Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
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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 a startling an
nouncement in large head lines to
the effect that WOMEN MAY RE
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 therei
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 80 in for.
XEJELL, so long as they don't go in
w for them to a degree beyond
their physical strength and capaci-
ties 70 endure with safety we shall,
I 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
~ generally. An inspection OF the
dates that each of these eight--con-
sistlng of Harvard, Yale. Princeton,
Penn, Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown
and Columbia--plays the other
seven or less gives a total OF 80
games or these IS Penn figures in
IL, 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 times each in these big con.
tests, Brown but times, Columbia
5 and Dartmouth but 4.
From this It may be hazarded that
Penn has the best schedule of the
season--for all these teams play
about the same humber 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 q harder row to hoe
than any Of her big rivals. When
one looks over and sums up 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 to the
caliher of the opposition encounter
ed throughout the season. However.
Penn has fine outlook for the year,
and should give a good account OF
herself whether she has the highest
percentage at the finish or not.
IT HE colleges Of the South are ex-
i ereising 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 better baseball team for the
Mountaineers than they usually
present albeit he will work under
the handicap Of rather late start.
In football he should be Of vast
assistance to 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, It is 10 be hoped that the
Purple warriors will also see their
MAN clear to mt q nnintei In fha