The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-21
S. c. GIRL SETS
WORLD RECORD

Paris, Aug. 20 (By the Associated
Press) English women athletes to.
day won the first international wo
/ mems track meet over competitors
from the United States, France
Switzerland and Czecho-Slovakia.
The American team was second
France third, Czecho-Slovakia fourth
and Switzerland fifth.
The point scores were: England
80; United States, 81; France, 20;
Czecho-Slovakia, IL and Switzerland
I6.
A large crowd gathered at Pcrsh;ns
stadium to witness the contest. The
American team was leading in the
point score when half of the events
had been finished. Weakness in the
sprints was responsible for their fail
ure to secure first place. Lucille God
bold, Estill, South Carolina, and Cor
nelia Sable, Newark, N. j., were the
star point earners for the American
team, the former establishing a world
record in the eight pound shot put,
putting alternately with both arms, al
20 meters and % centimeters, and
Miss Sable doing the 100 yard hurdles
in the record time of ID and 2-5 sec
onds.
Miss Godbold was fourth in the
1000 metre run, which was won by
Mile. Bread, France, in worlds record
time of 8 minutes, IL seconds. Miss
Sable was third in the running broad
Jump and Miss Nancie Voorhees,
United States, tied Miss Carrie HIATT,
England, for first place in the run
ming high jump at Las meters. Miss
Maude Rosenbaum, United States,
finished next to Miss Godbold in the
shot put.
The American relay team, which
finished second, was declared dis
tanced by the officials and placed
fourth because the Czecho- Slovakian
~elay team interferred with thu
French team at the third relay while
the French team was running in sec
ond place." DR.. Harry E. Stewart,
New Haven, coach of the American
team, has placed an official protest
with the international feminine fed
Grafton against the ruling Of the
Judges.
Miss Lnciiis Godbold. one Of tho
Two star poipt earlaera for The sneri-
can team in the internati ionai tfatE
meet for women at Paris yesterday,
who established world record in
the shot put, is a resident of Estill
in this state, has been a special stu
dent at Winthrop college, Rock Hill,
for the last four years, and is now
under engagement as athletic direc-
tor of Columbia college. The tryouts
for the American team were held in
New York city in May.
Assuming that the figures have
been correctly transmitted, Miss
Godbold's performance in Paris was
extraordinary. Twenty meters, 22
centimetcrs, is &C feet, three inches
plus. Miss Godbold's own record US
ing one arm, was 35 feet, II inches.
Even if the figures were jumbled in
transmission it seems clear that Miss
Godbold established new world rec
ord.
Miss Godbold is a sister to Miss
Sarah Godbold, physical director OF
Chicora college, who also is trainer
for the women students at the Uni
versity of South Carolina. She ex-
poets to return from Paris immedi-
ately and will take up her duties at
Columbia college with the opening OF
the session in September. She has
shown remarkable aptitude for the
profession in her work at Winthrop,
in which her principal instructors
have been Mrs. Beth M. Weatherbee
Mrs. Joe Rodney, Jr., and Mrs. Ruth
T. Bartlett.