Simla High School - Tattler Yearbook (Simla, CO)

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BA SEHALL

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TRACK Saturday May 3, the Simla track team, handicapped by immenseodds and an overwhelming lead of 25 points fought its way to a tie for the Track Championship of the Eastern Colorado League. The track was in ideal shape and the weather condi- tions perfect. A large crowd from many of the sur- rounding towns was present and the spirit of competi- tion proved unusually strong. Hugo, Simla's strongest competitor for the cup, gain- ed the lead by winfii ng first and second in both short dashes and seemed certain of victory, but was unable to hold its lead in the face of the determined efforts of the Simla team. Thierfelder, from Simla, was high point man of the meet, winning the individual cup with a total of 18 points. Five records were broken, three of which were brok- en by Simla men. They were: 220 record broken by I. Haycook:m1le run by Hefley, and broad jump by Thier- felder. Giles from Hugo broke the 120 high hurdles rec- ord and the discus record The deciding eventand one ofthe most exciting feat- ures of the meet proved to be the 880 yd. relay race. On this race depended whether or not the Simla team would be successful in its attempt to overcome Hugo's huge lead and tie for the cup. Although Hugo's team number- ed among its members. Kaiser and Taylor, who had al- ready placed in the dashes, it was unable to outrun Thierfelder, Keating,'Pease and Haycook, who won the event by a large margin and thus tied the meet 51-5 to 515 points. It was decided that Hugo should receive the cup now in possession of the E. C. I. L. and that Simla should be awarded a new duplicate cup. 100 yd. dash, Irving Haycook third. 120 yd. hurdles, Oscar Pease third. Mile Run, Dwight Hefley first. 440 yd. dash, C. Thierfelder first, R. Butler second. 220 yd. dash, Irving Haycook first. 880 yd. rim, Ray Butler first, Dwight Hefley third. 220 yd. hurdles, Irving Haycook first. 880 yd. relay, Oscar Pease, Calvin Thierfelder, Irving Haycook, Ralph Keating, First. Shot Put, Calvin Thierfelder second. High Jump, Ward Spaid third. Broad Jump, C. Thierfelder first W. Spaid second Javelin, Calvin Thierielder first.

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BASE BALL On account of a very short season, our team had no chance to show its real ability for ball playing this year. However, one of the fastest games in the history of the school was played when we went to Hugo and were defeated by the close score of 8 to 9, April 18, 1924. Albert Hurst pitched a wonderful game and the score stood in our favor 8 to 6 until the eighth inning. This is the third year Ward Spaid has caught for us: he is a good hitter and right at home behind the bat. Les Woods played first base and grabbed everything within his reach: his first year on the team and we hope he comes back next year. Oscar Pease, Captain, played second base again for the third year. Clyde More ar did well at short stop this year. Ray Butler played his sec- ond year on third base and pegged to first like a veter- an. Ray is a sure hitter. Calvin Thierfelder played his third year in left field and his good hitting scored for us several times. Ray McCuthan played center field this year: he played right field two years previous. Roy King played right field. Mr. Thompson was our coach. Besides the regular players we had four extra men, Irving Haycook, Cecil Greenwood, Chas. Ververs, and Lee Reeves. We still have a game scheduled to play on our field with Alta Vista. This should be a good game and our last one for this season. Most of the team will be back next year to win the Eastern Colorado Championship for Simla High as we did in 1922. Games Simla High 5 Town Team 10 8 Hugo 9 9 Limon 0 22 19