Arizona republican., 1919-07-01
ATHLETIC CLUb
 IN LARGE SCALE TO BE ORGANIZED
Permit Granted to Repre-
 sentative Men Who Plan Large Plant at Alhambra
 and High Class Boxing

An athletic association. q club house | for the members, an athletic field, swimming pool and bath attachments and equipment, a gymnasium, a pavll- . ion large enough to accommodate a large number of visitors of the club whenever public exhibitions may be undertaken, and a baseball park. are all possibilities of the near future in the event plans which have been formulat- ing for the past two weeks are finally consummated.
 The Maricopa County Athletic asso- citation. the membership of which or sanization is composed of persons in terested in general athletic sports, wrestling, boxing and baseball, has been legally formed, and representa- tives of the organization have secured options on a site located on Grand avenue in the AIhambra district of suf- ficient acreage to accommodate the clubs future demands. Plans have been prepared and submitted for the build ings which it will be necessary to erect to carry out the aims and purposes of the association. ....
 Permit is Granted
 Incidental to the clubs plans appli- -ation was made yesterday to the coun- ty supervisors, and a permit was grant ed authorizing the club to establish it. self under the recently enacted boxing and wrestling exhibition law. Several prominent members of the association appeared before the board of super visors, and Cecil Boyce who acted as spokesman, in discussing the matter, said:
 The possibility of establishing an athletic association in Phoenix hinged to a large extent on the club securing, without too great an investment, sui ficient acreage to make possible, after the club has grown to such q size as to justify, the laying out of an athletic field. This would make possible the holding of track and field meets under the auspices of the club. and baseball diamond would be included. It was necessary therefore that We go out from he city limits in order to secure the necessary acreage.
 Plans Are Pretentious
 Early this year. when I brought the Chicago Cubs to Phoenix, MT. Mitchell of that organization encouraged me very much to believe that if suitable training grounds were available, ma jor league team might be secured for training season here at Phoenix, and he was very much of the opinion that Phoenix had everything that was de- sirable for such. with the possible ex- ception of proper training grounds, and such OUT club hopes to supply.
 "Of course we have innumerable plans for the future. and in addition to the athletic field and correlated sports and baseball, we hope to give during the coming winter months wrestling and boxing exhibitions, and for this purpose We will build a pavilion that will have a seating capacity of 5000 persons.
 Spur Line to Grounds
 My associates and myself fully re- alize that our venture is not especially attractive from a financial point of view, but our interest generally in sports has made the carrying out of our plans possible. It has been suggested to us, however, that a financially ad NantageOus use of our pavilion, with it's unusually large seating capacity, would De the possible accommodation of state or interstate conventions, and our ar chitect has had that in mind in pre- pairing plans. The pavilion will be aasily accessible. and a spur from the :. F. P. & P. railroad will be run onto our ground to give siding space for spe- ,ial trains, and we have the advantage If being on Grand avenue, one of the state highways, out only about two niles from Phoenix
 MT. Boyce also stated that any person in Maricopa county interested in ath- letic sports would be given an oppor- unity to participate and acquire ar interest financially or as an associate member of the organization, and a pro- posed list of members includes among others the following names:
 w. W. Lawhon, Dr. R. w. Craig. Ar thur Luhrs, G. II. Hirschfield. G. B Eugene Goldman, Bert H. Cligan W r. Brawner, Vernon L. Clark, H. L George Vernon Peters, Ned Creighton mage and J. C. Dobbins.