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Show Plans Are Made to Form Local Branch of O.A.F. Hons under Its banner. These delegates dele-gates meet annually end discuss the f Lana for' betterment of the organise-Ion organise-Ion and to standardlxe rules In va-rtotie va-rtotie aporta. Those present at the luncheon flat urday were: James II. Griffiths, of the T'nlverelty of Utah, Charlotte ftewart, playground director, Oecsr Kirk ham, atflte Boy Scout commander, Carol Evans, physical education director, di-rector, i.emy Heath, president of the A. A. L, If. C. Mortenaen, secretarr of the A. A. I., Iowell Rnmnev, roarh of the IT. A. C. and Ifarvey Hnncorit graduate manager of the Vniveralty of I'Uh. Tha first step In tha formation of a district branch of the National Amateur Athletic federation In Utah was made Saturday when representatives represen-tatives of the various athletic organisations or-ganisations in the city arid state met with Elwood Brown, vtre president and executive officer of the S, A. A. F. at aluncheon at the Commercial cluh. A committee of five. Including Pro-feaaor Pro-feaaor Jamea R. Griffiths, of the University Uni-versity of i;tah, as chairman, l-owe.! Rononey of the Utah Agricultural college, col-lege, Charlotte Stewart, director of city playgrounds, .In me a K. Moss, president of the Vtah High Hobool Athletic aasorlatton and Mrs. R. M. ships separate and distinct from the ' N. A. A. F. The N. A. A. F. Is for group responsibility. re-sponsibility. Brown explained. He asld that If a man were Ineligible the biame would be fastened on the Institution In-stitution that he waa competing for. I'nder the A. A. I, rules the man would Individually he to blame and would not cast a reflection upon the Institution that lie represented. Brown stated that under group responslblll-ty responslblll-ty the Institution would more carefully care-fully guard Ita standard. The National Amateur Athletic federation Is made up of j. board of control, whlrh Is rompoaed of four delegate from each of the organize- Croaa of the V. W. C. A. were chosen to consider the plana submitted ly Brown and will rjaort back at? t o'clock Monday morning. JOINING WOULD HELP UTAH. Vice pre el dent Brown explained to the membera present at the luncheon that the entrance of Utah Into the federation would improve the standard of the varloua organisations and help them to adopt rule and regulations fnr various sports that are standardised standard-ised over the United Btatea. 'The purpose of the National Federation Fed-eration Is not to make mandatory Its orders, .but lo serve as a central hoard of control, which will adjust differences, differ-ences, disseminate atandardiscd rules end set on cases of Ineligibility among I tti members. Ita order a do not hav to be obeyed legallv. but they must be obeyed because the reputation of the offending body would be at stake," he said. The V. A. A. F. wee Initiated hv the war department of the United States with the purpote of giving to every woman, man and child In the country, plenty of recreatlnn and Is composed of the following organisations: United Btatea army. American phyalcnl education edu-cation association, American gymnastic gymnas-tic union. American Ieglon, Boys Scouts of America, v.rs cluh federation. federa-tion. Camp Fire Otrle, Olrl Scouts, Jewieh Welfare Board. The National CoDeglate Athletic aasoclntion. National Na-tional It i fie association of Anerica. United States navy. IMaygrouiidg and Recreation association of America, Unlbed State Jji wn Tennle asaocta-tlun, asaocta-tlun, Toung Ven'e Christian association. associa-tion. Toung Women's Christian aaeo j elation, and th following district branches: Georgia. Alabama. South Carolina. District of Columbia. Northern North-ern California, Southern California and IsOulslana. -U. Or U. AND A. C ALREADY MEMBERS. ' The Vntvendtr of Utah and the Utah Agricultural college are already members of the National Amateur Athletic federation through their al-I al-I 11a nee with the National Collegiate association and their entrance Into the district branch here would not effect the regulationa regarding eligibility eligi-bility that are now operating. Lowell Roraney. coach of th A. C. stated. In case the two college entered the dlatrtct branch they would not be aaked to make any changes of their present system, but would only a -slat In r rating and Improving th com netlt Iran and recreation xf other orsranlsatlona such aa the Boy Scout. OIH Rcouts and others. The American Athletic asoeiatlr. la ot a member of the N. A. A. F, t refuse to Join with t new order because of a dleagrement over the control of the body. Under the rre-ent rre-ent situation the A. A L". conducte national ctmpetition for champion- |