Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-25
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/ the rest OF the sporting news. And
one Is fairly compelled to admire
the strong, robust, healthy, happy
appearance these young ladies pre-
sent In their team picture published
on the same page.
And then, on another page Of the
same section, appears startling an
nouncement in large head lines to
the effect that WOMEN MAY BE
ELIGIBLE FOR OLYMPIC GAMES"
A perusal OF this news item conveys
the intelligence that the United
States Committee purposes to bring
before the international Commission
| In June the question OF whether
women should not be allowed to par
ticipate In these games. So there!
you see you can not deny that the
ladies are forging TO the front even
In the matter of athletics, and TAX
ing up the very same athletic games
that the men themselves so in for.
MEL, so long as they don't 90 In
" for them to a degree beyond
their physical strength and capaci-
ties to endure with safety we shall,
| know, all be glad to see them TAX
ing the plunge In ever increasing
numbers. II sports and games are
good and wholesome for boys and
men, there is no reason in common
sense why they should not be for
girls and women.
There Is no baseball league among
the colleges OF the East, but the
eight leading athletic colleges Of
that section all play each other pref
ty generally. An inspection of the
dates that each OF these eight--con-
sisting OF Harvard, Yale. Princeton,
Penn. Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown
and Columbia-plays the other
seven or less gives total OF 35
games. OF these IS Penn figures in
IA, meeting every one OF the other
seven teams. None of the rest play
anything like this total with the
other colleges in this octette, Yale,
Harvard and Cornell teams figuring
but 5 times each in these big con.
tests, Brown but 2 times, Columbia
5 and Dartmouth but 4.
From this II may be haEarded that
Penn has the best schedule OF the
season--for all these teams play
about the same number and grade Of
games with secondary colleges. But
the deduction may also be made,
from the above, that the Penn team
is going to have harder row 10 hoe
than any OF her big rivals. When
one looks over and sums mp the
work done by each team at the close
OF the season one is apt to be guided
almost entirely by the mere question
OF games won and lost--the percent
age merely without regard 10 the
caliher OF the opposition encounter.
ed throughout the season. However,
Penn has fine outlook for the year,
and should give good account OF
herself whether she has the highest
percentage at the finish or not.
II HID colleges of the South are sx.
i ercising due discrimination
these days In the matter Of signing
up good, competent athletic instruc-
tors. Sewanee is the latest institu-
ton to show this excellent Judgment
in closing with Gardner, Of the Car
Isle School He Is bound TO turn
out a better baseball team for the
Mountaineers than they usually
present, albeit he will work under
the handicap OF q rather late start
In football he should be OF vast
assistance 10 Coach Cope. for he has
received his football education IN as
good a school OF gridiron theory as
the country holds.
Being finished basketball man
as well, II Is TO be hoped that the
Purple warriors will also see their
way clear 10 put a quintet In the
field, or rather on the floor, next
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