Evening star., 1950-03-03
1O-Day0utdoorsS
Opens With $4,000
Expected 10 Attend

Fascinating exhibits and spec
tacular entertainment will be
offered by the third annual ALL
. American Sportsmen's and Out
doors Show opening a Today
stand at the National Guard Ar
mory at S pm. today.
Conducted by the League of
Maryland Sportsmen and with the
Washington Touchdown Club CO.
sponsoring the inaugural, the eX-
position is expected to attract
more than $4,000 persons. Many
who previously regarded the Ar
mory as too remote without auto
transportation now may take ad-
vantage of recently installed di-
rect bus facilities.
Formal inaugural of the show
is scheduled for 8 o'clock, with
Brooke Johns the master of cere-
monies. During the program
Glenn L. Martin. Inns president,
and Lee Fields, Touchdown Club
head, will extend greetings to the
first-nighters, among whom will
be large delegation from Wash
ington ofticialdom.
A prime attraction will be the
stage and tank presentation which
will begin at 8:15, featuring acts
rejecting the top skills achieved
In many phases of sport.
Diving Act Big Number.
Probably due for the most en-
thusiastic reception is the diving
troupe of Billy Outten of Media,
Pa, a trio of thrill and comic
performers who work in a small
tank of their own. Outten cli-
makes the act with a 95-foot dive
from the Armory ceiling into 512
feet of water.
Youngsters should find delight
in Capt. Harold Winstons edu-
Gated sealions, whose smart capers
in the big tank $50 by 10 feet)
include high diving, hurdling out
Of the water over outstretched
nets and human life rescues.
Other water acts will present
duck-retrieving dogs, canoe filters,
logrollers and tuna fishermen.
Indian dances and archery will
be demonstrated by Chief Crazy
Bull and his band of South Da-
kota Sioux. Trick rifle and pistol
shooting will be the offering of
the Shooting Mansfields," billed
as the worlds foremost family of
marksmen.
An added attraction will be the
first eliminations of a Miss Out
doors. 1850" contest which is de-
signed to determine the loveliest
sports participant among Metro
politan Washington's femininity.
The competition is open to girls
II to Is, and entries still are
being accepted by Show Manager
Leo j. Paulin at the Armory.
Winner of the contest will be given
an all-expense-paid vacation trip
to the Great Smokes of Western
North Carolina.
New Hydroplane Exhibited.
Among the many sports equip
ment exhibits will be that of the
Capital Power Boat Association
featuring a 48-cubic-inch hydro
plane capable of 81 miles per
hour. This light craft, the hull
of which weighs but SO pounds,
measures just IL feet, 4 inches In
length.
All revenue OF the Sportsinen's
Show above actual production
costs will be used by the League
OF Maryland Sportsmen in fur
therance of it's work for conserva-
tion Of natural resources in This
area. There will, however, be a
split tonight of the net gate be-
tween Inns and the Touchdown
Club, the latter to devote it's share
to boys club welfare activities.
Show hours will be 5 pm, Mon
day through Friday, and l pm.
to IL on Saturdays and Sundays
when matinees at the stage and
tank will be held at 2:30 in ad-
dition to the night performances.