Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
CONFERENCE MEETS
TO START July g
City Championships Will Be
Held in August-Tennis
Matches Begun.

UMMER athletic activities on the
District Fairgrounds are getting
- under way In earnest. From now
until around September / there
will be something interesting doing
nearly every day. Track, tennis, SWIM
ming and The Stars horseshoe pitch
ing tournament, starting Wednesday,
all have q place on the elaborate pro-
gram.
Dual and triangular track meets
among boy athletes already have been
held and the conference meets will
start July 20. First, second and third
place winners in the conference tests
will be eligible for the city champion
ship meet to be held August 2e on the
Plaza playground. Iowa avenue won
the city meet last year, triumphing
over Columbia Road by one point, "a
to %. Hayes was third, with l6.
Twenty-Five teams scored points.
Conference meets will be held on va
rious Fairgrounds as follows: July %,
Eastern at Rosedale; July rs, Mid-City
at Plaza; July %, Southeastern at VIZ
gtnia avenue: July 90, Southwestern at
Hoover: August 4, Northwestern at Iowa
avenue; August 10, Western at George
town.
Girls to Hold Meet.
Girls will hold their city champion
ship track meet August % at Plaza
playground. RoSedale won the affair
last year, with 36 points. Georgetown
was second, with IA, and New York
Avenue third, with ID.
Colored boy athletes will compete In
their city championship meet August 81
on the Cardoza playground. Briggs won
first honors In this competition in 1929
after hard battle with the second
place Rose Park representatives.
Colored conference meets are sched-
uled on various Fairgrounds as follows:
July "a, Western at Howard; July 81,
Eastern at Lovejoy; August IL, South
ern at Barry Farms.
August 10 has been set for the coll
ored girls title track meet to be held
at Cardoza. Barry Farms won this
meet last year with As points Sixth
and L was second, with 16, and Howard,
third, with IA.
= 7O-POund Class Event.
A new event has been added in the
70-pound class for both the white and
colored boys this year. 1t Is the test
race. Two runners make up a team
in this contest. Each runs so yards,
1t being sort of q modified relay race.
Tennis Examinations have started on
the various Fairgrounds and are ex-
pected to be completed by July 81.
Winners of tournaments on the differ
ent Fairgrounds will meet in the inter-
playground competition for city hon.
ors. AS usual there will be two classes
f6Y fhA h.pNrG VrtanoA YNlAu mill 6o
fined to singles. The senior division
will be made up of those 10 years old
and under and the junior class of those
10 and under. Everett Buscher Of
Georgetown playground, will defend
his junior championship won last year,
but Anthony Latona, senior victor last
year, Is too old TO compete in the
tournament this season.
Girls will hold their usual COMPETE
ton confined to doubles and players
Is years and under. Loveye Adkins
ago. are not eligible to defend their
title this Summer because Of their age.
Eastern Boys Swim.
Boys In the eastern section of the
city will compete August 7 in the Rose
dale pool In their annual swimming
meet and boys of the Western section
will have their meet August 8 at
Georgetown. Winners In these tests
will meet In the city championships to
be held August IA in the Rosedale tank
Georgetown took the city title last year
in close competition.
Girls Of the western section win have
their swimming meet In the George
town pool August while mermaids Of
the Eastern group will compete August
8 at Georgetown. The city champion
ship events will take place in the
Georgetown tank August IL. Rosedale
was victorious in the final meet in 1929
after a spirited battle for points.