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Show - , . " - . ' i 1 4 I J ..." : A' A. P. WARNICK . . . Super-vises tourney A. P. Warnick Back From Supervision of Jr. M Men Tourney A. P. Wamick returned Sunday from Losan. where he served as General Board MIA Supervisor of the gigantic Junior MIA All-Church All-Church Basketball Tournament. The huge athletic festival was held at Utah State University and the games were played in the Smart Gymnasium and the George Nelson Fieldhouse. In all, 57 separate contests were staged, Mr. Warnick said, 16 on Tuesday, 16 on Wednesday, 12 on Thursday, 8 on Friday and the 5 finals on Saturday. Total number of participants including players, coaches and supervisors, exceeded 400, Mr. Warnick stated. Seventeen teams were housed in the Rural Arts Building at the University and the others were assigned to local motels and hotels. ho-tels. Meals for all were served at the University Cafeteria. Pood and lodging were supplied free to all participants but the organizations or-ganizations coming from the 8 western states and uanada paid their own transportation expenses. Each team was assigned two MIA girls from Cache Valley Mu-tuals, Mu-tuals, who served as "hostesses." These girls were hosts to the teams at games, meals, and social functions. func-tions. St. George Third walked off with first place honors; Nephi First took second, a team from Neola Ward won the Consolation and the Thatcher-Penrose Ward was a-warded a-warded the "Sportsmanship" Trophy. Tro-phy. Assisting Mr. Warnick was a . corps of 60 to 75 helpers and Professor Pro-fessor H. B. Hunsaker of the University faculty served as director. |