Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1926, Page 21

MAY HAVE RECORD FIELD HAT is probably the largest track and field meet ever to be staged here is scheduled for August 17, when young athletes of the city zather at Plaza for their pionship games. third annual interplayground cham- Officials of the playground department &e preparing to handle a field of 1600 contestants, representing 40 of the Summer recreation centers. The minimum number of competitors High school stars who had a big part in the 1925 mest will be barred | this season. A -bulletin recently is- | #ued at playground headquarters states that no boy who has won a high school letter, or.has completed the high school course, or is 18 years of age may enter. Corcoran playground, directed by Jimmy Mitchell, Western High ath- lete, captured the title last year. Mitchell is back on the job again and is prepping his boys for a stubborn [voue: HEVY CHASE playground rac! event, which is now in progre: from each ground will be 30. defense of the honors. Preliminary meets are being held at each of the 40 grounds. Winners of first and sec- ond places quality for the city meet. The list of events for the title competition on August 17 follows: class—50-vard dash. running vard relay. and 100 pound classes—80-vard dash. runuine high tumo. ‘running brosd jums an -vard relay. {15t00und class—70-yard dash. runnin high jump. running broad jump. 80-var hurdies and 440-vard relay. Unlimited olass—1007ard. dash. runnie high l\lllI!v running broad jump. half-mile run and 880-yard relay. N SPORT E FRAZIER keters pu‘t in a busy day yesterday, playing off a number of preliminary matches in the singles tennis ss for the ground title. In the feature_of the day Sidney Alexander triumphed over Maria Gil Borgas after a struggle which was extended to three sets, two of them deuced. Miss Alexander took the opener after it had been tied up twice, but dropped the second. The third was a grueling struggle for points, in which Miss Alexander finally bested her opponent to take the set and the Beih match at 86, 4—6, 7—5. This victory Mary Tolman advanced to the third round also by virtue of her victory over Peggy Silber, whom she bested in two hard-fought sets, 7—5, 6—3. Previously Miss Silber had won over Helen Bettinger, 6--3; 6—4, in a first- round ‘encounter, while Miss Tolman had eliminated ‘Mary Ferrari, 6—3, 6—1. —_— Semi-finals will be played tomorrow in the Virginia Avenue tourney, if the preliminary matches which were scheduled today are all completed. Yesterday, Eleanor Higgs scored easily over Jessie Cardwell in straight sets, 61, 6—1. Bessie Soper gained the edge on her match with Mildred Hook on the Rose- dale court, winning by the close score of §—4, $—6. Virginia Jones earned the dis- tinction of being the first girl to qual- ify for the gold test button on the Montrose playground. The gold but- ton is the highest athletic efficlency award offered by the municipal play- ground department. It represents at least three years’ experience in out- door sports, as the fair athlete who acquires it must first have won her bronze and silver badges, each rep- resenting one véar's efforts in ath- letic activities. According- to Pauline Woodruff, di- rector of Montrose, Miss Jones has played through a series of 10 volley ball games with an organized team; passed the goal-throwing test, shooting 6 straight baskets: qualified in the swimming tests, which included the rescue of a ‘“drowning” companion and carrying her to a place of safety; and under the leadership requirements she has assisted the director in kin- dergarten, directed ring games and quiet games for one month, averag- ing one hour a day. Miss Jones is o of the most ac- complished voung swimmers who fre- quent the Montrose play center. Last year in the Georgetown meet she the high point scorer in the 8-to-11- vear class. She represented her ground in the inter-playground finals staged in the Rosedale tank. Washington Girl Scouts enter- tained two distinguished visitors y terday at their day camp, Adven- ture, located on the estate of E. C. Graham near Takoma, Md. Agnes Wayman, supervisor of physical edu- cation and healthful recreation for the National Girl Scouts, Inc., and Mrs. Charles R. Lindsay, local Scout ecommissioner, attended the session. The camp is conducted each Tues- day and Thursday under the direction of Mrs. Gerrit S. Miller, jr., to take care of the overflow of local Scouts who cannot be accommodated at Camp Bradley, the permanent encampment for Washington and Baltimore Girl Seouts. A ful]l program of games and camp- ing activities makes the hours fly for the group of khaki-clad youngsters who gather on the camping grounds . twice a week. A car carrying a white signal flag leaves Fifteenth and New York avenue at 8:30 on camp days, and picks up Scouts along the route who do not meet at the starting point. Each girl brings her own luncheol which is augmented by 2 “community hot dish” prepared and cooked by the campers on the new stone fireplace built by the campers themselve The group attending camp vester- day included the following counci- Jors: Mrs. J. E. Benedict, captain; Lucille Webber, Janet Broadhuet, Marion Barret and Emma Simmons. Pioneers: Rhoda Blose, Carrie Ash, Dorothy Stubbs, Julia Bell, Elizabeth Brundage and Ellen Anderson, and Scouts Mildred Clark, Julia Heff, Sarah Clark, Rachael Blose, Constance Russell, Rose Ardai, Julia Whitson, Ruth Dick, Ethel Lear, Frances Bene- dict, Shirley Rowe, Evelyn Gunion, Retty Blose and Ann Clark. A special meeting of the Metropoli- tan Athletic Club has been called for this evening at 8 o'clock by Gladys Mills, athletic director, for the pur- pose of electing a president pro tem to merve until the regular election in November, in the absence of the presi- dnt and vice president, both of whom have resigned. The meeting will be held in the club- rooms, on F street hetween Ninth and Tenth. COLLETT OFF HER GAME, BUT IS AN EASY WINNER EASTERN POINT, Conn., July 28 (P).—Favorites showed their heels to potential ‘dark horses in the opening round ‘of the match' play in the eighth annual woman's invitation golf tournament .at the Shennecosset Country Club. Glenna Collett, who has won thll tournament the last three years, had an easy time defeating Mrs. C. J. Downey, Springfield, Mass., 6 and 5.| She was still off her g out in 45. “‘Overgolfed, dlagnosed her trouble. An unexpected feature of tournament was the withdrawal Mre. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, Phila- deiphia, former amateur champlon. experts KELLEHER BEATS HUNTER U IN NET TOURNEY UPSET NEW YORK, July 28 (#).—Vigorous action, which spared only William Til- den and Vincent Richards, marked the march of favorites to the quarter finals of the m:;ropout:hn tennis Ch"r:: | ionship yesterday on the grass cou gr :‘P:e gnunt Athletic Club. Tilden, overwhelmed Onda of japan, 6—2, 6—1, and Richards eliminated Herbert L. Bowman of New York, 6—4, 6—1. Alfred H. Chapin, jr. of Springfield, | Muss.; Brian I. C. Norton of San An-; tonio, Tex.; Dr. George King of New | York, and Luclen Williams of | Chicago also gained their .brackets, e, going |successfully the pi plac in the third round. MUNY LINKS TITLE IS TAKEN BY COLE| By nosing out John Derr Boger, ir., by a single point yesterday in the 36- hole medal play match at East Po- tomac Park, Charles W. Cole,of Cen- tral High School won the District municipal course golf title and the captainey of the four-man team that will represent Washington in the na- tional municipal tourney at Buffale next week. Cole negotiated the course in 138, while Boger turned in a card of 159 and John R. Miller went the distance in 165. W. J. Cox, the remaining member of the quartet going to Buf- falo, did not compete. ‘The new champlon played his best golf during the morning round, shoot- ing 35 and 40 for a total of 75 and getting two birdies on each nine holes. Boger got a 38 going out and 42 coming in. Miller's total for the first 18 was 83, made with a 45 and a 38. Boger led the field In the afternoon with a 40 and a 39, but could not make up the handicap. He had a splendtd chance to tie Cole on the thirty-sixth hole, but missed a putt by a fraction of an inch. The Central High captain started well on the second round but ran into trouble on the third and seventh heles going out and made the first nine in 42, A 41 on the second nine gave him a total of 83. Miller shot two 41s. S WORLD-SWIM MARKS FOR WOMEN BROKEN NEW YORK, July 28.—Two world records were smashed by girl cham- plons of the Woman's Swimming As- soclation at a water earnival held by the Long Island Railroad A. A. in the 75-foot’_pool of the Castle Baths, at Long Beach, Long Island. last night. Agnes Geraghty wiped out the standard for 220 yards breast stroke in a handicap in which she started from scratch. Although conceding 11 and 22 sec: onds to her clubmates, Matilda Schue rich and Esther Faley, Miss Geraghty won the event by several yards in V.16 1-5. The performance dispoded of the world record of 3.20 2-5, established by Irene Gilbert of England at Rotherham in 1922, and the Americar. mark of 3.27 2.5, set by Miss Geraghty herself at St. Augustine, Fla., February. The other record to go was in the 300-yard relay awimming, teams of four. Martha Norelius, Lisa Lindstrom, Adelaide Laubert and Doris O'Mara attacked it in an un- paced trial against time, as prescribed by A. A, U. rules, and covered the dis- tance in 10.12 1.5, slashing 36 seconds from the old figure of 10.48 1.5, hung up by Helen Wainwright, Ethel Me. Gary, Afleen Riggin and Virginia ‘Whitenack at Bethlehem, Pa., in 1924. A 200-yvard back stroke match be- tween Eileen O'Mara and Karin Nils. son resulted in a stirring duel. until the final dash was Miss O'Mara able to forge ahead and gain the dect. sion by an arm’s length in the re- max‘kslobh :r‘lmo of 2.56 3-5. -yard free style race was we by Kathryn Brown from Kuhlu: O'Neil by 1 yard in 0.32 1.5, ROCHESTER CLUB BUYS PITCHER LEFTY THOMAS ROCHESTER, N. Y. July 28 (®).— Purchase of Pitcher “Lefty” Thomas of Washington was announced foday by Business Manager Walter K. Hapgood of the Rochester Interna- tional League Base Ball . Club. Thomas has been with Birmingham of the Southern Association all sea- son, although he was the property of Washington. He is expected to report here tomorrow. RED POLOISTS SOORE, Red, poloists of the War Depart: Pol;}d:ociittlnn nosed nhut the W’l:‘i::: yesterday in_a seven- at Potomac Park, § t: ‘I.xllnr T Inside Golf y Chester Horto; Since, the golfer who has atta fair game will have found ln:lutn:lgo: ciple of initiating through the hips. the hips leading the entire forward swing. suppose we have a look at the exact reverse of this. That, obvi- 4 ously, means ini- tiating the back swing with _the hips acting firat. Here is a great ?{lnclph of golf. the forward swing vanced to know what he is about be- fore he attempts this, and I have not wished to suggest practices to play- ers that might upset them, even tem- Ing the swing thicugh the body Are: ng the swing 0! . good one l.nd“fl,.lfll»lfl imm but were pressed to the imit, while Franecle T. Hunter fell before Hugh Kelleher, 63, §—6, 7—5. is & a.ll.tlely subsequent we will have a lw: at it. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, INTERPLAYGROUND MEET |CHILDREN T0 SHOW. SKILL AT SWIMMING Child awimmers of the famous Red, ‘White and Blue Troup, hailing from he Panama Canal Zone, will stage their exhibition in Wardman Park pool tomorrow and Friday. The program was scheduled for last week end, but was postponed because of the iliness of one'of the leading performers. The trou; dren, ran, is composed of 11 chil- ing from 3 years to 12, D. ¢. WEDNESDAY. JULY 928, They came here from New York and will go to Philadelphia at the end of the week to do their stunts at the Sesquicentennial. A 25-foot diving tower has been constructed at Ward- | man for their use. They go on at 3 | o'clock each afternoon and at 8 o'clock | Friday night. The Wardman Swimming Club will' hold its second meet of the season on | Saturday, August 14. The list of events includes two South Atlantic| champlonships, the 150-yard back | stroke for men and the same event for women, | ! -— . Kanawha tossers Senecas, 17 to 0. swamped the - Always was, always il il | against an unusualiy TITLE SWIMMING MEET ., GETS STARTED TODAY PHILADELPHIA, July 28 (). American’s greatest swimm were here today for the A. A. U. men's | championships, which get under way this afternoon in the Sesquicentennial | lake pool. Every 1925 outdoor champion here to defend his title. is 440-yard free style and the 440-yard breast stroke, s program. smuller will were on the opening | day In the former Johnny Wel defend hix atrong field. * N LA XK MK N = = = THE ORIGINAL CAPT. HORNE TAKES By the Associated Pross. A midnight putting bee on the ninth |green at the Chevy Chase Club, with illumination | admirals, Only two championship events, the [6fficers holding up was required . F. J. amining B title}|annual 1 ranged hy Acting Sacretary 1926. s 9 INDIAN SPRING CLUB TO HOLD RING SHOW ! Capt. Horne with Comdr. Jack | | Stapler of the Naval Intelligence Of. | |fice at 4up on par in the match play on the sirength of the handicap of | 30 each enjoyed At the dinner which followed it was | voted to setile the point at once, and the diners uwdjourned to the ninth | pive rour.pound bouts between local Ereen to ses the contest fought out | and put-of-tpwn box Hateh tied fothe low net score prize | Billy, West, e . Comdr. Fobb took the high m;‘u::'t“;'g:i AM“:nTl‘\:l;“::‘fl“:o’:;:t! gross prize with 138, {also are on the program. Y NAVAL GOLF EVENT provided by rows of captains and lesser naval £ matches, last to declare florne of the Naval E A winner of the second golf to A will be ~ " SAFE! Be sure you get AMOCO-GAS, the Original Special Motor Fuel, and you need never worry about taking any precautions. 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