250 Children Vie for Ribbons At Dudley Grange Track Meet

Approximately 250 members of Camden's juvenile population who hope to be Olympic contenders in 1940, 1944—or 1948—met at Dudley Grange Park yesterday to compete for local championships. Above are three of the winners. Lester Honey, 12, of 627 Chestnut street, left, admits he relishes the idea of becoming a second Jesse Owens. Steve Lalinski, 12, of 1026 North Twenty-sixth street, center, was high scorer, and Arthur Lear, 15, of 1336 Atlantic avenue, placed in two events. Competing in their own junior Olympics, approximately 250 children representing playgrounds throughout the city battled for mythical titles at Dudley Grange Park yesterday. The would-be Jesse Owenses, Forrest Towns and Glenn Cunninghams held their contests under the supervision of WPA instructors, with events run off according to junior and senior divisions. Steve Lalinski, a junior, won highest honors with two firsts and a third, garnering victories in the 75-yard dash and the broad jump, and third in the high jump. Lester Honey, whose acknowledged hero is Ohio State's famed Owens, placed in two events among the juniors. In the senior division, Morton Weisner, Edward Moore, James Nunn and Arthur Lear scored in more than one event. Ribbons were presented to the winners by Adam Derengowski, WPA recreation supervisor for this district. Derengowski was assisted by 20 WPA instructors. Winners of events were: 75-yard dash (juniors)—Steven Lalinski, Lester Honey, Herman Trout; (seniors)—W. Gould, R. Solati, G. Williams. Broad jump (juniors)—S. Lalinski, L. Honey, Miguel Neusuan; (seniors)—Morton Weisner, Arthur Lear, Ray Squire. Basketball throw (juniors)—Wesley Donahue, James Nunn, Marvin Levin; (seniors)—Peter Ott, Edward Moore, Bert Caldwell. High jump (juniors)—Kenneth Carpenter, John Doran, S. Lalinski; (seniors)—Arthur Lear, Lawrence Comerford, M. Weisner. Baseball throw (juniors)—Richard Swanson, James Nunn, Edward Moore; (seniors)—Richard Moore, C. Crowley, Tony Vaitis.