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Show Ogden Alumni Ask for 'Square Deaf in Higl School Football jj I Action of Officials in Allowing Crowth Logan to Play, Termed DiscriminatioS Action Is Expected to Re- l suit Today Bj L A I II 1 A "square deal." Tliat i- what the nluinnl or n .. . demanded In n wire in President James Moss of m 2J(n kg Athletic association last night. The rormcr sti'dcms t i tlon K discriminating In barring nn Ogden athlete r,vm , ,,,ai tS i lar case at Logan Hlli school i- allowed to en m , i , tb:'11 "3 The telegram to President Mohk. whl h Tv .s , r nmi-"dgden nmi-"dgden High school alumni protect t he action of the 5! , ""SH Ictlc association in th case of rowt her or i,..an iuY"1' '"S fifth year. Wo want a square ileal an d aL r..r , ' "," Lsi3 i Steps taken by members of thei alumni are the result of a decision: handed down by the state executive! committee for high school athletics' made last Wednesday at Salt Ike.1 when Daryal t'lark, star halfback of' the Tigers was declared ineligible on account of a technicality in his registration regis-tration Since that time the members of the alumni learned of action taken by the1 executive committee at Salt Lake at which the case of Crowther, star Logon Lo-gon player, wa6 discussed. PLAl in. FIFTH VI P. Crowther is playing his fifth year in athletics, records show, which Is a violation of the High school laws Ihe officials ruled that Crowther w playing his fifth year, but that th Logan High school squad without Crowther would be allowed to meet Eas' I Huh in a s mi-f;nal panie t.-doy. t.-doy. The games in which Crowther lias participated were nnt ordered for feited, as was the case in the Ogden issue. ; This, the (igdenltes point out. is the discrimination against which they complain. I Crowthcr's case is covered by ( Article 3 of the by-laws of the state organisation: No student shall par-' tlclpate for more than four years, and any member of a high school team who plays during any part of any high school contest shall bo considered as; participating thereby In athletics fori one year.'' Crowther, It Is reported, was a member mem-ber of the 1918 Logan High basketball basket-ball squad and played In a number, of contests, which under the above Ilia i L- . . him .,. M.-ll.i.- I PROTESTS HAD1 ! The matter of discriminating circulated circu-lated over Ogden Thursday with the lesult that protests were made by members of leading clubs of the city as well as the alumni. Local backers of the sport game be-UeVe be-UeVe in a square deal and that is all that they, are asking They feel that Crowther has committed a worse offense of-fense than Clark ami his school should suffer together with the ugden institution. insti-tution. Crowther's case Is similar to one recorded re-corded at the East High a few years ago when Boob Burrows, star guard and kicker was ruled Ineligible. Burrows, Bur-rows, however was found Ineligible before the league games were played The decision barring Clark and rul- Ing all of the games in which he competed com-peted out of the percentage column! Was handed down last Friday atl Sprlngvllle, yet the school authorities were not notified here until last Monday. Mon-day. A laxity In handling the affairs m Ihe association Is charged by the) ' igdenltes. ' executive rnJH Crowther ,,,:r"L?a not lnl , "Uf. halh-nged after th"lr rH 11 ' a .hvWon 1 N ( ( INSIST I. Vp rrjJM 1 "' lhe 'lccl8' " ofH 1 1 in p j JM notified thai iiox 3 sat, h would play m theH Brigham newspaper carridH t last TuesdaH '' 1 ''' P rsonally infanfl of lhe state ornB i.'n S hearing This. iH "vlllvM1 decision was mado and nuM m without ugd,n ,h2B In any hearing on the eJJH The methods of handllsH honld I " i ' mi iJicd. ' Thsl -'it' "r ;.r..7ation wakei that Immediate notification 9 gl n the better for all cerned. -s,h" 'K-a the r.ndlngs on A been made prior to 1 1 CtolHi ' i" a is I.ik. n until VovearfB i.ar. deal" whlh 1 in the "roivin-r-cS forthcoming TbiiH will make for better athlrB ilmlnatlon win not criticism on the offkiiiH make the organization a sflk |