Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-31
ny q. ). LOmILIN.

Next month Id Ears n nret inter
national track meetFsof women athletes
attached 70 lthis event ior the reason
been attempted before. The only
athletics competition among the fair
sex that has become international is
in tennis and sYtmming, and while
the United States has been able to
hold, her own, American. women have
Ing victories as has been the case
among the men.
Field athletics among women on. a
large scale Is a new Institution, and
can be traced directly ITO the great
sport revival resulting from the war.
When Uncle Sam began traiping his
vast armies He did 1t on the athletics
boxing ring. As a result. about four
million mel were turned into athletes
of greater OF lesser degree and when
they were discharged the effect on
civilian sports wal almost tnstantane-
GUS. Naturally. it Influenced more
and practically every girls school
now has Its .held and track teams and
intercollegiate competition is common.
True In Other Countries.
The same has been true in all other
4 q ! "S4 A~S tSS~sA
the scheduling Of the international
meet. The best girl athletes produced
in America this year have been ga
thered together Ito represent this
country, and Of course they are con-
fident that they will shine as brilliant
~ as u male athletes have-in past
Olympic games. The four stars whose
photographs appear on this page. are
among those who will try to. bring
back the trophies. Miss Maud Rosen-
baum of New York holds the Alneri-
can record for the basketball throw;
Miss Floreida Batson of New York
holds the United States record for
bell Gilliland OF Leonia, N: j.. is a
dash and relay star, and Mics ka-
theryn Agar Of Chicago is the Ameri-
can champion Of the two-handed jave-
lin throw. RI i s
Nothing to Go On.
In. specializing as to which nation
will carry of the major portion o.
honors, Me dopester is without previ'
ous records and performances witt
which to make comparisons, and n q
turally he is up against a wall. Al
be on an equal footing. America ma!
always had the advantage In this re
spect when it came to the Olympic
games for the reason that her athletes
are developed by intensive training
methods that bring out everything
man has in him. European countries
for d long time sconed at the serious
ness with which athletes were devel
oped over here, but they have COM
to realize that to develop winners II
sports, as well as in any other line
preparation is the big thing. =
il The girl athletes of this countr'
have had ne such handling and con
THAT han IN LA IA Ian INT
consideration. In fact, German
! seems to. have been doing much NOR
, along that line than any. other cou1
try.
Three Qualities.
With training appearing to be abou
an ever break all around, the onl
things left to consider are spirit, ma
tive ability and race hardness. TIL
; team possessing these qualities in tn
until after the meet, because tina
, team will be the, one which will wiz
There is. no doubt about the fight
ing spirit Of the American girl. bu
? that quality is also very marked
3 the French and English. although l
; different ways. with III French
Z is dash, the English logged ~tenacit!
/, but with the American it is a bus
|, ness-like determination.
Natural ability cannot be classed q
national. 1t is a quality that is ind
vidual and II one team possesses moi
members with natural athletic abilit
than the others. its chances OF VIII
i, ming is more than good, even thong
= it is undeveloped.
" The American girl lis more or LEI
an outdoors girl and this is h or
ls thing that will favor her in compel
n ton. She has also that same physia,
10 that has made the American man tt
l. great athlete that he is: the Doc
70 moulded out of the alloy of a score
.. hardy races. The question Of physic
10 superiority, however. cannot, be CLAIM
d cd BY any one country as it has new
ID been proved; The Scandinavian att
l. .letes have been coming to the fro,
l. rapidly in the Olympic games sin.
.. they took to serious training and II
/ girls from the northern peninsula a
. probably as hardy as any in the worl
l. Whether their natural strength W
make them superior athletes renal
to be seen.
- Whatever the outcome of the game
| it is probable that it will become :
| established institution such as II
. OLYMPIC games, the benefits OF whi'
"A can not at all confined to the VOL
N Of sports.