New Britain herald., 1924-05-13
MARBLE CHAMPIONS
 IN OPENING GAMES
First Contest Takes Place at
 Stanley and Smith Schools

With the entry list closed in the
 Heraid-Junior Achievement Founda-
 ton marble tournament for the
 championship of the city. the refer
 ecs are now prepared 10 start the play
 and tomorrow afternoon will witness
 the first games in the first series.
 Frank D'Amico, chief referee has the
 drawings for the first games laid out and will be on hand tomorrow after
 noon to supervise the matches.
 The schedule of games has been laid out over a period covering about
 two weeks. Tomorrow afternoon at 1
 o'clock all the entrants who go to the Stanley street and Smith schools will meet in their school yards, prepared to play. Any boy or girl who has en- i tered and who docs not show up for
 the play will be declared out of the
 games. It is expected that q school
 champion will be picked from each
 of the two mentioned schools tomor- TOW afternoon, that is the elimination tournament will be completed for these two schools only.
 On Thursday afternoon at o'clock preliminary tournaments will be held
 at the Monroe street and Nathan Hale school yards, where schoop cham
 pion for each school will be selected. On Friday the pupils of the Rockwell and Northend schools will hold their tournaments. At all times failure of the contestants to show up for the games will constitute a forfeit, the contestant may not play in the tour nament.
 Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, at Walnut Hill park, there will be held T series of inter-school matches. The Stanley street school champ will play school yards. where Il school cham will pay the Monroe street winner and the Rockwell and Northend school winners will meet. Thus there will be two school champions left for the finals.
 Next week tournaments will be held st the Central Junior High and the Elihu Burritt Junior High schools at { o'clock Monday afternoon. Tues day the Washington street school and the Sacred Heart school pupils, to- gether with group of unclassified players will meet. Wednesday the East street and the Camp schools will play. Thursday the smslley and Iin- coln street school championships will be held and Friday St. Josephs and St, Mary's will play. This will select . school champion from all Of these schools.
 Saturday morning. May sith, at 10 a. m, the school champ from the Central Junior High will meet the school champ from the Elihu Burritt Junior High, the Washington street school winner will meet the Sacred Heart school winner. the East street school winner will play the Smalley street school winner. the Lincoln street school champ will be pitted against St. Jesephs school player and the Camp school player will play ncainst tho st. Mary's champion. Out or these five matches there will be five school champions left.
 Monday afternoon. May .s. st q o'clock, at Walnut Hill park the tour. nament between the eight school champions left in the matches ufrce from this week and five from next) will start the elimination teurrs to decide upon the champion of ihe l city. II is probable that the finals will . be held by Thursday afternoon, May ! oath.
 The suryivcs of all fhe matches win 1 be sent 10 Atlantic City, with a com. rsnion of bic ef her choosing. for one i week starting Sunday June and 1 returning the following Sunday. All | expenses. excepting the personal ones Of the city champ and his or her com | psnion will be met by the Herald and | The Junior Achievement Foundation | and the champion will play in the | tournaments in Atlantic City for the | marble championship Of the United ! States.