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Show URGES SUPPORT ; FOR NEW FIELD Coach Carl Peterson of Ogden High Tells the Needs of a New Athletic Park Ogden's need In th" athletic world Is an athletic field for Us athletes and thill need Is bemt known to 'he arh-' letic mentors of tho Ogden High school and Weber Normal academy-A1 academy-A1 this time the city officials arc preparing pre-paring a bond issue which will carry, S7:..no0 for park Improvements, which If pa.sed will enable ogdenltes to wli-nexs wli-nexs various forms of athletic g.uie I from an up-to-date stand and an up-j to-date field. In order that this phase of the bond Issue may go over the top, it Is planned plan-ned to have a number of four-minute men address the students of the grade schools and the high schools of the city on the need Of an athletic park The students In turn would relay the news to their parents. Who In turn would vote either lor or against thej new improvements for the city parks.: MID M P Itl With reference t. the new athletic, park. Coach Carl Petersen of the Ogden Og-den High school said today: "Ogden surely needs an athletic 1 park where adequate accommodations' may be had I"i hr athletes. At this time the City is without a running track, making track work for track and field athletes almost out of the question. Despite this fact ihe Tigers- look the stato Interaeholastlc title, In 191S from a fust field. "Sprint and dlstnr.ee men need 8 track on which to perform and prai tioe. Field event men can workout In a vacant lot. h it with hurdlers, st.rlnt-ers st.rlnt-ers and distance runners it is a different dif-ferent story- MEANS .n Tli K "The new plans for the new athletic! park. I ni.i told, i all for a -140-yard running track, a gridiron field and in up i the minute baseball diamond W muSt aid in putting this phase of the bond brie nviT The baseball sea-' SOU will soon be ready for the open-! Ing gumes. Fnless preparations are mail- within a short time the Northern North-ern Ftah baseball games will have tO( bt played at Iorin Fnrr pari The griil iron field Is another mat-i ter which could stand a great deal of Improvement, if voters of Ogden will lend their support to ibis end of the bond isMie they will be doing a Jus-j tice to tho school students which will urely be appreciated. I "The new field Is needed : :iil onU" those who are minus the facilities for various branches Of athletics are In a position to tell their wants. There-1 fore, If Ogden is to prosper In thei athletic world, let's join, hands and putj the bond issue over and put it over: hlg - |