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Books—Art—Music | WORLD’S WOMAN HO < By Vesta Cummings. |t ANGUARD of fleet-footed young women who will doubtless in- | vade arenas of American sport | in increasing numbers as a new era of international competition in | women's athletics dawns, the all-Eng- lish field hockey team, acknowledged to 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 fleld. The game is an event preliminary to the third triennial conference of the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations, which will meet from October 20 to November 1 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 ion are Elizabeth Plimpton, presi- dent, of Alice Deal Junior High School? Miriam L. Spaulding, vice president, of Mount Vernon Seminary; and Mrs. E. P. James, secretary, of the Uni- versity of Maryland. field hockey team will be on the picked eleven to represent America during the tournament at Philadel- phia, although the team is made up of outstanding players in local matches. This afternoon’s line-up is as follows: Left wing, Betty Craig. student at American University; left inner, Ethel Shamberger, student at the University of Maryland; center for- ward, Luce Sanborne, teachers of English at Madeira School; right in- ner, Elizabeth Climpton, physical ed- | ucation teacher at Alice Deal Junior | High School; right wing, Mary | Spraule, physical director at Sidwell No members of the Washington | "FEATURES he WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, WITK SUNDAY MORNING EDITI Foening Siaf. OCTOBER 10, 1936. BRITISH TEAM MEETING WASHINGTON Contest at Cathedral School Is Preliminary to Third Triennial Conference of the Present International Federation to Be Held in Philadelphia—Additional Member : Clubs Are Expected From Foreign Nations. 2 Shamer, Sweet Briar alumna; center halfback, Jenny Turnbull of the George Washington University physi- cal education department; right half- back, Doris Hannon, student at Hood College; left fullback, Elizabeth Cooper, teacher at the Alice Deal Junior High School; captain, Hazel Sayre, physical education director at | Madeira School; and goal keeper Betty Sands, physical education in- | structor at Marjorie Webster School. | Among the reserves are Miriam L, | Spauling, Mount Vernon Semina! | Betty Gilbert, Mount Vernon alumni | Margaret Bennett of Marjorie Wel | ster School; and Cora May Tarbette. | Jenny Turnbull was a member ol‘ the all-American touring team rep- | resenting America on lacrosse last | grelimiuan/ to the eginning October 20. to strike the ball. (4) Reach hands on their sticks. umpiring for the Capital hockey play- ers today. OCKEY playing enthusiasts among women, with local teams formed hockey flelds these days, as expert | Friends' School; left halfback, Ethel | Summer in Berlin. Jean Pearson is |all over the globe, first met interna- women players wax their hockey sticks | for games scheduled from coast to| poast, the final contest to take place on November 19 in California. Den- | mark, so far, is the only non-English | ypeaking country in the conference. In light of the growing interest in sompetitive sports for women, spurred by their dramatic successes at the Olympic games this Summer, the match today is attracting the atten- tion of both men and women in the amateur sport world. Although no women's hockey teams competed for world supremacy at the 1936 Olympic games, it is thought that this ancient | sport—a game that has been played for more than 2,500 years and is the na- tional game of India—will be repre- sented by the feminine sex at the 1940 | svent. The English girls may surely win today, according to Hazel Sayre, cap- bain of the District team, but tl Washington outfit is displaying prid: and excitement about defending its goal against the champion Cardinal eleven. The honor of defeating a crack English women's hockey team still re- | mains open to ladies all over the globe, according to Miss Sayre. It has never been done. In some instances friendships made 8t the two previous conferences of the association, and when the English fleld hockey team invaded America in 1928, are being renewed. Members of the team from England are house guests of hockey enthusiasts and girls’ schools n Washington, Baltimore, and Phila- delphia, and were received by Lady Lindsay at the British Embassy yes- terday. They were guests of Mount Vernon Seminary for tea Thursday, and will lunch with the Washington Pield Hockey Association at a suburban Inn tomorrow. Today, after the game, the ladies will talk it over at tea served at the National Cathedral School. The National Capital is particularly privi- leged in being scheduled to entertain all of the foreign hockey players when they come down from Philadelphia ‘Wednesday, October 28, to be escorted on s tour of the city by the local asso- ciation. It is thought that several embassies and legations will receive them at this time. is the first year that the in- ternational conference of women hockey players has met in America, although English teams have com- peted here several times before. Mem- bers ot both the English and Amer- fcan teams are composed primarily of coaches and physical training direc- tors at girls’ schools and colleges, as well as superior athletes among re- cent graduates and undergraduates, according to Miss Jean A. Pearson, treasurer of the District Hockey Asso- ciation and physica) education direc- tor at Mount Vernon Seminary. Other afficers of the Washington organiza. (1) Into the clear and executing a push shot toward goal. (2) The Washington Field hockey team which will meet the all-English field hockey team here this afternoon in a game international matches in Philadelphia, They are—left Spaulding, athletic director, Mount Vernon Seminary. May Tarbette, Ethel Shammer, Luce Sanborne, Elizabeth Cooper, Hazel Sayre, team captain and physzcal educatx_on direc- tor, Madeira School; Betty Craig of American University, Mary Spraule, director of athletics, Sidwell-Friends’ School; Elizabeth Plimpton of Alice Deal Junior High School, Betty Gilbert and Jenny Turbull of George Washington University. On account of the great distances between interested countries—Scot- | land and Australia for an example— | it was three years before the actual | meeting took place, in January, 1927, when & constitution was accepted and the federation became a fact, dedi- cated “to further the best interests | of the game among women of all na- | tions, to promote friendly intercourse | among players. to work for uniformity of rules, and to promote international to right: Norum ry,; Clara (3) About U ch Il have tw of players who still have two istehes Star Staff Photos. | | The first conference was held in | Geneva in 1930, and though no tour- nament took place at this time, sev- | eral exhibition games were played. In 1933 the conference was held in | Denmark, with all of the present mem- | bership teams competing except South Africa and Australia, as well as visit- | tionally in London in 1924, with Amer- ica represented, to discuss interna- tional competition. Attendance was excellent at this meeting of many na- tions, and it was unanimously voted to form an association. L J Schools to Adopt Slogan, “A Team for Every Boy or Girl, and Every Boy or Gitl on aTeam,” in City Athletic Program. By John Jay Daly. [13 TEAM for every boy and girl, and every boy and girl on a team.” That is the goal of Birch E. Bayh, who recently came here from Terre Haute, Ind., to supervise a new system of health and physical education in the ‘Washington schools, and who has in- teresting plans for a citywide athletic program. He has definite ideas about adolescent girls and boys and what they need in the way of school sport and ath- tics. “It is a large order,” says Mr. Bayh (who incidentally pronounces his name as though it were spelled “by,” and who comes by his love for athletics naturally—through a long line of gymnasts) “It may take several years to complete; but—it can be done with the co-operation of all con- cerned.” All concerned in this work ‘make up a big army—the boys and girls themselves, their parents or guardians, the alumni and alumnae of the high schools, and old Johnnie Q. Public. While the public has a lot to do with any program in the public schools, since the public pays the taxes—and pays, and pays and pays— the first persons to please in Mr. Bayh's estimate are the boys and girls involved. ¢ After all, they are the primary cause for striving after an effect. If what follows does not quite satisfy them, and if they do not enter into it with their whole hearts and souls, the plan will fail. To get an idea of what Mr. Bayh is driving at, you'll have to discount a lot of old, outworn theories as they pertain to school athletics, hereafter to be known as physical education. In the old days, as almost every- ly knows, only the high schools and colleges really figured in ath- letics—sand, then, only a few high school boys played on the so-called varsity teams. Nor were they always boys. ..Some- times the athletes were old enough to have graduated from college or unie versity. UNDER the new system — when working well—all that will be changed. age limits for the varsity players—on senior or high school teams. This will | be brought about gradually. Up to| the present time a boy might play on ! a team until he is ready to step into man’s estate—at 21 years of age. In| | a couple of years that age limit will To begin with, there will be new‘ lfiufib‘lfi! ’fl” - panr ing teams from Germany and Hol- land, and an “overseas, etc.” team made up of visiting players not con- nected with any national team. South Africa has become a mem- ber since the last conference, and is therefore displaying its tournament’ skill for the first time in an alierr land, while, although Australian wom- en hockey players have been members since the federation was born, they have never before attended an inter- national conference. Heading the English field hockey team on its first visit here in eight years is Miss Mildred K. Knott, right fullback, who played not only against the touring Americans in 1933, but egainst some of their predecessors on American flelds. Miss Audrey F. Cat- tell is another member of the Cardinal Red eleven to return, after having played here in 1928. TWO of the English players, Miss; Jane Dickinson, vice captain andy ALL WASHINGTON STUDENTS TO BE MADE SPORT CONSCIOUS, < | be knocked down to 19. If there are any huskies who fail to graduate and thus remain in high school indefinite- 1y they will not be permitted to pit their weight, strength and experience | against adolescent boys. | on the basis of & sound mind in a These boys of Alabama and Geor{:uv{‘z:hg:gotg: %z:mst;: their training in_high school ai "'.:1: tean';:"—the gnut important training of all. Birch E. Bayh, 2 1 T gram o) P'gapttal. shown above, new ;:Zervuor of health and lm for Washington schools, has planned an athletic importance to schoolboys and girls in the Nation's [ Great Requisites Are Upheld by Supervisor| Bayh, in Charge of New System of Health , and Physical Education for the District. P sound body, health and physical edu- PAGE B—1 CKEY STARS PERFORM HERE TODAY % !nght inner, and Miss Isobel Denton, halfback, have been at the hockey | camp at Mount Pocono, Pa., since the end of August. They are in the line- up for today's game in Washington. Miss Dickinson is one of five members {of the 1936 all-England first eleven. 1 Miss Knott, Marjorie E. Collins, left | fullback; Kathleen Harrison, goal | keeper, and Edith M. Higgins, right | wing, are the others. The remaining :members of the squad, all high-rank- {ing players, but not national eleven | choices of this year, are Phyllis Carle- | bach, right half; Christian Goodman, | center forward: Joan Law., wing: | Margaret J. Lodge. left or center half: Margaret Mackintosh, left inn and Rosemary Marriott. Phyllis Bryant, | a noted umpire, is here as manager. With the team, and even better known in America than many of its members, are England's six delegates | to the conference, Miss H. H. Light, president of the All-England Women's Hockey Association; Miss W. A. Bau- mann, secretary, and Miss H Bothamley, treasurer. Field hockey is unique, its devotees say, in that it is a game played not only in nearly every country of the world, but by both men and women. Unofficial international matches have been arranged between neighboring countries for years. As far as the United States is concerned, the first official games took place in 1921, when a team from England came over and gave a skillful demonstration of indi- ’\'iduul technique and co-ordinated team play. At that time the visitors cation in the Washington schools will | not only exhibited, but coached, and hereafter be a sort of prescribed| were largely responsible for giving course advocated for all youngsters with good, stout hearts and sound lungs. So that the few at the top, or the peak of physical perfection, will not get all the benefits as well as the glory of competitive games, all boys and girls able to run or walk may take an active part in the new ath- letics. This is going to fake time, for there is more to this plan than meets the eye. It involves a lot of thought and deliberation, study and planning. Three great requisites are named by Mr. Bayh: First, facilities—such as base ball and foot ball fields, tennis courts, cinder tracks, hand ball alleys and all that sort of thing. Second, supplies and equipment— | such as balls, nets, tennis rackets, bats and other paraphernalia. Third, leadership—both adult and pupil. IT MIGHT seem a strange situ- ation, but Washington at the mo= ment—even if it is the Nation's Capi- tal—has not the proper facilities for a comprehensive health and physical education system in the public schools; nor in the private schols, except in rare instances. Take the high schools, one by one: Eastern High is the outstanding school in the city, judged by athletic facilities. There are some 3,000 pupils over there, but there are also several | acres of good playing fleld—for foot ball, base ball, track and other sports. Central High, with approximately 2,800 pupils, is crowded for athletic space. ‘Western High is in fairly good shape with 1,500 puplls and a good-sized stadium several blocks from the main plant. McKinley, with 2,400 pupils, has a good /fleld—but the school could do with more space—and the Roosevelt High School—with 2,000 boys and girls—is not so cramped for playing quarters, while Woodrow Wilson High, with only a thousand pupils, has yet to test its facilities. The field is under- | American hockey new impetus. | In 1924 the first American team went overseas and played a series of | matches in the British Isles. Against | the best English hockey the American players of that time were helpless, but they gained experience. Between 1924 and 1933 touring teams from England, | Ireland and Scotland came to the United States to play against local | associations. In the meantime the international federation had been formed, and in 1933 held its first tournament in conjunction with its triennial conference in Copenhagen, where it was voted to meet this yea in America, o IN THE meantime interest in inter- sectional competition has been spreading rapidly in the United States, according to Miss Pearson. Having originated first along the At- lantic Seaboard local organizations are now moving South, Virginia hav- ing joined the Southeast section of the organization this year. Spectators at the National Cathdral School hockey fleld this afternoon, and those at the matches to be held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, Chestnut Hills, Philadelphia, later in the month, will be watching the most educated hockey sticks in women's hands today. Twenty-four interna- tional matches will be played in 12 days. The visitors will compete all the way from Los Angeles to Boston in both pre-conference and post-confer- ence games before returning home, the game today being one of the earliest on the schedule. Twenty-six members of the English and Welsh women's field hockey teams arrived in New York last Monday on the Queen Mary, the English girls leaving at once for Baltimore, where they played Wednesday. From Wash- ington they will go to Richmond and Sweet Briar College in Virginia, to play Wednesday and Priday of next week. On October 19 they will meet the United Statés touring team in Morristown, N. J. going certain revisions, due to some (Continued on Page B-3.) 4 (Continued on s

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