El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-02
MAKE SUPREME
EFFORT To WIN
IN HEXATHLON
Ell Paso Team, Champion
of Nations, Reduced by
Volunteer and Draft.
LOCAL TEAM HIT
HARDEST OF ALL

rom the greatest body OF Hex
II athlon athletes in the world the
L FL Paso Y. N. c. A team has
is doubtful Il more than one man
from the champions will enter in the
finals. The record Of FL Paso's 1915
team has never been equalled in In
ternational meets, while last year the
local team finished so close TO Nor
ristown. y. j. that New Jersey ath-
letes won by the narrowest kind OF
a margin
Most all OF the men who helped
make these records and put FL Paso
on the international map are now
striving as earnestly TO take first
prize for Uncle Sam, and will be
there when that prize is awarded.
Those who are gone or about TO go
include such stars as Fox. H. Sehu-
macher.. Bryant, Cochrane, Gutsch.
Atwell. Harris. Weddell. Beefer. Gay
lord. Bowman. Adkins. Briggs, War
ren, Flato, H Fletcher, Chess. Farris,
Thomas, Davis, Arthur. Vaughn and
others Almost without exception
these men are arrayed against the
kaiser.
Nichols IN Harness.
" GnOSb WHO EEudAAAr Lee ANACAO-Ss
last years champion, may be the
only veteran who will compete.
Others here are r. Hem. who may
possibly enter; Paul Mayer, champion
OF two years ago; Al Schultz. VIII
Schultz and Livingstone, who prob
Illness Chris Fox, DzrbyShire, Bob
Bryant and P. Schumacher, all good
point getters for the local team, are
still IN the city but may leave at any
time
While 1T fl true that other
teams have likewise suffered
from the draft and volunteers.
none have been hit as hard AZ Ell
Paso, due to the fact that the
American youths had to stand the
brunf of enlistments here be-
cause Of the large Mexican popH-
IafiOa.
How seriously the records here
have been lowered IS shown by the
corresponding records Of last year
and those made this season IN prac-
tice. The following comparison has
been made: High jump, 1917, 5-S%;
1918. 40; broad jump, 1917. S-11 4
1918, So; fence vault same for both
years because OF Nichols being SIS;
12-pound shot put, 1917, Ali 1918,
IS; so yard potato race. 1917, IA As.
while 1917 the best done is only Is
-AAG1l a NAAU AA4eAAAAAALAtA1 ne
minimum records OF this year in
practice as compared to last year
show up even worse.
Courageous Fight.
The team has a hard fight. It takes
courage to keep up against such odds,
but preparation for the finals is GO
ing right along. It will be difficult
for new boys, who are taking up the
task so ably handled by their bro
theirs now in the army, TO equal the
champions, but they are making
game fight TO keep Fl Paso in the
running.
The finals VII probably be held on
February Z, II, Il and Il. the results
being tabluated by local boards of
Judges. Physical director A. L. Holm
is the general leading the new team
Of athletes, and both leader and men
are hitting the line hard. This is the
occasion that takes the grittiest kind
of fighters, and neither the director
nor the boys helping him are lack
ing.
Scoring syStem Exact.
Eight men are entered in each OF
the following events: Running high
jump, standing broad jump. u pound
shot put, fence vault, so yard<potato
race and go yard potato race. The
scoring table used is the most exact
and Just ever devised While Il has
until this time been used exclusively
by the z. NJ c. A. II Is probable that
after the war II will be used by all
colleges as well. No athlete loses
out. Every mans mark counts, and
in the coming event FL Paso team
men will get every point to which
their steam entities them. They are
handicapped but fighting to the last
ditch, and such men are hard to de-
feat, even under handicaps.
y N @ A ORGANIZATIONS are
classified according to the member
ship into three classes: Class A, all
having more than 200 members; class
3. those with q membership any
where from $50 to 1000; class c, all
under $50. Last year FL Paso was in
class c, but this year advanced to
class B. The local organization has
lost over 200 members who have gone
to the colors.