Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1920 — SPORT DIRECTOR FOR LEGION [ARTICLE]

SPORT DIRECTOR FOR LEGION

Salaried Official to Handle All Details of Arrangements for Events in Illinois. The American Legion committee has decided to place the Legion’s sport affairs in Illinois in the hands of a paid athletic director, responsible to the state athletic board, headed by Frank B. Flannery and John V. Qinnin. This director will handle all details of'arrangements fcr teams, events grounds, track meets, tennis tournaments, water carnivals, etc., on the Legion’s Illinois program. It was decided that admission to ail athletic events be free, and that events be limited to Legion athletes.