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Show TO HAVE BIG ATHLETIC MEET ! i Secretary Llndberg of Legion's Nj. tional Commission at Work on Program Pro-gram for Next Convention. On the rond to complete recovery of his health shattered by the W'etil rvnr. Al. C. Llndberg. secretary of the American Legion's national nthletlc commission, is on I the Job ut Legion national h e a d quarter preparing prepar-ing for the largest cx-servlce athletic meeting In history at the next national na-tional convention in San I'rancisco. cX X- X t N.XN Llndberg enme , , . ,. Al. C. Llndberg. back from Irunre " after spending months In hospitals suf fering from wounds caused when an airplane he was piloting crashed to the ground. This was not before he had participated in a number of all battles witli German aviators. Although Llndberg suffered contlnu ally from his war wounds, he did not remain long In American hospl'als When the Legion's athletic coinmls sion was formed to encourage the spread of clean, wholesome sports among ex-service men and the younger generation, Llndberg was called from his home In Chicago to assume tin position of secretary of the commis sion. Ills work was primarily re sponsible for the success of the Le .'ion's recent athletic meet at the New Orleans convention. A few days ago Llndberg submlttei to an operation in a Chicago hospltn n which several ribs were bound to ,'ether with strips of silver nnd It Is now believed that he will recover his health. Llndberg Is remembered In Ihe sport? world for his athletic career nt the University of Illinois, where he was n ten-second man In the 100-yard dash mil a member of the varsity football baseball and basketball teams. |