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Show ATHLETES WILL MEET Contest to Open March 6 For Track and Field Championships New York, Feb 19 Several prominent promi-nent athletes of the west will rneH tbe pick of the east at the American Amateur Indoor track and field eham plonshlps in Madison Square Garden Thursday nlpht. March 6. according to announcement today Word has been received from Edward C. Racev. pren Kient or the central association of thf A. A. U. that all the athletes who mako a creditable showing in the association as-sociation championships in Chicago March 1, will be sent here to com pete. He 6aid that Ira Davenport, who was defeated by Plant of Notre Dame In a half-mile race in Chicago recently in the fast time of 158 1-5, and Plant would probably be western entries In the 600 and tho 1,000 yard championships, in which they will meet "Mel" Shepard, Klviat, Hedlund, arid other fleet runners of the east. t?. F Llndbers, quarter mllcr of the Chl- apo A A . who finished t Ulr.l In the 400 metre race at the Olympic games In Stockholm, may also be entered (Continued on Page Seven I 1 tiii5iiiij (Cont'nued From Pago Two.) LEAGUE GAMES TO BE PLAYED IN OGDEN In a telegram to the president of tliM Onion association, President A P Bigelow of the Ogden Baseball asso- ciatlon announced that Ogden would be In the league this year and the 1 $600 forfeit is to be ponted at once The derision last night earn after several weeks of doubt, and, although1 'the full amount necessary for the running of a team has not yet been i secured, there are no fear6 but that! the necessary amount will be forth-coning forth-coning Another meeting will be held dur- ! Ins this week, when the final reports of the committee men who have sell- I ing stock will be received and it Is I possible that a manager will be decided de-cided on Without a manager, the duties have fallen upon Secretary I Angus Kennedy and he has been re- j eei'ln and answering numerous letters let-ters from players. According to the schedule of the j White So practice games, the serond tenm Is to play in Ogden on April 1. and in Salt Lake on the followln-: day It is hope, that all the members of the Ogden club will be here on that date m order that a game between the celebrated Chicago team and Ogden Og-den mav be played. All of Ogden'E last vear team, with the exception of Stone and Whalen. who have been sold, will appear In Ogden uniforms this season and Secretary Sec-retary Kennedy his a number of ptomising plavers upon his reserve list |