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R<>BABL1 there ha::- never hren mor<.> p1rit or lcnalt\ manifested in
g1rl ' ha krt hall than during the ra:-.c>n iu t pa ed. ·,1 h.ere were alwav
plent\ of girl .... out for two teams and e.\en then ome had to "don rt1e
klrt" and \\ait their turn to get mto the crimmage. -.'o the girl \\ho
made the Var it~ \\as certainly no "quitter." 'Ti true the girl · lot to
Palatka High, hut then they were handicapped h\ having to pia~ on a dance floor, 8 10.
Hm\e\er. thi i the only defeat regi ,tered agaimt "our" girl" during the pa:-.t .... ea ·on.
". ez" 'arson, captain and left-forward. \\as an e'\cellent pla~er during the ea on
of '13, hut thi · sea ·on he wa: trulr a " tar." :he ''a. quick, an n:cellent hot, and
to her fall the honor of al Wa\ making more than her part of the core. Be id~
being a regular gemu .... at keeping her team-mate together, " " ez" ah\ a~ s had that old
"pep" and the guard "ho kept up with her ''as certainlv no . cruh pia\ er.
AI though Katherine ~lu rrell, our right for\\ ani. ·eemed at times to lack confidence
in her elt o tar a hooting gc al \\a concerned, still her judgment of di tance m
thnm ing ha ket ''a unerring. :he pa ed accurately, dodged well and put up a
good an e hihition ot ha ket hall a .... one \\ould care to see.
Edna Albritton and Lillian Co'\ alternated at ide center. Both are quick, can
pa \\ell, and al\\m fight to ,,in until the final \\hi tie i blown. It i a curio ity to
\\ atch Lillian' peculiar tactic j u t a · her em n fon\ anl · hoot a goal.
Leo Den ler i '' ithout a doubt one of the h t guard in the tate. -.'he ha heen a
main ta\ on the team for t\\ o \ears, and the forward \\ ho -;core-., man~ point again t
her- ol{, well, :HE ha ·n't heen found.
The center · never had to '' orry about rela\·ing the hall to the fonvard when
~lyrtle Edward . our other !!Uard, took po-;·e-; ion of it. .. he reminded one of a peed
hall artist a he .,ent the hall to the other end of the floor like a shot. :\h rtle \Va.
01re guard, a quick, aggressi\ e player and sta~.., close h/ her fon\ ani. .
adine Page is a good utilit~ pia~ er, hut .... he i prohahl) better at guard than at
an~ other position; he can pas accurately, CoHrs lor... of floor, and ha the "pep"
regardle ot how the core tand .
Harr~ Bennett. coach of girl ' ha ket-hall, . ucceeded ah\ a) . in putting the "Do or
die" . pirit into the pla~er:; with his .Cientific and e -cellent code of :ignal he turned
out a team the like of which it would he hard to di. cover in all Florida. L. B.
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