Evening star., 1919-06-16
SWIMMING MEETS
BOOKED THIS WEEK
Fairgrounds Department to
Hold Events for Grade
School Boys and Girls.
BY H. c. BYRD.

Grade school swimming champion
ships for the District of Columbia
are scheduled this week. events for
girls being set for Friday and for
boys on Saturday. The competition
each day is to begin at 3 o'clock. All
events are open to students of public
sent their schools.
Four events are to be contested:
400-foot relay, four boys to swim each
swim. 220-yard swim. Two contests
are scheduled for girls: 50-yard swim
and 100-yard swim:
First place in each event will count
five points. second place three. third
place two and fourth place one. Gold,
silver and bronze medals will be
awarded to the first, second and third
In each event, No entry fees are to
be charged. The meets are to take
place In the municipal pools. under
the direction of Fred Brunner. super
intendent of swimming for the play
grounds department.
A postal card this morning from
Prof" Beckett, physical director of
the Washington Y. M. G. A.. brings
information that the popular athletic
coach is in Brest. France. Prof" is
associate regional director of ath-
letics for base and divisional di-
rector of Brest. He left Washington
about a month and half ago to en-
gage in athletic work for the y. NJ.
C.. A., and plans to be in Paris for the
interallied games June 26. THE is
doing great bit of work over here,
even If ! do say it myself" was one
sentence on the postal sent to the
writer.
Rex Athletic Club split even yester-
day at Union Park in games with
War Risk and Steel Plant Jimmie
Risk by to 0, mainly by reason of
splendid pitching by Virnstein and
because the Rex players got to Scha-
fer. who twirled five innings for War
Risk. by bunting on him. Schafer
seemed to be very weak fielding his
position.
Ferguson did not fare so well
against Steel Plant as Virnstein did
against War Risk. The former Gal
laudet hurler faced a much better
aggregation than that which repre-
sented War Risk, and also the Rex
bunch got against better pitching.
Harry Colliflower picked strong
combination to send against the Rex
men. too strong for the majority of
amateur organizations. And Ches
Lyons dished up an article of pitch
ing for the winners that is not often
ing Tom Crooke. at first base, was
another Navy Yard player represent
ing Steel Plant. Pat Rooney of Cath
Ollie University and Eiseman and Sny-
der of Maryland State also were with
Collif1ower's aggregation. Steel Plant
beat Rex to 2.
Howard. playing first base for Rex
A. c.. used to hold down that position
for Western High. 1t might be men
toned, too. that Bronx is mighty
good first sacker.
Grifiths an outflelder. and Caffrey.
an infielder, with the Rex team were
out with the Georgetown University
squad the first part of the season.
Caffrey played several games with the
Blue and Gray.
McGuckin, former Villanova foot
ball player and star dropkicker, is
with the War Risk team. He is an
ensign in the Navy.
Pfeil and Schafer. pitching for War
Risk. in the Departmental League,
are rated among the best amateur
pitchers in the District. The former
is a right-hander and the latter a
southpaw. Schafer is the former Cen
trail High star who twirled the Blue
and White to two championships
without the loss of a game.