The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-09
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FIELD MEET
NAMED
Membership Certificates u
Fairgrounds Federation to
Be Sent Out Soon:

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Membership certificates IN the
fairgrounds National Athletic Meet
Federation, under whose auspices
the First Annual Playground Field
Meet will be held here next Sep
TENDER, will be sent out within the
next few days.
They will go to playground d.
rectors and supervisors throughout
the country Announcement. was
made today of the completion OF
the executive committee of the fed
Grafton. The committee Isl COM
posed of the following:
j. Franklin Bell, Engineer Com.
missioner, chairman; Richard Ten
nyson, director, Boys Activities, Dis.
and executive secretary: Harry ALI
mond, secretary to Commissioner
Cuno Rudolph; DIR. Frank w. Bal
lou, Superintendent Aof Public
Schools; Fred J. Bruner, Superin-
tendent of Municipal Swimming
Pools; e. r. Calladay, president,
Washington Board of Trade; Dwight
Davis, Assistant Secretary of War;
Victor b. Deyber, president, Second
National Bank: Henry Eaton.
Whaley- Eaton Service; Michael
Flynn, managing editor, Washington
Herald; George E. Farrell, Depart
ment of Agriculture, head of boys
and girls clubs; Isaac Cans, pres
ident, Chamber of Commerce, Gard
ner Johnson, Gardner Advertising
Bureau; Frank r.. Jelleff, president,
Boys Clubs; Rudolph Kaufman,
publisher, Washington Star; DIR. w.
M. Lewis, president, George Wash
ington University; Arthur ID. Marks,
business manager, Washington Post;
Avery Marks, managing editor,
Washington Times; Earle B. Martin,
managing editor, Washington Daily
News; Edward Mclean. publisher,
Washington Post; Crandal Mackey,
attorney; Daniel e. O'Cennell, city
editor, Washington Times; G. Logan
Payne. publisher, Washington Times
Herald; Capt. julius Peysers pres.
ident, School Association; Theodore
Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of
the Navy; General Anton Stephan,
A. e. Thorpe, Chairman Of Publicity.
Athletes to Compete.
Playground athletes, champions
in their localities, both boys and
girls, will participate in the events
scheduled in connection with the
meet.
Advantage will be taken by the
Federation of the cooperation OF
organizations in the different States
in arranging for State teams to
attend the meet. AS was said to-
day: k
"The playground national meet
means that Washington will play
host to the children of the country
and advantage will be taken surely
to make their visit here an event
they never will forget. 1t will be
the first time in history when the
capital of a nation extended tits
hospitality to the children Of the,
country
The meet has been endorsed by
scores of playground supervisors.
Membership in the federation has
been extended to include them. No
membership fee is charged. As ex-
planned today, the Federation is
organized for the sole purpose OF
holding here each year what will
b ecome Americas playground
classic.
Prizes q Feature.
A feature Of the meet will be
the character of the prizes awarded
w in ming contestants. Included
among these will be university
scholarships and trade training
courses for boys and girls.
Formation of a women's COM
mittee will be undertaken at once.
1t is planned to ask Mrs. Coolidge
to accept it's craftsmanship and to
include the wives of cabinet mem
bers.
There is a possibility, it was
pointed out today, that the stadium
to be erected here may be available
for holding the meet, which, it was
urged, would be an appropriate
event for it's official opening.