The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-08
SPORTS END
FLIRTING
ON SUNDAY
Argentine Men Show New In
tercst in Out Door
Exercises
NO v ACAN Mt LOTS
British Immigrants Gave
Initial Impulse ia, Athletic
Pursuits
NO v AGA Mt LOTS

Buenos Aires. Aug. S.-"Beauty
parading" and idle street flirta-
tons, heritage of the Spanish col
0nial days, are becoming extinct
pastimes in Argentina. The devo-
ton given by Argentine youth to
outdoor sports in the last decade,
first by the young men and now in
growing measure by the young
women, is held accountable for the
change.
twenty-five years ago, the young
men of Buenos Aires, stiffly attir-
ed in black, with high poke col
lars and French patent leather
shoes, devoted their holiday ana
Sunday afternoons to strolling
along the avenues or lettering on
street corners with all eye out,
mainly, for pretty girls. The
girls. dccked out with the knowl-
edge that they were to be admired,
devoted the same afternoons to
l"coche" riding, forming beauty
parade" as the vehicles drew them
along the avenues past the groups
or Young men with whom they
might exchange smiles and flirta-
ucus glarces. This was about all
the outdoor exercise Argentine
young folk took in those days, say
the older generation.
Today in Buenos Aires there is
hardly a vacant lot on Saturday,
Sunday or holiday afternoon that
Is not the scene OF football game.
Tennis matches are in progress on
hundreds of courts, golf balls soar
over the fairways of eight different
courses, swift racing SOULS cleave
the waters Of the River Lujan, pro.
PEELED on sunburned arms, on run
ming tracks young men in spiked
shoes seek to make records in the
hundred meter dash. the hurdles
and like events, swimming, basket
ball and boxing have numerous de-
voices, while young men OF wealth
indulge in polo and crack yacht
races on the River Plate. The for
nal Sunday afternoon black of a
generation ago has been succeed
cd by light tweeds, homespuns,
flannels and sport clothes. The
young men have less time to flirt.
While the young women have
not entirely abandoned the old
Spanish custom of "beauty parad
ing" for semblance of it can still
be seen along the Gale Florida ut
the noon hour on week days. thew.
too, as If discouraged by the dearth
| OF admirers on holidays, ha-c tsc,--
On to outdoor sports in increasing
numbers. Infected first by golf,
tennis and swimming, they have
begun to indulge in track meets,
stimulated doubtless by the ex-
ample Of their American. British
and French sisters in the Northern
Hemisphere. Several of these
"torncos atlcticos femeninos" have
resulted in the formation of two
feminine athletic clubs and now It
is proposed to found the Argentine
Feminine Athletic Federation.
The British immigrants are
credited with giving the initial
impulse to athletic pursuits in Ar
gentina by introducing their out
door games and pastimes, together
with "Sabado Ingles," as the Sat
urday halfholiday is called. Fav-
Orcd by temperate climate, it has
gathered such momentum within
the past few years that many OBJ
servers think Argentina will soon
take it's place among the Outdoor
nations" like the United States and
Great Britain.
Encouragement of outdoor sports
is one OF the special policies OF
President Alvear. who shows his
interest by kicking off at a big
football game and attending many
sport events, while he sets an eN-
ample himself as devoted golfer.