Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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REED COLLEGE ADUWUAL 1915 11031 ATHLETICS FOR WOMEN XVomen enter into athletics at Reed with the same en- thusiasm as the men. They hav nearly as large a list of sports from which to choose as do the men, altho the relativ number of those entering is not so great. Baseball, tennis, track, hocky and basketball ar their present activ branches of athletics. Minor sports include handball, squash and vollyball and all popular gymnasium games. During the first year the women engaged in no organized activities but in the second, basketball, track and tennis wer opend up, and this year baseball and hocky teams wer first organized. BASKETBALL Clas basketball games wer playd the second year of college on the tennis courts. A1tho the teams did not get much chance to practis because of the rainy wether, some good games wer puld off. The sofomores wer victorius in both of the scheduled contests, but each time the score was close. 16 to 9, and the second 15 to 12. In the folloing year three teams enterd the race for the Championship and again the sofomores wer Victorius, while the freshmen wer second and the juniors last. It was necessary The first was to play an extra game to decide the Championship, as the' sofomores and freshmen had divided honors in their previus matches. More games and better basketball resulted during the third year, as the completed gymnasium gave a Chance for more consistent practis. The dormitory-daydodger c011- test this year was very close and exciting, the dormitory winning by a score of 15 to 14. The all-star team included Dorothy Elliott and Edna Metcalf, forwards; Margaret XValton and Evelyn Fatland, centers; Adele Brault and Elizabeth Morgan, gards. The race the past year was also very close, and again the sofomores won out with the juniors second, the seniors third and the freshmen last. The final and deciding game was won by the sofomores from the juniors by the score of 6 to 5. The daydodger-dormitory game was close, resulting in a victory for the dormitory. Basketball seems to be thoroly establisht as the principal womerfs sport at Reed and plans wil be carried thru in the near future to interest even more Of the women students in this game. BASEBALL Indoor or p1ayg'round baseball was playd last winter by a considerable number of the women, four clas teams competing

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l102l R E E D Webster was the winner of the Championship after some hard matches. Later a clas doubles turnament was held. Interest in handball seems to be groing among the men and additional courts, to be completed in the near future, wil provide places for more players. The first cros-cuntry run was held during the past year. Each clas was allowd five entries and points wer given to all the men who finisht. Webster was the winner over a course of two and a half miles. The freshmen clas, however, had the highest number of points with 23, the seniors being second with 20. The sofomores gaind 18 and juniors 17. The run has been made an annual event and wil beI counted in con- nection with track work. In squash no turnaments hav as yet been held, but it is probable that this sport wil be put on the list of regular activ- ities. Lack of courts is at present the greatest hindrance to this game; this objection wil be met in time. Boxing and restling classes hav met with very little general response at Reed, tho about a dozen men enterd into these strenuus forms of exercise last winter. As soon as there is a 1915 COLLEGE ANNUAL a. larger student body to pick from, these sports wil probably be taken up and carried thru by a larger and more enthusiastic number. Soccer has only been practist or tried by a rclativly small number of the men students. Those who tried it last fall, however, seemd to like the game thoroly and it wil probably be further developt as a form of fall athletics. Under minor forms of athletics, too, comes the annual tug-of-war between teams of men from the freshmen and sofomore classes. This has become an annual fall event at Reed and takes the interest of the underclasmen for the Erst few weeks of the college year. The pul takes place acros an arm of Crystal Springs Lake and the losers enjoy the privilege of being pnld thru the water by the victors. The first tug-of-war took place in February, 1913. when the sofomores had the honor of being the first to be puld thru the lake. In the fall of the next year, however, the winners of the year before tasted the water, at the hands of the fresh- men. Last fall, the sofomores broke the tradition of two years and easily pnld the freshmen thru.

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11041 R E E D COLLEGE ANNUAL + 1915 for the championship. The sofomores wer the winners, with the juniors second, the seniors third, and the freshmen last. This was the first year in which this activity has been taken up, but considerable interest has been shown by the women. HOCKY This spring, hocky was playd for the first time. How- ever, no regular contests hav taken place up to the time of this writing, so it is impossible to say with just how much en- thusiasm the women wil enter into the sport. Judging from the way in which the women of other colleges hav taken it up we may safely say that hocky wil be a success as one of the major athletic activities. TRACK Track work has been very popular with the women. Three indoor meets hav been held and an outdoor meet is being pland for this spring, which wil probably arouse wide competition. The first indoor track meet was on the twenty-second of January, 1913. Six events wer contested and only three of these wer individual events. The sofomores won easily, mak- ing 38 points to 4 for the freshmen. The list of events in- cluded the standing broad jump, high jump, 50-yard dash, relay race, basketball race and the Indian club elimination con- test. Dorothy Walton made thirteen points for the winners. The second indoor meet was held in the new gymnasium, and several events wer thus added to the program. The juniors wer again victorius, but by a much smaller margin. They made 27 points, the sofomores 24 and the freshmen 19. The medicin-ball race, the basketball thro and the horizontal bar vault, wer added to the list of events, while the Indian club elimination contest was dropt. Edna Acheson made a noteworthy record in this meet by clearing four feet, two and an eighth inches in the high jump, very close to the womeifs intercollegiate record. This year other events wer added to the meet, but again the senior women wer victorius, scoring 36 points of a pos- sible 78. The sofomores made 25, the juniors 13, and the freshmen 4. The somersault race and the obstacle race, both good events, wer put on the program. Edna Metcalf was the star of this meet, winning four nrst places and making over half of the senior points. The outdoor meet this spring should ad much interest in track work among the women, and there is no reason to dout ABOVE, DORMITORY TEAM, 1914; SENIORS. 1915; DAY-DODGERS, 1914: BELO, SOFOMORE CHAM- PIONS, 1914; SOFOMORE CHAM-- PIONS, 1915; FRESHMEN, 1915.