Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
TWO GIRLS QUALIFY
AS PLANE BUILDERS
Both to Take Part in D. c.
Model Aircraft League
Tournament.

Two 12-year-old Washington girls
yesterday decided to try their hand at
model airplane flying and qualified for
participation in the tournament to be
held under the auspices of the d. C.
Model Aircraft League mere in Septem-
Der. -
The girls. Doris Griffin. daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Griffin, 400 Whit
tier street. and Betty letters, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas G. Jeffers, $500
Sixth street, made the necessary quail
fication records with their Baby r. o
@. models at preliminary trials held on
the Monument grounds yesterday.
Deeply interested in aviation. Doris
has heen reading articles on the sub
ject for several years and decided to
build q model for trial at the meet yes
terday,
Betty We'd With Brother.
Betty. like Doris. also has long been
interested, in aviation, but IL was prin-
cipally her determination not to be out
done by her brother, Thomas, II years
airplane tournament, that led her to
efforts several weeks ago, resulting in
the success Of yesterday.
An increasing interest In model air
planes among local girls Is expected,
due to an announcement yesterday by
Miss Sybil Baker that Amelia Earhart,
first woman to fly aver the Atlantic,
has offered q special trophy to be
awarded to the girl scoring the greatest
number Of points in the national model
airplane finals In Louisville, KY. In
October.
Final Trials Due Saturday.
Fred Long, 11l7 B street southeast,
and William Couldheld, 2l6 Twelfth
street southeast, were the only addi-
tional boys to qualify yesterday for the
model airplane tournament to be held
here in September. Other boys who
qualified at trials held at several Of the
schools during the past week are Fos-
ter Wilkinson, Major William Robb,
Harry N. Peters, James Swan, Norman
Currie and Thomas LETTERS.
Final qualification trials for the local
model airplane tournament are to be
held at Boiling Field next Saturday,
All wishing to participate In the tourna-
ment must qualify then or before In
order to take part, It is announced.
Leading point winners yesterday tr
the various classes, with the several
types of planes, with 5 points counted
for first place won with any type ir
each class, points Tor second place
for third, for fourth and fol-
nth, were as follows:
Ace class-First, John Sullivan, Il
years old, with total Of points fol-
winning first In the Baby r. o. G.
type and second with helicopters; sec
ond, Everett Meeks, IL years old, 4
points, first with helicopters.
Point winners Receive Cash.
Class A-First, Luther Schmidt, Il
years old, 0. points, first In Baby r. O
G., second In helicopters; second, Rob.
ert Swope, Is years old, 3 points, first
place In dynanic-powdered models
third In helicopters, and third. Frank
Salisbury, II years old, points, first
place in helicopters.
Class B-First, Thomas Robins. Is
years old, 10 points. first in Baby
r. o. c., first in helicopters.
Glass D-First place tied by Arthur
Caulfield, 10 years old, points, first
place in Baby r. o. G.: Edward Night
ingale, II years old, points, first in
hand Launched scientific: William Piz-
zini. II years old, points, first in hell
ccpters: second place won by Robert
Cliainson, Is years old, points. sec
ond In hsliconkeEss and third, Mnngea