The New York herald., 1922-09-17
Girl Athletes Perform
Well on Track and Field
Bronx Girls Break 40 Yards
Relay Record at Meet.

| with track and field in equally fine shape
| girl athletes of New York. Brooklyn
New Jersey. Philadelphia and Connect
cut took part in the first set of gaines
for women ever staged by the Amateur
Athletic Union at the Q. c. N. Y. Sta
dunn yesterday.
AS Ii to show theiv appreciation of
the distinction accorded them by the
governing body Of aHateur athletics In
the. United States the participants per-
formed in fine style and turned in sew
eral record performances. The young
feminine athletes whose performances
eclipsed the best previous marks were /:
Miss Eleanore Churchill OF Exeter. N.
H.. an eighteen-year-od miss, who won
the throwing the baseball event with
heave of 224 feet 2A inches. The old
figures were 21S feet inches
A quartet of girl runners represent
ing the Valcour Club of The Bronx
shared in the shattering OF the other
record, which was for 440 yard relay
race. The winning combination covered
the distance in minutes 81 4-10 sec
onds. reducing the old figures by two
tenths of second.
Two of the competitors scored double
honors. They were Miss Camelia Sable
Of The Newark State Normal School. a
winner OF trinity of honors at the re-
cent Olympic games for women in Paris.
and Miss Rose Fisher of this city, an
athletic unknown until yesterday.
Miss Sable gained her victories in the
fifty yard dash and standing broad jump.
while Miss Fisher earned hers in the 100
yard race and shot putting contest.
Miss Fisher also helped win first prize
in the relay race. Miss Sable also gave
a sixty yard exhibition of hurdle racing.
She was clocked In . seconds, which
ina te Lev.
In addition to making a new record
Miss Churchill scored three victories
They were registered in the javeiin and
baseball and basketball events The
summaries:
heat won by Miss Rose Fisher. Savage
School; Miss Catherine v. Brown, unat-
tached second: Miss Isabelle Clark.
bridgeport A: c.. third. Time. 10 1-10 sec
onds. Second heat by Miss Margaret
Herr. Meadowbrook Club of Philadelphia: !:
Miss Barbara Grant. unattached. second; !;
Time. 13 2-10 seconds. Third heat by
Miss Madeline Adams. Meadowbrook Club
naaepes club os Ms, ss1hse
Miss Lillian Mitchell New Department A.
A.. third. Time. 10 2-io seconds. Fourth
Miss Annette Purdy. una .tached. secnnd: :
Miss Blanche Merrill. Bridgeport \. c..
third. Tine. u $40 seconds; Fifth heat
partment A. A.. Miss Kathleen Oliver.
Bridgeport A. G.; third. Tims. u seconds.
Sixth heat won by Gladvs Jackson. unat-
tached; Miss Adele l.. Gilbert. Ridgewood
High School. second: Miss Pearl Marie
Gundry. w a. 4. G.. third. Time is i-io
PSilaeelphis; fis Miss Grace Ritter. meadow
Cecilia Dolan. ioIghiin i.yceurr. third.
Miss Fisher; Miss Florence Merrill. sec
fourth. Time. II G-1o seconds.
440 YARD RELAY RACE Uor A. a. u.
prizes) Won by valcour Club Miss Marion
McCarte, Miss Blanche Dixon, Miss Alice
Kelley and Miss Rose Fisher) bridgeport
Athletic Clubs first team Miss Carrie
Gsro na Ms M.s Edth MISS
Meadowbrook Club OF Philadelphia tMss
Margaret Herr. Miss Dorothy Bough. Miss
Adams. third: Prudential Insurance a. A.
Miss Gladys Bocih and Miss Alice NJ.
Adams). fourth. Time. :57 4-io.
FIELD COMPETITIONS.
STANDING BROAD. JUMP For a. A. U.
Prizes)-Won by Miss Camelia Sable. New.
ark state Normal School, with n jump OF
Feet III inches; Miss Adellne GehriF.
New York, Turn veren, with jump OF
New York Turn verein. with a jump OF
Z feet 5Is inches. third; Miss Grace Rit-
tier, Meadowbrook Club OF Philadelphia.
with n Jump or feet X inch, fourth.
THROWING THE BASEBALL (For Mem
bers of the Life Insurance A. L)-Won
by Miss Florence Lesner, New York Life
Insurance a. A., with a throw OF 100 feet
inches: Miss Ruth Walter. Prudential
Insurance A. A., with a throw OF lat feet
inches second NJ. Papaeo. Metropolitan
Life Insurance A. A., with throw of 1f2
feet q inches. third.
THROWING BASKETBALL lFor Members
Of the Life Insurance a. L)-won by Miss
Ruth Walters, Prudential Insurance "A. A.,
with n throw OF 10 feet OH inches Miss
Esther Behring. Prudential Insurance A..
A., with 4 throw OF 10 feet . inches, sec
Insura nee Company. with throw OF 60
feet sM inches. third Miss Florence Les
ner, New York Life Insurance Company,
with throw Of 10 feet inches. fourth
PUTTING; THE POUND SHOT-Won by
Miss Rose Fisher. valcour Club, with a
put -of n feet . inches; Miss ". Chris-
tophel, German American Turn Vereln. with
n put OF 20 feet Gih inches. second Mlss
cornelia Somnitzer, bridgeport A. c.. With
n put Of IS foct. third; Miss Helen Steloh,
Turn verein vorwarts. with put OF ~ feet
inches. fourth
STAN DING BROAD JUMP (For Members
OF the Life Insurance a. L)-Won by Miss
Anna KapaiczynsS. Metropolitan Life In
surance Company. with Jump OF feet
2ik inches: Miss Rachel Price. New York
Life Insurance Company. with jump of
| Z feet. second; Miss Alma oily. New York
Life Insurance Company, with jr-np OF u
feet 7A inches. third Miss Dorothy Mitch
ell. Prudential Insurance A. A.. with
Jump Of test : inches. fourth