Yeatman High School - Yeatman Life Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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AMf':.:::1:m ' me -.,- -5-.-ff:..er,-1,-f '.'.'- ..',.. ....' - , .Vffl-.ff,-ffl,Q-ff'ffilfilllir-flill.','f:QQffAfffi'ff'fZIffflQZ7fffl'ff? ' f ' 'ml-lil-l I., ' N ' , , ........ ., if - f f x ' 1 , , I e Z Z ,,., Z Z Z Z 4 ZZ Z ZZ T RA C K JIMMY HOLLAND The air is balmy, birds sing, flowers bloom, brooklets babble+fIt is spring, likewise, track season, consequently in March, Coach Merrill issued a call for track-men. The response at the meeting held that evening was gratifying in that some one hundred and five aspirants to fame on the cinder-path showed up. The coach gave a brief talk in which he outlined what was expected of the boys. Mr. Lehr- mann also gave the boys some valuable pointers. The coach, with his usual habit of get- ting the boys into shape as soon as possible, started the gang to work at once. He as- signed the various classes to certain boys who have had more or less track exper- ience. The midgets were given to Wilson, the juniors, to Constanz and the seniors to Holland. Mr. Merrill has arranged a number of small meets to get the fellows accustomed to competition. Since the boys have not met in regular try-outs, as yet, I cannot say, positively who the best men are. However, a few naturally have shone out above the rest, and I shall say a little about them. The midgets, as the other two classes, are greatly in need of men. Of those who are out, Seegar is the only letter man. Naturally we look with assurance upon him. He can do almost anything in midget track. In the fifty yard dash, Earl Haginsiecker is doing quite well, while in the seventy-five, Matthew McCauley reigns supreme. In the Juniors, Simpson seems to have the fifty well in hand. Hartman is work- ing at the hundred, and Hatz is the star at two hundred and twenty yards. Hatz can also run a good quarter. McBryde, a let- ter man, is still a junior and with Fred Hageman forms the mainstay of our junior team. Mac is working on the hurdles and sprints. Winkler has been working on Page Sevenfy-Eighl the sticks also. Palmer and Buney have been furnishing competition for Mc- Bryde in practice dashes. Hageman is the outstanding star among the highjumpers. He taps the bar at the same height as our seniors. In the distance runs, 440 and 880, we have Beccard, Coyle, Walsh, Hol- land CJim's brotherj and a host of others. Beccard and Walsh seem to prefer the 440, while the other two cling to the 880. Bec- card has been doing quite well at both the 440 and 880. He is a glutton for work and any runner with that quality is sure to make good. In the 880 young Holland has shown pleasing results by trimming all the junior half-mile aspirants in a match race. Hatz is the brightest bro-ad-jump prospect. Phil Walton seems to be the on- ly one profoundly interested in the shot- put. In the pole-vault, there are entered Constanz, Lenz, Roberts, and Brooks. Constanz at present is showing up very well and if pre-season vaults mean any- thing, he ought to vault his way into a place at the big meet. The seniors present a very complex prob- lem to the coach. He has only about fif- teen of them when he should have over fif- ty. However, I will attempt to say some- thing of those who are out. In the sprints, 100 and 220, we have Lingner, Halloran, Rubinstein, Voss, and Ploeger. Lingner and Halloran favor the furlong, while Voss, Ploeger and Rubinstein are working at the century. Of these five mentioned, it is hard to pick stars as all are in need of train- ing. However, Voss, Lingner, and Ploeger are letter men, and consequently a bit more is expected of them. John Selejan and Roy Stebbins are the high-jump stars. Muchow and Bisbee Cof football famej are working at the hurdles. Muchow and Schliebe are trying for the broad-jump and if long legs mean anything to a jumper, these two ought, as Shakespeare C73 would

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