Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-30
CHILDREN IN GAMES
AT VAN NESS
PARK NEXT TUESDAY.

The colored people OF the city are greatly
interested in the proposed tournament OF
the colored children next Tuesday at Van
Ness Park. The exercises will open at 3 80
pm. Basketry. crocheting and lacemaking
will be especially represented this year. =
The games by the children will be the
features of the occasion. There will be
about three hundred participants who will
play thirty different games Indoor base
ball and long ball also promise to be ex7
citing. s. -. -, -.
The following is the list Of entries for
the various athletic events:
6O-yard Dash (boys under f6 years)-Leon
Shields, IA. Howard; Allie Johnson. IA.
Howard: Walter Henry. Is. Southwest;
James Mackey. 10, Southwest. ...., =.
Running Broad Jump (boys under 10
yearse-James Green. 10: Howard: Harry
Nickson, 15. Howard; Lorenzo. Taylor, ID.
Howard; Benjamin Hall. 10. Southwest.
Running Broad Jump (boys under ID
years)-H Waverly, II, Howard; Clinton
Nickens, IL, Southwest.
25-yard Dash (girs under 10 years)-Ar-
della Johnson. 9. Howard; Dorothy Mines.
9, Howard; Ethel Banister, o. Garrison; Ma
bel Lee o. Phillips; Helen 6askins, g. Phil
lips; Ada Nickens, 8, Southwest; FLORENCE
Scott, s, Southwest.
mer Better. 8, Howard; James Scott. D,
Howard Walter Hurd. Q. Howard; Stanley
Malone, 9, Garrison; Robert Pryor, 9, South
west.
Wheeler. IL, Howard; Marie Thurston. II.
Garrison: Geneva Wheeler. II. Southwest;
Irene Reynolds. IL. Southwest
eO-yard Dash (boys under ID years.
swails, II. Howard: walter Afie II, How
ard; Arthur Bolts. u, Phillips: Alonzo Glib
son. IL. Phillips; Clinton Nickens. II. South
west: Lewis Hodges. II, Southwest
Betters. 8, Howard; James Scott, g..
Howard
Girls Relay (under ID years)-Southwest
Potatoe Race Cboys under 10 years)-A.
Prathers. ii, Howard; H. Winters, IA,
Howard
Tether Ball (girls under 16 years)-Ge-
| neva Wheeler. II, Southwest Vs. Garrison;
Lily Posey, r. Southwest VS.. Garrison !;
Esther Reynolds, II, Southwest VS.. Garri-
son. Substitutes-Zenobia Chew. IL; Irene
Reynolds, II.
44O-rod Relay (boys under 16 years.
Aloysius johnson, capt, Howard: Harry
johnson, Howard; Hermann Winters.
Howard; James Bailey, Howard; Brother
Kent, Howard; James Pollard. Howard;
Jack Mathews. Howard; ]. Liverpool, 10,
Delaware Avenue; L. Hodges. 13. Delaware
Avenue; W. Henry. Is. Delaware Avenue;
c. Anderson. Is. Delaware Avenue:
CroQuet (g1rlS un0er 10 yeafSt-Josepniho
Morton, 10, Southwest vs. Garrison: Cles-
tine Gardner. Il. Southwest VS.. Garrison
Substftute-Rosetta Simms ID.
1oO-yard Dash boys under 16 years.
Harry Johnson Is. Howard: A. Prathers.
IA, Howard; William Thomas. II, Howard:
Walter Henry. Is, Southwest; Benjamin
Hall. Is, Southwest.
Indoor Base Ball (girls under 10 years.
Arizona Liverpool Is, Southwest VS.. Phil
lips; Mamie Nelson, Ii, Southwest VS.. Phil
lips: Elnora Hawkins. 10, Southwest Vs.
Philips: Esther Makel, II, Southwest VS..
Phillips; Geneva Wheeler, II. Southwest
VS.. Phillips: Lily Posey, II, Southwest Vs.
Phillips; Ruth Lewis, II. Southwest Vs.
Phillips; Zenobia Chew. II, Southwest VS..
Phillips; Della Johnson. IA. Southwest VS..
Phillips. Substitutes-Mary Hicks, u;
Gertrude Banks, IA.
volley Ball Team (boys under 16 years.
Frank Spencer, capt, Howard; Allie john
son, Howard; Jack Mathews, Howard;
James Poland Howard; Herman Winters.
Howard; Brother Kent, Howard; Leon
Shields, Howard: c. Hamilton, 16. Della
ware Avenue; L. Hodges. ID, Delaware
Avenue; w. Parker, Is, Delaware Avenue;
b. Hall, Is, Delaware Aenpe: E. Willis. ID,
Delaware Avenue; e. Delaney, Is, Della
ware Avenue.
Basket Ball-Howard VS.. Southwest.
Long Ball (boys under 16 years)-Frank
Spencer, Howard; James Pillard, Howard;