El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-21
.EMRERs ID the Junlor

LENDERS Of the Junior Hexa-
MI thlon team stand an excellent
= \ chance TO win international
Championships for FL Paso il ethey
give their attention to the natter Of
point getting.
When a man is a candidate for
election. he wants votes. No matter
where they come from, they all count
II q team expects to win in a Hexa-
thlon meet. it must have points. No
matter in what event points are
scored, they all count FL Paso lost
an international championship in 1917
because members Of the Junior teams
refused TO give proper attention to
the target throw. Because throwing
a baseball at target did not seem
very much like athletics, local mem
bers let that event take care OF It
self, but when the points were being
counted TO decide who was the great
est athlete in the world, among the
Juniors, that event took care OF e
Paso-sent the championship else
where because OF neglect by local
athletes.
Wonderful Athlete Fails.
IN 1917 Ben Edwards was local
champion in the Y. n. c. A class
embracing boys from 81 to 50 pounds
y =
under. one potato race, and four po-
tato race the marks made by Ed
wards were unequaled by any boy Of
that class in the world Yet he was
beaten for the international cham
pionship because he had neglected
the target throw and failed to score
in that event.
Boys Of the Junior HexathlOn
should understand that the tar
get throw must not be scOrned
II they expect to win the inter-
national trophy. There fs a ten
dezcy this year to spurn the
event II the Junior athletes
persist in ignoring this event
now, 1t VIII ignore them in the
finals, as Il did last year when
Il PasO sOrely needed a few more
points TO have an international
champion.
AI-Round Men Needed.
The local Juniors have a fine body
OF athletes, boys who will in the fu-
ture make their marks in intercol-
legiate field events. but they must
wake up and recognize the fact that
IL takes aI-round athletes 10 win oul
for team. Contestants may be stars
in several events and yet be beaten
by some boy who digs into every
can. though he be no star in any
Of them.
This. too. was Illustrated last year
IN the finals at the ~" gym There
vas a tight race between Herman
EllverburE and Charles OVerstreet for
the local Championship in the unIim-
tied class. It was nip and tuck be-
tween the two. After the contest,
the two went together 10 the official
Ecorekeeper- One Of them said:
which Of US won the champion
pionship?'
PIuEEer Wins.
Then came the big surprise The
scorekeeper ran over the records, and
figures showed that the champion
was neither CT them, but fell to Leo
Rosenstein. Silverberg and Over
street nearly fell dead Rosenstein
had finished last in four events and
fourth IN two others. and the two
stars couldn't understand how he
won.
The secret OF il was that Sill
verberg and OFerstreet had neg
lected to enter in some of the
events, and ROsenstein had
plugged away In al Of them. He
gathered more points by finish
ing fourth, and sometimes last,
tdan his superiorE in some
events who had not entered
other events and made no points
ut all in those events
II the athletes OF the 1918 teams
shall have learned their lesson from
these two incidents. and give proper
attention both TO the matter of the
target throw and TO entering every
event, IL is very probable that FL
Paso may have an International
championship for 1913
On shoWings made by the class
IN which boys weighing from 81 to
IS are entered. the 1918 class is not
as strong as the class OF 1917. With
proper attention to the target throw,
however, there is a chance that the
class may make better avera yes than
last years team The target throw
is essentially e matter Of skill and
exactness- Any boy may become pro-
ficient in il whether he is OF athletic
build or not Il depends on accuracy.
and the throw is short
Last year Ben Edwards scored SIS, /