Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-28

~ OSEDALE playground girls are
- wearing the laurel wreath of
~ interplayground track and field
A. honors this morning for the
third successive year as re-
suit of their walk-away in the title meet
held yesterday on the Plaza field. Rose
dale scored SO points, while Georgetown.
| in second place, was collecting IA, and
New York Avenue, Is, to take third
honors.
While this marked Rosedale's third
win, 1t did not give that ground perma-
nent possession of the challenge trophy
because 1t Is a perpetual cup. They
will have the privilege of retaining the
SllverWare for another year, however.
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor of
Fairgrounds, presented the cup, a gift
OF the Washington Post, to Mrs. Rith
Britt, director of the winning ground,
at the conclusion of the meet, expressing
her pleasure in the large number of
entries and in the excellent sportsman
ship shown by the young contestants,
many Of whom were hardly out of the
"tiny-tot" class. More than 200 girls
competed this year, an increase of 500
over last years entry list, declared Mrs.
Rhodes.
One of the most interesting pictures
in the colorful affair was that present.
ed by the 78 youngsters, none of them
weighing more than 70 pounds, lined
up for the 40-yard dash, the first event
to be run off. They fell into their
positions with the discipline of vet
Grams and each ran her heat with all
the enthusiasm and intensity that
could be crammed into one small body.
Another high spot from the specta-
tors standpoint was the sack race with
its 50-odd entrants bobbing up and
down in heats of four over the 40
yard course until Ruflna King of Rose
dale had finally bobbed home for the
final decision. Petite Anna Bono of
Chevy Chase Playground hoped her
way to the finish ahead of the field in
similar novelty event - the hobble
race-in the 70-pound class to add still
another bit of color, leaving rivals
strewn here and there along the track,
where they missed a hop and went
tumbling. In none of the novelty races
did the contestants know what they
were going to do before the preliminary
whistle blew calling them to the start
ing line.
Margaret Simmel of the title team
broke the only record that tumbled
during the day. She threw the quot
101 feet z inches to better last year s
mark of 81 feet inches set by Mildred
Hook Of the same playground.
| Summaries:
7o-PoUND CLASS.
1ossrd dash. dash-Wo Wen, BY Mildred Hodskins
voiley ban throw Tor distsncemW N BY
Eunice Brown tWallachl; second. Dorothy
View. Distance. 81 feet inches
Potato race-won by Reba Lerry New
eUn. Nseey Ess
Novelty race--won by Anna Bono (chevy
| dale); third, Mary Atwell (Stanton).
! Ss-POUND CLASS.
| 50-yard dash-Won by Helen Hisgs (vir-
einia Avenue: second. Mae Nalley tBu-
chanan); third. Katherine Hutchins dill
Basket ball throw for distance-won by
Mary HnRter second Bose
= sa HRn sIsh !Sme@% s y 'As %sssars,
IBuchananJ; fourth, Dorothy cochrans
Novelty race-won by Mae Nally tBu.
e shan second; Kathaleen Aheran Hayes,
| 100-POUND CLASS.
third. Jean Pearson 6BloomingdaIe).
wolfe Rosedaie5 and Rarssret Burke 1aaf
neld; third. tie between Elizabeth Whitney
tMaury) and Ann Kuhnert Virginia Ave
Basket ball .hrov.won by Marss , 5.s
dale: third. Catherine Miller columbia
| HeightSl. Winning throw. u feet inch.
22o-yard relay-Won by Plaza Margaret
! Sullivan. Josephine Dalton, Margaret Phil
lips. Vernell Kitchen: second. Virginia Ave
nue. tAnne Kuhnert. Lorraine Farran. Palma
| Murray, Florence Rhodes; third. Rosedale
| Mildred Hook. Henrietta Maxwell, Vivian
| SHREDDER, Hazel Wolfe.
11s-PoUND CLASS.
so-yard dash-won by Evelyn Linsebach
| New York Avenuel; second. Rufina Kina
| tRosedalel; third. Marion Shipley stanton
! Quot throw-Won by MARGARET Simme
| 1Rosedale); second, Anna Wilmer GEORGE
! town.; third. Clara King (Rosedalel. Dis
! Throw for accuracy tbase ball)-Won by
| Anna Wilmer tGeorgetownl; second, Mars
Novelty race-Won by Rufna King tRose.
dalel: second, Evelyn Lingebach New York