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Girls and Athletics: Giving a brief summary of the activity, rules and method of administration of the following games in girls' schools and colleges, women's clubs, etc.: archery, basket ball, cricket, fencing, field day, field hockey, gymnastics, golf, hand ball, ice hockey, indoor base ball, rowing, soccer, skating, swimming, tennis, track athletics, volley ball, walking, water polo, water basket ball.

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Girls and Athletics: Giving a brief summary of the activity, rules and method of administration of the following games in girls' schools and colleges, women's clubs, etc.: archery, basket ball, cricket, fencing, field day, field hockey, gymnastics, golf, hand ball, ice hockey, indoor base ball, rowing, soccer, skating, swimming, tennis, track athletics, volley ball, walking, water polo, water basket ball.

Athletics; Physical education for women

The court, 90; the game, 90-95; matches or tournaments,
      95-96.

  CRICKET                                                         97-100

      The game, 97-99; as played at Smith College, 100.

  SOCCER                                                         101-107

      The game, 101-105; rules, 105-107.

  ARCHERY                                                        108-112

      The bow and arrow, 108-109; the aim and draw, 109-110;
      games, 110-111; tournament, 111; score, 111-112; clubs,
      112.

  INDOOR BASE BALL                                               113-117

      The game, 113-114; rules, 114-117.

  AMERICAN HAND BALL                                             118-120

      The game, 118-119; rules, 119-120.

  IRISH HAND BALL RULES                                          121-122

  FENCING                                                        123-128

      How to hold the foil, 124; on guard, 125; parries,
      126-127; attack, 127-128.

  SWIMMING                                                       129-139

      Breast stroke, 130-131; side stroke, 131-132; trudgeon,
      132-133; crawl, 133; plain back stroke, 133-134;
      floating, 134; plunge for distance, 134-135; diving,
      135-136; the racing turn, 136; treading water, 137;
      swimming meets, 137-138; all-around swimming test, 139.

  WATER BASKET BALL AND WATER POLO                               140-148

      WATER BASKET BALL--The game and rules, 141-143.
      WATER POLO--The game, 143-144; rules, 144-148.

  VOLLEY BALL                                                        149

  PHILADELPHIA HOCKEY LEAGUE                                     150-151

  ACTIVITY OF MISSOURI COLLEGES                                  152-153

  GIRLS’ BRANCH OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ATHLETIC LEAGUE            154-155

  INTERCOLLEGIATE ALUMNAE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION                   156-157




Publishers’ Note


Miss Mary C. Morgan, who has been chosen to edit the volume, “_Girls
and Athletics_” is an all-around athlete of remarkable ability. As
a student at Friends Central School, Philadelphia, and at Bryn Mawr
College Miss Morgan played on basket ball, track, water polo, and field
hockey teams and participated in the gymnastic events. At Bryn Mawr
she held the individual cup in 1913 and 1914 for the highest number of
points in the Interclass Track and Field meet. On the track she shares
the world’s record for women of 12 seconds in the 100-yard dash and
she holds the world’s record of 15-2/5 seconds in the 100-yard hurdle
race of eight hurdles each 2 feet 6 inches high. Both of these records
were made on cinder track with rubber-soled shoes in the cumbersome
bloomer and jumper costume (cumbersome as compared to the scanty attire
of male track and field athletes). Miss Morgan also shares the Bryn
Mawr College record of 6-1/5 seconds for the 50-yard dash and holds the
college record for the standing broad jump--7 feet 9 inches.

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