Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30
KITE TOURNAMENT
WILL Be HELD HERE
Model Aircraft League Spon-
sors Meet, Scheduled to
Open April "a.

Kite hying as an organized and COM
petitive sport is to be introduced in
the National Capital next month under
the auspices Of the District of Columbia
Model Aircraft League, it was an
nounced last night. The sport will be
fostered by the league following the
example In many parts of the country.
chiefly California and Florida, where
kite flying Is becoming almost as uni
versal as 1t always has been in China
and Janan, it was stated by Miss Sibyl
Baker, director of the Community Cen
ter department.
The kite tournament season will be
opened Thursday. April "a at Chevy
Chase Field, between Wisconsin and
western avenues at the District line.
The contest will be open to boys and
girls, men and women, without restrtc-
tons.
Three Objectives.
There are to be three main obiec-
tives In the contest: Beauty of design,
workmanship and performance. Kites
Of all kinds and sizes will be accepted
but, In each case the flyer must make
his own kite.
Contestants will be divided into four
main groups. as follows: Group /. sub
juniors, composed of entrants under II
years of age on April /, 1880. Group
2, juniors, composed of entrants more
than IL years of age and not yet Is
on Aprn l. Group 3, seniors, entrants
is years old or more on April /. Group
4, father and son, being any adult and
sub-junior working together. This
group also includes a sub-junior girl
and her mother or her sisters or other
woman relatives
Though there have been kite contests
held In the District during the past
three seasons, Miss Baker pointed out
this is the first time such elaborate
preparations have been made. Rib
bons and sweater emblems will be
awarded to entrants and winners, with
q red ribbon for beauty of design, vel
low for good workmanship and blue
for excelling in performance.
Group is Exception.
Each contestant will be required to
certify that he built the kite himself,
except In group 4, which permits an
adult to assist SUBJ junior in building
as well as flying his kite.
There will be no limit to the num-
Der or variety of kites which a con-
testant may enter, except that no kite
stick shall exceed S feet in length.
The kites will be entered in four main
Cl6SSulCAt1O1lSs EAlJCo Will bdASs bdA4AGon
kites, box kites and combination kites.
Definite rules for conduct and pro-
cedure at the contests are now being
worked out
The committee in charge of arrange
ments Is composed of Miss Esther Scott,
head of the general science depart
ment of the public schools, chairman;
Miss Baker, Miss Ethel Bray, art direc-
tor of the public schools; John A.
Chamberlain, director of maual train
ing, public schools; Hugh l. Du Bose, of
the National Aeronautic Association;
Paul Edward CARRIER, curator of aero
Yfautics, Smithsonian Institution; Mrs.
Giles Scott Rafter, District of Columbia
Congress Of Parents and Teachers, and
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, director of
municipal Fairgrounds.
In addition, there will be appointed
committees on rules, judges and awards,
reception of kites and field supervision.
Judges for the contests are to be Sc
lected from among the ranks of artists
and scientists from the Bureau of
Standards, Smithsonian Institution,
Weather Bureau and other Government
departments.