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Show ATHLETIC CLUB IS HOST TO VISITORS DISCUSS PROBLEMS OF ORGANIZATION Complimenting the Milford Union Pacific employee Athletic Club on the interest -displayed here in sports, anil explaining in detail what the Union Pacific system is doing in the promotion pro-motion of athletics. A. A. Hendricks, System Director of Athletics addressed ad-dressed an enthusiastic gathering of mien at the assembly hall last Friday night. Included in the assemblage were members of the Athletic Club, men of the Miscellaneous Employees Association, town officials, and members mem-bers of the Lions Club. President Hearne, of the Athletic Club, called the meeting to order, and introduced R, R. Smith, Representative Repre-sentative of the General Manager, A. C. Frees, Unit Athletic Director, and Mr. Hendricks. Mr. Hendricks stated that he had just finished enjoying watching a baseball game of the local Twilight League, and was pleased at the interest in-terest shown as manifested by the crowd on hand, and by the continuance continu-ance of the game until darkness. "That's the purpose of Union Pacific athletics," said Mr. Hendricks. "The promotion of sports to be participated in by the greatest numbers possible is the object of the organization of as many athletic clubs over the system sys-tem as cah be effected." There are now fifty-two athletic clubs over the system in comparison with seventeen a short time back. "Something like this ball game, is of course the primary object of our athletics, with the big unit and system sys-tem meets the cream of our efforts," he said. He spoke briefly of the coming unit meet, which Milford is making an effort to obtain, and then led his talk up to the great system meet to be held at Boise. He declared de-clared that there is no reason why the L. A. and S. L. unit could not wrest the laurels from the Union Pacific Pa-cific unit, which had been in possession possess-ion of them for three consecutive meets. If the other two units had offered the resistance to the main line unit at the last meet, held at Provo, the L. A. and S. L. would have been in position to have won the championship, he said. He outlined the inducements offered offer-ed by the management to get athletes ath-letes and interested rooters to attend the unit and system meets. He especially urged that the local band put forth a big effort to win this year, if not in the main competition, to win over class B bands. Winners at the unit meets in any events, will be granted expenses to Boise, plus I payment for time missed from their! work. He then spoke of the Inter- j national Railway Athletic League, composed of thirty-four railroads, and of which he is President. This league is now in the making, and will give Union Pacific athletes a real chance to test themselves after winning at Boise. Other speakers called upon, including the other guests of the club, were Mayor O. F. Hubbell, Attorney At-torney Sam Cline, Mr. Hall, miscellaneous miscel-laneous employees foreman. A. C. Bailey. Director of the Band; William M.cGhie of the Athletic Club; Roy Cottrell, Ray Banks, ribbon winner at former meets, and Win. Morley. The sublets of most of the other talks were the possibility of securin': the unit meet at Milford; the need of the band for music and uniforms; ways and means to secure a greater membership in thp loral Athletic C! b. ' need of a hall to house' a' ! r-l ' -, and other matters of importance. |