SPORT FOR GIRLS.

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17805, 2 September 1929, Page 6

SPORT FOR GIRLS.

HOCKEY TOO STRENUOUS ? AUCKLAND MISTRESS’ VIEW. HAMILTON MASTER CRITICISED. Opinions differ widely in Auckland as to the wisdom of the decision oi the Board of Governors of the Hamilton High School to exclude hockey as a game for the girls cf the school. Miss A. Twiname, secretary of the Auckland Ladies’ Hockey Association, said she considered the view of the headmaster of the Hamilton High School was ridiculous. She had never Heard of the English commission which decided against hockey as a game for girls. “ Hockey is played by the girls of the Training College and St. Cuthbert's College, and wo have never heard any complaints of girls being injured through playing the game,’ Miss Twiname said. “ Many of the doctors of Auckland had expressed approval of hockey, and one or two wen opposed to it. “ The. ordinary girl can overdo anything—hockey, tennis or basket-ball, but there is no more risk of Injury in hockey played in moderation, than cither of these other games,” Miss Twiname said. Considered Too Strenuous. The headmistress of the Epsom Girls’ Grammar School, Miss Morrison, said that hockey was not played by the girls of the school. The authorities had considered it too strenuous a game. It also tended to develop one side of the body to the detriment of the other. The school had found the shorter spells of the basketball game much more suitable. Miss F. Lee. president of the Auckland Basketball Association, said she considered hockey a much too strenuous game for girls. The body was stretched on one side, and physical injuries were much more common than with basketball, apart from such considerations, the spells in hockey were far too long, and the game seemed to be played in any sort of weather.