Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 75, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 August 1930 — Page 5

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OPEN MUSIC CONTESTS ON FROLIC LOTS Hundreds of Children to Take Part in City CompetitionBiares from horns and the thumpyty-tump-tump choruses from a score of drums will announce the opening of the playground music contest this week. Hundreds of children are becoming jubilant as the time draws nigh for them to display their talents in a number of district musical contests. arranged by Carl W. Frye, director of music for the city recreation department. Fracturing i* Over Strange noises like the metallic leating of old pans or grating of wooden sticks that have been rampant in neighborhoods of playgrounds during past weeks will be heard no more. For those grilling hours of practicing are over. A few lessons have done wonders with the playground bands, it is said. The Northside district contest will be held at Fall Creek at 7:30 Thursday night with Fall Creek, Maroney, Rader and Udell. Sixty-fifth and College and Golden Hill playgrounds participating. Friday night at Indianola, westsiders will gather from Municipal Gardens, Lentz. Riley and Rhodius park to decide the champion musician f-om those playgrounds. 1,000 at Stunt Program A first and second winner is to be selected in each district contest. The finals will be held at Garfield Saturday, Aug. 16. at 7:30 p. m. Approximately 1,000 persons were estimated to have attended the Friday night stunt program at Garfield park this past week. Entertainment consisted of five acts of songs and dances, directed by Miss Judith Julian. Community singing will be on the program next Friday night.

PYGMY GOLF COURSE IS LAID IN SANDBOX Rivals Toy Links of Ciiy in Popularity with Players. Anew sport has been found in the toy golfing world. It belongs to children at Rhodius playground whtre a miniature course has bcm laid out in the sandpile. Creators of the new fad call it ‘ Sandpile’* golf. From the number of children who gather at the novel links each day it appears the new sport is a rival to pigmy courses that have become the craze. There are ample hazards in the playground game but sand replaces golfing greens and sticks are substituted for clubs. Some of the city's champion sandbox golfers are: Leslie Roark. 1128 Sheffield street: Paul Stephenson, 442 Chase street; Roy Amick. 1733 Lambert street: Andrew Willoby, 1043 South Sheffield street: Joe Pittman. 1123 South Pershing street: John Willoby. 1043 South Sheffield street and Thomas Minet, 1338 Reisner street. RAFFIA POCKETBOOKS ARE MADE BY GIRLS Beautiful Work is Completed at Indianola Playground. Girls’ handicraft classes are interested in making raffia pocketbooks and little French baskets, according to Miss Mabel Rose, supervisor. Some beautiful work has been finished at Indianola playground under direction of Mrs. M. Gregory, instructor. Those participating in the Indianola class were: Jule Thompson, Edith Lawson, Dorothy Lußauer, Rosemary Brown. Norinne Brown, Hazel Englen. Rachel Cox, Alma Olsen and Lucille Hines. Girls at Fall Creek playground have completed a fancy necklace out of wall paper. ELLENBERGER LEADS WATER POLO LEAGUE Close Scores Reported in Games During Past Week. Ellenberger pool contestants continue at the top in the city-wide water polo league conducted by the city recreation department and American Red Cross. Close Scores were evident in polo games at Garfield and Willard this past week. Warfleigh defeated Garfield 2 to 1 and won from Willard by forfeiting a game. Other scores were: Ellenberger 6, McClure beach 2; McClure beach 7. Garfield 1; Ellenberger 2. Rhodius 1; Ellenberger 5. Garfield 0.

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Camp Sullivan, long known as Military park, bids fair to take new' honors as the city's first downtown open-air sports arena. This is indicated by the above photos showing children at the

CLUBS TO HELP GIVE PAGEANTS Civic and Women’s Bands Aid Playground Work. Various civic and women's clubs of the city have been organized to aid the city recreation department in providing suitable playground opportunities for the children. Several clubs are being enlisted to help in staging a number of pageants at city parks within the next three weeks. Miss Julia Landers, assistant director of recreation, started the community clubs in a recreation program early in the spring. A booklet of information on recreational facilities for benefit of working girls was the outgrowth of a meeting of club representatives. The central committee of the South Side civic club is arranging to select a king, queen and princess for the Garfield park pageant to be held soon. J. Edward Burk is head of the committee. Other organizations co-operating in pageants are: Brookside Woman’s Club. Mrs. Walter Baxter, 1133 North Kealing avenue, president: Municipal Garden Woman’s Club, Mrs. W. H. Hodgson, 4945 West Fifteenth street, recreational chairman; and the Garfield Park Woman’s club. Mrs. H. A. Bell. 728 South Randolph street, president.

SWIM MEET IS SET City-Wide Contest Will Be Held Sunday. A dty-widfc swimming meet will be conducted at Garfield park pool at 3 p. m. Sunday under auspices of the city recreation department. Twelve events will be run off by instructors assisted by the Indianapolis chapter. American Red Cross represented by Francis Hodges, life saving and swimming director. Results of the meet held at Warfieigh beach Sunday follow: Twenty-fivf-yard Free Style for Boys 12 and Under—David Maurer, Jules Maurer and Robert Rose. . Twen tv-five-yard free style for Girls— Mary Jane Harrison, Margaret Van Meter and Anith Schlee. Ftfty-vard Free Stvle for Bovs. 12 to 17 Years of Age—Gene Ochiltree, Don Roberts and J. Roathbore. , ' . Flty-yard Free Style for Girls —Jean McEltn. Sarah Maurer and Marv Harrison. Fifty-yard Free Style for Men—Wayne Hinshaw. Bill Woodruff and Robert Scott. Twenty-five Yard Backstroke for Boys. 12 to li- Don Roberts. Joe Rothdary and John Ochiltree. Twenty-flre-yard back Stroke for Boys Under 12—David Maurer and Julius Maurer. One-half-mile river svim—David Fletcher. Jack Maurer and John Mycr. One Hundred Yard Free Style for Men— Ike Muse. Dai id Fletcher and Robert Scott Junior Diving—Harold Hammerman. Don Herron and Joe Ochiltree. Senior Diving—lke Muse and Bill WoodruJ. Won Lost EUenberger 5 1 McClure 4 1 Warfleigh 4 1 Rhodius 2 3 Garfield 1 5 Willard 0 5 STAGE BOXING MATCHES AT CITY PLAYGROUNDS Cnib Fighting Spirit of Energetic Youths at Willard. Boxing matches curb the fighting spirit among energetic boys on city plevgrounds. according to Miss Julia Landers, assistant director of recreation. Willard playground staged four three-round events Tuesday night. Several hundred persons attended.

Camp Sullivan playground engaging in a few. of their daily exercisers. Upper—The line that stands by ready to jump the rope, seems endless—at least, to the ones that do the turning.

FAIR SEX’ FEAR OF SWIMMING WANES

Girls Form Majority of Aquatic Students at City Classes. An old-fashioned belief that girls fear water while boys do the thrilling aquatic stunts seems bound for the trash of forgotten ideas. And if activities at city swimming pools form any criterion, it appears that the weaker sex will hang up laurels of the “Ruth Elder” variety for themselves w'bile the king of the ol’ swimmin’ hole, the male, * idly sits by. Majority of the 1,700 persons who have learned to swim at city pools this season have been girls, according to figures announced by life guards. In the adult swimming classes, from 6 to 8 each evening at city

NEGRO GROUNDS PLAN PAGEANT Safety Flag for Last Week Goes to Lenz. All Negro playgrounds of the city are practicing for the joint pageant to be held at Douglas park, Aug. 26. Miss Theresa Genns, of Lentz playground, is directing the music and Miss Louise Terry, Attucks playground, has charge of dances. Prizes awarded the past week included the weekly safety flag to Lentz and first prize in the Lantern contest, given to a group from Douglas park. Miss Anna Johnsonne, director cf Negro recreation activities, is training groups for the annual music contest at Douglas park, Aug. 13. Special winners for the week are Margaret Wilson, A3, Douglas, and Victoria Knox, 14, Camp Sullivan. The Boys’ weekly special will be run off at Douglas at 2:30 p. m. Friday under supervision of Plummer Jacobs. Sectionals in the city-wide Negro children's dancing contest are scheduled to be held at Camp Sullivan at 2:30 p. m. today and at J. T. V. Hill playground at 4:30 p. m. Wednesday. HELP LANTERN FEAST Costume Dances by Children are Feature at Spades Fete. Several playgrounds took part in the annual feast of lanters held at Spades park Thursday night. Costume dances by children, supervised by playground instructors, wsfe a feature of entertainment. Playgrounds taking part w r ere Oak Hill, Morris Square, Brightwood, Brookside and Fall Creek. Helping in community projects is an important part of the recreation work. The Price of Safety (O A Year and )•) Up Rent a Safe Deposit Box and Protect Your Valuables. AETNA Trust and Savings Cos. S3 N. Pennsylvania St

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pools, attendance figures decidedly favor the women. More than three thousand persons are estimated to have benefited by the “Learn to Swim” movement stressed by life guards and swimming directors of the city recreation department. Beginners w'ho approach deep water timidly at first soon strike forth across the blue, waving surface like confident champions. This especially is true of timid girls who attend the morning swimming classes from 9:30 to 10. This hour has been set side so that swimming aspirants will not be bothered with other bathers and to give life guards a chance for individual instruction. As time nears for the annual city swimming meet at Garfield pool, Aug. 31, many gir’s are training daily with hopes of humbling the city’s males at a game which the effeminate young lady of “grandmother’s day” would never have countenanced.

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LARGE CROWD DRAWN TO CITY TRACKCONTEST One Hundred Boys and Girls Take Part in First Radio Meet. Competition between playground athletics in the first annual citywide radio track and field meet drew a large crowd to Willard park Saturday afternoon. Nearly one hundred boys ard girls took part in the various events held in conjunction with the city receation department and the National Recreation Association of America. Results of the meet, plans for which were. arranged by J. R. Batchelor, district representative of the association, were broadcast over radio station WFBM Saturday evening. Official standing of Indianapolis with other cities participating in like enterprises on the same day is expected to be announced this week. Only cities conducting playground activities under jurisdiction of municipal "Or state government took part in the enterprise, tried as an experiment toward an enlarged program of inter-city playground relationship. Winners of the Indianapolis meet at Willard follows: INTERMEDIATE GIRLS Fifty-Yard Dash—Anna Lascu. first; Helen Porter, second; Lucille Holt, third. Time. 7 3-5 seconds. Shuttle Relay—Camp Sullivan playground. first; Willard park, second, and Klnaans playground, third. Basketball Distance Throw—Helen Dodv, first; Helen George, second; Helen Papas and Jessie Clark, tied for third. Distance, seventy feet. INTERMEDIATE BOTS Seventy-Five-Yard Dash—Tony George, first: Frank Welton. second: Hermon Holiday. third. Time. 9 3-5 seconds. Running Broad Jump—George Such, first; Robert Green, second. Distance. 15 feet 5% Inches. Running High Jump—Robert Leman, first. Height. 5 feet, 4 in. JUNIOR BOYS Sixty-Yard Dash—John Wright, first; Charles Anthony, second; Kenneth Eubanks, third. Time. 10 seconds. Running Broad Jump—Sevanovich. first: C. Carter, second: C. Yateman, third. Distance. 16 feet 3% inches. Running High Jump—Robert Quinn, first; Thomas Carroll, second. Height. 4 feet BVi inches. Basketball Distance Throw—J. Jogan. first: J. Walker, secnod. Distance, 71 feet 6 inches. Shuttle Relay—Attucks playground, first; Fall Creek, second, and Willard park, third. Winning team: Anthony. Walker, Wright. Eubanks. Carter and Brown. BUILD BIRD HOUSES Hundreds of Boys Enter City-Wide Contest. Construction of bird houses is holding attention of hundreds of boys in handicraft classes on city playgrounds this week. All the houses will be brought to the recreation offices at the city hall where they will be judged on basis of originality and workmanship. Hermon Phillips, director of handicraft, has announced that Ellenberger park is leading in the work. Brightwood and Ringgold stand second and third, respectively in number of houses constructed. Parties of boys have made trips to the country to secure bark for covering the houses. One house built on model of an English castle is attracting considerable attention at Brookside where the boys united in a single project. ROUT CHINESE~~BMDITS Bv United Preng WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—Recapture of the important industrial city of Changsha by Nationalist forces was reported to the state department today by American Consul Richard P. Butrick at Hankow. Bandits pillaged Changsha last week with a great loss of life and property.

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GARFIELD PARK IS PICNICKERS’ HAVEN

450 Permits Issued During Summer to. Groups of More Than 25. Increased popularity of Garfield park as the city’s "ideal'’ picnic ground is indicated by number of permits issued by the park department this year, according to Charles Myers, chief clerk in the depart-; ment. Approximately 450 permits to groups of more than twenty-five persons each have been issued this summer. NeSrly 200 of these permits were granted to lodge organizations, schools, business firms and private individuals for use of Garfield. The new swimming pool is one of the attractive features at Garfield. The park has held the distinction of being the city’s most popular public park for many seasons. Brookside ranks second in number of picnickers, with Ellenberger, Christian and Riverside each drawing large crow'ds to their shady retreats on Sundays. Christian park is pointed out as the most popular for small family gatherings and reunions. This park lacks the bathing and sport advantages offered by several of the others, but has some of the most quiet, shady nooks of any city park. Indianapolis is said to offer better advantages to its citizens for picnics than most cities of the country. Deep wells that give foivh cool water, picnic tables and shelter houses for use in case of rain are just a few of the advantages offered by the park department.

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CIRCUS EXHIBITION IS SLATED AT RHODIUS Four West Side Frolic Lots to Unite in Event. “Big-Top” days will be here again when four glaygrounds on the west side unite in a circus exhibition at Rhodius park Aug. 21. Plans are to have a pet parade, a number of clowns, chariot races, and a long program of stunts. Cinderella will be present, as will Barney Google and Spark Plug. A real live monkey will grind an organ for the children’s pennies. Playgrounds to take part in the program, from 5 to 7 in the evening, will be Rhodius, Riley and Camp Sullivan, white.

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GROWTH SHOWN IN U. S. REPORT ON RECREATION Department of Labor Finds Playground Increase for Last Year. Growth of community recreation in the United States is indicated by a report of the department of labor showing total attendance of 274.000,000 in playground sports in 945 cities last year. This does not include millions who used athletic fields, golf courses, bathing beaches, indoor centers and other recreational areas. Cities reporting recreational facilities and programs increased from 872 in 1928 to 945 in 1929, according to information in a current issue of the Department of Labor Review. The number of trained workers increased also. The total workers for 1929 was 22,920 or 2,158 more than the previous year. Salaries and wages of employed leaders amounted to approximately $7,000,000 in 657 cities reporting. Recreational facilities reported included 7,681 outdoor playgrounds, 2,341 indoor recreation centers, and 678 recreation buildings. Other facilities were 1,709 athletic fields, 4,024 baseball diamonds, 409 bathing beaches, 310 indoor and 700 outdoor swimming pools, 7.960 tennis courts, ?99 golf courses, 81 stadiums and 115 summer camps. Majority of recreation programs are under direction of municipal recreation commissions, departments or boards. Only 259 cities reported that private organizations maintain part or all of the recreation facilities. Total expenditure for recreation in 1929 was reported as $33,539,805.79, largest amount for any year. Community recreation is supported generally by municipal and county funds, nearly 84 per cent of total expendtures coming from this source. Twelve per cent was secured through fees and 4 per cent from private sources.