Illustration of Mildred Watters, Bridgeport (Connecticut) basketball player, from The Helena Daily Independent, Helena, Montana, March 30, 1924. This was a wire report or syndicated, as found in at least one other newspapers, including the April 2, 1924 Frederick News-Posr, Frederick, Maryland. All the reports misspell her name as Mildred Waters, but in checking the Bridgeport newspaper of the time, the correct spelling is Watters. There was another girl on the team named Agnes Waters. This even led to confusion in the local paper. In the February 2, 1924 home game against South Manchester, Bridgeport won, 106-2, with Mildred Watters scoring 59 points on 29 field goals and one foul shot, and Agnes Waters scored 35 points. I have corrected the spelling of her name in the illustration. The Helena picture is titled: Girl Athlete Makes Remarkable Record. The text nelow reads: Scoring 59 points in a basketball game constitutes a rather busy evening. Miss Mildred Waters [sic], star of the Bridgeport (Conn.) high school yeam turned in such a performance recently in the defeat of the South Manchester high school five [sic]./The score of the game was 106 to 2, Miss Waters [sic] making more than half of the points for her team. She scored 29 field goals and one foul basket.
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