Evening star., 1939-06-16
BY ROBERT A. ERWIN.

The last call for entries in The
Star-American Legion Soap Box
Derby for boys Of the Washington
metropolitan area was sounded to-
day by Derby Director o. c. Hol-
leran.
Registration for the second an
nual National Capital Derby will
close tomorrow night, three weeks
before the races which will be held
July 8. The race course will be an
nounced soon.
"A lot of boys making racers still
haven't registered" Mr.. Holleran
said today, land they will not be
allowed to compete unless they are
signed up. Tomorrow night is their
last chance. There is still time for
boys not yet at work to register and
build car if they are willing to
work hard"
washington will have one of the
biggest Soap Box Derbies in the
country this year." the director con-
t1nued. This is made possible by
the fine cooperation we have had
from every side, in Washington and
from nearby Maryland and Virginia.
The Derby can be even bigger if
every boy between 10 and is years
old inclusive who is really interested
will register this afternoon or to-
morrow
Well Past 500 Mark.
Meanwhile, the entry list itself is
well past the 500 mark and increas-
ing steadily every day. The Bap-
tist Temple Recreation Center,
Tenth and N streets NV, where
Richard Bush is boys director, will
have at least three boys racing in
the Derby. Two of them will be
sponsored by Sergt. Jasper Post of
the American Legion, of which
Hiram w. ITlmmer is commander,
and one by Department of Justice
Post, Joseph Idler commander.
1--WE expect to have three good
wagons in the Derby" Mr.. Bush
said. THE building will be done in
our shop at the center. The boys
already are bringing in their mate
rial"
H. S. Harbour and R. A. White,
Shop teachers at Gordon Junior
High, will be interviewed on Gordon
Soap Box Derby activities over Sta
ton WMAL at 9:15 am. This will
be part of the National Children's
Frolic broadcast each Saturday
morning under the direction of c.
L. Uncle BuO Ward and Mrs.
Ward.
Another special Derby broadcast
was heard yesterday when Bill Coyle,
Star staff commentator, devoted part
OF The Star Sports Review to an
interview with Joe T. Oliver, wood
shop teacher at Taft Junior High
School, and with Frank Rolston, Bill
Hall and Bud Jacobson, students at
the school. That program was heard
over WMAL at 6:45 pm. yesterday
Every part Of the metropolitan
area-Washington itself, Alexandria,
Arlington and Fort Belvoir, Va:
Prince Georges County and Mont
gomery County, Md-will be repre-
sented In the field of boy racing
drivers on Derby Day.
New Entrants.
Today's list of new entrants in
cludes five boys from Gaithersburg
High School in Montgomery County,
four from st. Dominic's School in
Washington and two more from
Glen Echo-Cabin John (MdD Junior
High, which already has stable
entry.
The latest Soap Box Derby candi-
dates are:
Gaithersburg High School: Edwin
Becraft, l3; Thomas Oliver Crown,
IA, and John Clark Barber, IA, all
OF Gaithersburg; Jerry Moore, IA,
Washington Grove, Md, and Edward
William Beall, 13, Germantown. Md.
st. Dominic's School: James Simp-
son, 13, 631 K street SW.; Walter
Posey. IA, of BIG Sixth street S.W.;
Joseph Lynch, IA, of 642 1 street
S.W, and Henry Patriarca, IA, of
Sic Eighth street SW.
Glen Echo-Cabin John Junior
High School: Hammond R. Buck
holtz, II, Namakagan road Glen
Echo Heights, Md, and James E.
Stull, 10, Halifax street, Cabin John,
Md.
Others in today's list are Roy
B. Linkins. IA, of % Prince George
avenue. Takoma Park, Md, Takoma-