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horseshoe pitching, tennis and similar games and sports, social activities, 

 music and dramatics are being offered on many playgrounds until nine in 

 the evening, and frequently until later at centers where a system of light- 

 ing of grounds makes this use possible. 



Physical Activities. 



Under this large group of activities come athletic games, sports, 

 swimming, hiking, boating and all 

 the varied opportunities for out-of- 

 door activities, facilities for which 

 are so abundantly provided by 

 park departments. 



Municipal Athletics. 



This term is used by a num- 

 ber of park departments and rec- 

 reation officials to designate the 

 program involving the organiza- 

 tion of teams and leagues in base- 

 ball, football, basket ball, volley 

 ball and sports of all kinds. 

 Schedules of games are arranged 

 between the various park teams, 



and every effort is made to develop a city-wide plan which will reach indus- 

 trial groups and organizations of all kinds. 



What one city is doing. As an example of a city-wide program Mil- 

 waukee offers a program typical of a number which are being conducted. 

 Here a municipal amateur athletic association has been organized which 

 is conducted by the Extension Department of the Milwaukee Public Schools 

 with the cooperation of the Board of Park Commissioners. The sports 

 offered include the following: 



Hiking. 



Horseshoes. Men's Tournament; Industrial League. 



Ice Hockey. Senior and Junior League. 



Ice Skating. All-City Meets; De Molay Meet; Gram- 

 mar School Meet; Girl Scout Carnival. 



Indoor Baseball. Leagues and Tournaments. 



Skiing. Daily Ski Jump; Juvenile (Store Ski Jump); 

 Juvenile (.Barrel Stave Ski Jump); Cross Country Ski 

 Run. 



Soccer. Spring Season: Senior League and Juvenile 

 League. Fall Season: Senior League. 



Tennis. Indoor: Men's Singles Tournament. Out- 

 door: Men's Singles, Ladies' Singles and Men's Doubles 

 Tournaments; Parent and Child, Grammar School and 

 Girl Scout Tournaments. 



PLATE No. 273. BOWLING A POPULAR FORM 

 OF PARK RECREATION 



Aquatics (Swimming and Canoeing). De Molay 

 Meet; Newsboys' Meet; All-City Meet and Girl Scout 

 Water Carnival. 



Baseball. Outdoor Hard Ball; Sunday Leagues; Out- 

 door Soft Ball; Sunday Leagues; Insurance League; 

 Industrial League; Public School League. 



Basket Ball (All-City Tournaments and X-Y District 

 Tournaments). Free Throw Tournament; Single Event 

 and Team Event. 



Bowling on the Green. Single Events and Team 

 Events. 



Cross Country Run. 



Curling. 



Dog Derby. 



Football. Sunday Leagues. 



