MJSHaisaWP."?-BMB fifmmmfiimp -sfAfr'"'Pl' zwwm'-mmfm i i,im ht wii iM haj . i'. a vi'ii mT a r i mi nit y tttttt tvm inmr r'c "iia- F?5 WOMEN OF TODAY NO LONGER MOLLYCODDLES ' 4 'ua- 7 u t hVn Frem Croquet , Knitting and Ping Peng 1 hey nave Leaped te Football Base- ball, Track and Oth er Strenuous Athle tics; Coaches and Trainers See Day When They Will Be Equal te Men. r BELIEVE MERRY OLD EARTH ' rWILL AGAIN WITNESS CROP ' OF 20th CENTURY AT AL ANT AS i ,Mella, Janet Snow, Gertrude Artelt, Eleaner Uhl, Catherine Kelly, , and 1 Bettie Schenkel Are Seme of Present Shining Lights, Who Have Brought Fame te Their Sex and Natien. W OMAN is no longer the mollycoddle of sports. Lest in the history of the nineteenth century is the triumphant hour of that pale, nhrinklng flower of maidenhood who succumbed te mere mention of physical exercise mere strenuous than knitting. v , ('Frem croquet and an etiolated variety of ping pong te feet races, high jumping and football" tells the story of woman's amazing evolution In the field of competitive sports. Experts who really knew insist that the day of the woman in athletics Is here, and that the day is near when she will compete successfully against men in any department of physical activity requiring courage, endurance and dexterity. These experts believe that if women are allowed a childhood physically as active as a boy's, and of a young womanhood as carefully trained as an athlete's, they arc destined te smaslf world's records with the same gay, frim, heart-tearing determination of men. -- The Amateur aimceic union ia sanguine ever this prospect. It en thusiastically encourages recreation centers all ever the country te train girls as well as boys in competitive games, in various feTms of track activities, in swimming. Mere extensively than ever before are girls introduced te the delights of physical contests. Itall began with potato races nnd bean bags, but it is fast spreading into the higher and mere rigorous realms of sportdem, se that even boxing i3 no longer taboo. Physical directors See Great Hepe for Future ' And physical directors throughout the country leek te the future with a great deal of hope. They tell us that in the golden days of Greece there were many examples of women as physically powerful as men, and that the Hellenic women contested with men in public games, equally splendid in strength, skill ind that mere intangible quality of hecr sportsmanship. And these experts ask: "Why isn't' it possible that this merry old earth will again witness a crop of twentieth century Atalantas, who will bring the blush of impotent envy te the cheeks of even that fair daughter of old mythology who lest' her best-known race only because her masculine opponent steeped te the wiles of the serpent of Eden and used an apple nayl he had te use three apples, Atalanta was se iwtft and golden ones at that." Women athletes are net only going te win races like men, but they are going te wear clothes like men in which te win the races. "Modern clvilzatlen forces women te b mere artlflcial than men; forces thim Inte the indoor habit of life," yi Harry J, McGrath, who directs the track and field athletics of the Curtis Country Club. "And with that limitation, It's ridiculous further te burden the young feminine aspirants with bloomers nnd middy blouses. Women need track trunks nnd jerseys, nd seen they will all be wearing them." The average middy blouse weighs three nnd a half pounds, bloomers welrh four pounds. In addition, heavy stockings, gradually growing Inte dls UM with the increased interest of girls and young women in sports, are bound te the legs with n tight elastic. 'And along with the heavy band that holds up the old-fashioned bloom ers, where Is there any freedom of npvement?" asks Director McGrath. Its like hanging an anchor en an fht-eared shell! 'Heretofero girls have ben wear ing sneakers instead of spiked running shoes. And they've slipped nnd slith ered as though they were plowing through the mud of 'Wipers. And yet Seme folks demnnd bloomers nnd the ten of these Intolerable Inconveniences I And they want them for girls, only because they haven't been used te girls wearing anything else. Certainly there nothing immoral about track trunks and jerseys. As a matter of fact, we re already accustomed Je one-piece swimming suits, and there isn't a woman's tank meet without them. Fnct t the matter ls,I suspect that nn ob jection te the mere or less regulation track suit for women is an insult te the native fineness in most folks' minds and hearts. t "Whiz of a Sprinter" Is Miss Margaret Kilkenny Mr. McGrath has developed what uigni ue termed, In the sports vernac ular, n "wlila" of a sprinter In Miss Margaret Kilkenny, who represents the Uurtls Country Club. This eighteen-year-old mnrvel Is a slim, dainty crea ture with a merry tVlnkle In her J. She is n little and justly proud of her ability, and trains with the aujuslnsra of an OVmplnn. She has done her 75-ynrd sprint In u7i aecends en the Country Club track, Bnd Mr. MifSrnth nnlnns tlin. with fateful instruction in getaway i nd In funning form she will clip the time considerably. 'Yeu see," he snys, "boys' Just nat urally learn te run with seme form, out girls don't, becnuse they aren't , pitted te run much. It is the snme With thrnmlne Kn.t.)l irk. Ilulu iW who learns -te play ball with mthers can cknek a ball as easily ,. -i --..... w uuavuu.i. ..y (.v..v My be?. WtU, wt director! have- 7W 77 te tench most of the girls the very rudiments of running nnd jumping, nnd It takes time, but we nre doing it, and the results nre nppnrcnt already. The young women hnve difficulty in swinging their nrms. Instend of the vertical or chopping stroke when they run, they swing their nrms ever the body. That 'Is the natural feminine way nnd it Is nn obstacle te snrlntlne Furthermore, girls hnve n 'tendency te run "tecs-ln" nnd they must learn te run "tees-out. The correction of these difficulties nnd n great denl of practice are chang ing Miss Kilkenny into one of the like liest sprinters In Philadelphia. With nn engaging modesty, which one must, though with misgiving, term "girlish," she, however, Is reluctant te believe she, will run as fast as the famous trackmen of sport history. "I should like te beat a man," Is her fervent hope, but she thinks It less probable than possible. "Really," she smiles, "I should be satisfied if I only bent my brother. I began running after my brother when I wns a-very little girl, but I never did bent him." Miss Kilkenny recently finished third In the annual Shannhnn C. C. games In I'hllndclphln. She stumbled In the finnl bent, and wns unable te recover her less. The biggest surprise In this scvcnly-five-ynrd ilnsh was "the victory by Miss Margaret Herr. Who ren for the Mend- owbreok Club. Dorethy Bnugh, of Mondew brook, wns favored te win. Miss llerr's time of 10 seconds fiat is the A. A. U. record for women. She Is n stiTHfcnt of the Lnnedewne Girls' High Scheel. She gives all the credit for her victory te her brother. Jehnnv Herr, member of the University of rennsyivnnin iour-miie relay team which ran the spectacular race against the Oxford and Cambridge team. Miss Herr Wen Race in Middy and Bleemers Miss Herr ran her race wearing the regulation gymnasium middy and bloomers. "But thnt's the last time," she premises, "unless I feel queer In a man's track suit. And if 1 feel queer in It I guess I won't wear it. "My brother Jehn, who has been helping me learn the little tricks abeiit running, hew te carry myself and all that, always tells me that when I am actually running I should really for get all he ever told me, nnd then just run te beat everything. He says, If the geed rips he gave me actually sank in the first place, I won't forget them qnyway, and they'll de me mere geed if I don't try te remember them. Thnt Is the way I mean te de with the man's track suit. If I can't heln thinking nbeut hew queer it is, then I will wear my bloomers and middy again. "But Dorethy Baugh were a man's track suit at the shnnabnn meet, and she just flew I Dorethy went by me jiKe wind! She came in second, you knew." Dorethy Baugh Is a pretege of Dr. M. Franceis D'Ellscu, physical dlroc dlrec dlroc ter of Temple University, and a sopho more at that Institution. "I have heard It said that women are temperamentally unfit for ath letics," says this educator, "that they are peer sports, peer losers. I have never heard a worse libel. "Fer seven years I have directed girls In athletics, It is my most special study, and I have never seen n spirit se fine ns they show. They, with few exceptions and there nre exceptions among men admire heartily the girl who Is able te win a race, or jump higher, or box better, or swim faster. Women nre teinpernmentally as healthy ns men are. "I've seen women high Jumpers, after they themselves had 'died' at a certain height, root for the competitors who were Jumping higher. As a matter of fact, girls develop a camaraderie nnd friendship in sports entirely nbsent nmeng men. After men competitors have met nnd wen or lest, de they write letters te each ether? De they visit one another in their homes? Net by n long shot! It sounds perhaps petty and Insignificant. But don't you believe It. If there is anything catty nt all in women, nnd I for ene don't believe there is, nthlctlcH will take nli the cat tlness out of them." This educuter hns very pronounced views en the effect of athletics en moth erhood. "I ntn confident that the training n young woman receives en the athletic field will better prepare her for moth erhood. It can never harm her. De you knew that of the eleven women en lust year's championship women's soc cer team of France eight were mar ried nnd hud children? De you knew that two of the bent-known swimming directresses in Philadelphia have chil dren? One hns two and the ether hns four. They nre fine children, tee, and T mAnb U'ltll Hi A knowledge of a tlliy- siclnn. And the kids knew hew te SW,I the day when little girls will leek up k up te tkt ideal wema athlete ai iTORLEh OF SPORTS, boys leek up te the Ideal mnn ath lete. And that kind of incentive Is necessary, if, we ever want women te be able te compete with the men in the mere strenuous sports. "At present women can't very well compete with men with any success, except perhaps in swimming. And de you knew why in swimming? Because the women who nre crack swimmers began swimming when they weresllttle children. "A new-born baby has the same mus cle, whether it Is n boy or a girl. The sex makes no difference. And whatever the child is, it must wait for the devel opment of muscle. If it is n boy, he it seen permitted te run about, play mere nnd mere rigorous games. Baby Jnck seen learns- hew te threw n ball. He learns hew te jump. What happens te the average baby girl? Well, she Isn't nllewed te run nbeut, nltheugh you knew she' wants te. (Indeed, we call her 'tomboy,' with a subtle intimation "Dettic" Baugh is some sprinter. She believes in discarding the bloomers and middie blouse for the real track togs of reproach, if she really does sneak a climb ever the back fence. And what is the answer? ' "When the boy Is n young man he Is strong and vigorous. Wiien n girl Is a young woman, she is weak. Un fortunately, she mere often envies thnn emulates the stunning nthletlc girl with fine carriage, beautiful complexion and enviable henltb. And you cannot blame her. She hasn't been brought up wisely. "Strnneely enough, tee. we attribute Lner weakness te an innate weakness in woman. Felks did it In the old days, and we still de it, and It's all bosh l'r In the old days, certainly. Even that wonder woman of mythology, Atalanta, was exposed te the fury of wild beasts en Mount Pnrthenlum by her father, King of Arcndln. because the babe his wife presented him with was a feeble, unpromising girl -child. But hunters, passing by, you remember, found her and kindly took her te their home, nnd because they recognized her potentiality, trained her te the chase. And she became fleeter of feet than all the men in the land. And being very swift of feet, she agreed te marry any man who could catch ber in a race, but whomever sne aereatea was te be killed. Then It was, you recall, that nippemenes asked another woman, Venus, te help him win, nnd ehe sug gested that he drop golden apples en the course, se that Atalanta would step te pick them up. This be did, and the wonder-girl leRt the race. But Hippe forget te thank Venus however, that's nnether story. Must First learn That Women Are Equal of Men "Yes, sir," says "Dettle" Baugh's trnlncr, "we huve te ,lcnrn first of all te belleve women are potentially the Munis of men physically. They lack only training, proper training. "Loek nt tliese muscuinr women wne enn carry six or seven men in me eir- HiH rtrcnu. Tliey have neon properly trained te compete with men, nnd they ile it successfully. ( "At this moment, I nave unaer my direction n little girl. I am experi menting with her. Her mother nnd father are athletically Inclined, That mrana she has hnd an intellliently di rected physical life. Although she Is only lBt year old, ska la physically nnd mentally the equal of n high school boy. She can clear n bar nt 3 feet 0 Inches. She is rangy and has no fear. It nil comes of consistent practice." "Dettle" Baugh is acclaimed premier all-around athlete at Temple. She Is nn exceptional high nnd bread jumper, can sprint, threw a baseball and the Rhet, ds a, hurlcr and n basketball plnyer. She is net a big girl, but she has the lines of n sprinter. The world's record In the 100-ynrd dash for women Is twelve seconds flat. "Dettle" is en her lip tees te cut that time. She hopes, after Industrious training, te represent the United States In the in ternational wemcn'H gnmes at Brussels and Antwerp next fnll. Her directei believes she will make the team easily. At Temple University Is nnetlicr girl expected te break n world's rccdrd be fore long. She is Miss Bcrthn Wcl, who has made IK feet 8 Indies in the running (bread jump. The world's record for' women is 10 feet. fThls! grewlne activity among the s tfB wJy.,r.iK sA -yt ia.wt - "&, -z-r. . ' v,. ws ,,-:? mw mH , . '-; r '.a. ' ' .',. 't, . ;'. r;' j,i , ,?.'' -.' -.-. '. - ' hni WMfcIil flrl Margaret Kilkenny en her mark sMJHHHIHM 1 women, net only lu America, bet throughout the world, presages n much hardier people for the future. Nene of the physical instructors is 60 hopeful ns te imagine thnt women nt this tjine threaten the superiority of men In sports. But they are hopeful for the women who nre the girls of today. The nee which can develop such superior female athletes ns Suzanne Lenglen and Mella, Janet Snow, the high Jumper, Gcrtrude Artelt and Eleaner Uhl, swimmers, Catherine Kelly, bowler, nnd Bcttle Schenkel. who is superior In ten or mere sports, will witness the evolution of a new type of glrl-chlld, Interested In the same feats her brother holds se high in his estimation. And the little girls will (trew, under these new Rumnflnrm. Inte fit material for Intelligent trainers in colleges and athletic associations te develop. Today, according te Samuel J. Dal las, secretary and director of the Mead Mead Mead owbreok Olub, women are inferior te the men. Innrelir tWaua fh iv h necessary stamina. Women Can't Run Through They Lack Brute Strength "They COJl't run fhrnnt it vnn nn. nnrsmnu wnac i mean," explains .Mr. Dallas. "They haven't the brute strength, the flash, the fire, that come out somehow where the rnee la linrnVit. j ... .,: - ;." t ." " Besides, they don't gather strength ns they go along. They fritter out. "Take some of the present records. The men's record for the 100-ynrd dash is 0 3-5 seconds; the women's record is 12 seconds. In the two-twenty men clin It te SO 4-5. women ceme nienp at 80 nnd S. In the 100 yard two-feet hurdles the women's record Is 14 8-5 seconds) the men's record for a three three feet hurdle, 120 ynrds, Is 14 4-5. Yeu see, almost the same time, with hlgncr hurdles nt that and n greater distance. "Of course, women Inber under tro tre tro mendeus handicaps, many of which In time 'will be obviated. They fight very keenly., nnd they have n spirit of rivalry as well developed as that among men. Certainly, women nre no longer molly coddles In tlis strenuous age of sport." It Is the general conviction that women would de well at the present time net te adept the rules and regula tions governing sports for men. Fer instance, Investigation has revealed that the best dlstancn for women la the areaty-iTt yard dash, .the best hurdle t r jT - the two-feet hurdle, tfie best Javelin, the one pound three ounce Javelin. It is the intention of trnlncrs te ndapt the various devices used in competitive sportsre- the present needs nnd limita tions of 'feminine aspirants. Later, when the little girl-children are wisely prepared, will be time crieugh for them te compete according te regulations evolved for men only after years of experimenting. "I have long believed that women might be especially geed nt eress-cOun-try running," contributes Dr. Chnrlea F. Werdcn, bend of the medical depnrt .rncnt of Jehn Wnnnmnker's, "because they" have a wonderful chest expansion, and nn unusual power of endurance. "Hnglnnd hns gene In for cress-country running en n tremendous scale. And Germany seems te be Introducing the women te every branch of physical activity nnd vigor nnd power seem te be the watchword." "Anatomically women arc quite the cmmls of men, and I wouldn't care te Competitor in international women's athletic meet tnt rtni-mntlrnllv thnt It Isn't possible for them te outstrip men In contests of i endurance nnrt physical skim, out iena I doubt If thev ever w"l Thev innt develop stamina first and 'a better qual ity Ut HIIUll.MIUUlMll. One of the women mentioned iibeve as the superior type Is Betty Schenkel, who works In nn office. She has chal lenged any girl In the country te a i decathlon of sports for the world's championship. She nlrcndy Is n better athlete than ( most men. She holds all kinds of cuns. medals, ribbons, certificates. She enn llvn en roller skates. She Is an accom plished horsewoman. She has wen any number of iilcycle races. She Is nn expert nt blHinrds. She played en n boys' football team nt Atlnnttc City. She captained her soccer tenm in an Atlantic City public school. She boxes, and Is en ndept nt field hockey, volley ball, rifle sheeting, swimming, fancy diving. She does the 100-ynrd dash In III 1-0 seconds, has done i feet In tut.' stnndlng bread jump, and 14 feet, 0 1 incites in tne running nrenu jump. sue. holds the record for throwing the base- vail IDS feet. ' In the national elmmnienthlns of the near future she plans te enter every event for women, nnd hopes te squeeie. Inte some of the events for men. Miss Eleaner Uhl, of Lnnsdewne, Pa,, nnether of our superior women, who wen swimming honors nt the re cent Olympics In Antwerp, la the holder of U caps and twenty-nine medalsr EXPERTS DECLAR rs i m&mm&FWimffln: mkw English girl athlete Shp holds the record lu the three-mile training at the Philadelphia Turnge swlra, time 43 minutes nnd IK seconds. I mciudc, learning ln. te swim when The former mark of 44 minutes and lfi she wns nbeut ten iirs old. In 3017 seconds was made by Miss Ktheldrn she wen the national championship for Illelbtrcy, of the New Yerk Semen's 100 jards, nnd in 101S she wen tin Swimming Association. fiO-jurd PaelOe Ceu-t championship. In In 1010, Miss Uhl captured the 100 1020 and l!)2l she wen the Middle yards championship for women In 1 Atlnntle . A. V championship for minute and 1(1 seconds. .10 jnrds fiee stile, and the 100 nnd In the trlnls Rt Ant went she hrnir ' l'r, ianl back stroke. the Olympic record ill the ,100-iuetcr. race. Just before the finals, she was taken ill with fever, nnd warned net te compete under any circumstances. But becnuse she bud been depended upon The. reah.e that geed cliviilatlen. geed te win second or possibly even first , digestion ami muscular vigor nre the place in the finnls, she decided te take ' chief aids te beauty. a chance. Pluekllj' she swam with (he1 Net many moons age women, bycus bycus werld s best, suffering each moment of tern, were ((impelled te "settlu down " the grueling test, and came in fifth, .They lived their lives after the same She collapsed at the finish, and had te ' be dragged out of the water. . In 1021 dcrtrnde Artelt, another Fair sculler Marie Gaus is seen here stroking a double en the Schuylkill I'Mlndcipiiia Mnr, wns nneuiclnily se-t Iected from among 2000 ethers girls ns the "Modern Venus" of most perfect nthlctic form. The girls met in Chi cago, coming from nil parts of the United Stntes, te take part In the tournament of the American Gymnastic Union. Miss Artelt began te nchleve success as a swimmer when she was fourteen years old. She received most of her is Betty Schenkel, captain the P. It. R. unbeaten basket- team, bhe challenges any te compete in ten or mere sports throwing javelin The weil.l Is nllve with women who aspire te perfection plnslcnlly. Thin realize most rmphnticnlh that nine of the ten unit of lieuiin me health pattern. Wlnrher they weru married or single, thev, grew plump nt thirty, fnt at forty, KJlenseme te themselves nt fifty, and hopelessly old at sixty. This Is n generalization, of course. And "all generalizations nre false, Includ ing this ene," ns a certnln gny French man would have it. But all generali zations arc true te a degree. And If the "settled down" woman of a day that Is gradually passing wasn't fat at forty she wns lean and get leaner each deende. Tlie athletic woman, however, i girlish at thirty, nt forty ber charm ia but little impaired, and at fifty she la still magnetic nnd attractive. This ia no generalization, as doctors and physi cal directors will admit. By the "ath ' lctlc woman" Is net meant the wemaa who is "nthietlc" with a vengeance. She is n rather Impossible person, or just simply nn overly enthusiastic one. She suffers because she la "extreme." as the male nthlete suffers If he works tee hard et Ills game. He ages seen, develops an "nthietlc heart," or con sumption. But the woman who ia mod erately athletic nnd it is possible te be moderate and a champion te beet is in the end n finer type of woman thaa the "fade nt home." It seems te be the consensus of the physical experts thnt this newer typ of female competitor will Increase pub lic interest In athletic contests. He says that men no longer go te wemen'a meets solely out of curiosity. "They go te see n real athlete run, ,1ump, hurdle, row, swim, pole vault her doggenedest, and thnt's a rich sight iur mi mini lu dcv. .iicii, wiiucoeiub jlie spectacle of women developed la physical prowess, will be Inspired te enter the lists themselves. In the end ' this new Interest will de away, perhaps altogether, with that puny, pale, stay- at-home man, who doesn't make thsr best kind of fnther. ns any one knows, nor the best type of citizen. We see this chain of influence working around in a great circle." Women Competed With Men Ages Age in Greece And this circle Is really a picture in little of thnt greater cycle of develop ment in health of the entire Caucasian world. Ages age wepien competed with men in competitive games. That was In ancient Urecee, where everything for a time seemed te be done wisely. But in n later day women, chained te their households, victims of n peculiarly cloistral environment, became mere artificial than even their men folks. J Pnller waH believed te be desirable, a mark of aristocracy. Werk was net te be thought of outside the home, for women of means. Then one day some woman or ether became discontented with her let. She i desired elbow room. She was permitted te go hersebnck-rldlng en some erna- I mented avenue, or perhaps play croquet. But she wanted te de mere. She saw what n gay time the young men had, nnd she wns stirred by n spirit of envy and rivalry. Se she took a long walk In the country. It was a courageeus: beginning nnd she returned te her ba ronial home quite fatigued. Her parents were shocked that she exerted herelf se. And the neighbors, tee, were shocked because she took se much cxercit. And It must have been nbeut that time that William Wordsworth heard of this young woman who se evidently out raged convention. Fer In 1801 he wrote a poem and he entitled It: TO A YOUNG LADY Who ITas Been Heprenched for Taking Leng Walks in the Country. And the poem read : Dear Child of Xatuie, let ihem roll, There n a neat in a green dale, A hnrber and a held: Wieie tieu, a lt'ie and FHcnd, thalt see Thv oxen henit'itlrrlng days, and be .1 light te yimng anil old. There, hralthy as a shepherd boy. And tnmlmt) among flowers e joy Which at no snimn fade, Theu, trhilii thy babes around thee cHilJ iSVinI show us hew dit'ftic a thing A Weman mny he made. Thy theuqhti and feelings shall net die, Xar Iciivl titer, when tiiuy hairs nr man. -1 melanchelu slate: !. Hut an old age serene and bright, iyf .iwi let ny ii s ii y.ciiiumi maw, Minn wad thee te tny grave. This poem undoubtedly turned the trirk The championing, of this manjy girl, couched In the words of an hoti heti hoti ereil poet, wns doubtless convincing; PeiiuiiiR it wasn't. But whatever 'in-' spired it nnd whatever its effect, tha' ,r wnH Hlirnifieant in J801-& nremiM nt A. fuller life for women who are atklcttK ' cally Inclined. .& , $jm ...... ---"---- '"" 'TC rw M W iif n i f 4flii AffirX-'Mfl iWmiil - ,n : V 5 7 .;& ! v iWiffirr At.? L Ky 'g, !! y-sv I'-rzS' , m.."Av-' V,. r i ..1 Kj!v Vi
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