Evening star., 1916-08-27
R0SEDALE THE WINNER
IN AQUATIC CONTESTS
Representatives of Gallinger Win
Second Place, With George
town Third.
Some Surprises Were Sprung at Fri
days Meet, Which Closed
the Series.

The Rosedale playground represent
atives. following the third of series
of aquatic meets under the auspices
of the Playground Association of the
District of Columbia. which closed Fri
day. took first honors with an aver
age of 40 SO points Gailinger was
second with 80 1-6. and Georgetown
third with 2s.
The meet Friday. held at Rosedale
pool, was the most interesting of the
three. Miss Louise Nichols of George
town was the individual star in the
novice class. She led off for her
team in the relay and scored first and
third in the open events for total
of points. The rea! surprise came
in the class for advanced swimmers
where tho age limit was twenty-five
years. Here little May Crockett, aged
eleven. beat out many twice her age,
and scored two firss places in the open
swan the anchor position for the
winning Gallinger relay team.
Good Time in the Dashes.
Some good time was made in the
dashes and Miss Hortense Williams
plunge OF SO feet . inches was very
creditable. Anna Billie was an easy
winner in the life-saving swim. negoti-
ating the I60 feet In IS seconds. carry
ing a large flag above water over half
of the course May Crockett, using d
crawl stroke, " on the one-lenSth swim.
a distance Of eighty feet, in the good
time of "a 3-o seconds.
r. j. Drummer of the police depart
ment who acted referee and starter
and who has been detailed to teach
life-saring and swimming on the play
grounds. said that the meet was one
of the best conducted of those in which
he has offciated this year. Miss Ella
Gardner. acting under Mrs. Susie Root
Rhodes, the supervisor OF Fairgrounds,
had direct charge OF the arrangements
for the meets This is the first year
that this branch of sport has been
seriously taken up by the department
and the results have been most satis-
factory. It is especially interesting
that in each of the series of races the
time has been lowered and the swim
fners have shown marked improvement
The Friday results follow:
Results of Fridays Meet.
Toal points scored as follows
gos-dale Playground. AZ.
Georgetown Playground, 81
Galinger Playground, -.
Mount Pleasant Playground, 2
For Novices.
Plunge for distance--Louise Nichols. George
town. % II. 10 in. first: Hortense Williams.
Georgetown. % fl. in. second, Agnes Mo,yka.
Ro..daIe. "a #. 8 In. third.
Thirty foot back swim-Beulah Britt. Rose
dale. first; Agnes Motyka, Kosedale, second
Louise Nichols, Georgetown. third
Thirty foot swim across pool - First heat,
Catherine O'Connor. Georgetown. seconds, first:
Dorothy Van Hoesen. Gailinger. second. Second
heat Catherine Pfeiffer, Mount Pleasant. 8 2-l
seconds. arst: Martha Sears. Mount Pleasant
second. Finals. Catherine o'Connor. Georgetown
seconds. 6rst: Dorothy Van Hoesen Gallinger
second: Catherine Pfeiner. Mount Pleasant
third.
sixty-foot swim-First heat Margaret Ma
gruder. Rosedale 10 4S seconds. FIRST: Catherine
O'ConEor. Georgetown. second. Second heat. Cath.
crime Pfeiner. Mount Pleasant. - Is seconds
first: Martha Sears. Mount Pleasant. second.
Finals. Margaret Msgruder. Rosedale, II seconds
6st: Catherine 0'Connor, Georgetown. second
Catherine Pfeiner. Mount Pleasant, third
12O-foot relay-Georgetown. IS seconds. hrs
Trances Nichols. Emily Beamer. Louise Nichols
Catherine OConnorl; Rosedale, second tBeulaf
Br1tt. Agnes Motyka. Margaret Magruder. virgf,
NcCroneb. Gallnger. third fAnna Dement,, Char
Se.s Knapp. Mildred Schultz. Dorothy Van Hoe
sen).
For Advanced Swimmers.
Y1saos 1R listaaes = Horts1ss Williams