The Washington times., 1924-09-06
B|GPLAYGROUND
MEET ON WITH
BALTIMORE
5000 Youngsters Represent
Washington in Central
Stadium Today
By r. d. THOMAS.

Today will be settled the mo-
mentous question in the world of
sports anent the athletic superb
GRITTY of Washington's or Balti'
mores kid athletes.
In Central stadium, starting at
, o'clock, approximately Ito boys.
divided equally between the rival
cities, will run, leap and heave in
the most pretentious intercity al
fair the youngsters of either city
have ever engaged in.
Washington fi,Gy-fiVe represen-
tatiVes won their places in the meet
in competition with approximately
5000 other kids. record number
Of participants for this city. in any
branch or class of sports. for "a
single event or series of events.
These 5000 young athletes COM
peted in playground and erplay-
ground meets that qualified com
paratively few for a great final
competition in which 500 took part.
It was the final meet that deter
mined who would represent Wash
ington against Baltimore. chief
sports rival of the Nations Capital.
Dick Tennyson, director of the
boys activities on the Fairgrounds,
lided and abetted by Mrs. Susie
Root Rhodes, superintendent OF
Fairgrounds Is responsible for to.
days meet, which marks an epoch
in playground work here. It may
lead to an even greater event in
which kids of a number of cities
will compete.
The Washington kids are out
to win. They've been chatterinG
for weeks about the possible
strength of Baltimore's gang and
they believe, all things else being
equal. they have. one deciding point
IN their favor.
Jimmy Connolly. famous runner,
has helped coach them. That's the
point. A couple of weeks ago
Connolly signed on temporarily
with the playground department.
TO give Tennyson lift on jon
that taxed the playground leaders
staff.
And Connolly has been working.
on the kids with vengeance. He
claims to have found several
youngsters with the makings Of
great athletes, and taught them a
thing or two about picking up
their puppies and laying 'em down..
Following is list of Washington
representatives:
Junior SO-lb. class - 5o-yard dash
Touches, Bressler. Dingler: standins
hop. step and jump. Lamond. Lieb
Shelly relay. Long. Goldstein, Reno
Gendrean.
Tucker. Miller, Bailey; running broad
Jump. sheehan. Botazzi, Harris; relay
Wills. Collea. Duryee, Haywood.
Junior. 115-lb. class-10O-ya dash
Abramson. Jones' Price; running hop
step and jump, Hengetler Laichen
aEsen. W. Nathansen.
Junioh unlimited class = 10o-yard
! dash. Corson, Ritzenburg, II. Ritzen-
burg; running high jump. Jewel, Baker
Bowling; running hop. step and jump
Gootch, Rhoden. Hutchinson: relay. Col
! Senior 1855 pound clsss-one hundred
! yard DASH Corners, Garrett. Howard
/ running high jump. Elliot. Walls
Hopper running broad jump Acton
senior unlimited class-High jump
Bond. Stotzel. Riley hundred yard
dash. Thomas. Palmer, Michel; relay,
| Doerr. Gibson. White Gregory: tive
bush, Baker. Fitzgerald; 220yard dash
| Clark, Carson, Eccles.
| Eighty pound class--Sixty-yard dash
standing hop, step jump.
| Ninety -five-pound class-Eighty yard
1 dash; running broad jump.
| One hundred and fifteen pound class
Hundred yard dash; running hop, step
\ jump.
Junior unlimited hundred yard dash
running high JUMP; hop. step, jump.