Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03

horseshoe GOuTldIHcIlI COAluuSOCN
by The Star.
Saunders name creeps into
every discussion of probable win
ners of high honors although he
has yet to meet a worthwhile foe
man in the metropolitan event.
The young mans suddenly &C
ouired reputation has been made
in matches outside the tourna-
ment.
In the last fortnight he has won
victories over all but few of the
pitchers who stood out in the 1929
championships, including Charles A.
Fort Washington champion; Earle
Crane, Andrew Tallmadge and last, but
perhaps, most important, Willard E.
Peake, the Metropolitan title holder.
Only PeaEe and Crane have been able
to break even with him. Every other
foe has been soft prey. He has had
particularly easy sailing in the PARK
View preliminary in which he has
toyed with all opponents.
Saunders is a rather tall, clean-cut
and athletic youth of "a, distinguished
otherwise by umor-lit gray eyes ana 1, an
engaging grin which was Just getting
under way when the photographer
snapped the picture printed on this
page. He came to Washington three
months ago from st. Louis to assist
his hrother-in-law. Representative
David Hopkins of Missouri.
He was taught to pitch horseshoes
by Ed Wall, former champion OF MIS-
souri, who specialized in the one-and-
Saunders averaged SO ringers per 100
tocses last wear in the St. Louis city
league. He has held that pace here.
TTHE horseshoe editor hasn't seen all
/ the pitchers in the Metropolitan
tournament, but Is convinced that
Saunders is the fastest worker OF the
lot His frst shoe barely reaches the
peg before the other is on the way and
he makes rapid strides from stake to
stake
After a match with Saunders" says
Crane. who is no sluggard, you don't
know whether you've pitched horseshoes
or run a race"
with lots of zip.
TN search of opponents to try his
i nettle, Saunders has invaded Vir-
einia and Maryland and has been
well received in two ways. In several
places he got the desired competition
and everywhere his personality made
him a favorite AS one victim put 1t:
HE can. beat a guy and make him
like it."
But there was one pitcher at Park
View who cared not at all for Saunders
treatment. The latter, who let up on
most of his Park View foenen, &C
cepted the challenge of kibitzer and
razzer.
The kibitzer hasn't been around
since. Score, so TO 0.
MERLE HEILidAN, defending cham
wi pion of Prince Georges County,
is safely past the Hyattsville pre-
Iinainary He vanished Ernest Moore
and Charles Joyce last night in the
fnal. Holman scored so points, Davis,
IS and Joyce 81 in play-od to elm
mate the third man and then the
champion knocked on Davis, so to II
and SO to %.
It was almost, a foregone conchI-
sion that Heilmap would repeat at
Hyattsville, but there was merit in his
victory. The tall slipper slammer has
been i'll and almost dragged himself
to the court last night. He averaged
13 ringers game.
MORE results from Laytonsville,
wi where the Montgomery County
play-cffs will take place August IA
And what competition! In IL matches
played in one day every loser made 40
or more points. The scores. D. w.
Clarke defeated Bagiey, 50-46; c.
Grifith defeated Clarke. 50-f2; Roy
". Barber defeated Armstrong, 500;
william Godfrey defeated r. Howard,
5o-46; Roy Barber defeated White,
So-4s; Vetter defeated P. Barber,
6o-47: w. Mullinox defeated Owings.
5o-42; James Chrobat defeated
Clarke, 5o-4s; David defeated Pindell,
$40, and c. Barber defeated Duval,
60-42.
WILLIAM GREINER, new champion
w Of Benning. is not to be taken
lightly in the Washington tourna-
ment, according to Bernard Mccarthy
Of the playground department, who is
supervising play here.
Hes only kid" says Mccarthy,
"but he's. one of the best horseshoe
pitchers I've seen"
incidentally, Mccarthy takes time
out on week ends 10 indulge in his
favorite sport, base ball. As a pitcher
for the Bauserman Motor team he
hasn't lost a game, saving himself once
with bingle that drove home the win
ming runs.
McCarthy's playground job is means
to an end. A Georgetown law gradu-
ate. he has been admitted TO the bar
here and is paired with Benjamin Kali
in a budding practice Kali, incident
ally. has charge OF the big Rosedale
Playground and has been of inestimable
aid ii promoting the horseshoe tourna-
ment.s
TOMORROW comes the climax of
l. the tournament at Silver Spring,
one of the largest in the Metropolitan
event. Cecsse Snable, a lad of Is, will
battle Joe Moore for the town title.
the semi-finals we're concluded last
night when John Schrider defeated A.
Anderson, $50; Joe Moore defeated
o. Brockdorf, 50-l5, and Moore de-
feated Schrider. sob. The last
match was plenty tight. Moore shoot
ing is ringers and Schrtder IA.
Play tomorrow will start at pm.
and a stable gallery is assured.
No matter which wins. Snable and
Moore will represent Silver Spring in
the Montgomery County finals. and
they likely will go TO Laytonsville loaded
for bear.
Brooke Grubb, horseshoe chairman
At Silver Spring and a live-wire sports
promoter generally, has ordered daily
workouts for his charges, and Brooke
usually has his way II might be added
that much can be accomplished in two
weeks or so in the Improvement OF ones
horseshoe pitching The grand doings
at Laytonsville will take place week
from next Thursday.
PTHE name of the new champion at
l. Cleveland Park is Raymond H.
Brown, not F. Brown as reported
a Yesterdays Star Brown Is one of
tie numerous dark horses who have
come through in Washington prelimi-
naries His victory surprised even
himself
His next struggle will come in the
Georgetown division play-offs, in which
he will have the moral support of the