Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-26
THOMASSON GOES
AFTER CHAMPION
Commerce Secretary SEXES
Opportunity to Do a Bit
of Promoting.

u GkEA1N1G SSON hAAss
F nOted d 5Gr its tstat 6sau ma1
have another distinction
when the dust has cleared from
the battlef1elds of the second an
nual Metropolitan District Horse
shoe tournament.
This is our first year in The Stars
Tournament" comes from w. w.
Thomasson, secretary of the Orange
Chamber Of Commerce, but we nave
a notion down here that we will pro-
duce the next metropolitan champion.
am not joking"
It is with no little pride that Mont
comery County, Md, points to Millard
z. Peake, the tall Bethesdan who now
wears the big crown. The loyal sup
port of his fellow citizens was an In
Gpiration to Peake to conquer last year.
Father than disappoint them he put il
extra hard ticks developing his game
and in the tough spots he was hearten-
ed by their faith in him.
Toward the end of that giant sport
ing event, in which approximately
5000 took part, county rivalry was in
tense. When the event opened no one
dreamed that horseshoe pitching could
bring out such competitive spirit. The
metropolitan title became worthwhile
sports glory to the champion and
here's a practical slant-puelcity Tor
his county.
THAT'S what attracted this chap
i Thomasson, who, as secretary OF
the Orange Chamber of Commerce
and a newspaper publisher at nearby
Gordonsville, has a hand in most OF
the promotoriaI doings of an enter
F1rizinr c0aJnty
ThomasSon looked over his county for
horseshoe pitchers and discovered un-
expected talent. Then he sank nearly
20 bucks of his own cash in five COM
plete sets of regulation shoes ana
stakes and set about organizing q
tournament.
If will be held July at Orange as
- feature of the annual convention OF
county firemen.
The general starting date of prelimi-
naries in the Metropolitan event Will
Moe July l6, but diSpenSations are being
given towns and counties that desire
to hold their tournaments in connec-
ton with fairs, carnivals and other
such affairs.
NIRL pitchers are far more numer-
~ Gus than a year ago, and their
tournament promises to be
hundinger. Several formidable rivals
for the Metropolitan title now held
by Mrs. Marguerite Harrison OF Bar
croft, Va, have appeared.
In today's mail came the entries OF
q group of girls from the neighborhood
of Hoover playground. They are
Helen Schlorb, Grace Taylor, Anna
! Isadd and Ellen Club. The last
named gave Mrs. Harrison a battle in
the final last year.
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after the mems event gets under
way. There will be no prelimi-
naries for the fair pitchers. Some time
in August they will be gathered In
single tournament, to be held on the
Plaza playground.
a NDREW GATES has been named
n chairman of the tournament at
Tuxedo, Nd, and will be assisted
by Earl Pryor. Pryor managed the
tuxedo event last year and also won it.
Among the entrants so far are: Les
Dudley. Thomas Dudley, Andrew Gates,
Mari Obold. Stewart Philips, Earl Pryor.
Fulton Reel, Bernard Shaw, Ellsworth
Watts and Paul Watts.
CEvERAL inquiries have been received
- by the Horseshoe Editor concerning
types of shoes permissible in the
conforms to the American Horseshoe
Pitching Association specifications.
Here they are:
mo shoe shall exceed the following
regulations: Seven and one-half inches
In length, Z inches In width, az pounds
In weight No toe or heel calks shall
project more than q of an inch. The
opening between the heel calks shall
not exceed 81 inches-inside measure
ment.
mo horseshoe constructed in freak
design will be considered regulation
shoe. The commonly accepted shoe
shall be used as a model to determine
what freak shoe is
The Octigan shoe is the most widely
used In the metropolitan tournament.
ENTRIES for the Washington pre-
- liminaries will close July 8. but in
the counties chairmen may keep them
open as long as they desire up to July
16. Local conditions will govern in
the latter case In Washington proper,
where about 80 preliminaries will be
held, considerable time will be neces-
sary for the making of pairings and
for publishing them, with time sched--
ule to avoid congestion.