The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-09-08
Chamber of Commerce Directors
Decide to Ask Civic Organiza-
tions to Name Committees
to Take Up Move.
MEET WITH COMMITTEES
FOR GREATER CHICKASHA
Boosters for Plan Show Advant-
ages; County and State Ath-
letic Meets; Baseball, Foot
ball, All Athletics.

That committees from the Retail
Merchants association, the Lions
and Rotary clubs and other civic or
ganizations in the city meet with
the Greater Chickasha COMMITTEES of
the Chamber of Commerce, to de-
eide whether or not Chickasha is to
put over proposition for com
munty athletic field was the decl-
sion of the directors of the Chick
asha Chamber of Commerce at
luncheon held yesterday
The Chamber of Commerce Is to-
day addressing letters to the heads
of the various civic organizations,
asking the committees be named
and with tho request that those
committees get in touch at once
with Alger Melton, chairman of the
c. c. Greater Chickasha committee,
in order that an early meeting Of
these committees be called to get
prompt action, If the decision Is to
launch the proposition.
Plan is Explained.
The tentative plan, as explained
to the Chamber of Commerce direc-
tors, is to procure ground as close
to the business district as possible
and to make that ground into field
where all athletic events in the city
can be staged
1t was shown that the Chickasha
high school football team has prac-
tically no field on which to play and
that with prospects for a state
championship team here, prompt ac-
tion on the proposition is necessary,
if such is to be taken, in order to
provide a suitable field for this sea
sons gridiron battles
other Events Possible.
Those who are boosters for the
plan point out that there are many
athletic events which are in reality
a part of the city's life and which,
they state should have place in
the city's activity Track and field
meets of the county and in which
practically every school in Grady
participates was mentioned as one
of the big events every year that Is
of countrywide interest
Heretofore, there have been no
dual or triangular track and field
tournaments among the high schools
of the state, but 1t is pointed ont
that such events could easily be
staged here if Chickasha had a suit
able place Dutch" Strauss, athletic
director of the Chickasha high
school has expressed his desire to
arrange for such meets, If stadium
or field. could be provided.
Benefit League Baseball.
The plan, as it has been outlined.
is to include several tennis courts,
baseball diamond for the Young
Americans" Of the city, a quarter
sprints of the proposed field meets
and as time and finances permit, to
make the stadium into first class
athletic arena.
It is shown that this would take
care of the professional baseball pro
position for the city, as a diamond
with stands, etc, for the Western
association club of this city could
be included in the proposition.
The point was stressed that it will
be necessary for the heads of the
various civic organizations to name
their committees at once to confer
with Alger Melton and the Greater
Chickasha committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce. This joint com
mittee in session will decide whether
or not the time is ripe for taking up
such proposition in this city.