The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-31

It may not be easy
VS.; 80 to keep the young
lady Off. 1t so hap
pens that she is one
Wiiiiams of the best golf
Players in the country Two years
Tgo at what is technically known as
the tender age of sixteen she won
the Western championship. Last
year she became the State titlist.
Shot for shot Miss Page is said to
be as good as any mere male i'll
the university, and better than most
Of them. On form, and I mean
golf form, she belongs. Only pre-
cedent is against her. 1t has never
been done before.
The university officials are in
what is known as a quandary.
They don't know whether TO ac-
ccpt the young lady'5 application
CT reject it. Possibly they fear
that to encourage mixed cOmpc
tition may lead TO embarrassing
situations in the future.
NXTHAT if some Amazonian soph-
w omore with a flair for open
field running, or more likely, skirt
ing the ends, should step out next
fall and display unquestioned var
sity qualifications? What would have
TO be done about her?
1t would be interesting to see how
the old grads would react to such
dramatic phrases as "Giddy Gladys
the Galloping Ghost" Five yards
Hannah" and Bullet Bessie"
In don't suppose, however, that
any of the boys would hesitate I'M
duly to respect the ancient ritual of
carrying Gladys, Hannah or Bessie
off the field on their shoulders after
particularly spectacular exploit.
! A passionate love for the old Alma
Mater, or Alma Tomato, as Mr..
Tim Mara calls it, would probably
cause them to submerge any feel
ings of discrimination and do their
full duty by the heroine.
n r
More disturbing news of the
miIitancy of the female athlete
is at hand from Griswold, Iowa.
Listed in the box scores of the
high schOO lteam of that busting
metropolis is the name of Buck
man, r. F.. The full name is
Alice Buchanan, a 15-year- old bob
haired young lady who has fielded
and batted her way into regular
position.
TINE coach of that team is I'M
Il hampered by precedtn. Evil
Gently his main interest is in ability
and when Alice showed she could
20 and get that ball and slug that
onion he put her in the lineup. One
If these days, if you can believe
what you read, Alice plans to play
professionally.
I fail to see why she shouldn't.
The baseball men say there aren't
enough players to go around now,
There has been sharp let down
in the interest of the youth in the
Galne. A number of the colleges
have eliminated baseball from their
athletic schedule. Maybe the gals
will yet have to save Father Chad
wick's little plaything.
There was a time when the Sor-
critics of swat contributed literally
10 the uplift of baseball in America.
This was when little groups of Seri-
GUS thinkers banded together as
'Bloomer Girl teams and toured
The Yokel belt.
You don't hear much Of the
"BIoOmer Girl" teams anymore.
AS an institution. they began to
fade some years ago when touched
by the bIighting talons of scandal.
One of the most gorgeous of the
Boomers turned out to a vulgar
male. More than that he turned
out to be swell ball player.
T|RIS SPEAKER said that in
Il 1912 this reformed imposter
was the greatest pitcher he ever
saw. That YVES the year he pitched
the Red SoX into a championship
winning thirty-four games. Later
he became a hard hitting outfelder.
Now he is Yale coach. You may
remember him. His name is Joe
Wood
When the heinous deception of
Mr.. Wood was disclosed in all its
Sordid ugliness it dawned on the
rural public that a bloomer girl
could be bloomer girl and still
be something else.
1t is curious but true that nothing
can dampen the ardor of the male
customer, seeking athletic novelties.
SO much as to discover along about
the forth inning that the trim look
ing blonde covering third base car
rles plug cut tobacco and needs a
shave.