The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-16
WILL TONE THE BOYS DOWN.
Girls Think the Chaps Have Become
Too Proud.

Too Proud.
From the New York Herald.
Within the last week the sale of lee
cream soda and chocolate caramels in
Montclair. N. J., has fallen off 80 per
cent, for the girls of that town are train
ing for an interesting athletic event.
For a year or more the boys of the
Montclair High School have been inflated
with pride over triumphs on field and
track This has been received with cold
displeasure by the high school girls;
who have now determined to teach the
young men a lesson. So on May II
complete programme of field and track
games will be held by the high school
girls on the grounds of the Montclair
Athletic Club.
Big posters announce to all that the
lady athletes will compete in THE
OPEN at running, high and broad jump
ing and hurdling for valuable prizes. Fur
thermore, that there will be a bicycle
race. a shot-putting contest and other
events.
Contestants are warned" reads the
poster that spiked shoes are barred"
Admission to these contests will be
strictly by invitation, and a high board
fence will shut out unlimited eyes.
All the high school boys have been in
vitei to occupy front seats in the grand
stand as guests of special honor"
The girl athletes will compete in a
costume which has been approved by
the high school authorities, after long
study and deep meditation. 1t will con-
sist of a white silk shirtwaist, dark
blue boomers, light blue stockings and
dainty little gymnasium slippers Of tinted
canvas.
Miss Bessie George. manager of the
Montclair High School basketball team,
who is tall. SANDER. blonde and pretty.
told of the sport carnival yesterday.
I'VE girls want to show the boys what
geese they really are" she said. II
don't know that we shall succeed, be-
cause they are taking il all as seriously
as owls. They are so positively stupid.
Now, as to the games, we girls don't
intend to exert ourselves a little bit.
The events, you know, read big on
paper, but there is where we fool the
boys. With masculine stupidity, they
will look for real athletics. We will give
them real athletics as sensible girls see
them.
"The longest run will be only forty
yards: the tallest hurdle only twelve
inches high The bicycle race will go 70
the contestant who travels the distance
IN slowest time, while in the shot put
a croquet ball will be substituted for the
regulati or missile.
Then we are going to have rope
Jumping end hoop rolling contests" con-
tinucd Miss George, "and If we don't
make these conceited boys feel foolish
nothing ever will.
Miss Josephine Armitage. the captain
OF the High School basketball team. took
a more serious view OF the situation. "Of
course, it is very largely a joke" she said,
but there will be a really good jumping
contest. The trouble Is the girls won't
train. Apart from giving up sweets an
soda, don't think one of US has made
move"
II is said that Miss May Dix, Miss
Marie Johnson. Miss Evelyn Campbell,
Miss Gertrude Griffin and Miss Upsher,
all Hall School seniors. have In prac-
tice cleared the bar at four feet two
inches. Miss A. L. Patrick, the girls ath-
letic instructor. is IN charge of the
meet"