The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-14
MUNY ATHLETIC PARK
NOW SEEMS CERTAIN:
CITY TO DONATE SITE
Waterworks Tract Of 81
Acres to Be Turned to
Athletic Committee if
Board Is Willing.

Tho municipal amateur athletic
park now seems almost assured.
Yesterday morning the city COM
missioners went on record In favor
OF turning the 34-acre waterworks
tract on the Sand Springs paved
road and interurban into/ such
plant. and only the approval of the
water board now Is needed. The
committee representing the Tulsa
amateur Athletic association which
met with the city commissioners
Friday will confer with the water
board Monday. and 1t is believed
the property will be definitely given
over for park purposes at that time.
Not the slightest objection to the
athletic park plan was offered when
the subject was taken before the
city government by the athletic
committee. consisting Of Col. Ira B.
Reeves. w. Dietrich, Ernest Slater,
Il. V. Wiley. L. II. Steffens. G. c.
Evans and n. B. Snyder. The city
officials seemed greateiy impressed
with the project. Mayor Evans sug-
eested that the city might give
$500 toward cleaning up and pre-
pairing the property for athletic Use
and Com missioner Addison prom
ised that he would furnish city. pris-
oners az laborers.
May Be No Golf Course.
In general the athletic plan Is to
establish and equip a field for all
sorts of amateur sports. Three base
ball diamonds, a number OF tennis
courts. half f-mile cinder track and
other advantages would be installed.
1t developed yesterday that unless
additional land can be secured there
is not much hope OF a golf course.
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and engineers will look the site
over and see II there Is any chance
for the establishment OF a nine-hole
course.
Colonel Reeves, who appeared as
spokesman for the athletic COM
mittee, supplemented an explanatory
letter from Mr.. Snyder. with q brief
appeal in behalf of the encourage
ment of amateur athletics. Such
clean sports, he said, made for clean
minded young people and a better
class of citizenship.
Snyder's Letter.
The text of the letter from Mr..
Snyder to the ,missioners set
ting forth the h ,pes of the athletic
commission was as follows:
"A movement has been recently
started to organize all athletics OF
Tulsa and community for the pur-
pose OF placing them on a high plane
and effecting uniformity OF rules.
regulations, schedules, etc.
This movement has resulted In
the election of board of commits
sioners with the president and sec
retary of the board. This board of
commissioners Ia now organized and
Is ready to function.
The following gentlemen consti-
tute the board OF commissioners:
Col. Ira l.. Reeves. Sam McBirney,
w. X. Holmes, +. B. Koontz, Will
liam Dietrich, Ernest Slater, r. NJ.
MoodysT. II. Steffens. c. s. Younk-
man. II. X. Patterson, Thomas
Cheasley, G.. C. Evans, DR.. y. @.
Reisling, o. A. Steiner. Victor f..
Barnett, Walter Album, e. b. Wiley
and Norman b. Snyder.
I'VE find that the greatest draw
back OF organizing athletics is tks
absence of an amateur athletic field
of sufficient size and facilities to
accommodate the various athletic
activities.
I'VE have made a careful survey
of several prospective sites. We find
that the site best suited to our
needs is a tract of land lying north
and west of the Compression Inner
Tube plant and which borders on
the hard d-surfaced road and street
car line. We learn that this tract
of land is the property of the city
OF Tulsa and Is not now in use for
any purpose other than possibly
agricultural uses. We therefore pc
tition your honorable body TO take
the necessary action which will au-
thorize the use of this tract OF land,
hA traT
the purpose OF promoting clean
sports in Tulsa.
I'VE will be glad to appear before
your honorable body for the pur-
pose of giving such additional infor-
nation as you may require"
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