Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, Thursday 16 September 1920, page 3
SOCCER CODE. The appeal lodged by West Wallsend against the decision in their game against Cessnock in the Gardiner Cup, played at Weston, was dismissed by the protests and disputes committee, who met in Sydney. It was thie cause of considerable discussion, and was decided on the casting vote of the chairman. South Coast, Maitland, Sydney and Newcastle were all represented, as well as ex-officio members of the New South Wales Association.
Mercury (Hobart), Friday 17 September 1920, page 10
Toowoomba Chronicle, Friday 17 September 1920, page 4
Capricornian, Saturday 18 September 1920, page 53
SOCCER FOOTBALL.
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Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate, Saturday 18 September 1920, page 7
WOMEN BULL-FIGHTERS.
MURDEROUS MEXICANS.
One of the results of the eight years of revolution in Mexico has been the emancipation ot women along certain unusual lines. Thousands of women are serving as armed, fighting soldiers in both the Federal and rebel armies. At least one woman, Margarita Nen, has maintained herself as the head of a considerable force of revolutionists in southern Mexico since 1911. In some of the states of Mexico women vote on all matters except the election of the President, and their being denied the vote on this office is not so much of a loss to them, inasmuch as the man with the most soldiers always became President, irrespective of the vote cast.
But the most remarkable invasion of the fields of man by woman in Mexico is her entry into the bullring. Bull-fighting flourishes in every city and town of the republic except the city of Mexico. Approximately 200 women are engaged in bullfighting, either as toreres, the actual slayers of the wild bulls ; picadores, the mounted attendants in tbe ring, or in some other position in the cuadrilla of the bull-fighter. These women have become as expert as any of the men who risk their lives in this sport, and they win tbe applause of the hundreds of thousands who attend the bull-fights every Sunday and every feast day, while their earnings range from £60 to £400 or £600 every time they enter the sanded ring. Bulls for fighting are different from ordinary bulls. They come from special bloods imported from Andalusia, and from the time they leave the ranch they are kept in the dark, blindfolded in dark crates like piano boxes, where they cannot turn around or lie down, until they are rushed out into the sunlight in the ring filled with thousands of people. Their naturally bad tempers are made much worse, and a hungry lion could not be any more terrible than one of these half-crazy, altogether angry, hungary bulls.
Daily Telegraph, Friday 24 September 1920, page 3
WOMEN AND SPORT.
(By J.G.)
Madame Sarah Grand, always an ardent feminist — though never of that aggressive type— discussed her sex and its problems from varying standpoints. One of those touched on athleticism. "A tendency to be deplored," said this novelist of a past generation, "Is the excessive devotion of girls of the middle and upper classes to sport, and especially athletics. There are certain sports and pastimes which are eminently sultable for women and girls. Among them I may mention swimming, dancing, riding, and tennis (if played in moderation), and the first two named are, of course, splendid by reason of the fact that they develop the body symmetrically. But cricket, baseball, lacrosse, football (and she might have added hockey), some forms of gymnastics, I am convinced, are bad for girls. By means of unsuitable sports we are developing a race of muscular women who are not the complement (as they should be) of men. but their physical competitors and rivals. Women were never meant to be Sandows. Men may like 'good sports' (using the words in their literal meaning) as play-matcs, but they do not very frequently marry them. The athletic girl is not in Madame Grand's opinion the highest type of womanhood, either physically or mentally. Fresh air, exercise, a reasonable indulgence in suitable sports and pastimes will produce the future mothers the nations of the earth so much need after the drain of war; but we cannot build up a nation by methods designed to eliminate the characteristics of sex development, mentally and spiritually. Diana, the goddess of sport, has never been depictcd with 'knotted' muscles and the thews of a prize-fighter. The Greek games were calculated to develop grace and symmetry rather than more muscle." So much for the physical attributes of the girl of to-day. The author of the Heavenly Twins (among the most discussed books of its decade) has something also to say on the moral side of the question. While allowing that women have won their freedom by their self-sacrifice and patriotism during the war, she differentiates emphatically between freedom and license; but suggests that many of her sex do not recognise this difforence, or if they do, they ignore it. Mme. Grand, however, declares her belief that this is but a passing phase— that things will presently settle down, because "women love stability."
Not that close to 100YAT but entirely relevant
Daily News (Perth), Saturday 6 March 1920, page 7
SHOULD WOMEN PLAY FOOTBALL ?
(By F. A. M. Webster, Author of 'Success in Athletics,' etc)
That women can play football there is no doubt, for some of the munitioin girls one used to watch in war-time displayed skill, endurance, and judgment worthy of a professional. But whether football, as a game, is good for girls is quite another matter. In favor of the sport one may say that the violent exercise expands the lungs, oxygenates the blood, and stimulates the heart, in consequence of which the figure is developed and the complexion improved. On the other hand, football, no matter how fairly played, is a rough-and-tumble game. It would, I think, have a coarsening and distinctly bad effect upon the female mind, likely to cause a girl to lose much of her feminine charm.
Apart from psychological considerations, there is the question of personal, bodily contact which enters so largely into football. This creates a big risk of permanent injury and personal disfigurement, -which no sensible woman would be willing to face. In such sports as tennis and golf a girl can stop playing as soon as she is tired, but with football it is different. The honor of the team is involved, and no matter how fatigued a girl may feel, she must battle on to the bitter end rather than let down her fellow-players. This is where the greatest danger of all is to be anticipated.
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Strain, up to a point, is good in that it develops muscle. But the over strain to which the weaker members of a team are almost bound to submit themselves in a protracted struggle is bad, and leads to a breakdown sooner or later. Possibly only a temporary disability, it is true, but it is more likely that a permanent injury to the heart will result. Another side of the question is the effect of participation upon personal appearance. In the first place, the constant running, kicking, twisting, and turning are likely to seriously impair the symmetry of the lower limbs and to thicken the ankles to an unpleasing degree. The strain of constant effort causes the neck to swell1 and become flabby after the game is given up. I have noticed that in their strenuous efforts to get the ball or shoot a goal, women almost invariably twist their faces into, the most terrifying masks. It is admitted that such contortions are but momentary, but if repeated often enough, they are bound to leave their mark in the shape of unsightly lines and wrinkles. Taking all points into consideration, I do not think that there can be any doubt that football is not a game for women to play. The strain imposed upon the heart and limbs, the risk of permanent injury and personal disfigurement, and the coarsening effect up on the mind are all too great to be entertained.
Healthy individual sports, such as tennis, swimming, and running, into which bodily contact does not enter, are undoubtedly beneficial, but I am sure that women will do well to let such rough-ahd tumble games as football severely alone.
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