Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-31

- unfinished preliminaries. The Bur
roughs and Langdon preliminaries ar
delaying the Bloomingdale division ant
the Johnson-Poweil event is holding VI
the Iowa avenue division. However
these tournaments will be completed
shortly and the two tardy division
will be ready some time this week
The same rules that governed thu
preliminaries will prevail in the play
offs. ALI games will be at so point
and one game will constitute mattel
until the final round, which wiz b
two out of three games.
All pitchers eligible for the divisional
meets are requested to get in touch
Tuesday with the directors in charg'
OF the key Fairgrounds. All WIZ no
see action on the first day, but definite
times for matches may be set fol
wednesday or Thursday in the larger
events II the pitchers viii cooperate
with the directors, who are empowered
to default any entry who doesn't ap'
pear Tuesday.
Wherever practicable a neighborhooc
champion has been paired with 6
rllnner-up from another neighborhood
Byes have been used freely in some
of the tournaments to make the SECOND
round even.
McCarty has seeded the draw in al
divisions and no standout rivals have
been matched for the first round.
Pitchers are asked to report promptly
The pairings:
Georgetown Division.
Robert Davidson, Georgetown cham
pion, bye.
B. Harsraves, Corcoran champion, VS.
c. z. Chartner, Cleveland Park run
ner-up.
Andred Tallmadge, Fillmore cham
pion, bye.
Harry Best, Key champion. bye.
j. ZIMMERMAN, Reservoir champion,
bye.
A. Harry, Janney champion, VS.. Hor-
zee Harper, Gallinger runner-up.
Leonard A. Westby, Montrose runner
up, bye.
Raymond Curtin. weightman cham
pion, bye.
George Beach, Gallinger champion,
VS.. Perry Carmen, Weightman run
ner-up.
H. e. Smith, Chevy Chase champion,
vs. E. Donaldson, Janney runner-up.
Walter r. Wilson, Montrose cham
pion, bye.
Raymond H. Brown, Cleveland Park
champion, VS.. j. Ready, Reservoir run
ner-up.
Jack Davidson, Georgetown runner
up, bye.
A. King, corcoran runner-up, VS.. j.
Poore, Fillmore runner-up.
j. Moore, Key runner-up, bye.
o. Stromley, Chevy Chase runner
up, bye.
ROsedaIe Division.
Henry Irving, Rosedale champion,
VS.. bye.
william Greiner, Benning champion,
u tan
Alvin Kilby, Wheatley champion, VS..
Joseph Auth, RoSedale runner-up.
Jack Harding, Benning runner-up,
W. bye.
Plaza Division.
Earle Crane, Plaza champion, VS.. bye.
Pete Mccormick, Hayes champion,
VS.. bye.
Donald Jones, Edmonds champion,
vs.. Walter Sweeney, Thomson run
Dick Murdoch. Peabody champion,
Charles Fillah, Thomson champion,
VS.. j. Myers, Plaza runner-up.
G. Eagan, Hayes runner-up, VS.. bye
Kenneth Wade, Edmonds Iunner-up
VS.. bye.
z. Jaeger, Peabody runner-up, VS.. bye.
Garfield Division.
r. Mcvean, Garfield champion, VS..
r.. Hayden, Wallach rlnner-up
Arthur Ellis, Fairbrother champion,
vs.. Melsin Fuggit, Hoover runner-up.
George Mullin, Hoover champion, VS..
A. Amidon, Fairbrother runner-up.
Paul Lane, Wallach champion, VS..
J. Mccarthy, Garfield runner-up.
New York Avenue Division.
william Raftery, New York Avenue
champion. VS.. bye.
Goth askins, Happy Hollow champion,
vs.. ]. Frank, Emery ru1nerup.
z. Keefe, Emery champion, VS.. bye.
Jean Monk, New York avenue run
nerup, VS.. j. Frank. Emery runnerup.
Virginia Avenue Division.
James Slant, Virginia avenue cham
pion, VS.. bye.
Hubbard Quantrille. Buchanan cham
pion, VS.. William Catten, Congress
Heights runnerup.
Gilbert Free, Ketcham champion, VS..
Joseph Moore, Stanton runnerup.
Courtney Litz Orr champion. VS.. bye
Paul Leurs. Stanton champion, VS.. M.
Dlumberg, Buchanan runnerup.
Joseph Moore, Congress Heights
champion. VS.. bye.
H. Clarke, Ketcham runnerup, VS..
Raymond Anderson, Orr runnerup.
M. Parker, Virginia avenue runnerup,
We. bye.
THERE will be no formal presenta-
i ton of medals won in prelimi-
naries They will be sent to Wash
ington champions by mail as soon as
the engraver can turn them out. Major
prizes will be presented at the grand
finale.
a CAPACITY gallery is assured for
IA the Northern Virginia finals al
Bancroft Thursday night. the next
major event on the Metropolitan tour
nament schedule.
2 state Chairman Joseph Kirchner can
make seating arrangements for only a
small portion of the crowd.
Dick TennySon, assistant superin-
tendent of Washington Fairgrounds, and
Harry McCarty, in charge of the Capt.
tails section of the tournament, are
planning to seat many more spectators
than last year, at the grand finale
The two sizable stands used last yeai
are available again and there will bt
one or two new ones.
II is probable the big play-off Of
Washington, Southern Maryland anc
Northern Virginia champions and run.
ners-up will be held at night. There
will be eight players, with four from
washington and two each from the ad'
joining States.
or the better known pitchers in tn
" tournament only one grips his sho'
with the forefinger hooked arount
the heel. This Is none other than tn
Metropolitan champion, Willard Z
Peake. But Peake losses an open
shoe. A great majority who use hi
hold have no control over the turn o
the slipper, without which one can ex
pect only an occasional ringer.
CARDS PLAY SOLDIERS.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, August 30