El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-10
NEAR RECORDS
III HEXATHLON
Six Men Score More Than
Six Feet In the Fence
Vault.


In the y. NJ G A. gymnasim Thurs.
+. day evening. large group OF husky
young men made desperate efforts to
keep FL Paso on the international ath-
letic map Judging from some Of the
marks made. they are 10 be successful
No records were broken. but thers
were made a larger number OF nea5
record marks than ever before. Inc
most encouraging event was the fence
vault in which six men scored more
than six feet
The high jump also brought out some
good figures. tire men making more
than five feet In the standing broad
jump there were three over nine feet
In the so yard potato race there were
three men who tied the local record
Of - seconds. No records were taken
in the 220 yard potato race on account
of the lack Of time It will be necess
sary to hold one more night of finals
to clean up all the events This wiz
give the athletes who were unable
10 compete last night an opportunity
to do something for Fl PasO- Tues.
day is the last night and evenly man
who has failed to get into the COM
petition is urged to keep this night
open
It is expected that every man who
has competed with the 7 during the
last two years will appear on the last
night Last year FL Paso won by
the narrow margin Of II points on
total Of 1868. It is. therefore. up to a
small group TO get In and help bring
home the shield Some of the men
who are depended on are Bowman, Ad-
kins, Harris, Weddell, Fox Cochrane,
Biefer, GAYLORD Shea and Bryant
The high men individually were as
follows; Paul MAYER. 312: Lee Nichols,
20. and Spencer Darbyshire. 21T-
The six high men in each event to
date are as follows; Running high
jump-C Warren, fee "a inches; H
Briggs, feet ~ inches; 5. Darbyshire,
feet = inches; P. Mayer. 1eeJ =
inches; r Gilbert. feet 1O1s inches
r Hem. feet 81 inches
Standing broad Jump Mayer.
feet liz inches: Lee NichOles, 9 feet
81 inches; r Hem. 9 feet %. inches,
: Darbyshire. feet inches; A
Schurz. feet I inch
Fence vault-Lee Nicholes. 8 feet rs
inches, P. Mayer. feet ~ inches; W
F1atO. feet AZ inches w Schultz.
feet 81 inches; A Schultz, s feet a
inches; :. Darbyshire, feet L inch
Shot put-H- Fletcher. 80 feet. H
Schumacher. 50 feet inches; Z, Chess.
Sc feet inches: I. Thomas, % feet
inch; R Warnam. "a feet 10 lneness
p Schuyler. 81 feet inches
Sixty yard potato race-L- Nicholes.
Is seconds. G. Livingston, Is seconds:
E Chess. Is seconds; P. Mayer. - 80
seconds; L Thomas. IS As seconds; X
Davis Is As seconds.
AccOrdingto the A l. " A. ruling.
the four high men in each field eVenC
are entitled 70 three more chances
or trials. This may make for better
records for several Of the men The
marks to be beaten IN each event in
order to score a man are, high jump,
feet 81 inches. broad jump. S feet
III inches in fence vault. feet =
inch shot put 81 feet inches; SO
ward potato race 10 A. seconds.
This is believed to be the last year
that e. Paso Will score in the c class
as the number Of members is increas-
Ing and the c class limit is $50
In comparison with last years scores
this Years scores in the broad jump
and shot put are low. but the high
Jump fence vault and so yard potato
race marks are high. The total to
date is a trifle higher than the total
OF last year