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Show Miss Sears Is World's Greatest Woman Athlete of Boston BOSTON, April 21. The world's greatest all-round athletic woman undoubtedly un-doubtedly is Miss Eleonora Sears, of this city. There have been woman stars who rose to the top of one, or perhaps two, branches of outdoor sport, but no one can boast of unusual unusu-al skill in more than a half-dozen lines as can the well known Boston sportswoman. sports-woman. Riding to hounds, Miss Sears has no equal, while swimming and diving sho should hold her own in an all-around all-around swimming meeL With the tennis racket Miss Sears has won many honors and Is at present the joint holder with Miss Bjurstadt of the national doubles title. Miss Sears is an accomplished dancer, dan-cer, and Is a graceful and experienced skater, either on ice or rollers. She can sail or row almost, if not quite, as well as a man, and at the wheel of her 120 horsepower racing car she is capable of giving the motor officers offi-cers a merry race. Ninety miles an hour is no unusual speed for her. Not content with brilliant achievements achieve-ments on land and on and in the water, wa-ter, Miss Sears has more than once ventured in the realms of the air and is an accomplished avlatrix. Miss Sears can play golf, but prefers pre-fers the more strenuous sports. Equestrian Eques-trian polo is "her favorite pastime, and at Hurlingham, Newport and Meadow-Brook Meadow-Brook she often fills In during practice prac-tice matches, besides taking part in tho special play for 'women. Miss Sears was at Coronado, Cal., during the polo season just closed and Is now at San Mateo, where a season of two weeks' play has just opened. Sho oxpects to play regularly there until her return to the east about May 1. oo |