The Winslow mail., 1926-01-15
American Legion
Inaugurates Drive
For Mass Athletics

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athletic games are being over-com-
mercialized and that upon the
whole but a limited number of
youths are ever afforded an op-
portunity to participate in athletics,
the Legion Americanism commit
tee, as part of it's work in the field
of national health and physical edu-
cation, inaugurates it's mass ath-
letics program with a plan for
statewide basketball activities.
Under the Legion plan, the state
is to be divided into sections, coun-
ties and communities. Two or
more teams are to be established
in each community, each sponsor
ed by some organization non-Sec-
tartan and non-partisan. Players
are divided into junior and senior
classes; scheduled to be arranged
for community games and county
sectional and state tournaments
held. Participation is limited to
amateurs, and the seasons are run
from December 1st to March 1st.
The details as announced by the
State Committee are:
I. Object-To carry out the Ari-
zona Legion program of physical
development of the boys and girls
of the state of Arizona through
physical education including mass
athletic games; and in connection
Herewith to teach desirable per-
sonal qualities and good sports
manship.
y. III. Plan-The plan contemplateS
= .e division of the state into coun-
ties, units, and the counties into
communities, and the organization
in each community of two or more
basketball teams and each team
sponsored by some school, civic or
ganiZation or committee; partlci-
pants being amateurs; eligibility
being limited to players not repre-
Senting any regular school team.
Schedules to be played in COM
munities; tournaments to be held in
each county, and final tournaments
for the section or the entire state.
Season to extend from December
first to March first.
III. Administration to
be governed by the American Leg
ion Americanism committee for the
state; a county committee compos-
ed of the Legion'S Americanism
chairman in each county, and COM
munity chairman to be appointed
by him. Community to be govern
ed by the community chairman ap-
pointed by county chairman and
representative from each organiza-
tion or committee sponsoring a
basketball team. Each county to
formulate rule and regulations not
inconsistent with state rules or
regulations; and each community
to adopt rules and regulations not
inconsistent with county rules or
regulations.
w. State Rules and Regulations
-7Ik The county chairman shall di
vi e their counties into related and
convenient communities and shall
appoint a community chairman for
each community.
2. Any requisite number of play
ers in any community may form a
team of qualified players. Each
team must be sponsored by some
patriotic, civic or public organiza-
ton which shall be the Sponsor"
of such team. Partisan or sectar-
ian sponsors will not be accepted.
Sponsors of teams shall arrange
for the equipment, training, con-
Quoting and development of the
team.
3. The community committee
shall arrange schedules; provide
plrees for practice and games; and
Ii ke other necessary rules and
re- ulations for the carrying out of
this program.
f. Players and teams shall be
divided into Junior and Senior
classes. Glass A shall be compos
ed of players above the age of 16
and under the age of 21 years.
Junior class teams shall be COM
posed of players over 10 years and
under the age of 16. No high school
basketball letter men, or player
regularly representing any regular
school team as a regular or a sub
stitute, or who shall have played
on any college or university team,
or who shall have used his know
ledge or skill as player for fin
ancial gain, or who shall have play
ed on any team using paid players,
shall be eligible to membership in
any team.
5. No player shall receive any
money for participating in any
games under this plan other than
the necessary expenses for hotel
bills or transportation.
6. Only such admission fee shall
be charged as may be necessary
for defraying the actual expenses
of games; nor shall any reward be
given to any player except as here
matter provided.
Z. The community committee
shall be responsible for advertis-
ing of games and tournaments in
it's community, the county commit
tee in its county, and state commit
tac throughout the state.
o The names of all players must
be registered at least twenty four
hours before and scheduled game,
and no player shall be allowed to
play on more than one team.
9. Each community shall provide
for suitable medals, banners, or
other prizes for community cham