Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
FOUR DAYS LEFT
TO GET IN NAMES
buffers Have Chance to Win
Prizes in Metropolitan
Title Tournament.
FURRY along those entries,
Fl you Washington horseshoe
/ pitchers!
Wednesday the deadline

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II you Washington horseshoe
pitchers!
Wednesday the deadline
will fall.
Entry blanks are available at
every playground in the city and
the form is being published daily
in The Star.
The tournament will be run
strictly on schedule and to do this
1t will be impracticable to accept
applications at the last minute.
It will require the better part of
week to prepare pairings for the eighty
odd preliminaries to be held here and
publish the starting times.
This applies only to Washington. The
out-of-town preliminaries are being
managed by local chairmen, who are
governed by local conditions Some will
keep open the lists until play COM
menceS.
The entries may be sent either to the
Horseshoe Editor or turned over to
playground director. The big idea at
this moment, if you desire to take part
in a whooping big tournament, is to
shoot in that entry!
A ND don't be backward, you fellows
\ who haven't a chance" Most of
those who won prizes in the 1929 tour
nament had the same opinion of them
selves at the start and sought only a
bit Of recreation. They got lots.
They came to know the modern horse
shoe game as one that calls for more
general athletic ability than was i'm
agined. About one in several hundred
pitchers in this part of the country can
throw ringers consistently
per cent Of them are content to score
close shoes, with a 3pointer every now
and then.
WHERE the ordinary pitcher shines
w is In the preliminaries, each of
which is a championship event, with
either town or community title at
stake. If he can win one of these
that, as they say, "iS something"
Young HUBBARD QUANTR1LLE,
= the Plaza division champion, has
improved his game by practicing a
three-quarter turn. He has been
coached by Earle Crane, a veteran who
went far in last years tournament
And now it wouldn't be surprising if
Crane has undone himself for there
Is a strong possibility that somewhere
along the line he will be called upon
to meet Quantrille.
Hubbard will compete in the
Buchanan school preliminary and
Crane will attempt to qualify for divis-
ional play in the plaza playground
event. If both win, or finish second,
they will be thrown together in the
same play-offs.
ayar~ Nrora Se
60 bit too much" for him. Crane Is
reluctant to admit 1t.
Hell cause trouble for anybody he
meets In the tournament" Is Earle'S
tribute to the youth.
CLEVELAND PARK pitchers are get
~ ting ready for another bang-up
preliminary. The craftsmanship has
been transferred by Walter S. Steele to
Fred A. Christoff, who was runnerup
last year to Robert Buzzard. Steele
will help but wants more time to pitch.
It's nobody's set-up to manage horse
shoe tournament properly and the
pitchers of Cleveland Park quite
properly are fuSsy about having things
done shipshape. Under Steele's manage.
ment they had the best conducted pre-
Iminary in Washington last year.
not to be held on public playground,
will be open to any resident of the Sec
ton. In fact, Christof issues gen.
eral invitation. Those who desire to
compete may reach him at 3917 Ordway
street northwest, telephone Cleveland
1742, or they may turn in their entries
to the horseshoe editor.
I'D EDMONSTON and Ed Pearce,
IL Peoples Drug Store team, are still
looking for matches. They may be
reached at the Peoples warehouse.
They're dangerous. Edmonston is
said to have shot 10 straight ringers in
a recent match.
IRON the Hyattsville correspond
~ ent: Indications are that
HyattSville, which had highly
successful horseshoe tourna-
ment last year under auspices OF The
Star, will have an even more successful
event this Summer. John Henry Hiser,
hustling sports promoter, who handled
the tournament In 1929, is again In
charge.
Merle Heilman, who won the Hyatts-
Vile title last year and then went on
to gain Prince Georges County honorS,
will have no easy time retaining his
laurels, Judging from the hard work
being put in by shoe hurlers on various
courts about town.
Tom Garrison, picturesque detective
and until a few years ago one of the
oldest officers of Prince Georges County
in point of service, and a group of warm
rivals gather almost every evening on a
court near the Garrison home, and
those who have watched the contests
say that all of them are putting up a
brand of flinging that stamps them
as dangerous contenders for county
honors.
''Magruder Park, the scene Of last
years tournament, is drawing a group
of fingers each evening. Among the
best are Gene Burgess, Joseph Hill and
Bob James. All are hopeful of high
honors in the tournament"