Show AlWard en Another Utah Athlete Will Help Hep Whip Kaiser I. I I l 1 S 'S i ii I I High School Marathon Star Enlists in Naval A Aviation Aviation Avia Avia- via via- tion Service A F. F WARDEN the best ALBERT I high school chool long-distance long runner runner run run- ner ncr ever developed in Utah will leave in a few days to take up his work in the n naval val aviation at Mare island for Uncle Sam Al Just could not stay out of the fighting after all of his friends had left so Salt Lake is going to lose one of the tile best runners that has ever taken part in any meet here In justice to Warden it must be said that he enlisted in Doc Doe Spragues Sprague's ambulance unit when tha that body first went out and had to be dismissed on account of two torn ligaments in his side This has not bothered him for I some time now and he is determined to run down a few Germans before the war is over Warden Varden first startled the local fans by winning the thc mile and mile half-mile events In the state track meet while he was a student at the West Vest Side High school He was captain of the Red and Black team for tw two o years and succeeded in winning out In the East to West Vest Cross City run He lIe en entered entered entered en- en the Cross Cit City marathon on three different occasions and finished second in these events He ran last eason season In the Colorado meet from Littleton to Denver and finished in fifth place after suffering a stitch in his side from the third mile to the fi finish One 1 of the greatest things thingS thingS' that I Warden Varden did on the track was in the summer of 1915 when the all stars of the tile A. A A. A U. U were going through Salt Lake to the San Francisco exposition Ward Yard Campbell Desmond and Breathed paced a mile for Al and he heco co covered ered the distance in which is remarkable time for a youngster Warden has had plenty of chances to togo togo togo go to college and take up UI his Ills track work wont on a broader plane but has decided decided decided de de- de- de that the U U. S S. S needs him more and is out to make malee good with the naval aviators His lila many friends are sorry to see Sea him leave but are only too glad to see this stellar athlete athlete ath ath- lete lets given a chance to make good for forthe forthe forthe the state o of Utah and himself Ills His departure rill add another service star to The Telegrams Telegram's already re replete in- in flag as Al has for the past year been employed in The Telegrams Telegram's Telegrams Telegram's Tele- Tele grams gram's editorial department I |