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Show JESSE OWENS TO APPEAR HERE WITH HOOP CLUB Famed Olympic Track Champion To Demonstrate Talent During Basketball Game Jan. 11 The Springville Kiwanis Club's basketball team will play host to the famous Jesse Owens and his ? I v i I Y ; !:: I i C . . f :: fM filial 11111 KiSM tw Ill colored basketeers in the Springville Spring-ville high school gym, January 11. Owens, Olympic track champion cham-pion and world's fastest human. He has equalled or shattered world's records in twelve recognized recog-nized track and field events, especially espe-cially the sprints, hurdles and running broad jump. He broke three world's records and tied another an-other within a period of two hours in the 1935 Western Conference track meet at Ann Arbor, Mich. From there he went on to more and more great achievements, climaxed by his leading the United States team to victory in the 1936 Olympiad before the anguished eyes of Adolf Hitler. Owens will give a demonstration demonstra-tion of his prowess during the half of the game here. i |