The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-07-26
HORSESHOE Team
EVENS UP SCORE
LOCAL TOSSERS AVENGE LOSS TO
PULLMAN BY LOPSIDED SCORE
OF 736 TO 421

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State Horseshoe Pitchers Association
on south Main street
The local team led the visitors from
the start and increased the lead as the
rounds progressed. The score by
rounds was: First-Moscow 120, Pull
man 81; second-Moscow 119, Pull
man 48; third-Moscow 1T, Pullman
81; fourth-Moscow 1873, Pullman "a;
fifth-Moscow 112, Pullman II; and
sixth-Moscow 1876, Pullman 81.
The tourney was one of thrills from
the standpoint of horseshoe pitching
tactics. The contest was fought with
ringers and close pitching, and was
filled throughout with good natured
banter by players on both sides.
Brooks is High Point Man
L. E. Brooks, Moscow, deputy state
game warden, was the high point man
for the day. He carried off the hon
ors with total score of LOG points
during the six rounds
W. e. Snowden with SO good points
was second on the list of pitchers.
Idaho captured the honors clear
down to seventh place which was
taken by R. O. Westley of Pullman
who made total number of So tai
leys. The lowest score of the day was
made by H. Hathaway of Pullman who
registered but IA times
Those holding the leading six places
In the Moscow team are: l.. e.
Brooks, first, score LOG; w. E. Snow
den, second, score 93; I. R. Morrison,
third, score 70; Clayton Westover
fourth, score 70; Martin Mickey, fifth
score 81; and o. W. Beardsley and
DIR. e. T. Baker, sixth with score of
so points each
Ringers Feature
The tournament was marked
throughout by the number of times
the tossers successfully circled the
pegs with the horseshoe A large
number were thrown and the scores
materially advanced by the extra
points made with ringers.
w. e. Snowden was high point
tosser when it came to hanging them
on the peg. He emerged from the six
sets with a total of 19 ringers regis
tered to his credit. He was seconded
very closely by Brooks, who tossed
a total of 18 shoes around the elusive
peg.
Snowden made the largest number
of ringers in the second round when
he tallyed six times around the peg.
Brooks threw more ringers per round
than Snowden when he succeeded in
placing seven good ones during the
fourth round.
High point ringer thrower for the
visiting team was r. 0. Westley who
drew a total of eleven ringers during
the six rounds of the tournament. He
was seconded on the Pullman team by
F. G. Forrest who added nine to the
ringers collected by the Washington
staters.
Altogether the Idaho players placed
SO ringers and the Pullman team
number Of ringers Of the tourney up
to 140
Moscow Team Shows Consistency
The playing Of the Moscow team
was marked by the consistency with
which each man pitched Practical
1y each one maintained his stride
throughout the game and many of
them raised their score as the rounds
progressed.
Brooks, high point man.. perhaps
was the most consistent player His
score for the six rounds runs: 10, II,
20, 27, 10, %. Snowden second high
est runner up of talleys garnered
them as follows II, 23, II, IL, g. 23.
With one exception Morrison, third
high point man, made the best show
ing for increasing his succeeding
scores. He fell down slightly in the
fifth round when he garnered by eight
talleys. His score goes 5, IL, 18, %,
3, 13.
For the visiting team Westley made
the best average for the six rounds.
He made on the average slightly over
nine points. His score shows: 3, 2,
L8, Is, 16, A. v. w. Clarkson was
second high point player for the visit
ors with total of 48 talleys His
score reads: 5, 6, 6, IL, IL, 9.
Play on Association Courts
The tournament was played on the
courts of the Idaho State Horseshoe
Pitchers association adjacent the
Blanchard cigar store on south Main
Itreet. 1t was scheduled for two per-
DDS Of six rounds ecah but because Of
he lateness Of the start the last per-
cd was not played.
Six sets were played at once on the
,ourt which is built of slayish mix
ure Regulation shoes were used and
egulation methods followed in scor-
ng. A ringer counted three points; k
ieaner one and the closest shce,
it was less than six in from
he peg, one.
Judges and scorers for the tourna-
nent were: Dean M. F. Angel, w. l..
ledge, C. B. Green, E. G. Lewis and
hyde Anderson of Moscow and Capt.
'. T. Scott of Pullman
Numbers we're drawn before the
ontest and each player assigned his
pponent and stake by an elaborate
hart made out beforehand. Moscow }
layers drew numbers from enc to
welve inclusive and the Pullman
1ssers were numbered from thirteen t
} twenty-four, inclusive. /
At the beginning Of each round the