. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. ies areof small intrinsic val-ue, but of sufficientartistic merit to makethem worth compet-ing for. The chieffeature is a badge,emblematic of thespirit of the League, given to successfulcontestants at their first winning. Sus-pended from this badge are pendantsbearing figures representing the differentevents for which they are given. A con-testant winning more than one place haspendants attached to those already juniors the badge is bronze and forseniors, silver
. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. ies areof small intrinsic val-ue, but of sufficientartistic merit to makethem worth compet-ing for. The chieffeature is a badge,emblematic of thespirit of the League, given to successfulcontestants at their first winning. Sus-pended from this badge are pendantsbearing figures representing the differentevents for which they are given. A con-testant winning more than one place haspendants attached to those already juniors the badge is bronze and forseniors, silver. Pendants are of gold,silver and bronze for first, second andthird classes. The badge is a repro-duction of a beautiful medallion, typify-ing the spirit of the League by an originalconception of the boy David hurlingthe stone in his conflict with the giantGoliath. The pendant for the trackevents bears the figure of a sprinter, andthe other pendants are equally typicalof the events for which they are institutional section of the Leaguetakes in settlement houses, missions. BALTIMORES PUBLIC ATHLETIC LEAGUE 113. INDOOR MEET IN THE INSTITUTIONAL SECTION churches, etc., where the League conductsindoor work during the winter pubhc school section inchides out-door sports in spring and fall and indoorgames in winter. An outdoor sectionadministers the daytime sports duringthe vacation months, and from April toOctober cares for the night games. It is evident from this very generaloutline that the work of the PublicAthletic League of Baltimore has as-sumed a much wider scope than is yetrealized or even understood by Bostonpeople. But there is nothing in the Baltimore plan outside the range of thepolicy adopted for the Municipal Ath-letic Association of Boston. The onlydifference is that with the prospectivecreation of Bostons Park and Recrea-tion Departments some of the workwhich the Baltimore League undertakeswill, in Boston, be under the city de])art-ment, in co-o
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