The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-05-28

Wednesday. May 20, Belding and
Rockford will hold track meet at
Spicer's park. This has become a
yearly event and is a very good thing
because it puts the track team in ex-
cellent condition for the County meet
at Ionia, June z.
The Ionia County Athletic Board
met at Ionia, Monday afternoon. The
members present were Chapel, Lyons;
McCumsay, GAINESVILLE; Dalton, To-
MIA; Kantner, Ionia; Lash, Saranac;
Hockstad, Belding. The meeting was
called to order by Pres. Hockstad
for consideration of the status of
Ionia in the county baseball series, as
affected by the ineligibility of AL
tenburg. At recent board meeting
Lyons had forfeited game to Ionia
because of two ineligible playersp
This resulted in an even percentage
of $50 for GAINESVILLE, Ionia and Bel
ding. Then by the eight sehnester
rule, as explained in the State inter-
scholastic Constitution. Altenburg
was found to be ineligible. He had
played in a game won by Ionia from
Lake Odessa and the one forfeited
by Lyons. The natural inference
was that il Lyons had to forfeit be-
cause of ineligible players, Ionia also
should forfeit.
The deliberators of the board hing
ed upon the fact that the rule had
never been already interpreted and
that it was never clear when the
State rulings were to be used or when
contests were to be governed by
county rules. This obscurity is YER
flied by the fact that the Secretary's
record for 1916 shows a motion that
the rules be revised and rewritten.
But this was never done. Ionia dis
claimed any deliberate intention of
playing Ineligible men and felt that
because of the cbscurity of the rule
the games in which Altenburg played
should not be forfeited. This view
was upheld by majority Of the men,
bers of the board. Then as a finai
disposition of the case the following
motion was made by Lash, of Sar-
anac: "The teams of Lyons, Lake O.
dessa and Ionia are to play or settle
by agreement to the satisfaction of
the teams concerned the contested
games"
Then to meet the possible situa-
ton that might arise if Ionia wins
from Lake Odessa and Lyons and
thereby have an equal chance with
GAINESVILLE and Belding for Field
Day, it was mutually agreed that the
three representatives of Ton'ia,
GAINESVILLE and Bedding draw num-
bers from a hat to decide upon which
two Of the three should play game
TO eliminate one of the three the
winners to play the third team on
Field Day. All of the teams were
thus put on an equal footing The lot
fell to Belding to play Ionia. This
game will probably be played early
next week if Ionia wins from Lyons
and Lake Odessa. In order that there
shall be no advantage for either
team, Bedding will insist that the
game shall be played on mutual
ground and with an official from out
side of the County.
Many people of this city were in
terested in the account given in the
Grand Rapids Press and Herald of
the Commencement recital of the
Travis school Of Dancing. Among
the graduates were the Misses Velma
ad Selma Little. of the city. who ac-
cording to the following clipping gave
one Of the cleverest and the most unl
usual dances on the program. The
number was one of their own COM
position.
The Misses Velma ad Selma Little
IF Belding( presented most orig
inal and novel dance number. evan
itv and Fantasy" The girls are
twins. being exactly the same size
and there is a very close resemblance
between them. al Of which made their