The New York herald., 1922-07-02
Seven Record Holders Will Be
on the Yankee Com
bination.
TEAM TRULY NATIONAL
All Sections Represented
New York Has Strong
Delegation.
BY LUCY CALHOUN.

To the casual observer the Job of
conducting a girls athletic team to
Paris might seem position fraught
with some peril. Fifteen fleet and
fascinating damsels are to compose
this team, which will sail from our
shores for the French capital the lat
Ger part of this month to compete in
the first international track and field
games in which American girls have
been listed against their European
sisters. Fifteen healthy young Amer
lean girls are somewhat hard to keep
up with at any time, but when they
are champion racers and hurlers and
hop-step-and-j -jumpers-Well.
However, the prospect does not a;arm
Or. Harry e. Stewart Of New Haven,
president of the National women's Track
Athletic Association. who Ina his dual
caracity as coach and physician will
accompany the aggregation Of Atalartas
to Paris. DR.. Stewart will have the as
sistance Of Mrs. Stewart, Miss Suzanne
Becker and Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Jay
of-New York. Joseph ID. Angola o. the
Newark State Normal School and
President David B. johnson of Winthrop
college Will also form part o. the en-
tourage.
In order that the parents OF the eirls
may feel safe in letting them go Mrs.
Winifred Merrill, principal Of the Oakes-
mere School. Mamaroncck, N. Y. has
invited the team to her school in Paris,
where they will be carefully gua"led
But better than all these elabo;ate
measures of chaperonage is the tt',ude
of the girls themselves, who are feeling
exceedingly solemn about the affair and
who are determined that no one shall
break training - 'fov the honor or
America"
Seven Record Holders.
The personnel of the first tear, of
American women athletics to participate
In an international track meet is .nter-
esting. There are seven American record
holders, their captain Miss Flor.ida
Batson, Smith College girl ana an
alumna of Rosemary Hail. she .1clds
the American record In the high and low
hurdles for women and Is a good ex-
ample of what well directed physical
training in prep school and college will
do for girl
The field manager of the events will be
Miss Maud Rosenbaum of New York and
Paris. Miss Rosenbaum used to attend
school at Oakesmere. She nolds the
American record In the basketball tn. ow
ana VIII compete In that event. in base
ball throws and in the 1000 meter run
The Misses Elizabeth and Nancy
voorhees,, daughters of DR.. James ID
voorhees, of New York and East Hamp-
ton, l.. l., have also been named on the
team. Miss Nancy holds the running
high jump record for girls.
Miss Elizabeth Stein. who comes from
the Leonia IN. J.) High School, Is the
champion in the hop, step and jump.
Miss Kathryn Agar OF Chicago has
specialized In throwing the Javelin and
holds record.
Miss Janet Snow of Rye, ". Y, Is n
member of the American record relay
team.
Miss Lucille Godbold of Rock Hill. s.
C., holds the record for the eight pound
shot put.
Canal Zone Star Too.
SO much for those who already have
records. Comes also away from Gatun.
In the Canal Zone, Miss Esther Green,
who hopes to earn record In the 500
meter run and relay. Miss Anne Har-
wick will compete from the Florida
State College. From Florida also comes
Miss Lucy Fletcher of the Greensboro
High School. Then there are Miss Ca
melia Sable OF the New Jersey State
Normal School, who Is never so happy
as when she Is hurdling, Miss Helen |
Kreps of the Ohio State University ami
Miss Maybelle Gilliland. also from New
Jersey
The entrants were chosen for the |
team after various sectional conference |
meets In various parts of the country. |
one OF which. for the Eastern contingent, |
was held recently at the Oakesrnere
School In Mamaroneck.
It has taken good deal of hard work |
on, the part of DIR. Stewart and various
others to put the International meet
over but the financing OF the under
taking is practically completed DIR. |
Stewart says, end with the spirit that
the girls are showing he feels confident
that they have a good chance of win-J
ming their initial meet and matching -
performance OF the Olympic champion
mems team.
Much prejudice had to be overcome
on the part OF those who feared for the |
health of girls who entered athletic con-
tests on a serious scale but the pronot- |
ers of the undertaking feel that with |
the best medical advice ard supervision |
the events cannot be harmful and that |
the amateur character of the affair will |
make the danger negligible.
Meet on August 20.
OF the opponents whom our girls are |
to meet there Is little available The |
thing is so new. Dr. St~wart's organi- |
zation is so new that c1tsain details OF |
the meet are missing The date Is set |
for August 90. the place Pershing |
Stadium, Paris. Our girls are naturally |
wild to go. and doubtless the girls on |
the other side are as wild to meet them |
on the field of honor. We wish for the |
sake of the general public that some |
thing might be learned about the other |
entrants. the French girls. the German, |
English or from whatever race they |
come. Apparently there Is an earnest |
attempt being made to form some kind |
Of real international track and field as
ISOLATION Of women.
AS far rs we seem to be In that direc- !
tion Is the cooperation between Dr. |
Stewards group and the Federation des |
Societies Feminines Sportives de France. |
Barnard Succeeds Dunn.