Show hi of atille athletics bics by A times reader parowan carowan has experienced some I 1 big bl days la in her history sometime during tile the summer ot of 1112 she was honored in having one ot of her native sons garner enough sweeping vis to be crowned the worlds greatest allaround all around athlete the crown was fittingly bestowed by a royal lloyal king ot of a royal and distinguished nation this Is perhaps the noblest achievement recognized by the world that has baa ever been at tallied by any product coming out of the clear watered village there has been other big days honors have been won and movements inaugurated in various forms ot of competition and development both religious and civic when a small group of men assemble d one evening in 1908 and decided the time had come when parowan carowan should have a bank that marked an important day on the calendar certainly when it was definite that mr air carnegie had appropriated a good sum to help found a free public LI arary augmenting that which had already been donated by sunday school ch children lidren and citizens that was a paramount stride in the pro ressi no ve history of 0 the city some where embedded in the minds mind S ot of certain individuals there have been motives and a courageous am ambition bitton velch had to spring out and from such a small city has been established with a newspaper news paper a high school a bank a library stores churches and other necessary busness houses from present plans and sound in licati locations ons there is to tie be erected a new high school building some time in the near future what Is to be its character believing that a ous gymnasium is the greatest boon 0 any state high school and also 1 believing that more joy lias been I 1 experienced by citizens watching heir boys indulge in some of the games promoted by every state I 1 wish to call at attention lention to the necessity and pertinence of building a proper type of gymnasium youia coming coining back to my first para graph I 1 borrow an account ot of records recorded by prof harrison Harr laon it merrill Merrl ll pertaining to the victories ot of alma richards while participating in the olympic meet at stockholm sweden in 1912 alma richards won points in ten events during this meet he won the high jump and set a new world mark at 6 feet tour four inches later in 1915 alma by leaping 6 teet feet 5 inches became the united states national champion and record holder he has i set official records in high jump at 1 6 teet feet 5 inches broad jump 23 ft 4 and Vs j inches 16 pound shot 45 ft t 11 and inches 12 pound shot put 53 ft 8 inches discus tt ft flinches and the 56 pound weight in los angeles june 1928 34 leet feet aa inches alma richards was born and raised in carowan parowan Pa rowan A brief account ot of a few other parowan carowan boys in athletic events orton durham held tile the state high I 1 school record in the pole vault for I 1 13 years only loosing it last spring at the state high school meet held at the university stadium by one of 0 his own trained students jack gurr never set any record but it Is known that many times he ran the yard dash in less than 10 flat hanging on the wall in coach ike armstrongs office at the U of U Is a picture of a football team it la Js re ported that this was greatest team armstrong was not coaching at the school when this particular team was playing together but from the report given him by all utah football foot ball sportsmen and critics lie he believes the picture should be displayed there until one has proven in his mind and the minds of the critics a superior team ivan decker Is in the picture 0 of that team for the past two years the rocky mountain in basketball basket ball has been won by t the Alon montana tana state college of bozeman recorded i anthe 1928 etonian is this and only the uncanny pitching of orland ward at forward spelled a 46 to 38 defeat tor for tile the utes orland and frank ward both played on that champion ship team frank is caption elect of the montana team and will pilot them this year down at tile the union pacific track and field meet at los loa angeles this summer bummer byron thornon ton won out over some twenty other athletes ith letes in the mile ruit run joseph betridge bettridge has gained distinguished hoi nora in these same meets these boys are sons rons in 1922 1 1921 and 1925 1225 parowan carowan was successful in n winning the southern division basket ball championship remember tile the school was wag young and small the boys playing ion on the team these three years made a good showing for themselves and for the school mr air van buren coached in 1922 and two parowan carowan boys scott matheson and ivan decker coached the other otheir two victorious years most of the boys playing on these theme teams were born and raised in parowan carowan Pa rowan ask any of these boys what ac them to high school ask them why end and how they paid to go on to college from froin the days of alma Ric richards bard down until now the days of woodrow adams athletics has been the drawing card ask any of them how they live what they eat alma richards says 1 I have never used regular tea coffee tobacco or liquor in any form I 1 still believe in the word of wisdom there are many other names that could bo be mentioned who have taken care of themselves and have excelled in some kind of sport but 1 I have listed these few to bring to your mind the qualified and splendid material that is latent in the boys of parowan carowan Pa rowan before the days ot of proper coaching and fully equipped gymnasiums utah was not known to fo have many athletes since both the church and state have been building gymnasiums attempting to build better citizens physically utah athletic fame has steady steadily ly advanced it is evidence that there Is superb and winning material some where in the town some of the boys that are now at tending high school are certain to have those same qualities choice talents that former boys have been posse possessed sed of A good gymnasium Is needed the cost is something but think of the joy the pleasure the train training big and the development even ancient greece and rome realized the importance of such training TT |