Evening star., 1938-04-23
THdUSANDSE:NTER- {:
CLEANUP Gil Al Drive
Boys and Girls Compete
for 1000 Tickets TO to
Ball. Game.

The big push for baseball tickets
was under way in Washington today
as thousands Of schoolboys and girls
Of IL years and older sought to gxin
admission to an American League
game at Grifith Stadium by doing
some real work IN the Junior Board
of Commences 'citylwide' cleanup
campaign. -
The Washington Baseball Clubs Of
fer OF 1000 free tickets on Cleanup
Day--for which the date will be set
later-added impetus to the forces of
Boy and Girl Scouts. Boys Club and
Settlement House members and other
youths already enlisted In the drive
to make Washington clean.
First announcement OF the offer was
made yesterday when The Star print
ed its first Cleanup Campaign base
ball coupon and set forth the rules
and regulations for boys and girls to
work their way to Grinith Stadium
via the cleanup route.
Must Clip Coupon.
Today and each day next week as
well The Star is printing the coupon
Contestants should clip the coupon
and get it filled out and stamped at
the public Fairgrounds as soon as their
Jobs are done.
Boys and girls who finish their work
first will have first call on the 1000
admissions, j. W. Brabner- Smith,
chairman OF the Junior Board Exec
utive Committee. announced today
This is for protection Of youths who
clean up, repair or do planting at
home. Even after their coupons are
turned in to neighborhood playground
directors, their work must be checked
by visiting Junior Board members.
Cooperating in the baseball plan
are the Junior Board. as sponsor of
the cleanup drive; the Washington
Baseball Club, the District Playground
Department, which is operating me-
chanics OF ticket distribution through
IS Fairgrounds all over the city, and
The Star.
Baseball tickets are limited to one
child in = family and are a reward
for clearing trash and debris on neigh
borhood lots and Fairgrounds. and
cleaning up. painting, planting and
repairing at home-any sort Of work
that substantially improves the prop
erty. ...
Meanwhile. the same boys and girls
who set out last week to win prizes OF
summer camp vacations for finding
the two dirtiest lots In the city, were
running into competition from prop
erty owners.
Owners Clean Up Lots.
In numerous cases, the owners have
cleaned up their lots as soon as they
learned the property had been reported
to the Junior Board, Mr.. Brabner-
Smith said. This has eliminated many
children from the contest, because
there is only clean lot to show for
the dirty one they reported when
Junior Board members, Boy and Girl
Scout and Boys Club leaders, come
around to investigate
approximately 800 property owners
are yet to be notified that Jealous
youths have reported their lots in dire
need OF a good cleaning. ,,:
Meanwhile. the century-old house
moved from its old moorings at Third
and N streets S.W is on exhibit. in
the park at Fourteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV. as an ex-
ample OF decay and neglect. Later.
1t will be completely renovated as a
better housing exhibit.
Junior Board oficials. Boy Scout
leaders and District health authorities
nave developed q permanent educa-
ton program under which Scouts can