WOMEN AS ATHLETES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18707, 13 May 1924, Page 11

WOMEN AS ATHLETES.

;CHAMPIONSHIP PROPOSED. V § 4* >>. !•": '('crrf-'.. 3? ■' HUNDRED YARDS RACE. . y >--:;./ -:. ■ . /iyyyy. -.y :: SUGGESTION NOT FAVOURED j /: (BE TELEGRAPH.—PRESS aBSOCIATION. ] / WELLINGTON. Monday. ,i .. .Wh ether women ; should : be ; encouraged to compete in amateur athletics or not was ' discussed ,by the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association Council tonight, and the general consensus . of opinion; was against their participation in strenuous ; athletic exercises, ' , The matter ' was, brought up by a recommendation f from the . Dunedin conference : that "f;'a ' 100 yds. , ladies'' 5 championship event should /be put on at future championship meetings, and that this event should / count in • championship ■ points., - -,' v - - /■;//;'-.v-i-vy i Mr. Amos moved ; that the recommendation be not supported. - He - did not think that ladies' participation should be encouraged in such contests. Medical opinion was : strongly , against • it. , For himself he was sufficiently conservative to think that women could be better occupied in other ways than competing in athletic meetings., . . , f -Mr./Davies: Then there is the matter of girls travelling from one part of the country to another. It might not always be desirable. .-; It was decided that the council should not give its .support to the recommendation of; the conference. , t./