Evening star., 1940-07-07
All Soap Box Racers
To Be Turned in for
Inspection Tomorrow
Each Boy Must Take
Completed Car to Dealer
He Registered With

He Registered With
The 1s40 model Soap Box Derby
racers tomorrow will be taken from
the Easements, Woodshops and ga
RACES where they have been con-
structed during the summer and
turned in for inspection before the
third Washington coaster race next
Saturday
According to instructions mailed
to each Derby entrant last week,
each boy is to turn his completed
racer in tomorrow to the Chevrolet
dealer where he registered for the
Derby Every racer who expects to
compete next Saturday should have
his car turned in by $50 pm. At
the dealers salesroom, his car will
receive a preliminary inspection and
he will receive his drivers license.
The miniature racers, each of
which is boy-built and has cost no
more than $40, will then be trans
ported to the Randle Heights School,
on Thirtieth street Sc, off Penn
sylvania avenue, where the final in
spection will be conducted this week.
Important Radio Program.
Last-minute hints on construction
phases to check will be listed today
by Derby Director zeb T. Hamilton
in a broadcast over Station WMAL
beginning at 2:06 pm.
Important information about the
third running of the coaster race
here will be given on the nine
minute special radio program, which
should not be missed by any Derby
entrant.
According to the postcards re-
turned by Derby entrants to head
quarters, the field of racers on Derby
Day, July 13, will be more than 200
boys" Mr.. Hamilton said. From
the quality of tn Gears which tried
out on the Pennsylvania avenue
course last week, I feel that we're
going to have the best Derby yet.
I know the competition will be keen
and the races close"
The Derby race course this year
will be approximately 1000 feet long
and will extend from near the in
tersection of Texas and Pennsyl-
vania avenues Sc, downhill in the
direction of the Capitol to Penn
sylvania avenue and Carpenter
street.
Heats of Cars Each.
The new concrete street is so feet
wide and is bounded on both sides
by concrete curbstones. Ample space
is provided on both sides for spec
tators, who will be required to keep
back of rope barrier placed feet
beyond the curbstones.
The boys will race in elimination
heats of three cars each, with boys
In Glass A, between 13 and IS years
old, racing against each other to
choose a champion. and the II and
IL year old boys in Glass B also
choosing a champion. The two
class champions then race to de-
termine the 1910 champion of WASH
ington. Carl Cederstrand, jr., IL.
won the city championship last
year, succeeding Norman Rocca, the
winner In 1898. Last years Derby
was held on Massachusetts avenue
NV, beyond Ward Circle, and the
first Washington Derby was held
on New Hampshire avenue NE.
Most of the streets in the gen.
eral vicinity of the Pennsylvania
avenue course will be available for
parking spaces for spectators. and
a map showing the location of the
course and the surrounding area
will be published this week in The
Star.
Legion Committees to Be Busy.
American Legion committees we're
to 90 into high gear this week in
preparation for the big day next
Saturday. Woman Legionnaires
from the Jacob Jones Post again
will act as the clerks on Derby Day.
The committee is headed by Edna
Smith. post commander
The Inspection Committee, which
Is headed by John R. Weitzel, will
begin its work Tuesday of checking
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racers expected to compete. Regis
tration for the Derby and the COM
pilation of heats will be handled
by committee headed by Douglass
o. Reed. Most of the heavy work
next Saturday will be handled by
the Checkers Committee, of which
William H. Opitz is chairman, and
by the Finish Line Committee,
headed by Mack Clarke. Haywood
N. Saunders is chief starter. Miss
Martha Stewart is chairman of
the First Aid Committee.
The entrants will report to the
course at $50 am. Saturday and
be issued all-steel Derby helmets
and racing jerseys by the Quarter
masters Committee, headed by
Charles Kohen. Announcers for
the day will include Bill Hargrave,
Thomas J. Collahan, P. j. Fitzgib-
bons and Joseph r. Moore.
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