Colorado Womens College - Skyline Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Archery enthusiasts aim for the bulls-eye. of the year for the riding classes. Features of the show were to include the choosing of the best girl rider, the best pair of riders, the best jumper, and presentation of the several competitive group contests. ARCHERY Archery drew many followers this year, which marks its introduction into the regular college sports cur- riculum. Class periods were spent in practice matches to develop accuracy in long shots. Columbia Rounds were played between the two classes in the spring tournament. Twelve arrows were shot at titty yards, twelve at forty yards, and twelve at thirty yards. FENCING Reviving the sport of the days of chivalry, fencing has again become the popular hobby among C. W. C. athletes. Winning the tourney sponsored by the fencing classes was Naomi Fahring, Denver. The correct way to hold the foil, how to lunge for attack, the eight parries, the history of fencing, and good sportsmanship are the essentials learned in the first year class. SHUFFLEBOARD Shuffleboard as a new inter-club tournament made its initial debut at Colorado Woman's College this year. The doubles championship match was captured by Rosemary Pickens and Ada Sanders, competing for the Denver Club, when they defeated Madolyn Kountz and Margaret Anne Parker, Die Deutschen Denker players, 52-31, in the final game. ' Alma Nussbaurner of Paletteers took the singles inter-club title by defeating Wilma Petty, Tri Chi player. BASKETBALL Heralded as the most popular sport on campus, the basketball tournament drew many entrants and included several fast, hard-won battles. Fencing found campus favor in its first year. Page 27 -il'

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Horseshoe champions d i s c u s s close points. College Athletics HORSESHOES El Club Espanol pitched a 5-4 victory over the Wyoming Club to capture the first sport pennant given by S. l. A. C. this year. Gail Sleister and LaDora McCarthy represented the Winning team, which defeated Gwenyth Vaughn and Catherine Anne Smith. In the semi-finals the El Club Espanol entry Won from the Treat Hall team of Arline Clark and Florence Bloom, 5-3. Browsers, campus literary society and other contestants in the semi-finals, defaulted. SOFTBALL Launching the softball season was the traditional Faculty-Student headliner at the annual All-School Picnic October 9. The student players dropped the game to the faculty team, as they finished on the short end of the 22-17 score. Captained by Alfred I. Wands, the faculty poled out many extra-base hits over the heads of the student outfielders. Only at the beginning of the fifth inning did the C. W. C.-Eds forge ahead. RIDING For the first time in its history, Colorado Woman's College was represented in Denver's Annual Armistice Day parade by a mounted delegation. The riding classes were also featured during the year in a special trailer shown at the seven Harry Huffman-directed theatres. The film was a presentation of a rescue act, and other phases of horsemanship. Success of campus riding activities has been due to the tireless efforts of Cadet Maj or Elmer Best. The annual horse show sponsored by Bit and Spur on Field Day in May was to close the main activities M Riding Classes participaie in the Armistice Day Parade. Page 26

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Practicing for the championship game. The championship tilt between the campus Y. W. C. A. and Wyoming Club will long be remembered as the most thrilling of the tourney, as the Y. W. came from behind in the last minute of play to Win, 16-14. At the start of the game the Wyoming team was definitely superior in offensive play, and took an early lead. The second quarter was also Wyoniing's as the players garnered eight more points and held their opponents to one basket. Sparkecl by the stellar playing of Eileen Kirby, brilliant forward, the Y. W. staged its remarkable rally in the third quarter to lap up the Wyoming Club's ten-point advantage. With a 14-14 deadlock and only thirty seconds to play, Eileen Kirby shot the winning basket that sent Y. W.'s score ahead for the first time in the game, and cinched the cage pennant. Dean Paul B. Baum was the referee. SWIMMING Most popular of sports at C. W. C. is swimming-according to the record-breaking enrollment for this year. Principles of breathing, face float and back float, back stroke, American crawl, and the surface dive are taught the beginners. The advanced group receives instruction in advanced diving, side stroke, and rescuing. TENNIS Sponsored by S. 1. A. C., campus athletic society, the annual tennis tournament Was begun in the fall and continued in May. Sadie Kyle sprang an upset to defeat Twila Traber, a pre-tourney favorite, 6-1, 6-1. In the preliminary matches Virginia Bullard, Tri Chi, Won over Luwana Bennett, Wyoming Club: Ruth Bayfield, Denver Club, triumphed over Gail Sleister, E1 Club Espanol. Marion Nichols, playing for Beta Phi Gamma, won her match from Herrnina Perlmutter, Denver Club, while Mary Ellen Ford, Die Deutschen Denker, defeated LaDora McCarthy, Wyoming Club. WINTER SPORTS Winter sports made a definite bid for interest on the campus this year to follow the new trend of Colorado to popularize snow sports. ' Sixty-one students and faculty members, with a group of the Bebe Rangers from South High School, Went on the annual ski party to 1-lot Sulphur Springs on February 14. l skating Was brought to the campus by freezing the tennis courts. C. W. C. Swimming class at the Y. W. C. A. pool. Page 28