WOMEN UMPIRES
MUST LEARN TO SHOUT As soon as women can shout loudly enough to be understood over an area the size of a city block they will take their turn with men in the umpire’s high chair at tournaments sponsored by the United States Lawn Tennis Association and its member organisations, states a New York writer. Meanwhile women officials are restricted to judging shots in or out of bounds an in this they have outshone some linemen. “Their eyesight is good, their judgment is keen and they are conscientious,” said the chairman of the Umpires’ Association at the current men’s national indoor championships at the Seventh Regiment Armory. The Umpires’ Association, an affiliate of the United States Lawn Tennis Association, comprises some 800 officials throughout the country.
“The only thing that is keeping the women from umpiring,” said Mr Dwight, “is that they cannot make themselves heard in the armory here or out-of-doors at Forest Hills. There are about 50 registered women officials in the country and 40 of them are located in the metropolitan area.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20104, 10 May 1935, Page 12
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