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Show I First Olsiss Atlilctic 'Field For )n A till est I I City Commission To Aid Students of City . In Perfecting Grounds New Park Will Be One of the Best in the Western Part of the United States; Students to Declare Holiday to Aid in Clc anup Work.' I At last Ogden will have a first class athletic park. Plans started some time ago by tho live wires of Ogdeu have at , last matured and the work on the new i park will be started next week if I weather conditions will permit. Ogdeu i for a number of years has been with-1 , out a first class athletic park and with the grounds at Twenty-ninth and Mon-rofc Mon-rofc now alloted by the city for athletic ath-letic purposes, tho athletes of Ogden high and Weber Normal will no longer long-er want for a training field. If Old Sol will glitter forth for a few days this week the ground will be broken brok-en during the early part of the coming week, according to Mayor Frank Francis. Fran-cis. Both Weber Normal academy and, Ogden high school will declare holi-j days during the week and aid In put-j ting the field In A-l shape for athletic competition. i Mayor Francis will perform the duty! of shoveling the first spade of ground' from the new field. Other exercises' for the new field are being arranged i - and will be announced during the pros-1 ent week. I With, the city commissioners back1 of the move to give Ogden athletes a' first class athletic park the old parki at Glenwood will be a thing of tho past1 It will bo but a memory in the hearts othe many famous athletes who played on tho sod there. Many a cham-1 cham-1 plon game has been decided on tl Glenwood field and now that Ogden is' to have a first class park the grand stand now at Glenwood will be re- moved to the new field. The fence I nowit Glenwood park will also be re-1 j moved to tho new field. i New Running Track. j The new field when complete, will i ' have a cinder track of the regulation! 5-10-yard type with two curves and two I straightaways. This new feature will I bo welcomed by tho track and field stars of the high schools, as well as the old-timers and members of the Ogden A. A. I It is planned during the summer mopths to have the gridiron field for the football games sodded, thus giving Ogden one of two first class gridiron I fields In Utah. The baseball Hold will I bo one of the best in the state, and I will afford the players of the city a I first class round for tilts and also for j' practice, j I The matter of having dressing rooms and shower baths at the park will also I be discussed. If present arrange-! I ments go through ihe directors of' the I board of education at bflh the Ogden I high and Weber Normal college will I vote $2000 toward making the field I one of the best in the city. j 1 Mayor Francis Talks. I Ln regard to the ne park. Mayor f, Francis said: ! "Ogdeu has always had a great array, j of athletes and with the city rapidly I cjjming to the fore in athletic circles. I (he new park is one which is needed in order that the stars of the local schools may receive first class training. train-ing. The city engineer Is eagerly awaiting for Old Sol to glitter forth in I order that the work of laying off the field may be completed. It will be one of the new features for Ogden, I one v.'hich will aid the athletes in their r work and one which will be ecredit to the city." ; SupL Karl Hopkins of the Ogden school system, and ono of the best (boosters for athletics in the state, is i highly in favor of the new park and t stated yesterday that tho students of the high school would take part in (placing the field in shape for use just las soon as weather conditions would 'permit. t With the meet of Saturday, April 21, scheduled the work on tho track and entire field will not doubt, be com-pletetd com-pletetd before then. Coach Malcolm Watson of Weber Normal academy states that his athletes ath-letes and students of the school arc eager for the sun's rays to shine in order or-der that work on tho park may bo started. With the first signs of sunshine, sun-shine, of the real variety, the work will be started, a ho;:ay :n the schools will be declared and overnight Ogden 'will have a field second to none In the jentiro state for athletic competition.-Bring competition.-Bring on tho sunshine. oo |
