Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21

T RACK meets topped the ath'
! letic program on the local
Fairgrounds yesterday, elimi-
! nation events being staged at
several centers N preparation
| for the city-wide meet on September
| I. in which hundreds of girls from
all sections Of the Capital viii par
ticipate.
The feature event reported was
the dual meet between Buchanan
and Wallach Fairgrounds. The fair
athletes from Wallach collected 30
points to Buchanan's rs in the af-
fair. which was staged on the lat
ter playground.
Wallach representatives took first
place in every event carded with
| the exception of the 40-yard dash,
which was won by Mary Nally of
| Buchanan.
Wallach's relay team, composed of
| Nellie Kuever, Dorothy Cromwell,
| Anna Capennelli and Alta Lewis, won
the feature race, a 220-yard affair.
| Winners of events were:
| 7O-pound class-40.yard dash, Mary
! NalIy (Buchanan): running broad
lump, Rita Bresanhan (Wallach).
s5-pound class-50yard dash. Anna
| Capennelli CWallach): running broad
/
high jump. Alta Lewis.
100 pound class-60-yard dash, Ber-
tha Boucher (Wallach); high jump,
Nellie Kuever {Wallach); 220-yard re-
lay, Wallach.
Wheatley playground track elimi-
! nations were run off in four classes
| midget (under so pounds. so, 70 and
IS pounds.
Midget honors went to little Medina
Innocent, who took tirst place IN
two events and second in the other
two in her class.
Leona Rinck proved the star of the
5O.pound class, winning the dash
throw for distance and potato race.
Dolly Dumford was high-point
scorer in the T0pound class with
three firsts and one second to her
credit. while Gertrude WenZel walked
off with top honors in the S5-pound
| class, scoring total OF 20 points.
Summary of events: Midget class
toward dash, won by Medina limo
cent?; second, Emily Tozzolo.
Throw for distance, won by Emily
Tozzolo; second, Medina Innocent.
Potato race, won by Medina limo
cent?; second Emily Tozzolo.
Novelty race, won by Marie FISHER
second. Medina Innocent.
50.pound Class--40-yard dash, wor
by Leona Rinck; second. Helen Ellis
Throw for distance-~WOn by Leona
Rinck; second. Doris Oliver.
Potato race--WOn by Leona Rinck
second, Wanda Neider.
Three-legged race--WOn by Wanda
, Neider and Helen Ellis; second, Doris
Oliver and Evelyn O'Eeill.
70pound class; 40-yard dash-Wor
by Catherine Ellis: second, Dolly DUN
, ford; third. Alma Neider,
Throw for distance-WOn by Dolly
Dumford: second. Addie Daniels; third
Catherine Ellis.
Potato race-Won by Dolly Dunn
: ford: second. Addie Daniels; third
, Bertille Weihausen,
: Novelty race-WOn br Dolly Dunn
+ fo~d. second, Catherine ELLIS; third
I Addie Daniels.
s5.pound cIase: 50.yard dash-Wor
4 y Gertrude WenZoI; second, Flor
, ence Vermillion; third, Margare
} Davis.
Throw for distance-Won By Ger
trude Wenzel second. Florence Yer
I million; third, Sarah Reed.
/ Rteaning high jump-Won by Ger
trude Wenzel; second, Margaret Davis
Z Sophie Lipman was the high poin
$ scorer of the DenniSOn School tract
t meet, collecting 16 points, just on
e more than Elsie SilVerman, who tool
second honors. Frances Craig VOL
third place with 8 points.
Y Miss Lipman won the 50-yard dasl
' and, paired with Miss Silverman, cap
u tured the threelegged race, the novel
. ty feature.
Events included the dash, novelt,
race, goal throwing and throw 70
\ distance.
: Helen GhiImini starred in tn
h Weightman meet. collecting 10 point
as winner OF the dash throw for dis
lance and potato race.
o Ida KATE took second honors wit
n TALES and Agatha Walsh third
e with 4.
Benning and Kenilworth schlag ba
teams engaged in q close game yes
y terday, which resulted in q 5-to-S vic