GIRLS AS ATHLETES
USE OF BAD LANGUAGE
A COMPLAINT IN" ENGLAND
LONDON, Jan. 6
The habit of hockey girls using a bad expletive when they meet with nasty knocks is thi' subject oi an ofiiciaJ pro test by the. All England Women's Hockey Association. The association instances the case of ii leading Englishwoman forward who was completely knocked off her game by the language of an opposing halfback.
The association's .magazine explains that it is feared in some quarters that. hockey will lower the girls' tone and make them rough. Therefore, the practice of swearing must be discouraged. Captains of hockey teams have been requested not to allow smoking in clubhouses.
"It is too silly for words,'' says Mrs Charters, the Irish international hockey player, when referring to the allegations. "Players may ejaculate 'Bother !' or 'Dash !' but never turn round and curse an opponent. For really bad language, go to the women tennis players.
"The language women use makes the. umpire blush, especially if he is a man. 1 have threatened to send off women if they repeat offensive epithets," gays Mr Savage, ex-president of the North Irish Hockey Union,
"They think." lie went on, "that emancipation permits them to use strong language because it is mannish, and it has a natural sequence in girls rushing off the field at half-time and full-time to indulge in cigarettes."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 20 January 1926, Page 6
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