Arizona republican., 1913-09-21
And Prepare to Form Ari- zona State Athletic Asso- citation With All Outside Secondary Institutions in the State
IMPORTANT STEP
 AT MESA MEETING
Normal, Indian School and University Segre 2 a t e d into Class by Themselves. Schedules and Seasons to Be Fixed

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 i The Salt River Valley Interscho- lastic Athletic association will not ! be what it has been for years in the pasta compact organization of the i Tempe. Glendale, Mesa and Phoenix high schools and the Normal and Indian schools. At the meeting of the league held yesterday morning in Mesa the secession of the high l schools determined that point It took just a little longer than no time for the representatives of the high schools to tender their resig- nations from the association. And so the normal and Indian school re- main sole members of the organiza- ton in the valley However, the university al Tucson will likely be enrolled with this pair at an early date.
 The high schools of the valley and in fact of the state, have signed up under the Arizona State High School Athletic association.
 The schools of the valley were represented a the meeting in Mesa yesterday, as follows: Tempe Nor nal, G. w Henry; Phoenix high. c. D. Jones; U. s. Indian School P A. Venne; Mesa high. F. c. Johnston. and Tempe high, S. J. Jennings. It was a busy session and the repre- sentatives were far from concluding all the work on hand.
 Here is the way matters have stood along athletic lines in the val ley for years past-the casus belIi over which the disbandment is now
 
 cause of it's five year course and the Phoenix Indian school for a sim liar season. have been considered as having the athletic jump" on the high school of the valley which had only the four-year course. For this reason it has not seemed equable to allow all the schools to compete on an even basis. And here comes the trouble. How is it going to be fixed so that all the schools may continue in their past successful schedules? In other words, how can the schools be lined up on a handicap basis?
 Tt can't be done" say the Normal and U. $. I. $. people and-"Easy enough" say the high school repre- sentatives. Well form league of And that is just what has, or rather, is going to be done.
 The Arizona State High School our own, and let the Normal. U. S Indians and University do the same" Athletic association is an organiza- tiOn perfected during the high school state athletic meet at Tucson last April. All contenders for honors in events there that week. including all the Salt River Valley high schools, signed up to become mem har is lacking now but to adopt the constitution as just compiled by the officials of the league at Tucson.
 Tempe Normal and the Indians propose to find themselves play mates through association with the University of Arizona The plan is to form a compact league between these three schools Winners from this organization and the high school association will then compete for the highest honOrs
 Seasons Fixed
 Following the withdrawal of the high schools from the valley league yesterday morning they set about the regular routine of work, primar- fly fixing the seasons of athletic events for the year. Basket ball will be played by all the valley schools rom now until the flrSt Of Janu- ary, 1913 This may seem a long season but in the end it will prove just the dope" in view of the num- erous out-of the valley teams with which to compete. A committee composed of Jennings of the Tempe high and Henry of the normal was appointed to work out a schedule Despite the splitup in the league practically the same schedule as has been played in the past will be fol- lowed this year
 The track season and baseball will work together this year. the former as a subordinate feature, from the first of January until the first of May. Trophies formerly competed for by the valley teams will now be left entirely to the normal and In- dians. Thus interest in The Re publican loving cup given to the winner in baseball will be at it's height through the fact that the Indians and Normal each have one years credit for victory and the winner this year takes the cup into it's permanent possession.
 The next meeting of the high school representative of the valley will be held next Saturday at the