Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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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.

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mom R E E D that both indoor and outdoor track meets wil increase in popularity. TENNIS Quite a large proportion of the women students ar tennis players of no mean ability. Good courts hav greatly added to the general interest. In March of this year a ranking turnament including over one fourth of the women was started, while more wil undoutedly enter when the new courts ar finisht. The first regular womenis tennis turnainent was an open singles turnainent the latter part of the second year. Marion Roper was the winner at this time, defeating Olive Kincaid in some Close sets. Last year Emma DuBruille won the college championship. This year no turnament has been finisht, altho the ranking of women players this spring put Miss DuBruille at the top. Thirtyafour women wer rankt. The championship turnament wil be held in May, and the womenys interclas contests wil be playd off this spring for the first time. COLLEGE ANNUAL 4- 1915 MINOR SPORTS FOR WOMEN Minor athletic activities, that is, those which do not count toward a letter or numeral, ar given some attention among the women. Of these handball, squash and vollyball ar the most prominent. In handball, the women hav run off a turna- ment each of the last two years and interest in both was unusually strong. Virginia Mackenzie was the winner of the turnament last year, while this year Adele Brault won in some close and exciting games. Interest in handball promises to gro among the women and it may soon be placed on the list of major activities. In vollyball only the daydodger-dormitory contests wer held last year, but clas teams may be organized by another season. Good games wer playd last fall, and the sport promises to be popular as a fall activity for the women. Squash is playd by a few women but not enuf general interest has as yet been aroused to hav turnaments. Whether one wil be on the list of regular events next year depends on the number activ in the game next winter.