Montclair High School - Amphitheatre Yearbook (Montclair, NJ)

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GIRLS WINTER SPORTS During the winter months the girls, as usual, participated in many sports, with basketball as the most popular. When basketball was organized, the ninety-three girls who were present chose Carol Prudden president and Eleanor d'Este manager. As usual, a college league was formed and a schedule was made, by which two games were played each Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. The girls who volunteered to captain teams were: Wells, lN'Iaria Guilianig Wellesley, Adelaide Raynoldsg Vassar, Klildred DeViteg Skidmore, Rita Powersg Bryn lX'Iawr, Helen Nlilesg Smith, lladeline Davis: Sweet Briar, Florence Reidg lllount Holyoke, hlariblake Gilpin. In the league each team played every other team once. At the end of the season Wellesley held first place, having won all seven of her games. The girls who played on Wellesley's team were as follows: Adelaide Raynolds, Dorothea Dutcher, Kathrina Dreckmeier, llarion Ken- nedy, Charlotte lllurphy, Ruth lXIacCubbin, Janet Chase, Betty Dorchester, Ruth Bailey, and lVIarion Whitfield. At the end of the season each captain turned in a list of her best players. From these lists the following Representative Team was chosen by the instructors: guards, Frances Caponegro and Gertrude Rainey, jump center, Kathrina Dreckmeierg side center, Ruth Dietrich, forwards, Gertrude Gordon and Adelaide Raynolds, captain. On hlarch 23 this team played the annual game with Glen Ridge. Besides the first team, the following girls took part in the game: guards, 114

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GIRLS FALL SPORTS YVhen hockey was organized, ninety-six girls came out. Florence Reid was elected president witl1 Carol Prudden manager. A college league was formed as usual. The captains were: Marie Rowe, -lean xVilll2llllS, Rosamund lIcAlpin, Frances Capo- negro, Aileen l'inkerton, and Ruth Klacfuhhin. Aileen Pinkerton's team won all its games. lts memhers were: lflorence Reid, Margaret Hudson, Xlarian llradshaw, Sue Rawson, Barhara Hendrian, Alice VVilliams, Mary Plummer, Dorothy KIcCarthy, Helen Hathaway, Natalie XVood, and Dorothy Ifverett. The Representative Team was: Carol Prudden, Gertrude Rainey, Aileen Pinkerton, Grace HcNaughton, Ruth XlacCuhhin, Klargaret Hudson, Gertrude Gordon, Florence Reid, Diana Tillson, Marion XVhitlield, and Vivian Ludowieg. ln a game with Glen Ridge, Glen Ridge won l-0. 'lihe girls who signed up for haskethall chose Alice Tryon president and lflizaheth Armstrong secretary. A league was formed, hut hecause of irregular attendance, this was given up and teams were chosen each week. Hiking was organized hy choosing Klarie Janssen president and Alice Bowne sec- retary. l'nder a new pla11, every gi1'l must walk four miles every YVednesday and attend half the hikes. Those who accomplished this were: Klarihlake Gilpin, lflizaheth Charlotte Hinck, Harie Janssen, Nancy Pendry, Anne Putnam, Gertrude Scher, Celeste Sutera, Kate Tams, Xvlllllll Cope, and Alice Bowne. A supper hike to the quarry ended the season. II3

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lllarie Rowe and Carol Pruddeng jump center, Charlotte Murphyg side center, Rosa- mond lNIcAlpin. Aileen Pinkerton and Gladys Bachman were on the Hoor but did not play. hlontclair won by the score of 36-6. The favorite sport after basketball was volleyball. Only ten girls came out to organize this sport. but this number rapidly increased, and the girls elected Gertrude Gordon president. The two captains were hrlartha Vvoodfaulk and hlary Jean XVil- lizuns, whose teams played on five lllondays. The team captained by llartha Waiod- faulk won all tive of the games played. The members of her team were: Gemma Cuozzo, Vincenza DeLena, Helen Warner, Nancy hlyers, llarion YVhitfield, Rose Belafato, Frances Caponegro, and Gertrude Gordon. An attempt to arrange a game with Glen Ridge was unsuccessful. Gertrude Gordon was named on the Honor Roll in volleyball. The following seven girls signed up for table tennis this winter: Geneva Leach, hfarion Reger, hladeline hIcGinnis, Ruth lXIacCubbin, Charlotte lllurphy, Shirley Pfeiffer, and Diana Carter. As in previous seasons a tournament was arranged, wherein each girl played every other girl twice. Ruth lIacCubbin won the tourna- ment, having won all of her matches. Aileen Pinkerton and Grace lNIcNaughton won their numerals in hiking. 115