Copyright, 1917
by
American Sports Publishing Company
New York
Contents
| [Publishers’ Note] | 5 |
| [Acknowledgments] | 6 |
| [Girls and Athletics] | 7-10 |
| [Field Hockey] | 11-33 |
| The Game, 12; the team as a whole, 13; how to hold stick, 13; passing, 14; dribbling, 15; the bully, 16; shooting goals, 16; positions of team, 16-20. | |
| The Regulations—Field, 23; goals, 23; striking circle, 24; dress, 24; stick, time, score, officials, 25. | |
| Rules—I., governing bully, 26-27; II., for goal, 27; III., for sticks, 28; IV., for free hit, 28-29; for out of bounds, 29-30; VI., for undercutting, 31; VII., for offside, 31; VIII., running in on the left, 31; IX., turning on the ball, 31-32; X., handling, 32; XI., kicking, 32; XII., rough play, 32; XIII., time-out, 32-33; XIV., umpire, 33. | |
| [Basket Ball] | 34-39 |
| The game, 34-39; matches, 39. | |
| [Gymnastics] | 40-46 |
| Floor work, 41-42; apparatus work, 42-45; meet or exhibition, 45-46. | |
| [Track Athletics] | 47-63 |
| Requirements and Explanations—Track, 49; distances to be run, 49; distances and arrangement of hurdles, 50; list of junior and senior track events, 50-51; jumping pits, 51-52; circle for putting the shot, 52. | |
| Events—Sprinting, 53-54; the start, 54-55; hurdling, 55-56; running broad jump, 57; standing broad jump, 57-58; running hop, step and jump, 58; running high jump, 58-59; standing high jump, 59; pole vault, 59-60; shot put, 60; basket ball throw, 61; base ball throw, 61; hurl ball throw, 61; javelin throw, 61-62; discus throw, 62. | |
| [How to Conduct a Track Meet] | 64-67 |
| [Field Day] | 68-69 |
| [Walking] | 70-72 |
| Tramps or hikes, 71-72; competitive walking, 72. | |
| [Golf] | 73-78 |
| [Skating] | 79-81 |
| [Ice Hockey] | 82-84 |
| [Rowing] | 85-89 |
| The stroke, 85-86; racing, 86-88; paddling, 88-89. | |
| [Tennis] | 90-96 |
| 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.
American Sports Publishing Co.
Acknowledgments
The editor is very much indebted to the following persons for their kind interest and assistance: Miss Harriet Ballintine, Director of Physical Training at Vassar College; Mr. Philip Bishop, Instructor in Gymnastics at the Haverford School and Advisory Swimming Coach at Bryn Mawr College; Dr. Frances Boynton of the New Haven Normal School of Physical Training; Miss Elizabeth Burchenal, Executive Secretary of the Girls’ Branch of the Public Schools Athletic League, New York, and to the committee of the League: Dr. Florence Gilman of Smith College; Miss Josephine Katzenstein, a member of the Lansdowne Country Club and the All-Philadelphia Hockey teams; Miss Lorena L. Parrish, Physical Director of Howard Payne College; Miss Lillian Schoedler, Honorary President of the Intercollegiate Alumnæ Athletic League; Miss Dorothy Wooster of Smith College, and Mr. A. M. Gillam.
The editor also wishes to thank the schools, colleges and country clubs who so kindly replied to the questionaire sent out.