Evening star., 1936-10-10
By Vesfa CunminsS.
VANGUARD of fleet-footed young

aNGOAftD VI 1lSCt-1OOeCd yOoAAS
women who will doubtless in
" wade arenas of American sport
in increasing numbers as new
era Of international competition in
women's athletics dawns, the all-Eng-
lish field hockey team. acknowledged
10 be the finest women hockey players
In the world, are meeting the Washing
ton field hockey team at 3 o'clock
this afternoon at the National Cathe-
dral School hockey field.
The game is an event preliminary to
the third triennial conference of the
international Federation OF Women 5
Hockey Associations, which will meet
from October 20 to November / in
Philadelphia, bringing women hockey
players from South Africa, Denmark.
Australia, Ireland, Wales and Scotland.
Every possible accent Of the English
tongue is being heard on American
hockey fields these days, as expert
women players wax their hockey sticks
for games scheduled from coast to
coast, the final contest to take place
On November 10 in California. Den
mark, so far, Is the only non-English
peaking country in the conference.
In light of the growing interest in
competitive sports for women, spurred
by their dramatic successes at the
Olympic games this Summer, the
match today Is attracting the atten-
ton Of both men and women in the
amateur sport world. Although no
Women's hockey teams competed for
world supremacy at the 1896 Olympic
Rames, 1t is thought that this ancient
vport-a game that has been played for
more than $500 years and Is the ma
tional game Of India-will be repre-
sented by the feminine sex at the 1910
event.
The English girls may surely win
today, according to Hazel Sayre, cap
tain Of the District team, but the
washington outfit is displaying prid.
and excitement about defending its
goal against the champion Cardinal
eleven. The honor of defeating crack
English women's hockey team still re-
mains open to ladies all over the globe
according to Miss Sayre. 1t has never
been done.
In some instances friendships made
at the two previous conferences Of the
association, and when the English fielc
hockey team invaded America in 1928
are being renewed. Members of the
team from England are house guests
Of hockey enthusiasts and girls schools
- xya~ nolf
delphia. and were received by Lad!
Lindsay at the British Embassy yes
terday. They were guests Of Noun
Vernon Seminary for tea Thursday
and will lunch with the Washington
Field Hockey Association at suburban
Inn tomorrow. Today, after the game
the ladies will talk it over at tea serve
Ut the National Cathedral School. TIL
National Capital is particularly priv
legged in being scheduled to entertai
oil Of the foreign hockey players whe
they come down from Philadelphi
Wednesday, October 20, to be escorte
on tour Of the city by the local asso
citation. It is thought that sewers
embassies and legations will receiv
them at this time.
THIS is the first year that the in
= ternational conference Of wome
hockey players has met In Americi
although English teams have CON,
peted here several times before. Mem
bers of both the English and Amer
lean teams are composed primarily {
coaches and physical training direc
tors at girls schools and colleges, 9
well as superior athletes among re
cent graduates and Undergraduate
according to Miss Jean A. Pearson
treasurer Of the District Hockey Asse
ciation and physical education diret
tor ut Mount Vernon Seminary. Otht
af5acsrs Of the washington orsanizl