Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-15
GIRL FIELD HOCKEY EXPERTS
- HAVE SPEED AND STAMINA
tt
High Maids De-
feat Lansdo,Une Eleuen,
Seren Goals to Three
BY SPICK HALL

TF YOU want to see fast game, one
that ia rough enough to suit the
most faStidiOuS. Snorta loving AmPri-
can. find ont whpr" ~" Swarthmorr
High Schools girl.' mold ho"kev team
IL going to play. tn"H lonE them over.
It's only rNcoSsnrv to see on" period
Of one OF their contests 10 realize that
none hut n regular athlete can stand
the gaff. Although these girls average
only sixteen years old they hav" TO
have the stamina to play one full hour
ofSthe speediest kind of game. one that
takes them from one end of the 100
yard field to the other, dozens of times
each half.
Although it was very hot yesterday,
the Swarthmore girls played four ff-
teen minute periods against the Lans-
down High maids on Lansdowne's foot
ball field. Swarthmore won the gam"
because they had more punch than their
\ opponents. There wasn't minute in
the hour that t"ary one of the Swarth-
morc girls WASN'T on her toes follow
ing the ball. that is. except those who
do the guarding at the goal.
Had to Win
Before the game Miss Ruth Sharp
less, who, by the way, played u great
goal, showed why it is that her team
hasn't been defeated this year when she
said: "Are We going to win! Well,
/ guess yes. We've got to win; If we
don't, we cant go home. That's the
spirit they have out Crum Creek way.
Maybe the girls got their ideas Of
SCHOOL enthusiasm from the college on
the hill at any rate they have the
aI1rit that makes for victory and 1t is
doubtful ii any team anywhere near
their size could defeat them. The Gar
bettes are coached by Pete WRtterS0n.
Pete is the man who has tutOred the
Swarthmore High boys football team
for three years without losing game.
He also coaches both the girls and
boys basketball teams.
Fast at Finish
qThe Lansdowne team which is
coached by Miss Thomas. was conSid =
erably bigger than Swarthmore and
they had a number OF speedy players,
but toward the finish they seemed to be
in worse condition than Watterson A
airIs, who were sprinting all over the
lsld In the final quarter Just a. fast
and tirelessly az they were In the first.
In the first period the Swarthmorettes
shot two goals. only to have the home
Klrln COHnt Du'h uHh Wv NHC oNOlc az
4 the second period. During the second
intermission Margaret Watson, who Is
husky girl, quick az a fash and alb
solutely fearless, exhorted her team =
mates TO get together and play hockey.
And they did. In the third period the
Swarthmore girls shot three goals and
added two more in the last. The game
ended with Swarthmore on the long
end of the count, to 3. Last week
tiley did even better, beating the Chelt
chham High girls @ goals to /.
Plenty Of Rooters
Swarthmore went over to Lansdowne,
accompanied by big delegation OF
rooters and q bunch Of substitutes. One
of Che most interesting OF these was
little Merton Brill. She IL enc OF the
Swarthmore subs. Her height is all OF
four feet six inches, she is twelve years
old and tips the scales at seventy eight
pounds. "Why aren't You on the regy :
Z Iay teamY" she was asked. well, i