El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30

soda. WrestIers have come and gone.
Disguised with prospects Matches
have been staged TO no avail.
Lack Of organization is the principal
reason Other cities have athletic clubs
Ell Paso has none practically nothing
Only baseball lives. and that not prop
erIy supported. Golf at the Country
club for the few ends the matter Why
is it?
Dispatches tell of the organization "a
Omaha of an athletic club. They are
going to build clubhouse. best OF
Omaha's business men behind the pro-
jet Nearly every city of $4,000 in
the north and east has some such Or
ganization. True. in many cases boxing
forms the principal drawing card, but
that does not fnjure anybody. Proper
management makes boxing and wrest-
ling as harmless as baseball.
Where is FL Pasos sporting blood
Oh. where?
Nation through lawn tennis players
are making trim for what promises TO
be the most successful season Of the
lively sport As a starter those wonder
full Californians. Maurice F. McLOugh
lin and Melville H Long, are going
east this season 20 play through all of
the important tournaments right up
to the national championship at New
port They learned the ways of me
eastern stars last year, and believe they
can take the honors back to the Pacific
coast.
The Californians undoubtedly have
hard work before them Anthony F.
Wilding. the great Australian. is TO
play in this country. Possibly The Eng
Iish cup team of chalengers may be
at Newport, for ii is pretty certain
at present that the team named by
England viii cross the Atlantic again
to try for the blue ribbon of he courts.
William 4. Larned. the national
champion in singles, and Frederick 3.
Alexander and Harold II. Hackett, the
doubles holders. seem to be in for the
trial OF their lives.
The figure westerners are ID cut N
national lawn tennis promises to set
new standard for the game. Since their
achievement in arranging the Clay court
championship of the United States, after
the hottest controversy ever known IN
the sport. they declare the tournament
will surpass that at Newport in every
respect. The tournament will be held
on the courts of the Kansas City club.
Probably a match will be arranged with
the national winner at Newport TO
demonstrate the merits of the Clay
court and turf games
Shotputter and broad jumper Clarence
c. Little. captain of the 1910 track
team OF Harvard, is causing much joy
over his recent record Little is for
mer intercollegiate champion, and now
ne has started something in the broad
jump line.
Little did some broad jumping last
year. and while not in the class with
many college broad jumpers, he made a
good showing during the spring. He
began to practice in the jumping pits as
soon as the weather allowed this
spring. and has been at it every day
since. At first his efforts were not no.
ticeable, but gradually he was able to
so farther and farther, until last week
hewent nearly % feet
The great surprise came recently
when Little was practicing on Soldiers
field in the jumping pits with Gregory
and several others. In one of his tries
he cleared p feet 8 inches, and passed
tho mark made by any Harvard man
for several years. Little tried again
and cleared % feet inches
This mark won the Jump in the Har-
yard-Yale dual meet last year and
seems likely to get a place in the inter
collegiates- Coach Quinn is confident
Little viii be able to go over % feet
before the dual meet with Yale.