Evening star., 1939-05-11
Soap Box Derby
Entrants 10 Talk
On Radio Tomorrow.
Remon, Merrill and
Griffith, Sponsors,
To Give Views Also

The 1899 Washington Soap Box
Derby will make its radio debut
over Station WMAL tomorrow
night with a half-hour show that
will bring to listeners a well-round-
ed program, including interviews
with four boys entered in the Derby,
brief talks by Derby sponsors
and music by the N. B. c. Orches-
ira
John A. Remon, vice president of
the Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele-
phone Co.; E. D. Merrill, president
of the Capital Transit Co., and Clark
Griffith. president of the Washing
ton Nationals, all sponsors of the
Derby. which is being put on by The
Star and the American Legion, will
tell the radio audience what they
think of the amateur coaster racing
competition for boys. The Washing
ton Derby will be held July 8.
Boys on the radio program will
be Earl Bailey, 13. of COS Ninth
street NE, Stuart Junior High stu
dent; Billy Scott, 13. of 1918 Seven
tenth street NE, Taft Junior High,
a first heat winner last year; John
C. Donohoe, 13, of 65l2 Eighth street
NV. Paul Junior High, who was
a Glass B semi-fnalist in the 1888
Derby, and Lewis Hanbury, jr., Is,
of route 2, Anacostia Station,
Prince Georges County, Md, an
other first heat winner, who, with
his younger brother Ray, created
the famous Mike" and Ike" COM
bination of coaster racers.
Bill Coyle, radio director of The
Star, will be master of ceremonies
for the broadcast, which will begin
at pm. and continue until 7:30.
The N. B. c. Orchestra will be first
on the program.
Students Inspect Racer.
Students at Alice Deal Junior High
School, Thirty eighth place and
Davenport street NV, and Taft
Junior High, Eighteenth and Perry
streets NE, had their chance to-
day to see the racer of Norman
Rocca that won Washington's first
Derby championship.
The racer was to be displayed at
Deal from 11:30 am. to l pm. and
at Taft from 2:15 to pm. with
Assistant Derby Director Zeb T.
Hamilton and Hugh Armstrong, as
sistant District Scout commission
er, on hand to talk Derby shop with
the boys and answer questions.
Tomorrow's exhibition schedule
calls for stops at Stuart Junior
High, Fourth and E streets NE,
from noon to 1:30 pm. with a
parade Of Boy Scouts, schoolboy
patrolmen and other students pre-
ceding the display on the school
ground, and at Eliot Junior High
from 2:15 to $3.50 pm.
Every boy who enters the Derby
and actually builds his own coaster
racer will receive an all-steel helmet
and a sweat shirt, both with the
Soap Box Derby emblem. to wear
in the races on July 8 and then keep
for his own. Boys 10 to Is years
old, inclusive, and living anywhere
in the Washington area are eligi-
bic. Directions for registration are
printed elsewhere on this page.
1898 Champ Ineligible.
Neither last years champion nor
his car may compete in this years
race, according to national rules.
but other cars entered in 1888 may
compete if they comply with 1889
rules. However, these cars must
be entered and driven by the boys
who built them originally.
Today's entries include five boys
from Powell Junior High. Bobby
Harris, 13. of 1410 Meridian place
NV: Louis Cohen. l3. of 1855 In
gleside Terrace NV: David Smith,
Is, of 2057 Park road NV; Douglas
MacDougall, 13. of 1914 Eleventh
street NV, and William Horton,
IA. of 1343 Kenyon street NV.
Other boys who entered the Derby
today are Donald Balderson, 13, of
1922 North Nelson street, Arlington.
Va, Westinghouse High; Daniel
Overath. IA, of 2055 Park road
NV, Sacred Heart School; Theo-
dore Speller, jr., IA, of 1921 Kenyon