Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-06-11 | Page 15 | Nebraska's Champions Girl Athlete Smashes Three Records in Meet

I Nebraska's sk Chamion Girl Athlete 1 i Smashes Three Records in Meet M t r. r c I w t i. i t I 1 f h l I i 8 l i. i tl z A-z L i i 1 1 c. c I I. I Nebraska's most versatile girl iri athlete athlete athlete ath ath- lete is 17 years of ot age 5 feet 8 S Inches tall taU weighs pounds and all muscle from her hair net to her running shoes This title was unanimously sly awarded to Miss Helen HeMn Hewitt of Alliance Neb I a freshman in tho the University of Nebraska Ne Ne- I braska There was nothing fluky about Miss Missi I i Hewitts Hewitt's Use liso in athletics at the corn- corn husker busker institution Sh She st stepped into the annual coed track meet practically practically cally unknown tumbled three university university university uni uni- records shattered the former worlds world's mark in the baseball throw throw which stood until this season by two feet and came within ten feet teet of the of the the new worlds world's record cord set soot this spring by Miss Gladys Palmer of the University of pi of Wisconsin I I love Jove athletics said Miss Hewitt newitt I who is a member of the Delta Zeta sorority I must confess I was somewhat some some- what of ota a tomboy out outon out on the town lo loat lot at home I used to play baseball with the boys and was a member of ot the girls girls' high school basketball team When I entered the university I Imade Imade Imade made up my mind ind I would go through strong You see I am studying to be bea bea a gymnastic SJ instructor for tor girls and majoring majoring- in physical training She Sho cleared the bar at 4 i feet in th the high jump hurled the basketball 84 feet 3 inches and ana threw the baseball feet teet 3 3 inches Miss Hewitt plays on the university ity freshman treshman basketball live five and on the baseball nine They say on on the town lot at Alliance Alli AUl- ance ance arice that she could throw a a. baseball as as hard and t far far and rand and bat Just awell well as any of ot the boys Is In addition to her athletic prowess Miss Hewitt is an ap unusually good student and interested interest interest- ed in all college activities