Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-30

preliminary VI OIIC AtCGAO-
politan district horseshoe cham
pionsips, sponsored by The Star,
to be held next Saturday, starting
at $3.50 pm.
There are only 10 entrants. but
every one is a select performer. AT
least five are strong candidates Tor the
championship of Northern Virginia and
several of these have designs on the
metropolitan crown. ~
Enzer L. Brandon, the chairman, has
seeded the draw and if he has guessed
well. George G. Thompson, Ed Henry,
r. E. barnes, j. E. barnes and Brandon
will win their first round matches.
After that the competition should be
touch and go.
First round pairings fellow: George
G. Thompson VS.. j. r; Roystop, 10
Henry vs. Otto Won Herbults, II. r.
barnes VS.. o. B. Livingston. j. E.
barnes VS.. r. E. Schofleld and Z. l..
Brandon VS.. A. ]. Major.
COMMANDING more than one mans
~ share of attention in the Falls
Church tournament will be the
colorful and not infrequently spectac-
ular Ed Henry, the defending champion.
Chairman Brandon and George c.
Thompson, whose court will be used,
held UP the tournament for week or
more while Henry had sick eye doc
tored at the Veterans Bureau.
The lamp is only so per cent effective
now, but Ed saw the pegs we'll enough
the other night to put on % ringers in
q 5O-point game with Thompson ana
six of them were doubie-headers, Henry
winning, so to g. He got not again
In a match with San barnes, hut wasnt
hot enough to win, barnes taking the
odd game in three. Together they
chalked up 120 ringers, an individual
average of 20 q game.
fathers black milk COW for a mascot,
leading her by the chain to the scene
of strife. The idea is to cow the
opposition, and this is no bull"
''Those outlanders you wrote about
who are averaging II ringers game
will have to raise their ante. The elite
in the Falls Church sector rarely go
below TO-"
CLASS is beginning to tell in the
~ Silver Spring tournament which Is
in the SECOND round. None other
than the chairman, Brooke Grubb, was
among those who fell by the waSslde
last night, but he went down fighting,
q so to 48 victim of e. Brockdorn. :.
Among the most promising candi-
dates for the Silver Spring title are
Edgar Harvey Lawrence Clark, John
Schrider and young George Snabie. so
far they have pitched best. -
Clark, incidentally, last night elm
mated the 1929 champion Of Sandy
Spring, Townsend Howes, so to %.
Other second round results follow:
A. McCabe defeated c. Fling, 51-35;
Edgar Harvey defeated r. Burke, 52-4;
r. Tyler defeated j. Powell, 50-45; X.
Clark defeated L.. Rollins, 52-l5; II
Ehlers defeated J. Fling. 51-31; J.
Moore defeated r. Brown, 50-25; Il
Anderson defeated I. Altemus' s0- SO
r. Murphy defeated l.. Laws, 5000;
John Schrider defeated e. Kelly, 5l-9.
FIRST round results of the Spencer
x vile, Nd, tournament, where Ernest
Moore is the director, follow: Lswr-
ence Tolson defeated Bentley Harding
sl-l7, 14-21- 21-10; Harry Rem de-
feated Paul Thompson, 21-8, 2l.lS;
Dinks Athey defeated B. Recraft, 2l-6,
Miles, zI-6, 21-1; S. Beall defeated
Arthur Beall, ala. 21-7; Russell
OKeefer defeated Douglas OKeeter,
2l-15, 2l-20; D. Grauel defeated Dinks
puston, 21-l3, 21-6; Joe Peter defeated
3. johnson, Ellis, 2t-1S.
CHAIRMAN F. GUY RIoRDAN of
~ Laytonsville has set the following
schedule:
First round-Twelve games each day,
today, tomorrow and Friday, and IA
games daily August 2 and 4.
Second round-Ten games each day
August S and and IL games August z.
Third round-Eignt games each day
August and 8.
Fourth round-Eight games August
Fifth round--Four games August IL.
Sixth ro,lnd-Two games August IL.
Final-August IL.
TWO DAYS after Laytonsville completes
It's tournament 1t viii stage the Mont
romery County play-offs in connection
with the Modern Woodmen's big picnic.
HUBBARD QUANTRILLE, defending
III II champion of the Buchanan pre-
liminary and a dark horse TO lift
the Washington crown, made 20 ringers
TO defeat v. Vaccaro. SO to 20, in the
second round. Such pitching is an i'm
provement over Quantities standard OF
last year.
In other second-round matches M.
Blumberg defeated r. Boyce, so to As,
and c. Lyle defeated Tom Quantrille,
30 to 81.
First-round results follow: Russell
Boyce defeated Sam Blumberg, 500;
Vincent Vacarro defeated Louis Mos
tow, 50-16; Milton Blumberg defeated
G. Mostow, sos; Hubbard Quantrille
defeated Allen Layton, 55-19 (Quan-
trille had 81 ringers; Harry Tolson de-
feated George Thomas, 50-25; Wilbur
Bruner defeated Grafton Harper, So
81, and Thomas Quantrille defeated
Sam Mostow, 5l-13.