Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
.PEAKE IS FIGURED
/. TO STUMBLE ANON
Metropolitan Title Holder Is
Surrounded on All Sides
by Stars.
M E. PEAKE of Bethesda,
I'M Metropolitan District
VA. horseshoe champion, is

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off to promising start
in the defense of his crown, with
victory over Charles A. Fort in
the Bethesda final, but after
watching hundreds of pitchers in
The Stars current tournament,
your horseshoe editor is of the
opinion that the king of slipper
slammers hereabout will be
knocked from his throne.
His most formidable rival in
Southern Maryland is the man he de-
feated for the Bethesda title, Fort, who
was Washington champion in 1929.
Fort will get another shot at Peake in
the Montgomery County finals and if
both survive this, he will have a third
opportunity in the Southern Maryland
play-offs.
And Fort is about due to take a
decision over Peake. They have met
twice in championship play and both
times Peake barely won. He was forced
to shoot four consecutive ringers to
win by single point from Fort at
Bethesda, and in the grand finale Of
the Metropolitan tournament last year
Fort had been worn down when he got
to Peake, yet gave him battle.
"Yknow," the Metropolitan champ
said today with a grin, I'm beginning
to wish that fellow Fort had stayed in
Washington"
DUT if Peake gets past Fort in Mary
- land he likely will have several
other troublesome Old Liners in
his path. Merle Heilman of HyattSville,
the Prince Georges County champion,
is a better pitcher than he was last
year when he made a respectable show
ing in the Maryland play-offs.
rTyt1r IAae yn@ fIryi DC
Raymond Ward of Mount Rainier, best
known as member of the champion
King Pin bowling team. Ward Is out
to show the pitchers of Prince Georges
County that he is a better horseshoe
toSser than his showing in the county
finals last year indicated. He has the
winning spirit, and the courageous
Peake, ever most dangerous in tight
place, may find his mettle thoroughly
tried If he catches Ward hot.
Then there's Ray PanholZer of Seat
Pleasant, a sterling performer on oc-
casions and of spirit not likely to be
shaken by the greatness of a foe. The
horseshoe editor has noticed a number
of pitchers who display marked promise
in practice matches but couldn't find
the peg when facing player of renown
in the tournament.
VITASHINGTON'S chance of landing
w the Metropolitan title was lessened
a lot when Fort moved to Mary
land, but it still has the strength to
put up a stiff fight.
At least two newcomers to the tour
nament figure to reach the late stages
of competition, and several Of last
years leaders have improved.
The new stars are Wilson Jones,
former champion of Kentucky, and F..
H. Saunders, an unheralded youth who
recently knocked off Earle Crane, Andy
Tallmadge, Fort and several other ex-
perts in private tournament at
Tallmadge's Potomac camp.
They were virtually unanimous in
predicting Saunders would lift the
metropolitan crown.
He can beat any of us easily" Tall
madge declared, and Fort was of the
same opinion.
DEAKE listened attentively to stories
of young Saunders proWess, but
they didn't seem to annoy him.
"I'd like to pitch him game" was
his only comment.
The chance came several days ago.
Saunders saw Peake's sensational VIC
tory over Fort at Bethesda and after
the match made himself known.
They went to it in a 50-point game
and Peake won.
However, the youngster came back
and squared things by winning two 81
point games.
nERHAPS the most confident of
L Washington candidates for the
Metropolitan title is Crane, who
broke even with Peake in two matches
last year in the Southern Maryland sec
ton of the tournament. A new rule
forced Crane to remain in the Wash
ington end of this years event. Since
last season he has worked on his game
and with success. Crane, beyond doubt,
is one of the strongest pitchers in the
Metropolitan area and one of the most
colorful.
Under his tutoring young Hubbard
Quantrille, Buchanan playground and
Garfield Division champion, has i'm
proved to the point where the lad be-
lieyes he's bound for the heights.
VIRGINIA has more championship
v prospects than either Maryland or
Washington. Alexander Kirchner
comes first, of course, because of his
title as Northern Virginia champion.
The Bancroft man is taking his horse
shoe pitching more seriously than last
Summer. With little practice, he en-
tered the 1929 tournament, expecting to
get nowhere, but he knocked of some
first-rate pitchers to win the Northern
Virginia crown.
Falls Church alone has four danger
Gus contenders for high honors, in Ed
Henry, George Thompson, H. e. barnes
and EnZer L. Brandon.
Then there are Glenn Talbot at
Ballston and Ed Edmonston at Cherry
dale.
Krchner we believe, has the toughest