Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03

Maude Parker, supervisor of girls
playground work in the District, &C.
companied him on tour Of the city
Fairgrounds. He was particularly IN
terested in the apparatus used, the
games played and In the fact that
most of our grounds are in charge OF
feminine directors. In Japan, Morita
said, practically all playground work
is carried on by men and boys. Girls
participate in various sports, he de-
clared, but almost entirely under the
direction of male instructors. The
visitor suggested that the day was
not so very far on. In all probability,
when woman directors would handie
girls activities just As they do in
America, It ia one of the things ia
pan Is working toward.
Basket ball, tennis, soccer, Volley
ball, swimming. base bali and track
and field events arc the chief sports
Of the Orient, he said. Foot ball, one
Of Americas most popular pastimes,
is not on the list.
Although the Fairgrounds closed Of
ficially on Thursday. the warm sun
shine had brought out many little folk
in search of sports. and games OF pas
ket ball and volley ball were IN
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GUS grounds.
Oficialiy, the local grounds will be
closed for two months, opening March
1 for tho Spring and Summer. The
first thing on the Spring program
will be the schlag ball series, which
will get under way April 1. Teams
will Be picked in every school and
practice begun in March in prepare.
ton for the opening OF the official
schedule.
This series, like the elementary
school basket ball series; WIN De
played off in divisions. Title winners
In each division will be declared at
the completion Of the round robin
schedules. The teams who won titles
last year and will defend their
laurels this Spring are Langdon Of
Bloomingdale division, Van Ness Of
Garfield, Curtis Hyde Of Georgetown.
Park View of Columbia Heights.
Gales Blake of New York avenue,
Blow OF Rosedale. Lenox OF Virginia
avenue, Carbery Of Plaza, Logan Of
Logan and Phillips Of Rose Park.
Washington Athletic Club sextets
plan two games this week. The
Women's Athletic Council team will
meet the Calvary Baptist Basketers
at 8 o'clock tomorrow night in the
latter's gymnasium, according to an
announcement made by Betty Kron-
man, reporter for the club.
Recreation League squad Of the w.
A. c. will play the Business High
night school tossers at $3.50 Wednes-
day evening in the Business High
gymnasium. Players are requested
by their managers to report promptly
for each of these contests.
The 1862 rules committee for the
United States Field Hockey Associa-
ton has responded in q measure to
pressure brought to bear from out
side sources and has modified the
time Of playing slightly. According
to the now ruling. the 36-minute
halves have bean reduced to 30 min
utes In tournaments where teams
play on successive days.
The concession Is 30 slight that it
IL scarcely noticeable at all, ~ the
in ordinary contests.
This matter OF 3B-minute halves In
field hockey has been q bone Of con-
tention among followers Of the game
and women's welfare organizations for
some time. Some declare that no
feminine athlete, young or old, should
dash up and down field for IS min
utcs at stretch without breathing
spell. Others contend that they have
done It TOR years, 1t would seem to
some. Of us observing from tho side
lines that the length OF periods should
b determined by the character and
training conditions Of the teams Oar.
ticipeting. No BLANKET rule nesd b
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