Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 77, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 August 1929 — Page 18

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RHODIUS TO OPPOSE RINGGOLD IN BATTLE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP OF CITY KITTEN BALL LEAGUE

Rival Finalists to Meet at Willard Park Diamond on Aug. 14. SLUGGING MARKS GAMES Many Fans Are Expected to Witness Encounter for Playground Title. Before a large crowd of kitten ball enthusiasts at Riley park Wednesday afternoon, Rhodius walloped Willard 19-4, and Ringgold won over Highland, 11-4, in semi-final nine-inning contests to decide the finalists of the city playground championship contest. Rhodius and Ringgold will fight it out in the finals at Willard park, Aug. 14 at 10 a. m. Several thousand fans are expected to be present at this titular contest, w’hich will be in connection with a full day of track and field events. In this week's play, close games were staged when Oakhill, Fall Creek and Highland fought off a tie, but none of these teams stepped into the semi-final round. It was the hard hitting of Ralph Midbaugh and Robert McDonald that decided the games between Rhodius and Willard. Both sides also were able to smash the ball freely in the game between Ringgold and Highland. The junior finals will be held next week. Final standings of leagues follow: EAST SIDE LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Willard 11 1 Brightwood * Boades £ Christian £ 1 ’ll BrooVside £ 7 • < Ellenberger 0 12 - 000 WEST SIDE LEAGUE W. L. Pet. i? ;i>R3 £•_** ::::::::: 7 5 .583 Tndlanola ® .5 l, nn Hawthorne 0 12 •° OO SOUTH SIDE LEAGUE W. L. Pet.. Blnaaold 11 1 §"" r eW I l :3S r\nch ::: * .333 vo 22" ::::::::::: 4 .333 Mlekel 1 U 083 NORTH SIDE LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Oakhill 10 2 .833 Pall Creek 10 2 .833 Highland 10 2 .833 No. 44 0 -500 Bader 1 11 083 Mlekel 1 11 .083 COPY CIVIC BUILDINGS WITH SAND REPLICAS Children at Camp Sullivan to Take Part in Contest. Children at Camp Sullivan (white) are getting training in municipal architectural designing by making sand replicas of public monuments. This week they built a sand, model of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ monument and circle, and also have worked out models of the war memorial and of Military park. Next Thursday and Friday has been designated sand pile contest day by Mrs. Rose Griffen, matron. Biblical and historical subjects will be given the children to design. Each will pay 3 cents for a section of the sand box, which will be used to buy prizes. Champions at the art of sand designing are Donald Ash, Harley Francis. Arthur Francis, Ernest Wheatly and Leonard Ash.

PICK UP 120 POUNDS OF IRON ON HIGHWAY —— Missouri Department Heads. Ex-; pertinent With Magnets. Bv United Press ASHLAND. Mo., Aug. 9.—One hundred and twenty pounds of iron was picked up by magnets attached to a highway department truck between this place and Cedar City the last few days in an experiment by officials of the highway department. Included in the junk were nails, wire, staples, screws, bolts and small parts of automobiles, pieces of a size likely to cause punctures to automobile tires. The three magnets, two feet in diameter with a lifting power of 1.000 pounds, are attached to a truck within a few feet of the ground.

NO TAXES NECESSARY Tiny New Hampshire Village Hasn'l Any Money Worries. United Pres* HARTS LOCATION. N. H., Aug 9 —ls vou dislike to pay taxes, pack up and come to this little hamlel in the hills, better known as Crawford’s Notch Here vou would be obliged to paj a poll tax. but right there your ta> worries would end. So much monej is obtained from railroad taxes foi property and franchise that there isn’t any need of taxing the village’s eighty-five inhabitants.

SHINE IN POLE VAULT Girls *t Rhodius Take to Sport With Real Vim. Qlrls at Rhodius have gone in for maypole vaulting with real vim. Mildred James, who is Rhodius’ best vaulter. is being given keen competition by Willata Gar. Both will compete in the final track and field meet Aug. 14 at Willard. Mrs. Anna Thompson, matron. ■’o boasts seme champion checker plovers on her grounds, among ".•hom are Rimer Faulk. Lyman Smith. Virginia Sage and Lulu Jordon. Rhodius is one of the largest playgrounds in the city. Average attendance is 400.

Costly Peg Francis Cullivan, athletic instructor at Fall Creek, is suffering from a broken arm suffered while throwing a baseball Sunday. Cullivan is a former Technical high school star, and his team at Fall Creek is leading the Kitten Ball League. He W’as playing ball with the Irvington Builders, semi pro teaip, when the accident occurred.

CHILOREN CROWD PARK Many Private Picnickers Attend Outings. Attendants at the Garfield park playground estimated that 1,000 children attended the grounds last Sunday. The average daily attendance is 360. Many children come with picnickers to the park for all-day outings. Thirty-seven picnics were held in the park Sunday. This does not include many private groups. Mrs. Florence Cretch is matron at Garfield and is assisted by Miss Elizabeth Cox and Knoll Kutchback, instructors. New steps have been completed which connect the playground with the shelter house. These were put in by the park board at an approximate cost of $3,500 and will facilitate access to the new swimming pool, which is to be erected there soon The new pool is to be seventy feet by 190 feet and will be one of the best in the state.

HOLD TIM FINALS Playgrounds Send 125 Entries for Field Meet. Preliminaries for the girls’ division of the annual track and field meet were held at Willard park Wednesday. Those who qualified for the finals in the senior division next Wednesday follow: Seniors in hop-step-jump, Burnadette Hanklin, Helen Glass, Edith Murphy, Martha Caskey, Thelma Hayden, and Eleanor Drake; maypole vaulting contest, Jane Kelly, Edith Murphy, Geraldine Ruppert, Helen Kennedy, Ruth Doty, Bernadette Hanklin; baseball throw, Maxine Martin, Jane Kelly, Ruth Doty, Helen Homing, Mary Weber, and Edith Murphy; three-legged race, Martha Caspey and Margaret Stanley, Edith Murphy and Thelma Finley, Dorothy Stanley and Betty Winings, Mary Kenyon and Irma Lee, Helen Glass and Fern Brown, Irma Woods and lona Deal; fiftyyard dash, Jane Kelly, Edith Murphy, Margaret Stanley, Eleanor Drake, Mary Weber, and Bernadette Hanklin. Sixteen playgrounds sent a total of 125 entries to the junior track and field events. Lucy Finton, 7, from Highland playground, was the youngest junior entry. She surprised onlookers by maypole vaulting six feet successfully. Twentysix girls qualified to enter the junior division at the Willard meet, Aug. 14.

40 PLAY CHECKERS Playground Tournament Will Last Two Weeks. Forty boys and girls are taking part in a checker tournament which started at Riley playground Thursday. It will take two weeks to decide the winner. Mrs. Katherine Morlan, matron, is in charge of the meet and is assisted by Joe Johnson, tennis instructor. Girls are playing this week, and boys will compete next week. Prizes will be given the | champions. Those entered in the tourney ; are: Girls—Mabel Thomas, Winnie Hedge, Irene Hunt, Gertrude Kessembrock, Gladys Kessembrock, Virginia Rather. Faith Horn, Anne Schwab, Lucille Schwab, Mary Iser, Dorothy Rather, Reba Branan, Ol- ! be Branan, Maxine Ashby, Hazel Fisher, Mildred Jent, Helen Louise Newman, Sarah Thomas, Dorothy Bennett, Rose Haley and Bernard Harvey. Boys—Rodney Ashbv. Charles Richardson, William Hunt, Odie Stenson, Benjamin Bower, Ernest Reed, Charles Cress. Walter May Odas Smith. Carl Windisch, Le Roy Smith, Robert Windisch, Bud Lewis, Art Duke, Blon Duke, Fred Mueller Don Smith and Bernard McAdams’

PARK PLAYERS POPULAR Orchard Playground Group in Demand at City Playgrounds. orchard Playground Entertainers, a group of girls who give dancing programs, have beer, much in demand at other grounds this summer. Composing the group are Ruth Hale and Francis Wetzel, the harmony twins; Dorothy Gottemoller, dancer; Kathryn Martin, solo dancer, and Gertrude Carr, jazz dancer. They have appeared at Riverside. Brookside. Christian, University place. Fall Creek parks and were on the program at Garfield park Thursday evening. They will also be one of the main features at the interplayground pageant presentation at Brookside next week.

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Jesse B. McClure, director of city recreation, is shown presenting a trophy to Miss Helen Lee Smith, 11, member of the Ellenberger swimming team, in recognition of her team taking the city playground and pool swimming championship In the meet at EHenberger, Monday. Helen, the youngest and smallest among the winners, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Smith, Ravenswood. She has won ten medals and fourteen first place ribbons in swimming contests during the last three years. She took two firsts and won the diving contest in Monday’s meet.

ELLENBERGER TEAM WINS SWIM MEET

Score Total of 107 Points to 29 for Rhodius Contestants. Ellenberger aquatic competitors were declared champs in the city playground and pool annual swimming contests at the Ellenberger pool Monday. With a total of 107 points to their credit and most of the blue ribbons, Ellenberger took first place, Rhodius second with twenty-nine, McClure third with three, and Riley and Fall Creek one point each. Among the array of swimmers on the winning team is Helen Lee Smith, 11, who captured two firsts and the girls’ open diving contest. She scored victories in the twenty-five-yard free style and the twenty-five-yard back stroke in time better than that for the boys in the same divisions. Girl Wins Easily One of the best races of the day was the 100-yard free style for seniors, which easily was taken by Francis Hodges, Rhodius, in the record time of one minute two seconds. Marjorie Fowler was second high pointer for the Ellenberger squad, with first places in the fifty-yard breast stroke for girls, and the fiftyyard free style and two second places. Both of the medley relays were won by Ellenberger teams. Thelma Willis, Ellenberger, formerly Thelma Darby, world’s record holder in the mile, captured the senior 100-yard free style, but was trailed by Marjorie Fowler and Helen Lee Smith. Complete results were: JUNIORS 25-Y*rd Free-Style for Girls Won by Helen Lee Smith (El; Rose Mary Ford (Ei, second: Helen May Shay (E). third. Time, 16.1 seconds. 25-Yard Back Stroke for Girls—Won by Helen Lee Smith (E); Nancy Baumhofar (Rh), second; Clara West (Rh), third. Time. 23 seconds. 25-Yard Free-Style for Boys—Won by Billie Wilson (E); Jack Woerner (B), second: John Kennedy (Rh), third. Time, 16.2 seconds. 25-Yard Back Strokes for Boys—Won by Jack Woerner (El; Jack Wilkins fE). second; John Kennedy ((Rh), third. Time, 24 seconds. INTERMEDIATES 50-Yard Free-Style for Girls Won by Marjorie Fowler (E); Helen Lee Smith <E). second; Ruth Ann Ferguson (E>. third. Time, 35 seconds. 50-Yard Breast Stroke for Girls—Won by Marjorie Fowler (E); Ruth West (Rh), second: Corlnne Gingery (E), third. Time, 53.4 seconds. 50-Yard Free-Style for Boys—Won by Carl Merkel (El: Gene Biringer (E), second; Charles Tenebaugh (F C), third. Time, 31.4 seconds. Medley Relay for Boys—Won the Ellenberger team, composed of Marsh, Blsenger and Merkel; Rhodius team composed of Popchleff. Klermer and Motsinger. second; Rhodius team, composed of Kennedy, Motsinger and Vinsteln. third. Time, 2 minutes. Diving for Boys—Won by Billie Wilson (E); Bob Woiling (E), second; Sam Klezmer (Rh). third. SENIORS 100-Yard Free-Style for Girls—Won by Thelma Willis (E): Marjorie Fowler <Ep. second; Helen Lee Smith <E), third. Time, 1:19. Diving for Girls Won by Helen Lee Smith (Ei; Marjorie Fowler (E). second; Virginia Roberts <Ri), third. 100-Yard Free-Style for Boys—Won by Francis Hodges (Rh); Frank Schmels (X), second; Ned Tilman (E). third. Time. 1:02. Hedley Relay for Boys—Won by Ellenberger team, composed of Yocum, Tillman and Sehmels; Rhodius team, com- ! posed of Hodges. Blanchard and Kustard, i second. Time, 1:41. | Diving for Boys—Won by Frank Hud- ! son (B); Chailes Jones (MeC), second. BASEBALL IS POPULAR Crowds Attend Games at Hawthorne Playground. Big crowds cotne to Hawthorne playground to attend baseball, which is the ground’s most popular sport. Joe Bingham is boys’ instructor in athletics and Margaret Jordan is I girls’ instructor. Wednesdays and Fridays are set apart for story telling. A picnic is ! planned for next week. Sandpile activities are creating new interest, according to the matron. Carrie Swails. Some sandbox artists are Ruth Pike, June Vaughn, Mary Louise Wilson and Keef Wilson.

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She’s There Although handicapped by having just half of her right hand, Miss Eva Lorenz braves the dangers of catching behind the bat for the Oakhill girls’ team. What is more, she does a good job of it, and is helping put Oakjiill toward the top in the Kitten Ball League.

CHILDREN ARE SUMMER POLICE 3,000 Detroit Boys and Girls on Duty. Bv United Press DETROIT, Aug. 9.—Armed with huge metal badges significant of their authority, 3,000 boys and girls have started their summer police duties on Detroit’s 136 playfields. Badges were distributed by Clarence E. Brewster, recreation commissioner. They empower the juvenile law enforcers with the right to take whatever precautionary measures they deem fit for safeguarding the playgrounds. The safety police have the final word in all arguments arising in districts within their jurisdiction. Members of the force were chosen by recreation directors at each of the playfields. One shift goes on duty at noon each day when play equipment becomes ready for use. They work until 6 p. m. when a second shift handles the job for threfe hours after which equipment is taken in. The two shifts alternate from day to day. Duties include supervision of all games, settlement of arguments, custody of baseballs, bats and other light equipment, regulation of lines waiting for turns on swings and slides and protection of the smaller children. OPEN NEW PLAY LOT AT PLEASANT RUN Tabes Place of School No. 20 Ground; All Equipment Moved. Anew playground is being opened at Randolph street and Pleasant run boulevard to be known as the Pleasant Run grounds. The property on which It is located already was owned by the city. Pleasant Run wilt take the place of old school No. 20 playground, which has been abandoned. All equipment is being moved from school No. 20 to the new site. Basketball and volley ball courts and a baseball diamond have been laid out, and free play sports of all kinds will be available. Miss Grace Gass and Miss Valverda Haywood, former matrons at School 20, are in charge.

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ANNUAL TRACK AND FIELD MEET TO BEJTAGED 52 City Playgrounds Will Compete at Willard Park. Children from fifty-two city playgrounds will gather at Willard park next Wednesday to compete in the annual track and field day. Jesse P. McClure, director of recreation, has announced that %n attendance of-six to seven thousand is expected. For several weeks baseball and track teams have been preparing for the big field day. Special events of the day will be the championship games of the Kitten Ball leagues. The Boys’ league is scheduled to play for the title at 10 a. m., and the girls’ league finals are at 1:30 p. m. Willara contestants, -who carried off honors in last year’s meet, are making a strong bid for repeating again. Garfield, Finch, Brightwood, Christian, Kansas, Ringgold, Spades and Highland also have strong entries.

Hold Volley Ball Contest. Track and field events will start at 2 p. m. and will be followed by a volley ball elimination contest to decide the city V9lley ball championship. Highland and Brightwood teams are strong favorites in this sport. At Hawthorne daily practices are being held in preparation for the field day. Anne Bell Deburger, champion Hawthorne may-pole vaulter, will enter the meet with Louise Wilson and Freda Harper, other strong contenders in field events. Francis Fulmer, director of sports at Riley, says that Riley teams will enter in full force. Georgia Eyster is the Riley track and field star on the girls’ squad. Garfield will enter Pauline Ludlow and Alice Rice, may-pole vaulting stars. Miss Elizabeth Cos, instructor, is directing the Garfield girls’ teams, and Knoll Kutchback, former Technical hgih school track star, is training the Garfield boys. Trophy to be Given. Special awards will Include the Jesse P. McClure trophy on which Riley already possesses one leg. Winner of the Kitten leagues will receive a cup and medals for individual members of the team. The competitor in the day’s contests who demonstrates the best sportsmanship is to receive a gold medal. Ribbons will be given for first, second and third places in all events. Robert Nipper, head of playground athletics, is to be in charge of the meet. Other officials will be Jesse P. McClure, George Morgan, and William Hamilton, judges; Louis Skinner, timer and clerk; and Bruce Hunter, director of water carnival activities.

LIFE-SAVING EVENT City Contest at Rhodius on Aug. 21. A city-wide life saving contest is to be held at Rhodius park the afternoon of Aug. 21. Francis T. Hodges, director of life-saving, will be in charge of the meet which is under the auspices of the recreation department and the Indianapolis chapter of the American Red Cross. Junior and senior members of city life saving corps are eligible. Life saving courses wil be given at Ringgold pool each afternoon next week beginning Tuesday at 3 p. m. by Hodges and Miss Anna Teffert, assistant. Medals and certificates will be given winners in the life-saving contest. 1 Department to Direct Events The city recreation department is to help direct athletic events at the Sahara Grotto picnic at Riverside amusement park Aug. 17. Bruce Hunter of the department will be in charge. Two hundred and fifty children from the Masonic home at Franklin will attend the picnic.

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Batteries and managers of the four teams who met in the semifinals of the Kitten Ball League at Riley park Wednesday afternoon, which were won by Rhodius and Ringgold, are pictured above. Top picture, left to right, Richard Dininger, pitcher. Melvin Osborn, manager, and Robert McDonald, catcher of the Rhodius team. Middle picture, left to right, Owen Vicars, catcher; Bob Stehlin, manager, and Frank Marlowe, pitcher, of the Willard team. Third picture, Glen Baker, pitcher; Vincent O’Connor, manager, and Earl Marone, catcher, from Ringgold. Bottom picture, Charles McHale, pitcher; Kenneth Payne and John Egan, catcher, of the Highland team.

STAGE FINALS OF NEGRQJVENT Track, Baseball Contests Are Held at Douglas Park. Finals in the Negro girls’ track and baseball contests were to be held today at Douglas park. Preliminaries were held at Douglas Monday. The first five winning teams in the preliminaries who will compete in the finals are: Douglas, Camp Sullivan, J. V. T. Hill, Fall Creek and Norwood. A baseball game to decide the champions in the Negro girls’ league was to be staged prior to the track events. Meikel and Douglas girls are favorites for the title. •Four junior and four senior events will make up the track and field program, including hop, step and jump, baseball throw, high jump and fifty-yard dash. Miss Lola Pfeifer and Ruth Emhardt, supervisors, are in charge of the meet. 15 DIE BY LIGHTNING Terrific Storm Takes Heavy Toll in Eastern Galicia. Bv United Press BERLIN, Aug. 9.—Fifteen persons were killed by lightning in a terrific storm in eastern Galicia, it was reported here today. The town of Stanislas completely was under water, the dispatches said!

Sisters Star on Same Team

Watson sisters who play on the Sullivan Camp kitten ball team, form one of the best team combinations in the girl’s league. Fern, age 13, and Helen, age 14, are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Watson, 111934 West New York street. Fern pitches for the Sullivan girls’ team while her sister assists her in putting out their opponents at first base. Any batter that knocks a ball into Fern’s mitt is doomed for an out, for she works fast in getting the ball to Helen at first. The Sullivan team is near the top in the league, which is greatly due to the work of the Watson sisters. Miss Phyllis O’Neil, instructor, is coach. Greenwich time, famed throughout the world, is determined by the movement of a certain star which arrives due south once every twentyfour hours.

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PAGEANTS ARE PRESENTED AT PLAYGROUNDS Four Dramatizations Are Planned at City Recreation Centers. Pageant were presented at. Orchard, Garfidd and Ellent)rger during the past week, and arrangements completed for several more on city playgrounds. Orchard children gave “The Dearest Wish.” a playlet in which a thild made wishes to be filled by fairies. Ruth Hale took the part of the child, who desired candy. Ted Rash, was king of sweets: Rash, chocolate candy; Virginia Creek and Virginia Limgrove, carafliels; Anna Bell Dickerson, a gypsy story teller: Wilma Evans. Red Riding Hcod; and Mill Holland, a Japanese girl. Others in the pageant were: George and Vernon Horton, Gertrude Carr, Francis Wetzel, Lamar Dickerson and John Carr. George L. Stork was director. Festive Play Presented Friday evening Ellenberger also dramatized “The Dearest Wish,” but in story telling, festival style. Mother Goose brought all her children into the scene and provided for their many wishes. Many colored costumes were worn by the actors. A mock wedding is to be staged at Christian, Sunday, at 4:30 p. m. Vaudeville acts will feature the program, which is in charge of Dorothy Campbell, instructor. The Garfield pageant, which was to bepresented this week, has been postponed until next Tuesday evening. Miss Elizabeth Cos, instructor, is director of the fairly playlet, in w’hich Miss Lavern Morgan has ihe principal role. Ella Weiland is to be Snowwhite in the story and Edna Schaefer, leader of the fairies. Margaret Johns will give a candy dance as a special feature on' the program. Dearborn to Entertain Dearborn is to give its pageant Aug. 14 at 4 p. m. at the grounds. A bridge recently donated to Dearborn is to be dedicated for playground use In a pageant of stories, games and dancing. Friday, Aug. 16, at 8 p. m., J. V. T’. Hill, Negro, is to present the “New Era,” a chai’acterized play of patriotism and reconstruction. The Junior Melody Boys will play at the exercises, w’hich will be a community affair. Mrs. Bell E. Hendon, matron, is director. Hiawatha is to be presented at McClure Beach, Aug. 18, at 4 p. m. The chldren are practicing Indian dances, corn dancing and a peace pipe ceremony. The pageant will be directed by Joe Sullivan. A pageant of foreign children is to be given at Kingan’s Settlement House, Aug. 23. Roumanians, Bulgarians and Dutch will appear in their native costumes. Jim Demetrius, instructor at Kingan’s, is director. UNIQUE TENNIS GAME Camp Sullivan Originates New’ Sport Play With Volley Ball. Camp Sullivan has originated a unique tennis game, wheih Is played with a volley ball. Tennis rules are used and the net is placed at tennis height over Which the ball is batted by hand. Children are very fond of the game and prefer it to volley ball. Several contests in the new sport already have been held. Jack Hill, Instructor, and Charles Macfred have been the champion pair.