Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-08-27
TWO DAY MEET FOR
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Program of Events Crowds
Two Full Days. Revord
Crowd Expected at Provo
September S and 6. Five
Hundred Athletics to Par
ticipate.


ticipate.
The Third Annual, Meet of the
Union Pacific System Athletic
League which takes place ON the
5th and 9th of September gives
promise Of being the biggest and
best meet yet held.
Schedules have been made out
and the officials of the day an
nounced as follows:
General overseer of track and
field competitions-E. l.. Roberts.
Director of field events-Stanley
Wilson.
Management-E. II. Holt Oscar
Spear, c. II. Ward, John f. Men
denhall.
Supervisor of grounds and
equfpment-Theodore Raile.
Registration-Wi ]. Snow,
Melvin Miller.
Announcer-Dell Webb.
Stater-Glenn Simmons.
Judges of finish-Philbrick Jack
son, David Mitchell, Preston G.
Peterson, DR.. Vern Greenwood.
Timers-T. Earl Pardoe, j. w.
Knight, J. w. McAdam, C. S. Leaf.
ScOrer-kiefer Sauls.
Clerk Of Course-Rex Johnson.
Referes-Ike Armstrong.
Judges of jumps-K n n h
Weight, Ross NELSON, Fred Dixon,
&. Lavoir Jensen.
Judges Of weights-Earl Holm
stead, George COrbett, Carl Sven
son, Hugh Bagster, Christian Jen
sen.
inspectors s-Junius Jackson, Ell
bert Hush, Merle Taylor, Clyde
Eeyte.
OFFICER of grounds-Jesse Hun
Ter.
Reserve offials-Dr. H. G. Mer-
rill, Clayton Jenkins, Edgar Nc
Arthur, Ted Allen, Victor Taylor,
Vernon Fulboe, Harrison r. Mer-
rill
Daybreak Monday will be the
official opening of the Un'on Pa
cific athletic meet, when 4 mill
tary salute will he given by the
National Guard unit, commanded
by L. r. Edwards.
At 9 a. IN. the grand parade of
athletes, all in uniform will take
place. This will be a monster
affair, and the presence of the
500 sport devotees who will com
pete for railroad honors will be
the outstanding feature.
At 10 Il. m, athletics get under
way with a rush. The prelimin-
airy events of the track and field
meet will begin on the "Y" field
at that hour, and the first base
ball game will be staged at the
same time. Trap shooting, rifle
shooting, tennis, golf and horse
shoes will start at 10 a. m. also,
and most of these will continue
throughout the two days of the
meet.
Finals in the track and field
meet occur at 1870 p. m. as the
great feature OF the first day
Since track and field gives the
greatest number of points of any
event, this will be attended iby eX-
ceptronal interest.
At $3.50 p. m. another baseball
game is slated
Wrestling and Dancing Arranged.
AT $3.50 the wrestling card in
the high school auditorium, with
Henry Jones of Provo meeting
Robin Reed of Reedsport, Ore,
will commence Later, four dances
will be staged. the Elk's hall, Ar
mory, UJahna Gardens and Glen
carry having been secured.
The band contests get under
way at 8 a. m. Tuesday, Septem-
ber 6. Bands from Los Angeles,
Denver, North Platte, Salt Lake,
Portland and Milford are assured,
while Green River, Caliente and
Pocatello also will probably have
bands entered in the contest.
The ladies' swimming meet will
be staged at 10 a. m in the Provo
high school pool, and at the same
hour, the crack fire brigades of
the four U. F. units will give de-
monstrations.
Finals OF baseball will be staged
at 2 p M, with a double-header
between winners and losers of the
preceding day scheduled to take
place. Between the games, a drill
by the crack Los Angeles U. P.
band will be featured.
The Grand Banquet will take
place at $3.50 p. M, with the place
of the affair not yet decided upon.
Al $3.50 p. m, the evening pro
gram of the preceding night will
be repeated. with wrestling mat
ches at the high school auditor
ium. and big dances at four halls
in this vicinity.
=. 1t may be seen from the tenta-
tive program, that September
and 6 will be filled with interest
ing events from start to finish,