Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-03


In the list of Myers victims wAS at
least one pitcher who was regarded as
a strong contender for the Metropolitan
crown. This chap. Murray Johnson,
is the owner of a pocketful OF horse
shoe pitching medals won in the
Middle West and one OF them records
championship triumph in the annual
city tournament of Minneapolis, MINI.
Star Goes Out Quickly.
johnson was beaten barely had he
started against Myers, who threw six
ringers, doubling 'em up in two
instances. The dope was Splattered
all over the place when the ex-Minne-
apolis champ fell by the wayside in an
early round.
In the semi-finals, Myers eliminated
C. NJ. Knocky. 81 to 6. and by the same
measure polished off Theodore Murray
in the final The finalists will carry
on into the Plaza division play-o6
starting next Thursday, in which will
play also the champions and runners-up
Of the Edmonds, Hayes, Ludlow and
Peabody Fairgrounds and OF Greenback
Lane.
Bow Wow" whose Sobriquet may
have been born of the bulldog game he
PLAYED at center in foot bali, Is hit
or-nniss specialist as singer OF boss
shoes In the Plaza tournament he
scored few single points. With him it
was ringer or nothin'.
Chucks Smokey Shoe.
He grips the shoe we'll down from
the heel calk and throws low, swift
liner" the slipper making three
quarter turn and opening" as 1t
reaches the peg. When Myers misses
the stake the shoe carries on indefi-
nitely.
Two other neighborhood champions
were crowned yesterday. At the Ketch-
am playground, Will Bragerod nosed
out S. Howard. 81 to l8, in the final
and at the Cooke playground, j. p.
Kline put the bee on j. Birthright for
the title, Fl 10 10.
A battle that held the interest of
many at Rosedale was that between the
famous bowler. Jack Whalen, and his
pal Carroll Daley. Whalen struggled
all the way to win by 81 to 20.
Bruce Neill. chairman of the tourna-
ment at Fredericksburg. Va. announces
c. S. Sornberger as the champion.
What appeared for a while to be a
battle to the finish in the Cleveland
Park tournament resulted in decisive
victory for Dan Wheeler over r. H.
Brown, so to %. 1t was a see-saw af-
fair up to the twenty-eighth point
when Browns game went flooey. In
other Cleveland Park matches J. S.
Calvert defeated l.. S. Waldron, so TO
81. and w. F. Hoppe trimmed r. z.
Spencer. so to 80
Horseshoe pitching interest at Lyon
Park. Va. was close to nil just before
the tournament started. Then there
came a rush OF enthusiasm. A half
dozen entries were expected by Chair
man Arthur Orr. but he got IS. Fol-
lowing are the results Of the first
matches
P. F. Little 81, R. whitlock 10: Dave
a. Henry H ar liz. Is He !,
s; !. :: ssHndsFi Il, W!llism ,RasSy i;
TnGmD'oH 81 FT ,Ras l. EsheE e. snoI
3: Simeon 81. W. F. Ludwig 2; z. H. Farrar
ii, Arthur shugars 49,
'If results to date may be taken as
an indication OF the probable winner"
Chairman Orr comments, at looks like
Glenn r. Simcox for 'champeen' of Lyon
Park, where Henry Hartung today re-
ported that one of his chickens laid an
extra egg last night. There is court
in back of his COOP"
Semi-finalS have been reached in the
Cherrydale, Va. tournament. In the
last matches, Clayton Holt defeated
Joe Gamble, Alt. 21-15: Preston
Gingell defeated c. Holt. 14--21, 21-10
and 21-19: j. w. Falconer defeated
Joe Harris. 2l-6. 21-18; Jim Cockerill
defeated Claude Weekeley, 21--1. al,
and Jim Cockerill defeated ]. W. Fall
Coner. 21--3, AL.
First names are requested in all re-
suits presented for publication. Chair
man Dave Adamson, at Walter Reed
Hospital. was skinny with his pencil In
submitting the following summary:
First round-Taylor defeated Parker. al
ia: Freeman defeated Sullivan. 21--s Short |
defeated Chase. 2l-12: De Martin defeated
Powell. Al; Warner defeated Yarz, al
IA: Altizer defeated Elliott. Alt; Houston
lefeatsd Beck, 2l-15; Brown defeated Adam
son. AS.
Second round-Houston defeated De Mar
tin. 2l--l6 Freeman defeated Warner, 81
IA.