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Show GIRLS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BOX Los Angeloa, Dec. 27 Boxing among the girls of the Los Angeles .high school was put under a ban to-daj to-daj but two devotees of the art, Miss Lauretta Davlln and Miss Fern Powell declared, despite the edict, that Ihoy were still infatuated with the sport, Dr Everett C Beach, physiclal director di-rector of tho city high schools, said It was not the aim of the instructors to turn out a generation of feminine fighters and there was no desiic to develop an unnaturally combative disposition" dis-position" which would Intorfero with tho natural laws of tho home." "Suppose a pretty girl s nose was broken while boxing," said Dr. Beach. "It probablv would moan permanent disfigurement and might seriously injure in-jure her social prospects. |