Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY
SPORTS HAVE BIG YEAR

- PORTS have enjoyed q big yeal
In Prince Georges County, Bott
from the standpoint Of the mum.
~ Der Of participants and the quail.
ity Of play, basket ball, bowling
track, base ball, foot ball, soccer anc
various other athletic endeavors were
highly successful.
In independent ranks, attention was
devoted largely to basket ball, bowling,
foot ball and soccer, while in scholastic
circles the boys had big time In bas-
foot ball. The girls went In for basket
ball, volley ball and field ball. Scho-
lastic foot ball got . start. Hyattsvile
High boys won county championships
in all sports In which series were con-
Quoted.
A new ard notable feature Of the
year, which aroused marked interest in
all sections of the county, was the
horseshoe pitching tournament spon-
sored by The Star.
Dixie Pig Athletic Club won the pen
nant in the first season of the Prince
Georges County Basket Ball League,
capturing two straight games In play
of with Brentwood Hawks. Success of
the loop in its initial season assured
its continuance and 1t now Is again
functioning smoothly. The league Is
sponsored by Company r, National
Guard, Of Hyattsville. and all games
are played on the armory foor there.
Basket League at Laurel.
At Laurel q basket ball league, also
sponsored by the National Guard unit
there. has been organized this season
Four county teams are competing In
this loop, along with one from Howard
County and one from Anne Arundel
County. Organization of the league
followed a highly successful court sea-
son last Winter in Laurel. Playing Of
some OF the Prince Georges County
League games last Winter at Laurel
helped to create interest in the sport.
Company Fs quint of Hyattsville
which for years has been outstanding
in the county, did not fare so well DUR
ing the past season. Injuries and abb
sence of dependable players took theil
toll.
Aside from the teams competing ir
the county, there were several Other
independent CUNTS in this sector
which went through successful seasons
hyattsville High had the onl,
scholastic basket ball team In thu
county and automatically represented
the county in the State CHAMPIONSHIP
tournament. After defeating Silver
Spring High, Montgomery Count,
champion, in the first round, Hyatts.
vile lost to Hagerstown High, Washing
ton County title holder. Against team.
other than the heavier quints in thu
Washington area, Hyattsville's five die
well, but was unable to cope with tn,
District outfits. 1t finished the season
with percentage Of about 500.
Girls Team Does Wen.
Hyattsville High girls sextet showed
| strongly. After winning seven games o.
IL and tying one, the team entered thu
girls junior competition of the Distric
OF Columbia South Atlantic elimination
tournament, winning top honors. How.
ever, the Hyattsville lassies lost to the
Baltimore champion in the intercity
play for the South Atlantic crown.
Hyattsville High had a stalwart in.
door track team, but saw little in the
| way OF competition. A squad was sem
to the University of Virginia scholastic
meet. in which Douglas McChesney
placed third In the 50-yard dash.
Dixie Pig No. l team won the flag ir
section l OF the Prince Georges County
Mems Duckpin Association and Sioux
rollers were first in section 2. In the
women's loop University Park was the
victor. All three teams won handily
Hyattsville High continued to show
strongly In track during the outdoor
season. Its relay team, consisting Of
Douglas McChesney, Vincent Fitzsim-
mons, Frank Hawkins and Donald
Bartoe, won relay race in the Dewitt
School meet at Washington. breaking a
meet record. Then the schools track
squad cleaned up m the annual county
championship meet, held in Byrd Sta
| dunn at the University of MARYLAND II
was the fifteenth annual county meet
and Hyattsville has annexed TOP honors
so often that 1t has become almost
monotonous. Hyattsville this year
rolled up total of 1876 points against
| ~ for the Mount Rainier elementary
school, runner-up. Upper Marlboro
High was d close third with II.
Four new records we're established
and two records were equaled in the
meet, in which total Of 2,952 students
| participated.
AS usual, a championship track NEE
| for the rural schools of the county alsc
was held. It was staged on the fail
grounds at Upper Marlboro and wa.
won by College Park School, which
scored SIS points to nose out by twc
points the second-place Camp Spring.
team. Forestville, with As points, wa:
third
Ease Ball FIourishes.
Independent base ball Jiourished
There were capable mines in nearly
OF the season a play-of series for thu
county championship was arranged
largely through the efforts of Georgt
Blacksmith, business manager of tht
Mount Rainier nine. After a keenly.
| contested series. In which each team