Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-15
ANNEXES PLAY-OFF,
HELD At CULPEPER
To Represent Old Dominion
in Grand Final to Be
Staged Here.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
~ ULPEPER, Va, September a.
A. A. Kirchner of Barefoot
came out on top In the play
~ of today for the Northern vir-
ginia horseshoe pitching cham
piopship and viii represent the Old Do
nlinion In the grand finale of The
Stars metropolitan tournament at
Washington.
In the final match. which was
thriller from start to finish. Kirchner
the Arlington County runner-up. de-
feated the Fairfax County champion.
H. z. Darn's Of Falls Church, 1852,
5O-42 and $3.50.
Perhaps the most spirited contest of
the day, however. was that between
Darnes and Ed Henry. who fought 1t
out for the championship Of Falls
Church and later for the Fairfax
County title. with Henry winning the
first battle and Darnes the second. To-
day in the State semi-finals barnes
got the upper hand in the feud, with
q 5O.47 victory.
Glenn Talbot. the Arlington County
champion, fell victim to Henry In a
semi-final match, 81 to n. Talbot was
s0reiy of -stride.
Hometown Man Beaten.
Even The heavens WSpt NHen inc
king Of Culpeper pitchers. George Haw-
kins. lost out. Soon after he was elm
mated by barnes. so to 4S q rainstornl
nearly flooded the place and play was
interrupted for half an hour. It was a
close call for barnes. The score vas
46 to a against him when he pulled
out of the hole with q double ringer.
Hawkins had led almost from the start.
An exhibition OF GOODNESS and con-
centration that hardly could be sur
passed was given by Kirchner and
barnes in the deciding contest. Two
roofing sections were formed. with Die
Weaver, Culpeper automobile dealer
leading the barnes supporters and
George Norris. Culpeper fafr manager.
the hackers of Kirchner. Never q mo-
ment was there silence. Several times
Capt j. C. Albright, the State tourna-.
ment chairman. found 1t urgent to
Quell the rooters.
In the end 1t appeared that barnes
was. beaten largely by fatigue. Kirch-
ner drew q bye to reach the final and
barnes was forced to shoot three
matches without q let up. except
slight intermission caused by rain. The
Falls Church man took the first game
BY virtue Of shooting five more ringers
than Kirchner N3 to 81. In the sec
ond Kirchner made II ringers to
barnes 10, nsither having scored his
average of pointers up to this time.
barnes Becomes Fatseued.
In the third skirmish fatigue told on
barnes. He lost his smooth delivery
and began forcing the shoe up. On the
other hand. Kirchner suddenly found
his true game and he tossed ringer
after ringer to draw away to q COM
| handing lead. He covered the peg Is
times in the deciding game to IL for
| barnes.
| Fiddlin' John Smith. the Culpeper
! runner-up. who was beaten by a score
of SO to 80 in the county tournament,
was eliminated today by the same score
by Edgar Wood, kid pitcher from
Alexandria.
| Summary:
First roun.-Ed Henry Fairfax. 81: Edsar
| Etcher, Loudoun. Maurice Cooper. Lou
doun, IS; George Hawkins. Culpeper. 81.
| A.. Kirchner, Arlington, 81; Joe johnson.
Prince William. IL H. Z: barnes. Fairfax.
| ST. Wade Butler, Prince william. 20. John
Smith. Culpeper. -: Edgar Wood, Alexan-
dria, so. Talbot. bye.
! Second round-A Kirchner. 50: Edgar
/ Wood. -. 3 H. Henry, 50: Glenn Talbot.
"a. Georee Hawkins. IS; Fl. Z. barnes. 50.
Third round-Dsrnes. so; Henry, A. Kirch-
Finsi-Kirchner. 4s-se-5c; barnes. So
$50.