Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 81, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 August 1928 — Page 12

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SCHEDULE FIRST SEMI-FINAL OF SCOOTER DERBY MONDAY

CHILDREN FROM 6 PLAYGROUNDS IN ELIMINATION Winners in Districts Will Compete Labor Day for City Title. MANY PRIZES OFFERED Awards Will Be Made From Monument Steps at Close of Races. Children at six playgrounds are practicing today for the first race of the semi-finals of the TimesCapitol Dairy Scooter Derby which will be run at 10 a. m. Monday at Highland playground for District No. 1. Recreation centers in the first district are Highland, Ellenberger, Willard, Pinch, Christian and School No. 28. Lewis Skinner, city recreation department supervisor, and a representative of The Times, will be at the grounds at 10 a. m. Monday to map out the course. Contestants who won first, second or third in any of the three classes at the six playgrounds named are eligible to enter.

Prize List Generous In the event that a contestant can not be at the playground at the appointed hour, a substitute can be appointed to race in his or her place by the playground instructor. All contestants are to report to their own playground instructors today or Saturday for final instructions. All contestants will be lined up at the start and rules governing the races will be read by Skinner. The junior boys will race first and the girls will race second. The senior boys race will close the semi-finals for the first day. The winners of first, second and third in each of the three classes will be entered in the finals of the Derby which will be run at 10 a. m. Labor Day, on the Circle. Prices for all classes will be awarded at the close of the finals on the steps of the Monument. A prize of $1 will be given first place winners in each of the three classes at each of the playgrounds n the preliminaries. Semi-final prizes are $lO, first, $5, second, and $3, third for winners in each class at each of the five districts. Final prizes are $25, first; sls, second; and $lO third in each class in the finals. Loan Scooters Free Children have worked up a great interest in the Scooter Derby at all playgrounds, and practice races are being held every morning and afternoon. Rules governing all contests were printed in The Indianapolis Times Thursday, and playground instructors are reading the rules to the children. So that every child will be given fair, play in the semi-finals and finals, the Capitol Dairy has donated about twenty scooters for use in remaining races. The scooters will be brought to the grounds by Skinner, and all children eligible to race but not having scooters will be loaned a racer for the event. More about the Scooter Derby will be printed in The Times Saturday and Monday. Read The Times for Scooter Derby news.

AMERICAN-STYLE ROAD SIGNS USED IN WALES Wise-Crack Warnings Popular Near Cardiff. Bn United Press CARDIFF, Wales, Aug. 24. America’s craze for witty road warnings and danger signals has arrived here. The country side for some distance around Cardiff is plastered with such signs as the following: “A car on the road is worth two in the ditch.” “Fatal accident here.” “Better be slow and sorry.” . ' “Be wise in time (Psalms vi.).” ‘Remember the fireworks must be paid for. “Life is short: Don’t make it shorter by scorching when you didn’t oughter.” NORTH CAROLINA’S TWO SENATORS ARE OLDEST Democratic Solons Hold Party By Times Special WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—North Carolina has the two oldest Democrats in point of service in the Senate and also the two oldest in years. The two Senators, Furnifold M. Simmons and Lee S. Overipan were born in January, 1854, and thejefore are 74 years old. Overman by seventeen days is the older, his birthday falling on Jan. 3. Simmons is the oldest Democrat in the Senator in point of service, having served twenty-seven years, while Overman is only two years behind him. TATTOO BEAUTY SPOTS Electric Needle Is Latest Fade in Decorating Women. Bn United Press NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 24.—Permanent beauty spots for my lady by tattooing are quite the most advanced step in beautifying. Prof. George Pennell, expert New Orleans wielder of the electric tattooing needle, hosts of women with indelible beauty spots on their faces, he says. “Yankees” really means “English.” When the first English settlers went to Aifierica the nearest the Indians could get to the name was “Yengees ” That was twisted to “Yankees” and applied later to Americans.

Sails Over Barrier to Championship

Alice Carver went “up and over” in the junior maypole vault at the annual track and field meet Wednesday at Willard Park. In fact she won the city championship in that event and class. The maypole vault was one of the most popular events in the city recreation department’s affair.

HEALTH CAMP AIMS TO REBUILD BODIES

Flower Design A unique design in flowers has been worked out by Robert W. Sanford, custodian, at Morris Square playgrounds. Sanford formerly was grounds superintendent on an estate in Florida and got the idea there. The design is in “carpet bed” flowers supplied by the city. A horseshoe with nails and everything is placed on one side of th 6 design with a heart in the center. On the three other sides is a spade, club and diamond. The entire design is in various colors with appropriate backgrounds and edgings.

NEGRO ATHLETIC CONTEST HELD Fall Creek and Douglas Girls Win. Several hundred girls participated in the Negro track and field meet last week at Douglas Park, under the direction of Ruth Emhardt, Lola Pfeifer and Catherine Wolf of the city recreation department. SENIOR RESULTS Fifty-Yard Dash—Cecil Childs, Fill Creek, first: Bertha Cheaton. Christamore, second: Pauline Sanders, Douglas, third. Maypole Vault—Eloise Steele. Norwood, first: Thelma Jones. Douglas, second; Bertha Cheaton. Christamore. third. High Jump—Eloise Steele, Norwood, first; Cecil Childs. Fall Creek, second; Bertha Cheaton. Christamore. third. Three-Legged Race—TKelma Russell and Cecil Childs. Fall Creek, first; Clara Vaughn and Myra Martin, Fall Creek, second; Thelma Jones and Pauline Sanders, Douglas, third. JUNIOR RESULTS Three-Legged Race—Katherine Stone and Helen Watts, Douglas, first; Nancy Haves and Margaret Hall, Christamore, second; Ernsting Swanigan and Mary Higgins, Christamore. third. Fifty-Yard Dash—Mary Thurman. Douglas. first: Frances Dullen. Douglas, second, and Rachel Hardlna. Douglas, third. High Jump—Ethel Bradford, Christamore. first; Mary Higgins, Christamore. second, and Margaret Hall, Christamore, third. Maypole Vault—Mary Thurman. Douglas. first; Velma Harvey. Camp Sullivan, second, and Ruth White, Douglas, third. Fall Creek was first in the senior division with sixteen points, Norwood second with ten, Christamore in a tie with Douglas for third with five points each. Douglas won the junior events with twenty points. Christmore second with thirteen, and Camp Sullivan third with three. Fall Creek defeated Meikel 23 to 22 in the finals of the baseball league for the city championship. GIRLS DRESS RETARDS T. B. FIGHT, IS CHARGE Blames Flimsy Attire for Slow Rate of Decrease. Bn United Press LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24.—Scanty attire is hindering the suppression of tuberculosis among the flappers of today, according to Mrs. Marion Simonson of the University of California. “Tuberculosis is not decreasing as rapidly among yound women as it is among young men,” Mrs. Simonson says. “This is due to flimsy dresses, bad posture, desire for slender figure and the too gay life of the high school girl.” If the young flapper wants to flap she should come to California, she says, because flimsy dresses do not seem to hurt the California girls. It is only in the more severe cli: -- ates where it is decidedly dangerous. NEW CHURCH GROWS Denomination Formed Since 1916 Has 30,221 Adherents. B.y United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—Apparently anew church denomination has spread over the country since 1916, according to a report issued today by the Department of Commerce in connection with its census of religious bodies. There are now 730 churches of the Church of God in Christ, whereas in 1916 none were reported. This denomination has a reported membership of 30,221.

Program Stresses Methods to Precent Disease Among Children. Prevention in public health work is being accented as the real intelligent way to eliminate the necessity of cure. Child health has come to be recognized as the important phase of community health. This theory underlies the entire demonstration program of the Marion County Tuberculosis Association in the field of summer child health building. The new child nutrition camp at Bridgeport, which is functioning this summer for the first time, is designed to show parents okjndianapolis and Marion County how the average home may become a child health-building center during the summer. Because of limited funds of the tuberculosis association the demontration at Bridgeport is being conducted in but one building, made possible by gifts of public-spirited citizens and by funds derived by the aiberculosis association from the annual sale of Christmas Seals. 25 Boys in Camp Just now twenty-five boys are enrolled for the open air regime of proper food and rest periods, supervised recreation and elimination of physical defects prior to entrance. Dr. Harold S. Hatch, superintendent of Sunnyside Sanatorium where fifty beds are available constantly for the cure of children afflicted with tuberculosis, pointed out today thar, the new preventorium of the tuberculosis association on -the eighty-acre tract at Bridgeport is the logical first step of this community in the prevention not only of tuberculosis but of many other diseases. “Our institution at Sunnyside,” Drf Hatch said, “is one wherein cure of tuberculosis is the goal. Through years of operation of this institution it has been shown conclusively that some cures may be affected.” Stress Body Building The new demonstration camp at Bridgeport, in which no tuberculous children are admitted, but only the under-privileged, those that should be nursed scientifically away from possible disease development, Is a long step forward in the prevention program here. It supplements the child nutrition class development in Indianapolis public schools, the parochial schools and the county schools. Hundreds of children ?re being taught health habits and their parents are being educated to fight disease in the home by renewing the strength of the anemic child. In summer too often the health discipline of school Is let down and retrogression sets in. The new child nutrition camp at Bridgeport has been designed not only to give new life and health to certain of the underprivileged children of the city, but more importantly to demonstrate to every Indianapolis and Marion County parent how easy it is to develop a system of child rehabilitation in the average home. MUTE FLIES; TALKS Lad, 8, Recovers Speech After Flight and Stunts. Bn United Press REVERE. Mass., Aug. 24.—A wild airplane ride has loosed the tongue of George Porter. Jr.. 8. who has been mute since birth. His father, Capt. George Porter, says the boy started to talk right after a thrilling trip in the clouds, which included looping the loop and other “stunts.” EMPTY HOTEL CLOSED London Denies License to Teetoller Refusing Public Service. Bn United Press LONDON, Aug. 24. Authorities have refused to renew the license of Britain’s queerest hotel. It is in a village near Bury St. Edmunds. Although fully licensed no one has been able to secure accommodations there. The owner is a rabid teetoller who adopted this method of asserting his principles.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

TWO SWIMMING MEETS SLATED Events Are Scheduled at Warfleigh and Rhodius. Two swimming meets are scheduled for Saturday and Monday by the city recreation department at Warfleigh Beach and Rhodius Park pool. The Warfleigh meet will start at 7:30 p. m. Saturday and six events will be run off. Jesse P. McClure, city recreation director, and Ich Muse, life guard, will assist Henry long, supervisor, in the events. Program—Senior 100-yard free style, unior 50-yard free style, senior 100-yard breast stroke, senior fancy diving, junior fancy diving, water basketball game. The program at Warfleigh is more in the nature of an exhibition than a contest and no prizes will be awarded. Long says. The Rhodius Park meet starts at 1:30 p. m. and is open to all city playground children. Program— Senior 50-yard free style, junior 50-yard free style, senior 100-yard breast stroke, junior 50-yard breast stroke, junior fancy diving, senior 200-yard breast stroke, water polo game. Rhodius vs. Warfleigh: bathing beauty contest. Red. white and blue ribbons will be given as prizes.

GIRL BETTERS BABE Knocks 56 Home Runs During Season: Wins Medal. Babe Ruth has a record for knocking out sixty home runs in a major league season, and to date has poied about forty-six. But Constance Apostle of School 44 playground knocked the ball for circuits just fifty-six times this season in the girls’ playground baseball league. Jesse P. McClure, city recreation director, presented Constance with a medal for her record Thursday afternoon at Willard Park at the annual playground track and field meet. VIOLENT ENDS COMMON WITH LOEWENSTEINS Many Relatives of Banker Dies of Violence. Rir United Press PARIS. Aug. 24.—Alfred Loewenstein, the Belgian banker, belonged to a family predestined to disastrous endings, according to one of his intimate friends. An uncle, while watching a military review on July 14, the French national holiday, was crushed beneath the wheels of a coach. Another member of the family attempted suicide at the age of 2Q. and the boy’s mother became insane a few days later. A cousin perished at sea while returning from a visit to the United States. Another cousin, the wife of a diplomat who was assassinated several years ago at Rio de Janeiro, committed suicide beside her husoand's bier. Her sister, the wife of a rich Amsterdam merchant, was found drowned in the Marne River a few years later. MODEL TILT ARRANGED * Sand Sculpture Contest to Be Held at Fall Creek. The fifth annual sand sculpture contest at Fall Creek playground will open Wednesday with twelve children presenting models in packed sand. The sand pile at the playground is marked off in twelve places, and the children showing the greatest aptitude for the work are allowed to enter the finale. A large battleship won the 1927 prize, and a replica of the War Memorial Plaza won first in 1926. Most of the children are keeping their designs a secret until the contest starts. Those in charge are: Mrs. Elizabeth Major, matron: Miss Margaret Jordan, ir structor; Mrs. Goldie Finney, matron, and Miss Neoma Teverbaugh, instructor.

ORCHARD PLAY CENTER CLOSES FROUCSEASQN Final Program Includes Song, Dance. Novelty Numbers. Closing a successful playground season, children of Orchard school recreation center gave a program of singing, dancing, recitations and novelty numbers Tuesday night for parents and children. - The affair opened with piano solos by Violet Hydan. Ruth Hale and Robert McCloud, and was followed by vocal solos by John Holland, Bernice Hauser, Marea Dickerson and El Rose Thomas. Edward Dickerson, 3, youngest child at Orchard school playground, sang “School Days.” Give Costume Dance Costume and solo dances were given by El Rose Thomas. Dorothy Gottemoler and Gertrude Carr. Miss Thomas also game a reading. “The Tap Dancing Twins.” George and Vernon Harten, who have appeared on Keiths vaudeville circuit, gave an original dance number. Gertrude Carr and Mary Ann Gottemoller, dressed in overalls and farm hats, sang a novelty song number. The feature of the evening was a mock "wedding.” Those who participated were Gertrude Carr. Ruth Hale, Richard Gottemoller, Virginia Casmire, Mary Ann Gottemoller, Annabelle Dickerson, Marea Dickerson. Marjorie Hewes, El Rose Thomas and Dorothy Mueller. Girl, 12, Writes Song A song written by Anna Bell Dickinson, 12, was dedicated to the playground. At the close of the program, R Walter Jarvis, superintendent of city parks, presented the tennis championship award to Miss dementi r>e Casmire, instructor. The program was under the direction of Miss Casmire, Fred Grossart, instructor, and Mrs. Katherine I Morland, matron, of Orchard School j grounds.

KIDS KLUB TO PICNIC TUESDAY First Annual Free Outing of Organization Arranged. Everything will be free at Broad Ripple Park Tuesday for the first annual outing of The Indianapolis Times-Broad Ripple Park All Kids Klub. Starting at 9 a. m., the thousands of children expected to assemble for the event will be given the run of the park. All rides will be free as well as other amusements. The swimming pool also will be opened. Children should bring swimming suits. James Wallin, park manager, will be host at a picnic luncheon in the grove at noon for all klub members. The first annual outing ends three months of fun for members, who have held weekly meetings at the park on Tuesday morning all summer. Each meeting something has been offered to amuse the children. All members will be welcomed at the last meeting at 9 a. m. Tuesday. It costs nothing to join the klub. Just sign the application blank appearing in another section of The Indianapolis Times today, and enjoy the fun with the other klub members. BIRD FLIES 4,200 MILES PARIS. Aug. 24.—An Arctic tern has made a 4.200-mile flight across the Atlantic. The bird was banded when five days old at the Red Islands, Labrador. Three months later it was picked up near La Rochelle, France. The record was recently announced by the Biological Survey.

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Base Runner Hook Slides

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A hook slide won the base running championship for George TempPark. A large field competed, and George won out by making the cirlin (above) in the annual track and field meet Wednesday at Willard cuit in less than nine seconds. Edna Summers (left) tossed an indoor baseball 140 feet for first place in that event. Her record of 152 feet, set several weeks ago, never has been broken. Frank Welton (right) pushed the shot twenty-three feet and three inches for the Junior boy championship. His performance was one of the highlights of the field events.

Playground Children Give Pageant ‘America ’

City Talent Combines for Finale of Season at Garfield. The growth of Americ and Indianapolis were depicted in a pageant Thursday night at Garfield Park by children from most of the Indianapolis playgrounds under the direction of Miss Hazel Abbett, city recreation supervisor. “America Yesterday and Today” was the title of the play. The children were dressed as Indians, wood nymphs and as foreign immigrants to carry out the idea of the pageant. Parks paricipating were: Garfield, School 20. Greer. Fall Creek, Ellenberger, Riley, Spades, Brookside, Rhodius. Rader and Udell, Municipal Gardens. Ringgold. Brightwood, Indi inola and Morris Sqaure. The pageant Thursday night it Garfield was a grand finale of tlve season with all talent of most of the recreation centers marshalled by Miss Abbett. HIGHLAND TEAM WINS One of the greatest upsets of the annual track and field meet held Wednesday at Willard Park was the defeat of Brightwood by Highland in the volley ball championship. Brightwood has held the championship for about four years, according to Robert Nipper, city recreation department supervisor, and this is the first time their position has been seriously threatened. The Highland boys played fast ball and won two games out of three with a score of 15-3 and 15-6.

WINNING TEAMS FETED AT PACK Boys. Girls Honored at Watermelon Party. About fifty children were treated to a watermelon feast Wednesday afternoon at the close of the annual track and field meet at Willard Park. The party was held at Municipal Gardens for girls, on the baseball teams from Meikel, Brightwood and Willard recreation centers, and for boys on Riley and Garfield teams. At the close of the affair Jesse P. McClure, city recreation director, awarded medals to winning teams in the girl’s and boy’s leagues. Riley ball squad was presented with the Em-Roe Sporting Goods Company trophy and the Jesse P. McClure trophy, for heading the boy’s league. Willard girls and Riley boys baseball teams were given medals for the championship. Norbert Osborn, Riley coach, also was given a medal. The Polar Ice and Fuel Company trophy went to Willard playground for winning the track and field meet with forty-eight points. Finch was second with twenty-six points, Brightwood third with nineteen and Spades fourth with eleven credits. The melons were donated by McClure and were iced by the Polar Ice and Fuel Company.

AUG. 24, 1928

TRACK MEET ENDS SEASON ON PLAY LOTS Contests Bring Program of Athletics to Close at Willard. t Three months of athletic activity on city playgrounds ended Thursday with the annua! track and field meet at Willard Park under the direction of the city recreation department. Riley defeated Garfield for the senior baseball championship by 15 to 2, opening the program in the morning Team members were presented with medals by Jesse P. McClure. c.ty recreation director. Team members are: Maynard Schock. catcher: Charles Stewart, pitcher; John Blankenchip. shortstop: George Garrick, first base; Martin Ellis, second base: Alton Nevitt, third base; Oliver Balcum, left field: Harry Dobbs, center field, and Hugh Moore, right field. Girls’ athletic events were run off early in the afternoon, boy’s events later. The evening program was devoted to the “Vocational ageant under the direction of Miss Emma Holy, instructor. Violet Oxford. Brightwood. won he annual medal for the best attitude of sportsmanship shown durmg the year. Harold Schultz. Garfo' the To,? SP ° rtSmanshi P medal HOYS’ RESULTS wfl!?rd r flrsV-^Georffp a *Tr C^if rle ® Mannsecond, and Arthur 1’ Junior Fiftv Vnrn rl • Willard, third. Spades nr/t. y Frank wV n ? e °£f e P lckp^ ond. and Harrv oJL, alto1 L Finch, secwfss: third. nd GeOW Rlckev - Spades, tied for third George Templln. Willard) first,"*?"fe”t*V U sM. e ' i, Jo a nes ’ Flnchlinger. Rlngaold Woodrow CappBurton. Garfield] third d ' “" d Howard 34 S< fce°t rS l h 0 Ot ln P cheT A Ape 1 p erS ’ ChrlsUan . first. .hH r d suanfim 5 fe“ E Henrv P H;as an R Wllt ,° n - Finch, 81 Senior* Garfield, l 7 fcct P ~S H °^^ and W 1 ’ Wilson BH-h, ‘' i eet ' 5 inches: Robert Jone? n Flnch gh thi?d d ’ S * COnd ’ and Fred F!nch‘ o flrs| Br iw„ Walton. first*" 21 Put-Frank Welton. Finch onKd wflora° r _ l4 ®' Ya rd Dash-Char™ ’Mann) 'Vilard, first; George Templin WiUnrrt second, and Arthur Phlglev WiUarri third ...fenior Base Running—George Teirplln" J 1 ' d ' . fl rst: Howard Barton. (|,X ' second, and Emerson Cox. Willard third’ Junior 440-Relav—Willard first ’ Hi/h second: Finch, third, and OoSen, S‘i>- onrth Winning team: Arthur^ and"carPlJonneJ*y 0 C0 " n0r ’ Francls GIRLS RESULTS Senior Fifty-Yard Dash—Miljlen Thlxard - rs,; Ir cne Spurgeon. School mighVwooTTlf.rd and Mvr,l? Willard’ thfr°d d ‘ 8 " d Bu^nadPt, '■ Hunckler. Senior High Jump—Bernice Rufner Greer first: Maxine Martin Willard’ second, and Virginia Smith. Willard, third! ® p " or ,, Hop-Skip-Jump—Maxine Hawn. anihLSSi ‘ M ’ Myrtle Gardner) Wil!?rT?hird SeC ° nd ’ and Thelma Bolen: ™!fr nl 2 r M a VPole Vault—Mtldren Thixton, Willard, first: Bernadette Hunckler, Wllt?Urri second- and Bernice Rufner, Greer, Junior High Jump—Alice Carver. Ringgold. first: Opal Ec'nes. Dearborn, second, and Frances Virt. Christian. third. Junior Hop- c ,klp Jump -Bobbv Bowcher. Ellenberger. first' Martha Casky. Brightwood. second, and Alice Kelly. Indlanola. tnira. Junior Maypole Vault—Alice Carver, Ringgold, first, and Martha Casky. Brightwood. second. Junior Baseball Throw for Distance Mary Kramer, Brightwood. first: Fern Watson. Military, second, and Wtlletta Garr. Rhodius. third. Junor Fifty-Yard Dash—Fern Watson* Military, first; Martha Casky, Brightwood, second, and Virginia Roberts, Ringgold* third. Senior Three-Legged RaceMlldred Thlx* ton and Thelma Bolen. Willard, flrstl Myrtle Gardner and Margaret Stanley, Brightwood. second, and Edith Murphy and Mary iFnley, Meikel, third. Junior Three-Legged Race—Rosie nor and Alice Carver, Ringgold, firsts Mary Staley and Esther Mannls, Dearborn, second, and Katherine Stackhouse anti Roy Anna Whitaker. Highland, third. GIRLS’ PLAYGROUND STANDING Seniors—Willard. 27; School No. 44, 8* Brightwood. 7; Greer, 6; Ringgold, 5, and Meikel. 1. Juniors—Ringgold. 16; Brightwood, 14{ Military. 8: Dearborn. 6: Ellenberger, S; Highland. 1; Rhodius. 1; Christian, 1, and Indlanola, 1.