Vermont Academy - Wildcat Yearbook (Saxtons River, VT)

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.- Vermnnt Qtabtmp V, rv gggg WW, Page nznefv-Jeuen GIRLS' ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OFFICERS girls' Qtblztin Qssntiatiuit President, AUDRIA GARDNER Secretary, SALLY WEBSTER Vice President, BELLE JACKSON Treezrurer, FREDA Perkins Adviror, Miss OLIVE PROUT The object of this association is to promote a greater liking for athletics among the girls and to encourage them to take part in the sport life of the school. We started this Fall with nearly one hundred percent membership of the girls in school. The first feature was a tennis tournament, of which Carolyn Whitney was the manager. Marjorie Pratt won first place and Betty Howe second place. We practiced archery somewhat and it is hoped that will be one of the principal features of the Association in years to come. Marjorie Dunning was manager. On Home Coming Day, November 6, a girls' interscholastic track meet was held on Fuller field. The features were: twenty-five, fifty, and seventy- five yard dashes, relay race, high jump,basketball throws. The Juniors scored the largest number of points, Alice Gay was high point girl. This winter, the gymnasium has been the scene of many hard contests of basketball between the various leagues of girls. Doane, of which Florence Sparks is the captain, finally emerged victorious. The prizes are silver basketballs to be given to each member of the team. Those on the winning team were Florence Sparks. Pauline Buxton, Elsie Gardner, Helen Alex-

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X fyijjplflj it Q . li J . . 1 -O C .wF!PFEL9U92? The outcome was strongly contested, it being impossible to pick the winner until the last serve of the last game of the last set. During the fall, intra-mural football was made into an interesting schedule by Coach Burke and the championship team, which was the seniors, were awarded class numerals at the football banquet. There were also competitive sports in the different classes thereby taking in all the boys and having the slogan, HAH out doing somethingf' The afternoons in the winter were kept from being dull by the com- petitive basketball games. These were most exciting and all the teams were perfectly balanced. After some hard playing the ultimate winners of the two leagues were Slippery Rock and Brown. In the big contest for the championship of the school Brown won two out of three games and received the title. The prizes for the winning team are silver basket balls. The Coach expects to hold a similar competition during baseball season. This will no doubt prove as exciting and interesting as the basketball games did. Throughout the seasons there,s no reason for anybody who can't make the regular Varsity teams to lie around and get stiff, and, with this novel system of the Coach's, much unknown ability should appear and many fellows should discover in themselves power and the love of competition. BROWN BASKETBALL TEAM STEARNS GAY ROBINSON, Mn. OSBORNE COOK CARPENTER DAVIS, CAPT. STEPHENS WIMMETI'

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..wi'mLPf,,1927 ander, Dorothy VVright, Hilda Osgood and Vesta Davis. 'l'he team which took second place in the league was Boston University whose captain was Rhoena Barnes. The members of this team will receive school pennants. A similar baseball league for the spring season is now under headway. 'llhe girls of the G. A. A. showed what they were made of in the Wrinter Carnival too. Betty Howe and Alice Gay were tied for first place, each having won fifteen points lor the Senior and junior teams respectively. A girl who wins one first place, two second places or three third places in any event, who has not already earned a Varsity letter, earns her class numerals. 'llhe girls who have earned numerals so far this year are: Alice Casey, hlaxine hlcClarence, Sally Vllebster, Elizabeth Abernethy, Xlildred Howe, Betty Howe, lflizabeth Nlinard. Nlarjorie Klorrison, Rhoena Barnes. DOANE BAS KETBALI. TEAM NVRIGHT MISS POLLARD DAVIS E. GARDNER ALEXANDER SPARKS CAPT. BUXTON OSGOOD