The New York herald., 1922-05-14
WOMEN ATHLETES
SMASH RECORDS
Hop, Skip and Jump and Jave-
lin Marks Fall at Mamar-
oneck.

MAMARoNEcK, n. Y, May 13.-Four
women's world records were broken and
a record for new event on the feminine
athletic calendar was established to-day
by girls competing at Oaksmere School
In the preliminary contests held to select
American representatives for the first
International women's field and track
meet In Paris next August.
One hundred and two girls, represent
ing twenty-five institutions. situated
from Maine to Florida. competed at
Oaksmere to-day and. in addition. a
score of telegraphic meets were held in
the West and middle West to discover
the most able. girl and women athletes
IN the country.
The records were broken in the 440
yard relay. double javelin throw. hop.
step and jump and eight pound shotput.
For the first time women competed IN
the 300 meter race, establishing a mark
OF 43 3-5 seconds.
Lucille Godbold, a tall, rangy girl from
Winthrop College. South Carolina. and
Elizabeth Stine, diminutive miss from
] Leonia, n. J. High School, were the out
| standing stars, though they We're pressed
for the honors by Nancy Voorhees, OF the
Ethel Walker School. Greenwich. Conn.
Three Leonia High School pupils.
Martha Nyquist, Janet Hobson and
Mabel Gillillan and Leila Hopper, a
Leonia alumna, comprised the record
relay team.
They clipped three seconds from the
old record of 5S4-5 seconds. Miss
Slime. from the same school. went AZ
| inches beyond the record mark OF 80
feet 6 inches in winning the hop, step
and jump.
Miss Stine also won the running broad
jump. was second in the running high
jump and third in the 100 yard dash.
exhibiting what experts pronounced ex-
ceptional all around ability for a high
school girl who has been insufficicntly
trained.
The first places also were taken by
Miss Godbold-the shotput, in which
she broke the record Of 81 feet 1A
inches by hurllng the metal ball SO
feet IL inches. She was second In the
hop. step and jump and second in the
100 yard dash.
The fourth record to fall was pierced
by Miss Kathryn Agar of Oaksmere.
plump. soft-muscled lass. who threw
the javelin with right and left arms
for n combined distance Of 134 feet Sk
inches. u feet inches further than
the only known womans record. held
by French girl.
Throughout the four hours of COM
petition the contestants, most of them
under 20, exhibited pluck and deter
mination, all OF the winners succeeding
through preliminary, semi-final and
final matches, STAGED under scorch-
ing sun with only a brief respite for
lunch. At least one-third Of the girls
entered seven Of the fourteen events.
and the winners. especially of two
events, exhibited unusual stamina.
Other results we're:
100 Yard Dash--First, Mabel GILL;
land. Leonia High School. time IL 2-5
seconds second, Lucille Godbold, Win
throp: third, Elizabeth Steine. Leonia-
so Yard Dash-First. Mabel Gilliland.
Leonia, time, s 2-5 seconds; second,
CornelIa Sadie, Newark Normal third,
Ruth Wincoop, Newark Normal.
Standing Broad Jump-Won by Ade-
line Gehring. New York Turn Verein. Z
feet inches: Nancy Voorhees,. Ethel
Walker School, second; Blanche Sire
beigh. ST. Margaret's Alumna, and Edith
Easton, Leonia Alumna, tied for third.
800 Meter Run--Won By Mary Nc
Cune. Rosemary Hall second, Luella
Muller. Newark High School third,
Blanche Dixon. New York Municipal
Employees Association. Time. 4S 3-j
seconds.