Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-28
WOMEN FIGURE IN
WORLD Of SPORT
Things They Began to Make
Hin Look Foolish.

Did ii ever strike you that American
ant factor in sport.
It's no pooh pooh 81. pifho matter this
fart that the strenuous American girl
| has assumed her place at the fore. 1t
wasn't so a decade ago, but some chap
from the other side came over here with
Il callstic pen and wrote things; among
other statements he made was one that
America MIS- deteri0rating because
Americans didn't know how 10 play.
Bling! Tile girls were up and at it
like Il rescue gang at II mine caye-in.
Marslnailows and the six best sellers
We're started in the direction the wind
was blowing, and American women be-
gan to take an interest in something
more strenuous than holding lap dog
and discussing the latest things in
French bathing suits
Golf and tennis attracted the largest
nuinher because the very young, the
middle aged and the elderly could get
their satisfy out Of them. You'll notice
that this feminine awakening was a
weight for age handicap if you watch
the urofesso" closely
In the renaissance every healthy girl
found desire to run, ride golf drive.
shoot. fish, sail, OF paddle canoe as
naturally as hcr brother. And as she
progressed she decided she did not
want the services of mere man, either.
White golf and tennis have the larg
est following. baseball. swimming. fenc-
ing. yes, and boxing, shooting wrest-
ling, mountain climbing, fishing and
basketball have their devotecs by the
thousand.
Take gof:5 Miss Kate f. Harley is
golf champion; Frances ciriscon, Mrs.
Ronald II. Barlow, Harriott and Mar
garet Curtis arc among the brilliant
stars of the game, to say nothing Of
hundreds and thousands Of others OF
not so well known but brilliant per-
formers.
NAY SUTTON STARS AT TENNIS.
,rhe name of May sutton Is synony-
nous of tennis. The California whirl-
wind swept the worlds best off their
feot Not only in this country. but
abroad. Tennis had never seen her
equal She gave up the game for a
S''love all match which found her at the
altar.
But the championship remained in
California, for another girl from the
golden west. Hazel Hotchkiss invaded
the east this summer and repeated the
success of the ex-champion. Like Miss
Sutton, the new champion Is " splendid
specimen VI spliue, N'h''t''t-.
hood. nlagnif1cently muscular, she cares
nothing for graceful pose and pretty
effects. She plays ia win and Is all a
tine, healthy American girl should be-
Turn to baseball. and Nermillon, o..
boasts of the best pitcher that ever
wore sk,lts--yes, and she is a better
pitcher than many professional draw
ing salary, Is Alta Weiss. With curve
ball, plenty Of speed and a good change
ft,,t,, |, ttyt, yl1p
In sport. Not laudable. some may say.
& but she made good and that's enough
EVEN TACKLE AUTO GAME.
In. the automobile game many Women
shine, but the most notable are Mrs
Kenneth r. Otis, who holds several
road records, and Mrs. Jean Nj Ounce.
holder of the New York to Philadelphia.
records.
Iselin is Il name familiar to readers
of American yachting history, for Oliver
lseln has thrice defended the Americas
cup and his wife has not only sailed
on the defenders during the inter1la
tiolial races but handles n I0-foot rae
ing sloop with the skill Of Charlie
Barr.
Riding to hounds is the favolte sport
of hundreds of women, and none is bet
ter known than Miss Edith Colford Of
the Monmouth County Hunt club, who
taxes ii O-ICul lSlICG, hltSiis W &
her hunter over broken ground with the
most skillful pink coat that ever strad-
died pigslSin.
Two American women have won titles
as master of fox hounds-MrS. Allen
Potts, sister of Ameie Rives, and Miss
Edith II Bird. The former lives in.
the hunting section Of Virginia. and the
latter is master of the Endean beagles
of East Walpolc, Mass. For her whip
pers-in she has katherine Roosevelt
and Helen Romans
LUCILLE MULHALL LIKES HORSES.
But queen of the equestriennes is that
fetching little girl with the "hoWdy :
smile. Lucille Mulhall of Oklahoma. mis-
'tress of a l0,0O0-acre ranch. daughter OF
Col Zach Mulhall, and the best rope
throwcr that ever wore a divided skirt
Miss Mulhall runs her ranch, rides
the most fractions cayuse that ever
withal is as modest and charming as
tho sweetest girl grad that ever
| graded.
Coaching may not strike many Is
anucll of a sport, but the man who car
tool a four-in-hand through crowded
streets commands admiration So when
| Miss Mary Hartman or Mrs. Thomas
Hitchcock. Jr., duplicates this. we must
admit that In the language of the sinai.
| boy: .They sure are there"
Did you ever climb a mountniin--not
a foothll or butte. but a regular
mountain? Miss Annie Peck does
| She's an American with a record of
which even the Duke d'Abruzzi boss Of
all the climbers, might well be proud
| She has assembled to the summit OF all
! most every high peak from the Natter
| HORN to the Peruvian mountains.
Mrs Adolph Topperwein is the cham
| pion woman shot of the world. She
completes with the best of the scatter
gun experts in the big shoots and takes
down heap Of money and prizes every
year.
So you see, fellows, when you pause
! just minute or two. you've go. to
| hand il to the American women. They
| sure do cut Il lot OF ice in the world o.: