Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-09-27
:PENN0CK PLAYERS !.
!. WON " D TOURNAMENT '!|g r Al ]!
Sixteen Teams Participated ii, Big
z>'' Horseshoe Contest Last
Friday
(FROM SATURDAYS SPECIAL

(FRoM SATURDAYS SPECIALLY
The horseshoe tournament at the
1922 Kandiyohi County Fair proved to
be an ususual success. Thousands of
spectators watched the horseshoe art
lists WELD the shoe and throw over
155 ringers during the tournament.
Sixteen teams from various parts of
the county participated. Interest ran
high both among the teams Compel
ing an dthe crowd of fans in the
gallery" " 49,.
,Pennock Supreme
It has been rum0red that the Pen
mock boys came down to clean up on
| everything on the grounds which re-
sembled horseshoe player. This they
did effectively Both teams in the. fin
ais were Pennock players. They play
ed a speciality Of ringers and consist
emily defeated team latter team, most
of them from the city of Willnlar. This
was particularly true in th. efourth ser
les.
Pennock Wins tournament
c. Evenson and NJ: Berglund OF. Pen
mock composed the winning team. They
defeated B. Hultgren and E. Berglund
also of Pennock in the final contest
The score was so to 10 and was walk
away for Evenson & tBerglund. In this
final fray Evenson threw 2 ringers and
M. Berglund threw 8:
M. Berglund-Boy Wonder
M. Berglund, lad of about fourteen
years was the footlight actor during
the tournament. It was treat to see
him send ringer after ringer about
the peg. Altho holding the shoe in a
seemingly awkward position and
throwing same in a peculiar manner,
he threw some Is ringers during the
four contests in which he played. Mr..
Evenson also played a. fine game,
throwing some 20 ringers.
Number Of Teams
Willmar had the largest representa-
: ton of teams having seven pairs Of
players in the tournament. Pennock
and Svea came second with three
teams each, then Spicer with two and
Sunburg with one team.
| There were Is contests each ending
when team had attained total of
SO points. This total for Is games
would thus amount to $50 points. OF
this number some 800 points were
made thru 100 ringers thrown by the
players.
Side Lights
That young Pennock boy Berglund
threw two double ringers in the
tournament.
Evenson and Kelly were among the
old timers taking part in the game.
r r. Rasmussen and Lawrence Thorpe
both Of Pennock rendered excellent
service by acting as referees.
Four courts were kept busy at one
time. = .'''"
J The sixteen teams were divided into
two groups of eight teams each. These
two groups \played separately in the
lst and End series. From each group
there were: eliminated four teams and
four were winners. These two groups
/ Of four winners each then played in
the third series. -Four teams were vic
tors. These four then locked horns and
two became the survivors. These two
then fought the battle to a close.
The six inch limit around the peg
was rule of the game. Courts we're
of the 40 feet regulation length and
I shoes also regulation. : *%s:... j.,
Plans are to he made for a large
tournament for the next County Fair.
l>Severaf days will be included in the
I tournament and a definite schedule
worked out. %@.'t LIZ & ,tf'@>:
H:a<: ~ Prizes :
Twenty-Five dollars in prizes were
awarded by the Fair Association: The
winners, M. Berglund and G. Evenson,
received SO; ;lB. Hultgren and E:
Berglund runners up, received the
second prize of $3.50: SV.sBergquist and
I f.: Nelson and "A. 3 Nordstrom and A.
/ Wahlstrand in the semi:fnals received
f$5 ande$250 respectively ~, . 81
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c. Evenson,e Pennock, M. 4Berglund,
IPennock, 80. .z:. 49,. j e. !:
. A:sPalmeson, $sunburg,eM. Flolo, of
{Sunburg,Y37. 81 zs.:= II W # IA
Ringers, Evenson s, Berglund 3, and
Palmeson q. z=:z5: .l.1% ..4.z. +
!: G::Fsranzen, esyea, M. .Skoglund, svea
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John Aspaas, :Syea, l. Johnson, of
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