Evening star., 1939-07-13
Derby vietors Get
Prizes as Crowd Of
1000 Watches
Cederstrond, D. c.
Champion, Loaded
Down With Awards
BY ROBERT A. ERWIN.

Soap Box Derby divided the spoils
last night in a prize-awarding pro-
gram in Central High School Audi
torium.
Carl Cederstrand, Il, of 3719 Ap-
pleton street NV, the quiet and
modest winner of story-book fin
ish in the final round of Saturdays
Derby, was officially crowned WASH
ington area champion He will race
for the National Derby champion
ship in Akron, Ohio, on August 49,
Heavily laden with prizes, Carl
was greeted on the stage by Nor
man Rocca, 15-year-old Anacostia
youth, winner of the Capitals first
Derby last year, and Clark B. Stew
art, IA, of 3l2 Elm street, Chevy
Chase, Md, this years runner-up,
who missed being the new champion
by only few inches.
Derby Fans Also Attend.
Derby contestants, wearing the
sWeatshirtS in which they drove in
Saturdays races, sprang from seats
among their friends and families to
60 to the stage and receive their
prizes when their names were called.
Upward of 1000 Derby fans at
tended the prize jamboree In an
hour and half session an extra
long table loaded with awards was
gradually depleted.
The new champion flashed a
broad smile when his arms were
filled with the M. E. Coyle trophy,
emblematic of the Washington
Derby title; medal for capturing
the Glass B championship, a port
able radio for winning his third
heat, silver cup for the second
heat and bronze medal for the
first heat. He had to come back
to the stage for his new, bright red
bicycle. chief prize for the Glass B
victory. When the session broke
up he tried it out in a few whirls
down the main Central High hall
way.
AS class A champion, Runner-up
Clark Stewart claimed a bicycle
radio, the class A winners medal
and other heat prizes.
oshSlS L IILeS.
Other boys to whom went lion S
share of the awards were Edwin
Walter, second to Carl in class B
finals. and Paul B. Cramer, jr,,
second to Clark in the class A finals;
and Paul GottWals, Joseph Miller
and Richard Walter, the other boys
who advanced through three sue
cesslve heats but were eliminated in
their fourth try.
The prizes remained the same
throughout, bronze medals to first
heat winners. silver cups for second
heat victories, and latest style port
able radios for the third-round wins
The Derby was sponsored by The
Star and the American Legion and
co-sponsored by the Washington
Chevrolet Dealers Association.
Derby Director o. C. Holleran acted
as master of ceremonies. Prizes
were presented by Joseph Idler,
commander of Department of JUS
tice Post of the Legion, chairman
of the Awards Committee; Charles
kohen and Emmett R. Carroll,
members of the committee: Joseph
A. Walker, general chairman of the
Derby and chairman of the Amer
icanism Commission of the District
Legion Department, and assistant
Derby directors, Zeb T. Hamilton
and William T. McCallum.
There were brief talks by B. M
McKelway, managing editor of The
Sfor u-hn cold fln of
parents of Derby candidates and of
the individuals and groups staging
the Derby would determine whether
it would be held again next year;
Ed Stohlman, president of the Wash
ington Chevrolet Dealers; Mr.
Walker and Mr.. Holleran.
SpOrtsmanship Draws Praise.
Mr.. Walker praised the sports
manShip of the boy racers, declar-
ing IF you lost, you were right there
to congratulate the winner. We
like the Derby because it helps to
build good, solid American citizens" !"
One of the highlights of the prize
session was the special award of a
silver cup for the greatest self
control" of the Derby to 12-year-
old Eugene Carroll, colored, of 1921
Fifth street NV, whose coaster car
turned around on the track Satur-
day. Gene drove it backward down.
hill to finish second in his heat,
averting a possible crash among
spectators on the sidellnes.
Other special prize winners were:
Frank Weller Loeff1er, 13. of 1908
Second avenue, Silver Spring, Md,
gold-filled wrist watch for the best
workmanship on his famous fish
model Derby racer; Raymond A.
Giovannoni, II, of 500 Rittenhouse
street NV. white metal wrist watch
for the best designed car; Bob
Maudlin, II, of 1929 R street NV,
pen and pencil set for the best
upholstered car, and the Sons of
the American Legion Drum and
Bugle Corps, silver cup, for playing
on Derby Day and at Central last
night.
Second heat winners who received
silver cups and the first heat VIM
ners' medals as well were Booker T.
Brent, Joseph M. Fagins, Charles
Chapman, Ray T. Haight, Carl E.
Lee, George Mcintosh, Richard H.
Moore, J. Leroy Poole. jr., Dewitt
C. Shilling. Artis H. Waters, jr., A.
Meredith Davis, James w. Bordas,
William F. Defer, jr, Charles Harr,
Amundsen Peed, John B. Smallwood
and Gene Bean.
First Heat Medals.
Boys who won medals for taking
their first heat were:
Russell Bowser, Philip A. Bacas,
Maurice C. Barco, Joseph Blodgett,