Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22
GREAT year, this, for sport In
the District of Columbia. Not
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A GREAT year, this, for sport In
~ the District of Columbia. Not
"A only has interest in competition
4 a here in 1929 been high, but the
caliber of competition also has
been notable. There has been remark
able expansion in several branches of
athletic endeavor and altogether a
healthy growth in recreative pursuit.
Men and women, boys and girls OF
the District have achieved national
recognition during the year. Several
national titles have been garnered by
them, and in instances where perform
anceS were not quite good enough for
championships, they nevertheless were
sufficiently impressive to earn the per-
formers rank among the foremost of the
country in their particular lines Of en-
deavor.
At duckpin bowling, sons and daug-
tiers of the District proved themselves
virtually supreme. During the annual
championships Of the National Duckpin
Bowling Congress held In Richmond,
Va, they gathered seven of the eight
major championships at stake. The
woman bowlers of the District swept
their section of the tourney. while the
man bowlers we're high in three events.
Margaret Miltner was returned all
events champion. Marjorie Brsdt Smith
WOIl Vic SulSIcS IlIle anu OIldISu Will
Marie Frere Whalen in the doubles VIC
tory, and the King Pin girls won the
team laurelS. In the mems section Of
the tournament Howard Campbell was
singles victor, Red Morgan and George
Friend the doubles winners and Sam
Benson was high for all-events laurels.
Clarence Charest, representing the
District, walked away with the sham
pionship Of the national veterans ten
mis- tournament held at Forest Hills,
and Bob Considine, a washington boy,
shared with George Jennings of Chi
cago the doubles title In the boys ma
tional park tennis tournament.
Rifle shots of this area scored heav-
lily in national shooting events. The
George Washington University girls
team shot its way to the national inter-
collegiate title, and boys and girls
teams of Central High School captured
national championships. Mrs. Marga-
ret Mitchell CarutherS of the Univer-
sity of Maryland again won the ma
tional college woman'S individual title.
District National Guards won Eastern
championship with the rifle at Seagirt.
N. j., and starred In the national
matches at Camp Perry, Ohio.
CanoeistS of the District finished In
the van in many events in regattas in
the East, and performed notably in the
annual meet of the American Canoe
Racing Association, held on the Poto-
mac. Boy and girl swimmers of WASH
ington annexed South Atlantic titles.
A noteworthy advance in sports here
was made in the organization of the
District of Columbia branch Of the
Amateur Athletic Union. For the first
time the District now controls its anna
teur athletics, and the number of clubs
already afhliated with the District
branch assure its success
Among the big events here this year
were those fostered by The Star for
bowlers and horseshoe pitchers. The
individual championship duckpin tour
nament, in which Clarence Taft was
the winner, was the greatest singles
bowling event ever held on a WASH
ington drive, while the horshoe TOURNEY.
In which M. E. Peake triumphed, al
though the first of its kind ever at
tempted here, drew surprisingly large
field.
It was fine year for the sandlotters.
Base ball leagues filled diamonds daily
about the District during the Summer,
and interesting races for remnants were
conducted before Well-fought CITY title
series was held. Prominent among the
mines here was that of the Washington
Printers. 1t won its league champion
ship, then went to Indianapolis and
successfully defended its International
Typographical Union League laurels.
Foot ball teams galore were on the
gridironS, and they were better coached
and more able than usual. Basket ball,