, in the semi-finals, and Garfield, champion of section IV, defeated Bloomingdale, section IIT titleholder. In the final, Mildred Vogel and Clara Alderton of Iowa Avenue tri- umphed over Alice Brown, and Teresa Breen of Garfleld, 3—86, 12—10, h—\'i Swim Title to Georgetown. Swimming followed the tennis. Pre- George-1 liminary meets were held in the ‘WS playground pools at Georgetown an fourth and ffth, respectively, in the | Rosedale. ‘Winners in each of these meets were entered in the final contest, staged at Rosedale. Georgetown won this, 47 to 41 Elizabeth Chamber- lain 3f Garfield and Helen Streeks of Rosedale tied for high point honors. More than 200 girls competed. Perhaps the outstanding feature of the playground program was the series of track meets culminating in the city-wide track and field day held on September 10. Approximately 3,500 girls participated in the preliminary meets held on the 69 school and municipal playgrounds. Three hundred girls, representing the winners on the 19 municipal grounds, took part in the second an- nual city meet. Girls were divided into 85-pound; 100-pound and 115- pound classes. Iowa Avenue nosed oyt Garfield by half a point, amass. ing a total of 243 points to Garfleld's 24. Iris Burroughs of lowa Avenue was high point scorer. A tin can golf tourney was staged as an innovation between seasons. Representatives were sent from every ground to participate. Basket Ball Holds Sway. Basket ball has held sway on the playgrounds during the closing months of the year. The elementary school leagues have just completed their | schedules to decide the champlonships of the eleven divisions. Twelve hun- dred and sixty-two girls competed in these games, resulting in titles for the following schools; Langdon, in Bloom- tngdale division; E.. V. Brown, in Co- lumbia_Heights: Wallach-Towers, in Garfield; Curtis-Hyde, in Georgetown; Peabody-Hilton, in Plaza; Pilerce, in Rosedale; Bryan, in Virginia avenue, Hockey has come to the front during the past 12 months in local schools and colleges. Central and Eastern High Schools have’ adopted the sport this Fall. -Western has had a well organized group for the past decade, with annual interclass tourneys scheduled. Lilian Rixey, considered the fastest wing in Western's hockey history, was chosen also as the outstanding al-around athlete of the achool last Spring. For consistent brilliance and speed on the hockey field Miss Rixey stands head and shoulders above the average player, despite her bare five feet in height. On the tennis court she conquered all comers, exhibiting the same agility and steady headwork which marked her career with the stick. On the basket ball field she was the back- bone of her team. She captained the 1925 senfor squad. g Six times winner of the “W.,” Miss Rixey was awarded the athletic su- premacy trophy last May as a climax to her high school career. This is the highest honor which can be tendered an athlete of the Hilltop School. Holton Arms Hockey Champ. Holton Arms, Madeira, Eastman'’s, Marjorie Webster and Georgetown Convent each played off an interclass hockey schedule this Fall ard the first four named schools competed with George Washington fn an inter- scholastic serfes. Holton Arms won all games on its card. Intra-mural basket ball series were run off last Winter in each of the high schools, but no_interscholastic games were played. In fact, rifle is the only interscholastic sport in which girls participate in the District high schools. Central, Eastern, Tech and Western each had tennis tournaments, either Spring or Fall. Anywhere from 27 tive events. Hiking is a popular sport at Tech. A large club has been formed and hikes are taken each Saturday. Central's latest innovation s a rid- ing club. Partles ride out each Satur- day, chaperoned by Miss Charlotte Galpin and Miss Marguerite Holts- bauer, two of the physical directors. Fencing was inaugurated at Western in the past year. Mary Phelan was captain and star fencer of the trail- blazing team, which {ncluded also Lu- cille Weber, Nan Surface, Josephine Stevens and Alee Flannigan. Miss Phelan and Miss Weber now are members of the George Washing- ton team, the only college group in this vicinity. Class Court Series Held. Class basket ball series were run off in each of the four colleges—Gallau- det, Wilson Normal, George Washing- with Marjorie Webster, as the fourth school in the loop. George Washing- ton won the series. Louise Omwake, Alys Ewers and Mary Cannapel were considered outstanding players in this series, The Buff and Blue team was the only one to engage in an extensive out-of-town campaign. Of the 10 games on the entire schedule (includ- ing local meetings). George Washing- ton won 7. It totaled 303 points to its opponents’ 262. After the close of the basket ball season tennis champlonships were de- cided in the various colleges. Frances ‘Walker won the George Washington Spring title. Phoebe Moorehead won *he Fall championship. The Spring tourney at the University of Maryland was captured by Mary Harbaugh. Constance Church wears ' the all crown. Augusta Postles carried off the ‘Wilson Normal title. Intercollegiate matches completed *he Spring tennis season. George Washington, Gallaudet and Natlonal Park Seminary played each other, and *he Hatchetites played a brief sched- ule with out-of-town teams, which they won without oncé tasting defeat. Four girls were picked as the out- standing athletes in the four local colleges—Loulse Omwake of George | Washington, Mary Harbaugh of Mary- ‘and, Augusta Postles of Wilson Nor- mal and Emma Randberg of Gallaudet. This selection was made at the end nf the school term. The Interplayground Basket Ball League has just been completed. Georgetown, pion, clalmed the city title, defeating Garfleld, winner of the eastern divi- { | | | | to 187 girls participated in the respec- [classes. ton and the University of Maryland. | Following these, the first three named } Preps and Northerns are the leaders played off an intercollegiate schedule [in the fight for the 133-pound title, | founa | Marylana 1 title, while the Union Printers eated in the Departmental loop. G ral Accountants won out in the Post Office circuit, and the Registers gained the laurels in the Treasury Interbu reau group. Pullman dinmonders bat tled to a championship in the Wash- ington Terminal R. R. Y. M A League. Besides keeping at the top in the departmental race and furnishing stiff opposition for other sandlot clubs on Sunday afternoons, the Union Printers tme to take their fourth straight championship of the Interna tional Typographical Union, which held fts annual tournament here. Washington defeated Boston, 12 to-3 in the final, after winning from New York, 10 to 0, in the semi-windup Shamrocks: Are Dethroned. Ross Fisher.and the Knickerbockers dethroned the champion Shamrocks in a close fight for the Sunday sandlot title. The two teams won out in their respective sections of a league com- Posed of the strongest teams of the city and met in a three-game series for the District championship. The open er went to the Knicks, 6 to 4. The Shamrocks staged a comeback and blanked their opponents in the sec- ond tiit, 5 to 0, but in the final the Georgetowners 'earned the verdiet 1to0 Mrs. Linnie Rock’s Linworths main- tained their grip on first honors in the senfor division of the Washington Rase Ball and Athletic Assoclation The junior title went to the South- ends for the third year in succession, while the Dreamland Midgets copped the laurels in their sectinn Titular series were aga:.n condu in Arlington County, Va Georg re- d . and Prince and Montgomery Counties of The Arlington nine went through the Northern Virginia games without being defeated and then trounced Mount Rainier two straight ‘The latter team had been victorlous n the Prince Georges series. Bethesd: captured the Montgomery County title for the first time in many years. Riggs Team in Front. A league was formed among teams from the financial institutions of the city, but the fight was somewhat one. sided after Riggs had stepped in front, where it remained until the finish. In independent b the greatest fame wa Anacostia Eagles, who, after winning consistently from senior and unlimit- ed teams all season, went through the Aloysius Club tournament to the senfor title of the Cap! Stanton and Mount Vernon fives were the Eagles' strongest opponents. Unlimited teams representing Corby and the Aloystus Club, staged an un | limited champlonship series of three | games, with the I-streeters taking two. The Rosedale quint went to the top in the junior division of the tourney for the championship. In the final round it defeated the Aloysius Juniors, 24 to 12 The 125.pound crown went to the piphany Juniors, who trimmed the ‘Warwick Preps, 48 to 9, in the final vary M. E. Church conducted an elimination series for the deciding of the 112-pound. or midget, title. In the last round the Mount Vernon Midgets triumphed over the Nationals, 30 to 2. Church Leagues Prosper. Two church leagues enjoyed banner seasons. In the Sunday school loop, Western Presbyterian tossers gained the championship, with Calvary M. E. second and St. Paul third. Honors in the Christian Endeavor circuit were taken by the Friends team, with Cal- vary Baptist second and United Breth ren third. Sandlot foot ball titles still are un- decided in the unlimited and 185-pound 2 The 125-pounders settled their dispute early, the Mercury Juniors, coached by MacDonald, winning out in an elimination series between seven teams. In the final the Mercurys trounced the Friendship Athletic Club eleven, 14 to 0. The Georgetown Knickerbocker out- fit failed to put a team in the fleld for unlimited honors, leaving the fight be- tween the champlon Mercurys, the Apaches and the Mohawks. Decisive Tilt on Today. The big upset of the season came when the Apaches ran roughshod over the champions by the count of 18 to 0. Then the Apaches bowed to the Mo. hawks, who in turn were trounced by the Wingfooters, bringing the series to a deadlock. In another round, begun last Sunday, the Apaches again trim med the Mercs and are to encounter the Hawks in the final today at Amer ican League Park. Wintons, Stantons, Knickerbocker which has not yet been awarded. The 150-pound series opened lust Sunday with the Palace Club winning from the Anacestia Eagles and the Na tionals fighting a scoreless battle with Waverl Track and field athletes went through a blue ribbon yvear with in creased interest being shown here in cross-country running, due mainly to the efforts of the Aloysius Club to foster the sport. South Atlantic Ama teur Athletic Unlon championships were held in the Capital for the first time in many vears and two Important street runs were put on. Marylanders Do Well. While plicing first in only two events, University of Maryland per- formers garnered sufficient points to capture the team trophy in the South Atlantic title meet held at Central Stadium. Maryland scored 41 points to 31 taken by the second-place Marine Corps_team. Four records were bro- ken, Tharpe of Richmond setting a new mark in the mile, Liversedge of the Marines hanging up a new record in the javelin throw, Endslow of Mary- 1and” lowering the 440-yard run time and Moran of the 3d Corps temmn smashing the 5-mile mark. Whitey Michelsen, wearing the col- ors of the Cygnet Athletic Club of East Portchester, Conn.. breasted the taj ahead of a large field in the 10-mile modified marathon run over the city streets on March 3. Melvin Leach of the Marine Corps, who came in sey- enth, was the first local runner to western divislon cham- (finish. Willlam Agee, the Baltimore news- boy, took the first unnual New Year slon crown, in straight games, 18 to 8 run of the Aloysius Club over a T-mfle and 13 to . courae.