Evening star., 1938-06-05
JUDGES CHOSEN
FORCOASTERR|ACE
Four D. c. Sports Leaders
and Federal Official
Named on Board.

Four outstanding figures in the
Washington sports world, all OF them
coaches and former star performers
on the gridiron and baseball diamond,
and a Federal Government .oficial
have been named as members of the
Board of Judges for The Star-Ameri-
can Legion Soap Box Derby.
Appointment Of the board, which
will decide all closely contested heats
in the midsummer event for home-
built coaster racers, was announced
last night by o. c. Holleran, director
of the derby and chairman of the
Americanism Commission Of the Dis
trict Department of the American
Legion.
d. w. Smith Heads Board.
The board is headed by Donald w.
Smith, member of the National Labor
Relations Board and the Legion, as
chief judge. He will be assisted by:
Joe Judge, for II years star first
baseman of the Washington Nationals
and the last two years baseball coach
at Georgetown University. F
Dutch Bergman, athletic director
and football coach at Catholic Uni
versity and ex-teammate OF the late
Knute Rockne at Notre Dame.
Gus WEIGH, athletic director and
football coach at American University,
erstwhile star quarterback at Carlisle.
Bill Reinhart, football and basket
ball mentor at George Washington
University. ex-gridiron star at the
University Of Oregon.
Early Entrants Ready.
The date for the local race of the
All-American Soap Box Derby, open
to boys of the Washington metro
politan area, has not been set, but
probably the event will take place
late in July.
Early entrants already are getting
down to the hammer -and-nails busi-
ness of building their miniature auto
mobile coaster racers. No racing car
can cost more than $40, and many
will cost far less-even nothing
because parts can be picked up here
and there.
We want it clearly understood a
boy doesn't have to have $40 to build
racer that stands q chance to win, I"
Mr. Holleran declared.
Latest Derby Entrants.
The latest derby entrants include:
Robert E. Wright, 13. of 1924 Thirty
nna Jrtyx ;ob,
John w. Brentlinger, IL, and James
E. Brentlinger, 9, of 937 Danville street,
Arlington, Va, Henry Clay School.
Thomas Creekmore, IA, of 4123
North Twenty-first place, Arlington,
Va. Washington and Lee High.
Freddie Ford. 13, of 1910 North
Greenbrier street, Arlington, Va,
Washington and Lee High.
Breeze q. Philipson, 10, Westches-
ter Apartments, Sidwel Friends
School. -
Lewis F. Horn, IA, of 1248 Thirty
first street NV, Gordon Junior High.
Ronald c. Hester, 10, of 2z10 Penn
sylvania avenue NV, Curtis School.
brOOkmont Boy Included.
Alton d. Smith, 10, s523 Potomac
drive, Brookmont,. Md, Cabin John
School. r
Leonard Abel, 13, of 34o3 M street
NV, Gordon Junior High.
Norris William Musgrove, 10. Sta
ton A, Conduit road, Cabin John
School.
C. Robert Fisher, 10, of 8O7 Quack-
enbos street NV, Brightwood School.
Dius Formant. 13. of 6308 Sixteenth
street NV, Brightwood School.
Paul De Tamble, is, of SOC North
Ivy street, Arlington, Va, Western
High.
Samuel P. Vanderslice, IA, of 1910
North Seventeenth street, Arlington,
Va, Washington and Lee High.
Reed Halsted, 13. of 3214 Fifth street
north. Arlington, Va, Thomas Jeffer-
son Junior High.
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