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Show WHERE ARE THEY NOW? : -p. Fjred Tedesco Rema ins Close to Sports in Rotary-Y.VLCJA. Work Editor's Note: This is the second article In a scries which appear periodically in The Tclegam depicting tie present occupation of the state's athletic imm jrtals. B) JOHN MOONEY With no regard whatsoever for the ASCAP music war, Fred (Fcets) Tedesco, former University of Utah quarterback, gc es about these days whistling "I Found a Dream" to his heart"! roitent, and even the most rabid ASCAPer can't argue with him it er examining the fine work at the Rotary-Y. M. C A. Boy.' -inV : Foe In many wavi the Boys' club, located at 753 Wert First Sotith, la a dream come true, not only tor Tedesco and the host of eitic-spirited Salt Lakers, but also to some 1083 boys who have finally found a place to play. Started eight yean ago with a membership of 32 boy under the P w. mM'- t t . - . --: :':C ' . .. iilpc r vision of Tedesco, the club hat grown until now it has 1083 boha fide members, mem-bers, with a staff of five In-1 stfuctors to aid "Feeta." No race, religion ocj creed is barred from the clubroomn or gytnnasium, and stpresent practically prac-tically every rare in the west Is represented. Old anuahhle ..X , Pet Glaroma Members of one of the Rotary-Y. M. C. A. Bo j s' club basketball teams get some last-minut i coaching from Supervisor Fred Tedesco. Left to right are Tedesco, Bob Barber, Ernie Ma-fclli, Ma-fclli, Glen Vincent, Charlie Romano and Joe Castege. ton to compete for tte national title. Othr-r well-known kcal boxer to get their start at the Boy' club i re Pete Giacoma. Roy Hart. Andy Davinl and Bennj Flake, alt of wl-om have fought professionally profession-ally in Salt Lake City. But boxing isn't the only sport to claim honor. The b&iehall team has entered the state American Legion tournament sven times and i-opped the Utah title five times. The local nine went to Bismarck, Bis-marck, N. D., and finished eighth In the nation. Tedesco nsw handles mostly the basketball a id baseball angle, but when the c ub started eight years ago he taught and supervised su-pervised everything. Bas cetball has a great place In the p dure, with six leagues In play, ncluding Giants (110 pounds or lesic). Midgets (135 pounds or less). Intermediate (150 or under). Junto (165 or under) and Seniors Sen-iors (over 165 pounds). Any boy In the city -an belong as long as he pays his nickel due and obeys the rules . . . Boys elect their iwn officers . . . Leo Pagnal-lell Pagnal-lell L- president; Tom CaleRory. vice i (resident, and M ke Perry, treasurer . . . Boys also conduct their wn disciplinary system, with their own courts and jidges . . . also h ive a G-man syst m for ferreting fer-reting out offenders . . . They have n form of credit Union, with the members allowed to borrow as much as 50 cents, with the provision provi-sion that it must be paid back In a we k, with interest set at a penny on every nickel borrowed . . . Original fund for club foundation foun-dation came from sale o ! old Y. M. " C. A. luildinK . . . Interest on this money provides part o ' cash for club rperation . . . Rotary club supplies nizable donatioti, too ... Some BV) boy are taken to a hoys' camp free of charge for a week of outdoojr life each umm r . . . Tha gymnasium was built us the result re-sult oif $14,000 Ih contribution from lnlereted Salt Likers and the w rking cooperation of the labor la-bor u lions and boys i hemselve . . . The money bought t ie material materi-al and the unions and boys put it togHher. Delinquency Reduced Asldo from the purely selfish aspect as-pect ir that the boys be ter them-selve them-selve through athletici and become be-come tetter physical spe -lmens for future citizens, the club has proven worthwhile In rutting down Juvenile Juve-nile delinquency. Several years ago tht district now si rved by the cluh averaeed 208 ca ies of juvenile delinquency a yeat, hut right now only one boy his been brought liefore the delinquency authorities n the "last 17morfhs. Officials estitnate a decrease de-crease from 44.5 per cent to one-tenth one-tenth if 1 per cent. Yes, It Is easy to see why Salt Lake City can well be proud of its Rotary-Y. M. C. A. Boy's club, where children of foreign extraction extrac-tion can learn their lessons in citizen! hip In the athletic contests and not in the trenches and concentration con-centration camp. I and petty differences are ironed out peacefully-at least aemi-pejcefully-ln the boxing ring, onlthe wrestling mat or basketball Youngsters who have fostered traditional dislikes for other nationalities na-tionalities soon find that teamwork team-work and competition brings the enemies together and welds the lads into aturdy American citizens, with the idea of live and let live ana fair play having a prominent PTwo buildings house the various activities, which Include volleyball, volley-ball, basketball, boxing, wrestling, baseball, tabla tennis and a host of other athletic pastimes, as well as vocational training in music and hop technique. Asid from athletics, the club boasts a well-equipped shop, see-on see-on to nono In the city; a band, chorus, harmonic band, and a drum an bugle corps. And tha membership mem-bership dues for a month are rive cents, a nickel, tha twentieth paijt of a dollar. Club Open Dally '(ha club is open every day from 4 n the afternoon until 10 at nlKlit. and usually some 400 member mem-ber ara present during the coure of the evening. To assist Tedesco In the gigantic task, the club haa hired A. J. Fortie to handle the muaic, L. H. Merrill to supervise th shop work, and Hy Sharman, Marty Davinl and Royal Hobbs to assist with the athletics. Sharman specializes in wrestling instruction, Dayini in boxing, and Hobbs in gertcral games. Fortie, Merrill and Sharman are paid by the Rotary-Y. M. C. A. Boys' club foundation, while Davinl Da-vinl and Hobb are W P A employes. em-ployes. Athletically, the club has been more than a success. Twenty-even Twenty-even member have competed in A. A. U. boxing tournaments and 16 lave won titles. Johnny Nun-ley Nun-ley placed second in the national A. a- U. at Portland, Ore., and Nutiley and Paul Davinl were selected se-lected to make th trip to Bos-i ; ' .' ' " : r : !l : . " s ""'' ) ; r " : ' ' t , " '" t . - i Vv. vv - v- ' ' ' Y'' "-y v.; "" A bit of fast action anapped in a wrestling match at the Boys' club. Moo Castege, on top, puts a pressure hold on Leo Pignanelli, while the crowd roar. Leo la club president. f Vi ' X,;' ' ' --J John Anderson, wearing brown trunks, and Billy Klingen-stein Klingen-stein overlook science to engage in a little sluggeroo at the Boy' club. 4 |
