South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-21
ENGLISH TEAM TN
FIRST PLACE WITH
AMERICANS SECOND
Uncle Sans Girls Break Two
Records - Sprints Beat
American Team.

PARIS Aug. Coy A. P.)-
English women athletes Sunday won
the first international woman's track
meet over competitors from the
United States. France. Switzerland
and Cze chO-5lavakia
The American team was second.
France third. Czecho-Slovakia fourth
and Switzerland fifth.
The points scored were: England
so United States 81, France %,
CzeehO-Slovakla II and Switzerland
A large crowd gathered at Perish
ing stadium 10 witness the contests.
the American team was leading In
the point score when half the events
had been finished. Weakness in the
spunts was responsible for their
failure 20 eecure first place. Lucille
Godbold. Estill. South Carolina, and
Camelia Sable, Newark, n. j., were
the star point earners for the Ameri-
can team, the former establishing a
world record in the shot put at 20
meters. and % cenumeters, and Miss
Sable doing the 100 yard hurdles in
the record time OF Il 2-5 seconds.
Other records established during the
meet We're by Mile MejslikOva, Gee
hO-Slavakia in the so yard dash OF
So seconds and by the same girl
i'm the second elimination trial heat
for the 100 yard dash OF IL 2-5 sec
Onds. although the final in this event
was won in l. seconds fat; the 1000
meters win in three minutes, II sec
ouds. By Mile Breard, France, and
the 40 yard relay in 81 40 seconds
made by British team.
The American relay team which
finished second, was declared dis
tanced by the officials and placed
fourth because the CzechO-Slova-
khan relay team interfered with the
French team at the third relay while
the French team was running in
second place. DR.. Harry +. Stewart,
New Haven coach OF the American
team has placed an official protest
th the International feminine fed
Grafton against the ruling Of the
r.1ges DR. Stewart claims that the
American team should not be pena-
lied for the Interference Of the
CzechO-Slovakia runners. The ruling
OF the judges made a difference of
five POINTS In the summing up, but
did not affect the final result Of the
games.
No member of the American team
reached the finals in either the so
metres or 100 yard dashes, Maybelle
GuIiland and Camelia Sable being
eliminated in the first and second
trial heats respectively Of the sixty
meters, and Esther Green and May
belle GnliIand meeting a similar fate
i'm the trials Of the 100 yards. II
was in these two events that England
assumed the lead. two members Of
the English team qualifying in each
of the finals.
The 500 meters event was prac-
ticailv waIkover for England which
finished one. two. with Misses Lines
and Cast neither being extended at
either stage ana the former winning
in A As seconds.
The French team was supreme in
the 900 meters races, both French
girls finishing about so yards in front
of Miss Hall OF England The only
event won by the Swiss was the
faveln throw. but Szecho-Slavia un-
covered the best Splinter OF the day
IN Miss r. Mejslokova-
Flora Batson of the American team
after establishing a worlds record OF
IA As seconds in the 100 yard low
hurdles which stood for a minute
until Camelia Sable. another Ameri-
can lowered 10, tripped at the third
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