The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-01
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!. SCHOOLS To
TAKEPART
BY DAN GILL

BY DAN GILL
All roads will lead to Rockville,
Nd, Monday when the twentieth
annual Montgomery County Field
Day, sponsored jointly by the
county school system and the
Playground Athletic League Of
Baltimore, will be held at the
Fair Grounds.
Some 5000 children will par
ticipate, according to Edwin w.
Broome, superintendent of schools.
Six thousand Of these will be
competing in the field, track and
group games with the remainder
taking the badge tests at the
same time.
Forty-eight schools, ranging
from one and two-room schools to
those which have the tenth,
eleventh and twelfth grades, will
be represented in the meet which
Is in reality five meets in one.
Besides the one and two-room
schools and the schools with the
three highest grades, there will
also be a class for schools with
three, four and five teachers; six
teachers and above and for schools
with the seventh, eighth and ninth
grades.
Sets of Medals
Each of the five groups will
have a complete set of medals
and the children will compete
only against others of their own
group who will be segregated &C.
cording to weight. It wasn't so
long ago that all of the schools
were vying against one another,
with the one and two teacher
schools being pitted often against
the better trained children from
the larger schools, but this is now
done away with under the new
system.
DR.. Broome said no attempt is
being made to weed out the in
ferior athletes, so that only the
best from each school will take
part, as this is contrary to the
county's theory of athletic bene-
fits. Instead, the slower and less
Skillful boys and girls will get the
benefit of competition and social
contacts with other school chill
dren in one big gala day. Special
buses and trains will bring pu-
pills in from the outlying sections.
While the breaking of records
Is, not the sole objective, some
sterling athletes have made their
marks in these yearly festivals,
among the betterknown of whom
are Bill Guckeyeson, the Beth
a-Chevy Chase High School
boy who is starring on the Uni
versity of Maryland'S track team.
in the weight events, and Bob
Beall, the Rockville High boy, a
college teammate of Guckeyeson,
who Specializes in the 440.
Start At $3.50 A. M.
The first few events are SEIZED
uled to begin at $3.50 a. m. with
the last ones due to get under
way at 4:30 p. m. Rockville High
School which has won the honorS
seven times in the last nine
years is the defending champion,
but according to its principal, L.
Fletcher Schott, the chances of
the school repeating its victory
don't look as bright as did its
chance Of winning last year. The
material just isn't there, Schott
says. although he expects Joe
Starkey, broad jumper, and Joe
Henderson, shot putter. to do
their bit.
The events include such a
diversity OF events as dashes,
jumps. dodge ball throw for dis
lance, baseball throw for dis
lance, baseball throw for &C
curacy, speed ball bat for dis
lance, target pitch, soccer kick
for distance, shot put, speed ball
tournament, badge tests, dodge
ball, weighing, volley ball, hit
ball. pin ball, touchdown pass
ball, hit-and-run the bases, run
and catch relay and numerous
other relays.