Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
WANTS MORE CHILDREN ;
TO USE FAIRGROUNDS
Instructress Will Explain to
Parents in a House-to-
House Canvass.

Good weather brought out q great num-
Der Of children to take part in the field
day exercises held at the Gallinger play
grounds yesterday. The Gallinger play
grounds were formerly known as the
Nineteenth Street Fairgrounds" but
were recently renamed in honor and with
the consent, of Senator Gallinger.
Miss Helena M. O'Connell, in charge of
the grounds. arranged a program for the
boys and girls in the morning which
covered every sort of athletic sports and
games. The larger children played base
ball. volley ball, tennis and other games
popular with young Americans Smaller
boys and girls swung in the swings,
played in the sand box, or sat about in
the shade Of the trees at the back Of the
grounds and watched the sports of their
seniors. Not few mothers also came
and used the swings and the seats in the
little open-air house.
Teacher Always Present.
The program was resumed last evening
that time Miss O'Connell or one of her
assistants was in charge. One teacher is
always on the grounds while they are
open for the children to play on.
Owing to some misunderstanding the
attendance at the grounds has not been
as great as on many of the other
grounds, nor as great as Miss O'Connell
wishes 1t to be. She said yesterday that
she hopes to obtain the cooperation of
parents in the neighborhOod. SO that all
the children in the vicinity will attend.
Some parents, she thinks. are under
the impression that because OF its proxi-
nifty to the Juvenile Court the play
grounds are place of recreation for
delinquents who are brought to the
court. This is not so. she asserts.
The children who come to the grounds
are the incest class you would want to
meet she declares.
In order to secure the cooperation of
the parents Miss Mcconnell intends to
make a house-to-hous canvass, and ex-
the playground to the mothers and ia
theirs in its vicinity. She declared, that
she had found q large number of per-
sons who did not even know Of. the ex-
istence Of the grounds.
In Competitive Events.
Reds triumphed over Blues" at tn,
Phillips School playground yesterday in
six out of eight competitive events. Pre-
ceding the games the boys and girls. boil
juniors and seniors. elected track ant
field captains. as follows:
Reds, seniors, volley ball, Marshal
Owens; track, Robert Hankins: base ball
James Brown; basket ball. Neville Wa
tiers.
Reds, juniors. volley ball, Reuben Rou-
lac; track. Frank Moten; base ball. E.
jackson.
Blues, seniors, volley ball, Guy Lee
track, George Ferguson; base ball. Lo-
renzo Harrod basket ball, Charles
Hayes.
Blues, juniors. base ball. Paul Make
volley ball. William Briscoe; track. Rich.
ard Dorsey.
Summary:
Track events: 3o-yard dash, junior girls-Woi
by Maize Locke. Reds; Pearl Phoenix, Blues
second: Eloise Butler. Reds. third.
Reds: Reuben Roulac. Reds. second; Charles
5O-yard dash senior boys--Won by Rober
Hawkins, Reds: Neville Waters, Reds, second
Augustus Bell Blues, third
Long ball-Winning team, Dora Robinson, LII
| lie Fillmore. Gladys Duncan, Lucy Brown. Id,
Johnson. Helen Allen, Carrie Hudson. Carrie
Alethea Harris. Score-Red, %; Blue, 3.
Net ball-Reds, 10; Blues, Z.
yolley bal1-Winning team, senior Reds--Ne
vile Waters, Robert Hawkins James Brown
| VIII Jackson. Conrad Morris. Marshall Owens
Score-2l to l6.
Base baIl-senior Reds vs.. Senior Blues. Score
| II to IL. Reds-C. Bell. w. Jackson. NJ. Waters
Bowles. c. Morris. Senior Blues-C. Hayes a
! Bell. Asaph Bell. y. Britt, L. Perry, c. jackson
! =, Haired. j. Gongs, T.. Rolby.
Base bail-Blues, u; Reds. 20,