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Tennis, Deck Tennis, and Archery Champions, 1930-31

Tennis_Deck_Tennis__and_Archery_Champions_193031.jpg

This photo shows Individual Sport Champions of Tennis, Deck Tennis, and Archery. The tennis champion was Katharine Gorton, the champions for Deck Tennis were Ruth and Mildred Creighton, and the archery champion was Josephine Guss. Tennis was a very popular sport among Wooster co-eds, and large number turn out for the tournaments. A keen interest was shown in it by all. Katherine Gorton of the Junior Class won the finals of the 1930 season. Deck Tennis, a comparatively new sport, had been received with great enthusiasm. In the Fall of 1930, a tournament was held for all those wishing to participate in this fascinating game. The winning team consisted of Mildred and Ruth Creighton, Sophomore and Freshman respectively. Archery was offered to the girls in both Spring and Fall seasons, and was patronized by many. Josephine Guss of the Sophomore Class won the tournament for 1930.
The women in the photo were wearing street clothes.The administrative head was Kathleen Lowrie

Collection Tags

TITLE

Tennis, Deck Tennis, and Archery Champions, 1930-31

SUBJECT

Tennis; Deck Tennis; Archery; Champions (Game); Women Athletes

DATE

1932

CREATOR

Unknown

CONTRIBUTOR

The College of Wooster

PUBLISHER

The College of Wooster

TYPE

Still Image

FORMAT

JPEG

LANGUAGE

eng

RIGHTS

Women in Sport and Physical Education at The College of Wooster by Brenda Meese is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
Based on a work at http://cdm15963.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15963coll21
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/policies/

 

COVERAGE

1930-1931

RELATION

This item is part of the College of Wooster's more complete Women in Sport and Physical Education collection, which can be found here: 
http://cdm15963.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15963coll21/id/1408/rec/1