El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-20


tration OF what can be done in atA-
Ietics by hanging On and fighting
even when the chances look slim.
with the loss Of many Of the teams
best athletes staring them in the
face. and the records Of two defeats
az times when, apparently. az their
strongest, before them, they hit the
line and went through for g goal.
In 1916 the title was won by
the London Ontario, team, with
I2-SO3 points, while Fl PasO got
only fourth place with 1852
points. The Canadian team came
hack in 1917 with I4,I5S points,
while Fl Paao also landed In
fourth place aEuin with 12-I35.
During these two former years the
greatest effort in the history OF the
local y was made to get out q
winning team Physical director a.
I. Holm. assisted BY members Of the
teams WaEeu membership cam
paisn TO get the best athletic talent
IN the community On the team. Al
though the campaign was carried on
IN systematic way and the physical
director took on Tar more than the
ordinary amount Of instruction in the
events and in training. yet the locals
were unable 10 get better than fourth
place after two years Of continuous
hard work
Many Discouraged.
Under such circumstances it Is not
surprising that many OF the Hex ath-
Ieres believed FL Paso had no chance
this year when 10 was called 10 mind
that practically all the big point
winners in the unlimited class OF tlsn
year before were lost 10 the team
they hao lost I. Rosenstein. B. Sill
verberE. Richard TiEhe. r Broaddus
. Overstreet, P. Coykendau, B.
Bevans. I Springer ana J. Dieu- In
FACT Guyler Magruder was the only
one LETT from strong aggregation
IF we couldn't win with them. how
can we win without Them was
asked with disc0uraEing effect Fur
rher INVESTIGATION showed a loss Of
Phil Stevens. second place man in the
l1l-l-5 round class. o Oleson. third
place in the same class. IN the 96-110
class, 3 ScEuller- second place man:
G irueta- n Silverman and George
Gould were all lost In this class ath-
letes who had taken "a, 18th. 5th, 9Th,
tth, 6-h- 10th and nth places were
no longer available. In the 81-45
class those who had taken 5th- 6th
ltn. SIN. 9th, 10th, nth, 18th and 18th
places were gone, while in the pewee
class boys who had taken Sd, 5th and
eth places were absent
How did the local team win the
world title IN such g crippled condi-
Hard work.
No little credit is due physical d.
rector Holm. who had the mastodou
JOB Of lnstilling confidence and fight
IN the remaining members OF the
old members who kept right al
training and induced others to do
likewise II was a fight that only
"never-giTe-up" leader followed by
because, after every effort had been
made 70 get together what good ma
-erial remained. on the face Of & Fl
Paso had 5uE little chance TO win
IN the work Of generating enthu-
Siasm Mr. Holm was ably assisted by
Chester Wright
Followed distractions.
Many OF the lads on the teams kept
the strictest kind OF training. in ac-
cordanre with the rules laid down by
their director, AID TO this is largely I
due the championship won Director I
Holm coaZed, pleaded, begged. Z
tnres tened and did everything but
spank few lagEards. to get them
and WORKING when they all knew the |
chances NJ first place were miserably [
poor is q wonder
Two weeks before the finals
the hogs had come to believe thar
no mEht Is hopeless until after IL
IS over and rot then If q can be
fOught argin. When the VFimdun
cHme ANYTHING that looked Ike \
Stacker to the Fl Pa~o cause came
IN for n real raWhidi1Es from hts
eOmnanions. At the finals 81 was
pleasure 10 see those boys tug
und struggle and strive.
Uphill Task.
anybody can win when they have /
everything in their favor" said their I
Instructor more than once "but it 4
takes real man stuff to win when I
things are not all right Tha+s what /
We are going to do But don't forget /
q ion.t forget and their gameness won I
the tide.
Early Work Helped.
II Is mistake 20 look on the work
OF 1916 and 1917 as failures It was
the training started during those \
years and the practice secured in pre-
pairing for former contests that de-
the athletes who won this
= ear. The Juniors here may not win
uninterrupted but If the work Is
year as it has been In the last three
years, the team VIII be winners in
future contests
II the members Of the cham
piou team continue TO train and
prepare for next years contest in
advance IL IS probable that they
viii hold the title for several
years.
The following boys are members
= the world champion Y. n. C. A.
Junior Hexathlon contest for 1918.
Unlimited class: II Ponsford. ".
REYNOLDS. " CapIes. ". Dawson. u.
Webb P. Cordova, S Middleton. G.
G. Seligmsn, T. Clarke.
HIPS pound class. r. Scotch. D.
Bryan. n Henuings L. COUNT, +.
Hunter. G. Sandoval. y. Edwards, P.
Harper. E Pruitt
96-110 pound class. 2. Lacsrra. 3.
Edwards. A Uhlig. G. Cross. F. owen,
q Whi1ock. D. Talley. J. Seegal J.
Aleers. X. ellison.
S1-s5 pound class: Y. Harlow. Z.
C.. Holford, n Ch1lE. ". Lassiter. C. /
Greene, J Moore, =. McGiunis, I. !
Cordova, D. FarnsTorth, r Stewart. ]