Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-03
mo GRACE ALLOWED
. D. c. CONTESTANTS
Deadline Left to Judgment
of Chairmen In County
PreIiminarieS.
Y Y WASHINGTON I

WASHINGTON horseshoe
M pitchers have seven
v v days to enter the second
annual Metropolitan
District championships, sponsored
by The Washington Star. No
grace will be allowed after next
Wednesday. Last year pitchers
were permitted to enter up to the
time Of play, but confusion re-
suited in some Of the prelimina-
ries. y
This year there win be q week be-s
tween the closing of entries and the
start Of action. During that time pair
ings will be drawn for about so neigh
borhood tournaments and definite times
assigned for all matches. These will be
published In The Star. ?
The arrangement for out-of-town pre-.
liminaries will be different. In Northern
Virginia and Southern Maryland town
chairmen will use their own Judgment
in the matter Of closing entries. Local
conditions will govern. 1t will be practi-
cable in some instances to keep open
the lists until few minutes before play
begins.
MEDALS emblematic Of town or COM
1Vx munity titles will be awarded
Immediately after championships
have been decided and will be engraved.
later. Silver and gold medals and
trophies and sets of horseshoes will be.
prizes in higher stages Of competition
All will be presented by The Star.
CPEAKING Of prizes, a pitcher in one,
~ Of the Maryland counties entered
declared the other day that he could
raise thousand berries in his terri,
tory for a county championship award,
His proposition was turned down by the
horseshoe editor, This Is an amatuere
tournament
before the tournament is ended
ID every participant will be presented,
a membership in the American
Horseshoe Pitchers Association. The
usual fee is 81, but the association has
waived fees for all players In The Stars
tournament. Incidentally, the horse
shoe fingers Is one of the largest sport
organizations in the land.
D ROY JAMES, Cherrydale chair
N. man, bemoans the loss of two of
his best performers, the Gingell
brothers. They've moved. Mac" Gingen
won the Cherrydale title last year and
his brother, Preston, was the runner-up.
Everybody will have chance this
year, writes James, who adds, III they
can get past mel"
James has appointed George W. Holt
subchairman and those who desire to
compete at Cherrydale may obtain
entry blanks from him or make entry
by phoning James at Clarendon 195-W-1.
Holt is a formidable candidate for,
the Cherrydale championship although
rs years of age. He's taking on ALL
corners in tune-up matches. Z"
a LBERT F. DAWSON, executive Sec.
"A rotary of the Republican senatorial
committee, is an entrant. He has
the choice Of playing in the Little Con-,
greSs" tournament or any one OF thes
neighborhood preliminaries in WASH
ington. =
George Harvey, speaker of the Little
Congress-" Is its horseshoe chairman.
His winner and runner-up will compete
in the Plaza division play-offs.
MORE tournaments are being added
IVl to the long list in Fairfax County.
Herbert o. Blunt is organizingf
one at Groveton. Roland Wheeler one
at Colvin Run, Stewart Petit Is back
as chairman at Accotink and William
Cornell will see to things at Merrifieldo