Evening star., 1918-08-23
SWIMMERS READY
I FoR0PEN|NGMEE
Men and Women to Take Part
in Aquatic Competitions !.
Tomorrow Afternoon. J
By II. G. BYRD.

Men in charge Of the first SWIM
ming meet Of the year. scheduled to-
morrow In the tidal basin at the new
bathing beach. today are making ANAL
arrangements for the competition.
Several events have been slated for
both men and women. and it Is
thought that there will be a great
| many entries. The lists for the races
are to be held open until this after
noon at o'clock. A great many al
ready have signifled their intention
to take part.
Swimming meets were instituted
last year at the municipal pools with
marked success. There were many
competitors in the contests for men
and women, which were held in alter
nate weeks. For some reason,
though. the meets were discontinued
this season. notwithstanding their
popularity and the general interest
they began to create in competftiYe
swimming. However. those in charge
up the competitive end of the sport
and In all probability will hold sew
eral such affairs before the end OF the
year.
Tomorrow there are twelve events.
Two are especially arranged for sail
ors and soldiers. while there are
others. both swimming and fancy div
ing contests, for men and women.
The public may watch the meet with
after the scheduled competition.
This afternoon the Marines and OPP
erations are to meet in their second
contest of the series for the cham.
pionship of the Navy Interbureau
Base, Ball League. Marines won the
opening contest last Wednesday by a
score of 6 to 0. but Operations hopes
to come back today and even up the
series. II Marines win they get the
victor the series will be evened up
and the third and decisive contest
played next week.
Joe Giebers Red Cross nine yester-
day won from the War Trade club in
the Departmental League by 10 to
.. Murray, King and Giebel hit the
ball hard for the winning nine. Red
Cross got six runs in the third in
ming and after that was not even
pressed hard,
National Capital Publishers de-
feated Navy Yard Marines by 16 to o.
Dineen struck out sixteen men for the
winning club.
Tonight the District Base Ball As
sociation is to hold its regular Friday
night meeting. Three amendments to
the constitution and the schedule are
main subjects to be discussed. One
amendment aims to prevent any team
using professional base ball players
who have taken part in big league
games this year; another seeks to
have all teams classed as service
teams that have on their roster q ma
jority OF service players: the other has
to do with the way the series money
shall be divided and the time when
the division shall be made. The first
is said to be aimed somewhat at the
Marines. to prevent them using Eddie
Collins, who lately enlisted in the
Marine Corps: the second has as its
object Operations. seeking to force
that organization into the service
class; the third is a plain open. and
shut proposition as to whether or not
| the strongest teams want to let the
two or three weaker clubs In the Sc
ries share equally with them in the
gate receipts or whether they will
place the series on basis Of each
game take what il can draw and the
proceeds of that game be divided sixty
and forty Immediately after the contest
At the gathering Wednesday night q
schedule was drawn up and 1t will be
submitted to the association tonight.
According to the tentative schedule.
Marines and Navy Yard will open the
series at American League Park Tues
day, September 3:~