Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07
FIELD MEET WON
!. BY COLLEGE PARK
School Noses Out Camp
Springs for County Ath-
Ietic HonorS.

l1S COlege FaTk School yesterday cap
tured first place in the sixth annual
athletic meet of the rural schools Of
Prince Georges County. at which one
record of those meets was broken and
another equaled.
Camp Spring School. with So points,
placed second. while Forestville, with As,
was third. The scores Of the other
Grove. 81: Berwyn Heights %; Land
over. 19; Fairy Spring, 16; Glendale, Is;
Allentown, 10; Patuxent, g.; Seat Pleas
ant, 5; Westphalia, 4; Cheltenham, 4:
Cheverly, 3; Old Mill, 8; Croome, 3;
Ardmore, 2.
New Record Set.
A new record for the meets was set
in the 95-pound class base ball throw
for distance when w. Russell of Land
over tossed ball II feet 2 inches. w.
Beauchamp of College Park, in running
SO yards in 1926 seconds, equaled the
meets record for the 80-pound class.
Nearly 500 pupils participated in the
10 field events and five types of games
on the all-day program, while crowd
of more than a thousand composed of
parents, friends and teachers, cheered
the juveniles on.
The event was staged under the aus
pices of the Playground Athletic League,
with DR.. William Burdick as director
and officials of the league as clerks of
the course and relay clerks. The days
program was arranged under the direc-
ton Of Miss Maude A. Gibbs, supervisor
Of rural schools.
Summary Of Events.
A summary Of the winners in the va
rious events follows, in each instance
first, second, third and fourth honors
were given, and the competitors finish
ing in those places are mentioned in
order,
4O-yard dash, 7o-pound Glass.
Keim, Glenn Dale; william Hardesty,
Old Mill; H. Ogden, College Park, and
Parker Van Horn. Glenn Dale. Time,
GAS seconds.
5o-yard dash, so-pound class-w.
Beauchamp, Carl Bolts, D. Steinberg,
College Park, and c. Gedney. Time,
1928 seconds.
6o-yard dash-W. e. Downs, Silver
Hill; Bernard F. Shaw, Cheverly; D.
Norman Pyles. Camp Spring. and w.
Amann. Time, 1925 seconds.
80-yard dash-E. Mayhem, Forest
vile; Ernest Walker, c. Algire, Berwyn
Heights, and j. Holbrook. Time, 10:4-5
seconds.
Egg and Spoon Race.
Egg and spoon race-Jean Andrea,
Silver Hill; Edith Pyles. Camp Spriy@;
Betty Rawles, College Park, and ciJn-
stance Middleton, Camp Spring. 19n1e,
IL seconds.
Far throw dodge bali (for girls Under
10 years of age-Eleanor Schrom, Ber-
wyn Heights; Martha Baldwin, Fairy
Spring, Constance Middleton, Camp
Spring. and Frances Hoke. Fairy
Spring. Distance, % feet inch.
Far throw dodge ball (for girls over
over: Minnie Yates, College PARK; Mar
Earet Moss, Ardmore, and Lillian
barnes, Forestville. Distance, 80 feet
Far throw dodge ball Cfor girls 10 to
l3l-Alice hammers, Fairy Spring;
college Park, = and Catherine Allen,
Paint Branch. Distance, 46 feet.
Base Bah Throw.
Base ball throw for distance, 30
pound class-C. M. WhittinRon, Seat
pleasantly Z. Scott, ForesNtle; s.
Radtke. Pine Grove. and G.. Andrea.
Silver Hill Distance, 164 feet II inches.
Base bali throw for distance, s5-
pound claSs-W. Russell, Landoyer; w.
Pyles, Camp Spring: F. Bishop, College
Park, and r.. Sheriff, Landover. Dis
lance, l72 feet Q inches.
Camp - Snrine: n. Taiiman, College
Park; F. Meade, College Park, and w,
Mare, College Park. Distance, IL feet
Dodge ball throw for 7o-pGund boys
K. Robey, Patlxent; w. Walton, Chel-
tenham; z. Swami, Silver IGill, and w.
Rawlings, Cheltenhax1. Distance, ~
feet IL inches.
lege Park; D. Stansbury, College Park;
r. Buck, Camp Spring, and w. Alley,
Camp Spring. Distance, rect
Base ball throw for accuracy-F.
Dean, Silver Hill; j. Holbrook, College
Park; C. Myers, Piney Grove, and W.,
Fowler, Piney Grove.
Relay Races. =
The various relay races had the fol-
lowing RESULTS; the members Of the win
ming team only are mentioned:
44o-yard relay. 30 pound class-First,
Camp Spring. civilian Cook, Joseph
smith. Louis Bush and John Richards;
second, Berwyn Heights; third, Forest
vile. Time, 1:04 As.
660-yard relay, junior unlimited
First, Pine Grove &C. Fowler, w. Fowler,
C. Myers and e. Stack second, Forest
Flag relay: First, Forestviile (Alice3
Dove, Catherine Abbott, Dorothy Tay-
man, Bernice Alvey Ruth Stanbus,
Dora Littleford, Lillina Barnes and
Marian Pollick) second, Pine Grove;
third, Fairy Spring: fourth, Landover.
Running catch relay: First, Silver
Hill Qsola Dean, Evelyn Latimer, Louise
Andrea, Eleanora Middleton, Lorraine
Swami, Mary DeVaughn, Estelle De-
Vaughn and Elizabeth DeMarr).
Results Of Games.
In the series of games played during
the day on an elimination basis. the
following results were registered in the
snals:
Boys dodge ball: Camp Spring. 10;
Field dodge ball: Silver Hill, rs; Col
lege Park, 20.
Boys speed ball: College Park, 6;
Berwyn Heights, Q.
In the mixed dodge ball games Allen
town School finished FIRST and Pine
Grove second, while Croome Station
and Fairy Spring were tied for third.
Forestville captured first place IN the
girls dodge BAH tournament. with Land
over second and Camp Spring ana Sill
Yer Hill tied for third.
Steady Climb to Victory.
College Park School by winning first
honors climaxed steady climb 10
such a victory dating back four years.
In 1926 that school finished fourth.
Three years ago they were third. Last
year they were second, and yesterday
they finished first.
The students elation over their long
sought victory is tempered with whim-
steal speculation as to what mtgiS, be
expected next year on such a record OF
performance.
Thomas Collins, 65, Dies,