Show I A Till THE REAL nrAL THRILL versus Which FOOTBALL F offers thc the greatest thrill the most color tolor the greatest t enthusiasm Lou Gehrig who paused In Ogden Ogder for br CO 60 O minutes last Thursday answered answer r rl r. r f ik ed this question l hurriedly for th the writer I every c time and I believe athletes of the two K i r a i M 2 s e f 4 sports will agree said aId th the with me me rV bashful I t GehrIg Just com corn completed t pitted his second 1 season In the majors ma ma- jors He Is Js a grad grad- graduate graduate graduate of Columbia where he starred in all of oi the major branch- branch Lou ou cs es of sport He was a half halt halfback back on the gridiron and served In Inthe Inthe inthe the on the slab and at first base on the diamond Just a few days ago was pronounced the most valuable play play- player er In the American league for 1837 1927 18 7 The old oid college football spirit cant can't be equaled In baseball said lIld Gehrig The Thc roar of the crowd the bril brilliant cheering sections the masterful yell leading the these youth these are arc some of ot the items Hems that make football a a. thrilling ng competition But Lou as he Is 15 called selected baseball in preference to foot foot- football football ball bail for his career His 47 home runs i during 1027 1927 stamps him as a find a sensa sensa- sensation tion Uon a new thrill for the baseball world Perhaps will offer a a. new link lInt In thrills for lor the majors and nd for forthe forthe the New York Americans world p champions ANENT TilE THE STADIUM OGDEN progressing athletically IS I Just take a glance backward say I iten ten Un years and the answer will be astonishing Ogden is moving mo backward rather than forward athletically And what is il the reason Is ls It because no fi financial fI- fI fIla la means n for o improvement p el have been placed I on tITs tire budget by yh the h I EC schools hoots and the city or is it Jt just plain oversight and lack lak of proper sport interest I One oi ot the finest monuments and we may say the only one in the last ten Un years hereabouts is the splendid Weber gymnasium It is a credit cre to toDie the Die community to Its founders and to the th state Constructed at an enormous cost It Itis ItIs is Ss worth many times over the original amount in preserving the health of the community the youth of the city and the new generation This T ls marvelous and up to ute structure has attracted unusual state attention It required hours of thought days das weeks Reeks and months of thinking on the part of the live wires of this community Yet It was established successfully Ogden Oliden has plenty of needs athletically athletically cally now The Weber gymnasium solved one one- on of the largest A survey of f the state ate will convince the most critical fan that Ogdon is several steps and a few leaps behind sister cities when it comes to proper athletic accommodations First of all Ogden has made no of official of- of officIal official provision for playgrounds grounds for forthe forthe forthe the kiddies the young men and wo we women wo- wo women men of ot tomorrow tom Other cities dUes smaller malIer by thousands than Ogden feature this work ex extensively ex- ex exu u in Utah high class stadiums Provo o has one in inthe Inthe inthe the making The B D. Y U. U U structure is to be ready in 1923 Yet Ogden second city in the state has only a dusty field for baseball ba soccer football loo ball and the like The time is ripe now for lor stadium plans Some have said that it cant can't be done dene Those same few made a aim sim similar liar ilar statement when the Weber gym gym- gymnasium gymn n slum project was vas first considered Ogden Oden needs a stadium a high class athletic field with all of Its accommodations and playgrounds for lor the youngsters Business men of the community are strong for lor the stadium If a financial proposition cannot be outlined to handle such an undertaking ing lag surely there are enough public spirited business men and citizens to tolee see lee the biggest need obtained Ogden must follow step with other cities of the state Ogden high school Weber high school and Weber college and the various arlous Junior high schools now feature all of cf the Jor branches branche of 4 t athletics yet athletics yet the present park Is isI unsuitable I The bowl site which has met with approval from men of ot all walks of ofHie Isle Hie certainly is 15 the place The time is ripe now for lor someone to start the ball rolling OGDEn MUST KEEP PACE WITH OF TIm TILE STATS STATE OGDEN WILL HAVE A STADIUM I |