The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-04-08
ROBERT HINTON SPEEDING ATH-
LETIC WORK OVERSEAS.


from London, England, Mr.. VIM. t.
Whittemore, special correspondent in
the Y. NJ. G. A. work, tells of the
success attained by former Paris
boy, Mr.. Robert T. Hinton, in di-
recting and stimulating athletic
work among the soldiers overseas.
Whittemore says, in part:
More and more the athletic work
of the American Y. M. c. A. for the
American soldiers and sailors in the
United Kingdom Is taking on the
aspect of that for leave AGRA, which
the British Isles practically now are
and nothing more. This does not
mean that athletic work will not con-
tinue to be very important part of
the Y's activities here, but it will be
different in manner and method than
heretofore, which in turn was quite
different in manner and method than
heretofore, which in turn was quite
different from the same department
of work of the Y in France. There
has been more calls for the competi-
tive and spectacular side of athletics
which are so generally associated
with the work of the Y athletic di-
rectors with the army. The manner
in which this athletic work has been
put over here has been highly sat
isfactory to the enlisted men and
officers.
This success has been due not only
to we'll conceived plan of activities,
but to a splendid personnel of ath--
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execution. No individual is entitled
to more credit in carrying out his
part of the plan than Robt. T. Hin
ton, of Georgetown College, George
town, KY, who has been stationed
in the Southampton area, one of the
largest and most important areas
into which the American Y in the U.
X. is divided. This area was one of
the largest both in point of territory
covered and in the number of troops
stationed here, containing as it did
big rest camps, aviation camps, hos
pitfalls and naval stations. Mr.. Hin
ton entered upon his duties as an
overseas war work athletic director
we'll qualified by his own active par
ticipation in athletics at Yale \ and
Georgetown. For three years he had
been a member of the Yale track
team, and for four years a member
Of the gym team, winning the inter-
collegiate all around gymnastic
championship in 1902. He had been
professor of biology and director of
athletics at Georgetown College for
IL years, coaching at football, basket
ball, baseball and track.
1.-The fighting men among whom
Mr.. Hinton operated were not long in
discovering that they had a man who
knew the game telling them about it,
and from the start the boys were
with him heart and soul, making pos
sible the remarkable athletic achieve
ments which he accomplished in a
very short time. Just as an example
Of how fast Bob Hinton works, take
one of his recent feats. Just at pres
ent Eastleigh near Southampton has
about 5000 American sailors await
ing the arrival of German ships
which they are to man and take, to
| the States. 1t is the biggest station
| of any kind of American force in the
British Isles to-day Hinton was as
signed to this station on January "a
when it had just begun to settle
down to something like a permanent
naval station of some proportion
Five days later he staged a football
game between the teams represent
ing the U. S. S. Nopatin and the U
is. S. Yale, troop transport vessels
operating across the English Chanel
The game was staged for the benefit
of the Southampton War Memoria
Fund and something like $3.50 was
realized. Commodore Bartlett, U. S
Navy, the Mayor of Southampton, al
dermen Of the city, Colonel Swain
United States consul; ladies of thu
Southampton Welcome Committee
the United States naval band a
Eastleigh. and other Americans ant
Britishers of note united in making
the event an international festival.
!, present indications are that Bob
Hinton's work will be with his 'gobs
at Eastleigh for something, but on
never knows these days and there 1
great demand for the Y athletic direc
tors who have made good in the I
X. to go on to France and the Rhine
land with the army of occupation, 8
: one of these fine days Bob may sc
{ his order to advance