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Show FRENCH GIRLS TAKE TO SPORTS EAGERLY M PARIS, Doc. 17 Five thousand women wo-men of Franco, between tho ages of 15 and 30. are taking part In athletics, In which men havo figured mainly In lj the paat. Ono hundred yarda In 11 4-6 seconds, 1.000 meters in 3 m. 17 4-fi gj s stand as a Joint British and Fronch fi-mlnlne record. MIhb Llnng of Eng land, and Mademoiselle Bleard of I-Vanco. covering the reHpectlve die- V tancos In such time as would make J many masculine athlete s envious. In 1909, th "Forward" feminine section of tho French Sporting feder- ation was founded. Sixty two mem- I bera formed the original club, went i over the 110 motors (10) hurdles In v fU 17 1-5 seconds. Just two and one-fifth fl seconds slower than tho world's record rec-ord held by Earl Thompson of Dart mouth. |