Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1919 — PLAN TO ABANDON ATHLETICS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PLAN TO ABANDON ATHLETICS

General Manager Piez Says Attention of Shipmen Will Be Given to- — Building Vessels. •' Athletics in the shipyards of the country will be abandoned, according to Charles Piez, yice president and general manager of the Emergency Fleet corporation. , “We are going to concentrate at much of our attention as we can on making ships after this,” declared Mr

Piez. men have been diverted too much, I am told, by labor leaders, and the men themselves complain that they ate led to waste too much time in getting ready for athletic events , and too much time to recovering from them. , - _. ■ g ; <■♦- ■' •' “I always have favored athletics in moderation, but the kind of 'professionalism we have had serves no useful purpose. It has become now only a question of who can pay the highest salaries to a few stars. I feel safe in Baying that the same conditions will tot exist next year." F ’ • ' '4. ■ ' 71 .

Charles Piez.