Evening star., 1939-07-13
Camp Let's Echoes
With Roar Of D. T..
Lions al 'Roundup'
Boys Present Sports,
But Fun Begins When
Clubs Events Sturt

sRoar, Lions, roar!" and over
the wastes Of the Rhodes River. a
tributary Of the Chesapeake Bay,
went the yell Of Washington's Lions
and lionesses-yesterday when the
full membership went down to
Camp Let's to stage their annual
roundup"
With officiales of the Y. M. C. A.,
the Lions went to make $50 boys,
in camp, HAPPY as the day is long"
That was the slogan. And it worked
out, according to Leonard De Cast,
general secretary of the Y. M. c.
A.; Randy" Myers and Floyd
Akers, president of the Lions Club
OF Washington.
Junior Olympics Staged.
Most of the Lions gave up busi-
ness for the day, leaving the city
at noon. At l o'clock luncheon
was served at Camp Let's. An hour
later the big athletic program got
under way. If it resembled minia-
ture "Olympics," it was due to the
forethought of Chris Chachis, a
young Greek, who is athletic direc-
tor of Camp Let's and who has
inaugurated something new in camp
sports. He is preparing to stage
IAN Olympic contest" for the boys
at Camp Let's in late July which
will bring all latent athletic talent
to the surface, even to marathon
runners. This is the first attempt
of its kind in American boys camp
life, he said.
First on the athletic program was
50yard dash for juniors. 1t was
won by w. Burnside, who got a
gold medal, and the runner-up was
D. CARRIER, who received a silver
medal. In all the events, gold and
silver medals were presented
In the Junior broad jump, Richard
Fox won first place; S. SWartzback,
second.
The baseball throw was won by S.
Yasmer; S. Schwartzback, second.
In the intermediate section the
75-yard dash was won by Jack Har-
dell w. Conant, second.
The broad jump for this class
also was won by Hardell, with Con-
ant second.
Billy Welsh won the discus throw,
with Jack Hardell second.
In the senior events Jimmy Welsh
won the 100-yard dash; Jack Leon
ard. second.
The high jump was won by Jimmy
Welsh; B. Belcher, second.
Jimmy Welsh came back to win
the 8-pound shot-put; second, Jack
Leonard.
In the 440-yard relay race Cabin
19 won first place. The team was
composed of Jack Leonard, Frank
Seal, Larry Wiesinger and Jimmy
Welsh.
That ended the boys part of the
program. Then the Lions and the
lionesses-or the old folks-Went
into their act and the fun began.
They staged tug-of- -war-and
anybody won. They had a baseball
throwing contest for the lionesses
and this was won by Mrs. R. D.
Moore Mrs. H. v. Keiser was Sec
ond. In the nail-driving contest,
Mrs. E. H. Reicks got first place.
Mrs. r. H. Gaber won the potato
race.
A softball baseball game between
the Lions and the boys of Camp
Let's ended in tie-4-4-but that
was mostly on account of the dinner
bell.
In the swims events for boys Alvin
Creux won first place in the 25-
yard dash for swimmers between 8
and II. j. Gauld was second. In
the 50-yard dash-between IL and
13 years-Frank Seal won; "Chuck"
Conway, second.
Then came the prize event of the
afternoon-the bathing beauty con-
test for men-of which the judges
were Mrs. w. L. Frederick, Mrs.
Charles H. Ruth, Mrs. Earle Shinn,
Mrs. B. H. Piers and Mrs. r.
Chenoivir. For physical attractive
ness, Charles Krey got the gold cup.
Walter Frederick-even though his
wife was on the committee-won
honors for poise and Jack Teunis
qualified as the man. wearing the
most novel suit.
Voted "Best Yet"
That about ended the outdoor
festivities and everybody adjourned
to the main dining hall, where a
steak dinner was served.
Officers of the Lions Club were
assisted by several committees.
In charge of menu were Hugh v.
Keiser, Mr.. Kre and Arthur B.
Heaton.
The Attendance Committee con-
sisted of the following Lions: Will
liam G. Hanson, Harold Dyer, Rus
sell Shaw, Rains Wallace, George
Quirk, Harold Hayden, Arthur Lowe,
James Parker, jr., and Harold Pal
mer.
The program was planned by
Lions John Teunis, John H. Waters,
George L. Haines, Clarence E. Whit
more and Stirling Mead.
The committee on prizes for the
various games and events included
Lions Bertrand Piers, Adam Arnold,
Bertrand McGinniss and Arthur
Smith.
Publicity was assigned to the fol-
lowing committee: E. G.. Purvis,
Joseph Casson, George Burrus and
George A. Lewis.