Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-08
EVENTS SCHEDULED
FOR AQUATIC MEET
Eight Competitions Listed in
Swimming for Women on
Saturday.
BY n. C. BYRD.

Eight events are scheduled in the
swimming meet for women at the
tidal basin bathing beach at 2:30
o'clock Saturday afternoon. The
hrst contest on the program is to
be the SO-yard dash. and following
that in order Will come the 5O-yard
DASH loo-yard swim. 40-yard breast
stroke. 40-yard back stroke. high
dive. fancy dive and plunge for dis
lance.
w. NJ. Apple. who is in charge of
the life guards. is to direct the meet.
He states that there is considerable
girl reported yesterday she desired
TO be entered in all the events. as
she thought she could carry away
medals for almost everything.
Gordon Leech. superintendent of the
beach. intends TO inaugurate sys-
TEN of setting-up exercises in the
early morning. The exercises will be
under the direction of w. VI. Apple.
who is physical director at Technical
High School. 1t might be mentioned
IN this connection that all those con-
neCtcd with the tidal basin beach de-
serve much in the way of compile
mentary remarks for the way they
are taking care of batherS and for
the Watchfulness they exercise to
prevent those that cannot swim get
ting into dangerous water.
Ed Kelley. former Business High
School star pitcher. pitched a no-hit,
no-run game in the War Department
League yesterday. He
struck out seventeen men in so doing.
Kelley is not in his best condition and
did not have very good batters OPP
posed to him. but the fact that he sent
seventeen back to the bench on
strike outs shows that his experiences
in chasing Germans in a tank did not
hurt his arm to any extent. staff won
the game by to 0. Mueller. who
is a former American Associa-
ton player
In the Navy Yard League the Tor
pedo team won from Tool Shop by IL
to !. The winners got fourteen hits,
four of which were made by Skillman.
who held down the shortstop's posi-
ton Mcmahon. playing third base
for the same team, connected fer
three bingles. Burns starred at bat
and at second base for the losers.
Union Station defeated Southern by
10 TOT in the Terminal Railroad Y. NJ.
c. A. League. Kiehl led the winners
at bat, getting three hits. Luber and
Mulroe also batted we'll for the same
club. CohilI. Fiaherty and Beall were
the best player for the losing nine.
Bureau beat the Liberty Loan nine
yesterday by s to ), the Moneymak-
ers scoring four runs in the fourth
and obtaining thereby a lead which
they never lost Rooney. former Cath
Ollie University third baseman, got
into the lineup at third for bureau
and made two hits. Another ball that
seemed labeled two sacker was
speared with one hand by Doyle in
center field.
Notwithstanding it is a closed or
ganization, the Navy Yard Base Ball
League is playing better ball general
ly than any other league in the city.
The weakest teams in the organIZa-
ton are strong enough to put up good
games against the best, and nearly all
the contests are productive OF inter
esting play 1t is doubtful if there
is a closed circuit anywhere made up
of more capable teams.
Some of the best players in the city
are enrolled as members Of the teams
two or three of the strongest mines
in other leagues number among their
stars men from navy yard mines.
The Navy Yard League is part OF
great recreation scheme for the en-
ployes of the gun factory. Plans are
being materialiZed for ID big recrea-
tion field, and it is expected that II
will be only short while before
definite recreational arrangements in
Volving every man and woman IN the
yard will be effected.